Oooh wait were the god/ghost kitties alive at some point and then ascend to godhood? Or were they always like that?
Yep!! I'll copy and paste what I've already sent to others before so you guys can know the lore. Feel free to ask any questions:
Many many moons ago Starclan USED to be just some guy So did Darkforest
Their names were Starchaser and Darkforest. Back then the clans existed, but no afterlife did. When you died, you just roamed the earth aimlessly.
They were in a forbidden relationship, got caught, and killed their daughter and each other during a gathering in protest. At that moment an event happened called…Uhh…Insert placeholder event name here. The sky turned a deep red, and the spirits of cats thought to be long gone came from the earth. Some went up into the sky, following Starchaser's spirit, and the evil cats went into the ground, following Darkforest's spirit. Some cats, including Mysterykit's spirit, simply vanished.
They all got control over their own afterlives. Starclan controls StarClan so that cats who deserve peace and justice are rewarded.
Darkforest controls the Dark Forest so that the evil souls in the world get the punishment they deserve and feel the pain they felt.
Mysterykit was given her own place, the Unknown Residence, to welcome the spirits who either didn't deserve StarClan or the Dark Forest, or to allow cats in who simply chose not to be in any afterlife and continue to live as a ghost.