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There is a lot of important information found here so in order to help make things easier we have provided a Table Of Contents which is found below.

I. General Character Guidelines
II. Clan Cat Guidelines
III. Star Clan Cat Guidelines
IV. Dark Forest Cat Guidelines
V. Relationships
VI. Mating Partners & Pregnancies
VII. Potential Bans & Restrictions
VIII. Ranks Descriptions

I. General Character Rules

All cats must be natural in color as well as design. Breeds must be actual breeds. The only breeds we do not accept are Savannah because of their large size.
We allow all eye colors except pure white, pure black, or rainbow. Duo colored eyes are acceptable but please keep this to a minimum. Only 10 are allowed Group Wide. Number can be found on main page beneath Current Bans.
Keep character "hairstyles" to a minimum. Do not go crazy adding full hairstyles. Bangs, long hair to the front of the ear is allowed, Anything long past the ear is not.
When creating a character please leave room for development. Also, be creative. We will not except mary sue characters, this means do not make your characters flawless, all around amazing, etc.
As far as warrior names are concerned, we will only allow one prefix (i.e. Hollowfrost) at a time in each clan. There are many prefix to choose from so please keep track of the Mastername list when making a character. This goes for Rogues and Kittypet's as well. A warriors name must be explained as to how and why they were given a name. A perfect example of a terrible, and non-acceptable, name choice would be Blackfoot for a white cat. The prefix to a warriors name, unless becoming a warrior at an older age {Perhaps a rogue at first} describes the actions or the pelt color of a kit, while the suffix explains other features after becoming a warrior.
Each character is allowed three small items. Human made items if they're a kittypet or a rogue.
Every member is allowed a total of 10 characters. However, only the first two characters are free, the next 8 characters are needed to be bought with Obsidian stones which is our groups official currency system.
Killing off a Character:

- Before killing off a character you must first get permission from an admin, meaning note the group.
- You can only kill off your characters with a max. of 2 every 6 months.
- Because we would like to limit the "bored of my character" deaths because I realize most people may not want to spend points on another cat and rather kill theres off instead, if you kill off a cat, a fee will be needed to make another. So PLEASE create characters you'd like to use for a long time until old age or accident takes their life.
- When a character perishes they will be given a choice, Star Clan or Dark Forest. Once an allegiance is chosen, your characer's ref will be moved there and they will become an NPC. Once your character perishes, you must update their app and note the group with the app so they can be declared dead and moved.

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II. Clan Cat Guidelines

Clan cats must follow the Warrior Code as well as use general warrior cat terminology.
Clan cats must have the regular warrior cat names which normally tend to focus on natural items found in the area they live. No names such as "Brickface or Metalclaw". This will not be approved.
We will not accept mating amongst apprentices, no matter the age. Love is allowed amongst the training few and things will get angsty, but mating is a no until they are successfully promoted.
Between ever promotion, each character must wait at least a month, or next Clan Announcement to be promoted.
Promotional System: (You must provide a drawn or literature piece to complete each promotion)

- Securing your kit: In order to make a kit official after it is born you must create a single image of any theme selected here -

A) Interaction with a Parent   B) Interaction with sibling or fellow kit   C) Interaction with the world around them. If an image is not created a week after they are able to be role-played the kit will be pronounced deceased.

- kit to apprentice (All must be completed):

 > Play fight with another kit
> Meet some warriors
> Go exploring (maybe get into a little troube ;D)

- Apprentice to Warrior (In order):

> Get Introduced to the Clan territory with assigned Mentor
> Hunting with your mentor
> Battle training with another apprentice
> Cleaning the Elder den or Kit watching
> Final Assessment  Go hunting and show off what you've learned.

During each list of completions for each rank please note the group with links to all submissions that pertain to promotion. Your character will be promoted during the monthly announcements.

Rp situations such as cross clan relationships, swapping clan homes, and accidental litters will be monitored and limited. Either of these must be brought to admin attention before becoming official. These limits and numbers can be found in the Ban Section on the main page.
Medicine cats are allowed to have kits under one condition. They must have an older apprentice of at least 9 moons before mating and kitting, this only applies to she-medicine cats that must leave their duties until kitting is completed.  2 medicine cats are allowed in a single clan at one time, one being the prior mentor and the other a newly promoted medicine cat.
There will be no more Star Clan prophecies in dreams, no longer do the clans need moon pools. Messages from either the Dark Forest or Star clan will be delivered by messengers chosen by both spiritual realms.  Leaders will now receive their lives by venruing deep into star clan and must prove themselves by finding the camp. Once at the camp many a cat will greet them and grant them their lives.
Messengers are chosen from any clan and there will only be one for each realm at a time. Once a messenger reaches a retiring age they will meet with the
nnext messenger, who is randomly called upon by the realms, and they must venture to meet the gatekeeper.
Regardless if your cat was once a kittypet or rogue at one point before joining a clan they MUST have a warrior name and will not be accepted into the clans unless they do.

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III. Star Clan Cat Guidelines

Once able to purchase a Star Clan cat this simply entitles you to play the life of a Star Clan cat {heh} Below you can read more on this.
Star Clan cats walk their precious lands of flowing trees and glistening pools of water, their clan held high atop a mountain shrouded in mist and thick trees. Only Star clan cats can reach this camp and will lead chosen cats to it depending on their reasoning {i.e. Gaining Lives, Prophecy needed to be told in person, etc.}
Because they must share the eternal realms with the dark forest, Star Clan is for the most part burdened with sad tidings to bestow upon the clans.
Star Clan cats can walk the lands as freely as the clan cats still currently alive do, but they are limited to only exploring during the day. Once the beginning of dusk rolls in they must flee to star clan or forever disappear into a void of complete nothingness.
Star Clan cats have a slight shine to them, almost an unspeakable beauty. This is how one can tell they are not from the clans.
An rp-able star clan cat is not allowed to come up with prophecies unless getting permission from the admins.
Star Clan cats have no scars or markings from their previous life. Once dead they presume the healthiest appearance they ever had as a mortal cat.
They cannot be killed...easily. The only thing that can kill a Star Clan cat is the night.
If a current character dies a member has the right to rp them, but there is a consequence to this. Once making a dead character rp-able after them becoming an NPC {dying} and a member choosing to rp them once more, if the cat dies or is deemed inactive they cannot become an NPC again and will disappear into the void. Cats created to specifically be Star clan cats can be made NPCs once not wanting to be used anymore, but only once. Also, if a member wishes to rp a deceased character they must pay the same amount of stones it costs to make a star clan cat. This rules applies for the dark forest cats as well.

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IV. Dark Forest Cat Guidelines

Once purchased a Dark forest cat you are allowed to make an rp-able character.
Dark Forest cats stalk the dark and shadowed realm of the Dark Forest, constantly tormented by crimes of their past, hunted by dark canine spirits, and to sleep dreamless nights. Their territory is merely one of dark trees and shadows.
Dark forest cats stalk the clan territory at night and possess strength not known to the clan cats. Like the Star Clan cats they must retreat back to the eternal realm at a certain time, their cut off time being Dawn as the sun begins to rise. Unlike the star clan cats though they do not disappear into a void, instead they are tortured by the canine dark spirits within the dark forest for eternity if they do not get back in time.
When feeling large bursts of emotions Dark Forest cats begin to manifest signs of the way they die. For example, if a dark forest cat died from drowning they will exhibit signs from that death. Fur will become drenched and dripping, a puddle will form beneath them and they will become pale.
Dark Forest Cats can only communicate with star clan cats for a brief few minutes during the day, either the few minutes between dawn or dusk they can exchange a few words before neither can hear each other anymore until the next window.
Dark Forest cats are chosen by the realm to pass on omens to the gatekeeper, Wretchedheart, who then passes it to his Messenger to relay to the clan it is destined for.

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V. Relationships


Many different types of relationships will flourish as a character is developed and role-played.
If your character hates another character for personal reasons please keep this hatred to In-Character, do not treat the member of said character with any malice. Just because your character does not get along with another doesn't mean you cannot get along with the member in question.
Many characters will come in and out of your characters lives, its best to keep track of them using the heart chart found above.
No character is allowed to kill another without consent, this goes along with the no god-modding rule.
Be creative when it comes to making relationships with the characters around you. The best way to do this is to plot interesting storylines.
NPCs will be counted in clan allegiances but are not counted in gender counts, just to make things easier. NPCs cannot be mated with.

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VI. Mating Partners and Pregnancies

Our group allows same sex partnership, do not go overboard. This goes for ANY relationship status.
Apprentices are not allowed to mate but can talk about doing so in the furture.
Do not create a cat with the soul purpose of being another cat's mate. This usy ends with an unused cat.
One member cannot rp a couple. Paired cats must be rped by two seperate role-players.
Characters are allowed to switch partners if things don't work out; however, do not go overboard. Within the clans it is very frowned against for a mated couple to split up.
When a couple becomes official (I.e both agree to becoming a couple) please note the group so that it can be made known to the clan as well as the group.
Force Breeding is allowed but both members must consent. We will also keep track of the amounts this is happening in the group and will not accept many occasions of this. We cannot stress enough to tag role-plays and submissions pertaining to this for people who're uncomfortable with this type of thing.

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Once a couple is ready to have kits, Admins will give a random number for the amount of kits based on number of birthing process the queen has already been through, age, Sickness, etc. These factors will all play a part in the number of kits a couple will receive.
She-cats will remain pregnant for a month {31 Days}
Rare, if any, will receive more than 7. Anything above five is very rare but not impossible.
Genders will also be assigned by admins.
Designs are up to the parents and can be commissioned if that is what they want. Once designs are assigned and ready the kits and parents must be drawn on this app by either of the parent members.
After the completed meme is submitted to the group members will either try-out or request to rp a kit (this is solely up to the parents as to who gets to rp the kits) but members must ensure they have enough Obsidian stone to open another character slot for the kit.
Parents members can keep the artist comment of the meme up to date as to when the kits will be born and who is to play who.
This meme is a requirement if kits are to be born.
ART SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Once a she-cat is allowed to become pregnant and the couple is officially expecting, there will be two submissions required for them to have a successful birth. Whether you want the mother to perish during the birthing process or a kit or two is up to the RPers of the mother and father. They can also decide who will do what drawing/if a collaboration will be done, but ultimately, two submissions must be completed.

There will be a due date assigned to each couple for the first art submission which officially states the she-cat is pregnant and will be having kits.  The first picture must include daily life of the expecting she-cat/father. A scene in the nursery, the couple cuddling or anything of the like is acceptable.
Once the first submission is completed, a week before the birth-date the couple will be required to submit a drawing of the whole family, with the newborn kits. This image will be used in the announcements.

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VII. Potential Bans & Restrictions

Not much can be added here for the time being, most usual bans can be found on the home page.

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VIII. Rank Descriptions

Leaders
The leader is the cat who leads the Clan; anything the leader says, goes. Leaders are to receive nine lives from StarClan as well as their leader name before they can make any true decisions. The leader of a Clan represents that Clan at gatherings, and may also receive signs from StarClan. If StarClan is in need of a leader they will send for one by messenger.
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Deputy
The deputy of a Clan is the second-in-command. If the leader dies, then the deputy takes his/her place. The deputy assigns other warriors their duties (patroling, hunting, etc.) and helps the leader with their decisions. Except for the leader and medicine cat, everyone has to listen to the deputy.
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Medicine Cat
Medicine cats take care of ill cats, and also do some warrior duties if necessary. There can only be one medicine cat, or two, if a medicine cat apprentice becomes medicine cat before the other medicine cat joins StarClan. Medicine cats frequently get omens from StarClan. Like the leaders, if StarClan needs to converse with a Medicine cat personally they will send for them by messenger.
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Messenger
Every so 2 cats from different Clans will be chosen to relay messages to all the clans from both Star Clan and the Dark Forest. Messengers hold no lead in a rank but are always watched and sought after once they come back from their occasional journeying. Both Eternal Realm Gatekeepers connect to their messengers on a spiritual level and can beckon them from far distances. Normally itll be an awkward chill that runs up the spin, or a sudden feeling of unexplained joy. When a messenger is released to retire back to solely clan duties they will secretly seek out their next chosen predecessor and only mouth a few hints as to where they need to go to meet their gatekeeper.

Senior Warrior
Senior warriors are the next rank up from warrior. They are usually closer to the leader/deputy and are more frequently chosen to do more important tasks. Age matters in this situation and senior warriors are mainly warriors who have been alive for a long time, but are not yet old enough to become an elder.
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Warriors
Warriors are the general rank of the cats in a Clan. They are given tasks mainly by the leader or deputy, and sometimes the medicine cat. They hunt, fight, and patrol and are now full-grown cats.
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Medicine Cat Apprentice
Medicine cat apprentices are regarded in basically the same manner as other apprentices, except, when the time calls, they can be talked to like they were a full medicine cat.
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Apprentice
Apprentices are the next rank up from kits, and range from 6 moons old to about 1 year old. Apprentices have a higher status than kits, but once again can be scolded by almost anyone. But now, as an older cat they are expected to be able to do tasks for the elders and other warriors who need things done.
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Kit
The kit has basically no power at all in the Clan, which makes sense, because kits are only from 0-6 moons old. Anyone can scold a kit, but it is considered impolite to do so unless you are a leader, the kit's mother, or the medicine cat. Kits stay in the nursery with the other queens and kits until they are 6 moons old.
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Full Queen
Description can be seen below. Their main job would just be caring for kittens left by their mothers after no matter the age, taking in abandoned kits, helping deliver other kits. Full time Queens will occasionally give birth to a litter if clan life becomes rough.

Queen
Queens are she-cats expecting or nursing kits. Full-time queens are almost always in the nursery and they take care of other she-cats kits, if the mother does not wish to stay in the nursery. Queens are rarely assigned warrior duties, unless they choose to be given them. Only in the most desperate times will queens have to defend the Clan, and usually warriors from other Clans do not attack them unless necessary.
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Elder
The retired cats of the clan, those who have served valiantly and well who deserve a much needed rest as they age.