M I R E H O U N D
"i must be strong. i must have fire in my eyes when i face them, not tears."
Name: Mirehound
Nicknames: - Age: 26 moons Gender: Female Pronouns: She/her Orientation: ??? Voice Claim: Emilia Clark - Daenerys Song: Dance of Dragons by Ramin Djawadi Creation Date: 1/14/2023 WCO Debut: 1/14/2023 Mental State: Content |
Residence: ShadowClan
Rank: Enforcer [Warrior, Apprentice, Kit] Mentor: None Former Mentor: Shadowfur Apprentice: Sedgepaw Former Apprentice(s): Ravenpaw Mother: Scorchedcrow Father: ??? Other Family: Starrycrash [littermate], Iciclestrike [littermate] Crush: - [formerly Foggypaw] Mate: None Kits: None Physical Condition: Healthy Other Conditions: None Current Status: Strategizing in ShadowClan Roleplay Status: Open |
P E R S O N A L I T Y+ Confident, determined, reliable, merciful, resilient +
| Brave, comanding, assertive, perfectionistic, self-aware | - Obsessive, aggressive, domineering, possessive - MBTI: ENFJ Alignment: Chaotic Good Beliefs: StarClan, The Dark Forest
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A P P E A R A N C EShort fur with bits of fluff here and there, Mirehound's fur is a dark shade of black. Flushed with distinctive rosetted tabby markings that blend seamlessly into her sleek fur. Her tail is thin and gets a bit fluffier towards the end. She stands on tall legs that hold up a skinnier frame and build than what's common in ShadowClan. Eyes are a fierce blue, gleaming in the shadows.
IMPORTANT ROLEPLAYS |
POSITIVEStarrycrash
Iciclestrike Larkfire Sedgepaw |
NEUTRALDawnstar
Twilightstar Shadowfur Ravenpaw |
TARNISHEDFoxtooth
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HISTORY
kithood 0 - 6 moons
mirekit was one of three kits born to prestigious shadowclan warrior scorchedraven and an unknown sire. she and her two littermates, starrykit and iciclekit, were inseparable and often did everything together; from moss ball to playing clan to poking their noses into all the other dens once they were allowed to leave the nursery. their father was never around but scorchedraven was, and mire idolized her mother. despite the less-than-parental relationship and often harsh disciplinary actions the fearsome shadowclanner took, the black rosetted kit still held a deep admiration for her and wished to be a strong warrior like her one day.
during one of the first meetings she can recall as a young kit in shadowclan, she witnessed the clans' medicine cat ebonyfang get replaced with badgerscar, a much tougher and, in her opinion, scarier cat, who also happened to be related to dawnstar. this had mirekit envisioning what it would be like if her family ever rose to power; she would be leader, of course, while starrykit would be her trusted deputy and iciclekit would be her medicine cat. her mother would serve as an advisor to her.
apprenticeship 6 - 10 moons
finally the day came where mirekit and her siblings reached the age of six moons. they were made into apprentices alongside smokypaw, cloudpaw, dovepaw, and bushypaw. not only did this meeting hold new apprentices starting their warrior training alongside mirepaw and her kin, but other changes as well. brackenpaw was named a warrior and given the name brackenfire, and shadestorm was announced as the clans' new deputy. the clans other medicine cat, bouncepaw, also received his full name as well of bounceberry - thought mirepaw has memories of dawn calling him "bouncey ball" which she thought was funny.
during her first moon as an apprentice, there was a border battle between her clan and riverclan. at the following gathering, with mirepaw in attendance alongside her mentor shadowfur, she watched as dawnstar delivered swift punishment to a clanmate who spoke out about killing a riverclan queen. the ordeal frightened her and she ended up clinging to shadowfur's side the rest of the gathering.
despite this real world wakeup call, mirepaw was still rather innocent and happy-go-lucky. often prancing around camp with a smile, she took great pride in doing her apprentice duties. most of the time she would try to extend her time in the elders' den in favor of hearing their stories about the old days. it was during one trip to see sneezeheart, a very old shadowclan elder, that she learned more about her clans' past, dawnstar's family and their rise to power, and how modern shadowclan came to be.
in between rigorous training sessions with shadowfur, her apprentice duties, and sharing tongues with her littermates, she received specialized training from her mother. this was often claws-out and done in a secluded part of the territory. mirepaw was pushed to her breaking point various times with her mother, and yet always strived to impress her despite the pain that was slowly engulfing her heart. her mother was harsh and rough with her, but concealed her less-than-motherly teachings under the guise of wanting mirepaw to be the best warrior shadowclan ever saw. because of this, mirepaw continued to strive for her mothers' praise, though it was few and far between.
[ the incident ]
after surviving what would go on to be the cornerstone in her childhood, mirepaw's personality took a 180 degree turn. no longer was she bubbly or outgoing. cold, abrasive, and often sticking to the shadows, mirepaw shut everyone out - all except her siblings. they became closer than ever before, rarely being seen without the other. she threw herself head first into training, both with shadowfur and scorchedraven. bruises, cuts, wounds that took days to heal. mirepaw was no longer blanketed by her delusional innocence and instead awakened to the harsh reality of life in shadowclan.
during these darker times for the young 'paw, she became lured into the dark forest with the whispered promises of obtaining power and control over her own life so that nothing like the incident ever happened again. she was immediately hooked and began a rather intensive training underneath Frostfang, a very old shadowclan warrior who died many, many, many moons ago - according to him, "before the modern day clans."
warriorhood 10 - 24 moons
soon enough, her tenacity and commitment to training paid off and she was made into a warrior . no longer a 'paw, she was now mirehound, named after her loyalty and dedication to shadowclan. she expected this to be something of merit to scorchedraven, but all it earned her was a scoff and the back of her mothers pelt. mirehound felt humiliated, and spent her vigil alone at the entrance of camp despite having been named alongside her kin.
during the next few moons, dawnstar was absent from shadowclan's camp as she led a patrol of several cats into thunderclan to rectify their failing clan at the invitation of a thunderclanner. while this was happening, owlfeather and elmshadow were placed in charge. it didn't affect mirehound that much, who kept her nose to the ground and focused on her own duties as a warrior. it was also around this time that shadestorm began to slack off, not being seen around camp and lacking in sending patrols out. mirehound took notice of this but kept out of it in favor of focusing on her own duties once again.
while out in the territory for a solo hunt, mirehound ran into scorchedraven, whom she had not seen around for awhile. the two got into it, with the black rosetted warrior demanding why nothing she ever did was good enough. words soon turned to snarls, which dissolved into claws. they both went after each other until finally the beginnings of a storm broke them apart.
through the rain, mirehound denounced her desire to be scorchedraven's daughter, painfully admitting that despite everything all she had ever wanted to do was make her mother proud. in a last ditch effort, she claimed that she did not care whether she lived or died (though this was not the case at all). scorchedraven simply laughed and informed her once again that she would never amount to anything more than a measly, terrified mouse, and left in the darkness. mirehound has not seen her since.
dawnstar returned from occupying thunderclan, but on the way back got roped up into a fight over the sky glade. when she came into camp with a patrol battered and bruised, mirehound was instantly curious. it was then revealed that the strip of territory had been given back to windclan, and that no shadowclan cat was to set paw. though she did not show it at the time, mirehound was relieved that their feud with windclan seemed to be coming to an end. regardless of what had started it, vengeance had been sought for too long, and a period of peace (if only brief) would do both clans good. at this same meeting, elmshadow and ivysnake were announced as the clans' new medicine cat, along with cinderblaze as the new deputy. mirehound didn't know any of them well, but knew that ivysnake was one of the cats who had gone with dawnstar to take leadership of thunderclan.
enforcers were also announced, which perked mirehound's interest. she recalled these being the ranks that had first been introduced at the same meeting as her warrior ceremony, though she was not surprised to learn her name was not among them. she was still young and humble enough to know that she was quite inexperienced in several aspects of life.
despite the sedentary days that followed, they were quickly dispelled as twolegs were spotted in shadowclan territory. they had brought their dogs and were building fire on their land. per dawnstar's order, mirehound and the rest of shadowclan evacuated their camp and made their way to the mourning ruins to shelter. they stayed there for quite sometime. there were several cats who lost their lives, became injured, or were captured by twolegs during this time, all of which mirehound still remembers to this day. her hatred for the big-pawed beings stemmed from that event (and continues to flare her anger to this day).
shadowclan was able to return to their camp after a moon, but their territory was left in disarray. clearstone (glass) was everywhere, and pinewatch patch was notated as being off limits. a buddy system was put into place for every cat for the next seven sunrises. mirehound didn't expect much else from this meeting until her former mentors name was called for putting his apprentice in a dangerous situation. though the rest of the clan jumped to condemn him, the shadow warrior didn't believe for one second he did it intentionally. when ratsomething (mirehound still does not care to recall his name) attacked him, mirehound stood with unsheathed claws ready to defend her mentor if need be.
soon enough dawnstar intervened and waived any punishment, to which mirehound was grateful. though her and her former mentor had drifted apart since she had become a warrior, she still cared for him almost as much as she did her kin. afterwards, she made plans to go with him, but feared that the distance that had been causing them to drift apart would leave her as unwelcome. instead, she left the camp to hunt shortly after the meetings end.
not even a few moons after his announced deputyship, cinderblaze was found dead with the cause being twolegs. her hatred for them only grew during this discovery, though she was also frustrated with the dead deputies lack of vigilance while out in the territory. enforcers were tasked with handling patrols, and it was during this meeting that mirehound vowed to work towards the rank. after all, she had to be ready for whatever event dawnstar was planning to hold to locate more enforcers and potentially, a deputy.
at the following meeting however, new enforcers were named; sorrelflare and shadowfur. mirehound was not surprised by her former mentor's promotion, and instead cast him a congratulatory glance. he seemed surprised though, which had her chuckling on the inside. larkpaw was also named an enforcer, which only fueled the fire in her belly to obtain the rain; if an apprentice could be placed in the rank, surely she would have no problem. though unlike frostscreeh and dappledleaf, mirehound refrained from outwardly challenging. instead, she wished to work more and make sure she had a solid foundation to prove she belonged among the clans' elites.
shortly after having spent numerous days vigorously working on her training and skillset, mirehound visited dawnstar in her den. she expressed to the leader how she wished to do more for the clan, and now saw herself as belonging among the clans elite; the enforcers. dawnstar recognized her drive and promised that if she proved it with her actions, she would be made an enforcer within the moon.
during an altercation in the clearing in which foxtooth, a shadowclan warrior, was pinned by dawnstar, mirehound happened to be in the clearing. it was learned that he had allowed a windclan warrior to hunt freely in shadowclan territory. as a test to her previous promise to prove herself, mirehound was tasked by dawnstar to watch over foxtooth as he completed his punishment. during their time spent together cleaning out the clans' dens, mirehound was able to unearth the true name of the windclan cat; lilyheart. though she swore not to tell foxtooth, she knew the dangers of having this information when dawnstar didn't were risky, so she informed her leader of it.
there were several days where there was unrest in shadowclan. cats were winding up dead without a clear culprit - until one of the assailants, ebonysky, confessed to a warrior, who then told dawnstar. in an emergency meeting called, ebonysky was frightful that she would be killed and so she took care of the issue with deathberries. heatherrain, the other named assailant, went on a manic monologue about how she had been killing shadowclan cats, as well as cats from other clans. during this she attacked beeflight, but was shortly killed by dawnstar for murder and attempted murder.
during this meeting a windclan patrol interrupted towards the end, claiming that a shadowclan warrior by the name of vixendance had snuck into their camp and attempted to steal a kit of theirs. dawnstar addressed the traitor swiftly, and mirehound volunteered alongside her littermate starrycrash to escort the patrol off of shadowclan territory.
in the moon following this, mirehound was leading a group of apprentices out to the thunderclan border for a group training lesson. it was here she caught a patrol of four thunderclan cats crossing the border and attempting to hunt prey. she confronted them and demanded they leave; instead of heeding her order, one of the thunderclan cats leapt to attack her. seeing them as a threat to the apprentices she had with her, mirehound killed them almost immediately, which sparked a rather gruesome and bloody fight.
enforcer: 24 moons - present
in the aftermath, four warriors from shadowclan and four warriors from thunderclan lay dead. mirehound returned to camp after dawnstar with ivyleaf's body on her back. though grief gripped her heart, she remained strong and paid attention to the meeting. it was here that dawnstar named her an enforcer, to which mirehound was both surprised and relieved. acknowledgement for her service to the clan being given felt like lapping cool water on a hot greenleaf day.
since being named an enforcer, mirehound has continued to serve shadowclan by rigorously training her two apprentices as well as making sure the skillsets of others are up to par.
(to be continued.)