🦅 PIGEONPIERCER 🌠
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I must be dreaming 'cause I don't believe in ghosts.
A WindClan warrior with traveller rogue descent, Pigeonpiercer is a stubborn older cat who's haunted by constant nightmares after a dog attack. He believes he's cursed by StarClan with horrible omens, but - in reality - these 'omens' are simply dreams. He's paranoid and tetchy, making him easily irritable and hard to befriend. Underneath that, though, Pigeonpiercer is undyingly protective of his family and friends, and - despite fearing death around every corner - will throw himself into any danger if someone he loves is in trouble.
Physically, he's lithe and weak in battle. While he's a skilled hunter he tends to overthink his actions in battle, and prefers a quiet life - at least in terms of physical fights. He'll happily get into bickering matches with cats he doesn't like, but once fighting becomes a threat he quickly backs down. This means a lot of accidental border scuffles because he ran his mouth at the wrong ShadowClan patrol.
pigeonpiercer means well, but tends to miss a lot of social cues; he's very standoffish and stubborn which - while it can help in border patrols and clan squabbles - it makes him a bit hard to befriend. he's not physically affectionate, but finds his own way of making sure the cats close to him know they're valued - a lot of parallel working and showing he's relaxed. he mumbles a lot, and appreciates it when cats make an effort to listen to him, especially in crowded areas. that being said, he makes his voice known once he’s in a crowd of cats he knows, and cannot be convinced otherwise once he’s decided on something. the mix of a lack of filter and a group he’s comfortable enough to talk with can lead to many rivalries and arguments.
while he can be blunt, he's a good listener and has an exceptional memory. you'll tell him you like mice off-handedly on a patrol and he'll start bringing you mice every time he finds one. he's also a bit too work-oriented for his own good - he'll often come back to camp having forgotten to drink or eat for hours. he loves how open the moors are, and takes to running to get out excess energy - he also shakes his head and digs at the ground often.
- protective
- loyal
- eidetic
- reserved
- work-oriented
- selfless
- bitter
- blunt
- grumpy
- MOTHER unknown loner
- FATHER unknown loner
- SIBLINGS featheredfur, cactuspaw
- MATE none
- NIECES/NEPHEWS redpaw, mallowbreeze, buzzardburn
KITHOOD
Pigeonpiercer was the oldest of three loner kits brought to WindClan in two batches: Pigeonkit was the first, after he'd been born in a harsh Leafbare and the travelling group he belonged to were convinced they couldn't care for him throughout the season. His parents promised to return for him next year, but - when the group came back - they were gone; killed unexpectedly and leaving two other kits: Featheredkit and Cactuskit. Pigeonkit, now Pigeonpaw, was left with his two siblings in WindClan, and felt it was his duty to make sure they were raised safely.
WARRIORHOOD
Pigeonpaw was nearing the end of his apprenticeship when he was caught up in a dog attack - tearing half of one ear and a life-threatening chunk out the back of his throat. Through incredible luck and talented medicine cats, he managed to survive, but was unconscious for almost a full moon. while he slept, the apprentice was riddled with fear-fuelled nightmares. none of these were sent by starclan, but were foreboding enough that pigeonpaw was sure they were omens - so certain that he believes it to this day. he had dreams of rushing rivers, swooping hawks, and the camp overrun by dogs.
He came out of the medicine den a changed cat, suddenly burdened by the looming fear of death every second of the day - he began to lose sleep in fear of having more nightmares, distanced himself from his clanmates, and became a lot stricter about his morals and decisions: his clan before anything else, no matter the cost. He became restless out of fear that Starclan's fate will catch up to him if he’s not moving, which he would later apply to his clanmates as well - an anxious sense of responsibility for others that took the form of hostile dialogue and badgering.
The one thing that kept him grounded was his family - his (now deceased) brother, sister, nieces and nephews. Training Featheredpaw and Cactuspaw was a distraction that gave him brief respite, going on to occasionally train Featheredfur's kits when given the chance for the same reason. Additionally, the protectiveness Pigeonpiercer gained from a lack of parents as well as his ‘omens’ results in a cat who fears death but would throw himself into the heart of a battle if his family was in danger. While he can never truly rid himself of his fears - and the death of Cactuspaw sent him spiralling for moons.
Featheredfur - his sister who had some concerns about her place in the clan - came to Pigeonpiercer after his premature retirement, pleading him to join her to run away from WindClan to find their father, but she left WindClan on her own after her brother snapped at her and called her cowardly. Moons passed as Pigeonpiercer got worse, skinnier from refusing to eat and slowly wasting away as he denied any care from the medicine cats, and he finally lost it all after murdering the RiverClan warrior Komodocatcher and shoddily burying the body. On a stormy night he disappeared from camp, trying to find his sister - he was chased by dogs and fought them off the gorge, washing up on the WindClan and RiverClan border a few days later...
- Pigeon ━ While his colours and patterning gave him the name initially, the flightly and panicky behaviour of pigeons also fits him. He does wish his parents would've named him after a cooler sounding bird, though...
- Piercer ━ While it's almost certain that his suffix was given because of his skilled hunting, some claim it's indicative of his accusatory glaring - you can catch a stink-eye from Pigeonpiercer from the opposite side of camp!
- KIT ━ Pigeonkit
- APPRENTICE ━ Pigeonpaw
- His family
- Rabbits
- Running
- RiverClan
- Stoats
- Dreaming
- Agility
- Wit
- Speed
- Compassion
- Physical Strength
- Compromising
- The nick on his in-tact ear was given to him by Komodocatcher before he killed him, and the large scar running down his back is from another RiverClan warrior: Fisherkicker.
- He's autistic and has a nervous tic of jerking his head backwards; his stims include pawing at the ground, running laps, and shaking his head.
- BREED Cornish Rex
- BODY TYPE Underweight
- BUILD Lithe & Tall
- HEIGHT 9 inches
- SEX/DSAB Male
- SCARS Ears, neck, back
- SCENT -
- PELT COLOUR Grey & White
- FUR SHAPE Short
- EYES COLOUR Amber
- WEIGHT 4 pounds
- DISABILITIES Hard of hearing, autistic
- DESIGNER teddington
- WORTH NFS
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