Batu
A Low content wolf-dog
She lived in a hellish post-apocalyptic world. While many struggled to survive there, and just tried to get by, she took that world, wrestled it to the ground, and made it hers.
Not only did she survive, mock, and make FOOLS of the infected, vicious creatures that tried to hunt her down, but she was also crippled, and incapable of moving quickly. Her wit and will to survive got her through. Batu never had friends, she refused to get emotionally attached, save for one. One male, who she crushed on, before he too disappeared. After that, she became 'That loner'. She had to move dens often, stayed distant, hostile. By the time she was 9 years old (An incredible, extremely rare age for that rp), she had her ribs crushed in on one side, couldn't breath properly because of it, had a chunk missing from her lower back, weakened hind legs, and a crooked upper jaw. By then most infected actually ignored her.
She eventually caught pneumonia, and died because of it, curled up in her den with a kitten who she'd adopted as her own in her last few months of life. She's still my most successful survivor character, and one of the few in that RP who has attacked a patrol of hunters, and lived, uninfected, with only minor injuries. I believe the handful of others had groups on their sides, too, while she was alone.
Rapidstar
He was a shy gentleman when he was young. His inexperience made him a very poor choice for deputy, but he was a kind cat with his heart in the right place, so he got the rank anyway.
He never should have made it to be a leader. By the time his leader began to decline in health, his own clan disliked him. He had only a handful of allies left in it, and actually had more ties and connections in his RIVAL clans, then in his own. Most of it was due to a stupid accident. It should have never happened, and no cat knew why it had ended the way it did, but he was blamed anyway. An aggressive co-deputy also did not help. He often got verbally beaten on for things the other cat had done. As a deputy, he also tracked down a troublesome rogue, and out of pity, allowed him to live despite having mauled multiple clan-mates. For once, his decision didn't bite him back. This ended well, it was one of his good moments.
When he was made leader, Rapid tried his hardest to protect his clan. He ended up leading them into a battle. For once he and his co-leader agreed on it, but of course, he was given the credit for the deaths that occurred. The next friend he tried to make after the battle, he made his apprentice. The young cat promptly crippled another, the daughter of one of his few friends. Rapidstar became completely withdrawn. He spoke to few cats, only three in fact, as friends. One went missing, the other died kitting moons later. The other was made his deputy.
He spent less and less time around the camp. He was almost a complete loner by the time he died. He'd stopped sleeping in camp, even, and one night was caught in a blizzard. The snow trapped him inside his den, and he froze to death.
Rapid had a very poor life, was treated badly in general. He strived his entire life to help the clan. Because, that's all he had. He had no mate, no kits, and any friend he made died or ended up hating him. His clan was his life, and he would have given anything to save it from himself. He's one of my more favorite characters, one I wish I could just scoop up and hug, because he was SUCH a soft hearted cat, who wanted to do no bad, but couldn't seem to do good, no matter how hard he tried, or how much he hated himself for it.