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Tall blue-eyed red tabby tom with high white, extra toes on his front paws, and long whiskers.
Shrimpwhisker is a bit of an oddity among Waveclan, and many cats… don’t quite know what to make of him. He’s well liked enough, and cheerful (if not painfully awkward) when spoken to, but among their many patrols he tends to stand out like a goose in a flock of ducks. Still, cats that knew him as a gangly apprentice with more leg than confidence will see a big difference in how the carries himself now, and it’s no wonder how he ended up in his current position with his newfound drive.
Shrimpwhisker is eager to learn, and even more eager to discover. His adventurous spirit has returned with force thanks to Myrtlepool’s encouragement, and despite a rough start, there’s very little that can bring this argonaut down. Even as an apprentice, skittish around borders and even more around the ocean, Shrimpwhisker was known for having boundless curiosity and a love for discovering new things. It wasn’t unusual for him to get stuck sticking his nose somewhere it didn’t belong, and cats he grew up beside likely have no shortage of embarrassing stories. He’s learned his lesson though. Mostly. Not all shiny things are meant to be retrieved, even if he’s SURE he could fit in that gap if they’d just let him…
Personality + Physicality
Measurements
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Height
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Taller than average
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Build
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Thin
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Breed
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Oriental Shorthair (Sorta)
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Demeanor
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Awkward
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Voice
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Mental Attributes
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Horoscope
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Taurus
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MBTI
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TBA
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Enneagram
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TBA
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Temperament
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Mild
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Alignment
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True Good
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Positive
Loyal
Persistent
Clever
Neutral
Curious
Awkward
Well-Meaning
Negative
Clumsy
Stubborn
Self-Sacrificial
Shrimpwhisker is an awkward, but well-meaning soul with more heart than he really knows what to do with. Talks with him are always littered with “uh…” and “well…” no matter how hard he tries to better articulate himself, and sometimes it’s hard to really determine what he means because -- really, what does “two slip ups short of an oyster” really mean anyway? But he makes good enough conversation, and he has a sense of humor -- even if it’s more play on words than anything else. He’s a good guy, seriously!
Since regaining his sealegs, Shrimpwhisker’s love for the very world around him has only grown, and that adventurous spirit he nearly lost has only blossomed and grown exponentially. He’s eager to throw himself into whatever new things lie in his path, asking all of the questions someone else might not think to. There’s something to be said for what something is or why it’s there, but he wants to know the how of it! The who! Shrimpwhisker loves nothing more than to gather and collect what many cats might seem as rubbish, but he sees as parts of a bigger story they just haven’t pieced together… yet. Most cats see him as a kind but eccentric limp rat of a cat, but those closest to him get to hear the true expanse of his world, and the love that he has for everything around him.
Now that you mention love (you did, not me), Shrimpwhisker is the type of cat who loves with his entire heart, almost hopelessly to a fault. One thing has rang true, even when he was nothing more than a shadow to Myrtlepool (then -paw) everywhere she went -- Shrimpwhisker’s loyalty has no end. He’s made it clear time and time again he’d be willing to put his life on the line for his clan if it came down to it (even if he’d prefer it didn’t); after all, it’s thanks to them he’s even here today, and he doesn’t plan on not returning the favor! The only cat that means more to Shrimpwhisker than anything else is Myrtlepool. There is little to nothing that Shrimpwhisker wouldn’t do for her, though he does his very best not to seem weird about it. Still, it’s rare to find him on any given evening not returning in time to assure the fur behind her ears is properly groomed, and he always goes out of his way to find little gifts for her when he’s out exploring. For his generally kind and calm demeanor, he can be quite the spitfire when it comes to her, and he isn’t afraid to teach any cat that doubts his wife a lesson, even if it’s a fight he… may not win.
Physical Description
Tall blue-eyed red tabby tom with high white, extra toes on his front paws, and long whiskers.
Shrimpwhisker is a lanky red mackerel tabby tom with blue eyes and spotty white covering centered around his legs, belly, and chest. He also has a white splotch under/around his right eye and a white blaze going up his muzzle beginning at his nose. He has a long triangular face, abnormally long whiskers, and large ears. In his left ear he has a fish rib-bone (warrior) and a fish hook (argonaut) piercing. In his right ear he has half of an oyster shell, resembling half of a heart. He also has a simple necklace consisting of a bit of fishing wire and a pearl to match the one that Myrtlepool wears in her fur. His nose, inner-ears, and paw pads are all pink. One of his most notable features is that he is polydactyly, meaning he has five toes each on both of his front paws.
Scars / Injuries
- Small scratch on shoulder
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Backstory
Sail • Shrimppaw • Shrimpwhisker
Early Life
The first moons that Shrimpwhisker remembers clearly, he remembers being spent on the wide ocean as a boat cat named Sail. He was the younger of two cats the belonged to a fisherman who often took them out on longer expeditions for company when the nights began to feel too long to spend alone. There was nothing he loved more than the feeling of the ocean air in his face, and chasing fish across the deck as they flipped and flopped trying to get away. Even as a kit, Shrimpwhisker was aware of the older cat -- Anchor--’s dislike for him, but Shrimpwhisker always just tried to give him his space. Usually. It was fine enough until the boat was caught in a particularly troublesome storm off the coast, and Shrimpwhisker was washed overboard by a wave that nearly took the ship down with it. He remembers seeing Anchor running to try and stop him from heading out onto the bow to retrieve a favorite toy he realized he’d forgotten, but it was too late by the time that Shrimpwhisker had already been washed away into the sea. He was gone.
When a Waveclan patrol would come across the sopping wet form of a half-drowned Shrimpwhisker, they’d have found it easy to have mistaken him for a shrimp himself. He’s pretty sure that’s where he got his name, at least. The clan easily took Shrimpwhisker in, naming him Shrimppaw at the time, despite the way that among the other apprentices he stood out like a sore paw.
Adolescence
Shrimpwhisker’s apprentice hood was… difficult. He was often the odd one out among the other apprentices of the clan, and he didn’t have the heart to step in and simply ask if he could join them. It didn’t help that he was afraid of the very thing that made Waveclan… Waveclan. Everytime the waters grew even a bit too deep, he swore that his heart was about to rise out of his throat, and no matter how hard he tried, Shrimpwhisker just couldn’t will himself to go any deeper. He isn’t sure what he would’ve done without Myrtlepool. She was everything he wasn’t. Brave and strong and outgoing, and yet she stopped and she looked at him, and before he knew it they were friends. As the moons went on, she showed him the path to things he never thought he’d be able to do, and he single handedly thanks her for his ability to swim and dive today without that familiar fear bubbling up in his throat. Instead of the crashing of waves and thundering storms he hears her laugh and sees the mirth in her eyes, and it’s enough to drive him just that little bit deeper to get whatever that shiny thing he saw on the ocean floor was.
Adulthood
Shrimpwhisker’s warrior assessment… well, he passed! He wasn’t exactly confident in his abilities, and it showed, but he managed to make it through, if only so he could get back to hanging out with Myrtlepool and exploring all that the territory had to offer beyond just what he could see as an apprentice. Still, after a while, it became clear that Shrimpwhisker wasn’t entirely content with just being a warrior. Sure, hunting and patrolling was fine and everything but… his paws itched for more. Something something Shrimpwhisker became an argonaut and really enjoys it because he gets to explore and also learn about new things he wouldn’t have gotten to before.
Relationships
Waveclan
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[ Mate ]
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Myrtlepool is… well, everything to Shrimpwhisker, and everybody knows it.
Sometimes he worries that he’s a little bit overwhelming, or that he’s not enough. I mean, she’s just… so perfect, and he’s so… Shrimpwhisker? He’ll never claim to understand how he got so lucky, but he tries to focus more on the lucky part than the whole questioning his self-worth thing. He is eager to tell anyone who will listen that he knows she is the prettiest, bravest, most brilliant cat in all of the clans, and anybody who says otherwise… well, they’re wrong. Just saying.
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Relation 1
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Thunderclan
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Name 2
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Relation 2
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Riverclan
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Name 3
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Relation 3
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Shadowclan
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Thunderclan
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Name 2
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Riverclan
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Name 3
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Shadowclan
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Thunderclan
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Name 2
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Riverclan
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Name 3
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Shadowclan
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Miscellaneous
Trivia
- might be a good place for 9 lives, if the cat is a leader.
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Alternate WCRP Verses
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NAME
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"Ghost" / Riverpaw
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AGE
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7 Moons
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CLAN / RANK
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Gloamclan Warrior Apprentice
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| NB Molly (He/they) | 7 moons | WLW | Apprentice | Gloamclan |
- "Ugh, do I have to?"
- Voice Claim: Grace Rolek
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kF9FK8ZuhbTlC7HZtekzD?si=QqncgKO5TMmBtwMJ9mLNtQ
| APPEARANCE |
[A small, short-furred blue tabby with green eyes.]
Riverpaw was a small tabby molly with large, pointed ears and a triangular face. He had a tear in one ear, but no other notable scars. Riverpaw's fur was short and thick, with dark, swirling stripes. He had bright green eyes and an often unblinking stare. He usually had a haunted expression or a glower on his face.
Curse:
- Medium; haunted by ghosts and can't block it out or turn it off.
- Ghosts seem to get "stuck" or tethered to him until he helps them pass on by fulfilling their final wish.
| PERSONALITY |
+ Caring, Dutiful, Quick-witted
- Secretive, Standoffish, Grumpy
Riverpaw was a quiet, observant molly. He rarely spoke, and when he did it was usually a defensive retort or an unsettling statement. He was mistrustful of others due to bullying at the paws of older apprentices and spent much of his time staring into empty space. He was jumpy and paranoid and tended to speak about things he shouldn't have known, such as events that happened before he was born.
Aside from this, Riverpaw was reluctant to do apprentice duties and grumbled about them when ordered. They spent most of their time alone.
| BACKGROUND |
Riverkit was born to a warrior mother. His father was unknown, but speculated by others to have been a passing loner. They were a quiet, but cheerful, kit; much of their time was spent hiding behind their mother, though they weren't unsociable by any means. Riverkit's mother died of greencough shortly before they were apprenticed, leaving them to be raised by the other queens for the remainder of their time in the nursery. They were apprenticed a little early in hopes of taking their mind off their mother's passing.
After his mother's death, Riverpaw changed. Though he had always been quiet, he became jumpy and paranoid, staring at nothing, isolating himself, and snapping at any that got too close. His self isolation worsened when other apprentices took to calling him "Ghost," thanks to his unsettling stare and silent demeanor.
He, along with several other apprentices, was sent on a Starclan-ordained journey by Silkstar and never returned.
| RELATIONSHIPS |
Parents - Dawnspring, Unknown father
Siblings - unknown
Mentor - Dovepurr
| STATS |
STR: 5
CON: 6
DEX: 7
INT: 8
WIS: 8
CHA: 5
