Post by mourningdove on Apr 12, 2023 22:40:34 GMT
Name: Scorch
Desired Name: I’d rather it be chosen naturally by a clan leader.
Allegiance: Solitary
Rank: Solitary
Age: Seven Moons
Birth Moon: Frost Moon 2021
Sex: Queen (transgender, uses he/him)
Appearance: A short-haired tortoiseshell with rich black and orange fur and gold eyes. His right ear has been damaged.
Personality
Surface Personality
A skittish cat, Scorch may be viewed from an outside eye as aloof, closed off, and nervous. He has a tendency to hold himself in a way that makes him seem smaller and less threatening, despite not being very threatening in the first place. He speaks quietly and it is difficult to provoke him into raising his voice - a change so stark that it would startle the most steady of warriors. If what he cares about is threatened, he becomes reckless and self-destructive, a trait he cannot hide. But usually he seems kind, and when one cracks his distrustful shell, he becomes gentle, compassionate, and dedicated.
Likes and Quirks
Scorch enjoys the sun and sunning immensely. The breeze through his fur is calming to him. Because of his smell being trained and refined when he was younger, he is incredibly picky about smell, and will not tolerate odorous stenches. However, he loves the smell of leaves, herbs, wet ground, grass, and the wind off of water. He has a fascination with plants, often so fixated he becomes painfully indifferent to other things. He doesn't laugh much, but when he's happy he still shows it in his own way.
Values
Scorch has two main values that motivate most of his choices. The first is his sense of duty and loyalty. The other is a strange combination of two things: his guilt and his compassion for others. The two mingle together into a crushing obligation to do what he can. He often puts the weight of others' well-being on his shoulders, even if that well-being is out of his control.
Motives and Drive
Ember is Scorch's priority. She represents something integral to him, and it's likely the connection of loyalty he forms with her would extend to his clanmates. He lacks an ability to be vulnerable before strangers, but his compassion for others is enough to shift his lack of trust. He's more willing to engage with a cat that seems empathetic than one that seems cold, as he takes the apathy of others as a sign of ulterior motive. A lot of Scorch's viewpoints derive from his mother, as she was the only voice in his kittenhood, and because of her passing, what she did teach him, he clings to desperately. Her values have shaped him so entirely that he is almost a warped reflection of her legacy, which may explain some of the pressure he puts upon himself.
Dealing with Conflict
Scorch's main weakness is conflict. He handles it poorly and has a tendency to turn tail and flee when things are getting deep. This applies to arguments as much as it does to fights, as his loner instinct kicks in in the face of danger, and he is likely to flee. He has a strong fear of violence, and thus is very reluctant to stand up to threats.
Mother: Coal, deceased.
Father: Unknown.
Full Siblings: Ember, ill but alive.
Offspring: None.
Desired Name: I’d rather it be chosen naturally by a clan leader.
Allegiance: Solitary
Rank: Solitary
Age: Seven Moons
Birth Moon: Frost Moon 2021
Sex: Queen (transgender, uses he/him)
Appearance: A short-haired tortoiseshell with rich black and orange fur and gold eyes. His right ear has been damaged.
Personality
Surface Personality
A skittish cat, Scorch may be viewed from an outside eye as aloof, closed off, and nervous. He has a tendency to hold himself in a way that makes him seem smaller and less threatening, despite not being very threatening in the first place. He speaks quietly and it is difficult to provoke him into raising his voice - a change so stark that it would startle the most steady of warriors. If what he cares about is threatened, he becomes reckless and self-destructive, a trait he cannot hide. But usually he seems kind, and when one cracks his distrustful shell, he becomes gentle, compassionate, and dedicated.
Likes and Quirks
Scorch enjoys the sun and sunning immensely. The breeze through his fur is calming to him. Because of his smell being trained and refined when he was younger, he is incredibly picky about smell, and will not tolerate odorous stenches. However, he loves the smell of leaves, herbs, wet ground, grass, and the wind off of water. He has a fascination with plants, often so fixated he becomes painfully indifferent to other things. He doesn't laugh much, but when he's happy he still shows it in his own way.
Values
Scorch has two main values that motivate most of his choices. The first is his sense of duty and loyalty. The other is a strange combination of two things: his guilt and his compassion for others. The two mingle together into a crushing obligation to do what he can. He often puts the weight of others' well-being on his shoulders, even if that well-being is out of his control.
Motives and Drive
Ember is Scorch's priority. She represents something integral to him, and it's likely the connection of loyalty he forms with her would extend to his clanmates. He lacks an ability to be vulnerable before strangers, but his compassion for others is enough to shift his lack of trust. He's more willing to engage with a cat that seems empathetic than one that seems cold, as he takes the apathy of others as a sign of ulterior motive. A lot of Scorch's viewpoints derive from his mother, as she was the only voice in his kittenhood, and because of her passing, what she did teach him, he clings to desperately. Her values have shaped him so entirely that he is almost a warped reflection of her legacy, which may explain some of the pressure he puts upon himself.
Dealing with Conflict
Scorch's main weakness is conflict. He handles it poorly and has a tendency to turn tail and flee when things are getting deep. This applies to arguments as much as it does to fights, as his loner instinct kicks in in the face of danger, and he is likely to flee. He has a strong fear of violence, and thus is very reluctant to stand up to threats.
History
Born near the twoleg farmlands, Scorch is a young loner who has recently been wandering near the forming clans, doing his best to stay out of sight and out of mind. His purpose is to seek medicine for his littermate, Ember. He has a slight affinity for herbs, taught to him by his late mother, who has ties back to a medicine cat of an indeterminate clan. He is doing his best to help his sister, who is sick with an illness Scorch has no name for. He’s a little too skittish to ask for assistance from strange cats yet, but the worse her condition gets, the more restless he becomes.
Short Character StudyMother: Coal, deceased.
Father: Unknown.
Full Siblings: Ember, ill but alive.
Offspring: None.