UrchinClan ---- History ---- UrchinClan, a Clan created in the aftermath of Cloudedglade, risen up by the Dark Forest in response to a suspicious, uncaring attitude of StarClan. A deal. In the absence of the help of StarClan, the living will have access to the gifts and blessings of the dead, so long as those same dead are respected and revered. Ten cats were selected amongst MossClan and FlurryClan into the Dark Forest in order to compete to find the one most suitable for leadership. Leaders must ensure most of their adult warriors will end up in the Dark Forest, else the Dark Forest will strip them of their title and appoint someone else. Importantly, UrchinClan tries to keep the fact that they receive their guidance from the Dark Forest a secret. See the Behaviors section for more information. ---- Territory Description ---- UrchinClan is situated on a rocky beach area that was previously used during a fire that struck the Clans. Although on a nice day, the ocean is calm and wonderful to play in, the tides can be deceptively strong and incredibly dangerous. As the Clan is still very new, and most are not situated to the ocean, many avoid it altogether. It is not a tropical paradise. The beach is often cold and miserable, but luckily, due to this and it's countless rocks, twolegs scarcely visit. Curiously, ancient signs of cats reside all around. Paw prints forever fossilized within the ground, kitten scritches in the rocks, ancient fragile bones of prey from long ago... Common prey choices follow two different methods of hunting: 1) The stronger, slower cats of the group often hunt within the oceans, going after fish and crustaceans. 2) The faster, lithe cats go after seabirds often, chasing them along the beaches endlessly. Common predators are coyotes, foxes, and seals. Sea otters are a common sighting as well. Rarer predators include sharks, dolphins. ---- Cat Descriptions ---- (any coloration, bodytype, etc. is welcome! don't feel pressured to stick to these guidelines! Matching any of these guidelines absolutely does not increase survival chance because that'd be weird and gross so please do not ask lol. common cat characteristics are more about who just happened to find it most comfortable to live in that environment.) The cats of this Clan tend to have either a leaner builder, after countless hours of specializing in chasing seabirds, or a bulkier build, after specializing within braving the ocean waters. In death, previous UrchinClan cats, particularly those incredibly loyal to UrchinClan, often exhibit a red, tan, or gray color for their ghost color. ---- Behaviors ---- With the goal to get as many as possible into the Dark Forest, they are most relaxed on rules of violence, though it varies from leader to leader. Strictly, however, apprentices and kits are left out of the Dark Forest, and are not told of the Clan's alliance until they are adults and may choose for themselves what they want. The Clan has a role after apprenticeship before they are fully warriors, in which they will be told of the Clan's secret and train under a Dark Forest warrior. The trait most valued in this Clan is secrecy. UrchinClan cats tend to be exceptionally good at lying. However, they also tend to be rather closed-off, and can have trouble opening up to and trusting other cats. Please do not assume all crimes are allowed- this highly depends on the leader and the leader's morals. If the leader deems it, punishment may still follow crime. Diving is a highly prized skill in this Clan. The waters of the ocean are much more difficult to swim in than a river or lake, but it's a wonderful source of food and resources. Even previous FlurryClanners struggle with the difficulty of the ocean, and it's a highly dangerous activity- be wary. Bouldering is another skill these cats often have, or try to gain, due to the high density of rock formations on their territory, which leads to more versatility in their movements. Bouldering competitions are sometimes held at notoriously difficult locations. Digging is an uncommon, but great skill. Digging up crustaceans from the sand is a wonderful source of prey for cats of this Clan, so being able to do so fast and efficiently, as well as accurately finding the spots they would be, is highly appreciated. + in N+C
The apprentices in this Clan love exploring the tide pools and finding all the sea creatures they can. -- SPECIAL RULES: Any adult warrior in this Clan can attack another adult warrior without asking OORP first. Be warned and be wary. Any non-warrior role, save deputy and leader, is excluded from this rule. Although their goal is ultimately to get into the Dark Forest, if they have done nothing Dark Forest worthy within their life, they still automatically go to StarClan or Shade. You still have to commit a crime to go to the Dark Forest. [ for rangers - since the mentor/app system is a little bit more complicated than living mentor/app systems you all in-lore have a dark forest mentor but if you want a real real one then you gotta find one oorp, you wont be assigned someone specific by the leader, (and remember these mentors stick with you until you die! make sure to read the ghost training guide!) ALSO im changing it now so that youre rangers from 12-16 and become a warrior at 16 moons :3 ] ALL SPECIFIC RULES FOR ATTACKING EACH OTHER -- 1) do not hold the idea of attacking someone else's character over someone else's head as a way to harass, threaten, bother, or scare them. this should be obvious. 2) once you attack someone, those are the results. you can't say "oh look, we're both still alive!" and then attack the other person again over and over until they die. FOR ATTACKING A LEADER (this goes for every clan): - you may gather a group of people in order to attack, but they all have to be different people. if the leader dies, though, the deputy would take leader as usual. - you can also start a rebellion and if it gains significant attention we can do a sort of civil war, just make sure i'm.. in the loop. using this method you can take leadership, deputy, medic, etc. roles for your side. 3) if you ASK the other person whether they want to be attacked, if they say no you cant. attack them. that's just rude loll "hey can i attack you?" "no pls!" "okay lol im gonna do it anyways!" -- just. say. "considering our circumstances, i'm going to initiate the urchinclan battle rule, would you like to roll or should i?" 4) YOU HAVE TO ALERT THE OTHER PERSON YOU'RE ATTACKING THEM. you should either do it oorp like "hey, my character heard from orangeface that your character insulted their mom! i'm going to initiate an urchinclan battle, can we start a roleplay?" (and then wait until they reply to start, unless theyre like, deliberately ignoring you in which case talk to me) or if youre already in a roleplay with them just say like what i said before like "considering our circumstances, i'm going to initiate the urchinclan battle rule, would you like to roll or should i?" or something 5) I ENCOURAGE ALL URCHINCLAN CATS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THIS RULE ... it is a fun one! I don't want anyone to have to feel bad about attacking another persons character! BUT. you HAVE to respect other roleplayers! a fair, reasonable fight where everyone involved is well-informed about it and ready for the results is the funnest for everyone involved.
