Longpool
more info below, potential spoiler warning! I use these character bios as a way to keep track of my SplashClan game which means that all the information is up to date with the current in-game events, not where I left off with the youtube series
Longpool is one of the founding members of SplashClan, having been discovered as a kitten beside his deceased mother. Longkit was quiet but curious but he was able to break out of his shell thanks to Snapfern, a warrior he grew close with who later became his mentor. When he became a warrior, Longpool gained a sense of confidence, grew into an even better teacher than Snapfern, and had a longing for companionship.
Despite his friendly and playful nature, Longpool desperately wanted a mate and kits as he craved being able to have the family he didn't have in his youth. He went onto mentor his first apprentice, Tornpaw and started a relationship with a she-cat from HazeClan but ultimately this led to heartbreak. He dropped his attempts to start a relationship, instead focusing on his warrior duties and enjoying time with the clan's kits.
Longpool wasn't an exceptional warrior in terms of strength or speed but he was widely known for his friendliness. Sadly, he broke his jaw in an accident while on patrol and later died from the injury, joining StarClan.
General Information
Names: Longpool (warrior name), Longpaw (apprentice name), Longkit (birth name; named by clan cats after being found)
Current Affiliation: StarClan, formerly belonging to SplashClan
Past Affiliation: None, former rogue
Gender: Male (he/him)
Sexuality: Bisexual
Age: 58 months at death (4 years; born 1 month before SplashClan's founding)
Cause of Death: Broken jaw (recieved injury in month 53, later died in month 57)
Description-
gray tabby tom with long fur and eyes of sunlit ice
Traits: Determined and a great teacher (warrior) + playful (apprentice and warrior) + quiet (kitten)
Role: Warrior (formerly a warrior apprentice and kit)
Relationships
non familal relationships will only be listed if the in-game relationship bar is more than half-way full (when it turns green or red), the only exception is with romantic feelings which will always be written down regardless of how big they are
Mother: Unknown rogue, died in childbirth
Mentor: Snapfern (months 5-13)
Apprentices: Tornrun (months 19-25) and Gorgeflight (months 31-37)
Nursery Denmates: Thunderisle and Sagepeak (months -6-0)
Apprentice Denmates: Sagepeak and Thunderisle (months 5-6)
Former Mate: Tempesthollow (months 19-26; seperated)
Romantic Feelings: Thunderisle, Brackenshade, Weedspeckle, and Clovefreckle
Detailed Biography
Longkit was found by the new clan cats beside his mother. Based on what they had found, it seemed like his mother had died in childbirth and Longkit was her sole surviving kitten. He was taken in and named Longkit after his lanky body type and features. A month after he was discovered was when the clan cats began to settle into their groups officially and Longkit was the second cat to decide to join SplashClan, following after the much older Sagekit.
As a kit growing up in SplashClan, he was highly inquisitive but due to a lack of confidence he was quiet and even suffered painful stomach aches as a result of his high anxiety. Snapfern, a former kittypet had accepted the job of caring and spending time with him, grew a close relationship with him through his kithood. When he was able to be brave enough to speak, his true playful nature would show. By the time he was six months old, he was able to grow into the playful cat SplashClan knew him to be.
He was apprenticed to Snapfern, who requested that she be his mentor herself, and this decision made Longpaw so excited he nearly tripped over his own paws running over to her at his ceremony. Though he was excited to finally be an apprentice his training was hard. In terms of his skill, Longpaw knew how to do a lot of things but he was never the best at any of them which led to him struggling, but not falling behind, during his training. Regardless of all of this, he really felt like his bond with Snapfern was growing and growing.
Three months into his apprenticeship, Longpaw caught whitecough but thankfully was able to recover within the same month. Normally this would excite someone but instead Longpaw was disapointed as he wanted more time to avoid his work and sleep in his nest. It was after this when he began to feel tired of being an apprentice but he didn't complain too much and by the end of his apprenticeship he felt rather satistfied with how his life had gone up until now.
When Longpaw was thirteen months old, he finally became a warrior. Gannetstar named him Longpool and honored him for his determination, being able to complete his training on time despite his struggles. Now a warrior, he displayed a newfound sense of confidence that nobody had seen from him before. He became more energetic, fierce, and even talked about wanting to someday fight in a real battle. Regardless of all of this, he began to realize how truly lonely he felt. Seeing Gannetstar have kits as well as Lightgale and Jadezinnia's own litter made him understand that what he wanted was a family.
He later recieved his first apprentice, Gannetstar's son, Tornpaw. Though he was able to teach Tornpaw to be a great warrior he was unintentionally distant. The reason for this was that he had met a she-cat from HazeClan named Tempesthollow and had begun a relationship with her. The two would meet frequently and he'd always bring Tornpaw to patrol the border with him, hoping to see her.
While he was mentoring Tornpaw he was pulled out to sea by a strong tide and was thankfully rescued by the patrol he was on. He was in the medicine den for two months and by the time he recovered Tornpaw was nearly done with his training, having been trained by another warrior in this time and Tornpaw had begun to intentionally avoid Longpool. Longpool felt incredibly thankful to Lightgale for his treatment and spent that month helping gather herbs as he was annoyed and frustrated with Tornpaw avoiding him.
Tornrun was made a warrior when Longpool was 25 months old and regardless of the negative thoughts he had towards him he was proud of his apprentice. He was also happy to finally be able to get back to seeing Tempesthollow. However the next time he saw her she was meeting with Thunderisle. Tempesthollow confessed to having been also seeing Thunderisle and being the mother of Thunderisle's unborn kits (thank you to Cody_Wolf1 on youtube for this idea!). Longpool was incredibly hurt by this and stormed off alongside Thunderisle.
Longpool tried to shift his attention back to performing his warrior duties but he wasn't able to keep up or be as 'useful' as he wanted to be. The anxiety he suffered when he was a kit began to act up again and it only calmed down once Thunderisle's kits were born. Instead of Longpool and Thunderisle hating each other for the circumstances they had been in , they became good friends. He began to spend a large amount of time in the nursery, playing with Thunderisle's kits and watching them whenever Thunderisle wasn't around. It's because of this that he seemed to always have a horde of kittens trailing after him since not only did he gain the affection of Thunderisle's litter but of Jadezinnia and Lightgale's as well. Throughout all of his Longpool began to develop feelings for Thunderisle but he knew that she wasn't going to reciprocate them, so he never told her how he felt.
Around this time he was nearly bitten by a snake while leaving the nursery but Jadezinnia leaped from his nest and tossed the snake out of camp, saving him. He continued to spend time in the nursery all throughout Clovekit, Downkit, Gorgekit, Clovekit, Boughkit, and Dappledkit's time in the nursery to the point that he was chosen to be one of their mentors. Though he would've prefered to mentor one of Thunderisle's kit's he was happy to receive Gorgepaw, Lightgale and Jadezinnia's daughter as his second apprentice.
He was incredibly thankful to be able to mentor Gorgepaw as he knew he had failed terribly while training Tornrun and he also considered this an extended thanks for his past medical treatment he recieved from Lightgale. Longpool knew he was a good teacher and he wanted to prove to the clan that this was true. His training of Gorgepaw went smoothly with nothing overly interesting happening. Outside of his job as a mentor, Longpool began to think more about his romantic feelings for the SplashClan deputy, Brackenshade. Knowing that nothing was going to happen between him and Thunderisle allowed him to get closer to Brackenshade and in this case the deputy even reciprocated his feelings, but neither confessed to the other.
Eventually, Gorgeflight recieved her warrior name and Longpool was very proud of her. On Gorgeflight's first patrol as a warrior however, she drowned in a flash flood that Longpool unfortunately was there to witness. Her death caused his anxiety induced stomach aches to return but thanks to Lightgale's treatment he was able to recover from both the shock of witnessing his apprentice's death but also the anxiety. To thank Lightgale for all the healing he's done for Longpool over the years he began to frequently help him collect herbs.
Moving forward, Longpool continued being the best warrior he could be but overall not much happened with him. While on patrol with Brackenshade and Tornrun one day, he fell into a collapsing sand dune and broke his jaw. Initially it seemed like he was going to recover as his energy and upbeat attitude were still high. However as time went on things got worse for him, resulting in him succumbing to his injury four months later and going to StarClan.
Game Events
There may be some minor adjustments/changes made from the game events/in-game timeline in order to make the story more interesting or make more sense
Month 0: Longkit is a 1 month old quiet kitten. He's learing all he can about Mintshade
Month 1: He gets a stomachache and wonders how Snapfern is doing
Month 2: He gets over his stomachache and goes to look around camp
Month 5: Longpaw is apprenticed to Snapfern. He nearly trips over his own paws running over to her due to how excited he is before the two of them touch noses. He's now playful but later has a hard day.
Month 6: He thinks he's really bonding with his mentor, Snapfern
Month 8: He catches whitecough but gets over it quickly. He wishes he was still in his nest sleeping
Month 13: Longpool is made a warrior and he's honored for his determination. He later spends time sharpening his claws
Month 15: He wants to have kits
Month 19: Longpool gets his first apprentice, Tornpaw and is curious about the other clans.
Month 20 and 21: He caught scent of an enemy warrior earlier
Month 22: Longpool was pulled out to sea by a tide and was rescued but has been hacking up water ever since. He starts making up song and is encouraging others to join in
Month 24: He recovered from the water in his lungs. He helps to gather herbs
Month 29: Longpool was nearly bitten by a snake but was saved by Jadezinnia who threw it out of camp before it could bite him. He somehow always has a gaggle of kits following him around
Month 31: He recieves his second apprentice, Gorgepaw. He wonders how Brackenshade is doing
Month 33 and 34: He has the apprentices engaged in a very, very tall tale
Month 37: Longpool has a stomach ache. He has the apprentices engaged in a very, very tall tale. His former apprentice, Gorgeflight dies on patrol
Month 38: He no longer has a stomach ache. He wonders how Thunderisle is doing
Month 41: Longpool has heat exhaustion. He later spars with some clanmates
Month 43: he recovered from heat exhaustion. he helps to escort Lightgale to gather herbs
Month 53: He runs after a colorful beetle. While on patrol with Brackenshade and Tornrun he breaks his jaw in an accident
Month 57: He died due to his broken jaw
Fun Facts
His favorite foods are vole and mice
He was the sixth SplashClan cat to die and join StarClan
His theme song is “Somebody to Love” by Queen
His voice claim is Arataki Itto from Genshin Impact (voiced by Max Mittelman)
Poolpaw may have been partially named after him by her father, Lightstar
