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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 8, 2018 19:37:09 GMT -5
So, I've noticed there are quite a few Clans that have kept the traditional hierarchy and everything. The territory is usually a forest, mountain, plain, wetland, island, etc.
As a huge fan of the fantasy genre, I'd really like to see a Clan with intieresting lore, a unique setting and definitely a hierarchy/belief system that differs from the books. Ooh, and magical abilities. Definitely magical abilities.
So far, I have maybe a rough idea of what I want; something star-based, perhaps? The Clan could be made of different families/houses that bear the name of a star-each family would have a matriarch, patriarch, etc. Abilities could include: - Spirit-walking (where one is able to shed their body, and their spirit and roam free, invisible to other mortals) - Celestial-summoning (the ability to call upon a celestial being, such as the Great Bear, or Ursa Major, for help in battle. Probably a bit OP for regular use, maybe only a very rare power?) - Prophecy (self-explanatory, gift of foresight) - Star-crafting (ability to collect starlight and produce a charm that, for example, allows you to breath underwater) - Moon-based teleportation (using the moon as a portal, one can go anywhere the moon is shining upon)
Haven't figured much out on the territory, but I was thinking maybe somewhere with high elevation? (So, they're closer to the stars and sky).
S p i r i t C l a n
Introduction Hierarchy Territory Power Descriptions History/Lore
Helpers: 🕷 A Scary Blue Diamond 🕷 ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ 𝕜𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕤𝕚
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 8, 2018 20:58:56 GMT -5
Bump.
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 9, 2018 15:59:46 GMT -5
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 9, 2018 16:20:14 GMT -5
Possible banner?
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 9, 2018 22:50:11 GMT -5
T H E H I E R A R C H Y In SpiritClan, there are multiple families, bearing the proud names of ancient constellations. These families are dubbed "Houses". Within each House, there are multiple Vessel Houses (lesser families) that will bear the name of a star within the constellation that shares the name of the House they serve.
The Monarchy: These are the ruling figures of the Clan, dubbed the "King" and "Queen". The Reigning Monarch is the one who holds the most power of the two, while the other title simply goes to their mate. (Ex. a female heiress may ascend to the title of "Queen", and their mate will the "King". In this case, the Queen will have more power than the King). Despite this gender-neutral sort of system, the most frequent Reigning Monarchs are the Kings. In SpiritClan, the ascension of power is completely decided by the preceding Reigning Monarch; it may not be the first-born kits of the royal family. Sadly, in most cases, if there's a son in the family, the daughter would never inherit the power. The current Reigning House is House Saptarishi. The Reigning House may be changed if the Reigning Monarch cannot produce a suitable heir/heiress, in which case, an heir/heiress will be selected from the pool of High Houses.
The Protectors:
The Crafters:
The Healers:
T H E R E I G N I N G H O U SE Saptarishi ("Ursa Major" in Hinduism) - "The Great Bear"
T H E H I G H H O U S E S Cygnus - "The Swan" Aquila - "The Eagle" Draco - "The Dragon" Grus - "The Crane" Hydra - "The Water Serpent"
T H E V E S S E L H O U S E S Cygnus: Deneb, Albireo Aquila: Altair, Serpentis Draco: Thuban Grus: Alnair, Dhanab Hydra: Alphard, Ukdah, Crateris
- Celestial-summoning: the ability to call upon a celestial being, such as the Great Bear, or Ursa Major, for help in battle. House: Saptarishi - Dream-catching (ability to turn a dream into a wicked nightmare, inducing the target into a trance-like state, unconscious of their surroundings for a period of time) House: Hydra - Spirit-walking (ability to shed one's body and walk to the Celestial Plains, where the celestial spirits reside, to hear their wisdom) House: Grus - Star-saving (ability to harbour starlight, moonlight and sunlight in their bodies, and channel the light into objects to be accessed by those whose abilities rely on light, also has the ability to convert sunlight into usable light for ability-fueling purposes)
House: Cygnus - Light-Traveller teleportation ()
House: Draco - Runic-writing (ability to write structured runes that are activated and maintained by starlight/moonlight, the runes are written in Star Speak, the runes enchant objects containing starlight/moonlight to a specific purpose, breathing underwater would be such an example) House: Aquila
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 10, 2018 10:08:02 GMT -5
Venom No, not at all! ^-^ Feel free to bounce ideas off of me.
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 10, 2018 18:27:07 GMT -5
T H E L A N G U A G E O F S T A R S
The language of stars is what their homeland is named in. Their ancient language is known as "Suttuvarossutpoqeakil" (this roughly translates to "star speak").
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 11, 2018 11:21:49 GMT -5
Well we need a plot, of course. I was thinking of like something happens to a star or like a family that causes the clan to go wild Oh? Like a rebellion of some sort? (The Vessel Houses could be tired of being treated like they're inferior to the High Houses). It could start with the assassination of respected member of High House, and then build up to the creation of a rival group?
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 12, 2018 21:33:27 GMT -5
Venom And, in return, the High Houses start to discriminate against the Vessel Houses, which leads to further agitation and a rift to form between them. To add more excitement to the mix, perhaps a High House could be aiding the Vessel Houses because they want to see House Saptarishi off the throne?[/font]
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Asexual
Raging Storm
ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ
this rock IS my fist
Pronouns: she/her or they/them
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Post by ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ on Nov 13, 2018 11:10:32 GMT -5
o woa, this actually sounds pretty darn cool! i'm all for helping to flesh out the clan!
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Post by ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » on Nov 13, 2018 13:30:52 GMT -5
this sounds very interesting and i would love to help!!
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 13, 2018 15:39:54 GMT -5
Venom ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ »You guys are all welcome to help! c: The more the merrier. Right now my main concern would be to finish up the ranks, any ideas y'all could pitch in would be great. :3
As for the plot, maybe House Grus? [If feel like they may pale in comparison to water serpents, dragons and the like, if you know what I mean. Swans on the other hand are known for their beauty and grace, while eagles are often a symbol of courage. The cranes seem to be just...there, if you know what I mean. xD]
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Post by ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » on Nov 13, 2018 15:57:58 GMT -5
I do fee like House Grus would be the most likely to be 'forgettable' because the crane isn't often seen as a powerful creature
maybe for ranks you could have one cat from each high house be part of an 'advisory council'
maybe for the head of each vessel house, you could have lord and lady, and for each high house duke and duchess? and their children would be considered 'the blood' possibly? perhaps the un-crowned son/daughter could be called 'the heir'?
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 13, 2018 16:22:39 GMT -5
ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » While I do like the idea of setting it up in a medieval fashion, I also want to be careful with the amount of high ranks we include. Lest, we have too many to fill up. A leader for each Vessel House seems a bit much, but I would like to include a council of some sort.
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Post by ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » on Nov 13, 2018 16:28:01 GMT -5
that makes sense! i'm glad you like the council idea as well. perhaps just heads of the high houses then, and the council?
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 13, 2018 17:07:34 GMT -5
ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » That could work. ^-^ I was thinking each High House could oversee a portion of the Clan. [Ex. House Hydra produces the most Protectors, thus the Duke/Duchess of House Hydra would be the leader of the Protectors, too].
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 15, 2018 15:30:15 GMT -5
Bumping this up because this ain't dead yet. Lol. I'm aiming to have the ranks all sorted out by tonight and maybe get the banner/intro done, too.
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 15, 2018 21:54:57 GMT -5
Venom S'alright. ^-^ I've ben pretty preoccupied with school, too. Things are looking a little slower for me this weekend though, so hopefully I'll have more time to work on the Clan.
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Asexual
Raging Storm
ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ
this rock IS my fist
Pronouns: she/her or they/them
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Post by ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ on Nov 16, 2018 7:44:38 GMT -5
I can always help with lore and worldbuilding~!
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 16, 2018 15:41:25 GMT -5
Venom Yes, yes. Of course. c: I actually quite enjoy the courses I'm currently taking.ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ That'd be awesome! We do need a belief system implanted. I was thinking SpiritClan could believe in a place called the "Celestial Plains" [don't mind the bland name; it's a work in progress, lol], where the celestial spirits like Ursa Major, Draco, etc. reside and where their ancestors' spirits go to join them after death, to continue serving the spirits. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. :3
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Post by ꮯꮋꮻꮯꮻꮮꭺꭲꭼ • ꮯꭹꭺ🇳ꮖꭰꭼ on Nov 17, 2018 13:20:58 GMT -5
Improved Banner?
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Post by ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ » on Nov 18, 2018 20:34:54 GMT -5
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Asexual
Raging Storm
ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ
this rock IS my fist
Pronouns: she/her or they/them
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Post by ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ on Nov 19, 2018 8:59:56 GMT -5
Venom Yes, yes. Of course. c: I actually quite enjoy the courses I'm currently taking.ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛʏ That'd be awesome! We do need a belief system implanted. I was thinking SpiritClan could believe in a place called the "Celestial Plains" [don't mind the bland name; it's a work in progress, lol], where the celestial spirits like Ursa Major, Draco, etc. reside and where their ancestors' spirits go to join them after death, to continue serving the spirits. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. :3 First off, sorry for my late reply! I haven't had much of a chance to get onsite until now. The name 'Celestial Plains' doesn't actually sound too bad to me, and the idea of a place where all the different spirits are is pretty cool. We could have a bunch of in depth stuff about where they came from and how they managed to become linked to the clan's world. Maybe even a few cats can become spirits themselves under some kind of special circumstances?
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