Tansypaw is an average sized she cat with a medium length pelt. She is slim in LeafBare when there is little prey, and a bit on the chubby side in GreenLeaf when there is an abundance of prey. Her fur changes from orange to yellow in certain areas, but it is a gradual change, and looks like a blur. She looks like the floor of a woods, with light streaming onto it. The pelt is sleek like most tortoishells and although it is medium length, it lays flat against her body and gives her a wet look.

She has bright golden eyes that have hazel/green flecks in it. They do not change color, but they do seem to sparkle like gold in the sunlight. The area around her eyes has orangey-yellow splashes, like the rest of her body, but there is one "splash" that looks like a scar. Of course it isn't, seen as she never fought with anybody. Right in the middle of her head, Tansypaw has a bright orange streak about the size of a claw.

Tansypaw has a jet black nose, but as she gets older, it seems to get light orange spots on it. Her whiskers are all black, like her nose, except for one whisker which is snowy white. The tips of her whiskers are curled in little ringlets from catching them in a crevice while organizing herbs. As new whiskers grow in and replace the old ones, they disappear. Currently she has 2 whiskers with the kinky ends. Her ears are very similarily patterened. They are black but have orange on certain spots.

The most interesting part about the young medicine cat-besides her pelt, is her tail. Some say it is completely black, but in certain light you can make out faint tabby stripes. They are most visible in direct sunlight.

Unlike most tortoiseshells, Tansypaw does not have white paws. Instead, they are black with the same markings as the rest of her body. Only one paw is a solid color, black.

Tansypaw is normally mild tempered but if you give her a reason to be mad, back off. She takes a while to cool down and when she does she becomes quiet and keeps to herself for some time. Her temper is an effect from being orphaned at an early age. She absolutely hates being thought of as "defenseless" because she is a medicine cat apprentice. A couple of times she has actually thought about proving herself, but didn't want to face the consequences and decided against it.

Unlike most of her clan mates, she enjoys swimming. Gathering watercrest and other water thriving plants is her favorite thing to do since she gets to go wading. Running is another activity that Tansypaw enjoys and gets to practice often. When alone, she will most likely be found running to the Lakeshore or swimming in the lake. Climbing is not one of her strengths and keeps to the ground.

Since she is not as practiced in fighting, Tansypaw relies on agility and quick thinking to get her out of tough situations. Although, she has only had to use this technique once.

When confined to camp, Tansypaw enjoys sneaking around camp and visiting the kits. Stealth is another of her strenghts and she enjoys playing tricks on her friends.

Birth
Tansykit was born to a tortoiseshell she cat and a brown tabby tom. Their names were Dappledpelt and Shadowstripe. According to the elders, the two cats were friends and always were together. Everybody assumed that they would be mates and lead a long happy life. Only part of that was true. They were mates, but after the first litter, Shadowstripe left. Soon after, Dappledpelt died from greencough. There were 3 kits in their litter, but only Tansykit survived the outbreak. Nobody knows the reasoning behind there naming, because their names didn't reflect their personalities or appearance.

Kithood
Tansykit was given to a foster mother, named Iceflower who took her in as one of her own. In fact, that is what Tansykit had always thought. She was raised with Iceflower's litter and treated just like them. When it was time for their apprentice ceremony, they went together.

Apprenticeship
Tansykit became known as Tansypaw and was assigned to a black tom named Darkpelt. It was about one human week after the ceremony when badgers attacked the camp. Iceflower's litter died in the raid and that was when Tansypaw was told about her mother. She was so overwhelmed that she stayed in the apprentice's den for days without food or water. Eventually somebody told the medicine cat and she came to help. Because of what the medicine cat did for Tansypaw, she felt as if she would contribute to the clan better if she became the healer's apprentice. From that day on, she became as Tansypaw, the medicine cat apprentice. She just recently became the medicine cat of Thunderclan after the previous medicine cat died of blackcough.