NAME: Marigoldflare

RANK: Deputy

ALLEGIANCE: WillowClan

IMMEDIATE KIN: 
Snapfrost (mother)
Rosedawn (sister)
Tanglewave (brother)

BASIC APPEARANCE: Ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

DETAILED APPEARANCE: Marigoldflare's bright ginger striped pelt is impossible to miss, along with her sharp amber eyes. She's of average size and fairly lithe beneath her semi-long fur, with long legs and a long tail. 

PERSONALITY & DESCRIPTION: Bold in both pelt and personality, Marigoldflare is incapable of blending into the background. But while as a kit she was nothing short of a wild child, growing up has made her more mature than anyone could have expected or even she truly recognises. This can be credited to one reason: Mousefern. While most cats saw her sister’s blindness as an impossible barrier, Marigoldflare was never too young to recognise that all she needed was someone to show Mousefern her own talents for her to start believing in herself. With the help of her mentor Spiderfrost they created ways for her to be a warrior without vision, and Marigoldflare only considered herself a warrior when Mousefern received her own name a moon later. But while even Floodstar was impressed by the fiery she-cat’s dedication to someone she could have so easily left in the dust, it wasn’t until she was assigned as a mentor to Spiderfrost’s daughter did she start to give herself credit for what she just put down to ‘what any decent cat would do’. Guiding both Mousefern and Morningflight has made her surprisingly responsible, and she tends to seek out any cat who needs taking under the wing of someone willing to fight their corner. Despite this she is in no way sentimental; while she has a way with words when arguing for something she believes in, she often comes unstuck when in more sensitive situations and will often resort to well-meant sarcasm to hide just how tactless she is. Her loyalty is more to ideals than to individuals and she would stand up for any cat regardless of who they were if she agreed with their point of view, but over time there are some cats who have become an exception to this rule. While she still hasn’t completely outgrown the occasional bout of selfishness, those who can see past her brash outer nature to just how much she cares have forever earned her respect. She would fight with no restraint for the family she’s created, channeling her once uncontrollable fire into protecting the cats who shaped her into someone she’s proud to be.