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Thunderjaw | 55 moons | Warrior | AFAB She/Her | Demisexual
A large, muscular brown tabby with white down her muzzle and belly and yellow-green eyes.
Smells like: wet spruce chips
Personality
Thunderjaw is an energetic molly who takes a lot of pride in her clan, but also in her own abilities. Once a determined youth with a lot to prove, she’s calmed down somewhat in the years since but still hasn’t lost her fighting spirit. She’s a tenacious and competitive cat who has learned when to accept she’s lost a fight- but until then, she’ll give it everything she’s got! Thunderjaw enjoys taking on apprentices, especially ones she sees a lot of herself in. Since she is was a handful, she knows how to properly whip other handfuls into shape and channel their energy into something productive. Despite the air of confidence she displays to her clan, Thunderjaw has a terrible habit of closing her negative feelings off. She has a hard time being honest about how she feels.
Backstory
Thunderjaw has always been a trusted warrior of StormClan. She was a brash and competitive apprentice, but grew into a warrior with a lot to offer. She loved getting to patrol the borders, meet the strange cats in other clans, and helped prepare for storms to meet them head-on. Thunderjaw eventually began a relationship with her apprenticehood best friend, a sweet-natured tom named Riverflower. He was the only person she felt she could be honest with and had a deep connection with him. They were together through many moons before Thunderjaw eventually had kits: Echokit, Ripplekit and Galekit. She loved her kits with all her heart, but didn’t feel comfortable staying in the nursery all day. When the kits were a few moons old, Riverflower offered to take over her place in the nursery while she went back to working. It ended up working out best- Riverflower was a good fit for the nursery full-time, and Thunderjaw could return to training apprentices and hunting for her family.
A few moons before the kits became apprentices, their son Ripplekit died in a climbing accident while sneaking out of camp. Thunderjaw tried to put on a brave face and continue working on as usual, but it ended up making her distance from her other kits. She took on Galepaw as an apprentice and their relationship was positive, but more of a mentorship than that of a parent and child. As for Echodawn, the two were in completely different worlds now- she a warrior, her daughter a healer. When Riverflower died only moons later from a snakebite, she completely closed off. Her final few moons of training Galefang were stale and distant. She’s proud of her daughters, to be sure, but she hasn’t ever expressed it as much as she thinks she should. She worries if maybe she lost her chance to bond with them.
Family
Monkeyhoot- Brother
Riverflower- Mate (deceased)
Ripplekit- Son (deceased)
Echodawn, Galefang- Daughters
Finchstorm, Galefang- Former Apprentices
Other
Necklace meaning: Owl talons for courage, gator teeth for strength, larkspur for first love. It was a gift from Riverflower.
