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Dawnclan resides in a vast, flowery meadow, where the sun often shines down on
the clan. It's a long-abandoned farm property, humans haven't seen these lands in a
long time. The land is surrounded by woodlands, slowly growing thicker through the
years. Nature is reclaiming what humans once destroyed. Destruction and rebirth is a
common theme of the clan. The clan descends from barn cats, who, when the humans
disappeared, fought over who could keep the land. A wise old she-cat stood among the
bloodshed, and declared that their ancestors had told her in a dream that they should
band together, form a group of cats, survive and thrive. The idea was at first met with
scorn, but as more lives were needlessly lost, they reluctantly formed a truce. They
gathered more cats from surrounding areas and formed a clan, named Dawnclan, in
honor of their very first leader. Their fallen ancestors, given the name Starclan, often
paid the leader and medicine cat visits in their dreams. It was peaceful times that
lasted multiple generations.
However, a prophecy given to a leader a couple of generations back, Birchstar, disturbed
the peace. Cats with strange ability will rise to overthrow the tyrant who leads the clan.
This sparked a paranoia in the already-skittish leader. Cats started developing powers as
apprentices, and those who were found to have these powers were immediately exiled
without any sort of explanation as to why. When Birchstar passed away, he informed his
deputy, Claypelt, of the ominous message Starclan had given him. Now named Claystar,
he declared that Starclan was no longer to be trusted, putting an end to the worship of
their ancestors. Medicine cats no longer received dreams from their ancestors and the
leader no longer got nine lives. This has been the way of the clan for so long. Cats who
were born with powers continue to be exiled, just as they were in the past.
What Dawnclan isn't aware of yet, though, as is that those exiled cats have formed a group
of their own. They've named themselves Heartclan. They remain in close contact with
Starclan. Although the medicine cat does get dreams from their ancestors, the leader
still doesn't get nine lives. They have been told by Starclan time and time again that they
must restore the balance of Dawnclan, that they must bring back faith in them. So what sits
on these old, abandoned farmlands are two clans, one larger in size, the other smaller but its
cats blessed with powers. Only time will tell which clan will prevail.
