Current Name: Tenderpine
Age: 3.5 years (approx 40 moons)
Gender: Female
Clan: Shadowclan
Rank: Warrior
Appearance: A sleek, silver tabby she-cat with deep green eyes, their pine color contributing to her warrior name.
Personality: Tenderpine is gentle and nurturing, she was always seen as the “mom friend” among her peers as she always wanted to make sure everyone was taken care of. She is genuine and loving and wants the best for everyone in Shadowclan. She is fiercely dedicated to her clan and would never stray from or betray it.
Background: Tenderpine is one of the sweetest cats in the clan, her heart is so big and she holds genuine love for all of her clanmates. She was born to two older cats who’d had their kits later in life. They died when she was young, but she felt the support from her entire clan and it only made her bond with them stronger. As an apprentice, she was extremely shy, but she was very patient and caught on quickly. She was a good teacher to her fellow apprentices and she found many of them looking up to her. During her time as an apprentice, Tenderpaw fell in love with a handsome young tomcat named Hawkpaw, later named Hawkshade. The two decided to have kits very shortly after becoming warriors. Tenderpine didn’t want her kits to see their parents get old before they themselves grew up, plus they wanted a big family to fill out the ranks of Shadowclan, so they aimed to get started right away. Soon enough, Tenderpine was pregnant, and the two were happier than ever. Unfortunately for the young couple, Hawkshade did not live to see the kittens be born. He was killed on patrol in the middle of Leafbare, ambushed by some tricky foxes who were desperate enough to hunt Shadowclan cats for a meal. Poor sweet Tenderpine mourned the loss but was determined to keep her head up, to stay positive and be the mother her kittens would need. However, she ended up experiencing complications with her birth. Neither of her two kittens survived despite attempts from the medicine cat, and herself. It was futile. She still decided to name her kits to honor their brief existence, Softkit and Tinykit after the only things she knew about them, that they were soft and tiny. It was that same night, the night of the new moon, that a young kitten was found just near the entrance to Shadowclan camp. The kit was rushed into the nursery only hours after Tenderpine’s late kits were removed for burial. Tenderpine was still staying in the nursery, and she felt something move within her. In her very soul she felt that it was her responsibility to look after this orphaned kit. It was like a sign from Starclan that she was meant to be a mother after all. It felt as if this was her soul kit. And that became her name, Soulkit. Tenderpine has never mentored an apprentice but she knows she would be good at it, besides being a mother its her most important goal as a warrior. She actually hopes to mentor many apprentices, but even though she has been through so much, she is still so young. She feels that Soulpaw, however, should be mentored by someone else. She fears she would mother her too much and impede on her training. She is glad that Soulpaw found a mentor like Silverscreech, someone who seems to have needed an apprentice, and Tinderpine feels her daughter matches much of Silverscreech’s personality.
Skills: Excellent climber, Heightened agility, quick on her feet, patient, determined, sharp-witted
Weaknesses: emotional, can be hesitant to bring harm to another cat even in dire situations
Previous Mentor: Swampflower (NPC warrior, alive)
Apprentice: n/a
Parents: Leafwhisper and Sharpclaw (both deceased)
Siblings: none
Mate(s): Hawkshade (deceased)
Kits: Soulpaw (adopted) (rped by me [Soul]), Softkit (deceased) Tinykit (deceased)
art by me :3
