Beardance

[Lemon Zinger]

Beardance
He is a Thunderclan elder of 70 moons.
Description: Graying brown fur covers this tom. Already rather large, this makes him resemble his namesake even more. His paws are light brown on top, but grow to be dark brown on the bottom. Rough and warn black paw pads lie below. the light fur is broken by dark stripes, which continue down his back. The fur is thick, but not too heavy. His ringed tail ends with a tip of dark brown. Though large, his is remarkably agile. Regardless of age he remains fit. He is an elder by age, but still takes walks outside of camp. He will even occasionally catch something tasty. His head is very dark at the top, and his ears are lighter and fading to gray. The very tips still have a dark brown. His face also has dark stripes, but the fur bordering his eyes, ears, and mouth is gray. His whiskers are while, standing out against his darker fur. His nose is a very dark brown. His eyes are the most warm shade of brown, very loving and friendly. They still glimmer with playfulness regardless of age.
Personality: Beardance is very loving. All his kin adore(d) him and know that regardless that he can be stern, he really is just concerned for their well-being. He is very firm in his believe that all life is sacred. He cares for Spiritsong regardless that she was not his kin, nor from his clan. He defended her stoically, even when she made mistakes or was incredibly stubborn. For all his love and compassion though, his massive claws and sharp teeth are ready and able to drive off enemies if they must. He might be retired, but he will never loose his warrior spirit. His one regret would be loosing Shimmerpaw, who died when she was an apprentice. It was a horrific event, since Beardance had been arguing with her only moments before, and he fell into a deep depression until he rescued Spiritsong. He may love her like his own daughter, but treats her fairly and loves all of his nieces and nephews the same. He is also very loving towards his sister, Badgersong.
History: Beardance and Badgersong were both rather large kits. Badgersong resembled their father, Blackcloud, while Beardance was far more like their mother, Sparrowstripe. They had one other companion, Cloudwhisper, who was a good friend to both of them. They became apprentices and learned the ways of a warrior. Beardance was at the battle when his father was slain, so he was very strong for his mother and sister. His mother moved into the nursery soon after, and Beardance and Badgersong visited her often. They became warriors and Badgersong soon fell in love with Cloudwhisper. For some reason, a rift formed between Beardance and Cloudwhisper, but Badgerson patiently ignored it. Her first litter of kits were two beautiful she-cats. Beardance doted on them, becoming their playmate. When he was given Shimmerpaw as an apprentice, he expected things to do smoothly.
They didn't, they fell into arguments constantly and after one particularly heated debate Shimmerpaw ran off. At first, Beardance didn't follow, pausing to talk to Badgersong. When he did go after her, he watched, helpless, as she was struck by an adder. Without a second though he attacked the monster from behind and killed it, but Shimmerpaw died soon after. Beardance was beside himself with grief, and Badgersong was little better, though she never blamed Beardance. She already had a second litter, this time consisting of a tom called Smallkit.
Mysticpool, Shimmerpaw's sister, was soon a full warrior and Beardance could hardly sit through the ceremony. Smallkit was apprenticed soon after, and though he was offered another apprentice, he firmly turned it down. Badgersong's third litter had a she-cat and tom, Robinkit and Oakkit. They were only a couple days old when Beardance went out by the Shadowclan border. A warrior was abandoning a kit on the Thunderpath.
Unable to ignore it, Beardance went to retrieve the kit, but found he had to fight for her. He managed to escape with the little kit, whom he named Spiritkit. He begged Badgersong to take her in, and the loving queen did so readily. The leader agreed to the fostering, though was privately concerned about the kit's furture.
Beardance never doubted her though, and instead continued to train her. She has lived up to his expectations and he's retired now that she is doing well.

Beardance [LZ]
Tom | 70 Moons | Brown | Brown Tabby | Loving | Protective | Old, but active

[.:Lion:.]

Accepted