So this is a thing now? *RoF Spoilers*

I guess that would make sense, but being biased will probably come later, anyway...for example, if he spends most of his time in SkyClan (and probably will), he may subconsciously become biased toward them. To prevent this, will he spend considerable time between each Clan for moons on end, or what? There are reasons why medicine cats can travel freely between Clans and are protected by law, so will he have the same protection? If he doesn't spend time with each Clan often, will a cat be chosen from each Clan to be the mediator? Will they gather, like MCs do at the Moonpool, when problems occur and bring rationality forward? If each Clan has one mediator, how will they ensure they don't become biased? Living with their Clan will almost certainly create that regardless. MCs were already being used to calm cats, but I guess I'm drawing back to the first few arcs, when Cinderpelt and Yellowfang (even with her sharp tongue) soothed their Clanmates when they were anxious. Leafpool did that often, too, like during Eclipse after the huge multi-Clan battle. One time that comes to mind is ThunderClan panicking after Bluestar declared war on StarClan/said StarClan had turned their backs on them. When Firestar gathered the terrified Clan for a meeting, he looked to Cinderpelt, who reassured them and told them that she had had no signs about any such thing, and everyone visibly calmed down. The Clans listen to the MC seemingly above all else. Where will the mediator's rank fall -- below MCs, above them, or what?

When fights broke out during the full moon, MCs were almost always the one to break it up, while the leaders reinforced the MCs' warning to break up to return to their camps or stop fighting. Barring that, they were always the voice of reason until OOTS, when their dumb ancestors pitted them against one another. No matter how stupid the Clan leaders are in this arc, though, we saw in Willowshine's bonus scene from ROF, Alderheart's repeated actions from various occasions, Kestrelflight's defiance against Onestar, and Mothwing sneaking into ShadowClan territory to check on her Clanmates, etc. that they won't let that happen again and they're still going to do what's right, with the help of the other MCs. Those were just a couple moons of fractured confusion in OOTS after decades of MCs standing together, so I sort of excused that brief time. And like I mentioned, Tree didn't want to fight/hunt/patrol, so what will he do in camp all day? Will he just sit around, waiting for an argument to break out between his Clanmates/the other Clans? I mean, MCs gather herbs during the day, check their stocks, heal cats, work on herbs' growth in the territory, train their apprentices, reapply poultices, go around rechecking wounds or pregnancies or kits, hurry to heal wounded cats out in the territory, travel if need be to deliver messages to the other Clans (and seen as a symbol of peace, opposed to warriors going into enemy territory, so maybe the mediator will do this...?), etc. So I always thought MCs had several jobs -- healing, communing with StarClan, and being above rivalries to tend to everyone, which seems to be what Tree will do.

I'm not trying to rag on you, by the way! I genuinely don't understand the logistics for his rank here.

But yeah, I think your last sentence is what happened ;p I was bummed to find yet another character with powers, and even then, I was slightly impressed with the ending. Seeing the aftermath now...not so much.