Coal - kittypet - tom

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Name: Coal Fadingpaw, Fadingfire
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Rank: Kit
Type: Kittypet
Gender: Tom
Age: 5 1/2 moons
Eye Color: Red
Fur Color: Tortoisehell
Other Appearances:

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Coal, due to health reasons, is only about half the size of any 5 moon old kit. He has fluffy black fur, though it does seem to lack the usual shine of most feline pelts. Light ginger patches are splashed across his body, like glowing embers. He had crimson red eyes, sharp, piercing, and intense.

Personality:

THE PROBLEM--The truth is, Coal's tiny size is not without reason. He has a unique heart condition that is fatal and still has no cure--not in the medical field, at least. He often has dizzy spells and fainting spells, especially when he's exerting too much energy(running, etc.), which explains his nonathletic build.

BITTER--He hates being sick. He hates never having enough energy to do much. After all, his life had pretty much been run by his ill heart. He wasn't too reliable as a friend when he was younger either, since one day he would be there, and the next he might be gone. He knows that there still hasn't been much discovered yet about a cure for it, which only makes him all the more bitter and angry about it.

SELFISH & SELFLESS--How can somebody have contrasting traits? To put it short, Coal iis actually terrified of dying--especially so early--and is often willing to give anything if it means saving his heart and giving himself a normal life span. So in a way, he won't be the most trustworthy employee either, for you can bet on him backstabbing you if he suddenly realized that someone else can cure him but needs a certain price in return. But on the other hand, he is very giving. If he was going to die so early, there wasn't really much point on hoarding things or denying a request for help, was there? He helps people when he sees that they're in need, but nothing he thinks will make his chances of recovering slimmer--in other words, leaving the group for the sake of a friend. Just don't expect him to risk his life for you too often.

DETERMINED--This guy will never give up until there is absolutely no hope left. Coal will fight to the very end, though 'the very end' isn't too far from him. Not to mention the fact that he faints left and right.

GUILTY--While Coal is willing to do almost anything to save himself, this doesn't necessarily mean he enjoys betraying friends. As a result, he will never kill when he can control himself. He does know that his rather...fickle loyalties aren't right, but in his mind, it was equally unjust that he had to be cursed with such a fatal condition.

INDECISION--Most of the time he leaps at any opportunity to save himself, sometimes the choice isn't always so easy for him to make. Like when it involves really close friends. If he were to choose between their death or his, it would be impossible to say what he would do. Suffer endless amounts of inner turmoil, no doubt, but still impossible.

SMART--What he lacks in strength, he makes up for it with wits. He picks up everything he can through whatever methods available to him, especially observation and word of mouth. After spending much of his kithood unable to do much of anything else other than lie around and find ways to sneak out, he can think on his paws pretty well. Lying comes easily to him, which he often does to hide his sickness.

PESSIMISTIC & DESPERATE--Coal is a rather negative person, and tries hard not to get to hopeful about things. After all, the bigger the hopes, the worse it is when it turns out it doesn't work out. But he still can't help it from time to time, especially when a really good chance appears. While usually he tries to keep casual about things on the outside, sometimes his desperation shows through, especially after one of his hopes are crushed.

History:

Coal had been born in a rather large litter of kits--5, to be exact. When his parents and housefolk saw how much smaller and frailer compared to his siblings, they could already guess that he wasn't as healthy as most. They paid particularly attention to him, and were very protective. His siblings normally avoided him because of his weakness, but it wasn't long before they were given to other Twolegs. As a result, Coal was left alone with his parents. The house they lived in was quite close to the area where the wildcats dominated. His parents often warned him of the dangers that awaited him outside, and were always reluctant to allow him out to explore the garden; of course, a garden was very little compared to what was outside. So, Coal developed a desire to see as much of the world as he could before dying. He knew about his problem, and hated it. He often sneaked out, sometimes daring to venture out over the fence, to lurk at the edges of the forest. He never went very far, for fear he would faint. As time passed, however, his wish to break free strengthened, along with his desperation to find a way to cure himself. One of these days, he was planning to run away.

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