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Post by LYNX ♥ on May 14, 2012 19:11:08 GMT -5
the first page of the clans' history book begins before their very existance. the break.in fact, there were hardly many cats at all in the area known simply as the valley, but there were enough to cause conflict. a young, sleek twilight-gray female held the most power, and even commanded a small group of feral cats of her own. she was cunning and demanding and never took no for an answer, and with these attributes, gained her handful of power. choosing to live near the lake, where water met forest which met long, sprawling open meadows, this female, called amaranth, rallied more followers with each passing moon. she welcomed cats of every background, treating them with a powerful apathy that so many admired in her. not one, however, named vertigo. he was trouble, and amaranth knew it from the moment he joined her little group. enormous and powerful, with a shining golden coat and calculating, cool yellow eyes to match her own. they bickered everyday, vertigo wouldn't stop causing trouble, questioning her rule, suggesting the opposite of what she wanted for her growing party of cats if only because he knew it would upset her. it was love for them. each morning, they would gather with the rest of the group and fight, sometimes ending in unsheathed claws or bitter insults, but each evening they would find their tails entwined, prancing along the lakeshore by the light of the moon and whispering what felt like forbidden "I love you"s. it wasn't paradise, it was too tense, and other, smaller groups of cats were closing in, vying for the territory that amaranth had so obviously claimed. fights were for killing, not for scaring, and the times were savage. vertigo wanted amaranth to have his children, but she would never give up her power, even for a moment. she suspected him of wanting it for himself anyway. it was complicated, and their fights were more genuine than anyone could have thought (for after a while, the bickering grew commonplace and they could be spotted nuzzling one another moments later), and the relationship broke apart under the blatant lack of trust between the two and the constant competition for followers within the group. both powerful young cats escaped the clutch they held on each other, and the group, rather large by then, split nearly in half. most went with amaranth, their original leader, to the other side of the lake where the land was damp and concealed, impossible to navigate to the untrained paw. they nested in their trees and amaranth revoltingly changed her name to tempest- something she found far more fierce than that of a silly flower. a raging storm. and that's what she became, a source of energy and cunning and greed, taking what she wanted when she decided to do so. vertigo, however, took many cats with him and found the highest point he could. it was a vantage point. he could sit among the stones and watch the entire valley. those left.caught in between this mess was a plethora of cats from amaranth's original 'pride' of followers, who wanted nothing to do with the constant battle raging between the two powers on either side of the lake. still, they craved the protection of other cats, and also wanted to be protected from both tempest and vertigo, knowing both cats were incredibly eager for yet more to conquer. at last, a young tom stepped up to the job of creating a group of his own. he admitted at once to being vertigo's younger brother, but promised the small group he would never follow in his brother's pawsteps in a constant quest to quench his greed for more of everything. indeed, this small, leggy pale ginger tabby tom was a far more peaceable fellow. he was the most intelligent cat that any had seen, and never went without a clever comment or unusual observation. named zephyr, he was true to his word from the start. skeptical of another ruler at first, the other cats were wary of his rule, but his ways proved both calm and logical, and he chose the very meadow they had been living upon all along to call his home. while this was easily the better of the three new territories, many were still in unrest about the war waging between the two past lovers on either side of them. it seemed as though every other day a messenger would be sent from the mountains or from the fens, requesting meetings, pleading for land, seeking recruits. it was hell for zephyr and his cats, as he no longer wanted anything to do with his brother and especially didn't want to associate with the increasingly ruthless tempest across the lake. desperate for a solution, he fled to the south in search of anything or anyone that could aide him in his struggles against the two more powerful groups of cats. at last, a small cabin built for twolegs appeared before him, and as he approached it he heard an icy, drawling voice. female. he turned to find himself surrounded. a semi-circle of the most beautiful young female cats he had seen in his life barred him in, claws unsheathed. threats were thrown, but zephyr didn't back down. instead, he pleaded for help. curious but noncommital, the female who seemed to lead this band of dangerous she-cats, named celeste, agreed to follow him back to the lake and assess the situation. she was lanky and graceful, a pale color with streaks of hazel drizzled along her long maw and slender paws. brilliant sapphire eyes peered out of her cold features, intelligent but condescending. they returned to a state of disaster. the mess.in zephyr's time gone, both his elder brother vertigo and the greedy she-cat tempest had arrived in person on the site of zephyr's home, searching for him, not planning to meet each other. with no room to explain the situation, they attacked one another. while zephyr's cats did their best to pull them apart, they were only dragged into the moral battle and, vertigo and tempest's own patrols who had hung back only in case of emergency, rushed onto the scene only to find such a confusion of fighting. without question, they jumped in. of course, fighting was for killing, and zephyr's cats suffered the most. fortunately zephyr and celeste arrived in time to break up vertigo and tempest who, consequently, broke up the fighting of their own cats. however, the damage was done. bodies strewn about zephyr's camp of all alliegances, celeste finally understood that something had to be done and, surprisingly, she had a solution. herself guarding tempest warily while zephyr kept an eye on his brother, celeste was able to explain the glory of death, and the tale of old which involved the dead rising up to aide the living, creating a harmonious and relatively peaceful existance. celeste brought starclan to the valley. salvation.the clans were, at last, born. brought forth from the original three groups with the addition of celeste's own group. and of course, still more cats were filtering into the valley, eager for protection and a steady source of prey. there was tempest who became tempeststar after she found the help of starclan, and was the most ruthless of the four. greedy for power and thirsty for more territory at all times. tempeststar was, of course, a naturally power-hungry cat, but after the nasty split of her original group, it seemed she only became yet more cruel, heart growing colder each passing day. she never took another mate after the hell that vertigo put her through, but lead a fruitful and successful life as she set the base of what would come to be known as tempestclan in her honor. vertigo, too, became vertigostar under the guidance of starclan, and his group was eventually converted as well, and would be known as vertigoclan for the greatness he accomplished in his long life. he bore many litters of kits and took many mates, many speculated in an effort to forget about the heartache that tempest had put him through. his clan was on a constant quest for what they thought was rightful, and while powerful cats, grew to have large hearts willing to help and fight for justice. his younger brother, zephyr, sought out starclan under the title of zephyrstar, and taught his followers peace and logic, hoping that in the future these techniques would be passed down to create a clan of strong-willed, fiercely intelligent cats to defend what was right and stamp out what was wrong. zephyrstar had only a single litter of kits with the female who would come to be known as his deputy later, and their bloodline is thought to still run strong within zephyrclan. and of course, celeste had created a clan of her own. always the most faithful to starclan of all the cats, she eventually was given a new name as well; celestialstar. proud and haughty, ever isolated from the others, her clan as it would come to be known was never quite in the same rank as the others. rarely did they involve themselves in the alliances and grudges held by the others, but preferred to keep their own company. much to the displeasure of many toms in her clan, celestialstar never took a mate, preferring to keep herself cleansed of the attention a family required. for reference.click for tempeststar, click for vertigostar, click for zephyrstar, click for celestialstar.
countless generations have passed since the era of the original founders of the clans, and since then they are nearly unable to be recognized. after all, the four clans became three. it seemed as though the world was crumbling around celestialclan, zephyrclan, tempestclan and vertigoclan. the land was literally falling apart, flooding, the storms were carrying on like a curse from starclan. not only that, but cats had begun to go missing left and right, including the leader of celestialclan and their deputy. the clans truly had no choice but to merge as one and flee the land they had always known as home. home was destroying itself. a new home was to be found. the journey was long and perilous, and many were lost in the efforts to find safety, but the cats grew together and relearned love and trust and the borders came down almost altogether. at last, a new land was found, and it seemed suiting for the cats. it would be divided into three and, once more, the clans would be split. this time, however, there would only be three. shoreclan, timberclan, and hollowclan.
history will be added as history is created.
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