Mossclan & Galeclan; OOC & Discussion

Final rule prep for the deputy stuff incoming.
Just tagging everyone in both clans to make this easier on my poor poor soul; lunapaw🐾 Hawkeyes258 daydreams 🐦silvermoon2🐦 blu Dawnrise Junospower bluewonder Icyturtles Jademist t1nkdraws

I want to have the general set up prepared so we can like, get all that sorted IC post-gathering and after that I'll be giving everyone some time to kick back and just vibe rp wise before we move onto more plot heavy stuff. Want to have somewhat relaxing down periods so everyone doesn't get exhausted and burnt out and their characters can just do stuff and deal with everything thats already happened, haha.

The rules for submitting a character have, as mentioned before, been cut down further. Primarily because you've all been doing really swell about your IC content with characters and all, so I don't want to treat ya'll like I have to hold your hands when it's been proven you guys are very capable of policing yourselves.

Regardless of roles you currently play (even Leaders and Deputies) you may freely submit 1-2 character you have that fits the deputy selection rules listed below. If by some chance it comes to a situation where the same roleplayer is in a position to take both leader positions, I'll step in to deal with that, but I'm not too worried about it at this time due to the sheer unlikelihood of it. Just be aware that activity is a heavy requirement for high-ranking positions for obvious reasons, so if you don't feel like you can be around a few times a week, if only to make sure nobody is actively waiting around for the leader or deputy, then don't feel bad about standing to the side on this one.

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Due to the rampant illness of the past Leafbare that claimed Toadstar's last life, this most recent leafbare, and the predator activity increasing in Mossclan, there are far fewer older warriors than normally available. This has led to a shocking decision from Stormstar and the Medicine Cat's to carry on with temporary adjustments that have been passed down in the case of emergency by their ancestors.
Until a time such as the clan grows rich with the wisdom of senior warriors, Mossclan will have adjusted rules to the selection of deputies;

• Must be 20 Moons or Older.
• Must have mentored or are currently Mentoring an apprentice (due to the lower ages, younger warriors might not have fully mentored an apprentice after all so being in the process will ultimately be acceptable).

Those currently within the Deputy Selection Pool include (will be updated as people provide characters):
Nightlark, Willowbreeze

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Galeclan, blessed with much wisdom among their senior warriors despite the harshness of leafbare, will continue to follow the normal Deputy Selection rules;

• Must be 30 Moons or Older.
• Must have mentored an Apprentice, It can just be implied that the character has mentored someone in the past (but try to work out an apprentice among active cats eventually).

Those currently within the Deputy Selection Pool include(will be updated as people provide characters):
Birchheart, Wisteriaflower, Shadowstep (If anyone votes for this man, I demand a ten page essay on WHY  )

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Additional note, By the time of the deputy process, a few apprentices will be assigned due to aging up a moon, these include; Spiderpaw, Alligatorpaw, Albatrosspaw, and Firepaw who will all be 8 Moons. I have sorted out most of them based on what I think would be the most ideal (even Spiderpaw should Icyturtles return) but I am open to adjusting for the sake of providing apprentices to people who would like to put a cat in the deputy position that otherwise might not be able, although my main goal will ultimately be good storytelling and interesting roleplaying between roleplayers.
Additionally, since a lot of apprentices don't mention a rank they want to be, I took a gamble on imposing a subrank on them.
I say this to let you all know I have some apprentices set BUT people can ask me to give their characters another rank if they feel my judgement didn't fit their ideal.

I will also provide a simple reasoning behind each in case that might be of interest;

Spiderpaw; Fighter, Maplesplash
Maplesplash is young and inexperienced but could use the chance to not only prove himself to others but to himself as well (given his uncertainties in the clan). Additionally, his bright disposition could be an interesting counter to the gruff nature of the apprentice.
Alligatorpaw; Fighter, Nightlark
Nightlark is an experienced warrior with a good temperament that might have a positive effect in tempering Alligatorpaw's brazen nature while also nurturing her confidence. This could also make for an interesting challenge for Nightlark as well.
Albatrosspaw; Tracker, Foxtail
Both cats share a quick wit and could be a very entertaining duo between Foxtail's sly nature and Albatrosspaw's eye for detail and recognition of deceit.

Firepaw is also an available apprentice in Galeclan, and will probably be a Fighter Rank, but to some irony I haven't actually settled on a mentor yet. So, If you have a fighter that would like to mentor him, let me know, otherwise I'll figure something out eventually. Sometimes I am but a lazy bean. 

And again, if anyone has reservations against these ideas, let me know and I'll see what I can do about adjusting things 

I would love to nominate Haretooth for deputy of Galeclan jkjk

Thorneyes honestly probably wouldn't make a bad deputy, but I could see him not even wanting the role and being far too 'anything goes'/pushover... which might would be an interesting deputy to have. But unless his character changes through RP, I think right now he wouldn't even want the role and be like a deer in the headlights.

Palewhisker would FOR SURE want to be deputy, but I would like to make her struggle for a higher position a little bit longer before she gets one... if she ever does. But if we ever recast the stones in the future, I think either of them could be interesting to see... with Thorneyes a reluctant deputy or Palewhisker an over-eager one.

Also, I would love to give my cats some apprentices soon and would be more than excited to have Palewhisker take Firepaw on, if you chose that. BUTTTTT I also can see their personalities being way too similar lol. They both are apparently pretty 'by the book' and 'eager to prove themselves'... Palewhisker might would be jealous of her own apprentice if that happened! So I'm also cool with waiting and giving her an apprentice that changes things up a bit. I really don't know, lol. I guess I'm just saying, either way, I'm chill.

Orite, btw guys, I've updated subpages since some broke and others weren't, ya know, done LOL
We've got proper locations for the gathering, Shimmering caverns, still the border, and a twoleg place specific to non-clan cat shenanigans and.. ya know.. a place where the rogue group can exist when they arent horribly murdering our friends

Gonna fix the relationship legacy a smidge to better represent mates vs just two cats who had babies lmao
Also might consider opening 1-2 perm queen positions in each clan instead of just having random queen npcs. Very small details but something I figure I might mention before I've gotten it all sorted. If I do that, people who currently have female cats they might have rather been perm-queens will get first dibs over new cats and I'll adjust any apprentices they might have had (Or simply make them perm queens after this last apprentice if they'd rather).

I'm always happy to let folks play out their ideas

Depending on how long the current plot goes on, there's a good chance you'll have an opportunity to join in and incorporate Rock's death, in the age range you specified, that way too if you want. Trying to keep a good balance of fast enough to keep everyone interested but slow enough to give people time to do things and relax between large events so I don't imagine the whole plot being concluded within the first few months.

Havent decided for sure, But I'm thinking probably posting the respective version on the clan pages so everyone's more likely to see it for faster voting. It'd be cleaner here but ultimately the better idea is to assure everyone is able to quickly and easily respond to it.

Phew, okay, after deciding to prepare some Predator roleplaying stuff in the future, we have small "forms" on the joining page for people who want to roleplay said predators.
I say forms but it's pretty much just your username and the predators you are down to claim, and more a formality so I can list interested parties for everyone's benefit. Not intending for any fleshed-out predator characters rn (Though maybe someday that could be an interesting plot lol)

Oh, and Perm-queen/kit-mothers have been added retroactively

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Also, I'm going to check some activity and I might reassign some apprentices -- usually activity is no biggy but I don't want Apprentice characters just never roleplayed because the person roleplaying their mentor has gone awaul.

Depending on how the plot goes Greystar is going to end up slapping someone cause they won't do what he says lol

Permission granted LOL

Quick question: How do you envision the rogue group? Are they friendly to one another/consider each other family or is it just a group of different cats banded together cause the leader promised them a better life? Or is it just whatever we make of it?

 Basically whatever you guys make of it, the leader is more blood-thirsty vengeance seeking in thought -- seeing as how he wants vengeance against the clans. But the rest of the group is really just a bunch of folks with their own motives. Some likely see each other as family in some regards or just have reasons for loyalties, while others might be there for promised of a safe home, and other motives are just as valid

Lionfang is a part of the group initially due to exiled Mossclan loyalties to the exile thats actually leading the group which is the only reason he's stuck around because he's just not the cat he used to be and doesnt really vibe with the whole mass clan destruction thing. But for the rest of the group I basically want to leave it to everyone else to decide/build them as they feel would be interesting so ultimately cats with differing ideals and motives are encouraged. 

Primarily since the ultimate end goal is for this to result in the formation of the third and final clan I'll be hosting as part of this group of clans. Kind of a fun little experiment in which what "rogues" are willing to denounce the rogue leader are able to build a clan from the ground up.

If you're cool with plotting here, then that's cool! I was just worried about clogging up the thread

Well definitely whatever you have in mind will lead to much needed revision/changes to Crow's backstory haha