Since the Dawn of Time Roleplay [Warriors CLOSED]

[greatwoman]

the warrior clans have lived under Silverpelt. Though they have always been plagued by battles, sickness, and hunger, they have lived together in the forest for longer than any cat can remember. But now, a new threat to their existence is drawing ever nearer. Their faith in their warrior ancestors has never waned, but it may not be enough to save them this time...


-Follow all CS rules
-Be kind when speaking out of character. Rudeness in character is allowed,
within reason, but if someone is made uncomfortable by something
your character says, you will be asked to tone it down.
-No power playing other people's characters without consent, and no
killing another player's character without discussing it first.

The end of the clans draws near.
Darkness is coming
to block out the light.
They must unite
so a hero can rise
to bring a new dawn.

The clans have always faced adversity and are strong because of it, but Starclan has foreseen a new threat to the existence of the clans that could destroy even Starclan. The clans must face this danger and overcome it to save themselves, Starclan, and the warrior code.


We have already started playing, but you can still head over to the Signup & Discussion thread to create your characters and discuss the plot of the game!

[greatwoman]

-Follow all CS rules
-Be kind when speaking out of character. Rudeness in character is allowed,
within reason, but if someone is made uncomfortable by something
your character says, you will be asked to tone it down.
-No power playing other people's characters without consent, and no
killing another player's character without discussing it first.
-Be active! Once the game starts, if you do not post for more
than 1 week without letting me know you are taking a leave of absence,
your character will be played out to finish whatever scenario they are
involved in, then they will be removed.
-With the previous rule in mind, I know real life happens. If you need
to take a break from the roleplay, PM me and let me know. You may
be asked to allow another player to play out your character(s) if you
are involved in an important scene.
-All characters must be posted in the discussion thread and accepted by me before you can begin playing.
-Disable your signature when posting in the RP thread. Even if your signature
is small and inconspicuous, everything will look neater and be easier to
navigate if everyone's signatures are disabled.

[greatwoman]

30 moons ago was the last large battle between Lightclan and Dawnclan. The battle was sparked by greed over territory. Both clans were pushing the boundaries more and more until the tension brought on a battle. Cats from both clans died in the battle, including Lightclan’s former deputy. Both clans were ashamed of their actions, and for a while that was enough to keep the peace. But the peace didn’t last forever. About 8 moons ago, Lightclan and Dawnclan began fighting over the Sunning Stones, for their ability to feed hungry cats even in the coldest moons. Tensions have been rising once again, but this time things came to a head just over 1 moon ago when the Lightclan warrior, Darktail, murdered her clanmate Mousefang near the clans’ shared border. She lied to her clan and led them to believe that a Dawnclan patrol attacked them, and Lightclan launched an attack on the Dawnclan camp. Lightclan lost. Once again, cats from both clans died, including Darktail herself. Tensions are still high between the clans, Lightclan believing that Mousefang’s murderers are still among Dawnclan, and Dawnclan is angry over Lightclan’s seemingly unprovoked attack. Every time a Lightclan and Dawnclan patrol cross paths, the cats are hostile towards each other, even going as far as attacking the other patrol. The gathering is in a few days, but cats from both clans are afraid that they won’t be able to peacefully settle their differences.

Now that Darktail has entered the Place of No Stars, she is recruiting other Dark Forest warriors for her war against the living clans and Starclan itself. But she is not just going to settle for causing trouble for the clans from her place of little power. No, she plans to invade the dreams of living cats under the guise of helping them train to be stronger warriors, but her real plan is to make them loyal to her and use them to topple the clans from the inside. Starclan has doesn’t know exactly what’s going on, but they can sense something bad coming to destroy the clans, and they fear they may be powerless to stop it.

[greatwoman]

It is currently greenleaf.

We'll start early in the morning, before patrols have been sent out, so deputies will need to take care of that.

The gathering is in 3 days.

[greatwoman]

Dawnclan

Silverstar | Female | 42 moons | Leader | Apprentice: None | Crush: open | Tags: | Mentions:

Silverstar woke and stretched in her nest. She could just see the light from outside filtering into her den through the lichen screen. She shook her pelt and stepped out into the camp, gazing around to take in the sights of her clan mates waking for the day.


Juniperclaw | Male | 21 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: Rootpaw | Crush: open | Tags: Rootpaw | Mentions:

Juniperclaw raised his head and looked around the den. He had been awake for a while, but he had unsuccessfully tried to go back to sleep before the sun rose. Now light was coming in through the woven branches of the warrior’s den and landing on his nest, so he decided it must be time to get up. He could wake up his apprentice and take him out for training. He quickly groomed his pelt, then stepped outside, breathing in the fresh morning air. He glanced toward the apprentices’ den and saw no movement, so he decided to help himself to the remains of last night’s fresh kill pile while giving Rootpaw a few more minutes of sleep. He picked up a stale mouse and settled down under a bush near the warriors’ den.

Lightclan

Foxstrike | Male | 12 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: none | Crush: open | Tags: | Mentions: Cloudfluff

Foxstrike snapped awake, feeling as though something had woken him, but he couldn’t quite put a paw on what. He thought about going back to sleep, but he heard his den mates stirring and pushed that thought away. He wanted to volunteer for a border patrol. He stretched, arching his back and yawning, then stepped out of the den into the camp. He glanced around to see if Cloudfluff was organizing patrols yet, and not seeing her, he sat down near the warriors den and began to wash himself.


Amberpaw | Female | 8 moons | Apprentice | Mentor: Cedarstripe | Crush: None | Tags: | Mentions:

Amberpaw is still asleep in her den, feel free to wake her up.

[Rae'tia]

Vixensong
❝The Loyal❞
gender; she-cat age; 32 moons rank; deputy allegiance; dawnclan sexuality; pansexual
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mentions; Yewsplinter, Roseshine, Tanglepaw, Sprigpaw & Silverstar tagged; Open

indentationThe athletically built feline awoke in the warrior's den, wide awaken within heartbeats. Carefully stepping around her clan-mates the ginger she-cat made her way out of the den. She gave the camp a once over, satisfied with how it looked before padding over to the small rock she sat on when she assigned patrols. One patrol already in mind, the gray-eyed feline took a seat on the rock and glanced over at Silverstar. She gave a polite nod of her head in greeting, before returning to her duties. Yewsplinter can lead the morning border patrol, and take Roseshine with her along with their apprentices. She mused silently, "Then maybe I should lead the hunting patrol..." Vixensong wondered muttering softly under her breath.

Rootpaw
❝The Troubled❞
gender; tom age; 9 moons rank; apprentice allegiance; dawnclan sexuality; homosexual
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mentions; x tagged; Juniperclaw

indentationWaking with a start the brown-and-white-tabby tom surged up from his nest, claws unsheathed. Taking a few deep breaths the amber-eyed tom huffed, irritation coloring his mood. Getting to his paws the bi-colored tom carelessly padded out of the apprentice's den, quickly spotting his mentor. Holding back the sigh that fought to escape, the tabby quickly padded over to his mentor, saying nothing as he sat down next to the older tom. As he sat there his mind wandered, golden gaze flickering back to the apprentice's den.

Skywillow
❝The Faithful❞
gender; she-cat age; 20 moons rank; warrior allegiance; lightclan sexuality; bisexual
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mentions; Foxstrike, Cloudfluff & Milkpaw tagged; Open

indentationSkywillow awoke slowly, yawning softly and blinking lazily for a few heartbeats before really getting into gear. Stretching leisurely the silvery she-cat got to her paws and stepped out of the warrior's den. She quickly spotted Foxstrike already awake and forced back a grimace. Her feelings for the younger tom were conflicted, while she loved his energy and battle skills, his clumsiness made him less than helpful on hunts and missions that required stealth. That wasn't even adding his pride. Shaking her head, the tickle tabby she-cat turned her gaze away searching for both Cloudfluff and Milkpaw.

Yewfrost
❝The Scornful❞
gender; tom age; 97 moons rank; elder allegiance; lightclan sexuality; heterosexual
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mentions; None tagged; Open

indentationUnlike most cats in the clan that was up and about this morning, Yewfrost was peacefully sleeping. Tail tip tucked under his chin, and paws snuggly under his body, the red-brown tom slept without a care in the world. His tickle tabby coat was shiny and clean from last night's grooming and clear of ticks. The only sign of life in the tom was the slight rise and fall of his fur-covered ribs. That being said, the tom was beginning to awaken, which would be the end of his more peaceful side.

[Furrydogs12]

Cloudfluff/ Female/ Deputy/ Lightclan/ Tags: Foxstrike, Skywillow
Cloudfluff padded out into the clan cmp. She looked around not spotting many awake yet. "Foxstrike, Skywillow" Cloudfluff calls padding over to the tom. "You will take Milkpaw, Rookwhisker, and Hollowpaw and go on a Border patrol. Skywillow, you will lead." She says before padding away from the two, trusting them to go find and/or wake the others called. She wanted to wait for a few more to wake before she would assign a hunting patrol.

Fumblepaw/ Male/ Apprentice/ Lightclan/ Tags: open
Fumblepaw was fast asleep snoring and mumbling about fish. Feel free to wake him.

Yewsplinter/ Female/ Warrior/ Dawnclan/ Tags: open
Yewsplinter yawned before getting to her paws and padding out of the den. She looked around for her apprentice, not seeing her, Yewsplinter assumed she was asleep still. She padded over to the apprentices' den looking around for the apprentice before padding away. Sprigpaw would wake on time or Yewspliter would wake her, and she knew her apprentice wouldn't want to be woken up by her.

[Zyn]

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🌸 Dawnclan || Warrior || Molly || 24 Moons || Location: Camp || Tages: Open || Mentions: Silverstar & Vixensong & Tanglepaw 🌸

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Roseshine blinked awake as the first light of the day started to trickle through the warriors den. Careful not to disturb the cats close to her, she rose to her paws to give herself a thorough cleaning. As her tongue rasped busily across her paws she regarded the sleeping warriors through half lidded eyes. There were a few that were already awake. When she was finished grooming she deftly made her way out of the den and stepped into the camp. As her gaze flickered around the camp she noticed that Juniperclaw was already couched eating a mouse from the last hunting patrol, Rootpaw his apprentice was close by. The sight of the apprentice made her gaze flicker to the apprentice's den, there was no sign of Tanglepaw so it was likely her apprentice was still sleeping. Best to let her apprentice rest while they could. With that thought she made her way over to Silverstar and settled near the leader. She tilted her head back to fix Vixensong with a curious expression.

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🍂 Dawnclan || Apprentice || Tom || 7 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Open 🍂

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Sagepaw had woken up first, he had this unrealistic fear that his mentor would get mad at him for waking up late. So ever since his apprentice ceremony he had woken up before the sun had risen and hurried out of the den to wait for his mentor. Its why the morning sun had found him crouched next to the apprentice den, his paw curled around his chest his gaze flicking around the camp restlessly. So far he hadn't seen Halfsnow but he was still quietly worried that his mentor would pop up out of nowhere. His worries slowly faded away as the warriors started waking up and milling around the camp. Vixensong padded out the warriors den and her steel grey gaze flickered over the camp once before the molly made her way over to the small rock where she made announcements. His ears flicked forward and he fixed Vixensong with an even stare as he quietly tried to influence the deputy into letting him go on the border patrol.

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☾ Lightclan || Medicine Cat Apprentice || Tom || 12 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Foxstrike & Skywillow || Mentions: Talonface & Cloudfluff ☽

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Echopaw shifted slightly and winced at the sound of his joints creaking, it had been while since he had moved apparently. It was worth it though, he had sorted through the herbs, taking note of those they needed to restock. A small pile of herbs that needed to be removed sat by his paw. Dipping his head he grasped the herbs in jaws and gave one last stretch before ducking out the medicine cat's den. As soon as his paws were out of the den he let his gaze flickered around the camp. The first thing his gaze landed on was his friend Foxstrike. With a slightly ungraceful lurch he hurried towards his dearest friends. However someone else got to Foxstrike before him and he was forced to halt a few fox lengths from Cloudfluff and Foxstrike. He waited patiently, his gaze a bit anxious, as Cloudfluff gave the young warrior an assignment. Disappointment filled his mind when he realized he couldn't go hunting with Foxstrike today but he quickly forced that thought away and hurried up to his friend as soon as the deputy left. Settling next to Foxstrike he set the bundle of herbs down before turning towards Skywillow. "Skywillow can I join your patrol? There are some herbs I need to collect near the border" he meowed hopefully.

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[greatwoman]

Dawnclan

Silverstar | Female | 42 moons | Leader | Apprentice: None | Crush: open | Tags: Vixensong | Mentions: Swanrain, Juniperclaw, Rootpaw

Silverstar nodded back to Vixensong and watched as she moved towards the camp entrance to begin organizing patrols. The grey tabby rose to her paws and padded through camp towards the nursery to check on Swanrain. The queen was alone in the nursery for now, and with her first litter coming soon, Silverstar felt especially protective towards the deaf she-cat. As she passed by the warriors den, she nodded to Juniperclaw and Rootpaw, and feeling Rootpaw's irritation coming off of him in waves, she made mental note to check up on him later. She hoped Rootpaw wasn't irritated with his mentor, but if that was the issue then it needs to be addressed. She heard the scuffling sounds of apprentices waking as she passed the apprentices' den, then at last she was at the entrance to the nursery. She poked her head inside, not wanting to wake or startle Swanrain, and seeing the queen curled peacefully in her nest, she backed out and set off towards Vixensong. "Good morning Vixensong, I can take a hunting patrol out if you haven't already sent one."


Juniperclaw | Male | 21 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: Rootpaw | Crush: open | Tags: Rootpaw, Vixensong, Silverstar | Mentions:

Juniperclaw nodded to Rootpaw as he came to sit next to him. He hadn't spoken, but Juniperclaw thought he could feel irritation beneath Rootpaw's pelt. He stopped licking his pelt and gazed at his apprentice, who's eyes were wandering across the camp. He tried to ignore the emotions coming off of Rootpaw. "Let's see what patrol Vixensong wants us to go on, then how about we do some battle practice later this afternoon?" He touched his tail tip to Rootpaw's shoulder to get his attention. "If you can stop daydreaming, that is" he said half jokingly. Usually Rootpaw was alert and raring to go, but something seemed off about the young tom this morning. Juniperclaw blinked kindly at his apprentice, then turned and padded towards Vixensong. Seeing Silverstar there, he nodded to both she-cats. "Good morning. What should Rootpaw and I do this morning?"

Lightclan

Foxstrike | Male | 12 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: none | Crush: open | Tags: Skywillow, Rookwhisker, Hollowpaw | Mentions: Cloudfluff, Hollowpaw, Milkpaw

Foxstrike nodded to Cloudfluff in acknowledgement, then turned to speak to Skywillow, but movement nearby caught his eye. Foxstrike became even more excited when he turned and saw Echopaw walking towards them. When Echopaw asked to go on the patrol with them, Foxstrike spoke up before Skywillow had a chance to answer him. "Of course you can come with us! We'll mark the border and find every herb in the forest" He mewed teasingly, before guilt swept over him as he remembered that as the leader of the patrol, Skywillow had the final say in whether Echopaw could go with them. "Uh, if that's okay, Skywillow." He shrunk a little in his fur at the thought of annoying her, especially since he had to spend a good chunk of the morning with her. "Um, I'll go find Rookwhisker, Milkpaw, and Hollowpaw." Without waiting for a response, he whirled around and loped over to the warriors' den and stuck his head inside. "Rookwhisker! Wake up, we're going on the dawn patrol!" He started off in a whisper, but his voice rose towards the end of his sentence so he was almost shouting. Without waiting to see if Rookwhisker heard him, he backed out of the warriors' den, scraping his ears on some twigs sticking out. They showered dust on his face, and he sneezed all the way over to the apprentices' den, where he called out for Milkpaw and Hollowpaw. "Milkpaw! Hollowpaw! Border patrol!"


Amberpaw | Female | 8 moons | Apprentice | Mentor: Cedarstripe | Crush: None | Tags: Cedarstripe, Milkpaw, Hollowpaw| Mentions: Foxstrike

Amberpaw was sleeping peacefully, having a fun dream, until Foxstrike's voice broke into her dream and woke her up. She put a paw over her ears, then sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be able to go back and finish her dream. She sat up and glanced over to Milkpaw's and Hollowpaw's nests. "I don't know if you heard, but apparantly you're going on border patrol. Lucky you" She teased. Amberpaw wasn't sure what she and Cedarstripe were going to do today, but she was glad she wasn't going on patrol with Foxstrike. He was insufferable sometimes, and the fact that he clumsily woke her up made her even more irritated with him. Amberpaw quickly shut off those thoughts. Even though Foxstrike was an annoying furball, he was still her clanmate. She gave her chest, paws, and ears a quick lick, then went out in search of Cedarstripe.

[selasphorys]

▷► 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗪 ◄◁
Dawnclan Medicine Cat Apprentice | Male | 7 mns | Demisexual/rom questioning | Mentor: Brokenfire | Crush: | Link to: ❊
Tags: Sagepaw; Mentions: Twitchpaw, Vixensong, Brokenfire; Location: Dawnclan Medicine Cat's Den → Camp

Ever since he moved into the medicine cat’s den, Beampaw hadn’t slept through a single night. Having curled up beside his brothers since kithood, the hastily-made medicine cat apprentice couldn’t imagine sleeping alone. The den seemed so cold, so barren. All the moss in the forest couldn’t make it as cozy as his spot by his brothers. Tossing and turning, Beampaw’s few moments asleep went by like a wink. He slept without dreams. The young tom finally gave up and rolled out of bed as the first rays of sun peeked over the horizon. His dusty fur disheveled and covered in moss scraps, he looked a mess and felt like one too. Wandering over to the herb stores, he tried to practice identifying them by scent before Brokenfire awoke. Hopefully Beampaw wouldn’t be too much of a mouse-brain during today’s training, even though he still couldn’t tell the difference between catmint and nettles. But the haze of scents just left him dizzy and confused, so he slipped outside to breathe. Spotting Sagepaw by the apprentice den, fixated on something in the distance, he followed his gaze to see Vixensong’s ginger tabby pelt. Was this some kind of staring contest, or a fun new game, or an attempt at developing telepathic powers? Beampaw tilted his head curiously, growing more confused the longer he watched his brother stare at the deputy. He decided to just interrupt him and ask. The apprentice padded over and waved his tail in front of his brother’s eyes. “Uh, hiya Sagepaw! Whatcha doing?” Beampaw chirped, energy budding up as soon as he approached his brother. He always beamed his brightest around his loved ones.

▷► 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗣𝗔𝗪 ◄◁
Dawnclan Apprentice | Female | 9 mns | Pansexual/rom | Mentor: Yewsplinter | Crush: | Link to: ❦
Tags: Rootpaw, Yewsplinter; Mentions: Tanglepaw; Location: Dawnclan Apprentice Den → Camp

Sprigpaw stalked a plump mouse through the undergrowth, its tantalizing scent making her mouth water as she approached. Just as she readied to pounce, the mouse grew three times her size and smacked her across the face with its giant paw! Reeling from the sting, the apprentice awoke to realize that the paw was no mouse paw, but instead a cat’s. Only Rootpaw got up with unsheathed claws. And only Rootpaw was prickly enough to not care who he stepped on with them. ”Mmph-- hey!” Sprigpaw mumbled, still half-asleep, as she watched her brother angrily leave the den. Who put fleas in his nest? Maybe they like it there because he’s such a flea-brain. She shot a good-natured glare at her brother’s brown tabby tail as it flicked out the entrance. With a roll of her eyes, Sprigpaw stood up and stretched. The tiny apprentice leapt lightly over her denmates’ tails as she made her way out to the entrance. She figured she’d have to get Rootpaw back with a prank later today. Maybe she could convince Tanglepaw to join in. Smirking at the thought, she padded out and found her mentor nearby. Her mischievous look vanished as she approached Yewsplinter, replaced with a respectful dip of her head. Her mentor had always seemed rather... distant, but Sprigpaw still did her best to work hard and be a good apprentice. Better not get caught breaking the rules around Yewsplinter. “Morning, Yewsplinter,” she mewed brightly. “Do you have any plans for today?”

▷► 𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗘 ◄◁
Lightclan Warrior | Male | 45 mns | Heterosexual/rom | Apprentice: Amberpaw | Mate: Doelight | Link to: ➶
Tags: Amberpaw; Mentions: Cloudfluff; Location: Lightclan Camp

While the last of the night still cloaked the sky, Cedarstripe had woken with a start. Sleep came much too lightly to him since Mousefang’s murder a moon ago. He couldn’t shake the lurking premonition that murderers stalked the woods he called home, striking down the cats he loved without remorse. His clanmates could not be safe in their own territory, not even their own camp. Not until the Dawnclan killers received justice. And so the tom was restless. Cedarstripe rose before dawn, stepping cautiously over his denmates to not wake them as he left the warrior’s den. Sitting tall near the edge of camp, he let the sharp morning air clear his senses. The brown tabby appeared calm as he kept careful watch for intruders, with his dark brown tail tucked neatly over his paws, but rage and even fear simmered beneath the stoic surface. His claws sunk into the earth, sheathing and unsheathing as he stared off into the trees. Slowly, sounds of waking cats reached his ears. He decided to continue standing sentinel for a moment longer, letting off steam so he could speak gently with his clanmates when they came to him. Cedarstripe would let Amberpaw wake when she wanted. He hoped to fit in some battle practice today, and she would need energy for that. “Good morning, Amberpaw,” he meowed when she came looking for him, rising to his paws. He flicked his tail in a friendly wave of greeting. “Did you have a nice rest last night? Hope you’re ready for a long day of training. Let’s go and see if Cloudfluff needs us for any hunting patrols first.” Cedarstripe beckoned for her to follow with his tail, walking closer to the cream-furred deputy.