History



=History of the Clans=

The Beginnings (Early 1800's)

 * Five loners were travelling together- Splash, Snow, Rusty, Petal, and Fox. They came to this territory, and decided to live here. They noticed that different cats lived in the five general areas, and decided that they would try to join them. Each cat was fond of a different area- Splash preferred the marshier territory, Snow the mountain, Petal the fields, Fox the dead forest, and Rusty the territory between the mountain and the marshes. The five split up, each joining the group of cats already living in their respective areas.


 * Each of the five soon rose to a leadership position within the groups. Conflict soon broke out, and Splash lead his group to be separate from the other four, moving deeper into the western forest. The four remaining groups decided to try and live in peace as separate Clans, named after the seasons: Snow founded WinterClan, Petal founded SummerClan, Fox founded AutumnClan, and Rusty founded SpringClan.


 * Years later, towards the end of their lives, Splash returned with his now smaller band of warriors. He pleaded to return, asking for his marshy territory back, which Petal had claimed. Seeing that the agile cats of SummerClan had no use of the boggy marshes, Petal gave it back, and Splash named his clan after himself- SplashClan. Each group was very small at this time, having only seven to ten cats.

The Storm Fronts (Mid 1880's - Now)

 * Sycamorestar was leader of SummerClan, and had recently appointed Daffodillegs as deputy, when it was custom to appoint your child. His son left the group to form The Storm Fronts, in an act of rebellion. This new group lived on the western border of SummerClan, and attacked the clan frequently. Occasionally help from AutumnClan or SpringClan was recruited to try and prevent the raids, but to no avail.


 * Sycamorestar was killed in one raid, and Daffodillegs became a leader, but didn't take on her full name, as she wasn't Sycamorestar's daughter. SummerClan and SplashClan joined up and attacked their camp from either side, driving the Storm Fronts farther west, and ending the raids and attacks.

FreeClan (Late 1880's - Early 2000's)

 * A few WinterClan warriors, Silverfish, Rockclaw, Twitenose, and Goosepelt, met up with a kittypet and a rogue, and formed their own clan, FreeClan, who shared borders with WinterClan to the east, and SplashClan to the north. They remained peaceful, and didn't regulate their border patrols. Soon the clans forgot about them, although several StreamClan and WinterClan warriors would double as FreeClan members, for the sake of being able to travel into different lands.

The Five Clans (Late 1800's - Mid 1900's)

 * Skypelt, Thunderfang, Riverfish, Windlegs, her mate, Gorsepelt, and Shadowwhisker all leave SpringClan. They travel about three hundred miles away from the original clans, to form their own, named after themselves: RiverClan, ThunderClan, ShadowClan, WindClan, and SkyClan. Several cats go to join them, although these new clans consist namely of cats from the new territories they chose.


 * Around the mid 1900's, starvation struck, and the five clans disbanded. A few cats came back to the other clans, but many struck up lives as loners, rogues, or kittypets.