ROCKCLAN

OVERVIEW

RockClan is most known for their resillience in the face of adversity. Their lifestyle -- living in the depths of boulders and mountainous lands -- is a life that only the strongest can truly thrive in. To water down RockClan to simply tough is a disservice to the family that makes up this Clan. As close as they come, RockClan warriors would do whatever it takes to defend their home. Their land is carefully guarded by their Sentries, cats who are trained to watch and survey for potential threats.

TERRITORY

RockClan's territory is by far the most perilous territory to live in- the territory consists of very mountain-like terrain, complete with large boulders and douglas fir trees. Mudslides and rock slides occur frequently, and it's very hard to traverse the territory. As a result, RockClan warriors are some of the toughest cats you're ever going to meet. RockClan warriors have paw pads that're tougher than hide and are very muscular, making any sort of climbing in this territory a breeze. The main prey found here are voles, moles, shrews, and occasionally an adder or an armadillo. The main predators found here are large birds of prey, coyotes, foxes, and large venomous snakes.

DAILY LIFE

RockClan like to keep up a profile of extremely tough cats. To help keep this image, it's a common bonding activity on patrol to sharpen one's claws on the rocks along the border, for the other clans to see. Whoever makes the largest scratch marks gets bragging rights, and gets to lead the rest of the patrol. From a young age, kits will challenge one another to see who can push the biggest rock in camp. This continues as a competitive activity into warriorhood; this can be dangerous, and has led to injuries, so it is frowned upon by senior warriors and leadership positions. Despite this gruff and tough outward appearance, RockClan is actually very easy going with one another and truly care about each other. They are extremely loyal, and will put aside personal differences to defend their Clanmate from outside trouble. Once a RockClan cat, always a RockClan cat.

SPECIALTY RANKS

With the uptick in trouble caused by rogue and forces unknown to the Clans, the leadership of RockClan decided that it was time for a specialized role in keeping a watchful eye out for the Clan. Sentries are a rank that specialize in surveillance and dexterity. They are expected to hone their climbing skills to perfection to effortlessly scale the mountainous terrain of RockClan. They are typically stationed at high vantage points such as trees and boulders both solo and with their fellow Sentries for day and night patrols. They are known to work closely with the Deputy, keeping them updated with anything concerning or notable they may have seen on their patrols. A cat can begin training underneath the Sentries after completing their Warrior’s training.

RockClan Camp

Location

RockClan makes its camp among a circle of rocks and boulders. The boulders vary in shape and size, seemingly scattered randomly to form a rough ring. The camp entrance is marked by two large boulders, not hard to miss, making this camp somewhat accessible to outsiders. Once inside, there is a clearing with smaller rocks scattered about, with a few trees to offer shade in green-leaf overhead. These rocks serve as perfect warming and sunning spots, due to the sparse overhead cover. It is not uncommon to catch apprentices and kits playing atop the rocks that border the camp: it is frowned upon for warriors to partake in this activity, however.

Dens

The boulders that slope against one another and ring the camp form the entrance to the underground burrows that serve as the Clans' dens. These burrows are rather large and spacious, but pitch dark once inside. During times of heavy rain, these burrows flood and the cats of RockClan must seek shelter above ground, atop the boulders that make up the camp walls. Despite the flooding, the nursery in RockClan is considered the most secure out of all the four Clans, due to the emergency bolthole located between the nursery and the Leaders' Den. This bolthole exits into the RockClan training grounds.

CLAN HISTORY TIMELINE: 0-50 MOONS AFTER START DATE (August 19th, 2019)

9/1/2019 (Age-Up): 2 moons after Start Date

9/1/2019 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

10/1/2019 - 12/1/2019: 4-8 moons after Start Date

12/1/2019 (Season change): Leaf-bare begins

1/1/2020 - 2/1/2020: 10-12 moons after Start Date

2/1/2020: RockClan's territory is overrun with predators: hawks and foxes have been encountered consistently throughout the territory; more uncommonly, wolves and sharptooths have been spotted as well. It is highly recommended no warriors go out alone onto the territory, for safety logistics.

2/7/2020: A Sharptooth has been spotted in RockClan territory. Ratfang, Tigerstrike, and Willowchomp have been sent out as a patrol to chase the beast out of RockClan territory.

2/10/2020: Morninglight has been named Deputy of RockClan.

3/1/2020 (Age-Up): 14 moons after Start Date

3/1/2020: Territory-wide nonstop rainfall has encouraged predator activity throughout RockClan’s territory. With the cover of rain to disguise their scent and obscure vision, the only truly safe location in RockClan are the burrows in camp.

3/3/2020: Morningstar has been named leader of RockClan, following the death of Spiderstar due to a coyote attack. Willowchomp has been named deputy of RockClan.

3/7/2020: RockClan has flooded due to excessive rain and massive storms territory-wide. Conditions are too dangerous for long-term residence. Cats have evacuated to WoodClan territory. Few stragglers attempted to remain in the territory, but eventually fled due to dangerous conditions.

3/11/2020 (Season change): New-leaf begins

3/21/2020: Smokepaw has devoted herself to a healer apprenticeship.

4/1/2020 (Age-Up): 16 moons after Start Date

4/6/2020: Kittypet food has become available at the WoodClan Thunderpath following the monster crash, still open to RockClan as they take shelter with WoodClan.

4/14/2020: Following the monster crash at WoodClan’s border, three kittypets who survived the car crash have joined RockClan: Jason, Harveyroot, and Darling.

4/25/2020: With the receding floodwaters and break in the storm since the Gathering, RockClan's territory has become inhabitable once more. The Clan has begun to move back into their home, and rebuild what was lost.

5/1/2020 (Age-Up): 18 moons after Start Date

5/14/2020: A flock of pheasants have descended from the mountain, making their way across RockClan territory. They have no knowledge of Clan cats, and make a wonderful, easy, short-lived food source for the Clans. Jason and Ivypool attempted to hunt these creatures, but were quickly overwhelmed by their numbers, having to turn back.

6/1/2020 (Age-Up): 20 moons after Start Date

6/1/2020 (Season change): Greenleaf begins

7/1/2020 (Age-Up): 22 moons after Start Date

7/13/2020: Smokepaw has received her full healer name, Smokemask. Needlewind has stepped down from his healer duties to live as a warrior. This ceremony was overseen by Spiderstar alone, and they performed the ceremony at the Meteor Pool, not in StarClan itself.

8/1/2020 - 9/1/2020: 24-26 moons after Start Date

9/12/2020: Cloudpebble has given birth to Pinekit. The queen has not named a father for her, but many in the Clan believe that Bravecall, the warrior mysteriously discovered dead during RockClan's time in WoodClan, is the father, due to her strikingly similar appearance.

9/13/2020 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

10/1/2020 - 11/1/2020: 28-30 moons after Start Date

11/14/2020: Willowchomp brought Ivypool to pledge allegiance to Minerva the Oracle, rather than StarClan. Minerva the Oracle informed both RockClan warriors that Spiderstar and Adderstar do not represent the will of StarClan, that from her perspective, they seemed to be working independently from them, and that she accepts Ivypool's pledge of allegiance.

11/15/2020: Lionpaw has taken up healer apprenticeship under Smokemask.

12/1/2020 (Age-Up): 32 moons after Start Date

12/1/2020 (Season change): Leaf-bare begins

1/1/2021 - 2/1/2021: 34-36 moons after Start Date

2/3/2021: Lionpaw has received his full healer name, Liongaze.

2/13/2021: Willowchomp's mate, Flamespirit, woke up in the middle of the night to discover that Willowchomp was covered in life-threatening wounds, with no clear source whatsoever. Attempts to rouse Willowchomp proved futile, along with attempts to wake Smokemask, Liongaze, and Morningstar. Soon, RockClan discovers that not all of the warriors are able to awaken despite desperate attempts to rouse them. Unable to address this on her own, Flamespirit and Jason quickly organize a patrol of RockClan warriors to seek aid from the other Clans to treat Willowchomp's wounds: Shadowpaw and Harveyroot are sent to StreamClan, Ivypool and Palesky to WoodClan, and Hailstorm, Larkspirit, and Jason take the farthest journey to ValleyClan. The following cats did not wake: Morningstar, Smokemask, Liongaze, Antpaw, Beepaw, Beetlepaw, Butterflypaw, Cougarbite, Needlewind, Quickstrike, Pinepaw, Ratfang, Roachpaw, Spiderpaw, Flintspark, Tigerstrike, and Wolfspider.

2/18/2021: Wolfspider, Antpaw, Beepaw, Butterflypaw, Roachpaw, and Spiderpaw left RockClan to join ShadeClan.

2/18/2021: As acting leader following Morningstar unable to be woken, Willowchomp has sent Flamespirit to WoodClan, Jasminebreeze to ValleyClan, and Ivypool to StreamClan, to invite the other three Clans to stay in RockClan’s territory, so all four Clans can work together to combat against the Dark Forest’s hold on their slumbering warriors.

3/1/2021 (Age-Up): 38 moons after Start Date

3/3/2021 (Season change): Newleaf begins

4/1/2021 - 5/1/2021: 40-42 moons after Start Date

5/8/2021: WoodClan, ValleyClan, and StreamClan have returned back to their territories, leaving RockClan alone within its borders once more.

5/15/2021 (Season change): Greenleaf begins

5/23/2021: Roachpaw has taken up healer apprenticeship under Smokemask.

6/1/2021 - 8/1/2021: 44-48 moons after Start Date

8/2/2021: StarClan has formally recognized Roachpaw as RockClan’s healer apprentice.

8/19/2021: In the middle of the night, RockClan’s camp was briefly lit by the glowing red light of a falling white ball of flames soaring across the sky. It fell somewhere past RockClan’s territory, where the faint outline of the mountains could be seen.

9/1/2021 (Age-Up): 50 moons after Start Date

9/25/2021: A patrol from WoodClan informed RockClan that Wildsoot has been exiled from WoodClan, for injuring a fellow Clanmate to near death. The former warrior has fled WoodClan, and is at large.

9/30/2021 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

CLAN HISTORY TIMELINE: 51-100 MOONS AFTER START DATE

10/1/2021 - 12/1/2021: 52-56 moons after Start Date

12/1/2021 (Season change): Leafbare begins

11/13/2021: The Fjell’Byr patrol has formally let RockClan know that Willowchomp was not the heir they were looking for, and that they are still searching. If any RockClan cat feels they may hear the call of the mountains, they are urged to reach out to the patrol, staying at the Gathering Place…

12/3/2021: In the middle of the night, the entirety of RockClan feels an eerie, unwelcome presence disturb their slumber from somewhere beyond their understanding. To several, this unwelcome presence is very familiar…

12/10/2021: Following Willowchomp's agreement to completely abandon her position as RockClan’s deputy without a second thought, Morningstar announced that Willowchomp was to be stripped of her rank, to be a warrior.

Morningstar then chose Tigerstrike to be RockClan’s new deputy.

12/13/2021: Lionpaw, embarrassed by their mother’s actions to so quickly agree to abandon RockClan, went out on a walk, finding themselves at the Gathering Place.

There, she gossiped with the Fjell patrol, to discover that the Fjell had discovered their heir: Singesight of StreamClan. They would be returning to the mountains once more, back to Fjell’Byr. As is customary to Fjell’Byr, the Fjell invited Lionpaw to join them, extending the invitation to the rest of RockClan. Lionpaw declined, returning back to RockClan to spread gossip and rumors of this Clanwide invitation from the Fjell.

1/1/2022 (Age-Up): 58 moons after Start Date

1/9/2022: A StreamClan patrol comprised of Possumpatch and Goosewaddle have warned all of RockClan that Mistlefrost has been exiled from StreamClan for murdering another Clanmate. Quillstar strongly urges the Clan to remove this former StreamClan warrior from their territory by any means necessary.

1/26/2022: Roachmask and Spiderbite left RockClan to meet Beetlebloom at the border, but they did not return until dusk.

When they returned, Spiderbite’s face sported a new major wound, and Roachmask looked exhausted and out of breath.

Neither say anything to any cat, and retire to the healer’s den to tend to Spiderbite’s wound.

2/1/2022 (Age-Up): 60 moons after Start Date

2/1/2022: RockClan is faced with the reality of their warrior’s actions at the next Gathering:

Spiderbite attacked, and nearly took Beetlebloom’s life. Seeking justice, Hazelstar requested a trial be held at this Gathering.

Spiderbite was found guilty, and sentenced to exile. Her kits would be taken from her, to remain in RockClan. Until her kits were born, she would be held as prisoner within RockClan.

2/28/2022: Following the death of Bluefern, Hazelstar held a trial within WoodClan. Witnesses were called from WoodClan, including Cindershade, for the involvement in Bluefern’s death. Through deliberation, it is determined that Cindershade is innocent, and Graybriar was the culprit.

3/1/2022 (Age-Up): 62 moons after Start Date

3/9/2022: Following the deliberation of Graybriar’s trial, it is announced by Tigerstar that WoodClan would be executing their warrior. He called for Clan unity, during these troubling times.

3/27/2022: Lilyfrost, healer to ValleyClan, traveled to RockClan to announce that the Half-Moon Gathering would commence that evening.

4/1/2022 (Age-Up): 64 moons after Start Date

4/27/2022: Morningstar announced that she would be retiring as a leader, her health conditions becoming too much for her to lead RockClan. Tigerstrike became leader of RockClan, taking on the name Tigerstar.

Brokenpath was named as RockClan’s next deputy.

5/1/2022 (Age-Up): 66 moons after Start Date

5/17/2022: That evening, Cloudbelly was chosen as the next guard for Spiderbite. She is noticed to be eating prey, before settling down to guard the RockClan prisoner. She dozed off, soon falling into a deep slumber only an earthquake could disturb.

That morning, Roachmask, Butterflywish, and Spiderbite were gone.

The RockClan healer had helped the two escaped RockClan.

5/24/2022: After seeing the tornado ravage ValleyClan’s territory, Tigerstaar sent out a patrol of Smokemask, Lilyblossom, Windstorm, Sagebreeze, Harveyroot, Waspheart, and Ratfang to aid the Clan with recovery.

5/27/2022 (Season change): Greenleaf begins

6/1/2022 - 10/1/2022: 68-76 moons after Start Date

10/4/2022 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

10/22/2022: Baysnail has reported confirmed sightings of a ghost walking the Clan’s territory. There is no denying it now: ghosts walk among RockClan, in the wakes of the living.

11/1/2022 (Age-Up): 78 moons after Start Date

11/18/2022: The healer's den is lit on fire by Cricketjaw, a former StreamClan cat now rogue. The clan escapes to the lakeshore for the time being but the loss of herbs is significant in the cold weather.

12/1/2022 (Age-Up): 80 moons after Start Date

12/1/2022 (Season change): Leaf-bare begins

1/1/2023 (Age-Up): 82 moons after Start Date

1/15/2023: An illness spread like wildfire throughout RockClan, capturing even the strongest warriors in it’s grasp. Even with the minimal herbs available, the illness seemingly could not be healed by any of them.

Talonswoop succumbed to the illness.

2/1/2023 - 3/1/2023: 84-86 moons after Start Date

3/1/2023 (Season change): Newleaf begins

3/12/2023: A mudslide blocked off the camp’s entrance and half of the camp, rendering it inaccessible. Injured cats are taken care of by the healers with what little is left of their herbs, and those trapped under debris are searched for.

4/1/2023 - 6/1/2023: 88-92 moons after Start Date

6/12/2023 (Season change): Greenleaf begins

7/1/2023 - 8/1/2023: 94-96 moons after Start Date

8/2/2023: A strange scent has appeared on RockClan territory; feline in origin, but no one seems to be able to discern it.

8/5/2023: Bloodtrail is found brutally killed by twoleg traps, specifically placed to cause injury or death. An odd scent trail, similar to the one from days prior, was tracked from the traps but it disappeared into the mountains.

8/5/2023: Flamespirit was brought back to the camp, deceased, after a strange event that resulted in her death. A vigil was held to honour and celebrate the well-loved molly.

9/1/2023 (Age-Up): 98 moons after Start Date

9/4/2023 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

10/1/2023 (Age-Up): 100 moons after Start Date

CLAN HISTORY TIMELINE: 101+ MOONS AFTER START DATE

11/1/2023 - 12/1/2023: 102-104 moons after Start Date

12/1/2023 (Season change): Leaf-bare begins

1/1/2024 (Age-Up): 106 moons after Start Date

1/21/2024: The sentry rank was curated to work with the RockClan deputy and perform surveillance to keep the Clan safe.

2/1/2024 - 3/1/2024: 108-110 moons after Start Date

3/5/2024: Figpaw became a healer apprentice under Lilyblossom and Rookberry.

3/5/2024: Tigerstar has closed RockClan's borders indefinitely to the other Clans. He has forbidden RockClan cats from speaking to any outsiders, nor may they step even a paw outside of the territory. All cats close to RockClan's borders are to be fervently chased away.

4/1/2024 - 6/1/2024: 112-116 moons after Start Date

6/2/2024 (Season change): Greenleaf begins

7/1/2024: 118 moons after Start Date

7/02/2024: ValleyClan consulted RockClan for aid following their leader, Midnightstar, executing a Clanmate for simply disagreeing with her. Midnightstar deserted camp, and ValleyClan's deputy, Muddystep, followed after to confront her regarding the decision. Neither have been spotted, since.

The ValleyClan patrol requested help in ousting their leader with nine lives from the Clan, so that they may be free of her tyrannical reign. RockClan's leader Tigerstar has turned them away and denied aid.

8/1/2024: 120 moons after Start Date

8/30/2024: That evening, every RockClan cat was visited in their dreams by a StarClan warrior, claiming to have a message for them. The message received could easily be interpreted as a warning... Upon waking, the decision to share the dream was left to the Clanmate.

9/1/2024: 122 moons after Start Date

9/15/2024: In recent moons, it's become obvious that on top of ordering that RockClan isolates itself from the Clans, that he too is isolating himself from RockClan. Apprentice Bearpaw confronted Brokenpath, RockClan's deputy, after ensuring that Tigerstar had exited camp. They began demanding to know why the deputy was still tolerating Tigerstar's decrees and following his orders. They clearly were isolated from the Clans as a whole. The apprentice then suggested murdering Tigerstar, opening the Clan to a candid open forum to air grievances and discuss what to do with their leader. Arguments were had, as it's revealed that warriors had dreams warning the Clan that going against Tigerstar's leadership is going against StarClan's will.

9/20/2024: To address his Clanmate's grievances, Brokenpath declared that he would establish a new camp within RockClan's territory: this camp would be led by him. He gave each of his Clanmates a choice to join him, or remain in RockClan's original camp. The Clan divided itself into two groups. Tigerstar noteably was not present the entire time to defy his deputy's orders.

10/1/2024: 124 moons after Start Date

10/6/2024: Apprentice Bearpaw decided they would follow through on their suggestion to Brokenpath: they would attempt to assassinate Tigerstar. They waited until night fell, and the original RockClan camp was deserted. Bearpaw entered Tigerstar's den, to discover it a disgusting mess, but empty. It clearly had been occupied for very long without being cleaned, before suddenly being abandoned. Tracking Tigerstar's scent, Bearpaw discovered that RockClan's leader had left RockClan's territory, his scent mingling with a foul scent unfamiliar and foreign in nature. The apprentice reported this to Brokenpath, who in turn confirmed that it appeared Tigerstar had abandoned RockClan. He would be traveling to the Meteor Pool to receive his nine lives.

10/17/2024 (Season change): Leaf-fall begins

11/1/2024: 126 moons after Start Date

12/1/2024: 128 moons after Start Date

12/1/2024 (Season change): Leaf-Bare begins

1/1/2025: 130 moons after Start Date

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