Name: Hissheart (Please keep in mind that there is a Sneezekit in the books)
{S{I don’t find the Sneezekit/paw argument to be very valid. Sneeze- isn’t a good prefix either- being canon doesn’t mean it has good connotations or makes sense.
Hiss- doesn’t have good connotations, does not make much sense, and isn’t defended by canon.
Sneezekit was named because he got sick after birth/was allergic to the moss. His name doesn’t describe him, if anything it just references an incident after his birth. It’s silly-sounding, kind of embarrassing, and an exception that really shouldn’t be followed nor used to rationalize other off-the-norm prefixes.
In the case of Hiss-, what is the reasoning behind this? Did he hiss after birth? Cats hiss. Why would a queen name their kitten after a noise- let alone a distressed one- they make at birth? We don’t have any Mewkits or Meowkits.
tldr; Sneeze- is not a good prefix, Hiss- is not a good prefix. Sneeze- is unfortunately canon, Hiss- is not. I would not recommend using either. However, it is your cat and you can name him as you wish, but I can’t think of any good reason for a cat to have the prefix Hiss-.}}
{R{The way I look at it, its like saying all electric type pokemon are immune to ground because of emolga.
In canon cats, 99.9% of cats are named for their looks, the outliers are because of some joke the Erins were playing (i.e. Runningnose, Berrynose) or getting lazy (Onewhisker, Sneezekit, Bumblekit). It is comparable to saying “My grandpa smokes and has no health issues, which means I too can smoke and get no health issues”. Almost all people who smoke get health issues, so people should abstain from smoking. Almost all cats in warriors are names after looks, so people should name then after their looks.
Its like those ladies who name their kids outrageous things and expect them to not get made fun of outside of their little circle who accept it. (Ponyboy in the Outsiders, the Soc group made fun of his name a couple times if I can remember correctly)
You don’t have to go traditional, as long as everyone can get a good picture of your cat from the name. Hiss is a sounds, I cannot tell anything about the cat from a sound. All cats hiss.
Its just a little too silly for me, especially since adder- would work purrfectly well. :c }}
Gender: Tom
Appearance: Light-brown pelt with darker marks at his paw tips, his ear tips, and his tail tip. Amber eyes.
Clan: FoundClan
Rank/Allignment: Deputy
Age: 30 moons(Two and a half years)
History: A long time before Hissheart was born, Fallenstorm(The RodentClan deputy) fell in love with Halfeye(The FoundClan deputy). As she fell more and more in love with the cat from FoundClan, she unhinged more and more, to the point where she killed her mate(The leader) to have her word become law. Halfeye soon became Halfstar and found a mate. Six moons after his daughter(Cloudypaw) and Hisspaw were born, Fallenstar admitted that she had always loved Halfstar. Halfstar viciously let her down, saying that he would never love a cat from another clan. After Fallenstar went back to camp, she was driven out(But a few cats respected her and left the clan with her). I haven’t got much for Hissheart’s apprenticeship, other than he and Cloudypaw became good friends, and Hisspaw always felt responsible for her. Cloudypaw was in love with Snowpaw, and Hisspaw falls in love with Treepaw. Marigoldpaw(Who is a villian) falls in love with Hisspaw, Morningpaw(Hisspaw’s sister) is a medicine cat, Brownpaw(Marigoldpaw’s jumpy brother) is there, and Hisspaw rejects Marigoldpaw. They get their warrior names(Cloudyfern, Hissheart, Snowfoot, Marigoldpelt, Brownfur, Morningdew, and Treecloud) and Gloweyes(Please give me another name for the loyal deputy) is mysteriously murdered.
{S+R{
fallenstorm/star- As pretty as fallenstar sounds, you may want to rename. Fallen- tells me nothing about her, at all. Except that she fell from something or falls a lot, and even so she shouldn’t have exhibited this after birth. If you want to imply that she has fallen into evil, if she’s light brown or tortie Maple- would be nice. Like a fallen maple leaf. Or Acorn- if she is brown, because they fall from oak trees.
halfeye/star- We suppose this could work as a rename, if he was injured near his eyes and he can no longer close or open one of them all the way.
cloudyfern- -fern isn’t traditional, but you’re not going for that anyway. Cloudy- makes me think of the clouded or cloudy pattern found on wild domestic hybrids. So they would have to be a kittypet or just Cloud-.
snowfoot- Purrfectly fine, white kitty that is fast
treecloud- Ehh this one is iffy, some tree bark appears grey, some appears brown, some has speckles, stripes, or patches. I would be more specific as to the type of tree.
marigoldpelt- eh, as long as they have lots of marigolds growing in their territory
brownfur- purrfectly fine, average brown (tabby) kitty
morningdew- -dew isn’t traditional, but morning- tells me they have bright but pale pelt, like a golden tabby or dilute tortie.
gloweyes- I’m glad you realize this one is silly too. If you want him to seem sacrificial maybe Sheep- something. He could be white or black and white. Bright yellow eyes if you so desire. (and even curly fur if he has kittypet heritage) If he’s a deputy he is probably good at something. Sheepclaw, Sheepnose, Sheepfoot… }}
Cloudyfern is deputy for a while,and you find out that Marigoldpelt is in cahoots with Fallenstar. At this point, they think that Hissheart is in love with Cloudyfern, so some of Fallenstar’s followers ambush a patrol(Hissheart, Cloudyfern, Snowfoot, and Brownfur). They fight them off, but Snowfoot falls over a cliff into a valley of sharp rocks. Cloudyfern tries to jump forward to save him, but Hissheart holds her back. Snowfoot is dead. (But Cloudyfern is pregnant and there are no other cats ready to take the place of deputy) So after a moon, Halfstar dies of old age. Cloudyfern is obviously close to kitting, but she insists that even if she doesn’t have a patrol with her, she’ll go to the MoonTree(Imagine that Pixie Hollow tree (Actually please don’t)) So Hissheart and Morningdew go with her and- surprise surprise- she gives birth. Two kits are born, but one of them dies. The other one looks exactly like Snowfoot, and Cloudyfern names it Snowkit after her late mate. Anyways, they keep going and eventually they get to the MoonTree. Cloudyfern becomes Cloudystar, they go home, and Hissheart is named deputy. After a few moons of being deputy, a battle with FrondClan starts and Marigoldpelt attacks Hissheart in a closed-off space. She kills him and he’s dead. Eventually after that Marigoldpelt and Fallenstorm are defeated and all is good except Hissheart died.
{R{ It still sounds very soap-opera-y to me ;;. It seems like a lot of hubbub about unrequited love, and my question is, how did Fallentar get cats to follow her? What did she even do to make them justify killing their leader to get with another leader. Respect shouldn’t be higher then the warrior code. What was there to respect after everything came to light? Tom-crazed deputy killed her mate to get a better one? That doesn’t sound like something a respectable leader, worthy of trust, authority, and a position as role model would do. Also, I couldn’t exactly follow all the romance-y stuff, this story is super saturated with it and it kind of just ruins the tale. Can you add more to it and take some of it away? Mix in more battles, meaningful friendships, occult happenings, natural disasters, anything to give us a break from the love/deceit/murder shenanigans. Its fine to have them but if that is all the story is about then it won’t seem interesting to a lot of people. Its is hard to work through this, especially if this is how you want the story line to go, just keep trying!
Both of us are still iffy on the name of FoundClan, all clans are found. The others, I see now, are named after cats plus they contain ferns and rodents (although you should really specify which rodent the founding cat looked like. Rat, Mouse, shrew..). I think on the old one you said FoundClan was forest? Maybe ForestClan? TreeClan? WoodClan? Or if there is anything else super cool in it you could name it after that.
Also, I really love the idea or a Moontree. Maybe instead of looking like the Pixie Dust tree is has spider webs on it, and the webs collect dew at night that shines under the moonlight. Maybe is has a speciall little hollow the cat goes in where they watch a particular web until they fall into their trance.}}
Personality: Hissheart is a loyal cat with strong faith in StarClan and in his clanmates. He isn’t fickle, but he can get too loyal to something.(causing him to be murdered off guard.) Thanks in advance, and I think I’ve improved on him.
{S{ He sounds a little bland, try spicing him up! Also, he doesn’t match the description of a -heart cat. A -heart cat is incredibly devoted to their ideals and will often speak out on their opinions. It is very noteworthy, and can get other cats to do the right thing or get them in trouble when their ideals are harmful. :c}}
{R{ “too loyal” I think a better way to phrase that is naive, which means too eager to believe in someone/something or so innocent they hurt themselves. But I reiterate what S says, he seems too average. He’s getting in “Average boy main-character” territory. Give him some silly quirks! Since you seem so adamant about hiss maybe he hisses a lot or has a bad attitude! >:3 }}
{{All in all, it still needs some work! Keep up the improving! }}
~S+R