Personality + Physicality

Physical Description

Maplesweet is a short tom with long, slightly curly fur. His build underneath the fur is thin. He tends to keep his ears upright and twitching, listening to the world around him. His face has a prominent Bengal mask. He has no eyes, only permanently closed & underdeveloped lids. His whiskers and paws are meticulously neat, as he grooms them constantly in his spare time. His tail is especially fluffy.

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Backstory

[Maplekit] • [Maplepaw] • [Maplesweet]

Early Life

Born blind, Maplekit knew no other experience than what he’s got- but that’s just fine with him. What was a greater issue was his very pale coat at birth, a thing he had no way of knowing. This was cause for concern in the superstitious CanyonClan, in which a white coat is considered unlucky. He supposedly started showing spotting and masks as he grew older, which was a good thing...? Whatever the hell it meant, all he really understood was that he had a problem that went away on its own. An extremely bizarre chapter in his kithood that taught him other cats knew something about him he didn’t. That feeling of being different in ways he didn’t understand gave him a case of insecurity that persisted throughout his apprenticeship. He was not an only child, but his littermate Poplarkit perished during the especially cold winter of their birth.

Adolescence

Training during the war with AspenClan meant learning a lot about combat- something Maplepaw was nervous about. His sense of direction was improving, but in the tumult of a battlefield he would be overwhelmed. His mentor, Ospreysong, proposed he be trained less in direct combat and more in camp defence. Thus, Maplepaw's biggest project was to learn the lay of the land & how to protect the Canyon if AspenClan ever infiltrated it. While he was much better at this job than in combat, and he preferred to be away from the fighting, the young apprentice found it isolating. Maplepaw was, luckily, friend-adopted rather quickly by the slightly younger Mothpaw. Following Mothpaw around got him much more with other cats. His new gaggle of friends helped him come out of his shell. Despite still not speaking much, Maplepaw began to consider more and more cats his friends- namely Olivepaw, Firepaw and Wolfpaw. By the time he became a warrior, Maplesweet’s confidence had greatly improved. Maplesweet does not have the same harsh memories of the war as his friends because of his duties, something for which he is silently thankful.

Adulthood

Lilyfire’s murders throughout the clans, combined with his best friend Mothflame’s disappearance at the hands of coyotes, instilled another deep anxiety within Maplesweet. He’s developed a habit of shadowing the cats he cares about to make sure they’re alright. If they go on patrol, he may volunteer to join cats like Olivebranch to make sure nothing bad happens to them. As for monarchs like Wolfmask, he checks in often- making sure anything he catches goes first to them. When Mothflame has returned in one piece, Maplesweet's clingy nature only intensified- particularly towards him. He occasionally berates these cats for not being careful or for disappearing for too long, but it’s his way of showing that they’re often on his mind.

Relationships

STANDING

CanyonClan

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CanyonClan is the only life he has known. Despite its hardships, there's no place he would rather be. The environment is perfect for him, the people are cats he loves deeply, and while he can't see the paintings his clanmates create it warms his heart to touch the stones and know they're there. He knows the Clan is not and will never be perfect. But he appreciates it for what it is.

STANDING

BriarClan

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These guys used to be AspenClan. There was a war, but he wasn't really a fighter. He doesn't personally know anyone who perished in the war either, so he has no particularly bad blood with anyone from here. Besides, the war kinda sucked for everyone involved. The first BriarClan cat he ever encountered was Russetmask and his kits, and they seemed pretty cool. Pretty cool clan.

STANDING

CreekClan

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CanyonClan and AspenClan cats alike joined to create these guys. Maplesweet is curious about them, for sure, and he misses clanmates who are long gone. But other than that, he has very little opinion. Sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do. But their clan sounds wet and miserable. He'd get lost.

[ Best Friend...? ]

Mothflame

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Mothflame has been one of Maplesweet's closest friends his entire life. Moth's presumed death by coyote tore him to pieces. Having him back in his life has made Maplesweet extremely anxious. He can't lose him again.

[ Best Friend...? ]

Wolfmask

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Maplesweet and Wolfmask have always been friends, but during Mothflame's disappearance they became a lot closer. Maplesweet finds himself fretting over them often, even if they're content to help out in the nursery as a Monarch. He likes to check up on them. They're huge and fluffy and reassuring...nice to nap with.

[ Friend ]

Olivebranch

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Olivebranch is a very close friend. Maplesweet finds it easy to open up to them, and Olivebranch always has a way of getting him to let loose and have some fun. He appreciates having them around more than they know.

[ Mentor ]

Ospreysong

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Ospreysong isn't always the nicest cat to others, but Maplesweet isn't exactly an optimist either. Strangely, the two get along quite well. They don't talk a lot anymore. He hopes she's doing alright.

Miscellaneous

Trivia

• Maplesweet has anophthalmia, meaning he was born without eyes.
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