#tangleclan

Fawnstar and Fawnstar!

Artfight attack on @tangleclan with double the Fawnstar >:3

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none of them had a starclan, no. in fact, hemlockclan didn't believe in an afterlife at all!

in shoalclan, the new leader would swim out to the dark tides to prove themself worthy of nine lives. the dark tides are on the edge of the territory, and though the tides there are probably not strong enough for the average adult human to be in much trouble, they're fairly dangerous to a cat. most leaders drown here and end up with eight lives instead. willetwish, notably, did not do this- doing it would be admitting that everyone was dead and she was the only choice for leadership- but got nine lives anyways.

in hemlockclan, a deputy would become leader by proving they had nine lives. after the passing (or exile) of the previous leader, the deputy would consume some kind of poison, die, and come back to life. because of this tradition, the line of succession was way, way more important in hemlockclan than it is in the others. you can't just have all your cats dying trying to be leader, after all! after the leader came the deputy, then the oldest healer, then the next oldest healer, and so on.

in tangleclan, a new leader would spend a week underground becoming one with the earth. they chose a deputy before leaving, and spent all their time in the pitch dark with no real food to speak of. leaders would have to learn what they could eat and where they could drink. some starved during the week and most were irrevocably changed by the experience.

TANGLECLAN clangen

TangleClan's territory is an oak and birch forest filled with blackberry brambles, which gives the Clan their name.  They were regarded as sharp, prickly, and snappish, quick to interpret insults and become offended.