Summit Singing

A Warriors fan universe! The Clans are fully fleshed-out and populated in their respective folders. Cometclan is where the main characters are.

profiles note: the dark accent color in the Relationship section of  each cat indicates EITHER a blood relation - as in has the profile cat's  DNA - or some kind of negative relationship. Sometimes it's both - text  in box will elaborate.

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Three Clans live at a mountain with a river at its base flowing to the southeast. Cometclan lives at the top, Forestclan lives on the south foothills, and Deepclan lives within the mountain. 

There is a seasonal rogue group the Ever-Wandering Paws who appear on the northern slope in the summertime. Many of these loners who live in the area are also allowed on the sparser north slope to hunt year-round, as well as Deepclan who surface-hunts there but does not claim territory.

The Mountain is full of nooks, crannies, mysteries, and histories forgotten by all but a few who still live on it. Starclan is very paws-off at the Mountain, but there are a few they guide who may one day sing the truth of the Clans from the summit...

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The Code of the Mountain Clans:

1. Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may be allowed friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan.
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory without permission.
3. Elders, queens, the sick, and kits must be fed before apprentices and adults.
4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to Starclan for its life.
5. Cats devoted to healing their Clanmates or to Starclan alone may not take mates, so they do not show favoritism in healing or blessings.
6. No cat can be exiled from their home Clan for traits unchangeable and inherent to the cat.
7.  A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.
8. Newly named cats will have the solemnity of their responsibilities and duties imparted upon them by each Clan’s own tradition or trial of naming.
9. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
10.  A deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires, or is exiled.
11. After the death, retirement, exile, or ascension to leader of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen by the next moonrise or sunrise.
12. A Gathering of all 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.
13. Boundaries must be checked and marked frequently.
14. No Clan cat may neglect a kit in pain or in danger, even if that kit is from a different Clan or has unknown origins.
15.  The word of the Clan leader is the Code of your Clan.
16.  An honorable Clan cat does not need to kill other cats to win their battles, unless it is necessary for self-defense.
17. A Clan cat does not draw out a fight for personal glory, vanity, or to punish the other combatant

1. Taking a mate or having kits is taboo.
2. Cats who already have a mate or kits may not become medicats.
3. Heal all cats, even those from enemy Clans or non-Clan cats.
4. The Medicat Gathering happens every claw moon, every two weeks, in Starspring Cave.
5. A medicat never draws blood in battle, using Softpaw Style only when necessary.

A Clan cat who breaks these codes is considered dishonorable, untrustworthy, and immature. A Code-breaker is liable to retaliation from Clanmates, their Leader, or the other Clans, depending on their exact transgression.