Post by Maple on Apr 13, 2019 17:22:34 GMT
The Basics
Name: Berryswirl
Age: 39 Moons
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual
Skills:
+ Tracking, Endurance, Climbing
- Hunting, Fighting, Swimming
: Jumping, Running, Stealth
Future:
Potential Trauma: She witnesses the death or almost death of a young kit or apprentice in the clan who she cared for. She almost dies herself in her attempts to save them. This kit was one that turned to art, potentially as a result of her teachings, and was left defenseless in their time of need (either from their lack of ability or her own in her inability to save them).
Result of Trauma: Berryswirl suddenly feels ill when focused on her art. She's quieter and has lost a lot of her loud exuberance. People notice but when asked, she puts up a false front to hide her pain and tries to be her upbeat social self. She withdraws in on herself and not even her siblings are really able to get through to her, at first.
Potential Growth: She starts building her neglected hunting/fighting skills while also focusing on her art. She teaches balance rather than neglecting duties. She becomes more involved in clan politics and becomes a better role model.
Appearance
Fur color and markings: Calico
Fur length: Long
Body size: Average
Eye color: Yellow-Green
Overall appearance:
Personality
Personality paragraph:
ENFP
Trait lists:
+ Confident, Spunky, Creative, Warm
- Excessively-dreamy, Unfocused, Impractical, Highly-Emotional
: Spiritual/Religious, Extroverted, Expressive
Likes: Art, Collecting, Kits/Apprentices, Social Gatherings
Dislikes: Clan Politics, Hunting/Fighting
Fears: Not much, yet, but she'll develop some fears.
Goals: Have fun! Enjoy life!
History
History:
Born to a mixed family of artists and hunters, Berrykit and her siblings were often known for their differing interests rather than their coat colours as the three so often looked too similar. The kits had a happy upbringing, where Berrykit had time to grow her artistic ability. Berrykit often painted on her mother's white pelt while her father tried to interest her in hunting. Words of StarClan brought her to her father's side though any talk of hunting and she started to daydream.
As apprentices, the three siblings went their separate ways, though always came home for evening meals. Berrykit started mastering her artistry and listened to her siblings as they talked about their own interests each night. They would talk for ages about their training, well past into the night hours. Berrypaw has fond memories of these moments, watching as her siblings went to do what they loved most while she started to excel at what she did best. Berrypaw's mentor very quickly realized that she had no patience for things like hunting and fighting, and decided to focus on her art. She was blessed in that her mentor was also an artist and understood her desire to paint all day. Throughout the apprenticeship though, her mentor tried to get her to focus on her hunting and fighting but Berrypaw had little patience for it. Realizing her error, her mentor tried to get Berrypaw training with other groups of young apprentices and mentors to get her hunting and fighting to a more acceptable level but Berrypaw's dreaminess was not tolerated and her disinterest annoyed the warriors. She was told off, time and time again, for not caring, and as a result, grew a quiet resentment for those who were 'obsessed' with the traditional side of the clan.
Berryswirl earned her name alongside her siblings, with a mentor who felt overwhelming guilt for having not tried harder to get her apprentice's survival skills to an acceptable level. She thrust herself into the center of the clan's social life - trading for her food and spending her free evenings with family when they could. Her brother became deputy, and then leader, and while she was proud, the intricacies of clan politics did not interest her much.
Berryswirl spends most her time expressing herself through her art and caring for the kits and apprentices in the clan whose parents are more 'traditional' workers. Personified 'Cool Aunt', Berryswirl believes in being confident and doing what you love in life rather than what is expected of you. She would much rather have fun and do her own thing than force herself into being responsible or thinking about clan politics. She extends this belief and way of living to the kits she cares for and doesn't really discourage responsibility, per se, rather she encourages freedom and breaking free from tradition. She truly believes that she can get by in life only making art, having fun, and being the center of a social crowd. She is immature in this and has some serious growing to do.
