Warrior Basics

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Warrior Cat Code
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1. Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.
   
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory.
   
3. Elders, queens, 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. If any warrior or apprentice is sick or injured, they may eat while the elders, queens, and kits are eating.
   
4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.
   
5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.
   
6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.
   
7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.
   
8. The deputy will become Clan leader when the leader dies, retires or is exiled.
   
9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
   
10. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.
    
11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats.
    
12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.
    
13. The word of the Clan Leader is the warrior code.
    
14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his/her battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.
    
15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.
    
16. Each Clan has the right to be proud and independent, but in times of trouble they must forget their boundaries and fight side by side to protect the four. Each Clan must help the others so that no Clan will fall.[1]
    

Exceptions

• Cats on their way to the Moon Tree are allowed to cross other Clans' territories to get to their destination
  
• At the lake, cats may travel on other Clans' grounds as long as they are within two fox-lengths of the lake; for instance, to go to a Gathering.[8]
  
• Cats may travel on other Clan territories if they have something to report or ask for help.[9]
  
• The code is flexible about leadership challenges. Cats may challenge a weak or cruel leader if their Clan is in danger, and if their leadership threatens the Clan, the code expects a warrior to challenge their leader.[10]
  

Additional Rules

The following rules are not specifically stated in the warrior code, but are expected to be followed:
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• Medicine cats may not have a mate or kits.[11]
  
• Kits must stay in camp until they are apprenticed,[12] and are not allowed to hunt.[13]
  
• The safety of the Clan is more important than the safety of one cat.[14]
  
• Clans must not unite together to drive out another Clan.[15]
  
• Clans must not force another Clan to share territory.[16]
  
• Enemy patrols must not attack cats if they are on a mission all four Clans agree on.[17]
  
• Cats cannot eat when going to the Moon Tree to speak with StarClan.[source?]
  

 
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Warrior Cat Ceremonies
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General Terms

• Crowfood or crow-food – A dead prey animal that has begun to rot;[1] can also be used as an insult[2] (see below).
  

• Dirt - Feces.[5]

• Fresh-kill – A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption.[6] Fresh-kill is hunted by warriors and apprentices, and sometimes elders, and placed on the fresh-kill pile or brought to the elders.[7] Elders, kits, queens, and sick cats eat first, then warriors and apprentices. Extras stay in the fresh-kill pile.[8]

• Gathering – The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full
  

• Greenleaf Twolegplace – A place frequented by Twolegs during summer, such as a resort or camping spot near the lake.[11]

• Halfbridge – A boat dock;
  

• Hunting Patrol – A group of cats hunting for fresh-kill to bring back for their Clan to eat. May fight if there are trespassers.[14]

• Kittypet – A domesticated pet cat.[15]

• Loner – A cat that lives by itself and doesn't defend its territory.[16]

• Making dirt - Defecating.[15]

• Rogue – A usually hostile cat who does not have a permanent home, roams around, and does not care about crossing Clan boundaries.[23]
• Sharing tongues – Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip. A cat lies on the ground, talking, while the other grooms their fur, listening.[24]

• Sharptooth - A term used for larger cats like cougars.
  

• She-cat - A female cat.[28]
• She-kit - A female kit.
  

• Silverpelt – The large swath of stars in the sky[30] (believed to be the Milky Way). These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.[31]

• Silverthorn - Barbed wire.[32]

• Smooth boulder-thing - Twoleg ball.[33]

• Snowmelt - A term used to describe slush or dirty, melted snow.[34]

• Soft boulder - A pillow or cushion.[35]

• Sun-drown-place - An ocean to the west of the Clans' territories.[36]

• Tree-eater – A bulldozer.[37]

• Tom/tomcat - A male cat.[39]
• Tom-kit- a male kit.
  

• Twoleg – A human.[28]

• Twoleg kit – A human child.[40]

• Twoleg nest – A human's house.[41]

• Twolegplace – A town, city, or village where Twolegs live.
  

 


Time Terms

• Newleaf - The season of spring.[43]

• Greenleaf - The season of summer.[44]

• Leaf-fall - The season of autumn or fall.[45]

• Leaf-bare - The season of winter.[17]

• Moon - The time between one full moon and the next, spanning about 29 days, a month.[17][10]

• Moonhigh - When the moon is the highest in the sky; about midnight.[46]

• Moonrise - The time when the moon rises.[47]

• Half-moon - About two weeks, half a month.[48]

• Quarter-moon - About a week.[49]

• Sunhigh - The point during the day when the sun is highest in the sky; noon.[50]

• Sunrise - One day in cat time (i.e. One sunrise ago).[51]

• Season - A quarter of a year in cat time. Four seasons equal a year.[52]

• Heartbeat - A split second.[53]

• Claw-moon - When the moon resembles the shape of an unsheathed claw, equivalent to crescent moon.[54]

• Sundown - Dusk.[55]

• Sunup - Dawn.[55] However, Dawn is still used for example in the phrase "Dawn Patrol."
  

Distance Terms

• Fox-length - About the length of a fox; approximately a yard. (80 cm)[56]

• Kittenstep or kitstep - About the length of kit's step; approximately an inch or a half inch. (1.25-2.5 cm)[57]

• Tail-length - About the length of a cat's tail; approximately a foot. (30 cm)[58]

• Rabbit hop or rabbit length - About a foot and a half away. (45 cm)[59]

• Mouse-length - About two or three inches. (5-7.5 cm)[1]

• Pawstep - About the length of a grown cat's step, roughly six inches. (15 cm)[60]

• Tree-length - About the length of a tree; around 40 to 50 feet. (15 m)[61]

Insults, Exclamations, & Phrases

• As easy as swallowing a minnow - A phrase used to indicate easiness of the task.[62]

• As much use as a dead fox - A (harsh) insult, meaning the recipient is useless.[63]

• Bees in your brain - An exclamation meaning confusion or a cat not making sense. (i.e., You've got bees in your brain!)[64]

• Buzzardfood- Alternative of crowfood,
  

• Chickfeed- Alternative of crowfood,
  

• Crowfood - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to rotting prey animals (as in I'll turn you into crowfood!), or suggesting that they eat it (as in crowfood-eater).[2]

• (You're) crazier than a fox in a fit! - An insult used when a cat (or cats) are acting crazy. Another variation uses "madder" instead of "crazier."
  

• Doesn't matter a whisker/Doesn't catch so much as a whisker - An exclamation meaning the cat does not care, (i.e. it didn't matter a whisker that she didn't share their beliefs) similar to I don't give a mousetail. Or saying that a patrol didn't catch anything.[68]

• Doormouse - An expression or exclamation used against a cat who sleeps a lot.
  

• Drypaw - A cat that dislikes getting wet, usually used in Torrentclan
  

• Dungface- An (harsh) insult
  

• Like LionClan/TigerClan - An expression stating that a cat does something very fiercely or well.[72]

• Featherbrain - A term used by Wispclan cats, equivalent to mouse-brain.[73]

• Fishface, fishfur or fish-breath - An insult used against TorrentClan warriors,
  

• Flea-brain - A (friendly, yet harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.
  

• Foxbreath - An insult
  

• Fox-dung - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to fox feces. Also used as an exclamation.
  

• Fox-hearted - An insult meaning cruel, cold-hearted, or evil
  

• Frog-dung - Same as fox-dung, except it's often used in SilentClan.
  

• Furball - A (friendly, yet harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.[79]

• Fuzz-brain - A (friendly, but harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.
  

• Great StarClan! - An exclamation used to signify extreme surprise or anger. Similar to Oh my god! in usage and to the fact that they both have mention of a higher force.[81]

• Hare-dung - Used as an exclamation, similar to "mouse-dung". Somewhat like "Darn it!"
  

• When hedgehogs will fly - An exclamation style statement that shows disbelief that a certain event will likely occur (as in That will happen when hedgehogs fly), used in many variations. Somewhat like the human phrase, When pigs fly![83]

• How in Silverpelt? - An exclamation used meaning "How in the world?"
  

• I don't give a mousetail/They wouldn't give a mousetail - An exclamation meaning that the cat does not care. Another variation is I would ____ for a couple of mousetails meaning that they are willing to do the inserted action for no real reward. Can also mean that a cat would be stingy enough not to share a mousetail.[85]

• I'd have shredded you into mousedust! - to gravely injure, rip to shreds. Similar to mousemeat.
  

• In all the stars - an exclamation.
  

• It's better to scare away a mouse than welcome a badger - An old nursery saying that means that it's better to scare away a friendly cat than welcome a not-so-friendly cat.
  

• Make dirt - to use the bathroom, or the dirtplace in warrior terms.[88]

• May StarClan light your path/Banish all the fleas from your nest - A friendly term used to tell others they wish them well.[89]

• May the Sun warm your back and the fish leap into your paws- A blessing used in TorrentclanClan used to wish good dreams or, in some instances, to say farewell to a dead cat.[90]

• May you find good hunting, swift running, and shelter when you sleep- An ancient farewell used by all the Clans, to say goodbye to loved ones on their way to StarClan.[91]

• Minnow-brain - An insult that is friendly but harsh. A Torrentclan version of mouse-brain.
  

• Mouse-brain - A (friendly yet harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.[93]

• Mouse-dung - A (somewhat harsh) insult comparing the recipient to mouse feces. Also used as an exclamation (as in Mousedung! That can't be right!). Somewhat like "Darn it!"[94]

• Mouse-hearted - An insult that describes one who is cowardly.[95]

• Mousefodder - An insult describing that the cat is worthless or a kittypet.
  

• Once a kittypet, always a kittypet! - A harsh phrase used to describe a cat with kittypet roots.
  

• (Only) StarClan knows (what) - Sometimes used to answer a question that is impossible to answer. Similar to "Only god knows what," "Only god knows," and "god knows."[97]

• Pain in the tail - An insult meaning a cat is irritating or lazy.
  

• Scaredy-mouse! - A similar expression to scaredy-cat, but in cat terms.[99]

• Scaredy-sparrow - An expression also similar to scaredy-cat, in cat terms.[100]

• Snake-hearted, or Snake-heart- Similar to the term "fox-hearted,"
  

• Snake-tongue - An insult meaning cold or unfair; similar to "fox-hearted" or "snake-hearted",
  

• Sorry catches no prey or Sorry fills no bellies - Means cats can be sorry, but that will not change the past. [103]

• StarClan's kits! – An exclamation of surprise or disbelief. Sometimes used as an exclamation if a cat is hurt.
  

• Tabbies don't change their stripes - means that a cat doesn't change their nature. Equivalent to "a leopard can't change his spots."[105]

• What in StarClan's name?- A exclamation similar to "What on earth?" or "What in the world?"[106]

• That's a load of badger droppings - A harsh exclamation saying that something is nonsense.[107]

• Thistles and thorns - Used to describe bad luck (as in: Thistles and thorns! I blew it!); similar to "Darn it" or "mouse-dung."[108]

• You fight/hunt like a kittypet! - An expression used to insult or tease a cat who fights/hunts poorly.[110]

• Who made dirt in his/her fresh kill/nest?- A phrase to describe a cranky or suddenly moody cat
  

• Would've made mousemeat out of you! - To badly injure, rip to shreds. Similar to mousedust.
  

• Frog-dirt and Fish-guts - has the same meaning as thistles and thorns,
  

• Rabbit-chasers - A less harsh insult used towards Wispclan
  

• Who ruffled their fur?- A similar way of saying "who got under their skin?" But in cat terms.
  

• Rabbit-brain- An insult that is friendly but harsh. A Wispclan version of mouse-brain.
  

Living Spaces

• Camp - The place where a Clan makes their permanent home.[115]

• Leader's den - The den in camp that belongs to the Clan leader.[116]

• Medicine cat's den - The den in camp that belongs to the Clan's medicine cat and his or her apprentice.[117] Sometimes referred to as the medicine den.
  

• Warriors' den - The den in camp that is shared between the warriors and the deputy of that Clan.[118]

• Apprentices' den - The den in camp that is shared between the apprentices of that Clan.[119]

• Elders' den - The den in camp that is shared between the elders of that Clan.[116]

• Nursery - The den in camp that is shared by the queens and kits of that Clan.[24]

• Dirtplace - The place near the camp where cats go to urinate or excrete.
  

• Fresh-kill pile - The place, usually in the center of the camp,[8] where the warriors drop the prey they caught while hunting, so it is easily accessible to all the cats in the Clan.[120]