Post by Ottersplash on Sept 1, 2012 13:23:55 GMT -5
Warrior code:
1.Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory.
3.Elders, queens, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.
4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.
5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.
6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.
7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
8. The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.
9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
10. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.
11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats.
12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.
13. The word of the Clan leader is the warrior code.
14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his/her battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.
15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.
16. A medicine cat can not take on a mate or have kits.
Ceremonies:
Apprentice ceremony-
Leader: "(kit), you have reached the age of six moons and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as (new name ending with paw). Your mentor will be (warrior or medicine cat). I hope (warrior or medicine cat) will pass down all (he/she) knows on to you."
Warrior ceremony-
Leader: "I, (leader), leader of (clan), call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. (He/she) has tried hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend (him/her) to you as a warrior in (his/hers) turn.
(Apprentice), do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: "I do."
Leader: "Then by the powers of starclan, I give you your warrior name, (apprentice), from this moment you will be known as (new warrior name). Starclan honors your (virtues), and we welcome you as a full warrior of (clan)"
Deputy ceremony-
Leader: "I say these words before the body of (old leader/deputy), so that (his/her) spirit may hear and approve of my choice. (warrior) will be the new deputy of (clan)"
Elders ceremony-
Leader: "(warrior), is it your wish to give up the name of a warrior and go to join the elders?"
Warrior: "It is."
Leader: "Your clan honors you and all your service you have given us. I call upon starclan to give you many seasons of rest."
Name change ceremony-
Leader: "Spirits of starclan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name of the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what (he/she) is. By my authority as clan leader, and with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment (he/she) will be known as (new name), for the (reason)."
Medicine cat ceremony-
Mentor: "(apprentice), do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from the rivalry between clan and clan, to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: "I do."
Mentor: "Then by the powers of starclan I give you your true name as a medicine cat. (apprentice), from this moment you will be known as (new medicine cat name)."
1.Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory.
3.Elders, queens, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.
4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.
5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.
6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.
7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
8. The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.
9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
10. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.
11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats.
12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.
13. The word of the Clan leader is the warrior code.
14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his/her battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.
15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.
16. A medicine cat can not take on a mate or have kits.
Ceremonies:
Apprentice ceremony-
Leader: "(kit), you have reached the age of six moons and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as (new name ending with paw). Your mentor will be (warrior or medicine cat). I hope (warrior or medicine cat) will pass down all (he/she) knows on to you."
Warrior ceremony-
Leader: "I, (leader), leader of (clan), call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. (He/she) has tried hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend (him/her) to you as a warrior in (his/hers) turn.
(Apprentice), do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: "I do."
Leader: "Then by the powers of starclan, I give you your warrior name, (apprentice), from this moment you will be known as (new warrior name). Starclan honors your (virtues), and we welcome you as a full warrior of (clan)"
Deputy ceremony-
Leader: "I say these words before the body of (old leader/deputy), so that (his/her) spirit may hear and approve of my choice. (warrior) will be the new deputy of (clan)"
Elders ceremony-
Leader: "(warrior), is it your wish to give up the name of a warrior and go to join the elders?"
Warrior: "It is."
Leader: "Your clan honors you and all your service you have given us. I call upon starclan to give you many seasons of rest."
Name change ceremony-
Leader: "Spirits of starclan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name of the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what (he/she) is. By my authority as clan leader, and with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment (he/she) will be known as (new name), for the (reason)."
Medicine cat ceremony-
Mentor: "(apprentice), do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from the rivalry between clan and clan, to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: "I do."
Mentor: "Then by the powers of starclan I give you your true name as a medicine cat. (apprentice), from this moment you will be known as (new medicine cat name)."