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Name: Mossberry

Gender: Male

Personality: Kind and caring, but very full of anxiety. He is determined toreach his goal of being the best Medicine Cat possible, and he thinks with his heart, which can sometimes be his downfall. He is very, very empathetic, something he got from his mother.

 

Backstory:* (Using Moonkitti's Warriors Clan Structure) Mosskit was born into a litter of four, three toms and one she-kit. Growing up, he always bonded more with his brother Shrikekit, who was more calm and reserved like him as opposed to his other siblings, Frogkit and Shellkit, who were very firey spirits. As he grew older, he struggled to prove himself to his parents, Grayrush and Hazelflower, who were the Mediator and a very respected warrior of the Clan. He felt that since he didn't want to become a warrior that he would disparage his parents' legacies.

From a young age, he built a close relationship with the medicine cat, Hollysweet, often going to the medicine den to talk to her and help her with small things like herb sorting. Thus, once it was time for he and his siblings to become apprentices, he was given the choice to be apprenticed to Hollysweet instead of a warrior like the rest of his siblings. Things went amazingly well until Hollysweet passed away from an underlying genetic illness when he was just eight moons old. Mosspaw was devastated, but he knew his duty to the Clan, so he made the journey to the Moonpool to become a full medicine cat and the rest of his training was completed by the other Clans' healers. He was allowed to pick his own name, so he chose berry in order to honor his late mentor. Whenever he was feeling overwhelmed with his duties, he confided in his brother, Shrikepaw.

At nine moons, Mossberry had to take on an apprentice. With how big RiverClan was, it was a bad idea to have only one medicine cat, so the kitten Salmonkit was apprenticed to him due to her missing front leg. From the beginning, Salmonpaw was a very firey spirit, much different from what the inexperienced Mossberry was used to. However, with some reassurance from Shrikefeather, who was a warrior now, he finished her training and she became Salmonlight, the second full medicine cat of RiverClan.

Things went well for a long time until Shrikefeather fell suddenly ill. He stopped eating andbegan hiding from everyone else, including Mossberry. He was hurt by this, but knew that his brother had a good reason to be doing this and went to go talk to him. At first, Shrikefeather denied all of Mossberry's suspicions, but eventually yielded and was moved fully into the medicine den. Salmonlight took over most of the Medicine Cat duties while Mossberry focused on healing his brother, who became jaded and snappy as a side effect from his illness. Mossberry was increasingly worried about him, bu the was determined not to let his brother face the same fate as Hollysweet, even if he didn't know what exactly was wrong with him.

This wasn't the only thing troubling Mossberry, though- he had fallen in love with a WindClan cat called Beeleaf who he met at the gathering. He knew he was allowed to have a mate and kits, but he felt immensely guilty at what he saw as neglecting his duties to his brother. Beeleaf is also not really helping, as she keeps asking him to leave RiverClan and come to WindClan with her. On top of all of this, Salmonlight says she is ready to take on another Apprentice and finally have enough cats to take care of their growing Clan. In the end, Mossberry has to juggle all of these responsibilities while also being there for the moral support his Clan needs.

*This is not the same Mossberry as my roleplay character, but the main character to the story I'm writing, Butcherbird's wish.*
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