Clamsneeze

A tall, mink tortie trans tomcat with copper eyes and a frequent runny nose

Clamsneeze is a tall tortie mink bicolor tom due to his father’s mother being an oriental shorthair cat, Clamsneeze was given larger ears and longer leaner features on his face, as well as longer legs and a long, streamline tail. Clamsneeze has bright copper eyes given to him by his mother, he has short fur given to him by his father. During new-leaf Clamsneeze gets a runny nose and a more hunched posture with his fur getting slightly messy

Clamsneeze is a gentle tom always keeping quiet, though loves being around other cats except for new-leaf where his allergy to pollen is the worst. Clamsneeze mostly keeps to himself enjoying the sound of other cats around him feeling safe in the presence of his clan. While he enjoys new-leaf bringing more prey and warmer weather he is easily bothered by pollen, becoming silently snappy and grumpy with the pollen constantly effecting his duties when he snaps at another cat he quickly apologizes, causing him to mostly stay away from the other cats. Clam likes to make sure everyone around him is okay and comforts those who are not

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KITHOOD

As a kit born during the Moon of Leopard’s Rest without any siblings, he was raised by his mother not wishing to disclose his father. During kithood he was scrawny and scared constantly staying by his mother’s side trying to keep out of side from the cats he would have to live with for the rest of his life. Fearing everything around him a few cats would try and comfort the young kit and try to make him open to the idea of being round other cats. He was slowing became fond of the cats around him leaving his mother’s side for the first time since his birth and with no siblings he felt alone in the clan, though found a quick solution he just had to sit near cats, so he didn’t feel alone. As he grew his mother could barely find him always running of to just sit in complete silence around another cat no matter their age, his mother tried to put a stop to it as she didn’t want him running off when she wasn’t looking

APPRENTICESHIP 

When he had reached the age of 6 moons his apprenticeship would start, he was given to a respectable warrior by the name of Lilyriver, a cat Clampaw was lightly scared of, her pale blue eyes making him shiver,  strict but fair she-cat. Clampaw would try is best to meet the cat’s standards he didn’t have larger ears and longer legs for nothing. His mentor didn’t make it easy with no shortcuts he had to learn how to do things the hard way. Things slightly lit up during new-leaf since the tom was given breaks due to the constant sneezing and runny nose making him grumpy and slow. With the she-cats training the tom began to get stronger and stronger making his mood improve at the idea of training with his mentor. Though while Lilyriver didn’t offer a lot affection wise, Clampaw knew he was learning from the best.

While an apprentice he met another tom by the name of Fogpaw a serious and determined tom always bringing Clampaw out to the territory on an adventure, while the tortie didn’t want to go he didn’t Fogpaw to feel bad hence he went thinking that he could say no the next adventure. Though the tom could never say no to the tom Clampaw managing to keep them out of trouble from one outing to the next. the two toms always being side by side, until leaf-bare arrived and Fogpaw got sick and passed away that same moon. Clampaw had watched cats leave and not come back but to see a cat he had seen so full of life made him feel sick with grief. While leaf-bare continued, Clampaw if he wasn’t bothered with duties would return to the places where they would go for “adventures” it was just the same spot by the river where they would sit and talk though now it was quiet with the presences of only one cat when there were supposed to be two.

WARRIORHOOD

At the age of 13 moons he earned his warrior name Clamsneeze, he had finally done it he had completed his training after long and hard moons to finally get what he had done all that work for in the first place for. hearing it for the first time it was not exactly what the tortie tom had hoped for, he had hated his allergies though now it was basically a part of his name now, Clamsneeze didn’t want to complain though he had earned his warrior name something his friend would never be able to do. now that he was a warrior he had to uphold the standards that Lilyriver wanted from him for him to be and independent warrior of Riverclan. After his ceremony he did his silent vigil, sitting in the clan he quite enjoyed the silence of the night though the quiet chatter of the clan was where he really enjoyed being, knowing that the surrounding cats were safe and happy, the way it should always be. Leaving the clan for the first time as a warrior he raced through the clan, with the arrival of new-leaf he picked some flowers, sure it made his allergies worse, but they weren’t for him, his paws thumped through the clan as fast as he could arriving to his and Fogpaw’s spot setting the flowers down, it was small, but he wanted it to be his first mission.

It hadn’t been long since his apprentice ceremony though two cats didn’t feel happy about his name, first his mother she had struggled with her poor kit being sick for moons to sneeze as his suffix though she accepted it rather quickly, it wasn’t going to be disappearing anytime soon. His mentor wasn’t exactly fond of the name either be slightly judgy refusing to call the tortie tom Clamsneeze but instead calling him just Clam, with some convincing the white she-cat warmed up to the name. At first, he felt similar but if that was the name, he was given who was he to object it he was just a simple warrior nothing too good but nothing very bad. Thinking of the many times he was sick it was always the same a horrible time when he had a runny nose and sneezing ugh the sneezing but at least it was him and not anyone else he would hate to think of anyone in his state

Time moved fast he was already 28 moons, and he hadn’t felt like he had gotten older while 16 moons wasn’t old, he had thought he would feel more mature now. He had been tied up in Starclan knows how many missions for his clan that he didn’t realize it had been 12 whole moons since he was 6 moons. Before he didn’t know a thing about the territory thanks to his mentor, he had knowledge of everything from his territory to the other 3 clans, while he didn’t know tons about the other clans, he still knew the basics and that was enough for him. He knew so much he was surprised he wasn’t gone by now he wanted to share this much knowledge with Fogpaw, if he could have, he would have swapped places with him even if it meant he wouldn’t have known any of the cats he did today.

• The Cold Sets In (11TW'20)

I was given permission by Bee to make Lilyriver Clamsneezes mentor

• his voice claim is Clover Cookie from CRK