MUDSTEP, tom of riverclan.

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Name
Mudstep

Age
28 moons

Alliance
RiverClan

Rank
Medicine Cat

Gender
Tom

Description
A creamy colored tomcat with dark brown points and faded blue eyes. Sleek and slender.

Personality
Rambunctious, loud, unpredictable, witty, tough. The tempered, the handful. Mudstep isn't your tender, run-of-the-mill medicine cat. His practices harbor tough love and laughter as a remedy. He's untraditional in every sense. He doesn't hold his tongue. He's brutally honest. He's outspoken and wild; youthful and inexperienced yet talented enough to be trusted. He's infinitely curious. He loves his clanmates to the core and despises his enemies with a passion. He gives his all. He's full of endless energy. He runs full steam. He has few soft spots. He's unpolished. He's short-fused.

History
The loudest kit in the nursery from the moment he arrived, Mudstep was predicted to be a wild mess of a thing. He was a drastically moody kit. He was always either wailing for his momma or biting at the ears of his denmates. He wasn't much of a fighter, often put in his scrawny place by his siblings. But he was quick to dodge and could wit his way out of any trouble. But come his apprenticeship, he was frowned upon for being weak and a terribly unskilled hunter. His knowledge of warrior codes and practices, however, was phenomenal. Enough so that he caught the attention of the elderly Frecklenose, RiverClan's medicine cat. She proposed he be taken into her paws as the medicine cat apprentice, and not a soul objected. He trained diligently beneath her, memorizing every bit of information throw his way. His passion for his purpose was comforting to the clan. The young tom they'd once been worried about settling down had begun to find his place.

Moons passed, and Frecklenose became shakier and evermore senile. She'd worked for as long as she could remember, and only the very eldest cats recalled her younger days. On a warm, greenleaf afternoon, she approached the feisty Mudstep and informed him it was time for him to take her place. Initially uncertain of taking on full responsibility for the clan, the tom agreed. Frecklenose promised she would remain in the elder's den with her vast wisdom at his disposal, to ease the apprentice's nerves. He's since continued on, as wild as ever.

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