Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26367323-20150529012624

I pitched this idea unofficially on chat and everyone seemed to like it, so here's a forum post so things can be added to the idea an whatever. I also don't remember much about the Ancients, so things may be slightly different in my rendition of them ^^;

So, I was basically thinking we could add a new group sometime in the future that feature ancient cats. I was thinking instead of three tribes, like what was featured in the books, we could only have one, large tribe. I'm also not sure if you guys are into the Early Settlers/Ancient tribe idea, but I plan on it being a large part of this post. It can be removed later on if there's a large uproar regarding it.

Before I explain anything else, I want to clearly state that the Ancients exist before the clans do, and we would RP them, technically, on the same timeline, but in a different part of the said timeline. So basically, any events in the Ancients RP, so matter when it is RPed, is chronologically located before any events in the clans, even if the RPers post them during the same time.

Ranks
Leaders - they act similarly to clan leaders, excluding the rule that the "leader's word is law," since the Ancients would prefer to Cast Stones for important decisions. Leaders also serve as healers/medicine cats, and have a strong connection to the afterlife.

Sharpclaws - same as warriors/prey-hunters + cave-guards - they fight off rogues and such, but often quarrel among themselves

Softpaws - same as apprentices/to-bes

Kit Mothers - same as queens

Kits -

Longwhiskers - same as elders

Traditions

 * The Ancestors - the afterlife of the Ancients. They are essentially the same as StarClan/Tribe of Endless Hunting, and the two afterlife groups actually originated from this one after the Ancient Tribe/Early Settlers left.  Leaders have the strongest connection to this group.


 * Sharpclaw Trial - I haven't planned this out yet, but it would be something similar to the tunnels in the actual series. It's much more dangerous than any warrior assessment ever was, and around 25% of the softpaws actually die while they complete it.


 * Casting Stones - the Ancients are essentially a representative democracy. Although the leader makes the majority of the decisions, large decisions are voted on by the whole clan (anyone who has graduated to the Sharpclaw rank).  New leaders are chosen this way as well.


 * Reincarnations/Duplicates - I kinda planned on this feature being similar to Dark Forest trainees, meaning that certain cats are actually chosen to go back in time and live as Ancient cats for brief moments within their dreams. The only difference is that these cats are actually reincarnated Ancient cats.  These duplicates can learn more about Ancient life and apply it to their own...somehow.  I imagined that cats who are reincarnations would only have on page (under their clan/tribe name, and their ancient-self would be a major subheading).

Territory
I imagined that the Ancients would live somewhere between the tribes and the clan territories. Since they would have no interactions with modern cats anyway, I don't think this section matters too much.

I planed on the Ancients being one large tribe, so they would take up quite a bit of area.

More Timeline Clarification
Again, the Ancients exist before the modern clans do. Although they eventually become the clans/tribes, this doesn't happen for a long time in their history, so people are free to RP as much as they want without this sense of "impending doom" about their posts.

Naming Issue?
They wouldn't call themselves the "Ancients" XD So I was wondering if anyone had a better name for them, assuming they would be approved?

Thank you! H y a l i t e    ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  01:26, May 29, 2015 (UTC) 