~ I'm working on making an RP! So I decided, to try and get some traction before I actually open it, I could share little bits and pieces of important info! Now, origin stories aren't exactly essential, so this was definitely a more self-indulgent thing to work on. More important things ( like a map and a special ceremony explanation ) will be shared later! ~ ~ Now, as many clans do, the clans in the Restful Territories have their own creation story. However, the creation story of how the first clan was made and the modern clans' creations do not have the same story. This is the story of how the first clan was made. ~ ~ There was a time when creatures much larger than the cats we know today roamed the ground here. Lions, large bear-like cats with thickly-furred manes, tigers, with stripes like night against fiery backgrounds, and hyenas, long eared animals with spotted bodies. They all had the same prey, and so made a group of sorts, though not like the ones we live in. No, there was no order whatsoever, except for the fact that there was always a lion ruling over all of the other hunters. He would always have the last say in any decision he wanted, and the role was passed down, father to son. And so it was, for generations, until the rule of Heat Wave. Heat Wave was not a popular ruler, though he was feared. He'd butt his way into other's business, and enjoyed bullying younger animals as well. He would hunt for fun and not for food, and wouldn't let anyone else have his catches. Still, he was greatly powerful, and no one hunter could fight him and win. And many tried. Luckily for the creatures, a hyena was ready to put a stop to it. Her name was Resting Stone, and she grew up further away from where Heat Wave resided, and therefore did not truly learn about the extent of his cruelty until she was old enough to listen. And listen she did, to tales of hunters pitted against each other, of food wasted and left to rot, of young mauled and scared. Furious with the quality of life, yet intelligent enough to know direct action alone would heed no positive results, she began to plan. But she was not alone in that, either. Her family and friends would come to listen to her schemes, and offer in their suggestions in turn. Soon enough, their family and friends came as well, until there was a tightly-knit group who would hunt for each other, talk with each other, and care for each other. Resting Stone saw promise in this, and the last pieces of her plan fell into place. She'd use her followers and friends as a pack of sorts, a group. She'd call it her clan. But they could not truly be known until they had either gotten the leader's approval, or defeated him, and all in the clan knew the former would never happen. So Resting Stone and the majority of her clan went on the short journey to challenge him. When they got there, Resting Stone was in the lead, and Heat Wave assumed she alone would challenge him. Smug from past victories and his power, he laughed her off, going as far as to insult her and the ones she traveled with. It was then that her companions stepped forwards as one, and she was able to show off her true strength: the numbers and support of her clanmates. Heat Wave took one look and fled. Two of Resting Stone's friends, a dark-pelted leopard named Deep Water and a lioness named Hazy Breath, went after the former leader and fought him in a righteous battle, winning and cementing Resting Stone's position as leader. Meanwhile, Resting Stone stated her terms to the rest of the hunters. Word spread quickly that the diabolical leader had been dethroned, so all were able to come and hear her speak. She told them that she would construct a proper clan, with roles, and rules, where they'd all take care of one another, sharing duties and prey. Many left at that, not wanting to lose the independence they had. Still, some stayed, and combined with the others Resting Stone had befriended, the first clan, RestClan, was forged. ~
