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[nugget-loves-cats]

The Gathering Stones

The Gathering Stones is a massive pile of boulders that reside in a clearing within the center part of the clan territories . It is the location of the Gatherings, where the four Clans meet in peace under the full moon.

The Gathering Stones are located in the middle of the Clans' territories in a large clearing. The clearing is circular and lined with trees, ferns and bushes. The boulders are in the north of this clearing. The Clan leaders sit on top of the four biggest boulders and share their news during Gatherings. Their deputies sit below them on smaller boulders.

The Gathering Stones have a special connection with StarClan, believed to have been placed by the ancestors themselves. StarClan oversees the truce held at the Gathering Stones and is capable of sending clouds, lightning, and even earthquake to end the Gatherings if the Clans argue.

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Acornclan: The Beginnings

It was a sunny Newleaf day as Acornwaters, now Acornstar, led her two travel companions to where they would make their new camp. With the aid of the medicine cat Hazelfur, and the support of her mate Oakfluff, Acornstar had been able to speak with starclan and gain her nine lives as the leader of a new clan in the forest.

As the days of their first moon as Acornclan went by, Oakfluff and Acornstar patrolled the territory, making sure there was plenty of hunting grounds to feed the clan as it grows.

During these patrols, two loners were found. Excited to meet more cats, Acornstar invited the two to join Acornclan. Halftalon and Oatdive both accepted the invite and became warriors of Acornclan.

[Author’s note: I will be using the Sims 3 for the images of the cats, but I roll the ongoings of the clan as a game using notepad and random generators. This is not a Sims 3 Warrior Cats challenge or anything like that. It’s just quicker to design these cats and position them in Sims 3 than to draw every cat myself. I might draw the members of Acornclan, but only time will tell. ~Dovestorm]

[flaxenfreckle]

Blurbs again! Under the cut this time lol

“Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather round the thorn tree for a clan meeting!”

Bloomwish shuddered as Acornstar’s yowl rang throughout Skyclan camp.

Acornstar’s leader ceremony had just been the night before, and like the two leaders before him, she didn’t doubt he had a thing or two to sneer about his medicine cats.

Bloomwish got to her paws and brushed through the entrance of the medicine cat den, blinking the late day sunlight out of her eyes. 

Immediately she spotted Tawnyears across the clearing, sharing a squirrel with Badgerwing. When the molly caught her eye, she flicked her tail beckoning her over. 

Other Skyclan cats were already gathering around the Thorn Tree and Bloomwish was in no hurry to sit at the front where she could feel the stares of her clanmates. No, they would be sitting at the back of the crowd, where it would be easier to avoid the pitying and smug glances of the other warriors. 

Tawnyears sat next to her and together they watched her brother.

Acornstar kept her eyes on him. Sat atop the Thorn tree, where her ancestors had sat and led the clan, along with the late day sun dappling his coat, Acornstar looked as if he always belonged there.

“What do you think he’ll say?” Tawnyears murmured.

Bloomwish sighed. “Hopefully nothing too bad,” She said. “It...It couldn’t be worse than Adderstar” 

Her fur still prickled with unease, still all these seasons later, thinking of Honesyspots and what had come of her kits.

Tawnyears shifted uneasily on her paws. “Can’t he though?” She whispered, frantic. “Papa - Acornstar - he's the leader now, he can do almost anything he wants.”

Bloomwish curled her tail over the molly’s back. “He’s your father Tawny. He...he wouldn’t. Ravensight wouldn’t allow it.”

Tawnyears opened her mouth to reply, but the idle chatter around them died down as Acornstar began to talk. 

“Cats of Skyclan,” He began. “I went to Mothermouth last night, your deputy, and today i stand before you, your leader. For those old enough to remember, I wasn’t always the best warrior or deputy, but now as leader, I want to be a cat all of you can rely on and trust in. And that starts with righting the wrongs of the past. Bloomwish, please join me up here.”

Bloomwish blinked in surprise, slow to take in all of Acornstar’s words. It wasn’t until Tawnyears nudged her that she stumbled to her paws and made her way through her clanmates to join her brother atop the Thorn Tree.

It was only when she was settled next to him, did the tom begin to speak again.

“Moons and seasons ago, tragedy struck Skyclan when a fierce and compassionate cat died and her two kits were gravely injured.  Adderstar, in his grief, blamed his son and blamed the medicine cats involved. Not only did he betray his kits, but also his medicine cats by renouncing them, and taking away their support from the rest of  the clan. Talonstar followed in his father’s pawsteps, but today, right now, I put an end to that.”

Bloomwish stared at Acornstar in shock. Of all the things she expected...it wasn’t this - whatever this was turning out to be. 

Acornstar continued. “Medicine cats, as is expected in all the other clans, will be respected and held in the utmost regards as they heal us and provide guidance to us all. No longer are the days where they must rely on the kindness of their clanmates to have a meal - or worse, subject themselves to hunting when there are perfectly good warriors to do so.” 

Bloomwish still watched Acornstar and saw his icy blue eyes narrow into a glare and his lips curl in a snarl as a few murmurs of dissent rose up from the gathered cats. 

“This is not up for debate!” He yowled, silencing everyone. “This is final. If any cat is found disrespecting either Bloomwish or Tawnyears, like an unruly kit, then you’ll be treated as such.”  Acornstar lifted his muzzle daring any cat to question him once more.  When he was satisfied, Bloomwish watched as he took a breath and spoke up again.

“I’m glad that’s settled. Now on for my second reason for gathering you all today - as leader of Skyclan now, I must assign a deputy.” 

Bloomwish watched as her clanmates perked up, and she briefly wondered if Acornstar had planned this, but shook off the thought as the tom continued.

“The cat I have chosen has always shown remarkable skill, level headedness, and most of all: promise. They are a cat that I have no doubt all of you have thought of time and time again to lead just like their kin Adderstar and Talonstar before me and besides being fiercely loyal, is a cat with passion and humility that will serve us for moons to come.”

Bloomwish searched the clearing and spotted the cat that she thought Acornstar was talking about. 

Foxspots was hunched over, her sister Elmclaw grooming her fur in between words of encouragement, no doubt already congratulating her on becoming deputy as such a young cat. Foxspots was always going to be leader Bloomwish supposed, even if she rarely shined as center of attention.

“That is why I’ve chosen Elmclaw to be my deputy.”

Surprise and confusion rippled outward, beginning with both Foxspots and Elmclaw and ending with Bloomwish, who for the second time that evening was left gaping at her brother. 

Acornstar caught her eye and allowed his lips to quirk up in a small smile, giving her a wink as cats began to hesitantly, and then, with more enthusiasm, give their congratulations to Elmclaw, eyes shining with gratitude and happiness.

[nugget-loves-cats]

𖠰 Acornstar𖠰

BASIC INFO

𖠰 Name: Acornstar

𖠰 Pronouns: She/Her

𖠰 Age: 36 moons

𖠰 Clan: ForestClan

𖠰 Rank: Leader

𖠰 Lives Remaining: 9

APPEARANCE

𖠰 Breed Inspiration: American Shorthair

𖠰 Pelt: Dark brown with tabby stripes and white markings

𖠰 Eyes: Yellow

𖠰 Build: Small and lean

PERSONALITY

𖠰 Core Personality Traits: Anxious, gentle, careful, responsible, sincere

𖠰 Strengths:

Impressive climber

Quick to make peace

Strong public speaker

𖠰 Flaws / Weaknesses:

Timid under pressure

Overly cautious in decision-making

Tends to overthink and second-guess herself

𖠰 Conflict Style

Fawn response: avoids direct confrontation, seeks peace and validation, often tries to soothe or accommodate others even at her own expense

𖠰 Greatest Fear

Failing as a leader and letting her clan down

FAMILY

𖠰 Parents

Mother: Whitenose

Father: Fogbreeze

𖠰 Siblings

Littermate: Raincloud

Younger Brother: Hailpaw

𖠰 Extended Family

Brother-in-Law: Raggedstripe

Niblings: Chantrellekit & Hickorykit

𖠰 Mate & Kit

Mate: Tansybloom

Adopted Kit: Larkkit

𖠰 Mentorship

Mentor: Plumwater

Apprentice: NA

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

These are two of the bigger Clowder warriors, Feverfire and Acornspots

Feverfire is a Chimera, so a lot of her clanmates are suspicious about her, especially since the Clowder’s lowkey senile medic (Smokeroot) told her parents that she was obviously a bad omen from Starclan. As a result, Feverfire is obviously not a big fan of Starclan, and even less of a fan of Smokeroot

Acornspots is an ENTIRE bobcat, and somehow ended up in the Clowder bc they thought it seemed fun, and now they’re the partner of Sweetstar, the absolutely clueless leader of the Clowder (Sweetstar thinks they’re just a very big former kittypet)

Feverfire’s name and design is AWESOME

Acornstar is Gandalf and the Clowder are his hobbits

[dovestorm-wc]

Warrior Ceremony

“Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the cat tree for a clan meeting!” Acornstar called out from where she sat, looking over her gathering clanmates. “Firepaw and Spottedpaw, step forward!”

The two siblings excitedly stepped forward and looked up at their mother and leader.

“I, Acornstar, leader of Acornclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn.” 

Acornstar then looked to her son, the ginger tom stood strong and proud. “Firepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?”

Firepaw nodded. “I do.”

Acornstar purred. “Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Firepaw, from this moment on you will be known as Fireclaw. StarClan honors your strength, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Acornclan.”

“Fireclaw! Fireclaw!” The clan cats cheered the ginger tabby’s new name. Fireclaw puffed out his chest with pride.

Acornstar lifted her tail after a moment to quiet the cats before turning to her daughter. “Spottedpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?”

“I do! I do!” The large tortoiseshell bounced on her paws excitedly.

Acornstar chuckled softly. “Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Spottedpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Spottedpetal. StarClan honors your energy, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Acornclan.”

“Spottedpetal! Spottedpetal!” The clan cats cheered.

[dovestorm-wc]

A First Meeting

Spottedpaw was patrolling the clan territory with her mother and mentor. She was about to snag a mouse to bring back for Russetpaw when the scent of salt water caught her off guard. They weren’t near the big water on the other side of the twoleg trail. Another scent was intermingled with the salty smell, a very familiar scent of cat. Fur bristled along her spine as Spottedpaw stalked towards the source of the scent. She wouldn’t let some stray trespass on Acornclan territory! With a low hiss, she leapt out at the lithe black molly.

“JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING HERE?! THIS TERRITORY BELONGS TO ACORNCLAN!!” Spottedpaw yowled at the startled molly before her. She was definitely thinner than Spottedpaw, and the smell of the big salty water rang strong from her pelt. This certainly wasn’t some kittypet who lost their way.

“Acornclan?” The dark molly hissed, confusion and anger in her eyes. “I have never heard of such a clan’s existence! This territory is Shoreclan’s!”

“Well, I’VE never heard of Shoreclan!” Spottedpaw huffs.

“Back off, kit!” Another female voice hissed as a strong grey molly comes to her clanmate’s aid. “We aren’t gonna let a young cat barely old enough to leave her mother order us around!”

“Hey!” An indignant yowl leaves the spotted torbie as she glares at the older molly. “I will be a warrior in just a few moons!”

“Sure ya will, kit.” The grey molly sneered.

“What seems to be the problem over here?” The two mollies halted their squabble at the honey sweet voice of the Acornclan leader as Acornstar padded up to them alongside Oatdive, Spottedpaw’s mentor.

“These two are trespassing!” Spottedpaw declares to her mentor and leader.

“No, you are!” The grey molly hissed in response to Spottedpaw.

“Is this really your territory?” Acornstar asks calmly, bringing ease to the black molly before her. “I am terribly sorry if we’re intruding.”

“It’s quite alright. Wonton and I were merely scoping out territory for Shoreclan.” The molly purred. “We had no idea that another clan existed nearby.”

“Neither did we.” Acornstar chuckled softly. “I am Acornstar of Acornclan, and this is Oatdive and his apprentice Spottedpaw.”

“A pleasure to meet you three.” The molly smiled, giving her paw a lick before running it over her ear. “I am Nightwhisper of Shoreclan, and this is Wonton, a more recent addition to the clan.”

“Wonderful to meet you both as well.” Acornstar purred, happy to meet members of another clan. “Perhaps we could agree to keep this territory neutral? In case we wish to discuss setting up future clan gatherings here?”

“A fantastic idea!” Nightwhisper beamed.

The two mollies excitedly spoke with each about the future of their clans for a little longer before the two patrols had to depart and return to their own clans.