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The Dark Forest won the Last Hope battle. The Clans were named after the current leaders of the Dark Forest at that time- Mapleshade- MapleClan, Brokenstar- BrokenClan, and Tigerstar- TigerClan. Generations have passed, but the Clans are still ruled by darkness.
MapleClan- The “strongest” or most respected clan. Mapleshade’s training and teachings are still used here, even now. The territory is old ThunderClan territory and most of old ShadowClan territory. Cats here are usually large, majority are dark pelted. Use mostly group fighting techniques to inflict as much damage as possible in a short amount of time to reduce injuries to the clan. The forests have overgrown and gotten hard to navigate, making outsiders disoriented and lost easily.
BrokenClan- The second “strongest” or most respected clan. Brokenstar’s cruel influences and training have made the cats brutal and cutthroat. The territory is old RiverClan territory and half of old ShadowClan territory. Cats are usually well muscled with camouflaged pelts. Use mostly disorienting fighting techniques, like having two similar looking cats yowl loudly and attack at the same time to further scare and confuse the opponent. The rivers have flooded and receded, causing a barren wetland.
TigerClan- The “weakest” or least respected clan. Tigerstar’s brutal and harsh ideals have strongly influenced the clan. The territory is old WindClan territory and some old RiverClan territory. Cats here are sleek and sneaky with striped pelts to make them nearly invisible in the grass. These cats use mostly sneak attacks and fight alone. The moorland grass has overgrown to the point where a tall cat could stand up and not be seen, and groves of trees and bushes have popped up throughout the territory.
The Place of No Stars- The almighty. The omniscient. The Dark Forest watches all. The Dark Forest sees all. The worst of the worst cats are sent here to slowly rot away, to turn into horrendous monsters. Their shadowy territory is unaccessible to the wake, only to the sleeping and the dead. The Forest has tall trees that seem to go on forever into a moonless and starless black sky. Light comes from glowing fungus and mushrooms and from some source beyond the trees that no one has found. Dark Forest cats have an X mark slash over their left cheeks and their hearts as well as many more scars from a cruel life. They seem transparent and have black eyes with their original eye color as the pupil color. They leak dark blood from their death wounds and always have their claws out. As a cat stays in the Dark Forest, it further corrupts them, mentally and physically. Cats get larger, stronger, and less feline looking. Their canine teeth grow to be much longer than before and they get less mentally stable. The longer the cat is in the Forest, the worse they get. Some even get odd but unnerving growths on them.
The Gray Territories- Neutral ground. Cats that did nothing significant or had unfinished business were sent here, like some kind of Purgatory. The world is unsaturated and boring, but the cats make it more fun. Cats stay the same as they were in life, just slightly transparent, glowing from the eyes, and a blood seeping death wound. The cats who have been there the longest run the place and have odd growths and random bits of neon colors on them with odd pattens in their eyes. If a cat resolves their unfinished business, they ascend to the Beyond.
The Beyond- Pretty much a less controlled Starclan. Extremely mysterious. Only the most significant and good go here. The territory is a prosperous version of the lake territory, perhaps from before the Great Battle. Cats are starry, transparent, and have white eyes. They cannot speak to the living, only to the dead. The can send messages to the living through showing them visions. They constantly must hide from the Dark Forest. If they get too comfortable sending messages to cats, the receiver is killed and the hunt resumes for the Starwalkers.
MapleClan- Foxes, badgers, coyotes, bobcats
BrokenClan- Foxes, coyotes, alligators, constrictor snakes
TigerClan- Foxes, coyotes, birds of prey, poisonous snakes
BrokenClan- Swamp Dwellers
Dark Forest- Soulsnatchers/Wrathbringers/Wraiths
The Gray Forest- Gray Sprits/Eternals
The Beyond- Ethereal Beings/Starwalkers
Kits are taken to begin training at 3 moons old. If they complete training, they are given the -paw suffix and a scarier sounding prefix at 6 moons old. If they don’t complete training, they are killed for weakness. Apprentices become warriors at 1 year old. They are given the task of killing any cat their leader chooses in the most horrible way. If they can’t complete the task, they are killed. She-cats can choose to not be fighters and can be hunters or permanent queens who always birth new warriors. These cats are still trained to fight, but it is a much more peaceful life. Queens and kits are treated the best in all clans, but especially in MapleClan. Elders are not allowed in the clans. Clan leaders keep their warrior names, but are given 7 lives to be more powerful and dangerous. Leaders will often use claws to enforce their will. Dark Forest cats randomly come to the clans every moon to assure loyalty, receive a moon’s worth of prey, and kill weak or rebellious cats.
Revolts are squashed instantly due to the fact that the Dark Forest has spies in every clan.