Cracklepaw

Appearance
Cracklepaw is a spiky-furred black tomcat with piercing amber eyes, under which are a rim of white. He also has a splotch of white on his chest as well as white-tipped ears. Oh, and the signature edgy hair-tuft.



Personality
Cracklepaw tends to be sarcastic and blunt, and for a long while he acted cold towards others. Although recently he has begun to warm up, he still maintains his independence. He also has a childish side that has started to appear more often, and has to work a lot harder than most to learn hunting & battle skills.

Kit-Hood
Cracklepaw was born a rogue to his father, Smoke. His mother is currently unknown. He spent his days wandering the forest and drawing in the dirt. Back then, him and his dad were the whole world. He never learned anything about his mother, besides the fact she died. It wasn't really something that bothered him, though... he already had everything he needed or wanted. So, when he was told they'd be joining Hollowedclan, Crackle - now Cracklepaw - wasn't very happy. He was mad at his dad for making the decision, even though he just wanted his son to have a community.

When they joined, they'd had to stand in front of the whole clan while Jaggedstar decided how much they were worth. It was embarrassing. Despite his anger, Cracklepaw clung to Smoke - Smokefoot now - like velcro. He was extremely resistant to making any other friends, and acted like a brat to his mentor, Cinderleaf. The best times to him were when Smokefoot would take him hunting, or joke to him about Jaggedstar's weird fur-wrinkles. His opinions on the other cats ranged from indifferent to pure hatred, and he particularly disliked a certain med-cat apprentice, Rosepaw. Although, at least she appreciated his snarky-ness by taunting him back.

After a couple moons passed, the clan still didn't feel like home, but he started to get more comfortable learning with encouragement from Smoke. It was a sunny leaf-bare afternoon when everything went wrong. Recent patrols had reported dog-scent close to the territory - everyone in the clan was on edge, especially with increasing tensions and border-crossings between Springclan. That day, the deputy advised Jaggedstar halt patrols until the scent was gone, but Jaggedstar believed it was more important to define the borders. Smokefoot was scent out with the patrol, and they'd been spread thin to cover all edges of the territory. The next time Cracklepaw saw him, he was mangled beyond dead.

Following his death, Cracklepaw became increasingly cold. He blamed Jaggedstar and hated his clanmates, spending his nights sneaking out and his afternoons avoiding training. Even when he tried, he still couldn't catch better than some kits. He couldn't even graduate to become a warrior when Cinderleaf was assigned a new apprentice. After Jaggedstar died and Firemane became Firestar, life started to look up for him. Now he's training hard individually to finally get his name. Secretly, he hopes he can help make a difference in his clan.

TL;DR: He was born a rogue named Crackle, he joined the clans and his dad died so he became super cold & hated everyone for a while, and then started to warm up to Rosepaw and work harder after Jaggedstar - who he blamed for his dad's death - finally kicked the bucket.

Friends & Family
Apart from his late father, Cracklepaw has no family. However, Rosepaw is his closest friend and he is also friendly towards Cinderleaf, his former mentor.

Prophecy
Cracklepaw is part of the prophecy, one of the cats chosen to have powers given from Starclan. He has the ability to see into cats' memories by touching them. He can also sometimes sense bits and pieces of others thoughts or moods when he is near them. In the future, if he learns to control his powers better, he might be able to bring other cats into the memories with him.