"make death proud to take us."

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(note: apologies for any and all tags! any tags are to give credit where credit is due <3)

[ GENERAL ]
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Past names — Zinniakit, Zinniapaw
Current name — Zinniaheart
Future names — uncertain

Prefix meaning — 'zinnia' for her bright colored pelt.

Suffix meaning — 'heart' because deep down under her emotionless mask, she has a caring heart and is a good role model.

Nicknames — cats who are close to her may call her 'Zin' or 'Zinnia' for short.

Age — 24 moons
Gender — female
Clan — riverclan
Rank — warrior
Past ranks — kit, apprentice

[ APPEARANCE ]
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Voice — Jennifer Lawrence, as Katniss Everdeen.
Fur colors — offwhite, light rose, red-brown, deep brown.

Fur description — medium length and fluffy. she keeps her fur well groomed and clean.

Eye color — yellow

Build — average, with toned muscles and long legs.

Scent — she smells like tall grasses and rabbits from her last home, but is slowly developing a fishy riverclan scent.

Scarring — she has a couple big scars on her right side, the result of a dog attack.

Wounds — none

Basic description — an average sized she-cat with an offwhite basecoat splotched with light rose, red-brown, and deep brown fur. She has a distinguishable fluffy tail.

[ PERSONALITY ]
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Negative traits
- a bit judgemental
- impersonal
- standoffish
- gruff
- holds grudges

Positive traits
- regal
- protective
- caring
- collected
- clever

Overall —
Zinniaheart is a quieter cat, though definitely not shy. She's wary of most cats and keeps her guard up 24/7. She doesn't particularly like to be alone, but it's what ends up happening to her due to her seeming cold. She's kind of brusque and can't stand when a conversation goes in circles. She masks 90% of the time, so nobody really knows what she's feeling at any moment.

She's fairly majestic, paired with the mystery of her personality. She's always cool and collected, and often sits back to observe and analvze the situation. Even though she seemes like she doesn't care, she's quite protective and she does care for a select few cats.

Nature — reserved
Drive/ motive — she doesn't really have one. she's currently just trying to find a new purpose for her life other than just being a warrior.

Likes — hunting alone, chatting quietly, berries, being listened to, flowers (zinnias and dandelions, Cedarclaw, in case you're reading this 😀).

Dislikes — large groups, stupidity, voles, mushrooms.

[ STATISTICS ]
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Agility — 8/10
Stealthy — 6/10
Fighting — 10/10
Hunting — 7/10
Tactics — 6/10

Speed — 7/10
Strength — 7/10
Stamina — 6/10
Endurance — 7/10
Climbing — 5/10
Swimming — 4/10

Sight — 6/10
Scent — 5/10
Hearing — 5/10
Taste — 4/10

Den building — 3/10
Battle tactics — 7/10
Hunting tactics — 6/10
Kitting — 3/10
Herb knowledge — 3/10

[ CLAN LIFE ]
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Kithood — Zinniakit had a pretty normal, typical kithood. She was born into a litter of three in windclan. She was surrounded by family from the moment she was born, as her mother's two brothers and sister and her father's sister and brother were involved in the kit's lives. Family was always very important to this bloodline, and they all stuck together. Since Zinniaheart could remember, the point of family being the core of everything was what she remembered most about her kithood.

Apprenticeship — Zinniapaw was made an apprentice with her brother and sister. One of her mother's brothers, Venomwing, was her mentor. He was a good mentor, though maybe a little brash. Throughout her apprenticeship, she constantly felt like the most boring apprentice. She wasn't all courageous and bold cat like her
siblings, and she preferred the more quiet, meaningful things. She was more interested in negotiation than fighting. She felt like she stuck out among the other apprentices. Because of this she began to question her place in windclan.

Warriorhood — Zinniapaw became Zinniaheart at last, right on time. Her family was proud of her, but they seemed moreso proud of Venomwing. She'd heard about his past failure with an apprentice and guessed this was a redemption story for him. She didn't care too much. She was just glad that she passed.

After becoming a warrior, things seemed way less exciting than it had been made out to be. She didn't feel as though she was noticeable or important, just another cat in the clan. She kept searching for her place in the clan. She helped assist the elders, she went on every hunting patrol possible, she helped out the medicine cat every once in a while. Nothing felt right. Windclan didn't feel right to her.

So one night, she picked up and left windclan without a word to anyone. She journeyed to Riverclan, since that was the first clan on her list to check out. She camped out that night just outside riverclan territory, at the border between the clan and twoleg houses. When the patrol came, she explained that she was a windclan warrior and wanted to join riverclan. They took her to the leader where he interrogated her. Eventually he agreed to give her a test trial.
She was allowed to stay and learn their ways for a few moons. A couple of cats trained her in their hunting tactics and how to swim. After four moons, she was made a full riverclan warrior. She's not sure if she's fully accepted by some, but she's hopeful that it will come with time. She misses her family, but they'll have nothing to do with her now that she's no longer Windclan.

Even then, her past still couldn't stay in the past. Several times when she was out on patrol Windclan warriors jeered at or taunted her, or threatened her from across the border. It went on for moons. Then one time, three Windclan warriors decided to come across the border and river when they saw her. That decision resulted in violence as they ganged up on her.

It was a bad decision on their part; she beat their tails. Sure, she got all scratched up, but it was nothing in comparison to their consequences. One warrior went home with several bleeding wounds and a torn ear. The second had some fur pulled out and a scratched muzzle. The third one she drowned in the river. She was a little bit horrified by what she'd done and told nobody. She has no idea why Windclan didn't meet with Riverclan to discuss the death. The subject was never brought up. The only thing she can think of is that the two living warriors said nothing about the incident and made up a lie about how their third member died.

Friendships — Cedarclaw (owned by iwannacombust ).

Enemies — to be discussed.

[ FAMILY LIFE ]
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Parents —
Speckleshadow, her mother. A white and brown spotted she-cat. She misses her mother, but her mother is the one who hates her most now.

Blazerunner, her father. A bright ginger tom with darker stripes and white paws. He doesn't despise her as much as the others do. Sometimes they talk at gatherings, but the conversation is normally uncomfortable.

Siblings —
Dhaliawhisker, her sister. a pale cream she-cat with ginger patches. They don't talk anymore.

Asterflight, her brother. a solid dark brown tom. They don't talk anymore.

Kits — none.

[ ROMANTIC LIFE ]
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Past mates — none

Current mate — none (but she does have a love interest 👀).

Likes in mate — colorful personality, compassion, grace, dignity, efficiency.

Dislikes in mate — slowness, oblivion, uncleanliness, unfocused, unintelligent.

Interested in kits? — possibly, if she finds the right guy. It's not a 'must have' for her, but it would be nice. If her future partner doesn't want any then she'll be fine without them too.

Preferred family size — she doesn't really have one. She had a large family, but now it's shrunk down to just her. The size of the family doesn't matter too much to her.

[ EXTRA / OTHER ]
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Links/ images —

( reference by hollyhockfang  )

( art by Lexi_exe130  )

( ship art of cedarclaw and zinniaheart by Lexi_exe130 <3 )

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