Boldclaw

A Player Character played by Ebony Nightblade

Name
Boldclaw
Affiliation
Vitals
A Male cat who identifies Male.
By Pending Sire out of Pending Dam.
Born in the Moon of Lion's Glory (2018).
Living at the age of 37 moons (2.8 years)
Appearance
 
Short Description :

A burly seal point tom with blue eyes

Long Description :

Boldclaw is a cream coloured cat with seal-point brown markings on his face, legs, and tail. He has bold blue eyes that gleam. He has thick, muscular legs, with some head and body fluff. His skin holds grayish tones. His whiskers are dark.

Boldclaw has a small but noticeable scar on his right flank. He also has two small pink scars going diagonally across the middle of his back on the left side.

Personality
 
 

Boldclaw is outwardly confident, friendly and caring. He is a quick thinker and learns with ease due to his curious nature. He is empathetic and willingly listens to his clanmates’ troubles, happily trying to help them navigate their dilemmas. As much as he enjoys socialising, he can be quite socially awkward. Not quite finding the correct words and occasionally being quite abrupt and abrasive. He tries his best, and always means well, rarely intending to be mean or nasty.

Boldclaw has his faults. His Sleepswoon condition causes him to be irritable from time to time. He also can be less than attentive to detail and relatively blunt. Due to being made a warrior so young, he questions his capabilities and has become headstrong as he still tries to prove himself. This uncertainty within himself causes a measure of doubt that is often displayed in impulsive behaviour as the tom prefers action over thought.

Another peculiarity of Boldclaw is that he occasionally has hallucinations and can come off as quite strange or even disturbing after encountering a hallucination or after randomly falling asleep due to his condition. To him the things he sees are real and he can be quite adamant in believing in them, struggling to accept reality. This merging of the fictional and the real causes Boldclaw to be occasionally quite erratic.

History
 
Key Dates :
  • Born in the Moon of Lion's Glory (2018) 111
Full History :

Kithood [0-6 moons]

Boldkit was born to Lilacwing and Lichenstorm as an only kit and his parents adored him. He was almost always treated well by both his parents and his clanmates and swiftly developed into a strong and confident kit. Without any littermates, Boldkit’s attention was often drawn to the insects that roamed the camp as they moved and were far more interesting then balls of moss or loose feathers. With practice in hunting and play on the various bugs, Boldkit quickly developed a sense of adventure and against clan rules, began to sneak out of camp. During one instance he managed to catch a mouse that had, for one reason or another, roamed a little too close to the camp for its on safety. While Boldkit was heavily scolded for leaving camp, he was also praised for his catch and many thought he would make a great warrior one day.

This misbehaviour of leaving camp as a kit continued, although Boldkit did not roam too far. He was adventurous and curious, but not completely stupid. Uneducated and lacking wisdom were the most accurate way to consider him during this time. Facts that came to proof during an incident in his fifth moon. Boldkit had been tracking a beetle along one of the steeper edges of Windclan’s camp when the loose soil gave way beneath his paws and he slipped. The drop wasn’t one a warrior would willingly tackle, much less a kit and the little tom slid against sharp rocks and gravel until he landed back in camp. His screeches and yowls of shock and pain brought the attention of his mother who had been looking for him. Lilacwing rushed Boldkit to the clan’s medicine cat, frantic over his injuries. It took days to clean the gravel and grit from the tom’s injuries as much was embedded deep and it was too painful to remove it all in one go. Slowly though, Boldkit healed, leaving a noticeable scar on his right flank where a particularly sharp rock had cut him like a claw.

 

Apprenticeship [6 – 12 moons]

Boldpaw was named an apprentice in the final moon of leafbare after his injuries had finally healed. Due to his misbehaviour as a kit, he was given a stern mentor who ensured the tom was too busy training to get into trouble. In the first few moons of his apprenticeship, Boldpaw trained so often and so hard that he began to feel tired on a regular basis. Despite this, the tom appeared to be excelling in his skills and assessments, and certainly he had shown an aptitude from early on. His mischievous actions as a kit that had led to him catching a mouse allowed him to successfully catch two mice on his first day when his mentor wished to evaluate where his skills were already at. These he had cheerfully given to his parents.

Despite his obvious skills as a hunter, Boldpaw did not seem to lack when it came to fighting practice either. Indeed, the young tom had a thirst for learning and enjoyed all forms of practice, feeling proud of his skills and enthusiastic to develop more. As Boldpaw’s training continued he began to become somewhat egotistical. He recognised his abilities and reveled in them. For a time, the young tom began to show off and brag about his accomplishments to any who would hear him, but this soon ended as his energy levels began to fluctuate. This hindrance to his training caused Boldpaw’s progression to slow and the tom’s ego died down to a more tolerable size. He did not, however, give up in his efforts to become the mightiest warrior Windclan had ever seen and still trained as diligently as his steadily growing sleepiness would allow.

 

Warriorhood [12 moons – 31 moons]

Despite the waves of sleepiness that would hit Boldpaw on occasion, the tom managed to pass his assessments and be named a warrior. He was exceptionally excited at this time, proud to have achieved his warrior name and to be recognised for his efforts as an apprentice. From the moment his silent vigil was over, Boldclaw has worked diligently, catching many rabbits and completing the tasks assigned to him in a timely fashion. While no longer being a kit, Boldclaw has maintained a relationship with his mother and even his father, and both have expressed their pride in the tom.

As Boldclaw settled into the role of a warrior, he began to feel the desire to father a litter. For a time, he pursued a female who seemed interested in having a litter but he was ultimately rejected. As is the way of things his disappointment didn’t last for long, although he still holds hope of one day being a father. Despite no longer being an apprentice undergoing rigorous training, Boldclaw found that he still felt tired from time to time, even days at a time. What’s more, he was beginning to fall asleep unexpectedly. This happened on one such occasion while he was looking out from the top of a large rock. One moment awake, the next asleep and when he did awake once more he found himself at the base of the rock quite bruised. Embarrassed, the tom had told the medicine cat that he had simply slipped and fell.

These incidents did not stop however. Once while sleeping in his nest he had a dream so vivid of being trapped in a ditch that he had woken up to being shaken by a concerned fellow warrior. He had apparently been kicking and clawing, panting desperately. Even so, Boldclaw put the dream out of his mind and soon forgot the occurrence.

With his ever increasing exhaustion and the way he would fall asleep randomly and often at in opportune moments, Boldclaw was steadily growing more and more irritable. He never was the best at socialising in the first place but with this level of irritability he was simply unable to hold his tongue during a border patrol in which a curious apprentice from Riverclan had unintentionally crossed the border. A few choice remarks and a full battle ensued. Thankfully not cat was killed during this battle, but Boldclaw was scratched up pretty good. His wounds did heal after the attention of the medicine cat and he was quickly returned to his duties as a warrior. Whether Boldclaw had learned to hold his tongue or not was not entirely certain.

With Boldclaw’s condition only worsening, the tom was steadily gaining more accidental injuries during hunts and patrols. Most healed without issue but the problem was becoming more noticeable. During a conversation Aspenberry, Boldclaw’s condition came to ahead and he had some exceedingly erratic behaviour. Understandably, Aspenberry fetched Rowanglade and Boldclaw was finally assessed. It was soon determined that the tom was suffering from a condition known as Sleepswoon. For a time, Boldclaw was watched over and evaluated but during the moon of Tiger’s Wrath, he was retired to the Elder’s Den. At first, the tom had assumed this was temporary to allow him to recover, but two seasons later found him still retired and now seething.

Boldclaw retired to the Elder’s Den due to his sleepswoon condition on the 11th day of Tiger’s Wrath 2020. (6 moons ago)

Family
 
Sire :
Pending Sire (Sire will be created after approval)
Dam :
Pending Dam (Dam will be created after approval)
Other Family :

Pending Dam’s proposed name: Lilacwing

Pending Sire’s proposed name: Lichenstorm

Pedigree & Geneology
 
Pedigree :
Offspring Parents Grand-parents
Boldclaw Pending Sire Unknown Sire (For characters with an unknown father)
Unknown Dam (For characters with an unknown mother)
Pending Dam Unknown Sire (For characters with an unknown father)
Unknown Dam (For characters with an unknown mother)
Significant Cats
 
Additional Details
 
Chronic Conditions :

Sleepswoon – Variable severity

Genetics :
This character requires a genetic code to be bred.
Notes
 
Public :

Notes for Writing: Proficient Hunter

Previously played by :
semi
Bans Data :
Boldclaw has been compiled into the bans records.
Boldclaw is a Male Cat with a Black Pointed pelt of Mid-length Normal textured hair. They are of Medium Size and Semi-cobby build. Their eyes are Blue and ears are Normal. Their tail is Normal, with Normal paws and Normal legs. They are of Non-purebred descent.
Last Updated :
2025-12-01 09:34

7 thoughts on “Boldclaw”

  1. Your characters appearance data has been added for inclusion in our bans compilations. Please check the bans data and reach out if anything is incorrect.

  2. History: After quite a while of training he was starting to get excited because of his unique fighting methods, for example setting up traps by digging deep holes in the ground with his paws, and putting tree moss he found above it so that mice and squirrels would fall in. He would jump in, attack them, and it would be more convenient to have everything in one place, much less to carry, and doesn’t require multiple trips back to get said critters. – I still don’t find this technique to be realistic at all. I don’t see either squirrels or mice falling for this, or for the effort of digging the hole to be worth it. Cats aren’t designed for digging. The covering wouldn’t appear like a stable bit of ground. CoSC prides itself on realism in Warriors RP, and this technique is well outside of the norm. You might try and pursue it as a Plot (where staff will decide how well the technique works based on your descriptions as the character develops it in character) after the character is approved, but it may not be effective.

  3. Overall: These things are really what’s causing most of the problems that are getting your sheet declined. In hopes of helping you get to where the character needs to be faster I’m going to call them out specifically.

    • Desire for uniqueness – Your character dosen’t require some unique contribution or accomplishment in the history to be a character worth playing. Generally speaking most character’s most interesting adventures happen after they’re approved! The more interesting an event is the more likely it is that it would only be approved to happen in actual RP rather than in a history.
    • Desire for a positive reputation – Because his reputation is created by other individuals it’s not really something you can define in his character sheet. Unless you’re discussing the way a character you control is reacting to him (or the way he considers himself) it will be classified as a power play. His reputation will develop in character, and be something held by other characters.

    History

    • training he was starting to get noticed for his intelligent fighting methods, – Powerplay. Noticed by whom? Right now it’s phrased in a way that gives it broad application to many characters. In addition to forcing other’s characters to have noticed yours, this also makes them have noticed a specific thing.
    • including setting up traps by digging holes in the ground and putting moss above it so that mice and squirrels would fall in. He would jump in, attack them, and jump back out with said critter. – Cats are not tool users outside of the herbs used by the Medicine Cats. Also, in what way is this superior to just laying in wait? Both mice and squirrels would have little trouble getting themselves out of a hole.
    • he was starting to get popular. His appreciation died down after a while of being slightly more inactive. – Powerplay.
  4. You’re making progress! And we’ll get you there. From your talk on discord this is your first play-by-post RPG, so you have a lot of skills to learn. You’re doing great!

    Personality

    • is strong, powerful, intelligent, confident, and friendly – Another case of pre-interpretive power playing. Please describe what you feel leads to these impressions instead of just claiming them.
    • Ever since he was born, his parents noticed two interesting traits of his, Confidence, and strength. They realized this from the fact that he would always be able to tear apart even the biggest bug, and the fact that even if it was really big he could always do it, and he seemed confident from the gleam of his eyes. – The expanded description is great, but it still refrences traits from birth. There’s a fairly significant period of time before he would have been moving about or even had open eyes and ears. Maybe you want to change the “from birth” part to be more in line with your description of how they realized those traits?

    History

    • But one day came where it all changed, he was attacked by another kit, who lunged at him when he was relaxing, and dug their claws into his back, leaving a permanent bodily scar. The med helped him clean the scar and continue on. – This is still a really significant situation if it resulted in permenant scars. Kits are taught from the moment they can hear that taking care of clanmates is essential. Please give much more detail on what caused this. If possible, i would urge you to find a player of a cat a similar age who is willing to let their character be this kit.
    • After quite a while of training he was starting to get noticed for his confident fighting. Boldclaw then moved on to become a sensation until his popularity died down when a story started spreading around about Boldclaw murdering another kit that didn’t even exist, and Boldclaw has been rejected after that. – You’re still powerplaying by forcing other people’s characters to have rejected yours. Also, this is an astoundingly major acusation that would result in the leadership of the clan getting involved. You’ll need to provide more detail to explain what actually happened and how/why a major misconception happened.
    • Boldclaw kept training and training until he was finally noticed. His appreciation died down again when the same apprentice caught an entire feast. – Still a power play.
    • Boldclaw got a flashback to what he believed was a past life of being trapped in a ditch, but he eventually forgot. – Him even beliving it was a past life implies that reincarnation is a spiritual belief in the clans. If you wish to continue to pursue this let me know and we’ll start the conversation to see if it will be made part of CoSC canon.
    • Boldclaw got a job from the leader after catching 5 fish in one trip. He was on his first ordinary border patrol with a bunch of other apprentices, – Isn’t he a warrior at this point? And how on earth is this his first border patrol? He would have been doing them durring his days as an older apprentice, both alongside his mentor and on his own. To be promoted to warrior a cat has have proven they can do the job, and do it well. Also, still a minor powerplay in making the leader single him out for something special.
  5. Hi Semi! You’ve got a solid start, we just have some details to clean up. This is perfectly normal for someone brand new to CoSC. We have standards, rules, and takes on the world that vary a bit from most other warriors games.

    Vitals: Living at the age of 0 Moons (0 Years) – You’ve selected a Moon of Birth that means your character was just born. Please check out the Moons Page to find out which moons correspond to which ages. If you need assistance just reach out on the discord.

    Appearance

    • eyes with a certain gleam of confidence – CoSC considers this a form of Power Playing (See The Pre-interpretive section of our Power Playing PSA for a compelte explanation with examples). Instead of describing how to interpret the traits, describe what you feel would give an impression of confidence in the character.
    • He has normal male adult proportions – Becuase the definition of normal is incredbly subjective and will vary between various populations please describe what you consider “normal adult make proportions” instead ofjust stating that.
    • has a bodily scar – This is very vauge. I suggest you give more detail about where the scar is and what it looks like.

    Personality

    • is strong, powerful, intelligent, confident, and friendly – Another case of pre-interpretive power playing. Please describe what you feel leads to these impressions instead of just claiming them.
    • Ever since he was born, his parents noticed two interesting traits of his, Confidence, and strength. – Describe how they came to belive him confident and strong even as a tiny, blind, mewling kit.
    • He has always been a fast learner, picking up his skills sooner than the majority of the other kits – Unless you can get the players of all characters who were sharing the nursery with them to agree that your character learning faster than their characters you cannot make an absolute staement like that unless you can prove it with IC interactions later.

    History

    • appreciated by the other kits, and even the leader! – Unless the players of these characters agree to this statement it will have to be changed. You cannot put actions onto other player’s characters.
    • was confident and strong – Focus on the traits rather than the impressions. What things did he do while that young that you feel show he was confident and strong?
    • one day came where it all changed, he was attacked by the ShadowClan leader, leaving a permanent bodily scar. – Why would a Palestar or her predicessor Dunestar have done such a thng? In addition to needing player permission from Palestar/Dunestar’s player, you’ll need to provide alot more details. Even just explainng how a kit and a clan leader ended up interacting is a big deal. You’re describing the makings of a significant inter-clan incident!
    • After quite a while of training he was starting to get noticed for his confident fighting. Boldclaw then moved on to become a sensation until his hope died down when another apprentice caught more mice than him in one day, and Boldclaw has been rejected constantly after that. – Major powerplaying due to the control the history is exerting here on how others are reacting. This is esepcially important to address because why would not catching the most mice on a single day change everything so dramatically?
    • Boldclaw kept training and training until he was finally noticed. His appreciation died down again when the same apprentice caught an entire feast. He trained and trained and finally got the appreciation he deserved, while still training to become a very powerful warrior. – More powerplay.
    • Boldclaw’s parents were so proud that they gave him a flower necklace that he continues to wear. – Cats lack thumbs, meaning a flower neckless is beyond what they are able to accomplish. Also, flowers wither and die. This thing wouldn’t have lasted long anyways.
    • He finally got the recognition he deserved. – Powerplay.
    • he had a crush on another warrior, and was rejected. He felt bad but didn’t really care that much, because they didn’t have a huge relationship. – This isn’t a request for change, just me encouraging you to read our take on Mates and Mating in the Warriors World. This is one of things we differ on the rest of the fandom on, so I thought I would just take a moment to draw your attention to it.
    • Boldclaw got a flashback to a past life of being a kittypet, but he eventually forgot. – CoSC currently has no existance of reincarnation and we would have to have a very long conversation to even consider making it game canon. If you wish to pursue this plot level inclusion just let me know and I’ll start a chat with Faux and you to go over the various details of how you plan to use there and where it would go.
    • Boldclaw got a job from the leader after catching 5 fish in one trip. He was on border patrol, and got a few temporary markings from RiverClan warriors. After border patrol, he got his wounds taken care of by the medicine cat, and did his standard warrior duties. Boldclaw got a few splinters, along with a few more temporary leg wounds. – Minor powerplay in making the leader single him out for something special, though what you go on to describe is just a normal border patrol with a small skirmish. Please clarify the situation and what the special thing he was tapped to do was.

    You’ve got a decent start going. I look forward to seeing the edited version and getting you live in game to do some RPing!

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