Post by warblersong on Oct 2, 2012 12:27:29 GMT -5
Had an idea a while ago. Figure I'd see how you like it. Its a rough idea, but you get the idea, and edits can be made.
Origins
Many moons ago, Windclan had a medicine cat apprentice who went by the name of Moonpaw. Moonpaw lived his life well, aiding the sick and injured just as any medicine cat would have done. His clan was strong and healthy thanks to the works of him and his mentor and so his time became more dedicated to researching than healing. Moonpaw had a strong connection to starclan and spent many hours in their paradise sharing tongues with fallen warriors and leaders even when the half moon was not there. But with all the Starclan cats he talked to and how much he explored he never found the answer to one question: If the stars were the sprits of the warrior ancestors then what was the moon?
Moonpaw gained his full name and became Mooncave, his research continuing on even after his mentor died. That was the start of a new age for Windclan. One of death, fire, destruction. Mooncave watched his clan fall around him and even his skills as a medicine cat wern't enough to save it. In time he lost hope, spending even more time in the cave of the Moonstone, living more in the paradise of the next life than he did his own world. He began to see himself more of a part of the life where pain and suffering had no place and clans lo longer fought and prey was always plentiful and safe to eat. He wished his clanmates could come see this place the way he did, as often as he did.
As Windclan's fall continued Mooncave was visited by a Dark Forrest warrior, though he did not know it at the time. The warrior told him he was a medicine cat from the ages of the first few medice cats. The cat had an answer for him, the one he had been searching for all this time. The moon, he said, was a paradise even more wonderful than Starclan. The moors themselves were alive with the scent and tastes of rabbits, the rivers sparkled like a thousand stars. but only a special kind of cat could ever live there, one who helped expand the ranks of Starclan. Mooncave asked how he could help expand Starclan, but the warrior he thought was an ancient medicine cat did not answer, for he already knew. He said only that a white star would stand beside him.
The next day an apprentice had fallen ill from a rabbit, poisioned by twolegs. Mooncave's remedy was deathberries. His fur fluffed proudly as he imagined the young apprentice now a strong cat of Starclan, no longer hurt, no longer suffering. And through that he earned his place in the land of the moon. Four more cats died this way: Two warriors, a kit, and finally with a pawfull of deathberries and his claws, Mooncave took the last life of his own leader. The deputy took his place and immediatly banashed Mooncave from the clans, never to return.
Alone, Mooncave never understood the wrong he had done. He had saved his leader and clanmates, rescued them from their life on this world. They would now live in the care-free world of their ancestors and kin. They should be thanking him. It didn't matter, he had his own reward to look forward to when his life was claimed. In the wild he encountered a rouge she-cat named Star. Her fur was white as snow and he knew this was the cat the starclan medicine cat had told him about.
Together he and star started their own clan just on the edges of Windclan's territory. They named this clan Moonclan. He made himself leader of Moonclan and altered his name to Cavemoon. He then made the she-cat's name Starcave and they became mates. He taught his kits, and the few rouges and loners they picked up about the paradise that was Starclan and how a greater paradise awaited them if they helped them. Any who stood against Moonclan joined starclan, forever cut off from the land of the moon. They left the clans alone, learning to fight and growing in number, awaiting for the day they will send the clans cats to starclan and claim their reward.
Cavemoon died many moons later when his clan had just become strong. He told them with his last breath that he would wait for them in the place of the moon and that he wished them well. He would show them when the time was to strike at all the clans. He would show them on a night when the moon rose and turned away.
Territory
Moonclan's territory wrapps around the northern end of the clans in a sort of crescent moon shape. It begins on the outskirts of Windclan against the gorge and heads northward into the farm that lies on the edge of Windclan. Loners tend to try to use this barn for shelter. They are either taken in and trained as Moonclan warriors or driven out or, more likely, killed. It continues around the edge of Windclan and into Highstones, even contanining the cave of the Moonstone. it then continues and finally stops along the thunderpath on the north end of Shadowclan's territory in the shadows of Highstones. The durastic variations in the territory allow many different types of prey and favors an extended range of body types in the clan. The barn is plentiful with mice and the trees surrounding have many squirrels. In the mountains many small streams are teeming with fish, unhunted for many generations. Lastly the land nearest to shadowclan is mostly field with many rabbits.
Warrior code
Moonclan is run loosely like a clan with a few exceptions. Cavemoon has altered the warrior code to fit his purposes and those who do not follow it are killed. They should be grateful for they will spend eternity away from pain and a life of war. The warrior code for Moonclan is as follows:
1.Learn the ways of battle. Only cats of Moonclan are friend and kin. The rest are bound to end in Starclan. Only then can we live together in the place of the moon.
2.Do not approach one of the clans territory. If you see a clan cat in Moonclan territory they are to be killed. They will be grateful as you have relieved them of their suffering. The only exception is for cats visiting the moonstone.
3.Elders, queens, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.
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 cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
8.The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.
9.After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
10.A Gathering of Moonclan is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting at this time. the gathering is held at the entrance to Mothermouth and not with the other clans.
11.Boundaries are not to be checked and marked. Cats found in the territory are to be challenged. If they are clan then they will be brought to paradise. If they are not then they have the option of either joining Moonclan and one day living in the Place of the Moon, or death.
12.Warriors will not aid a cat outside of Moonclan who is injured or hurt. If the injury is severe enough the pain will be over soon. They are, however, allowed to end the cat's suffering sooner.
13.The word of the Clan leader is the warrior code. No cat will challenge these words or they will be cut off compelty from the clan and the Place of the Moon.
14.An honorable warrior does his best to aide the clan by eliminating any obstical in their way. The clan will only reach the Place of the Moon if Starclan's ranks are expanded and so you must kill as often as possible. The only exception to this is healthy kits and queens and they are not to be harmed. The reason for this is that the kits (or unborn kits in the case of a queen) have not yet suffered so there is nothing to release them from.
15.Every warrior awaits the time when the moon rises and turns away. War will be declaired against the clans that gather around Fourtrees at this time.
Ranks
Because Moonclan is a descendant of the origional clans they have many of the same ranks with a few alterations.
Return to the clans
When Cavemoon died he gave one last order: That when the moon rises and turns its face Moonclan will go back to the forest and rage a terrible war against the clans. By going through this war they ensure a place for themselves a thousand times better than Starclan will ever be when they die. At the same time they free the clan cats from a life of pain and suffering. This war will contiue until every cat in Moonclan lives in the Place of the Moon.
Origins
Many moons ago, Windclan had a medicine cat apprentice who went by the name of Moonpaw. Moonpaw lived his life well, aiding the sick and injured just as any medicine cat would have done. His clan was strong and healthy thanks to the works of him and his mentor and so his time became more dedicated to researching than healing. Moonpaw had a strong connection to starclan and spent many hours in their paradise sharing tongues with fallen warriors and leaders even when the half moon was not there. But with all the Starclan cats he talked to and how much he explored he never found the answer to one question: If the stars were the sprits of the warrior ancestors then what was the moon?
Moonpaw gained his full name and became Mooncave, his research continuing on even after his mentor died. That was the start of a new age for Windclan. One of death, fire, destruction. Mooncave watched his clan fall around him and even his skills as a medicine cat wern't enough to save it. In time he lost hope, spending even more time in the cave of the Moonstone, living more in the paradise of the next life than he did his own world. He began to see himself more of a part of the life where pain and suffering had no place and clans lo longer fought and prey was always plentiful and safe to eat. He wished his clanmates could come see this place the way he did, as often as he did.
As Windclan's fall continued Mooncave was visited by a Dark Forrest warrior, though he did not know it at the time. The warrior told him he was a medicine cat from the ages of the first few medice cats. The cat had an answer for him, the one he had been searching for all this time. The moon, he said, was a paradise even more wonderful than Starclan. The moors themselves were alive with the scent and tastes of rabbits, the rivers sparkled like a thousand stars. but only a special kind of cat could ever live there, one who helped expand the ranks of Starclan. Mooncave asked how he could help expand Starclan, but the warrior he thought was an ancient medicine cat did not answer, for he already knew. He said only that a white star would stand beside him.
The next day an apprentice had fallen ill from a rabbit, poisioned by twolegs. Mooncave's remedy was deathberries. His fur fluffed proudly as he imagined the young apprentice now a strong cat of Starclan, no longer hurt, no longer suffering. And through that he earned his place in the land of the moon. Four more cats died this way: Two warriors, a kit, and finally with a pawfull of deathberries and his claws, Mooncave took the last life of his own leader. The deputy took his place and immediatly banashed Mooncave from the clans, never to return.
Alone, Mooncave never understood the wrong he had done. He had saved his leader and clanmates, rescued them from their life on this world. They would now live in the care-free world of their ancestors and kin. They should be thanking him. It didn't matter, he had his own reward to look forward to when his life was claimed. In the wild he encountered a rouge she-cat named Star. Her fur was white as snow and he knew this was the cat the starclan medicine cat had told him about.
Together he and star started their own clan just on the edges of Windclan's territory. They named this clan Moonclan. He made himself leader of Moonclan and altered his name to Cavemoon. He then made the she-cat's name Starcave and they became mates. He taught his kits, and the few rouges and loners they picked up about the paradise that was Starclan and how a greater paradise awaited them if they helped them. Any who stood against Moonclan joined starclan, forever cut off from the land of the moon. They left the clans alone, learning to fight and growing in number, awaiting for the day they will send the clans cats to starclan and claim their reward.
Cavemoon died many moons later when his clan had just become strong. He told them with his last breath that he would wait for them in the place of the moon and that he wished them well. He would show them when the time was to strike at all the clans. He would show them on a night when the moon rose and turned away.
Territory
Moonclan's territory wrapps around the northern end of the clans in a sort of crescent moon shape. It begins on the outskirts of Windclan against the gorge and heads northward into the farm that lies on the edge of Windclan. Loners tend to try to use this barn for shelter. They are either taken in and trained as Moonclan warriors or driven out or, more likely, killed. It continues around the edge of Windclan and into Highstones, even contanining the cave of the Moonstone. it then continues and finally stops along the thunderpath on the north end of Shadowclan's territory in the shadows of Highstones. The durastic variations in the territory allow many different types of prey and favors an extended range of body types in the clan. The barn is plentiful with mice and the trees surrounding have many squirrels. In the mountains many small streams are teeming with fish, unhunted for many generations. Lastly the land nearest to shadowclan is mostly field with many rabbits.
Warrior code
Moonclan is run loosely like a clan with a few exceptions. Cavemoon has altered the warrior code to fit his purposes and those who do not follow it are killed. They should be grateful for they will spend eternity away from pain and a life of war. The warrior code for Moonclan is as follows:
1.Learn the ways of battle. Only cats of Moonclan are friend and kin. The rest are bound to end in Starclan. Only then can we live together in the place of the moon.
2.Do not approach one of the clans territory. If you see a clan cat in Moonclan territory they are to be killed. They will be grateful as you have relieved them of their suffering. The only exception is for cats visiting the moonstone.
3.Elders, queens, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.
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 cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
8.The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.
9.After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
10.A Gathering of Moonclan is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting at this time. the gathering is held at the entrance to Mothermouth and not with the other clans.
11.Boundaries are not to be checked and marked. Cats found in the territory are to be challenged. If they are clan then they will be brought to paradise. If they are not then they have the option of either joining Moonclan and one day living in the Place of the Moon, or death.
12.Warriors will not aid a cat outside of Moonclan who is injured or hurt. If the injury is severe enough the pain will be over soon. They are, however, allowed to end the cat's suffering sooner.
13.The word of the Clan leader is the warrior code. No cat will challenge these words or they will be cut off compelty from the clan and the Place of the Moon.
14.An honorable warrior does his best to aide the clan by eliminating any obstical in their way. The clan will only reach the Place of the Moon if Starclan's ranks are expanded and so you must kill as often as possible. The only exception to this is healthy kits and queens and they are not to be harmed. The reason for this is that the kits (or unborn kits in the case of a queen) have not yet suffered so there is nothing to release them from.
15.Every warrior awaits the time when the moon rises and turns away. War will be declaired against the clans that gather around Fourtrees at this time.
Ranks
Because Moonclan is a descendant of the origional clans they have many of the same ranks with a few alterations.
- Leader
When a cat becomes clan leader he takes the last part of his name as 'moon' instead of 'star' like the clan cats. The name is also treated like 'star' is with clan cats and no cat is given the name 'moon' in any part of their names unless they become leader. On the other paw it is possible that a cat will be named 'star.' They do not travel to the moonstone and recieve nine lives. That part of clan life has been forgotten. - Deputy
The deputy follows the same rules as the deputy in the clans do. Assiging duties for the day and helping with the clan. - Warrior/medicine cat/apprentice
There is no division between warrior and medicine cat in Moonclan. All cats know the healing herbs and how to fight as well as hunt. Cavemoon was a medicine cat himself and taught the others. The knowledge was simply passed down from cat to cat. Searching for herbs and caring for the store has become the replacement for marking the boarders since Moonclan cats to not gaurd their borders.
Apprentices are hardly different than the clan's apprentices. when they are six moons old they begin training under a mentor chosen by the clan leader. They are taught to hunt, gather herbs and heal their clanmates, and most of all, how to fight. When the clan leader deems them ready they are given a warrior name. - Queens
Queens are no different than queens in the four clans - Elders
There are no elders in Moonclan. If a cat is old enough that they can no longer fight they have served their purpose and Starclan is pleased. There is a ceremony where they travel to the moonstone along with their closest friends. The warrior puts his nose to the stone and falls asleep. When the stone shines bright as the moon and the cat is asleep the cats who came with him end his life. The elder cat is in the Place of the Moon now. The cats return to camp with his body and it is burried by the warriors of the clan who then hold vigil.
Return to the clans
When Cavemoon died he gave one last order: That when the moon rises and turns its face Moonclan will go back to the forest and rage a terrible war against the clans. By going through this war they ensure a place for themselves a thousand times better than Starclan will ever be when they die. At the same time they free the clan cats from a life of pain and suffering. This war will contiue until every cat in Moonclan lives in the Place of the Moon.