Hello and welcome to Purrgatory! We are an 18+ Warrior Cat Roleplay set in an AU where the clans were unable to leave the forest territories and perished!
It has been 100 or more years since then, the clans of the forest are but distant memories to any cats still alive, stories passed down to kits of strangely named wild warriors and leaders with nine lives but the time of the clans is upon us once more and the stars shine yet again.
PRE-CLAN SITE HISTORY
THE COLONY INFORMATION
Set in an alternate universe where the clans failed to escape the forest territory being destroyed and all perished, the land has finally recovered from the destruction and trees are once more regrowing. Why the twolegs did this and left the area untouched is anyone's guess but cats have begun to return to the heart of the wood and have even formed a colony, but with dwindling resources and infighting beginning to weight down upon them. It has been five years since the colony formed and they are feeling the strain now of having several mouths to feed and cats constantly bickering over decisions and organization. Fray, the current leader, has been sick in his den (a hollow dug out behind the large stones before the great tree) and his son Hawthorne has taken to trying to calm the chaos in his wake.
The cats of the colony come from many types of backgrounds ranging from kittypets, loners, barncats, ship cats, abandoned kittens, wounded travelers brought in etc...as such they have a variety of names and backstories! Their knowledge of the clans, if any, are mostly vague stories from kittypets about the wildcats in the forest who ate other cats or tales from loners who knew roughly about the clan naming conventions and structures but no cat is aware of StarClan.
The calm before the storm....
Set in an alternate universe where the clans failed to escape the forest territory being destroyed and all perished, the land has finally recovered from the destruction and trees are once more regrowing. Why the twolegs did this and left the area untouched is anyone's guess but cats have begun to return to the heart of the wood and have even formed a colony, but with dwindling resources and infighting beginning to weight down upon them. It has been five years since the colony formed and they are feeling the strain now of having several mouths to feed and cats constantly bickering over decisions and organization. Fray, the current leader, has been sick in his den (a hollow dug out behind the large stones before the great tree) and his son Hawthorne has taken to trying to calm the chaos in his wake.
- A stranger named Ghost arrives and is offered food by Thunder.
- Rowan falls from a tree, Serpent and Cicada (both skilled with healing in their own ways) and several other cats rush to help her.
- Sable openly speaks about Hawthorne's refusal to move forward as their leader, some cats agree and some argue that Fray still yet lives.
- Moth returns from hunting with empty paws and is chastised by Serpent.
- Frost laments his frustration at being unable to feed his family.
- Serpent speaks to Thunder on their concerns for the colony's survival with prey so limited.
- Serpent offers her prey to Jade and the two discuss her upcoming kitting.
- Moth and Ghost discuss the colony's stagnation in the face of Fray's dwindling health.
- Cats begin to get aggressive with their food as bellies grow emptier, Haunt hissing at Manzanita and Viper snapping at Shade.
- Wolf takes several cats who support Sable hunting.
- Cicada asks Serpent to teach them about poisons as its something she is well-learned in.
- Gravel attempts to teach Eagle some hunting strategy, Wolf does the same with Viper.
- Smoky and Leopard -
- Smoky and Halfy discuss the idea of leaving.
The beginning of the end...
- Fray dies and as his burial is being prepared Quell attempts to kill Sable, hearing his followers whispered dissent and believing him too dangerous to leave alive. Hawthorne intervenes and Sable challenges him openly. They agree to a duel at dawn.
- Shaken by Fray's death, Thunder leaves quickly and Ghost goes to comfort him.
- A cat named Coffeestar descends in the night to warn Hawthorne of Sable's treachery, he doesn't intend to fight fair and plans to jump the other tom with a large group and kill him before dawn.
- With this warning in mind Hawthorne quickly wakes the other colony cats to prepare for battle just as Sable and his followers attack.
(Notes: Raven kills Cinder, Owl kills Towering Oak, Gentle kills Phantom, Smudge's mother Nightingale dies causing Sable to call the retreat, Straw attempts to help Hawthorne only to be yanked off by Wolf and killed...)
- Bracken saves Honeysuckle from an attack by Swaying Willow, the two end up killing each other.
- Several young cats are quickly evacuated, left with Marble to watch over.
- In the chaos, Needle attempts to help Serpent escape but her efforts are mistaken for an attack and Water Snake defends his sister. Flint dies as he rushes to Needle's defense and she is injured with a broken jaw.
- Smoky kills Milky and then catches Leopard offguard and kills her as well.
- Cherry gives birth to her and Cicada's kits during the battle at a safe distance.
- Maple defends Rowan and Lovebug from Crackle.
- Finding Thunder injured, Ghost repays his debt by saving him.
- Monster kills Colt in front of Filly.
- Copper saves Pandora from Charcoal, defying his father and fleeing with her to safety.
- Halfy cuts down Shasta before facing Ghost only for them both to break away from eachother, she goes on to accidentally kills Currant as Sable calls for a retreat.
- With the traitors removed StarClan descends, Coffeestar comes to collect the fallen cats to take to StarClan and informs the remaining colony cats to go deeper into the forest to their new home and take up the mantle of ThunderClan, with Hawthorne leading them. He chooses to make Juniper his deputy before they head out.
- The newly named ThunderClan arrive in their new territory while Sable's followers also find themselves following him into the marshland.
SkyClan's Journey Begins
The names of past leaders and medicine cats was forgotten after an illness killed many of the older generation and SkyClan went through a long term of having only a small handful of cats that weren't Daylight Warriors but eventually they found stability until a plague of rats returned to their territory and began to cause illness and spread their disease. Coffeestar, the previous leader, died quietly of old age and her new deputy Hawkstar rose up to take her place.
The previous medicine cat Meadowlark eventually retired and opted to return to their twolegs to live out the rest of their days as well, leaving behind an apprentice named Tigerpaw who was granted a full name.
Choosing to lead her clan to the forest territories rather than stay and fight a losing battle, Hawkstar along with her newly promoted deputy Flowercloud begin preparations. Their newly named medicine cat Tigerfoot takes on an apprentice as well, choosing Swallowpaw to aid him as they begin this long journey to a new home.
The Abandoned Shipyard [Denoted by The Shipyard Thread Prefix]
A fair distance away from the forest colony, a day or more worth of traveling, is an abandoned set of old docks that was once a thriving fishing market but has since been left behind along with the shipcats who once worked upon the vessels coming to and fro. The ships cats struggle in their derelict dock, left to fend for themselves without a steady supply of fish coming in and being forced to adapt to the water themselves; becoming strong swimmers and fishers but they can only sustain this life style for so long before eventually they must move inland to find a new home and better food source...
- (This group of cats will eventually move inland to form RiverClan.)
The Farm [Denoted by The Farm Thread Prefix]
Cats living on a twoleg farm close to the forest territories and aware enough of the colony and nearby groups of cats, they keep to themselves happily full of mice from catching them in the barn and are sheltered there comfortably. The barn cats have no paw in the wild cats struggles nor altercations and for the time being are merely observers...
- (This group of cats will eventually move to the moorland to form WindClan after a fire destroys their barn.)
INDIVIDUAL CLAN HISTORIES
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