General Information/Lore

Valleyford is a group based around a lake in a valley below O’Grove’s territory.

Valleyford, like O’Grove, does have a spot in camp for a prey pile; however, this pile is really relaxed about being full. If cats catch too much or have a big catch/one they’re proud of, they may put it into the pile and be celebrated for this. Young cats wanting encouragement and members of the leadership team are typically the only ones who do this regularly.

Valleyford is often the one to push for cross-colony events to try and bring the colonies together and spread their tight-knit vibes. In this spirit, they pushed for O’Grove being the one to have the largest story rings and host many events as it’s the center of the colonies. Valleyford cats mainly did this to encourage O’Grove to back them up as well as because it was the easiest place for the other colonists to get to.

Valleyford cats are known to be very welcoming and have the most cats of any of the colonies living in/near the main camp. Valleyford’s camp is the most well established of all of the colonies. Almost all kits grow up in the camp and many teachers guide their trainees in the camp’s provided spaces. This is what’s usually cited as the cause of Valleyford’s more social nature. As a result of this sociability, this colony has the largest foot-traffic from non-colony cats such as city cats, rogues passing through, and ex-colony cats coming back to visit from the Outlands.

Valleyford has a huge series of underground caves of varying sizes that are used as dens by the members of the colony as well as any strangers. These dens can change in what they’re used for at any moment.

Valleyford is the most interested in the idea of ghosts of all the colonies. They have many ghost stories they pass through generations by telling them to groups of kits.

Ghosts

Ghosts are the opposing supernatural entities to those taught about in the colonies' major religion, Starlight. While most Crossgorge cats believe in Moon and practice Starlight, the majority of the other colonists believe in the existence of ghosts. There are a few who believe in neither. Ghosts are said to eternally walk a mirror of the mortal plane, usually moving around twigs and leaves with small gusts of wind to show that they’re still around. There have been many instances of cats within the colonies apparently being able to see ghosts and interact with them in numerous ways. If these cats happen to be in Crossgorge, they are usually kicked out upon their gift coming to light.

Ghosts don’t tend to stick around forever–they only continue to exist if they have unfinished business or someone they want to watch over. If they are done with the living world, they may disappear and peacefully pass on. Other ghosts simply wish to see more of the world they didn’t get to see while alive and wander off.