Oriolemask

Oriolepaw is slim like her mother. She seems willowy, and will grow more so as the seasons pass and she grows into herself fully. Her limbs are a little longer than the average Thistleclan cat's, and her frame long and slinky. 

This young molly's pelt is one to be envious of, and the older she gets the longer and more lustrous it will become. Beautiful silvers and dark reds mingle together amongst shadowy dark dapples, while here and there pale greys dance. One front paw ends in mottled white and grey, while the other is black and threatening. Her back paws are both pale, and her tail is draped with long threads of every shade her pelt contains. Her belly is a pale grey, with a singular black spot centered like a pawprint. The beginnings of a wispy silver mane are growing under on her neck. There is no rhyme nor reason to the coloring of her pelt, but the dark shades in layered chaos leave her extremely well equipped to slide unseen through the shadows of her home forest. 

She takes great pride in her eyes, which are a startling bright yellow that dazzle in the sunlight. For this reason, yellow flowers are her favorite. Her tortoiseshell coloring continues on her head, with a particularly dark marking covering a large portion of her face, broken only by small bits of lighter coloring. Above each eye are two distinct smudges of silver, which sit like eyebrows on her forehead. Her whiskers are both black and white, another physical manifestation of her changing nature. Oriolepaw's ears are speckled black and grey, and as she is still young are almost absurdly large on her head and tipped with dark fur. 

ADVENTUROUS/FOOLHARDY - FRIENDLY - FICKLE - INSECURE

Oriolepaw, from an early age, is all too happy to engage in mysteries and exploration. Overjoyed at finding new places, seeing new things and having new experiences, she dives headfirst into every opportunity to do so. This can translate into Oriolepaw being thoughtlessly reckless, venturing rashly where she should not go without thinking about consequences or dangers.

She is easily disposed to being cheeerful and friendly to others, happy to be helpful. Oriolepaw enjoys spending time with others, especially those close to her in age who want to play, have fun and explore!

Oriolepaw is changeable. Both in action and emotion, the last word used to describe her would be steady. Her caprice will strike at any time, whenever she latches on to something new to be fascinated with, perhaps to distract her and pull her away from a task she doesn't like. This can impact her ability to be close with others, and could impact how others see her in regards to being a good clan-mate.

This young she-cat is often subject to fears and doubts about herself and her capabilities. She is more likely to believe negative thoughts about herself than any compliments that may come from others, and will often attribute any of her own skills to the actions of others or mere luck. This lack of confidence will not serve her well as she grows and will be something she will have to work hard on if she wants to overcome.

The slim molly known as Needlenose found herself pregnant with a good deal of surprise, after a brief fling with the adventurous Badgerbelly. Not a molly inclined to motherhood naturally, she was unsure about finding herself in the nursery in such a condition, and somewhat annoyed at the tom who she viewed as having put her there. But it mattered not, for the she-cat was of strong Thistleclan stock with a heart used to cold pine shadows and unfriendly northern winds, and no stranger to lonely pride. She would raise the kits herself, and had no need for a tom to coo at the kits at her side. In fact, she wouldn't even tell Badgerbelly that they were his.

Two kits she bore, and in an old tradition waited for the kits to reveal their names to her as they grew. Oriolekit was named for her natural inclination to flit here and there, her curiosity driving her ever forward and leaving her unable to settle. As young kits, she and her brother Bearkit got along well. For though they differed in temperament, they bore no ill will towards each other and no circumstances arose in the happy nursery that could drive them apart.

For all her happy times as a kit, it did not escape Oriolekit's notice that Needlenose raised them alone. Which was confusing, because she noticed how other kits were visited by toms - fathers. And where was hers? Needlenose, after being asked too many times for her prickly patience to stand, finally responded sharply that the father was not her mate, and thus did not have a place in the nursery. This confusion stayed with Oriolekit for all of her childhood, until finally she reached her sixth moon.

At the ceremony, she couldn't help but take the opportunity to glance at all the toms in the clan. Despite how exciting it was to stand before Thievingstar and be named Oriolepaw, she couldn't help but wonder - were any of those toms watching just that little bit more proud? Did any of them look like her or her brother? Which one of them was it?

Now with Eaglefang named as her mentor, Oriolepaw is faced with many new challenges. Not the least of which, living up to his expectations of becoming a capable warrior - while all she wants to do is chase the horizon.