MadnessClan,Where mad cats belong.

How to call the clan:
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join underneath the **highrock** for a clan meeting"

Appointing a Deputy:
Leader: "I say these words before the body of **previous deputy**, so that his/her spirit may hear and approve my choice. **new deputy** will be the new deputy of **Clan name**."

Making Apprentices:
Leader: "By naming apprentices, we show that **Clan name** will survive and remain strong."
Leader: " From this moment on, until he/she has earned his/her Warrior Name, this Apprentice will be known as **kit name+paw**."
Leader: " **Mentor's name**, you are now ready to take on an apprentice. You will be mentor to **Apprentice's name**. ** Mentor's name**, you have shown yourself to be a warrior of ** Virtue #1 ** and ** Virtue #2 **. I'm sure you will pass on all you know to this apprentice."

New Mentor Ceremony
Leader: " I call upon my warrior ancestors to give this apprentice a new mentor. **Apprentice name**, you have lost your first mentor, so your new mentor will be **new mentor's name** "

Making Warriors:
Leader: **Mentors name**, are you satisfied that this apprentice is ready to become a warrior?"

Mentor: "Yes, she/he is ready"

Leader: "I (**Leader name**, leader of **clan name**) call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. He/she has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him/her to you as a warrior in his/her turn."
Leader: " **Apprentice name**, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?"
Apprentice: " I do "
Leader: " Then by the powers of Starclan I give you your warrior name. **Apprentice name**, from now on, you will be known as ** Warrior name**. ** Clan name** welcomes you as a full warrior."

Warriors to Elders:
Leader: " **Warrior name**, is it your wish to give up the name of warrior and go to join the elders?
New elder: 'it is'
Leader: " Your clan honors you and all the service you have given us. I call upon Starclan to give you many seasons of rest."

New Name:
Leader: "I call upon my warrior ancestors to take away the name of this cat. For it now longer stands for who she/he is. **Cat name**, from now on, you shall be known as **new name**.

Medicine Cat Apprentice:
Medicine Cat: **Apprentice name**, is it your wish to enter into the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?
Medicine Cat Apprentice: It is.
Medicine Cat: Then come forward
*Apprentice obliges*
Medicine Cat: Warriors of StarClan, I present to you this apprentice. She/he has chosen the path of a medicine cat. Grant her/him your wisdom and insight so that she/he may understand your ways and heal her/his Clan in accordance with your will. Now lay down next to the stone.

Medicine Cat:
Medicine Cat: I, **Med. cat **, medicine cat of **Clan name**, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She/he has trained hard to understand the way of a medicine cat, and with your help, she/he will serve his/her Clan for many moons. **Apprentice name**, do you promise to uphold the way of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan, and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?
Medicine Cat Apprentice: I do.
Medicine Cat: Then, by the powers of StarClan, I give you your true name as a medicine cat. **Apprentice name**, from this moment you shall be known as **New med. cat name**. StarClan honors your knowledge and certainty, and we welcome you as a full medicine cat of **Clan**.

1)Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.

2)Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory.

3)Elders, queens, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.

4)Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.

5)A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.

6)Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.

7)A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.

8)The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.

9)After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.

10)A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.

11)Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats.

12)No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.

13)The word of the Clan Leader is the warrior code.

14)An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his/her battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.

15)A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.

1. A medicine cat cannot take on a mate.

2. A medicine cat cannot have kits.

3. A medicine cat will never let personal feelings in the way of his or her duties.

4. Medicine cats are outside clan and clan rivalry.

5. A medicine cat may be trained in as a warrior befor a medicine cat, but a medicine cat cannot become a normal warrior.

6. Medicine cats are outside caln rivalry, but they still must learn basic fighting moves.

7. A medicine cat must be able to inturperet signs from StarClan.

8. Medicine cats cannot reject an injured cat.

9. A medicine cat must do everything in his or her power to save a sick or injured cat.

10. A medicine cat will give his or her life to save a cat.

Medicine Herb List (These are the good herbs)

Juniper berries: Used for bellyaches and coughs. Chew, swallow, and soon you'll be better. Horrible taste.

Broom: Good for broken legs and wounds. Chew into poultice and spit onto wound. Will sting.

Marigold leaves: Good for infected wounds. Chew into paste and spit onto the infected wound. Will sting.

Chervil root: Used for bellyaches. Eat.

Chervil leaves: Used for infected wounds and preventing infected wounds. Chew into paste and press the paste on the wound. It will sting.

Burdock root: Used for rat bites or other infected wounds. Press on wound. Will sting.

Alderbark: Used for toothaches. Eat.

Yarrow: Used to make cats vomit if eaten. Only give it to cats that ate something poisonous. Sometimes when cats are really sick yarrow is used to make the patient vomit out the sickness. That only works sometimes.

Feverfew: Helps chills, fevers, coughs, and headaches. Eat. Has bitter smell and taste.

Lavender: Helps chills, fevers, and coughs. Eat. Smells sweet.

Catnip(Catmint): Used for whitecough, greencough, or blackcough. Soft leaves with irrisistable smell and taste. Eat. Usually found around Twoleg nests, and in well protected spots in the wild. This herb is very hard to find in leaf-bare because the frosts usually kill it.

Goldenrod poultice: Used for aching joints. Rub onto spot that aches.

Poppy seeds: One of the most basic remedies. Eases pain and soothes the heart. Eat, but not too much at a time. Poppy seeds also help you fall asleep.

Mousebile: The name says it all. It's a mouses bile. Press on ticks. Soon they'll drop off. Warning! Do NOT eat mousebile or you'll have that horrible taste in your mouth for days! To carry it around, put mouse bile in a big leaf and wrap up the leaf, and you can carry. Be sure to wash your paws when done. In a stream of course!!!!

Ragwort leaves and juniper berries poultice: Used for aching joints. Don't eat!!!

Chamomile: Eat. Used for soothing cats in ditress. Tastes good.

Traveling herbs: One type is to give you strength. The other is to help you from feeling hungry. Eat before going on a long journey. Tastes bitter.

Cobwebs: The most basic rememdy. Used to stop bleeding. Press and hold cobwebs on wound until bleeding stops.

Horsetail: Used for infected wounds. Apply horsetail juice on the wound. It will sting.

Coltsfoot: Helps with breathing. Eat.

Watermint: The best cure for bellyaches. Eat. Has a really good minty taste, you'll know when you eat it.

Comfery: Small dark green leaved plant that blooms white, purple, or pale yellow flowers. Used for healing injuries and broken bones quicker.

Celandine: Good for soothing irritated eyes. Eat. Small medium shaded leaves with yellow flowers.

Honey: Used to sooth throats after too much smoke inhalation. Mostly used on young kits. Has a sweet taste, and is easy to swallow.

Poisonous Plant Guide

Deathberries: One of these berries will kill any cat without medicine cat treatment right away. If a cat eats them(most likely a dopey kit), then scoop all the berry leftovers out of their mouth. Then force them to swallow yarrow. The victim will vomit out most of the poison, but not all of it. They will be very sick for the next few days. Has dark green leaves and scarlet berries. Otherwise known as 'yewberries'.

Nightshade: Has dark green leaves. There is three types of nightshade. Black nightshade is the most common. It has dark purple berries. Another kind has lighter red berries. Use yarrow as treatment just as deathberries.

Ragwort: Even though ragwort is used for medicinal uses, it is highly poisonous, as it often gets cows and horses very sick. Use yarrow right away. Juniper also helps afterward.

Stinging nettle: Only part of the plant is poisonous. The part that isn't poisonous is used for medicinal uses. This plant has sharp nettles that get snagged in your fur. If the nettles break the skin you will have a horrible itch for a few hours, maybe longer. Carefully remove nettles with teeth.

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