#loners

Sasha

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20/1480 (as of August 26th 2025)

I was going to give a plant fact, but the truth is that I don't know if we'll ever get to groups outside of the main ones like the Clans and Tribe(s). We might in SEs someday, but I cannot promise anything, simply because the future is uncertain.

What I can say, in terms of worldbuilding, is that almost every housecat understands the sound humans call them by as their human name, but they refer to themselves with a feline name by default. Just kind of a cat thing; no language could EVER compare to their own, after all.

At birth, most cats are given a name for their appearance, referencing something the queen already knows about that the kitten looks like. There are some cultures out there that go for different themes, or don't name the kittens at all until they reach a certain age, but the most common thing is referencing the kit's color, pattern or size.

That's not to say the kit will carry that name forever. Kittypets most often call themselves what their mother did even after growing up, but loners and other colonies regularly change their names for various purposes: to sound tougher, to mark themselves as a grownup, to honor a nickname a loved one gave them, etc. The list goes on. Not many cultures are as into the whole "naming" thing as the Clans are, but they're not the only ones to have ceremonies where a new name is bestowed to mark coming-of-age or an important event that must be honored.