HopeClan

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🌱 Moon 4 - Patrols

Houndstar and Musselthroat head out to patrol together. As they pass the border, two HareClan parallel them on the other side. Houndstar, who remembers one of them, politely nods at the cat, who nods politely back.

Musselthroat is.. well, confused.

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Pawpawprickle and Swallowsight go herb gathering together. While on the hunt, Pawpawprickle notices that Swallowsight is being unusually quiet, even for someone like him.

When Pawpawprickle inquires, Swallowsight looks up and solemnly confesses how they worry they won't leave a legacy behind, if HopeClan as a whole will leave any legacy at all- or if another Flood will come and this time, they won't be so lucky.

Pawpawprickle and Swallowsight spend the patrol discussing it, and while Pawpawprickle still can't decipher the look on Swallowsight's face, he thanks her.

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🌱 Moon 4

Houndstar loses a life just after receiving her nine.

After the loss of her life, Riverleap takes Houndstar out to watch the sun rise- it's nice, but Houndstar still can't shake off the empty feeling that comes with losing one of your lives.

Houndstar tries her best to get used to the leader position by being as kind as possible to her Clanmates this moon.

Hawkheart decides to keep the dried nettles Houndstar has given her- a thought pops into the back of her mind as she receives them, is this love?

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Swallowsight's injured tail from moon 2 has healed well! He exits the medicine den with a spring in his step.

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🌱 Moon 3

As newleaf arrives and the snow slowly starts to dissipate, what the Clancats thought were big rock foundations reveal to be large, overgrown ruins. A flight of square rocks lead up past the leaders den and into a cave that seems to emit an odd, blue glow.

Pawpawprickle can sense the familiar presence of StarClan- She and Houndstar share a look before the both of them head into the cave.

After walking through a narrow tunnel covered with vines, moss and blue flowers- they reach a cave so big that the ceiling seems to disappear above them. They see six large rock pillars, three paralleling each other on each side- creating a path before them, which leads to a giant wall made of moonstone instead of rock.

StarClan cats start to appear on the other side of the moonstone. One in particular stands out.

Bracketstar appears in front of them, the late leader of the Clan which previously inhabited these ruins.

Bracketstar accepts HopeClan in his Clan's old territory, and Houndstar is deemed the official leader of this new Clan just before she is given her 9 lives.

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❄️ Moon 2 - Patrols

Pawpawprickle catches the scent of raspberries nearby whilst out looking for herbs. She steps towards them, but a hiss stops her dead in her tracks- another cat? She looks up, and is surprised to see not one cat, but what looks to be a patrol of Clancats racing towards her.

Pawpawprickle manages to slip away from the cats, but not unscathed- the cats managed to get a good scratch on her. Pawpawprickle, distressed, heads back to camp to tell Houndstar of the strangers.

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Houndstar heads out to a border patrol alone after hearing of the other Clan from Pawpawprickle. After walking for a while, she smells something that certainly is border markers. To her surprise, she notices a small patrol of two cats on the other side of the border. They seem to notice her too.

She's wary at first, but the pair of cats are very friendly. They explain that they're HareClan members, who live on the heath just next to their mountain. She also learns that another Clan lives in the forest nearby, called SplinterClan.

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❄️ Moon 2

Pawpawprickle, unfortunately, was unable to save Pompompurin from the carrionplace disease.

Swallowsight, Riverleap and Musselthroat head out to a border patrol once again. Only this time, they encounter a fox- Musselthroat manages to fight it off, but not before Swallowsight is injured.

If being a medicine cat is hard- she can't imagine how Houndstar must have it. Despite Houndstar's insistence that she's fine, Pawpawprickle can't help but be worried that she's overworking herself.

Willowkit spends some time in the healer den whilst Pawpawprickle is out herb gathering. He wonders if he'd make a good healer.

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❄️ Moon 1 - Patrols

Pawpawprickle goes herb gathering with Hawkheart- while on the search for wintergreen, she feels a presence join her. She frantically looks around, a sign from StarClan? But as quickly as the feeling of company appears, it vanishes.

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Riverleap, Musselthroat and Swallowsight go explore their territory, trying to find out where to put HopeClan's border markers. Whilst walking, the patrol detects an unknown scent. When they follow it, they find a sick and hacking kittypet.

Musselthroat offers to heal the kittypet back at camp- hesitantly, they accept.

(He has carrionplace disease... oh uh)

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Houndstar goes on a patrol alone. Despite the usual lack of prey during leafbare, Houndstar manages to capture a large rabbit.

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❄️ Moon 1

One moon in and Musselthroat is already dealing with the stress of being a deputy- his old age isn't helping either.

Willowkit isn't making this moon any easier for Musselthroat...

Swallowsight, seeing Musselthroat stressed out, decides to step in and share a hearty meal with him.

It isn't easy being the only healer in the Clan at only 17 moons- Pawpawprickle confides in Swallowsight.

Hawkheart is having a hard time fitting in with the rest of the Clan who already know each other, Hawkheart confesses to Musselthroat.

Despite trying his best to comfort them, Hawkheart realises that Musselthroat can't relate at all, as the previous clanmate of both Willowkit and Riverleap.

Pawpawprickle, who heard Hawkheart's conversation with Musselthroat, steps up and chats a bit with her- which ends up in Pawpawprickle confessing some of her own struggles.

Hawkheart spends the rest of this moon getting to know her new Clanmates. Despite her previous nervousness- they find that everyone is quite amiable.

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Allegiances

After the Clans in their previous territory are completely wiped out by a flood- seven living cats of scattered origins take it upon themselves to create a Clan of their own.

Houndstar is HopeClan's leader, she was the deputy in her late Clan.

Musselthroat is the deputy of HopeClan, and was previously in a Clan with Willowkit (his adoptive son) and Riverleap.

Pawpawprickle is HopeClan's healer- she was in a Clan with Swallowsight prior to The Flood.

I don't have too much to say about these two :,)

Hawkheart did not know any of the others beforehand, but she gets along with Houndstar.

Adoptive son of Musselthroat, his parents died in The Flood.