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The Tribe of Ringing Stone was founded by a small cloister of cats who were forced to take shelter in a warren of abandoned mines when they attempted to cross the mountain pass and instead found themselves iced in. They never intended to stay for long, but while they were stuck over four moons waiting for the pass to thaw, they discovered something special: a certain shining ore vein in the mine's wall, ringing with a pure, perfect tone, which allowed a cat to harness magical powers. A cat simply has to hum the pitch (or, when trained, to hear the tone in their head) to call forth the magic, and modulating the note, intensity, or quality allows for control over different elements. Complex magics are woven by creating chords or trills. 


The cats of the Tribe are highly varied, as the road through the pass is fairly heavily travelled and brings the Tribe plenty of cats from both sides of the mountain range. The Tribe is welcoming of visitors, allowing any travelers from the West side of the range to shelter in their camp while they wait for the thaw; they also take in new members fairly frequently, though their hierarchy system prevents new members from learning how to control the elements until they have proven their loyalty to the Tribe.

Many cats in the Tribe of Ringing Stone have medium- to long-furred pelts with tufted paws. Those that can trace their ancestry back to the original cloister have tufted tails too, with a distinct white patch on their chest. Cats that have been wielding elemental magic in the Tribe for many seasons are notable for their distinct polychromatic eyes: having two or more distinct colors splitting their irises. Grey pelts are particularly common, but no color or pattern is exceptionally rare.


Elders hold the most power in the Tribe. Cats that retire are allowed to join their ranks, forming a council that makes all important choices by vote. One younger cat is ceremonially considered an elder, and is expected to be the voice for the younger generation. This cat must be between twenty and forty moons, and must be born within the Tribe (or adopted as a kitten). The council members are often called Voices, and Voice used as a title rank. The council as a group is known as the Harmonious Voice.

Below the elders are the Pure Melodies of Radiance, or Melodies for short. The Melodies serve as senior warriors, fully trusted within the Tribe. Melodies are not expected to hunt for the Tribe and are valued as defenders and teachers. Although most Melodies are indeed senior Tribe members, a cat must distinguish themselves in the Tribe before they are promoted to this rank and it is earned by their merit as a teacher, fighter, or magic wielder, not merely by seniority in the group.

Most of the Tribe members are the Echoed Tones, or Echos. These are cats that have proved themselves, completed training, and are entrusted with the secret of magic. The Echos are responsible for many of the day-to-day tasks in the Tribe, including hunting, foraging for herbs, or camp chores.

Below the Echos are the Whispers of Patient Eons. These are cats that, while having completed basic training, do not have access to the Tribe’s magic. This is where many of the adult wanderers that join the Tribe fit, and is a temporary position until one can prove they are able to be trusted with the Tribe’s secrets. Whispers are often given the worst of camp chores.

The last rank in the Tribe are the Tremors of Incipient Potential -- the Tribe’s apprentices. This includes young cats that are learning to hunt and fight, but also Whispers that have earned enough trust to begin learning magic. Any cat whose primary job is learning can be lumped in with the Tremors, including those that are switching roles or taking on a new and challenging element.

Any cat that knows herblore and healing can be considered a Healer: there is no specialized role for this, and most cats are taught the basics. Usually, one Melody passes down more specialized healing knowledge to a protegee, who, when they graduate, bypasses being an Echo straight to being a Melody themselves and practices Healing full time.

Nursery Queens are sometimes called Songs. The choice must be cleared by a unanimous vote of the Elders.


The only space the Tribe of Ringing Stone lays claim to and protects are the mines. Located in a protected valley about half-way up the mountainside, the mines only have one entrance: a massive arch of stone leading into the main chamber. Stone dens, built from sheets of stone and boulders, create smaller havens within the artificial cavern. Lightbulbs, once powered with electricity, are now vessels for fire magic, keeping the main cavern in eternal, soft light. A larger fire near the entrance keeps the place comfortably warm; it is the job of young Tribe members learning their magic to keep the fire burning. Both the entrance to the mines and the tunnel leading to the deep mines are always guarded. Only full members of the Tribe are allowed into the deep mines, as that is where the glowing ore and the secret of their elemental magic is hidden.

Because of the Tribe's access to magic, they don't feel particularly threatened by ordinary cats. The Tribe ranges far to hunt--why not, if some of them can fly?--and treat the entire mountain range as their hunting grounds. Members without magic are often limited to hunting the mountain valley, but even this space is large enough to support the group if needed. A tumbling stream of snowmelt dominates the middle of the valley, while the sides are shaded by hardy conifers and thick undergrowth. The soil is rich and productive.

The Tribe's valley sits on the middle of the slope on the Western side of the range. Above the valley, winding back and forth, is a pass that allows all creatures to cross the mountains to the other side. The pass does freeze over in the winter, making it nearly impossible to cross until mid-spring, when it thaws.



Meadow where Blue Butterflies Dance (Meadow) - A medium-furred dilute tortoiseshell molly with long whiskers and tufted paws. Her left eye is clouded and blind, covered by an old scar, but her right is a horizontal split between dark, forest green and warm amber. She excels with fire and heat magics.

First Snow of Early Leaf-bare (Snow) - A mostly white tom with some red tabby patches and a short but feathery tail. His eyes are completely white. He’s traded his sight for perfect recall of any past event he was present for and serves as the Tribe’s story-keeper.

Poise of Cut Rose Blossom (Rose) - A long-furred chocolate classic tabby she-cat. Her eyes are solid blue. An outsider to the Tribe, she spent her final hale seasons as a guest and eventually retired here, unwilling to leave. She never learned magic.

Chill Bite of New-leaf Gale (Gale) - A lithe, solid grey cat with a feathery tail. They have yellow eyes with broken violet rings around the iris. They serve as the Tribe’s honorary elder and speaker for the youth. They specialize in weather magics and have lots of power, but little control of their abilities.


Patient Ice that Cracks Mountains (Ice) - A solid, pale grey she-cat with white paws, ears and stomach. A long, jagged scar runs across her right flank and many smaller scars mar her pelt. Her left eye is entirely red with black flecks; her right eye is red on the bottom, with green and grey on the top and a single slice of bright gold cutting vertically through it all. The best fighter in the Tribe, she is in charge of security and organizing patrols and takes her job very seriously. She prefers earth magic, warping the stone and earth to give her the advantage in fights.

Keen Gaze of Soaring Eagle (Keen) - A grey tabby cat with sky blue eyes and a tufted tail. He has a narrow and agile build. He uses air magic exclusively and is one of the few cats that feels more comfortable flying than walking. They can even use their knowledge to take other cats into the air alongside them. A friendly and charismatic individual, Keen is the Tribe’s primary scout as well as their diplomat.

Blackberry - A small, solid black tom. His amber eyes have silvery flecks. A wandering Healer that joined the Tribe in his youth and is now the head Healer of the Tribe. He only rarely uses magic, instead preferring his own ability. He has been known to use anima magic in emergencies, altering his own body or his patient’s, an alteration that changes the soul itself. This magic is highly taboo, but so far nothing bad has come of it…

Sunset over Distant Mountain Range (Sunset) - A medium-furred chocolate-and-red calico molly with tufted paws. Her eyes are
mostly amber, with violet in the corners. Patient and intelligent, she is the primary teacher in the Tribe and oversees most of the Tremors’ training.

Fragrant Yew (Yew) - A black and white patched tom. His eyes are nearly pearlescent with how many colors swirl within. A master of magic, he’s dedicated his entire life to learning and experimenting with as many aspects of magic he can get his paws on. He is addicted to his experiments and will do anything for knowledge.


Gorsemoon - A fawn tom with a darker stripe down his back and long claws. His eyes are grey with patches of dark blue and flecks of silver. A former Clan cat from across the mountain ranges. He specializes in water magic with a dabbling in light magic.

Pheasant Hidden in Long Grass (Pheasant) - A ginger spotted tabby tom. His yellow eyes have vibrant blue rings around the outsides. A sound magic specialist, he can mimic any noise perfectly.

Dark Raindrop on Stone (Raindrop) - A large blue-grey tom with a tufted tail. His eyes are mismatched: one yellow, the other pale pink.

Hiss of Flickering Spark (Spark) - A long-furred cream-and-white she-cat. Her white fur is covered in long, pale ginger markings, almost like a marbled tabby. Her eyes are orange and yellow with desaturated brown flecks. She loves flying, though she isn’t very good at it. She’s a natural with light magics… but doesn’t practice very often, knowing her sister, Light, is working very hard to make light magic her specialty.

Soft Light of Low Flame (Light) - A long-furred solid cream she-cat. Her dark eyes are flecked with lavender and some silver. She is working very hard to specialize in light magic, to honor her name.

Line of Soot over River Pebbles (Soot) - A medium-furred dilute cream-and-lilac torbie molly with tufted paws. Her eyes are yellow-green on the tops, with a desaturated, olive green on the bottoms. She specializes in growth magics and aims to be the next head healer.

Sandy Bank of Frozen Stream (Stream) - A grey rosetted tabby tom with white paws. His eyes are blue and red, both dark and desaturated, bisecting his eyes in perfect halves: his left horizontally and his right vertically. He specializes in both fire and water magics.

A Dream of Calm Ocean Waves (Dream) - A blue and cream tortoiseshell molly with long fur. She has a white tail-tip and front socks. Her right eye is solid amber while her left is green and grey with red flecks. She specializes in long distance magics, able to see, hear or affect things at a range so long as she sets up a link beforehand and knows the affected space very well. She was once an outsider to the Tribe.

Smudge of Cloud in Clear Skies (Cloud) - A small, pale grey cat with white dapples. They have medium-length fur and large, tufted ears along with the tufted tail. Their eyes are warm amber with chestnut brown slices radiating outward like sunbursts. They are usually very still, like stone. They mostly use growth magic and enjoy trying to communicate with trees.

Large Boulder Perched upon Clifftops (Boulder) - A massive grey tabby tom. His eyes are stunningly lavender, with only a single orange spot in the right iris. He rarely uses magic, but does like to use air magic to help him bound up cliffsides with ease.

Ripple of Leaping Fish (Ripple) - A lithe grey she-cat with long, drooping whiskers and tufted paws and tail. Her eyes are a mix of many dappled greens--from emeralds to olives, fern to mossy. She uses water magic almost exclusively and is hesitant to branch out further.


Yarn - A thin, pale ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes and a bright blue collar. Lox’s daughter and once a kittypet.

Socks - A thin, white tom with some ginger dapples, grey eyes and a bright blue collar. Lox’s son and once a kittypet.

Turtle that Basks on Warm Stone (Turtle) - A medium-furred black molly with ginger markings on her face and paws and a tufted tail. She has blue eyes with blue-green flecks.

Fallen Pine Needles under Paws (Pine) - A very dark grey tom with white paws and amber eyes.

Golden Leaf under Birch (Leaf) - A ginger cat with amber eyes.


Brilliant Sunray that Breaks the Clouds (Sunray) - A grey-and-cream dilute tortoiseshell molly. She has blue eyes with flecks of amber. A Tribe cat that, as a Tremor, stole magic before she was granted permission. She has been working many moons to regain the Tribe’s trust.

Lox - A bright ginger tabby tom with grey eyes and a bright blue collar. Once a kittypet, but fled with two of his kits after his owners began to starve them.

Wheatpaw - A white-and-fawn dappled she-cat with amber eyes. Once a Clan cat from across the mountains. She and her brother, Mothpaw, have been with the Tribe for almost a season cycle and while they finished their training in the Tribe, still haven’t decided if they wish to join fully.

Mothpaw - A fawn spotted tabby tom with amber eyes. Once a Clan cat from across the mountains.


Gravel Patch among Scattered Stones (Gravel) - A dark grey molly with lighter marbled tabby markings. Her eyes are swirled with many shades of grey and speckled with shining silver. An older cat that has mothered many litters; now a nursery queen that refuses to join the Voices so long as there are queens in the nursery.

Solitary Violet in Field of Daisies (Violet) - A chocolate molly with a darker stripe down her spine. She has lilac eyes with paler, lavender rings. Expecting Pheasant’s kits.


Pookie - A black, red, and white molly with amber eyes. Her calico patches are patterned with ticked tabby markings.

Sparrow - A cinnamon-and-white classic tabby molly with blue eyes. Mother of Chicadee.

Chickadee - A black-and-white tom with blue eyes.

Running Deer - A chocolate tom with a lighter stripe down his spine and grey eyes.

Zee - A silver smoke tom with yellow eyes.

Sacramento - A fawn and chocolate chimera cat with one green eye and one blue eye.