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Pine-Crybaby Kitten of River Colony

A frightened squeak had revealed Pine. Though the kitten was the spitting image of his father, Pineclaw, his disposition was disappointingly more similar to that of his mother, Blueriver. The brown tabby kitten had already started to sniffle and sob before Iceclaw so much as unsheathed his claws.

“Monster! I saw a monster!” Pine had cried.

“Pine!” Blueriver had appeared almost at once to scold her son and bring him back to the new nursery.

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Keepers and Herbalists

Keepers in River Colony have a long tradition of creating beautiful stone patterns in the sand, decorating dens with shells, and telling stories to kittens of the Alliance’s history and legends. They made River Colony’s base one of the prettiest locations around the lake, with Mangrooves surrounding the outer side of the river and lovely hibiscus flowers blooming around the base.

These traditions have come under fire since Rainfall’s took over the Colony. Many of the Keepers' roles were deemed frivolous and a waste of time. Why look to the past when they should all be focusing on their glorious future? That’s what the Spirits Beyond would want for the Spirits to Come. So now the only task of value that the Keepers perform is looking after the Colony’s kittens and teaching them to swim as soon as possible so that they can get started on their Field Training, but they have failed to meet even those most basic expectations. 

Numerous kittens have drowned under the so-called “caring and watchful” eyes of the Keepers. Rainfall has called out the Keepers' incompetence and many can see how the Captain disdains them. Only Rangers seeking to reap Rainfall’s ire would think of becoming a Keeper in River Colony now.

After their previous Herbalist, Lakespeckle, was found to be a traitor and died in an accident, Orangebrook was made to be her replacement. His mate, Blazeheart, had been an Herbalist, so he knew a little, but he’s not sure he was really up to the job. But if Rainfall has said it will be so, he has no choice but to try.