☽Cat Name☽ : Shymoon
☽Clan☽ : ShadowClan
☽What are the duties of a medicine cat?☽ : A medicine-cat is one of the three
High Ranks in a Clan, along with the leader and deputy, and her unique role is vital to the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health of her Clan and even the other four Clans. Her duties are to heal and nurture her Clanmates and to connect with StarClan. She must learn to diagnose sickness and injury, know each herb and its uses and gather herbs using the
Herb Hunting System to heal sick and injured cats. A medicine-cat responds to topics where her healing skills are needed, as well as comforting cats in distress. She regularly cares for elders, kits, pregnant, and disabled cats, and helps bring new life into the Clan by assisting with the birth of litters. A medicine-cat's duty is to care for every Clanmate without bias. She stands apart from Clan-and-Clan rivalries and works together with the medicine-cats of the other Clans. A medicine-cat cannot reject a cat in need of healing, will do everything in her power and give her life to save a cat. She tries to only inflict injuries in self-defence, though she gives her Clan strength, heals and revives, and responds to Calls for Help
in battle. A medicine-cat advises her leader, deputy, and Clan, especially of StarClan's messages. She attends Gatherings on the 1st of the month and speaks out about any issues. She attends Medicine-Cat Meetings on the 15th of the month where she receives revelations. A medicine-cat interprets
revelations and omens about the happenings in the Five Clans and is the living bridge between her Clanmates and the ancestors in StarClan. She takes each warrior apprentice of her Clan to the Moonstone to speak with StarClan to complete the apprentice's training and she takes new leaders of her Clan to receive their name and nine lives. A medicine-cat must give her complete focus to her important role, so it's
forbidden for her to have a mate or kits. She trains her Clan's next medicine-cat after her mentor passes to StarClan (which I hope will be a long long time away for Basilbloom <3)
☽What would you do with this position?☽ : I might actually die of happiness
I would love to be a medicine-cat and Basilbloom is like my favourite character, so this is the most exciting opportunity I can imagine! For Shymoon too - she is usually silent but lights up when she talks about herbs, and this would be an amazing way for her to connect more with her Clanmates. Basilbloom has discovered her interest in herbs on
her Moonstone so it would flow well in character. I love ShadowClan and would love to be more involved. Murkystar is Basilbloom's mum and Shypaw's mentor and Frostgaze is Shypaw's dad, so these four together in ShadowClan's High Ranks would be
nepotism really cute! <3 Also, Shymoon has NPC outsider origins and has made enemies of blood-purists, so with
Cicadashriek's cult forming and
The Forgotten Order's villainy, Shymoon as medicine-cat apprentice might be seen as blasphemy and escalate tension, I'm happy to plot with that. As part of
her origins, I made up that Shymoon was adopted by the ravens and crows in the Carrion Place because of an alliance with ancient ShadowClan which the cats don't remember, including that the birds delivered prophecy and insight, heralded bloodshed and battle and foretold victory, protected and guided the spirits of the dead to the stars - I would love to use that, even if just as a personal symbol to Shymoon. However it goes, the role of medicine-cat would light up Shymoon and I would treasure it <3
☽Why you think you deserve this position?☽ : I'm dedicated and in love with this role. I don't deserve it more than anyone else, but I think that I can do it and understand the duties of a medicine-cat here on WCC.
Thank you for considering Shymoon for ShadowClan Medicine-Cat Apprentice! <3
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