#railclan

Finding a home is hard in the wasteland, and you find yourself looking for one for longer than you could’ve ever imagined. These lands are harsh, unforgiving, dangerous, and dangerous beasts can even be found within the peaceful Forest region. During your travels, you run across a patrol of cats. On your guard, but already backed into a corner, you prepare for a fight as you have many times before.

But, despite you being a new face, these cats claim to mean to harm. They introduce themselves as cats of Railclan, peaceful felines who live alongside many loners, housecats and even humans. Upon finding out you’re all on your own, they invite you to their camp. And, perhaps, a part of their ranks. Reluctantly, but tempted, you take the offer.

Their camp is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Cats walk freely between the stalled trains, chatting with each other without a care in the world. There are all kinds of cats here, some even sporting collars, but almost all of them wave a friendly greeting at you with their right paw. These cats seem friendly, and as you’re offered something to eat in their warm camp, you notice they have more supplies in their camp alone than you’ve ever seen before. It looks like you got lucky here.

Will you stay?

After a month of preparations, Railclan applications are officially open! Adoptables will run from November 18th til December 2nd, and oc applications will run from November 18th til December 9th. Those who apply may apply for both an adoptable and an oc! Your oc may come from any background, whether it be a former loner who can’t let go of their old name, a housecat who visits at day and sleeps with their humans at night, or a cat from Mireclan or Radiumclan who decided to live life elsewhere, or were born into the clan itself...All cats are welcome in Railclan

We are hoping to accept around 12 OCs alongside the 3 adoptables! Before applying, make sure to read our rules and all of the documents related to the roleplay. You can find more information about Railclan here! Adoptable information can be found here.

Apply for adoptables here!

Every clan needs a deputy! And for Railclan, that deputy is Highnoon!

Highnoon is a kind soul, if a bit neurotic. Some days, he even gets startled by his own shadow. His constant background level of anxiety has earned him the "fastest claws in the west", and his reflexes are no trifling matter. Perhaps this is how he has earned his place as the RailClan deputy. His favorite passtime is growing his beautiful bottlecap collection. If you befriend him, you might even get a glimpse of it. His motto: "Be rootin', be shootin', but most of all be kind."  

Highnoon is played by Mod Regis.

Mechanics play an important role within Railclan. They are cats with extensive knowledge of machinery and how to fix and make it, keeping the culture of the clan alive. Although these mechanics can not create machinery as impressive as humans can, they can still get more complicated machinery working and create small machinery such as working buttons, simple lights, and similar objects.

Railclan will try to have three mechanics at all times, and should that number fall below that, they will take on an apprentice. Apprentices are trained by all mechanics available, and will continue learning until they become mechanics themselves. Mechanic apprentices will remain apprentices until both their mentors deem them to be ready to become a full mechanic, and until the number of mechanics falls below three. This means that if there are three mechanics, the apprentice will remain an apprentice until a mechanic steps down or passes away. To be a mechanic, having thumbs is important. Due to the delicate ways these mechanics need to treat the machinery, being able to hold objects is incredibly useful. A cat without polydactylism can still become a mechanic, but may have a much harder time than a cat that possesses thumbs.

We’re down to the last one of our adoptables! Meet Banjomelon!

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Banjomelon used to be a kittypet from a nearby human settlement. Born as Banjo, they were always wandering around and trying to make friends, including with the Railclan cats. It was around then that Banjomelon grew close with Cornticker, a Railclan warrior. The two were inseparable, until Cornticker was mysteriously killed during a solo hunt out in the territory. In her honor, Banjomelon decided to officially join Railclan and help them out while they all processed the loss of their friend and fellow warrior. Banjomelon still visits the human settlement from time to time, but is now mostly found within Railclan, trying to help out.  

See the adoptables document for more information.

Only 19 hours left until Railclan applications close!

Railclan applications will only be open for less than a full day, so get those applications in! We’ll be closing the application form at 6am EST on the 10th, so make sure you get your applications in before that time.

We’re all very excited to meet the new members, and so are Littlesteam and Hawkpaw! The two of them are patrolling the Railways spread out across their territory while it’s still calm and quiet, although Hawkpaw doesn’t look very excited to be out there with his mentor... More information on the Railclan opening can be found here.

Thumbs are just an every day mutation for the average Railclan cats. Almost every cat who has had some Railclan generations before them has been gifted with thumbs, caused by Polydactylism

Railclan cats use these thumbs for many reasons, often including the machinery around their camp or using human supplies in ways cats without thumbs wouldn’t be able to. With how many human objects and buildings they are surrounded with, cats with thumbs will have a much easier time thriving in Railclan.

Railclan cats are very expressive with their paws, and it’s not rare to see them emoting with them while speaking. While cats from other clans will point at things with their tail or nose, Railclan cats will almost always use their right front paw.

You spot a long shape out of the corner of your eye. Whirling around, you catch a pale cat peering out of a small burrow at you, eyes wide and wet, luminous in the sunlight; It seems anxious and a little uncertain, smiling nervously at you, wondering if you are friend or foe. ‘’Uh, hello?’’ It waves a paw at you, worm-like tail coiling around its hindlegs as it considers briefly fleeing back down into its burrow, unable to meet your eyes. ‘’W-would you mind…getting off our territory? No-no big deal, uh-’’ It giggles uncomfortably, ears drooping loosely against its head. ‘’Unless you’re here to join! Yeah, that’s totally cool! I-I can get Littlesteam for you and everything, uh-!’’ It begins to ramble, darting off into a confusing maze of machinery - that just the thought of following it makes your head spin. Uh, anyway- Telephonecall joined a few moons before the death of Ticksteam, after losing its parent. Since joining, it has become a well-fitting part of RailClan and cannot imagine being a loner again - it never did like all that traipsing around. Telephonecall can be found scurrying about with pieces of scrap metal and bringing them back to its burrow just outside RailClan’s camp - or claiming that the sky will fall someday. It misses Ticksteam greatly and cannot help but doubt Littlesteam’s ability to lead the clan, though it’s fine! It’s all fine! Things are great! Telephonecall does not want to make a fuss, no, no, don’t worry about it, guys! RailClan is great and nothing dangerous at all is lurking out there…gosh, Telephonecall wonders just what killed Ticksteam. Would you like to wonder along side Telephonecall?

Telephonecall is played by Mod Dino.