✦「❛ I am the last casualty of LarkClan's southbound expedition . . . I am not coming home. ❜」✦ ➶┊essentials.┊➶ name 》Craneshiver gender 》she-cat ╰┈➤ prns ;; she/her age 》50 moons sexuality 》lesbian rank 》warrior residence 》The Place of No Stars - the Dark Forest roleplay 》Life in LarkClan & BeachClan ➶┊demeanor.┊➶ traits 》decisive, observant, practical . . . mistrustful, sharp-tempered, impulsive ╰┈➤ detailed ;; Craneshiver has a quick temper and a keen eye. She is clever - the Clan's best surveyor, in fact - and has a practical nature with no patience for incompetence or timidity, coming across as rather abrasive. Craneshiver's greatest flaw is that she is mistrustful of even her Clanmates, to the point of paranoia. This is heightened throughout her life. Craneshiver is decisive - or impulsive, depending on who you ask - with strong fighting instincts. Should a badger come charging at her, she'd immediately drop to the ground to get a better leap. ➶. ┊exterior.┊ .➶ simplified 》grey mackerel tabby with a white chest and belly. height 》23cm weight 》4kg ╰┈➤ detailed ;; Craneshiver has sharp green eyes and a perpetual scowl - scars across her nose, cheek and ears emphasize her intimidating look. The fur all along her back is striped, a grey mackerel tabby pattern, and her muzzle, chest, legs and belly are white. Craneshiver has a lean, muscular build, typical of a warrior; a large scar reaches up across the right side of her body, from belly to shoulder. | ✦ | voice claim 》 scent 》pine needles, metal scars 》 > cheek, 41 moons, fight with med cat > nose, 42 moons, fighting search party > ear, 42 moons, fighting search party > leg, 49 moons, falling from a tree > side, 50 moons, last battle ➶┊archive.┊➶ former names 》 Cranekit, Cranepaw former residence 》LarkClan status 》deceased | ✦ | creation date 》13/10/25 birth place 》LarkClan camp death place 》pine forest reason of demise 》infection from battle wounds zodiac 》pisces ➶ ┊the lore.┊➶ present 》Craneshiver resides in the Place of No Stars, and has been for a very long time - several lifetimes, in fact. | ✦ | warrior life 》Though Craneshiver's abrasive nature tended to ruffle her Clanmates, she earned herself a reputation as a skilled warrior and navigator. southbound expedition 》Craneshiver, as the Clan's best navigator, was part of a small expedition to investigate the pine forest beyond LarkClan's border. Four days into the journey, the other warrior on the expedition suddenly grew feverish and distracted - at nightfall he wandered off into the pines, leaving only Craneshiver and the medicine cat. They hadn't known each other very well back in LarkClan, but quickly grew close. However, they disagreed on the plan for the expedition - that is, Craneshiver was keen to turn back immediately. The medicine cat insisted on continuing - after all, she reasoned, they were farther south than any LarkClan cat had ever been. The next day, they found and buried the other warrior. His sickness had been a result of drinking poisoned water, though the medicine cat wasn't able to identify this at the time. As they traveled onwards Craneshiver grew paranoid. Her mind was consumed with wild and unsettling thoughts: that the pine trees themselves were poisoning them, that the medicine cat was controlling her, that she'd killed the other warrior and was leading them both to their deaths. As the medicine cat walked in front of her, Craneshiver attacked and managed to kill her. A search party arrived some time later, all of which Craneshiver picked off one by one. She was resentful and wary of everyone - she couldn't bear the thought of them even seeing her, bringing her back home. For ten moons thereafter she survived in the forest, blindly killing any cat that she encountered - including Scorch, a loner just exiled from LarkClan. Eventually, she could fight no more and crawled off to succumb to her wounds - the last casualty of the southbound expedition. ➶ ┊relationships┊➶ scorch 》 mothblaze 》 ➶┊credits.┊➶ layout/format by character belongs to art by music featured in project ;; song name by song artist ⋇⋆✦⋆༶
