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The Clans

What happened at the dawn of the Clans?

A group of cats came from the mountains to the forest (because they almost starved), following the trail of the rising sun. Here, they formed two groups: one lived in the thick forest, the other on the open moor. The leader of the forest group feared that they'd starve again and started claiming more territory. The other group didn't like that, so the cats met in a huge battle. Many cats died that night, and their spirits told the surviving cats to make peace. The two groups became five: some went to live in the pine forest (ShadowClan), others to the banks of the river (RiverClan), two groups lived now in the thick forest (ThunderClan and SkyClan) and one group remained on the moor (WindClan). The spirits of the dead cats called themselves StarClan.

What happened after that?


The forest territories

After the battle, moons passed and nothing significant happened. Of course, there were border skirmishes, but not battles like the great one. After a long time since the founders of the Clans went to StarClan, Twolegs came to build a new Twolegplace in SkyClan territory, and there was no more places to hunt. SkyClan begged the other Clans to help, but the others told them to leave the forest. SkyClan left and found a gorge to live in, but soon rats attacked them, too many to count, and the Clan scattered and became kittypets or loners. After a long time, the heroic ThunderClan leader Firestar was sent to restore the lost Clan. He found the only living member of SkyClan, Sky. His mother's mother lived in the Clan. Firestar took advice from him and SkyClan was a Clan of warriors again.

SkyClan

Soon after, the forest Clans had to find new terriories, because the Twolegs were bulding a bigger Thunderpath for their monsters. The cats journeyed on the trail of the setting sun and found suitable territories for each Clan near a lake. The lake was near the Sun-drown-place (sea in human words), where the wise old badger, who played a significant role in the Clans' history, Midnight, lived.


The lake territories

Whatever happens, the warrior Clans will survive forever!