[Brambleclaw walks through a grassy field with wildflowers]

Summing Up Suffixes: -claw, -flower, -feather by Daisyspirit

Daisyspirit takes a look at some of the most common suffixes.

[Brambleclaw walks through a grassy field with wildflowers]
Art by Aniritak
[Brambleclaw walks through a grassy field with wildflowers]

Hello everyone! It’s Daisyspirit here with her first article! Like most articles I make, it is in an article series! Today, we are going to find out the meaning of the suffixes claw, flower, and feather! What role do the characters have in the story? What personality? Is it a tom or she-cat suffix? WHY were they even given that suffix?! I will be using character examples to find out!

BEFORE WE BEGIN: IF AN APPRENTICE FITS THE DESCRIPTION, DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!!!! THEY MAY BE GIVEN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SUFFIX!!!!!!!!!!!!

We will start with a relatively common suffix that might not even need my explanation, claw! The two cats we will use will be Brambleclaw/star and Thistleclaw.
If we start with Brambleclaw, this is what we can find out about him:

Brambleclaw was born alongside Tawnypelt to Tigerstar and Goldenflower. He was trained as Firestar’s apprentice for some time, but his first warrior appearance was in Firestar’s Quest. He appears as a prophecy cat in TNP, as well as Squirrelpaw/flight’s love interest. He can be described by Squirrelflight as bossy, a grump, a natural leader, arrogant, and loyal. Most of those claims are correct. Brambleclaw is leader-like, grumpy, sometimes aggressive, strict, a good father, ambitious, and easily angered. For a while, I suspected he would turn to the Dark Side. But he remained good, though his ambitions never stopped.

Now for Thistleclaw:
He had a relatively important role in Bluestar’s Prophecy as Snowfur’s love interest and the main villain. The infamous Tigerstar trained under him. He is ambitious, ruthless, evil, and a loyal mate. He starts out a little like Crowpaw, and he is trained under Adderfang. He hated his competitor for deputy, Bluefur/star, from the beginning .

To sum up the suffix -claw, we can say that they are normally ambitious, bossy, loyal to their mates/kits, and evil. They normally have major roles and are one of the POVs or one of the POVs enemies. It is a mostly tom suffix.

For the next suffix, the suffix flower, we will be using the cats Goldenflower and Moonflower. We will start with Moonflower. As a side note, to keep this article from being to long I won’t press enter twice anymore.
Moonflower

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17 comments

  • Flamepaw/spirit || Ospreysplash's awesome apprentice!! || She/her || Arson is life || Happy Easter!! says:

    Nice article!! I’m sorry it got cut off, though 🙁

  • Wishpaw/river | Wish Gliding In A River | Wishpaw, Wish, Wishy | Formerly Wishpaw/song! | Amazing Willowstripes Apprentice! says:

    Nooo it got cut off! I’m so sad! 😭 That was so good! I never really thought about the suffixes much, but now I do realize that you have a point! 🙂

  • Echopaw/pool 🌹 ~ she/her ~ Soft Echoes Rippling a Starry Pool ~ 🌱Cloudfall’s apprentice! 😀 ~ Is excited for Easter!!! says:

    Cool article! It got cut off, though 🙁

  • Really great article! Sorry it got cut off though. I really never knew that suffixes for cat names had meanings behind it! I am also trying to figure out my own suffix.

  • 🌷Dusky🌷| 💜Duskkit/flower💜 | 🪷Flower That Blooms At Dusk🪷 | 🩷Dusky is excited for Easter!🩵 says:

    Great article, too bad it got cut off :<

  • Great article! Sorry it got cut off 🙁 I’ve always loved the topic of suffixes as it’s interesting to see a character be described through the second half of their name.

  • Gryffinkit/dusk|| she/her|| looking for a mentor!|| Blog sis of the amazing Onyxkit!|| I love FROGGOS 🐸🐸 says:

    Nooo! It got cut off! I do have a question though, Thornclaw never had ambitions

    • Hi Gryffinkit (OMG LOVE YOUR NAME!!). I am really sorry if this spoils anything, but Thornclaw had to have some ambition, because he did train in the DF.

  • Quailpaw, She-cat| Former name: Leafwind ( Leafi) Obsessed with Legend of Korra, and Demon Slayer| Giyu Tomioka is the best Hashira says:

    Nice article! But sad it got cut off, maybe you could post the rest in the comments if you have it written down somewhere

  • Hi everyone! I am really sorry that this article got cut off ☹️. I have come to the conclusion that -flower is a she-cat suffix typically, and it is given to loyal, brave, and motherly cats. They typically have a side role, yet they are the mothers or mates of an important character. -feather is typically a tom suffix given to a major character with a grumpy personality. The “feathers” have a 2/3 chance of being medicine cats, and they typically have hard lives (e.g. Crowfeather’ hard love-life, Goosefeather’s craziness and curse, and Jayfeather’s blindness). Hope this helps 😊😊

    • Brackenpaw/tuft who can't wait for the new Owl House episodes! Huntlow forever!!!!!!!!!(A.K.A. Lilypaw and Cricketpaw) says:

      Great article! Most of the cats with a -feather suffix have a bird as their prefix.