The Crystal Codex
AKA the Warrior Code, but with slight changes
1.: Defend all the Clans, even with your life. Your first loyalty is to your Clan, but all cats who follow the Codex are your allies. Each Clan must ensure that no other Clan falls.
2.: Nevertheless, each Clan is proud and independent, with traditions that must always be respected.
3.: Your own Clan must be your first priority, but you are allowed to have friends or a mate in another Clan. Cross-Clan relationships must be respected, and the kits born from these have the right to choose a Clan to live in once they reach warriorhood.
4.: Elders, queens, sick or injured cats 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.
5.: Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to CrystalClan for its life. Anyone who is caught wasting prey will face severe consequences.
6.: No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.
7.: A kit must be atleast 6 moons old to become an apprentice.
8.: The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires, or is exiled.
9.: After the death, retirement, promotion (to a leader status), or exile of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
10.: The leader's word is law, unless it endangers the safety or independence of their Clan. In this case, the Clan is allowed to rise up against their leader, and demand CrystalClan to take back their remaining lives.
11.: A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
12.: Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.
13.: Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Trespassing cats must be cautiously escorted until they leave territory.
14.: An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win their battles, unless they are outside the code, or it is necessary for self-defense.
15.: Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night.
16.: A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.
