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Ceremonies
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~All ceremonies start when the leader calls together a clan meeting.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join underneath the Meeting Stone for a clan meeting"
~Appointing a Deputy:
Leader: "I say these words before the body of **previous deputy**, so that his/her spirit may hear and approve my choice. **new deputy** will be the new deputy of Whisperclan."
~Appointing New Apprentices:
Leader: "By naming apprentices, we show that Whisperclan will survive and remain strong."
Leader: " From this moment on, until he/she has earned his/her Warrior Name, this Apprentice will be known as **kit name+paw**."
Leader: " **Mentor's name**, you are now ready to take on an apprentice. You will be mentor to **Apprentice's name**. ** Mentor's name**, you have shown yourself to be a warrior of ** Virtue #1 ** and ** Virtue #2 **. I'm sure you will pass on all you know to this apprentice."
~New Mentor Ceremony:
Leader: " I call upon my warrior ancestors to give this apprentice a new mentor. **Apprentice name**, you have lost your first mentor, so your new mentor will be **new mentor's name** "
~Appointing New Warriors:
Leader: **Mentors name**, are you satisfied that this apprentice is ready to become a warrior?"
Mentor: "Yes, she/he is ready"
Leader: "I (**Leader name**, leader of Whisperclan) call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. He/she has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him/her to you as a warrior in his/her turn."
Leader: " **Apprentice name**, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: " I do "
Leader: " Then by the powers of Starclan I give you your warrior name. **Apprentice name**, from now on, you will be known as ** Warrior name**. Whisperclan welcomes you as a full warrior."
~Warrior Retirement Ceremony:
Leader: " **Warrior name**, is it your wish to give up the name of warrior and go to join the elders?
New elder: 'it is'
Leader: " Your clan honors you and all the service you have given us. I call upon Starclan to give you many seasons of rest."
~Name Changing Ceremony:
Leader: "I call upon my warrior ancestors to take away the name of this cat. For it now longer stands for who she/he is. **Cat name**, from now on, you shall be known as **new name**.
The Medicine cat ceremonies are different. They all take place by the Starclan connection. (In the books,Moonpool and Moonstone)
~Appointing a New Medicine Cat Apprentice:
Medicine Cat: **Apprentice name**, is it your wish to enter into the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?
Medicine Cat Apprentice: It is.
Medicine Cat: Then come forward
*Apprentice obliges*
Medicine Cat: Warriors of StarClan, I present to you this apprentice. She/he has chosen the path of a medicine cat. Grant her/him your wisdom and insight so that she/he may understand your ways and heal her/his Clan in accordance with your will. Now lay down next to the stone.
~Appointing a New Medicine Cat:
I, **Med. cat **, medicine cat of Whisperclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She/he has trained hard to understand the way of a medicine cat, and with your help, she/he will serve his/her Clan for many moons. **Apprentice name**, do you promise to uphold the way of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan, and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?
Medicine Cat Apprentice: I do.
Medicine Cat: Then, by the powers of StarClan, I give you your true name as a medicine cat. **Apprentice name**, from this moment you shall be known as **New med. cat name**. StarClan honors your knowledge and certainty, and we welcome you as a full medicine cat of Whisperclan.
Medicine Herbs and Their Usage:
Poppy seeds- used to numb pain and make a cat very sleepy
Catmint - For whitecough and Greencough. Also exceptionaly tasty to cats that are not sick
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply
Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
Horse Tail - used to treat infected wounds
Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
Chervile Root - used to treat infections
Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
Coltsfoot- used to treat kittencough
Catnip(also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
Chickweed- used to help treat greencough
Tansy - used to treat coughs
Thyme - used to calm a cat
Camomile - used to calm a cat
Dandelion Leaves- used to calm a cat
Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache
Chervile- used to treat bellyache
Watermint - used to treat bellyache
Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Goldenrod- used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
Ragwort Leaves- used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
Snake Root - used to counter poison
Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Other Plants
Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
Deathberries (Yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough; use yarrow
Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries
Illnesses:
Cough - a sickness that is like a human cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kits or young cats.
~Best Treatment: Tansy
Greencough - a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, pus excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose.
~Best Treatment: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender
Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
~Best Treatment: Catmint
Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
~Best Treatment: None
Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever.
~Best Treament: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender
Cracked pads - a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
~Best Treatment: Marigold, and poppy seed if there is pain
Aching joints - basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
~Best Treatment: Anything that cures pain other than poppy seeds
Bleeding - blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury.
~Best Treatment: Cobwebs pressed onto the wound
Poisoning - the case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or other kinds of harmful things.
~Best treatment: Yarrow and stinging nettle
Freezing - a case where a cat is too cold and might die.
~Best Treatment: Grooming fur the wrong way to get the blood flowing.
Starvation - a case where a cat is too hungry.
~Best treatment: Fresh kill or queen's milk.
Weakness - a case where a cat is exhausted.
~Best treatment: Rest
The Warrior Code:
1. Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, even if you meet them in battle
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory
3. Elders 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
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 or retires
9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh
10. A Gathering of all four 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
11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats
12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan
13. The word of the Clan leader is law
14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defense
15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet
Additional rule:
Medicine cats may not have a mate or kits
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