#cardinalember

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

@starfalcon555

when Applepaw arrived in the Dark Forest, Cardinalpaw/ember was younger and thought that this apprentice that came from the LIVING was SO COOL and wanted to hang out and ask about the Clans all the time and Applepaw was very put off by it

you expect the Dark Forest to be evil and bad and grim and if you’re Apple’s age, you probably expect to be surrounded by a bunch of bigger brutes, and then there’s someone younger than you thinking you’re the coolest cat ever

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

What if Applepaw dates Trillpaw/flea or Cardinalpaw/ember

maybe Chukarpaw/vole?

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

What if Emberdawn and Fleathistle were especially supportive about the stillborn deaths (everyone was, but maybe they stayed with them for a bit while the others looked after their families)

and Protea later thanked them by suggesting the suffixes Cardinalember and Trillflea, for the kits that survived and were helped

Edit: and, while not a bee itself, an ember bee is a type of bug, so it kinda fits the theme

@wills-woodland-warriors

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

wait! I think I thought of a good suffix

Cardinalember

it matches his fur and is named after his grandmother!

Trill can also be Trillheart or Trillgorse