This lovely person’s donated to me twice, so to make up for that, I’ll drop in two Patreon posts about some characters!
First, Ember!
Ember was Brawn's deputy, reinforcer (in name only; who would talk back to Musclecat McStrongHuge?), and consultant. She served an important purpose as Brawn's foil - she was smarter, faster in both brain and foot, calmer, and more cunning than her leader. Brawn was all too aware of his faults after the Crone broke down his arrogance and belief system, and he immediately picked Ember to be his second in command. She was literally the first deputy of the territories. ThunderClan is very proud of that.
Ember wasn't as powerful as Brawn, but she knew her way around a fight, and she was a hell of a tactician. When the idea of mentoring young cats to defend themselves first cropped up, she was the one to organize mentors and encourage teaching each cat to suit their strengths and weaknesses, rather than everyone learning the exact same thing, as happens in the other Clans. She got involved with the youngsters and was their first teacher until someone else would volunteer to take in an apprentice and show them what they knew. She even convinced Brawn to come in and perform some teaching himself, though he was usually busy enough to have to turn her down.
Ember's appearance has been lost to time, and no one is sure if Ember was even her real name, but she will forever be remembered as the architect of one of the most important aspects of Clan life that has carried down through the generations. She's probably really pleased about that in StarClan.
Maybe. She was super doubtful about the whole religion thing.
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Next, Rowena’s later life.
Rowena was by far the most dedicated to her Clan out of the four - she showed no restraint or self-preservation when it came to taking care of her charges. She would go without food for as long as possible to ensure everyone else had something to eat, and actually suffered from fainting spells towards the end of her life thanks to this. Any problems, no matter how minute and petty, would be resolved by her and her alone. She visited the nursery constantly to give a leader's blessing to every single kit (and this was before such a thing was commonplace, but even by today's standards she'd be going overboard). Everything she could do, she would do.
Sadly, this earned her the shortest lifespan of the founders. Lacking proper nutrition, she got sick very frequently, often as a result of the poor quality of what little food she was eating. Overworking herself made her grey and frail, even when her deputy forcibly took over her duties so she could rest. Within only a few years, she died, emaciated and violently ill. Her Clan's only comfort was that she died happy and surrounded by the people she loved. Though that first part may have only been because she was outright delusional for the month leading up to her death.
