B E A R C L A N“Those who fight monstersInformation• Live on an island
• Prey is relatively scarce
• The island is home to a very ferocious bear
• Have special customs
• Very muscular, strong-built cats
• The Clan is seen as resilient, tough, and strong, but also distant and reluctant to help others
TerritoryBearClan lives on an
island with several mountain ranges, cliffs, and caves. Their camp is in a
valley where a river runs. The camp is wedged between the bottoms of two mountains. The island is located in a lake.
Customs • The Clan must have population control and make sure only the strongest can live among their ranks
• Once an apprentice becomes a warrior, they are given 3 pebbles of a unique color
• Every other moon, a pebble is drawn. Whoever’s pebble is drawn has to go challenge the bear. If they win and return home, they are safe...for now. But if not...they become the bear’s dinner.
• Once all of a cat’s 3 pebbles are drawn, they no longer have to be subjected to the Bear. If they survive the 3rd challenge, they are promoted to senior warrior and are usually given some privileges
• Only cats who have survived the 3 challenges may become deputy/leader
•There are very little elders in the Clan since most die young. However, an elder is made if a senior warrior retires or is too injured/sick to keep up their warrior duties
• If a regular warrior becomes critically injured or sick(such as breaking a limb or having a sever case of greencough), they will be fed Deadly Nightshade, a swift way to die, and will be honored and buried. This is to save the cat from suffering. They by no means kill one of their own maliciously. (Besides, you know, feeding them to the bear)
• Only warriors may be challengers. Queens are not subjected. However, once their kits are apprenticed, their stones can be drawn again.
• Queens may only have 1 litter. However, since a single kit is an unlucky sign, if their first litter only has 1 kit, they may have a second one. But if the second litter only has 1, the Queen cannot have any more.
• Each cat have 2 mates but that's it. One litter per mate pair
• Medicine-Cats may have mates but may not have any kits
• Most of the Clan members are scarred. Some have missing ears, eyes and limbs, but these are extremely rare. Normally, every cat that has survived has a little nick or pelt scar
should make sure that they do not become a monster. ”