May 3, 2018 18:29:58 GMT
Post by Mausbär♡ on May 3, 2018 18:29:58 GMT
The clans' ranks
Leader
A leader is charged with the responsibility to watch over and manage an entire clan, maintaining discipline, order, and protection. Leaders are normally granted nine lives and a new name with the ending "-star". In a ceremony where nine starclan cats come to them in a dream at the moonstone/moonpool.
deputy
The deputy is the second-in-command to the leader, and may be considered an apprentice to the art of leading the clan. They serve in the leader's place in situations where the leader is unable to fulfill their duties.They are in charge of organizing patrols, and they are often called on by the leader for advice, but other than that, they retain the normal duties of a warrior.
Medicine cat
The medicine cat serves the clan as both their spiritual leader and healer. In addition to their responsibilities to their clan, they have responsibility to one another and starclan. They carry out their responsibilities to starclan once every half-moon, meeting together to discuss matters privately and share dreams with starclan. Clan leaders often rely on them to carry messages from starclan, as medicine cats have a link no other cat has to the deceased.
As a healer, they gather herbs and dispense them as an apothecary would. They handle diagnosis and treatment of both illness and injury for all the cats in the clan.
In their role as spiritual leader, they teach the code, interpret omen and prophecy, and generally serve the clan as a conduit between the earthly cats and their ghostly counterparts.
Medicine cat apprentice
A medicine cat apprentice is the cat that is being trained to follow in the pawsteps of the medicine cat. They learn healing and spiritual lore from the medicine cat. Medicine cat apprentices also accompany their mentors in their visit to the moonstone/moonpool every half-moon to receive dreams from starclan.
warrior
A warrior is a cat trained in the arts of fighting and hunting. Warriors make up the bulk of a clan, and provide that clan with the protection and food supply that keeps it safe and well-fed. Typically, a cat is made a warrior at or over the age of twelve moons. In their oath to become a warrior, they promise to "uphold the warrior code and protect and defend their clan, even at the cost of their life."
apprentice
An apprentice is a cat in training to become a warrior. Their names end in the word "-paw". Most usually are at or over the age of six moons. They have a mentor appointed to them at their ceremony and most days are taken out battle training or hunting. They are also given the task of cleaning out bedding and removing elders' ticks and fleas. Apprentices are not allowed to have a mate or kits, likely because of their young age or not to interrupt their training
queen
A queen is a she-cat nursing or expecting kits. Their primary task during this time is the raising of their kits. Kits are protected from attacks and the nursery is often situated at the back of the camp, away from the entrance.
kit
A kit is a cat who has not been made an apprentice yet. Their names always end in "-kit". Most often, they are under the age of six moons, though sometimes they are held back from being an apprentice for a certain amount of time, sometimes due to injury or misbehaving.
elder
An elder is a retired warrior, deputy, queen, medicine cat, or leader who is too old or not in suitable shape to continue with their duties. Elders are taken care of by the whole clan, and are given respect for the time they have served as part of the clan. They are responsible for taking the body of a dead cat out to be buried.
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