[Neptune.]

__Lark__
MISSING
23moons || AFAB, she/her || Bi || Mind Reader, Kitty Softpaws
Creation date: 07/28/2023, age up every 28th

Past names: Larkkit, Larkpaw, Larkwing, Larkstar

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Larkwing is a RiverClan warrior who was known for her humor and laid back nature. She was the cat you’d go to if you wanted a laugh or to get up to some small trouble. However, since the flood that ruined their camp, followed in quick succession by both the battle for Cattail Pond against ThunderClan and The Queen’s Revenge battle against WindClan, Larkwing’s happy-go-lucky nature has faded away, and she’s grown up very quickly, abandoning the more apprentice like traits and mellowing out quite a bit.

She was appointed Deputy by Gingerstar at 17 moons and vowed to do her best and do right by her clan, fearing what may have happened if there was someone else with this position. Despite her initial anxiety and hesitance to take the roll, she still accepted. Along with this role, came the paranoia that every cat around her thinks that she's unsuited for it and doing an awful job, plus the fear that they all think she's lying to them because of how Beanstar(sprout) had made Gingerstar(then, Gingerfrost) lie to the clan about his leader's lives and name. Yet, despite this paranoia, she thought she was doing decently well... and then, not even a moon later, Gingerstar died from a heart attack, claiming his only two lives.

Larkwing was the one who found him, and she stared in abject horror for more than a few seconds before confirming he was dead and running, panic stricken, to her brother, Falconfeather, the clan's medicine cat to plead with him to tell her how he had died. Falcon told her he had a heart attack, and Lark, having no reason not to believe him, took him at his word and informed the clan despite her terror at how they'd react. She doesn't think she's ready to be a leader, but she'll do what she must... and with the ancient RiverClan medicine cat, Magpiewisp, wispering in her ear, giving her neither lives nor her official name as leader, it's unclear just how far she might be forced to go.

Only a few moons into her leadership, she was constantly suffering from paranoia, stemming from some of the cats in her clan not trusting her and even an attempt made on her life. With only a pawful of cats she could trust, her condition worsened and worsened until she left one evening in January, intending to go for a swim to clear her head. Rather than a swim, she slipped into the freezing cold river and slammed her head into a rock, earning herself a concussion. She washed ashore some distance away, only to immediately find herself in the territory of a badger, who attacked her and injured her back leg. Disoriented and hurt, she fled away from clan territory.

For a while, she was alone, overcome with guilt and anxiety and still injured badly, with just enough sense to know she should keep her wound clean. Eventually, however, a barn cat named Humphrey stumbled upon her, weak and starving and injured, and brought her to lay low in his barn for some time where he kept an eye on her. While there, her mother, Lilyfrost, visits her in a dream...

After about three moons of staying with Humphrey, Lark decides she's finally ready to try her paw at rejoining her clan, though it doesn't go the way she planned it to. Initially, she thinks she can do it, but gets cold feet at the last second before she turns and tries to head back into the outskirts. What she doesn't expect to come across, though, is a violent rogue chasing a small kit with intent to kill.

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Notable Rps/plots
- RiverClan camp flood
- Battle for Cattail Pond
- The Queen’s Justice
- Tongues and Teeth
- Where No One Goes [rejoining]

VA'S
- You Taught me the Courage of Stars Before You Left
- I Always Wanted to Die Clean and Pretty

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Appearance

Dilute tortie with very smooth, sleek fur, perfect for keeping the water out when fishing or swimming, and large green eyes. She has a scar across her nose from ThunderClan's attack on Cattail Pond, a scar on her side from an assassination attempt, and a scar on her flank from a badger.
her posture is rigid and tense, constantly on edge.

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Affiliations

Clan: RiverClan (former), loner (current)
Rank: loner
- Former mentor: Scorchedhollow [NPC]
Apprentice(s): Mothpaw [ @/silverwynds ] [ missing ]; Bitterpaw [ @/Bean_The_Transformer ] [ missing ]

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Relationships/Family

Mother: Lilyfrost [deceased, Dark Forest]
Father: N/A
Siblings: Falconfeather [deceased, StarClan], Rushwater [ missing ]

Friends:
POS: Pebblesplash [ @/Sakura. ], Mothpaw [ @/silverwynds ]
NEU: Cherryswirl [ @/Dust ]
NEG: Yarrowcrest [ @/silverwynds ]