Doespring
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Doekit • Doepaw • [Doespring]
An elderly russet she-cat with green eyes.
Doespring is Duskclans head cleric and the second oldest cat within the clans. Revered for her long service she holds an almost motherly position as the clan's healer although her strictness and severeness become known when she's crossed. She holds close relationships with her son, Stoatbite and her apprentice Lichenflower and holds most other members of the clan at some distance, choosing the focus on her duties. Unknown to most however, Doespring holds a manipulative level of power over her mate and leader Tuistar and has been discreetly making the major clan decisions for many moons.
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Doekit:
Doekit was born to Earthfur, a decorated senior warrior, and an unknown sire alongside her sister Wetakit. It was rumoured that Burningstar was their father, shown through their ginger fur, but he never comfirmed or denied rumours having a mate and grown kit at this time.
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Doepaw:
Doepaw shows an early interest in the work of the cleric Tideshimmer and becomes his apprentice at the age of 6 moons. She excells in healing but Tideshimmer begins to have concerns in her lack of interest in the religious aspects of her role.
At the age of 10 moons Doepaw and Wetapaw discover a lost housecat tom submerged in the icy waters of Scarlet Lake and bring him back to camp where he heals under Doepaw and Tideshimmer's guidance. The tom offers no name but shows an interest in the healing practice and Tideshimer interprets a sign in the tom's luminous black fur; that he is to become the next cleric.
Unaware of this Doepaw and Wetapaw strike up a close friendship with the tom as he heals from sickness under Doespaw's guidance. Moons after his arrival he is offered the role of cleric's apprentice and accepts; Doepaw is stripped down to a warrior's apprenice under Stonepelt and the tom recieves his clan name Tuipaw.
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Doespring:
Doespring becomes a warrior late at 24 moons, delayed due to her reverted apprenticeship. Her sister Wetawhisker is now mates the fully named Tuisong and the long war with rival Dawnclan is starting to turn against Duskclan's favour as they gradually lose more territory.
As a young warrior Doespring has a fling with an unknown loner tom and bears a single kit at the age of 41 moons. Unfortunately, her daughter Yewkit dues to complications during birth and Doespring blames Tuisong, who guided her through labour, for allowing this to happen. Meanwhile her sister bears Tuisong's kit soon after, a son who she names Stoatkit.
Doespring, fueled by bitter jealousy, takes her sister Wetawhisker for a walk out to the frozen Scarlet Lake and leaves her stranded in the fog. Suscipiscious of Doespring's intentions, Tuisong follows the pair and attempts to intervene, only to be bludgened by Doespring on the rocky lake shore. Wetawhisker breaks through the ice in her desperate attempt to reach him and drowns while Doespring drags his unconsicous body back to the clan where she fabricates a false story of a terrible "accident" which her clan take at face value due to her previously close relationships with her sister and Tuisong.
Burningstar and Tideshimmer, already overrun with battle wounded patients decide to reinstate Doespring as a cleric temporarily while Tuisong heals, but within a few moons Tideshimmer "accidentally" drowns during a Moon Key visit leaving the concussed, heavily traumatised Tuisong as head cleric and Doesping as his apprentice and the overseer of his treatment. Meanwhile she becomes a mother to Stoatkit in her sister's stead, as he grows unknowning of his true parentage.
By pure coincidence Buriningstar is killed in battle a moon later leaving Tuisong to claim leadership while Doespring becomes head cleric and gains full power through her manipulation of Tuistar's vunlerable state. Through brutal sacrifices and strategy Doespring is ultimately able to turn the tide against Dawnclan behind the scenes resulting in them being driven from their territory.
Doespring remains Duskclan's sole cleric for many moons until Lichenkit, a young tom with a deceased mother and absent father begins to show a strong interest in healing after recovering in the cleric's den and he eventually becomes a fully named cleric's apprentice as Lichenflower despite his lack of a connection to Starclan.
Skills and Abilities
Physical
Height | Average but slouched |
Strength | ★★☆☆☆ |
Combat | ★★☆☆☆ |
Hunting | ★★☆☆☆ |
Agility | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Mental
Temperament | Kind but strict |
Intelligence | ★★★★★ |
Communication | ★★★☆☆ |
Herb Knowledge | ★★★★☆ |
Strategy | ★★★★☆ |
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Doespring has a myriad of knowledge due to her dual apprenticeships and keen mind; as a young warrior she was fierce in battle and an effective hunter but age has lessened her strength and agility considerably. It's her narcissm and close-mindedness that limits her abilities to learn further, which alongside her patchy apprenticeship as a cleric, limits her as a healer and therefore limits her ability to teach, unbeknownst to Lichenflower.
Physical Appearence
Doespring is an elderly she-cat with a hunched posture and long russet fur with darker stripes particularly on her face, shoulders and forelegs. Her appearence is noticably weathered but she still has sharp green eyes.
As the head cleric Doespring adorns two silver fern fronds in her chest fur which frame her face.
Scars / Injuries
- Doespring has no visable scars.
Relationships (WIP)
STANDING
Duskclan
Doespring has incredibly high standing within her clan, second only to her mate and leader Tuisong. She
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Earthfur and Burningstar
Earthfur was distant and strict as a mother, spending regular amounts of time away on duty and Doespring never created a strong connection to her as a kit. It was only later they formed a bond, as Earthfur showed sympathy after her rejection from the cleric role although they were never able to bridge the established distance. Doespring had few interactions with Burningstar and none in a fatherly context but her resentment towards him for shunning her as a kit was seemingly overshadowed by her respect for his leadership capabilities.
Wetawhisker
Doespring and Wetawhisker were incredibly close in their parent's absence as kits but Doespring never quite forgave Wetawhisker for seemingly 'choosing' Tuisong after his betrayal and grew jealous at having to share her time and attention, especially after she had Stoatkit. Her murder was carefully calculated and although Doespring pains at her absence she holds no regret towards her own actions after she was rewarded a son in Stoatbite.
Stoatbite
Doespring is very protective of her only kit and maintained a close relationship consitently throughout his life. Her protectiveness of her son led to a distrust of other prescences in his life however, particularly when he gained an apprentice as a young warrior. Stoatbite remains unknowing of Doesprings actions or the extent of her control within Duskclan and fully loyal towards her as a result.
Lichenflower
Doespring never expected to feel such a close connection to anyone other than her son and was suprised by Lichenkit's appearence in her life, feeling empathy as she shared the same distance from her parents as a kit. Lichenflower is practically as close as a biological son and she is careful to keep it this way, dissuading him from forming close friendships with 'outsiders' such as Cricketthroat, although she knows she cannot extend this to his sister Kowhaipaw without serious contest.
Tideshimmer
Doespring was never close with Tideshimmer even during her apprenticeship and her distaste towards him grew greatly after he replaced her, leaving her absolutely devastated. Even now she continues to disregard Duskclan's religious traditions in hopes that this causes her devout mentor some unrest.
Tuistar
Tuistar could be accurately described as the bane of Doespring's existance and a representation of everything that went wrong in her life. Originally establishing himself as a friend, Doespring was initially protective of the outsider and felt greatly betrayed when he accepted to overtake her position. After continuing to 'replace' her by becoming Wetawhisker's mate and after Yewkit died as he delivered her Doespring's bitterness turned to a searing rage. Even now, many seasons later, she holds a quiet grudge and sick satisfaction at his diminished state. Tuistar remains a hollow shell, both physical and mental trauma combined with constant manipulation and Doespring's control over his medical care keep him trapped as her puppet, playing a loving mate in the public eye.
Name | Clan | Opinion |
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Meadowpaw | Dawnclan | | | |
Rabbitpaw | Dawnclan | | |
Personality
Favorite
Disliked
Positive
Warm
Compassionate
Intelligent
Neutral
Calculating
Decisive
Honest
Negative
Controlling
Manipulative
Stern
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Doespring is curiously compassionate despite her history of brutality, with a love of young kits and a strong protectiveness over injured cats within her care. Her issues begin when she over extends this protectiveness as her doubts of others decision making capilities and intelligence lead to manipulative and controlling tendancies. This leads to a fear of outside influences and jealousy within her relationships as she is unable to share close connections. Doespring is also afraid of outsiders influencing Duskclan and threatening her current position by introducing alternate ideas or opinions and she makes a strong effort to encourage this fear within her clan, shunning all outsiders, town cats and Dawnclan cats alike. What Doespring wants most of all is Duskclan happy, protected and entirely within her control.
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