Personality + Physicality

---

Physical Description

---

Applestar is a thin, calico she-cat with medium-to-short length fur and warm, brown eyes. The fur on the top of her head is styled just slightly, and her head is adorned with some red hydrangeas and a few stems of baby's breath. The left side of her face is black, with small yellow and red spots above her eyebrow and on the tip of her ear, and a nick in that same ear. The right side of her face is yellow, with red patches beside her eye and two black spots below it. Like the other ear, her right ear is tipped with red and black. Applestar's right eyebrow has two small scratches over it, and the bridge of her nose is red. Her neck is mostly white with a red patch on the back and black splotches on either side. Two large scratches crawl down the right side of her neck, nearly reaching her chest. Her white chest has a stubborn patch of fur that she can never get to lay down properly.

Her right shoulder is yellow, with some of that marking climbing down Applestar's leg. Her left shoulder is black with some red splotches. Her forelegs have black ankles, and her right-front paw is yellow while her left-front paw is red. Her back is yellow with some odd splotches of black and red mixed in. On her right side, closer to her back, a three-clawed scar crosses her pelt. Her right-hind hip is taken over by black splotches with a larger red patch on the frontside, dapples of yellow, red, and black all covering her hip. Applestar's left-hind hip is mostly taken up by a large, red patch with some black splotches and a large, two-clawed scar crossing her hip and rump. The base of her tail is yellow. Much of the middle section is red, and most of the end of her tail is black. The tip of her tail has a small, yellow patch on the top and a white spot on the bottom.

Scars / Accessories

---

• Nicked left ear - From the fox
• Two-clawed neck/chest scar - From the fox
• Three-clawed flank scar - From the fox
• Two-clawed eyebrow scar - From a rogue
• Two-clawed hip scar - From a rogue

Backstory

---

[ Little Apple ] • [ Applekit ] • [ Applepaw ] • [ Appleshine ] • [ Applestar ]

Before Birth

---

Apple Blossom and Thorn were a young couple with a dream of a big family. Thorn was an alley cat, a charming scoundrel with a history of flings, though he found himself smitten by Apple Blossom. Apple Blossom came from a small group of cats, but left them during hard times in the group. The two fell in love deep and fast, and together had two kits, Minnow and Little Apple.

Early Life

---

Apple Blossom and Minnow were both killed by a fox before Little Apple could open her eyes. Thorn escaped with his daughter, and traveled with her for a few moons, filling her head with stories of her mother and his adventures. One fateful day, however, Thorn mysteriously disappeared, leaving the young calico kit all alone. She was found by a warrior from the Valley, who took her in. They named her Applekit. Applekit did not get along with the other kits... she was afraid of them. She did not make any friends in the nursery, though she did meet a few other cats her age; Rabbitkit and Finchkit.

Roleplays: Uncomfortable

Adolescence

---

Upon becoming an apprentice, Applepaw was given to Sneezespot. While she was afraid of him at first, he was very patient with her. With the help of her new mentor and father-figure, Applepaw broke out of her shell little by little. She made friends with Branchpaw, Honeypaw, Redpaw, and.. eventually, Rainpaw. Applepaw was proving to be a promising apprentice. She and Rainpaw grew especially close, especially after Rainpaw came out to her as transgender and Flybelly, Rainpaw's mother, caused a great rift between them by refusing to accept her daughter. Applepaw and Rainpaw had a sweet, romantic relationship, even toward the end of apprenticeship.

Moorkit, Sneezespot's son, turned up missing one morning while a fox was known to be in the territory. Applepaw and Sneezespot went to look for him and found themselves in the fox's den. Moorkit was alive and unharmed, thankfully, but Applepaw was forced to fight the fox without Sneezespot. Applepaw managed to kill the fox all on her own, earning her warrior name early.

Roleplays: Proving It , Late Night Tree Talks , A little chit-chat. , Midnight Tree Conversation , Oh shit some beans , Well that's a yikes , Fox Battle

Adulthood

---

Appleshine's warriorhood had a rather rocky start, as her early rank up led to a rift forming between Appleshine and Rainpaw. This rift had separated the pair for moons until they eventually talked it out not long before Raindance earned her warrior name. They grew closer even still and steadily fell deeper in love until Appleshine asked Raindance to be her mate. They were happy, and life was good. Appleshine was given her first apprentice rather early. His name was Gorsepaw, and he grew very close to her very fast. They got along very well, and Appleshine came to think of him as part of her ever-growing family. He made her proud the day he became Gorseheart, and prouder every day from then on.

Soon after Gorseheart earned his warrior name, Appleshine and Raindance had kits together. They were overjoyed to welcome the five of them to the world, they loved those kits with all of theirs hearts. That was why, when Dahliakit fell ill, Appleshine's world crumbled. She could do nothing as her kit's life slowly faded away.. and nothing still when Blossompaw, too, passed to a mysterious illness.

Still, Appleshine and Raindance had their remaining children, and were so very proud of them when Berrykiss, Thornfrost, and Junipershade became warriors.

That is, until Thornfrost and Junipershade mysteriously disappeared. Appleshine refused to stop looking for moons, desperately trying to find her remaining kits but.. it was no hope. The couple desperately clung to Berrykiss as their last remaining kit for moons, worried about losing him too.

Things began to look up again as Raindance and Appleshine were entrusted with their second apprentices. Appleshine hadn't realized how much she missed mentoring until Cedarpaw came around. She swore to be a good mentor, and put aside all of her problems to help her apprentice grow big and strong. Appleshine and Raindance decided to give it another try, to have another litter of kits. Together, they had Lilykit, Daffodilkit, and Carnationkit.

All was well until a famine fell upon the valley. It claimed many lives including those belonging to Sneezespot, Moorsight, and Rosestar. Bluestar, Rosestar's former deputy, chose Appleshine as his deputy. Honored, Appleshine accepted.

Roleplays: A Word of Advice , Leaf Flower , The Gayest Fruit , Popping the Question , Lesson Number 1 , Snakes & Weasels , On my mind , Finding Silver , Meeting Batkit , Snowy Conversation , Comfort , Misc Unfinished RPs 1 , Misc Unfinished RPs 2

Deputyhood

---

Once again, this new chapter of Appleshine's life had a rocky beginning. Raindance was claimed by the famine, leaving her to raise the three kits alone while also fulfilling her duties as deputy. Bluestar offered to give her a break, to pick someone to take her place, but Appleshine felt obligated to her new duties. So, despite how hard it was, Appleshine managed. She watched her younger kits become apprentices, and as the famine ended, things once again began to become more peaceful.

Carnationpaw disappeared in the night as leaf-bare took its hold. Appleshine and the rest of the clan searched for them for a moon straight, but.. in the end, they couldn't find them. Appleshine did not have much time to grieve. She could only pray for the best, that her child would come back someday.

Roleplays: Legacy , BrambleApple , RappleGraveyard

Leadership

---

Bluestar had become quite old, and, with Appleshine's permission, decided to step down. Appleshine earned her nine lives and became Applestar.

Roleplays: Applestar's Leader Ceremony , #

[ LAST UPDATED 09/10/2022 ]

Relationships

---

Miscellaneous

---

Trivia

---

• Appleshine didn't want to rank up early, and felt incredibly lonely in her early moons as a warrior.
• After having her kits, Appleshine began wearing multicolored flowers on her pelt, each representing one of her kits. After getting Cedarpaw as an apprentice, she removed most of them, having made her peace with the loss of her kits.
• She often stops by the nursery to check in on the kits and queens.