thistlefang | timberclan

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NAME// thistlefang
AGE// 32 moons
GENDER// male
CLAN// timber
DESIRED POSITION// deputy
SHORT DESCRIPTION// large brown tabby tom.


PERSONALITY// quiet, brooding, opinionated, blood-thirsty, protective, fatherly

the most prominent feature to this tom's mind is, of course, his brooding nature. one looks upon him and one is immediately intimidated. thistlefang doesn't speak, but he doesn't have to to get his point across. his gaze is penetrating and knowing, showing no emotions of his own, but catching every move of those he peers at. he is a tom of few words, and not surprisingly, finds he doesn't really need to talk much at all. a word here, a phrase there, he finds does the trick quite well. his already impressive stature keeps his quiet mannerisms from being ignored, and thus his strategy proves quite successful.

as taciturn as he is, like previously mentioned thistlefang doesn't need to provide hours of explanation for his clanmates to listen. as an established cat within the clan, he has earned a reputation for intelligence, and he can back it up with expertise observations. in his quiet moods, he seems to see all, and has honed a skill for reading others. for this, thistlefang is oddly insightful. his advice, while not freely given, is often quite sound. cats see that he is quiet, and make the assumption that he is intelligent because of it, and are correct in most cases. while his observations are washed away by his weaknesses, and he has a habit of overseeing things which he doesn't want to see, or may personally effect him, thistlefang is usually an objective source of information and strategy. he's opinionated, and will freely speak said opinion, but in his own quiet and tactical manner, perhaps even later, in private where he won't attract attention. it's simply his way.

as one would expect from a tom of his looks, thistlefang is a fierce, tough fellow. his one true weakness is his readiness to battle. while at first this may not seem like a flaw, it is this tom who is the first to jump up, supporting a battle. if provoked, this trait is shown through his willingness to pull claws out on whoever it may be bothering him. while he wouldn't do real harm to a clanmate, thistlefang also becomes consumed with this negative energy and may lose control of himself, unafraid to draw blood, and unafraid of the punishments which come from it. so, while a valuable warrior when it comes to defending the clan, he is also always ready to be on the offensive, and jumps at the chance to prove his strength. while he is still quite young, and may be excused for this huge, glaring flaw, he ought to grow out of it in a hurry before he loses the trust of all those around him.

the most surprising thing one may learn about this particularly intimidating tom after learning all the above traits, is his natural inclination to kindness. while he blocks it off in an effort to uphold his tough-guy reputation, thistlefang would really never hurt anyone unless pushed to do so, and his natural state is really that of a very nurturing tom cat, who is overprotective of almost anyone, regardless of age, gender, or allegiance to him. he's almost fatherly in this way, though he's much too explosive to be much of a father at this time in his life, some may think of his overbearing protective ways, solitary mannerisms and natural inclination to warm-heartedness as fatherly traits which, in secret, he doesn't mind at all.

EXPERIENCE//

thistlekit and his sister starlingkit had one brother, but he died as an apprentice several moons before they were born, and thistlefang still harbors a theory that they were only birthed in order to replace their brother, whose name had been thistlepaw, hence thistlefang's being named after him.

thistlekit and starlingkit rarely got on, as she was really, well, irritating. thistlekit was, from the start, a fairly quiet cat, and his sister on the contrary was loud and silly, a bit airheaded and nutty all in one, seemingly quite unintelligent package. as they grew older, all she seemed to care about was toms, and how much they did or did not pay attention to her. thistlekit trained hard, rarely communicating with his parents while his sister hung on their every word. she sickened him in that way, how she shamelessly sucked up to them, her mentor, the medicine cat, even the deputy and leader. she was fake and no one seemed to see that except her brother.

as an apprentice thistlepaw used all of his energy on becoming a stronger, tougher, smarter cat. he strove to be the best and wanted to use his own skill, not slide his way falsely to the top like starlingpaw seemed to be doing. however, in time he learned to forgive her for being all the things he resented, and in time she learned that not all things could be avoided, and that attention from toms would not prove to be her life-source. while they would never grow to become close siblings, the fast they approached their warrior ceremony, the less hostile they became with one another.

at last he took the name thistlefang for his fierce demeanor, and she became starlingflight. they were something of friends by then, but starlingflight was a popular, social cat, and she had too many friends and toms to chase to pay much attention to her newfound brother. he didn't mind though, for he didn't care for her overly loud voice or gossip anyway. thistlefang himself was beginning to earn quite the reputation in the clan, and it was one he liked. he didn't need his sister or his parents around to like himself, and became a more strong and confident cat with each passing day. starling eventually had kits, and named them nectarkit and lashkit. neither looked like their father, but rather starling's son looked quite a bit like her, and her daughter looked a lot like her uncle thistlefang. thistlefang's heart swelled upon meeting the little bundles of fur, and several moons later when starling died, he swore to protect them like the father they never had. they were apprenticed, and lashpaw became his very first apprentice, while nectarpaw remains a distant daughter-like figure in his life.

OTHER//

nectarpaw and lashpaw are his niece and nephew.