Post by JennyxEli on Oct 9, 2010 20:44:58 GMT -5
My favorite book series is the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter. Most people don't know much about it or haven't read it, but I would like to start an RP, so people get what it's like and maybe read the series(and possibly my Legacy since it's based on Warriors!). Here's an explanation of how things work in the Clans:
There are four Clans of cats: ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan. Each Clan has a leader, given nine lives and the suffix "-star" after their name by StarClan. StarClan is a group made up of the Clans' spiritual ancestors who give guidance and even prophecies to the Clans. StarClan is basically like angels.
The leader appoints a deputy who will later succeed him or her as leader. Most of each Clan is made up of warriors, the cats who fight in battles and patrol the borders while following the warrior code. Warriors train apprentices to become new warriors. When a female warrior has kits, she becomes a queen for the duration that she is pregnant or nursing. Kits cannot become apprentices until they are six moons (months) old. Old or impaired warriors become elders.
Every Clan has a medicine cat, who communicates with StarClan and heals injured or sick cats. Medicine cats meet every half moon to share dreams with StarClan at the Moonstone (a special stone in an abandoned mine in their forest home) or Moonpool (a special pool at their lake home). Clan rivalries do not apply to medicine cats, and they have peace with each other, usually helping one another. Medicine cats may not have kits or a mate.
There is also sometimes a medicine cat apprentice, who normally begins to be trained at the age of six moons to become a medicine cat. Warriors who are injured too badly to continue as a warrior, or decide they want to be trained as a medicine cat, may also become a medicine cat. Although this does not happen often, it has, as is the case with some of ThunderClan's former medicine cats: Cinderpelt, because she injured her leg, and Jayfeather, because he is blind. Yellowfang, a former ShadowClan medicine cat, became ThunderClan's medicine cat because Brokenstar changed ShadowClan so that she did not want to go back. Since she was trusted by most as a new ThunderClan cat, and the only cat in the Clan with medicine cat training, she assumed Spottedleaf's role after she was killed.
The cats in the Clans also have a special naming system. When a kit is given his/her name, it will end in "-kit," for example, Bramblekit. When a kit becomes an apprentice, during the ceremony, the leader will change the word "-kit" to "-paw," for example, Bramblepaw. When an apprentice becomes a warrior, the leader, with the help of StarClan, chooses a permanent ending of the name (-heart, -stripe, -pelt, -fur, -claw, -foot, -tail, -talon, -storm, etc.,)for example, Brambleclaw. When a deputy becomes the leader, StarClan performs a ceremony, in which the new leader must travel to Highstones (an abandoned mine at their forest home) or the Moonpool (a small pond at their lake home) to share dreams with StarClan. During the ceremony, the leader receives nine lives from StarClan and the name ending of "-star". An example of this is when Fireheart becomes Firestar in the first series, or Leafdapple of SkyClan becoming Leafstar in Firestar's Quest. Any cat in the Clan has the right to become the deputy, as long as he/she is a warrior, is not nursing kits, and has had at least one apprentice.
In the forest, the cats must live together with the world of humans around them. This allows interaction between the two species. One notable example occurred in the New Prophecy series, when humans, called twolegs by most of the cats, begin constructing a new road and houses, and the four Clans are forced to leave and find a new home.
Beyond the Clans' territories lies a mountain range, inhabited by the Tribe of Rushing Water. The Tribe is shown to be similar to the Clans, yet it follows a different set of ancestors, the Tribe of Endless Hunting. In a town near the Clans' old home lived a vicious group of cats called BloodClan, led by a cat called Scourge. Also living in the surrounding areas are cats without owners or Clans, known as loners and rogues, and house cats, called kittypets.
If you want anymore information on the series and characters and such, here is the link of where I found this helpful explanation and more: Helpful Warriors Explanations
Now, for the RP, you can make your character a kit, apprentice, warrior, and so on. Only one leader is allowed for each Clan and one deputy. If you don't have people to play the part of leader, your Clan will just have a fake leader. I will keep track here of who is in what Clan, and will now describe the Clans a bit more. ThunderClan is usually considered the best Clan. They are fierce, brave, and compassionate. They live in the forest, hunting mice, squirrels, and so on. WindClan are loyal and swift. They are skinny and live off mostly rabbits and some birds. They live in the wide open moorlands where they can run around and see the stars. ShadowClan is basically like Slytherin in Harry Potter. They're considered the evilest, but are willy and proud. They live in the dark pine forest, where they can be hidden from the Clans, and they live off the vilest things, such as frogs and then mice and the things that ThunderClan eat. They aren't considered friendly. RiverClan is the Clan that can swim. They basically only eat fish and are very clever.
If you're an apprentice, remember that only your leader can make you a warrior. They will choose your Warrior name. If you have an idea of what you would like as your name, tell them out of character. Leaders have nine lives, so if they are killed in battle they will be alive again, unless they lost their last life. If you are an apprentice, and you didn't make a made-up mentor, you can ask a charrie in your Clan to be your mentor. Have funnn
Here we will keep a list of who is in what Clan. If nobody volunteers for the major roles such as leader/deputy/medicine cat I have put characters from the book who are at these roles(I've put the main ones, so there aren't many cats from the original series. The cats range from the beginning of the second series to the most recent book):
ThunderClan
Leader: Hillstar - gray-tawny colored tabby with dark green eyes
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Juniperfall - calico she-cat with yellow/green eyes
Apprentices
Fernpaw - gray kitten with gray-blue eyes
Cardinalpaw - free
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
WindClan
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Zero - black and white she-cat with green-yellow eyes
Apprentices
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
ShadowClan
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Apprentices
Silverpaw - silver tabby with gray stripes and blue eyes
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
RiverClan:
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Apprentices
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
Leader: Hillstar - gray-tawny colored tabby with dark green eyes
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Juniperfall - calico she-cat with yellow/green eyes
Apprentices
Fernpaw - gray kitten with gray-blue eyes
Cardinalpaw - free
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
WindClan
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Zero - black and white she-cat with green-yellow eyes
Apprentices
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
ShadowClan
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Apprentices
Silverpaw - silver tabby with gray stripes and blue eyes
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
RiverClan:
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Apprentices
Queens
Kits:
Elders:
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Clan:[/b]
[b]Role in Clan:[/b]
[b]If you're an Apprentice, your mentor is:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Age in Moons:[/b]
[b]Family Members, if you have any:[/b]
[b]Mate(may take on a mate in anypoint of the RP):[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Bio:[/b]
[b]Picture of What Your Cat Looks Like:[/b]
My Charries:
Name: Juniperfall
Clan: ThunderClan
Role in Clan: Warrior
If you're an Apprentice, your mentor is: N/A
Gender: Female
Age in Moons: 17 Moons
Family Members, if you have any: N/A
Mate(may take on a mate in any point of RP): N/A
Personality: Very sweet, and a wonderful cat. Loves to hunt and is hardly hostile. Is very fierce in battle when necessary. Is a great fighter, hunter, and warrior in general. Is very passionate and caring of her Clanmates, friends, and family. She also has special powers that allow her to read the minds of others and walk into cats' dreams. Has never told anybody her secret.
Bio: When she was born, she was the first of two littermates. Her sister, Lavendercloud, died bearing kits, leaving Juniperfall grieving and watching out for her niece, Fernpaw, and her nephew, Cardinalpaw.
Picture of What Your Cat Looks Like:
Clan: ThunderClan
Role in Clan: Warrior
If you're an Apprentice, your mentor is: N/A
Gender: Female
Age in Moons: 17 Moons
Family Members, if you have any: N/A
Mate(may take on a mate in any point of RP): N/A
Personality: Very sweet, and a wonderful cat. Loves to hunt and is hardly hostile. Is very fierce in battle when necessary. Is a great fighter, hunter, and warrior in general. Is very passionate and caring of her Clanmates, friends, and family. She also has special powers that allow her to read the minds of others and walk into cats' dreams. Has never told anybody her secret.
Bio: When she was born, she was the first of two littermates. Her sister, Lavendercloud, died bearing kits, leaving Juniperfall grieving and watching out for her niece, Fernpaw, and her nephew, Cardinalpaw.
Picture of What Your Cat Looks Like:
Name: Fernpaw
Clan: ThunderClan
Role in Clan: Apprentice
If you're an Apprentice, your mentor is: Free
Gender: Female
Age in Moons: 6 moons
Family Members, if you have any: Juniperfall(aunt), Cardinalpaw(brother)
Mate(may take on a mate in anypoint of the RP): N/A
Personality: Cautious, shy, perky, energetic, loveable
Bio:She never got to meet her mother and longs for her everyday. But, now that she has become an apprentice, her mother cares for her and looks out for her in her dreams. Juniperfall, her aunt, has become more of a mother to her than anything, and her brother stands by her and protects her from harm.
Picture of What Your Cat Looks Like:
Clan: ThunderClan
Role in Clan: Apprentice
If you're an Apprentice, your mentor is: Free
Gender: Female
Age in Moons: 6 moons
Family Members, if you have any: Juniperfall(aunt), Cardinalpaw(brother)
Mate(may take on a mate in anypoint of the RP): N/A
Personality: Cautious, shy, perky, energetic, loveable
Bio:She never got to meet her mother and longs for her everyday. But, now that she has become an apprentice, her mother cares for her and looks out for her in her dreams. Juniperfall, her aunt, has become more of a mother to her than anything, and her brother stands by her and protects her from harm.
Picture of What Your Cat Looks Like:
Anybody is free to make Cardinalpaw. If you don't, I'll make him.
