Nettleleaf

[[Nettleleaf]]

Names: Nettlekit Nettlepaw Nettleleaf
Gender: Tom
Age: 21 moons
Clan: WindClan
Rank: Warrior Decoy

Personality:

Cold
...or at least that is what he tries to become. Nettleleaf has always wanted to become the cold-hearted and mean warrior, just like his fellow decoys. Although he was always nice ever since he was a kit, he wanted to be viewed by others as a strong and independent cat rather than sweet and caring. Every time he has the chance, the tom would act cold towards any cats, may the action be an insult or just ignoring a comment. The reason why he acts like this is currently unknown to other cats, but deep inside him, he knows that he is too soft to become a decoy.

Sweet
As mentioned earlier, Nettleleaf is truly a sweet cat inside his cold demeanour. When he is concerned with a cat, he means it. He really cares for each cat he recognizes as a friend or an ally, or even to a cat he considers innocent. Although he does hide his sweetness of his, some of it might break through of his acts. He doesn’t like being sweet since he’s a decoy, but a part of him still opts to be considerate and compassionate warrior. This trait of him makes him too soft to become a decoy, as he doesn’t have the guts to kill a cat.

Forgiving
He isn’t the type of cat who’d hold life-long grudges to every cat he deems unworthy of his forgiveness. In fact, not a lot of people seem to have a bad image at young Nettleleaf and his easily acquired sympathy if you don’t show him any sign of rudeness. One day, you do something that made him angry and the next day, he doesn’t mind it anymore. Only a selected few, namely some of the rude decoys and regular cats that act like rude decoys he doesn’t like, do not have a place in his heart. Did I mention that Nettleleaf only hates rude cats?

Diligent
Nettleleaf may not be the very best that no one ever was, but he will definitely work hard to become one. He will work on something until he gets what result he wants. He will even force himself to finish what he has started just to show how serious he can get with things. Since he’s stern on himself whenever he does something, he always makes sure that he’ll do his best regarding the tasks he’s doing. If one observes Nettleleaf all the time, they’d always notice of how hardworking he may get. For the record, this tom works his self to the fullest that he forgets to rest sometimes.

Untrusting
Having known about the decoys and becoming one of them, Nettleleaf doesn’t trust anybody easily. He learned that not everybody is like what they are on the outside and that some of them may hide their true colors within themselves. He’d likely to keep his personal thoughts to himself and wait for the others to reveal who they really are before he tries to get closer to them. Whether you tell him the truth or not, he’ll most likely believe that you’ll be hiding something from him. Trust isn’t something you can gain with ease, especially if you’re talking about Nettleleaf.

Bipolar
Nobody knows much about his bipolarity, but Nettleleaf’s simple act as a cold warrior collided with his inner sincerity, which started when he became a decoy, and has turned the ginger tom into a cat with split personalities. One side has a fiery temper, something one can’t imagine poor little Nettleleaf to be. To be exact, this side of his could be defined as a rampaging angry WindClan cat without any conscience. In fact, this side is nothing like the old Nettlepaw, kind and caring. Fortunately, this isn’t the dominant side of Nettleleaf since this side pretty much comes out of the blue. Nettleleaf fears the time that this side of him would completely take over his normal, forgiving side.

Appearance:
Nettleleaf has a larger build than most of the cats his age because of his persistent apprentice chores during his time as a ‘paw. His body is also built to give him edge in battles rather than hunting. His muscles are can be seen through his short ginger fur. He has lots of scars apparently, mostly scratches from running around the moors, but hardly from any battle. Because of these, many cats assume that Nettleleaf is a battle-hungry tom, when it is in fact, not true.

The pelt his can be seen as untidy or spiky most of the time, thus his name as Nettlekit. He also has bright green eyes with the color of a nettle, which can be perceived to be another reason for his name. His mother had also liked giving one of his kits a name that will remember her of the herb that was always applied to her wounds. Some say that his father just liked the name and went with it. There are a lot of reasons why he was named with such, but only her parents know why that is.

History:
Not much has happened during Nettleleaf’s kithood. Named after his spiky fur, Nettlekit was born to two regular warriors of WindClan and was raised with his other regular littermates. He grew up with his siblings doing ordinary kit stuff like playing all day long, being annoying to most warriors and apprentices as well as listening to elder’s stories. When Nettlekit became a ‘paw, he also experienced what run-of-the-mill apprentices always do; hunting for the clan, training, fetching moss for the camp, etcetera. Like most exciting characters in a story, the main character may have a normal childhood, but certainly a thrilling adolescence.

As Nettlepaw was named Nettleleaf, one of his Clanmates influenced him to become a decoy, like his mother. His Clanmate threatened to kill him, forcing him to join the large organization since they needed as much members as possible, but Nettleleaf proposed one condition: He isn’t going to join with the murders that they commit. With such a faint heart, he couldn’t enjoy seeing one cat suffer. He also didn’t undergo the process of poisoning as a kit, leaving him with an unprepared mind. He proposed that he’d rather be on the supporting team of the decoys, with the duty of laying down traps or helping with the plans, rather than the assaulting one. This gave him suspicious looks from his fellow decoys, giving him glares that could kill. As a result, he doesn’t have much good relationships with them. He strives to become like one of them, being a cold and ruthless killer, for the sake of disposing the conscience and learn how to become a decoy

Because he was forced to become a decoy, he wasn’t that serious with the decoy thing. Sure, he wasn’t as smart and as great as the others and he doesn’t kill those innocent cats, but he still doesn’t want to break the other decoy’s trust with the fear of them killing him. For about five moons, he has been trying to be like the other decoys, half-heartedly following the commands of Crimsonleaf as he continues to do so as he doesn’t have any more choices besides death.

RP Sample: See Ashpaw's

Characters: Ashpaw || Snowpaw || Duskmist
C-Box Name: Rawr

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