A cat leaves on patrol and is not seen for several days. They return skittish and won't say a word. Why? What happened?
Code of the Clans
Warrior Code
1. Defend your Clan, as a mother defends her kits. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle. ✵ 2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory. ✵ 3. Elders, queens, kits, and ill/wounded must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. ✵ 4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life. ✵ 5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice. ✵ 6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name. ✵ 7. A cat should not be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice. The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled. ✵ 8. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh. ✵ 9. A Gathering of all Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time. ✵ 10.Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Question all trespassing cats. ✵ 11. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is not from your Clan. ✵ 12. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win their battles, unless it is necessary for self-defense. ✵ 13. Each Clan has the right to be proud and independent, but in times of trouble they must forget their boundaries and fight side by side. ✵ 14. Kits must stay in camp until they are apprenticed, unless with their mother. |
Medicine Cat Code
1. A Medicine Cat will do everything in their power to save a sick or injured cat regardless of whether the cat in question is from their own or a different Clan or not a Clan cat at all. ✵ 2. A Medicine Cat is obligated to help another Clan’s Medicine Cat if they need help, even if their leader disagrees ✵ 3. A Medicine Cat must share any omens from StarClan with their leader and if it affects all the clans, with other Medicine Cats ✵ 4. A Medicine Cat has a professional confidentiality, meaning that they can’t share private information told to the them, not even to the leader of the Clan, unless the information is endangering to the Clan or cat themselves ✵ 5. A Medicine Cat may not share gossip, rumors, or use confidential information given by another Clan’s Medicine cat against a rival Clan ✵ 6. A Medicine Cat can take a mate so long as: • They are not the sole clan Medicine Cat • They are not training an apprentice • They are not an apprentice themselves -if a Warrior decides to become a Medicine Cat Apprentice and has a mate, they are not forced to break up with them. They can not have kits until they have their full name or their rank will be revoked. This does not apply to kits conceived or born before becoming a Medicine Cat Apprentice. ✵ 7. Medicine Cats can not mate with other Medicine Cats. ✵ 8. A Medicine Cat will not allow personal feelings to impair their duties. Unspoken Code
• Medicine Cats Apprentices are to learn basic defense during training. ✵ • As well all Apprentices should know basic herbs; cobwebs, marigold, etc. ✵ • No Queen is required to name a father ✵ • |
Territory
TRUCE TERRITORY
Stepping PondsFound just below Starfalls where the water continues to cascade down the rocks on their path to the Giant River. Here the water is slow, split by the rocks into multiple small water falls. The rocks create many small pools with dry edges, giving cats a place to sit for the gathering.
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StarfallsFound at the end of the forest where the river flows down into a waterfall that cascades down into the Giant River. The medicine cats gather here every half moon to meet with Starclan. The cats call this place Starfalls, as the stars reflect off the water. Behind the falls can be found a small shallow cave carpeted in soft lush moss fed by the water that seems to almost glow in the moonlight reflecting through the water. Here the medicine cats dream with Starclan, safe and protected by the falling water.
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