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Clan Positions
* Leader - the cat who leads the Clan; their names always end with -star; after a trip to the Moonstone or Moonpool, they receive their nine lives and name from StarClan. At least 30 moons.
* Deputy - the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader; the deputy is in charge of organizing patrols and hunting parties, and succeeds the leader after he/she loses all nine lives from battle or sickness. Has to of had an apprentice before becoming deputy. Around 24+ moons.
* Medicine cat - a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing; receives messages from StarClan and interprets them; stands outside the rivalries between the Clans; is not allowed to take a mate or have kits; sometimes, fully trained warriors can also become an apprentice of a medicine cat
* Warrior - a cat (tom or she-cat without kits) trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt, and fight for their Clan; they also are in charge of training apprentices to become warriors; a warrior may only have one apprentice at a time, although they may supervise the training of apprentices lacking mentors
* Queen - a she-cat expecting or nursing kits; they stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices and then return to their warrior duties
* Apprentice - a cat who, at six moons old, begins training to become a warrior or medicine cat; they train daily to practice battle and hunting skills, and also care for the elders; their names always end with -paw; they become warriors when their mentor and leader feel that they are ready. Apprentices become warriors at around 12 moons.
* Kit - a kitten, not yet old enough to be an apprentice (six moons old); they are not allowed to hunt or leave the camp, they do not normally leave the nursery, however, older kits are sometimes allowed to leave the nursery; their names always end with -kit
Note: Older kits are allowed out of camp only under maternal supervision
* Elder - a retired warrior, deputy, or medicine cat; apprentices care for the elders
Other Ranks (outside of the immediate Clan ranks)
* Prisoner - a cat that is captured by members of another Clan and held within that Clan until the leader decides what to do with them
* Loner - a cat that lives neither with a Clan or with humans, normally used for a friendly loner
* Kittypet - a cat that lives with their human owners (twolegs)
Clan Terms
* Kittypet - a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult
* Loner - a cat who is neither owned by humans or part of a Clan
* Rogue - another term for loner; used to describe hostile loners or cats exiled from their Clans
* Mouse-brain - an insult; stronger than stupid furball
* Mousedung - an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than foxdung
* Foxdung - an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
* Sharing tougues - term used to describe cats grooming each other
* Leaf-bare - the season of winter
* Newleaf - the season of spring
* Greenleaf - the season of summer
* Leaf-fall - the season of autumn
* Moon - a 28-day period (one full moon to another); a month
* Moonhigh - the point in time when the moon is highest in the sky; midnight
* Sunhigh - the point in time when the sun is highest in the sky; noon
* Fresh-kill - freshly caught prey
* Crowfood - rotting, dead prey; also used as an insult
* Gathering - a meeting that the Clans hold in peace in a certian place (Fourstone) when the moon is at its fullest
* (The) Skypoint - a place where medicine cats and leaders meet and share dreams with StarClan
* Silverpelt - the large swath of stars in the sky (the Milky Way); StarClan is represented by Silverpelt
* Thunderpath - a road, more specifically, a highway
* Monster - a human vehicle (cars, trucks, and other 4 wheeled transportation tools)
* Halfbridge - a dock
* Twoleg - a human
* Twoleg nest - a human house
* Twolegplace - a human town
* Greenleaf Twolegplace - a place where humans visit only in the summer (a resort, etc)
* Horseplace - a horse ranch or stables
* Cutter - a veterinarian, usually one specialized in spaying and neutering
* Kittenstep - less than an inch
* Tail-length - about the length of a cat's tail (a foot) (as in: a tail-length away)
* Fox-length - about the length of a fox; approximately a yard
Healing Herbs:
* Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
* Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
* Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
* Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
* Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
* Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
* Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
* Chervil (root) - used to treat infections
* Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
* Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
* Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
* Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
* Tansy - used to treat coughs
* Thyme - used to calm a cat
* Chamomile - used to calm a cat
* Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
* Chervil - used to treat bellyache
* Watermint - used to treat bellyache
* Daisy leaves - used to treat aching joints
* Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
* Ragwort leaves - used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
* Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
* Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
* Celandine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
* Snakeroot - used to counter poison
* Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
* Honey - used to treat sore throats
* Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
* Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Other Plants
* Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery, also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
* Deathberries (yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough (called night-seeds by the Tribe)
* Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
* Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value, poisonous like deathberries
*Broom - used in poultices for broken legs.
*Catchweed - used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
*Poision Ivy (leaves) - Used on cracked paw pads
Sickness
Greencough- a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, pus excreted from the eyes and mouth, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Best Treatment- Catmint and feverfew
Whitecough- a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing and white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature.This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
Best Treatment- Catmint
Blackcough- a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
Best Treatment- none
Chill- a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills.
Best Treament- Catmint
Cracked pads- a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
Best Treatment- Marigold and yarrow, and poppy seed if there is pain
Aching joints- basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
Best Treatment- anything that cures pain, specifically: Daisy, Goldenrod and Ragwort Leaves
* Leader - the cat who leads the Clan; their names always end with -star; after a trip to the Moonstone or Moonpool, they receive their nine lives and name from StarClan. At least 30 moons.
* Deputy - the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader; the deputy is in charge of organizing patrols and hunting parties, and succeeds the leader after he/she loses all nine lives from battle or sickness. Has to of had an apprentice before becoming deputy. Around 24+ moons.
* Medicine cat - a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing; receives messages from StarClan and interprets them; stands outside the rivalries between the Clans; is not allowed to take a mate or have kits; sometimes, fully trained warriors can also become an apprentice of a medicine cat
* Warrior - a cat (tom or she-cat without kits) trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt, and fight for their Clan; they also are in charge of training apprentices to become warriors; a warrior may only have one apprentice at a time, although they may supervise the training of apprentices lacking mentors
* Queen - a she-cat expecting or nursing kits; they stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices and then return to their warrior duties
* Apprentice - a cat who, at six moons old, begins training to become a warrior or medicine cat; they train daily to practice battle and hunting skills, and also care for the elders; their names always end with -paw; they become warriors when their mentor and leader feel that they are ready. Apprentices become warriors at around 12 moons.
* Kit - a kitten, not yet old enough to be an apprentice (six moons old); they are not allowed to hunt or leave the camp, they do not normally leave the nursery, however, older kits are sometimes allowed to leave the nursery; their names always end with -kit
Note: Older kits are allowed out of camp only under maternal supervision
* Elder - a retired warrior, deputy, or medicine cat; apprentices care for the elders
Other Ranks (outside of the immediate Clan ranks)
* Prisoner - a cat that is captured by members of another Clan and held within that Clan until the leader decides what to do with them
* Loner - a cat that lives neither with a Clan or with humans, normally used for a friendly loner
* Kittypet - a cat that lives with their human owners (twolegs)
Clan Terms
* Kittypet - a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult
* Loner - a cat who is neither owned by humans or part of a Clan
* Rogue - another term for loner; used to describe hostile loners or cats exiled from their Clans
* Mouse-brain - an insult; stronger than stupid furball
* Mousedung - an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than foxdung
* Foxdung - an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
* Sharing tougues - term used to describe cats grooming each other
* Leaf-bare - the season of winter
* Newleaf - the season of spring
* Greenleaf - the season of summer
* Leaf-fall - the season of autumn
* Moon - a 28-day period (one full moon to another); a month
* Moonhigh - the point in time when the moon is highest in the sky; midnight
* Sunhigh - the point in time when the sun is highest in the sky; noon
* Fresh-kill - freshly caught prey
* Crowfood - rotting, dead prey; also used as an insult
* Gathering - a meeting that the Clans hold in peace in a certian place (Fourstone) when the moon is at its fullest
* (The) Skypoint - a place where medicine cats and leaders meet and share dreams with StarClan
* Silverpelt - the large swath of stars in the sky (the Milky Way); StarClan is represented by Silverpelt
* Thunderpath - a road, more specifically, a highway
* Monster - a human vehicle (cars, trucks, and other 4 wheeled transportation tools)
* Halfbridge - a dock
* Twoleg - a human
* Twoleg nest - a human house
* Twolegplace - a human town
* Greenleaf Twolegplace - a place where humans visit only in the summer (a resort, etc)
* Horseplace - a horse ranch or stables
* Cutter - a veterinarian, usually one specialized in spaying and neutering
* Kittenstep - less than an inch
* Tail-length - about the length of a cat's tail (a foot) (as in: a tail-length away)
* Fox-length - about the length of a fox; approximately a yard
Healing Herbs:
* Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
* Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
* Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
* Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
* Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
* Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
* Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
* Chervil (root) - used to treat infections
* Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
* Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
* Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
* Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
* Tansy - used to treat coughs
* Thyme - used to calm a cat
* Chamomile - used to calm a cat
* Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
* Chervil - used to treat bellyache
* Watermint - used to treat bellyache
* Daisy leaves - used to treat aching joints
* Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
* Ragwort leaves - used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
* Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
* Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
* Celandine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
* Snakeroot - used to counter poison
* Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
* Honey - used to treat sore throats
* Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
* Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Other Plants
* Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery, also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
* Deathberries (yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough (called night-seeds by the Tribe)
* Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
* Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value, poisonous like deathberries
*Broom - used in poultices for broken legs.
*Catchweed - used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
*Poision Ivy (leaves) - Used on cracked paw pads
Sickness
Greencough- a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, pus excreted from the eyes and mouth, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Best Treatment- Catmint and feverfew
Whitecough- a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing and white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature.This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
Best Treatment- Catmint
Blackcough- a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
Best Treatment- none
Chill- a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills.
Best Treament- Catmint
Cracked pads- a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
Best Treatment- Marigold and yarrow, and poppy seed if there is pain
Aching joints- basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
Best Treatment- anything that cures pain, specifically: Daisy, Goldenrod and Ragwort Leaves
