Post by Nightclan on Mar 6, 2009 21:24:48 GMT -5
1. There shall always be four Clans in the forest
2. All Clans have set borders
3. Boundaries are to be checked daily. Any trespassing cats should be challenged.
4. Prey may not be stolen from another Clan’s territory
5. Prey is killed only to be eaten
6. Elders and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Apprentices may not eat without permission until they have hunted for the elders
7. Clans should help one another in times of great need
8. Killing in cold blood is forbidden, and mercy should be shown to those who ask for help
9. Trespassing on another Clan’s territory is forbidden, unless absolutely necessary
10. Cats from different clans should not fall in love, mate, or have kits
11. However, if the love is completely and undoubtedly true, the cats in love must speak with their Clan leaders. If the Clan leaders agree, one of the following may happen:
o The tom may join the she-cat’s Clan
o The tom may stay with the she-cat’s Clan until the kits are made warriors
o They may both stay with their own Clans
12. Half-Clan kits belong to their mother’s Clan unless the mother dies, in which case the kits may either be kept by their mother’s Clan, or may be brought to their father’s Clan.
13. Gatherings shall be held in the fourstones on the night when the moon is at its fullest. The truce lasts while the moon is full, and fighting at Gatherings is prohibited.
14. Cats have free passage to the Shiningrose.
15. A cat must not eat prior to sharing dreams with Nightclan.
16. The Clan must be fed first, before any individual warrior
17. The Clan’s safety must come first. It is more important that the safety of any individual
18. A new leader should journey to the Shining Rose within three sunrises of being made leader, to receive their nine lives and leader name.
19. The deputy becomes Clan leader when the leader dies
20. A new deputy must be elected by moonhigh of the night of the former deputy’s death or resignation.
21. A cat must have had at least one apprentice to be made deputy. A cat may not be nursing or pregnant when elected deputy.
22. Queens with kits between newborn and five moons and 29 days may not be elected deputy.
23. If the kits are over six moons and apprenticed, they can be deputy.
24. If a female deputy has kits, a temporary deputy shall be chosen to fill in until the kits are apprenticed
25. If a female leader has kits, the deputy shall fill in for the leader until the kits are apprenticed
26. Kits may not leave camp or hunt
27. Kits shall be apprenticed at six moons of age, no earlier, and only later if sickness or injury delays the apprenticeship.
28. It is the duty of the apprentices to care for the elders.
29. Apprenticeships usually take from six to eight moons
30. Apprentices must make at least one journey to the Shining Rose and have attended at least one Gathering before they can be made warriors.
31. New warriors must sit a silent vigil the night they are made warriors
32. A cat can have no more than one apprentice at a time, but may help train another cat’s apprentice
33. Medicine cat apprentices can only be made medicine cats once their mentor feels they know all the herbs and their uses, know all the sicknesses and treatments, and have had at least one dream from NightClan
34. A Clan should have no more than two medicine cats at a time
35. Medicine cats may not fall in love, mate, or have kits
36. It is the choice of the warrior as to when they retire as an elder
37. Deputies may retire, leaders may not. Only under special circumstances may medicine cats retire.
38. Leaders, deputies, medicine cats, and elders are to be treated respectfully.
39. Clan tradition and the Warrior Code are to be respected and followed.
40. Appropriate punishment shall be dealt out to those who disobey orders or the Warrior Code.
41. Under certain special circumstances, the rules of the above code may be altered, but only with the consent and approval of NIghtClan.
2. All Clans have set borders
3. Boundaries are to be checked daily. Any trespassing cats should be challenged.
4. Prey may not be stolen from another Clan’s territory
5. Prey is killed only to be eaten
6. Elders and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Apprentices may not eat without permission until they have hunted for the elders
7. Clans should help one another in times of great need
8. Killing in cold blood is forbidden, and mercy should be shown to those who ask for help
9. Trespassing on another Clan’s territory is forbidden, unless absolutely necessary
10. Cats from different clans should not fall in love, mate, or have kits
11. However, if the love is completely and undoubtedly true, the cats in love must speak with their Clan leaders. If the Clan leaders agree, one of the following may happen:
o The tom may join the she-cat’s Clan
o The tom may stay with the she-cat’s Clan until the kits are made warriors
o They may both stay with their own Clans
12. Half-Clan kits belong to their mother’s Clan unless the mother dies, in which case the kits may either be kept by their mother’s Clan, or may be brought to their father’s Clan.
13. Gatherings shall be held in the fourstones on the night when the moon is at its fullest. The truce lasts while the moon is full, and fighting at Gatherings is prohibited.
14. Cats have free passage to the Shiningrose.
15. A cat must not eat prior to sharing dreams with Nightclan.
16. The Clan must be fed first, before any individual warrior
17. The Clan’s safety must come first. It is more important that the safety of any individual
18. A new leader should journey to the Shining Rose within three sunrises of being made leader, to receive their nine lives and leader name.
19. The deputy becomes Clan leader when the leader dies
20. A new deputy must be elected by moonhigh of the night of the former deputy’s death or resignation.
21. A cat must have had at least one apprentice to be made deputy. A cat may not be nursing or pregnant when elected deputy.
22. Queens with kits between newborn and five moons and 29 days may not be elected deputy.
23. If the kits are over six moons and apprenticed, they can be deputy.
24. If a female deputy has kits, a temporary deputy shall be chosen to fill in until the kits are apprenticed
25. If a female leader has kits, the deputy shall fill in for the leader until the kits are apprenticed
26. Kits may not leave camp or hunt
27. Kits shall be apprenticed at six moons of age, no earlier, and only later if sickness or injury delays the apprenticeship.
28. It is the duty of the apprentices to care for the elders.
29. Apprenticeships usually take from six to eight moons
30. Apprentices must make at least one journey to the Shining Rose and have attended at least one Gathering before they can be made warriors.
31. New warriors must sit a silent vigil the night they are made warriors
32. A cat can have no more than one apprentice at a time, but may help train another cat’s apprentice
33. Medicine cat apprentices can only be made medicine cats once their mentor feels they know all the herbs and their uses, know all the sicknesses and treatments, and have had at least one dream from NightClan
34. A Clan should have no more than two medicine cats at a time
35. Medicine cats may not fall in love, mate, or have kits
36. It is the choice of the warrior as to when they retire as an elder
37. Deputies may retire, leaders may not. Only under special circumstances may medicine cats retire.
38. Leaders, deputies, medicine cats, and elders are to be treated respectfully.
39. Clan tradition and the Warrior Code are to be respected and followed.
40. Appropriate punishment shall be dealt out to those who disobey orders or the Warrior Code.
41. Under certain special circumstances, the rules of the above code may be altered, but only with the consent and approval of NIghtClan.
