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Previous Leaders
ThunderClan: Thicketstar - Tom - Lead until 12 moons ago
WindClan: Reedstar - She-Cat - Lead until a quarter-moon ago
RiverClan: Pikestar - Tom - Lead until 8 moons ago
ShadowClan: Sleekstar - She-Cat - Lead until a quarter-moon ago
SkyClan: Sparrowstar - She-Cat - Lead until 4 moons ago
The time of Firestar has long passed, with whispers of the Journey to the Lake almost entirely forgotten by the Clans, only a legend shared among Elders to small kits in passing hours, told in the same light as the stories of the Clans of the Big Cats. The Clans were five again, SkyClan having rejoined the four others seasons ago. Their addition was recent, but widely accepted.
Please be aware, this group's history was made before the official return of SkyClan was made canon, so consider this group's lore a divergent, but still closely resembling canon, AU!
THE LAKE
[Four Seasons Ago (12 moons)]
First, Thicketstar died suddenly, likely due to his old age, and left his newly appointed young deputy, Cedarback to lead, gaining the name Cedarstar as the Clans broached a time of turmoil.
A dam was made, then more, large and stone and reeking of Twoleg. The rivers, all of them, dwindled over the next moon to a trickle, then dried completely. With no way to get the water back the lake soon followed, the waterline slowly receding over time. A lack of water brought a lack of prey, and the Clan cats grew weak. SkyClan, having rejoined only recently, when senior warriors were still kits, their territory set up away from the Lake, was the first to to fall prey to disease. The disease spread to the other Clans as well, and all were brought to their knees. The current generation of leaders were on their last legs, their long ruling coming to a seemingly abrupt end and fear spread throughout the Clans. Conflicts arose between the five out of desperation, and StarClan was powerless to help prevent the decay of the territories.
During this time it was RiverClan's leader, Pikestar, that was next to fall. Both he and his deputy died due to sickness without any chance for a new highrank to be named- and so Bearstone was pulled out of the elders den, having been a deputy before his retirement, and given the mantle of being RiverClan's lead, Bearstar.
The Moonpool dried, medicine cats were cut off from their main way to reach StarClan, and with multiple leaders on their last lives, terror broke out over the possibility of half the clans not having a leader shortly.
StarClan once again gave instruction to each of the five Clans, appearing in dreams of select warriors, warning them. The Clans, starving and weak, had to trek to a new home once more or were doomed to be destroyed over betrayal and starvation. It was promised StarClan would guide the lost cats to a new home, the chosen warriors to scout ahead of the large group to lead them through safe passages. These prophecy cats spoke out during the final full gathering at the lake, warning Clan leaders and warriors alike of their fates if they were to stay.
So the Clans left for the mountains on the next full moon, lead by the Silverpelt above, and the prophecy cats ahead.
THE JOURNEY
[Two Seasons Ago (6 moons)]
The journey across the mountains claimed many lives, both young and old. Steep cliffs and rock-slides claimed lives without discrimination. The cold, the lack of food, and the sickness that still clung to some pelts were just as dangerous as the land itself, and the once large clans shrunk down considerably in size- every cat was effected, experienced their losses and their own close calls. Naming ceremonies were stalled out completely during these six moons, many kits aged enough to become apprentices, and apprentices experienced enough to become warriors, but with the journey as hard as it was, there was little time to organize ceremonies to correct this- until it was an unspoken given that names would be announced when they reached their home, wherever it was. The Clans simply had to keep their heads down and trudge on in the meantime.
Sparrowstar fell, tumbling and screeching, into a rift in the rock. With no way to retrieve her body, both of her final lives were assumed lost, and with no way to promote Thawslip, Sparrowstar's deputy, SkyClan was left officially leaderless for the rest of the Journey.
In the mountains they found signs of cats, dens in crag walls and cleared caves, but evidently abandoned or having moved on. Some cats chose to stay instead of continue with this seemingly endless journey.
The chosen prophecy cats felt more and more pressure from the Clans as StarClan seemed to get more and more foggy in their dreams, almost distant. They were told that StarClan would make this journey as well, though it would be difficult for them as well, so together the cats decided to keep quiet about the matter instead of worry the rest of their Clanmates unnecessarily, and continued on.
Eventually, StarClan stopped communicating altogether, but the travelling cats were finally reaching their destination.
THE FJORDS
[Discovered a Quarter-Moon Ago (1 week)]
The mountains lead to a deep valleyed river, winding through the pass until it reached shoreline, the river splintering off into multiple smaller streams. The Fjord provided a variety of lands, from forests and rocky mountainsides to swampy riversides and long fielded shores. The Clan cats were overjoyed, finally finding a home after a journey of seasons. The territory was filled with life- flora and fauna alike- but it was quickly evident that no other cats made their home there, a new place for the Clans alone, far from the reach of outsiders and Twolegs alike.
ThunderClan claimed a forested area near the riverside, the higher elevation of the bank on their side leaving for dry paws and plenty of woodland prey.
ShadowClan settled on the opposite side of the river, where the bank was muddier and the spruces sparser. Wetness clung to the ground and provided the environment for their favorite prey.
RiverClan took the delta at the connection of the river and the sea, surrounded by the water they were so used to, as well as the new Salt water and the new prey that came with it.
WindClan settled on the shore, where the mountainous hillside gave way to a field of grass and greens, hiding rocks and crags where prey hid and lived.
SkyClan remained furthest inland than anyone else, finding comfort in the rocks and crags of the mountain and the creatures that scurried among them.
The final two leaders, Reedstar and Sleekstar, passed on, their duty to see their Clans to safety complete, naming their deputies, Moorfog and Coyotefang respectively, the new leads of their Clans.
Medicine cats from all the Clans sought out a new place to meet with their warrior ancestors, desperate to hear from a connection they had not seen a sign from in moons. They found the Mooncave, a pool deep within a cavern found in the mountainside, where a fissure in the top allowed a slice of the moon to hit the waters of the cavern, and illuminate it, the water reflecting off the walls like stars.
The leading deputies of ShadowClan, WindClan and SkyClan were then brought to the cave, eager to become full Leaders to better direct their Clans. All of them waited, with no sign of StarClan. Finally, both Sleekstar and Reedstar arrived in their dreams, but only brought grave news.
StarClan had not followed.
The Clans were abandoned.
THE RP
[Present Time]
The leaders of the Clans, all lack a proper connection with StarClan, and over half of the current leads have not yet gained their nine lives. ShadowClan, WindClan, and SkyClan all must choose whether or not to tell their clans this dire news, while ThunderClan and RiverClan still remain unaware.
No gathering place has been chosen, and as the full moon nears for the first time, tensions rise among the High ranks and is felt among all levels of the Clans.
The Clan cats are still settling into and building their camps, with territory lines soon to come into serious dispute.
Announcements|1.22.2020|WE ARE OPEN!
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TSF is OPEN for new members!1.21.2020 through 2.20.2020
With our activity check complete, we can once again open TSF to new members! We will be accepting ~25 members throughout this opening, accepting try-outs in batches. Each Sunday throughout the opening month we will accept a batch of cats, making for 4 acceptance batches total. If you do not get accepted during the first batch you try out for, don't worry! You'll be in the running for every subsequent acceptance batch this opening.
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aa i love the story! but i need a little help? how old [approximately] would a 52 moon old cat be during most of these events? :0
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