She definitely does not have trauma. She definitely does not have problems with self worth. And she definitely does not have nightmares about her dead mom.
More about her story under the cut!
Rosepaw is part of one of my warriors universes in which there are 3 clans, Flowerclan, Barkclan, and Shineclan, and instead of Starclan, they have the roses.
When the clans were formed, a great sickness, now called The Wilt came and devastated the founding groups. Among the sick was Leaf, a founder and sister of Rose, a second founder, who wasn't sick. Rose was advised by the spirit of her father to sacrifice herself and create the Roses, which would allow every dying cat to make their own rose when they pass.
However, this part of history has been slightly altered, but will not be built upon until after the story is finished to (hopefully) avoid spoilers.
Generations passed and now Rosepaw is a medicine apprentice who discovers a lonely, tattered Rose, the rips and tears of its petals representing the scars it received during its life. And, if the rose still has them, it means they chose to keep them. This rose reveals itself to be angered, wanting vengeance, despite Roses not feeling those emotions. It threatens Rosepaws clan, Flowerclan, if she doesn't carry out her bloody vengeance by killing Barkclans medicine cat, who happens to be the granddaughter of the cat who killed the rose, Twistedleaf. Now, Rosepaw is on a special journey, one that occurs every 6 moons with one patrol from all 3 clans, including the deputy, a medicine cat, some warriors and apprentices of each. The journey is trying to find an herb to cure The Wilt. The herb is called Immortality, since the founders had originally called The Wilting sickness Death. While on the journey, Rosepaw grapples with her morals, responsibilities, and self worth as she desperately tries to find a solution to Twistedleafs demands.
The Rose will be made into a comic that I will be posting here! Super excited to start, currently still outlining a lot of the pages but I have the prologue through chapter 3 roughly storyboarded!
Here. Have part 2 I guess. Part 1 is here, three is here and four is here.
I had to use some fanart for some because they had no canon art. Credits to the artists of course! The art for Rosetail is by @/bluestarz I think. I don't know the artists name for the one for Shrewclaw. Sorry!! If any of the artists don't want me to use their art, I will remove it immediately!