RATPAW: tom, apprentice

[Eden]

Name: Ratpaw
Age: 6 moons
Gender: Tom
Clan: ShadowClan
Desired Rank: Apprentice
Appearance:

RAT PAW

body ➳ Far from being a beautiful cat, Ratpaw resembles, well, a rat. The tom is a hairless Sphynx with no glistening fur coat and just wrinkly skin colored with darker markings. His head is like an oval as it's round in the back and longer, but round, in the front. His muzzle is long and his eyes appear huge on his skinny head. They seem dark and menacing and partially because he is. They represent half-cut circles, almost seeming tired in a way but they are always watching and observing. Ratpaw's ears are very curved at the tips and point in a diagonal direction up, with a tuft of fur sprouting from the tips.

Some longer fur does appear around his snort for a muzzle but it is short and sparse. Wrinkles touch his forehead, making him to be in constant thought, like an elder. Many cats outside of the clans are disgusted by his gangling, elder-like appearance but Shadowclan knows that it makes him seem a monster of the night. Ratpaw's body is no different than his head, in fact it may just give you a nightmare or two. The skin overlaps itself, causing folds and wrinkles everywhere. At his stomach at seems to droop in an ooze-like way. It doesn't quite drag along the floor, but it is still a sight to see.

His legs are a different story. The skin on them seems to wrap tightly around them like wrap. The paws on this tom are probably the worst to see. Hairless, plump toes with sharp claws sticking it isn't a beautiful sight to see. It's a good thing paws appear on the floor as most cats are too shy after seeing him whole to take a look down and stare awkwardly at Ratpaw's feet. Nothing about his sight bothers him nor does being stared at or given dirty looks. He can't change himself so why fret?

The bone can be seen through his tail and you'd be able to mistake him for not having any skin on it at all. Skinny, long, and always waving above his back in an all-too-arrogant way, it's the icing on the cake.

pelt ➳ Although Ratpaw has no fur, he still has distinct unique markings. Many find it odd that they should appear on his skin rather than the fur which he lacks. Others assume it's to make up for the ghost of his non-existent fur. Ratpaw's ears are rimmed with a deep black while a nick of white appears on his right ear. His face is a gray rimmed at the muzzle with a strip of black. A white blaze stretches up his muzzle, stopping where the black begins. The tiny triangle that makes up his nose is black with a circular dot to the right of it.

Going down his neck to his back is a large, gray saddle with an uneven edge. His bum also carries that light grey shadow and carries it down to his rat-like tail. His eyes are a subtle but sharp green, piercing.

Personality:

arrogant ➳ This young tom sees no end to his success. To him, everything he does is perfect in it's own way and needs no change. If told he has done something wrong, he'll do it again and again until Ratpaw sees it's perfection. This makes him a disliked cat by most who can't see through the cover of his arrogance. He exaggerates everything he does to seem better than it truly is and doesn't see the wrong in it.

boastful ➳ He'll proudly voice his 'perfection' to all, again exaggerating it to farther lengths. Some may be awed but most get annoyed and tired with it, seeming to find a chance to reprimand this behavior. Ratpaw wants everybody to know he's no normal apprentice, but an important fighter and hunter, despite still in training.

bossy ➳ You'd think this cat was a senior warrior with the way he trots about giving orders. He'll gladly tell you to do something and to do it quickly and in a coordinated manner. He doesn't often take acknowledgment to his age and rank or the orders of another. Ratpaw will do his own thing and boss your around despite the circumstances. Otherwise he'll badger you until you do it. Of course, this can get him in trouble a lot of times when he does this behavior around warriors but he has acquainted to doing it just around willing apprentices. Anybody who can do the dirty work for him is fine by him.

ambitious ➳ From his bossy and boastful ways you can already assume the title Ratpaw wants. His ambition can make him a dangerous cat, even if young. The hairless sphynx will do what he can to put himself in a higher chance for leader than others, even if that means stepping into a patch of sun for hours if so. Ratpaw could be a good leader but he'd have to lose that arrogant mind and see past his own 'godly' ways and seek the true power in Shadowclan.

loving ➳ Ratpaw may seem like a cat who is too full of himself to love any other but that is incorrect. He is capable of loving, you just need to show him your feelings first. He is a shy cat, surprisingly, when it comes to the topic of love and is too afraid to show his feelings first. Ratpaw would be a loyal companion and has sometimes thought about if he'd ever have kits of his own.

History:

kit ➳ Willowthorn was not an all too happy cat on her first litter. It was never her or Timberclaw's idea to have kits and only planned to spend their time grooming and spending time with each other. Timberclaw was like an irritated badger when he found out the he was going to be a father and strayed away from their relationship, often seen with another female. Willowthorn had a painful birth too, nearly losing the kits she carried for moons and dealt with. However they all managed to survive their first few sunrises and finally mustered up the courage to name them.

Ratkit, Nightkit, and Firekit were their names. Willowthorn was an impatient mother and a cold one as well. She pushed them out of the nursery early on, encouraging them to explore. Anything for them to be away from the nursery. Naturally the clan disapproved and often had to reprimand the kits themselves, though they knew it was no fault on their part, and shoo them back to the nursery where Willowthorn pouted grumpily. This induced the kits to grow up earlier than natural, not being able to experience the life of a kit.

Ratkit was always the bigger brother to both of his siblings. He lead them through trouble and often pushed them to do things he wouldn't do, like snag a claw on the elders's pelts or ruffle up the leader's nest. They were a troublesome bunch but the clan couldn't blame them, their mother was ignorant and cold. Timberclaw usually strayed away from them, trying to avoid having to reprimand his own kits, even if he never wanted any. It was by this time he had a new mate and moved on.

apprentice ➳ At the peak of their six moons of age, they were called upon by the leader and given their apprentice names: Ratpaw, Nightpaw, and Firepaw. This put them all in a good mood and Ratpaw would go on and on, boasting about how his size and personality would have him as deputy quicker than they could catch an old mouse. Timberclaw was rather proud of his son's determination and ambition but also resentful that he rejected them. He was starting to grow a soft spot for them and would often speak to them.

This made Ratpaw happy and thanked Starclan for every chance he got to talk to his father.

Relatives:

FATHER timberclaw
MOTHER willowthorn
SISTERS nightpaw
BROTHERS firepaw

RP Sample:

see Eagleflight

Other:

Ratpaw is a Sphinx mix

Other Cats: Two

[Nighthunter]

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