#riverclan lore

[bearclawstar]

Riverclan: Mates

When cats become mates in Riverclan it is celebrated and made into a ceremony. The mates are given gifts of pretty shells and rocks to add to their newly shared nest, and the pair, or more, carefully weave necklaces together to represent their love. The Pod Mother is expected to call a meeting to officiate the connection with a speech, ending with the mates saying the phrase “Mirra welcome us together”.

Becoming mates with someone in Riverclan is a big big deal. It’s you proclaiming that you would love this cat through sickness, health, mistakes, triumphs and death itself. It’s a declaration of loyalty to love above all else and Riverclan sees this as a beautiful thing. When it’s not causing problems of course. Because of this belief that marriage is a sign of true loyalty, if a cat requests to stop being mates with their partner, the whole clan would shame and shun the cat, especially if the mate does not want to separate as well.

Arranged mateships do not happen in Riverclan, they simply do not believe it is right, and refuse to take part in the mere suggestion of mates who do not truly love each other. To Riverclan, gender does not matter, love is love and they will support it within their clan. 

[fenblight]

CLAN MYTHOS: RIVERCLAN

Thought it could be a fun exercise in creativity to create mythos for the clans!

Here’s our first creature of Riverclan mythology, the Mere.

Mere or the Mere toes the line between fish and feline, a fully aquatic legend that reaches far into the past of the cats by the lake. The Mere has a scruff of gills, webbed paws on stout legs and a large, powerful tail it uses to propel itself. It’s stout legs allow for better balance on the slippery boulders that litter the stream and mouth of the lake.

The Mere is rarely seen, if only by warriors on border patrol in the early morning. The Mere can be an indication of dangerous water, such as flash flooding or a storm.

Kits learning to swim for the first time often report feeling something slippery slithering around their paws; this is said to be Mere helping to teach the young kits, gifting the Riverclan cat’s their love of water.

The Mere loves gnawing on dried fish skin, and occasionally leaves the remnants of its victims skinned on the banks of the stream. Riverclan gives offerings of fish skin interwoven with reeds to help the snacks float on their journey. The skin must be rainbow trout, as any other fish skin has not resulted in the clan’s protection during dry and flooding seasons.

The mere is a playful, kind being.