Clan Rank Terms

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Clan Positions

* Leader - the cat who leads the Clan; their names always end with -star; after a trip to the Moonstone or Moonpool, they receive their nine lives and name from StarClan.

* Deputy - the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader; the deputy is in charge of organizing patrols and hunting parties, and succeeds the leader after he/she loses all nine lives from battle or sickness

* Medicine cat - a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing; receives messages from StarClan and interprets them; stands outside the rivalries between the Clans; is not allowed to take a mate or have kits; sometimes, fully trained warriors can also become an apprentice of a medicine cat

* Warrior - a cat (tom or she-cat without kits) trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt, and fight for their Clan; they also are in charge of training apprentices to become warriors; a warrior may only have one apprentice at a time, although they may supervise the training of apprentices lacking mentors

* Queen - a she-cat expecting or nursing kits; they stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices and then return to their warrior duties

* Apprentice - a cat who, at six moons old, begins training to become a warrior or medicine cat; they train daily to practice battle and hunting skills, and also care for the elders; their names always end with -paw; they become warriors when their mentor and leader feel that they are ready, at the least; 12 moons

* Kit - a kitten, not yet old enough to be an apprentice (six moons old); they are not allowed to hunt or leave the camp, they do not normally leave the nursery, however, older kits are sometimes allowed to leave the nursery; their names always end with -kit
Note: Older kits are allowed out of camp only under maternal supervision

* Elder - a retired warrior, deputy, or medicine cat; apprentices care for the elders

Other Ranks (outside of the immediate Clan ranks)

* Prisoner - a cat that is captured by members of another Clan and held within that Clan until the leader decides what to do with them

* Loner - a cat that lives neither with a Clan or with humans, normally used for a friendly loner

* Kittypet - a cat that lives with their human owners (twolegs)