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Shiningheart :thumb472292040: :thumb476555401:

With this newest update I got the joy . . . . of moving 12 LeafClanners into the Starclan section, and 5 nonLeafClanners too. Also updated app background and made some progress on updating her history. (its still almost a year short, good gravy. . . )  (May 2015 edit)

((original) Artist note: Wow, I have been needing to update this for ages. What took me so long? Well I am a perfectionist especially where Shiningheart is concerned and while I made some mistakes on her original ref sheet I could not make a replacement I was satisfied with. (so I am still a bit unsatisfied with this one. . .) But with the group becoming super I felt it would not be good for the groups image to have a high rank with an old app sheet. So here it is, her new application sheet. The only changes to her design are fixes for the mistakes made previously, such as using a technique to make a fur pattern that dulled the colors. And putting her in a pose so no one could see that she had normal tabby stripes on her sides and back legs. *sigh*)

Greetings. Who am I, you ask?  I am Shiningheart, the current deputy of Leafclan.  I am second generation Leafclan, my parents were among those who followed Leafstar to this forest. Leafstar was my grandmother.  
 Kits?  A mate?  No, not yet.  Perhaps someday.
Name: Shiningheart
Clan: Leafclan
Rank: Deputy
Apprentice: None at the moment (Former ones: Brackenpaw, Mistdew, Waterbreeze, and Swiftrabbit)
Gender: She-cat
Age: 36 moons
Pelt:  Golden with brown tabby stripes, a white mark on her upper chest, and a small amount of black on her tail.
Eyes:  Forest green, with lighter green almost gold centers.
Shiningheart is a friendly and cheerful cat who enjoys helping her clan mates and spending most of her time in the trees. Very loyal, and will respond in kind to those around her. Loyalty for loyalty, friendship for friendship.  But when crossed she does not forget.  She will do anything to protect her clan and her clan mates. She takes her role as LeafClans deputy very seriously and will not do anything to undermine the clans confidence in Sparklestar, her, or the clan as a whole.  When afraid she will not show it to most cats at all, especially the clan as a whole.
She can sometimes be found practicing aerial acrobatics in her favorite patch of forest. She tends to go at night because she prefers not to have an audience. Only one cat has seen her do this. She is currently not doing this as often as she was before because she is sleeping at least some of the time with her adopted kits.

Mate: Barkheart :cuddle:
Kits: No kits, she and Bark have been taking it super slow. :) But two adopted kits, Runningkit and Silverkit. Both dead now. . . . .
(update) Fire beautiful kits, Amberkit, Sapkit, Pheasantkit, Birdkit, Sandkit.

|| Personality ||
She is a very warm and friendly cat, she tries to get to know every member of her clan. She is loyal to a fault and will put her friends and her clan before herself, no matter how much it hurts. Stubborn as a post, once she has decided to do something you would have an easier time diverting a river. Loving, she loves easily and deeply. When any cat in her clan passes away it hurts her deeply, like claws to her soul. Honest, she is a very honest cat and would generally prefer to say nothing then to lie. Kind if she can do anything to help she will do her best when there is need of her.

|| History ||
         
Kithood:

Born in LeafClan she was good friends with Bearstar’s kits Sparklekit, Barkkit, and Amberkit. They often played wild games together, sometimes her older brother Shadowpaw would play with them. The kits spent almost all of their time together and were rarely apart. Barkkit once teased that she would become leader one day, because she was always leading them on adventures or into trouble. When a strange she-cat came and took Bearstar’s kits away she was distraught. After they had left she was the youngest cat in the nursery and then the apprentice den for quite some. This became a bit of a lonely time for her, she was not used to being away from other kits. As a kit her fur was always a mess, strands going in every direction making her look like a giant brownish cotton ball. The older kits and apprentices teased her endlessly for this.
      
Apprenticeship:

As an apprentice she grew slowly and always seemed smaller than the other apprentices. Between that and her fur which remained a fluffy mess almost until she was a warrior the other apprentices teasing drove her to seek solitude in the surrounding forest. She learned quickly and found that she loved being in the trees. The brown stone of LeafClans camp seemed drab and unpleasant to her in comparison to the rich soft greens of the forest. She was taught the classic LeafClan art of tree climbing and loved the canopy of the forest. She rarely slipped and never fell from the protecting branches of the trees. To a degree she almost felt as if the trees themselves were her guardians, and that they would never let her fall. Her first gather was amazing and overwhelming all at once. She met a very young Talonpaw there. It was at this gather she first noticed something not right about Tawneyfur. A stray comment was the beginning of the young cat’s suspicions.
Warrior:

She was so proud when she earned her warrior name, though her pleasure was dulled by the news that Bearstar was sending her father Heartwood and her brother Shadowfire away on a long voyage to the lands the clans had inhabited long ago. She did well and worked hard, when Sparklekit returned she was overjoyed and was among the loudest at chanting her friend’s warrior name of Sparkleeyes. Though she was very confused why Amberkit and Barkkit had not also returned. She and Sparkleeyes quickly picked up where they had left off as kits and were soon good friends again. She often asked Sparkleeyes where the she cat had gone and what had become of Sparkleeyes's siblings but this was a subject her friend did not seem to want to discuss so Shiningheart eventually stopped asking simple glad she had one of her Kithood friends back.
  Tawneyfur was Bearstar's deputy and while she tried not to think badly of the she-cat but little things nagged at her and made her uneasy around the deputy. The war with CloudClan just warming up, the attacks from both sides getting gradually worse and border raids increased.  The war soured Bearstar and the good old tom changed becoming more violent and unpredictable.
   When Bearstar died during a battle with CloudClan her friend Sparkleeyes became deputy and Tawneyfur became Tawneystar, leader of LeafClan. The battles with CloudClan were frequent and brutal, many died and were injured on both sides. One fateful battle in the pouring rain Shiningheart raked her claws across a young warriors face, causing scars that she truly regrets and that still grace Rainstar’s face today. Far graver things also happened that day, the reason for the accident was danger to both clan’s leaders. Tawneystar and Poisonstar the then leader of CloudClan was battling near an unstable cliff edge.  They had begun to teeter, knowing the only way to get around Rainnose was to make the other warrior duck Shiningheart swiped a savage blow aimed at Rainnoe’s face. To her surprise and horror Rainnose did not duck taking the blow full on.  There was nothing Shiningheart could do but watch as Poisonstar of CloudClan and Tawneystar of LeafClan tumbled off a cliff face taking CloudClans deputy Splitfur with them. CloudClans deputy had seen the same thing Shiningheart had but had been unable to anchor them and they pulled the deputy from the cliff. The battle was halted, both clans had lost much that day.
Deputy:

When they got home from the battle everyone was exhausted. At Stormwind’s insistence Sparklestar named a new deputy. Spaklestar made Shiningheart her deputy, and war between CloudClan and LeafClan entered a lull as the two clans recovered from the loss of their leaders. (here is about where the group picked up) As both Clans found their feet the war escalated once more as at a gather the two leader practically came to blows and an attack on CloudClan was planned. A few moons later LeafClan attacked, making allies of HighClan for passage across their land. Since this point there have been many trials for the cats of LeafClan and Shiningheart as always does her best to keep the clan safe and to stop it from falling into chaos.
LeafFall-LeafBare

   Tigerstripe came of age and was quickly mobbed by the she-cats of the clan, Mudeyes and Sparklestar foremost among them.  Shiningheart had also developed a crush on the charismatic young tom, but she did not want to hurt her friends and so allowed herself to fade into the background. Tigerstripe eventually became mates with Mudeyes though it was not always a harmonious paring.
 The war with CloudClan gradually came to an end though not without losses. Shininghearts apprentice had been fighting another apprentice and they had both attacked unwisely. Brakenpaw died of blood loss on the way home from the battle. Guilt consumed her, she should have watched over her apprentice more closely.  The war with CloudClan ended as the two leaders declared an uneasy peace. While most of the clan was at the last battle her brother Shadowfire returned to find the camp nearly empty.  Shiningheart was greatly comforted by the return of her brother though was terribly sad that their father was not with him. 
  Barkheart arrived a few weeks later bringing with him Sparklestar’s son Flametail.  They were heartily welcomed and Shiningheart began to renew her friendship with her Kithood playmate. In many ways he was just as she had remembered him but the years of war with CloudClan had changed her.  It was not long before he confessed his love to her. She was startled and awkward, she loved him like a brother and while she did not doubt his words she feared he was in love with Shiningkit. The she-cat he had known when they were young rather than who she had become. He had not been home long enough to truly know her again she felt and she told him so before escaping the conversation. 
  A terribly fire sweeps across LeafClan’s lands and the clan retreats to the border of the lake where the fire cannot reach. Most cats make it out of the fire with little more than singed fur but a few cats are not so lucky.  Shortly after returning to their home the LeafClans first kits are born, due to the stress two stillborn and a single healthy tom.  As troubles rarely come alone barely a moon after the fire hits LeafClan is flooded out, which at least takes care of any remaining smolder in the leaf mold.  LeafClan is pushed all the way out of their territory this time and takes up residence outside of normal clan borders. It is a full moon before the waters recede enough for the clan to return home. On one of the last patrols before returning home Shiningheart and the rest of her patrol find a tiny bright orange tom kit covered in a thin layer of frost. The little one is brought back to the clan and adopted by the queen who’s kits were born right after the clan returned home, he was named Frostkit for his near death experience.
New-leaf beings

After so much hardship things finally start to look up for the clan. Their first kit to survive to apprentice age for many moons celebrates his apprentice ceremony and a moon later a few survivors of the shattered FrozenClan stumble into camp.  They are welcomed into LeafClan and life continues.
  Barkheart watched her from afar wondering if she would ever love him as more than a brother. As LeafGreen began in full swing his wish was granted.  She came to love him in return while they were helping to train Cougarpaw and for a long time was too shy to say anything to him.
In March Shiningheart celebrates the warrior ceremony of her apprentice Mistdew.  This is a the first warrior ceremony for many, many moons.
  Eventually Sparklestar grows tired of watching her brother and deputy mince around her and draws them both into openly admitting their feelings.  Not long after that they officially became mates.




|| KIN ||
••Mother:  Treesong, Gingerstep (mother in law)(deceased)
••Father: Heartwood
••Siblings: Shadowfire, Waterbreeze (adoption), Russetheart (half), Bobtail (adoption)(deceased)
••Grandparents: Leafstar (grandmother)(deceased)

||Physical Info||

••Build: Solid and gracefully slender
••Fur type: Long, soft, and fluffy
••Size: Larger than average (by a fair bit) (30 cm)
••Face: A slender slightly round face, it seems a little small for her body at times. Her eyes are forest green with lighter almost gold centers, framed by golden fur and a pair of smallish pointy ears topped with brown tufts of fur.
••Body: Her long thick fur makes her seem larger then she is, the main color is gold with brown stripes. A patch of white on her upper chest.
••Legs: Long slender legs, gold furred with 2 brown stripes on each leg.
••Tail: She has an extremely long tail, it is equal in length to the rest of her body. It is very fluffy getting fluffier towards the tip. Golden with brown stripes and a black tip.
••Scent: (to be decided)
••Breed: Maine coon mix

••Preferences:  Someone smart and kind
••Looking for:  A long slow relationship to find a tom that fits well with her and so they can be sure they are right for each other.  A mate to last her forever, kits would be nice eventually but would need to wait until they don’t interfere with her duties.

||Extras||
••Theme Song (s)
Welcome from Disneys Brother bear www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnLL07…
••Likes: Running through the tree tops, kits, apprentices, interacting with other cats (she’s very gregarious)  
••Dislikes:  War, hurting other cats (especially apprentices), bullies
Anyone in:icondawn-of-warriors: is allowed to use her in things related to that group. Just please try to keep her in character, I try to provide plenty of material to go off of. Also send me a link to the finished piece, that’s all I ask.  

:bulletpink: Crush/Attraction
:bulletpink::bulletpink: Love
:heart: Mates
:bulletred: Fear
:bulletred::bulletred: Dislike
:bulletred::bulletred::bulletred: Hate
:bulletgreen: Friend
:bulletgreen::bulletgreen: Best Friend
:bulletblue: Family (by blood or by choice)
:bulletpurple: Anti-Respect (She respects everyone unless they give her reason not to)
:bulletyellow: Interested In/curious
:bulletwhite: Acquaintance
:bulletwhite::bulletwhite: Would like to be friends with
:bulletblack: Unsure
:bulletblack::bulletblack: Discomfort
Name struck through: Dead
If you want to know her opinion of your cat RP with her. :D And yes she has RPed with all of the below. If I have forgotten anyone feel free to let me know. :)

:bulletblue:/:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Sparklestar:  Her leader and friend, Shiningheart does not always agree with her leader and believes that it is her job to act as a moral sounding board for Sparklestar.  To help keep her leaders judgment sound.

:bulletgreen:/Barkheart: Sparklestar’s brother, he seems uncertain of clan life.  Not surprising since he has been gone for so long. She wants to help him feel at home again.  He has a crush on her but she has not noticed yet, normally she is really good at reading cats emotions but it just does not occur to her that he would have a crush on her.  She has watched lots of others pair up and has always thought of herself as kind of an ugly duckling.
   Okay so he has told her of his crush and she is not sure what to think of that.
:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/:bulletblue:/:bulletpink::bulletpink:/ :heart:  I love him, I’m not sure how it happened but I have come to love him and his quiet shy ways. Sparklestar helped me to admit it to him.

:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/:bulletblack:/Flamestripe: Sparklestars son, he does not seem to trust her and she is not quite sure what to think of him.  She knows she will have to be careful as he is taught what it means to be a Clan cat, and will do her best to ease the way.

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen: /:bulletblue: /Waterbreeze: My third apprentice. A fine young tom with a good head on his shoulders I expect much from him. He’s smart and has excellent manners. My father Heartwood and his new mate adopted him so I guess that makes him my little brother.:)
  (warrior) Good going! You do the family proud.

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen: /:bulletblue:/ Russetheart: My little half-brother. He’s a sweet fellow and learning fast. Don’t worry Russetpaw, you’ll get plenty big I’m sure. :)
  (warrior) Goodness, a warrior already, I must be getting old. Seems like just yesterday you were a kit.

:bulletblue:/:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Shadowfire: My silly big brother

:bulletblue:/:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Heartwood: My father

/:bulletblue:  Gracefuldancer: My niece, a very sweet little she-cat.
  I am trying to get to know her better now that we are in the nursary together.

:bulletgreen:/:bulletyellow:/: Blackstone: A fine warrior and a lucky father. He and Hollynose will do well together. He seems very competent and extremely loyal, he can guard my back any day.

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen: /:bulletblue:  Mistdew: (second apprentice) I am so proud of you! You were a wonderful apprentice and are growing into a lovely young lady. It was my pleasure to be your mentor.
   (apprentice) My wonderful new apprentice, she is doing very well and I am well pleased. She does not seem to care for climbing as much as I had hoped, but *sigh* it’s not her fault.
  (warrior) I am so proud of you. You are a wonderful warrior and a wonderful mother.

:bulletgreen: Swiftrabbit: Shiningheart's fourth apprentice:  A very quiet youngster, he seems very shy. I tried to tease him out of his shell gently. He has a good heart and is a fine warrior now.

:bulletgreen:/:bulletyellow:/: Hollynose: A fine young apprentice and now a lovely young warrior. She has a good head on her shoulders and I wish her the best.

:bulletgreen:/:bulletyellow:/: Sagetail: A pleasant tom, very nice to talk to.

:bulletgreen:/:bulletyellow:/: Cougarcall: A very sweet shy cat

 

LeafClan dead :(  So many friends gone. :cries:

:bulletblue:/:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Mudeyes:  A smart she-cat with a mind very much like Shiningheart.  She does not know Mudeyes well but thinks there is a strong chance of them becoming good friends.  She hopes to pursue this friendship in the coming moons.
  Oh my friend, it’s a long road you and I walked together. I will miss you deeply.

:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite: / Whisperflame:  A quiet cat, Shiningheart has not spent much time with her but hopes to find the time to do so. She is very happy for her and Sunstreak and hopes they have many moons of joy.

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Glasspool: A transfer from SeaClan Shiningheart is doing her best to integrate this new cat into the clan.

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen:/ Sunstreak: A slightly silly tom who Shiningheart views as sort of a little brother. 

:bulletgreen:/ Fernheart:  LeafClans medicine cat, Shiningheart likes her and would like to be able to visit her more often. Perhaps after the war with CloudClan. (Though hopeful it will not be a mandatory visit :) )

:bulletgreen:/ Tigerstripe: A handsome intelligent tom.  Shiningheart enjoys his company. For a time she tried courting in her quiet way, then she saw how obviously in love her friends Sparklestar and Mudeyes were and quietly stepped back. Okay cat is out of the bag, he knows, no one else does, though Runnningkit suspects.

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite: / Ashpaw: A shy new apprentice. Shiningheart has high hopes for her. A quiet young cat. In ways she reminds Shiningheart of herself when she was young. She hopes to coax the little one to open up more.

:bulletblue:/:bulletpink::bulletpink:/Runningkit: One of her foster kits. :cries:

:bulletblue:/:bulletpink::bulletpink:/ Silverkit: Okay, so she's a sucker for kits. And is now this one’s foster mom. :D :cries::cries::cries:

:bulletgreen:/ Quailflight: A freindly tom Shiningheart is helping to settle into the clan. He has a crush on her and told her so, she is not sure what to think yet.
:bulletgreen:/ Brackenpaw:  Shininghearts first fiery apprentice.  Shiningheart does not always agree with him but she respects his courage and unwillingness to back down when he thinks he is right. Despite their differences of opinion Shiningheart loves his eagerness to learn and would happily fight beside him, and there are few she would rather have at her back.  He will be a fine warrior in time.
His death hit her hard, very hard.
:bulletblue:/ Eaglepaw: Dead now, killed by foxes, was like a little brother to her.
:bulletgreen:/ Harepaw: A bounce ball of joy and cheerfulness. An energetic young she-cat.
Dracopaw: Very polite
Lonepaw: Talked with only a little
Pumpkinpaw: Seems nice
:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/ Dustfang: He seems kind of grump and to be a bit of a loner, it will be interesting to see how he fits into the clan.
:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/ Bluefoot:  She seems really nice and I would like to get to know her better.
:bulletgreen: /Amberpool: A nice young she-cat
:bulletgreen: /:bulletblue:/ Gingerstep: You made my dad so happy, you gave me a little brother which I never thought I would have, and you gave me your friendship. All of the family will miss you.
:bulletwhite:/Emberspots: She seems nice, I would like to know her better.
:bulletblack::bulletblack:/ :bulletblack: Bobtail:  I am so sorry little one, I truly am. I had no idea you thought we had kidnapped you.
  :bulletgreen::bulletgreen: /:bulletblue:/ *laughs* I guess you’re part of the family now too. Thank you for forgiving me.

/:bulletblue:  Indigocloud: Another niece, I have not talked with her yet,

/:bulletblue:  Darknight: My nephew, he's a lot like his dad.

Sweetrose: I never spoke with her very much I am afraid. She was a kind young cat though and will be greatly missed.
Spottedstream: Quiet, shy, very nice.

Badgerleap: A shy fellow, nice though.
Dustfang: Quiet, slightly grumpy.
Flowerkit: A sweet little thing.

Other clans cats

CloudClan

:bulletblack:/:bulletwhite:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Rainstar: Not really sure yet, Shiningheart was responsible for the scars on Rainstars face. . .  so we shall have to see. (more on that later)
Biancastripe: Cloudclans deputy, she and Shiningheart share a wish to heal the rift between their two clans.     Another one dead :(
:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Jayflight: Shiningheart found her badly wounded during the battle and took care of her.
:bulletgreen:/ Skyleap: She’s CloudClans new deputy and seems very nice!

FrozenClan

:bulletgreen:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Smudgestar  A fellow deputy, Shiningheart quite likes the she-cat, she hopes they will be able to talk more in the future. Congradulations on becoming leader.

 

LightningClan

:bulletyellow:/:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/ Staticstar: I think I like Staticstar.

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Smoketail:  Met at the gather and had a nice conversation.

 

HighClan

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Talonstar:  Shiningheart both likes and respects the quiet leader, she would like to become friends with her.

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Kestralheart:  Another deputy, Shiningheart enjoyed talking to her.

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Jaywish: A quiet she-cat she visited with, with luck they will meet again at the gather.

 

SeaClan

Aspenstar: A pleasant leader

:bulletwhite::bulletwhite:/Sharkstripe:  The two had a rambling conversation about sharks, trees, and families. She likes the honest cat. (Sharkstripe changed RPers so this may change.
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