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Disciple is Nepeta's Ancestor and as such is similar to her in many ways. She is loyal to a fault, lively and happy, and is a competent huntress. Unlike her descendant, she refuses to use violence against her fellow trolls. It's noteworthy that even though the e%cutioner killed the Signless and the Disciple is griefstricken, she does not attempt to hurt him or attack her. Her love for the Signless and her utter grief at his death do not overshadow the teachings he instilled in her and she refuses to attack.

Before his capture, she was a bright and lively individual. She was unafraid of what lay ahead as she traveled, even after the attack by woofbeasts. Her favorite activity was always reaching the next hill or the next town. Every day was a new adventure and it was all the better for having her lover at her side. Even when they were in trouble from highbloods at various times before their capture, the Disciple bounced back quickest of all. Her ability to look on the bright side and take a lighter tone was invaluable in a group of somewhat serious individuals. In fact it could be, on occasion, somewhat grating because she insisted on taking the 'look on the bright side' thing a bit too far. Which is to say, Disciple almost entirely lacked the ability to read the atmosphere. She says the wrong thing at the wrong time quite often and is quick to assume.

She enjoyed writing almost obsessively, taking it upon herself to write down all of his sermons and often carried around her book of his teachings. She recorded nearly everything in fact, from the towns they visited to conversations their group had. She can be extremely talkative but is equally able to be a great listener. Catch her interest and she will sit there listening to you go on and on. She was very adept at making fires, skinning and preparing animals, and finding new plants for them to eat. She loves to be useful, going out of her way to figure out tiny ways she can help her friends or random trolls.

She could be a little defensive at times and was quick to uphold her honor and those of the rest of her little group of friends. Before becoming his Disciple, she got into a few fights but that occasional temper or pride has calmed down. She was a bit sheepish about her habit of slipping into catpuns, since she considered them to be somewhat childish and she tried to curb them whenever she can.

Very little is known about the Disciple in canon so I had to fill in many blanks. What is known is that she was the most faithful disciple of Signless and they were lovers of some sort. I filled in some blanks of her back ground with ideas from Mater Dolorosa. The following background is mostly filled in with ideas from that fanfiction. If that's unacceptable, please let me know.

Like all trolls at this time on Alternia, Bastet was found in the caverns by her lusus, brought to the surface and raised and protected until she was near maturity. Unlike most, she was brought to the caverns by a meteor and in another lifetime she played and lost a game that destroyed her world. This new life was her chance to prepare this world anew for a new set of children who would play the same game.

Bastet took after her feline lusus in many ways, taking up claws to hunt and defend herself and learning the ways to survive in the jungle. When her lusus was killed some time in her eighth sweep, she was saddened but felt herself quite able to take care of herself.

Unfortunately, Alternia is not a safe place to roam alone and she was nearly killed by a pack of howlbeasts. It was then that a woman and a boy her age leapt in and saved her. She was both enchanted and grateful and clung to them for a few days. When they inevitably moved on, she followed from a distance. It was a combination of loneliness and attraction that led her on this path, following them for a lack of a better option. She witnessed the boy speaking several times and his words touched her. The world without violence that he spoke of...it was mesmerizing.

She has to get closer to them. She wants to follow them, to hear the words from his lips, to go wherever they will take her. It does not matter so long as it is with them. She follows, asks to join them and is thrilled to be invited. The words he speaks are now written, carefully in her book. She is his ever faithful scribe and with them, she journeys to spread his word to the people of Alternia. As he gained the name 'Signless' she gains her own, 'Disciple' and she takes to it with eagerness, almost entirely abandoning her old name. She finds it a far more fitting name for herself and will give it as her own if asked

Disciple provides them with new ways to survive and new methods of patience and things of that sort, and becomes invaluable in her own time. Her new thoughts and her traditional upbringing give the Signless a new perspective on their society and her open mind and heart allow them to become close. It's later, after many perigrees that he and she fall for each other in a way that trolls have no word for.
They travel on, over waters in their ship, even after it becomes obvious that the highbloods are learning what is going on under the surface of their planet. The Signless and his words have spread over the planet and he is greeted with recognition from those he has never met. The undercurrent of rebellion forces them to be fast on their feet and quick with their weapons. They don't kill other trolls. It isn't their way, but they won't allow themselves to be caught or scared into hiding. They run and speak until the very last day before the highbloods catch them.

Disciple watches them force her lover into irons so hot they burn and bleed and watches his mutant red blood displayed for the world to see and they are all bound as well.

She, his most faithful, cannot save him, but she steals what is left on his body, a pair of leggings, the only thing left. She awaits her execution with glaring eyes.