Official Plot Thread!
Apr 21, 2014 12:42:55 GMT -6
Post by Coyotestar on Apr 21, 2014 12:42:55 GMT -6
Official Plot Thread
Welcome to the official plot thread for Alder Hollow! Below is various information including SkyClan's journey, maps/routes, reason for leaving, and other general plot information. Please let one of the staff members know if you have any further questions.
SkyClan Information
During Rollingstar's reign, the rats starting to become problematic for the cats again. Like during Tinystar's and Leafstar's leadership, the rats would attack and kill cats without second guessing anything. But this time they were more viscous. Not only were most of the warriors and apprentices killed in battle or from wounds being infected, but the rats stole territory from the Clan. Left with hardly anywhere to hunt and a diminishing Clan, Rollingstar's deputy, Bengalstorm, confronted Rollingstar and challenged him to leave their territory behind them and head to the four Clans, who would hopefully show them mercy and share their territory. Rollingstar refused to leave- he loved his home too much to abandon it. Bengalstorm said that he'd lead the Clan himself on their journey, and knowing that the younger cat had the upper hand in their argument, not to mention the approval of the Clan, Rollingstar resigned his position to his deputy. With Bengalstorm at their head, SkyClan started out on their journey, leaving their beloved home behind them.
SkyClan's Journey
As soon as the SkyClan cats step one paw out of their territory, they reach a large moorland. Foggy and mysterious but strangely prey-rich, the SkyClan cats, eager to get their journey started and get as much distance between them and the rats, don't stay in the moorland for too long. After putting the hills behind them, they reach a small Twolegplace with only a couple dwellings. With fields surrounding them, mice is all they can find to eat, but not a complaint goes by. With most of the cats not ever seeing a Twoleg in their life, everyone suggests they leave as soon as possible.
After the Twolegplace, they trekked through the fields, which seemed endless. The further away they got from the Twolegplace the less prey they found. Starving, and in the fields for nearly a half moon, a few elders become immobile and decide to stay in the fields because they feel like they're only slowing the Clan down. A couple weaker cats died of starvation and exposure here- a kit was picked up and taken by a fox. Exhausted, they found themselves at the sun-drown place. There was little food, and what they did manage to find was crowfood or spoiled Twoleg food. That was when they ran across the sea Guild, who fed them fish and other sea creatures they managed to catch. The sea Guild, which had housed next to the sea, told them that they were part of a group of cats all under The Cove Dynasty, which lived in the town not too far away. Blue Shore, their leader, told them all about the dynasty's awful rule. The SkyClan cats offered to help them overthrow the dynasty, so, after preparing themselves for the final battle, the four Guilds and Clan set off to the town to end Lost Eye's rule. After Lost Eye was killed by Blue Shore, the four Guilds formed one Clan-like group with the four Guild leaders as the leaders. In the morning, SkyClan set off on their journey after one last thank you meal from the Guild cats.
After leaving the small Twolegplace by the sea behind, the SkyClan cats arrive in a small field. After crossing it, they suddenly find themselves in a huge Twolegplace. Terrified and confused, they get lost easily in the maze of noise, dogs, monsters, and Twolegs. A young she-cat by the name of Mouse helps them through the mess, showing them things that are relatively safe in Twolegplaces and things that aren't. The Twolegplace proved to be larger than they expected and finally make it out about a quarter moon later. Mouse leaves them at the edge of a forest and turns to leave for the Twolegplace. A warrior asks her to join SkyClan, but she politely refuses. She told them her home was in the Twolegplace. She couldn't abandon it, even if she did like the Clan with the short amount of time she stayed with them. SkyClan stayed in the forest for about a quarter moon due to the prey being so plentiful. Secretly most of the cats wanted the kind Mouse to return to them, too, but she never did. The fields they'd been forced to trek through had depleted their numbers drastically, even though most of them were already gone due to the rats anyway. They re-cooperate here, building their strength and fully healing their wounds after the battle with The Cove Dynasty.
After leaving the forest behind them, the SkyClan cats head to the mountains next. Though when they reach the foothills and begin to climb the largest mountain, the medicine cat, Hawkwing, receives a sign from StarClan telling them to follow the path toward the setting sun. The cats follow the setting sun, their paws tired, until they see a small Thunderpath in the distance. Hawkwing believes that this is the path StarClan was talking about, so the SkyClan cats stay close to it and follow it northwest. To their right they see a lush moorland with newleaf grass springing up. In the distance, to their left, they see a small stream and a large river even further away. But straight ahead of them they see a huge lake with a small island just off the shore. When they get closer, they realize that there are bunches of cats on that island with four standing on the powerful limbs of a giant oak. They had run into ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan in the middle of a Gathering. They'd made it.
After the Twolegplace, they trekked through the fields, which seemed endless. The further away they got from the Twolegplace the less prey they found. Starving, and in the fields for nearly a half moon, a few elders become immobile and decide to stay in the fields because they feel like they're only slowing the Clan down. A couple weaker cats died of starvation and exposure here- a kit was picked up and taken by a fox. Exhausted, they found themselves at the sun-drown place. There was little food, and what they did manage to find was crowfood or spoiled Twoleg food. That was when they ran across the sea Guild, who fed them fish and other sea creatures they managed to catch. The sea Guild, which had housed next to the sea, told them that they were part of a group of cats all under The Cove Dynasty, which lived in the town not too far away. Blue Shore, their leader, told them all about the dynasty's awful rule. The SkyClan cats offered to help them overthrow the dynasty, so, after preparing themselves for the final battle, the four Guilds and Clan set off to the town to end Lost Eye's rule. After Lost Eye was killed by Blue Shore, the four Guilds formed one Clan-like group with the four Guild leaders as the leaders. In the morning, SkyClan set off on their journey after one last thank you meal from the Guild cats.
After leaving the small Twolegplace by the sea behind, the SkyClan cats arrive in a small field. After crossing it, they suddenly find themselves in a huge Twolegplace. Terrified and confused, they get lost easily in the maze of noise, dogs, monsters, and Twolegs. A young she-cat by the name of Mouse helps them through the mess, showing them things that are relatively safe in Twolegplaces and things that aren't. The Twolegplace proved to be larger than they expected and finally make it out about a quarter moon later. Mouse leaves them at the edge of a forest and turns to leave for the Twolegplace. A warrior asks her to join SkyClan, but she politely refuses. She told them her home was in the Twolegplace. She couldn't abandon it, even if she did like the Clan with the short amount of time she stayed with them. SkyClan stayed in the forest for about a quarter moon due to the prey being so plentiful. Secretly most of the cats wanted the kind Mouse to return to them, too, but she never did. The fields they'd been forced to trek through had depleted their numbers drastically, even though most of them were already gone due to the rats anyway. They re-cooperate here, building their strength and fully healing their wounds after the battle with The Cove Dynasty.
After leaving the forest behind them, the SkyClan cats head to the mountains next. Though when they reach the foothills and begin to climb the largest mountain, the medicine cat, Hawkwing, receives a sign from StarClan telling them to follow the path toward the setting sun. The cats follow the setting sun, their paws tired, until they see a small Thunderpath in the distance. Hawkwing believes that this is the path StarClan was talking about, so the SkyClan cats stay close to it and follow it northwest. To their right they see a lush moorland with newleaf grass springing up. In the distance, to their left, they see a small stream and a large river even further away. But straight ahead of them they see a huge lake with a small island just off the shore. When they get closer, they realize that there are bunches of cats on that island with four standing on the powerful limbs of a giant oak. They had run into ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan in the middle of a Gathering. They'd made it.
Meeting The Cove Dynasty
When the SkyClan's cats reach the Sun-Drown Place, they wander across a small town that is home to The Cove Dynasty- a Clan-like group of cats. The Cove Dynasty cats are just the 'royal cats'- cats hand-picked by the king, Lost Eye, to benefit him and the dynasty. Powerful, ruthless, and cruel may describe The Cove Dynasty cats. In this town and in the surrounding area are Guilds- a forest Guild, a sea Guild, a town Guild, and a farm Guild. These guilds give the dynasty half of their food each day and in return get protection from outsiders, dogs, and Upwalkers. However, the trade isn't very fair for the guild cats. The guild cats are treated poorly as if they were less than the cats of The Cove Dynasty. The females in the guilds are discriminated against even more than the males. So if a female cat were to join the Clans from a guild, then they would probably feel that it was weird that they were not discriminated against. Female cats are not allowed to be royals in The Cove Dynasty.
Each cat has scratches on their shoulder given by the king to symbolize rank. One scratch means the cat is just a kit and shouldn't be trained how to hunt or fight. Two means the cat is in training; three means the cat is an adult and has completed their training; four means the cat is a royal; and five means the cat is the king. The healer, which is usually a male cat that lives in the dynasty with the king and the royals, does not heal these wounds, even if they get infected, so that they're forced to scar. Cats may be killed due to a scratch that didn't heal properly. If a cat refuses to get their additional scratches, they may be attacked and get the scratch anyway or even killed by the king or another royal.
Their names are set up like Adjective/Verb Noun. Examples are: Tall Shadow, Running Wolf, Golden Hawk, Little Leopard, and Swift Birch. At birth they are just the noun: Shadow, Wolf, Hawk, Leopard, and Birch. But after their training is finished and are full adults, they receive their full name, similar to the Clan cats becoming warriors.
When the Clan cats arrive in the town, they befriend the sea Guild, where they learn about the rest of the Guilds and The Cove Dynasty. After the Guild leader, Blue Shore, finishes telling the Clan about their tough life, SkyClan is sympathetic and offers to help them overthrow the king and the dynasty. Blue Shore gathers the other three Guilds, and with the SkyClan cats at their side, they march up to the large, abandoned warehouse where the dynasty lives. The four Guilds and Clan stand up to The Cove Dynasty and win in the battle against them, freeing the Guilds from the dictatorship. After the battle, the four Guild leaders confront Lost Eye, who was badly injured in battle. Without the warrior code, Blue Shore kills Lost Eye to the horror of the SkyClan cats. The four Guilds and their cats form one Guild and become more like a Clan with four leaders. After helping them, the SkyClan cats set on their journey again, heading northeast to the Big Twolegplace next.
Each cat has scratches on their shoulder given by the king to symbolize rank. One scratch means the cat is just a kit and shouldn't be trained how to hunt or fight. Two means the cat is in training; three means the cat is an adult and has completed their training; four means the cat is a royal; and five means the cat is the king. The healer, which is usually a male cat that lives in the dynasty with the king and the royals, does not heal these wounds, even if they get infected, so that they're forced to scar. Cats may be killed due to a scratch that didn't heal properly. If a cat refuses to get their additional scratches, they may be attacked and get the scratch anyway or even killed by the king or another royal.
Their names are set up like Adjective/Verb Noun. Examples are: Tall Shadow, Running Wolf, Golden Hawk, Little Leopard, and Swift Birch. At birth they are just the noun: Shadow, Wolf, Hawk, Leopard, and Birch. But after their training is finished and are full adults, they receive their full name, similar to the Clan cats becoming warriors.
When the Clan cats arrive in the town, they befriend the sea Guild, where they learn about the rest of the Guilds and The Cove Dynasty. After the Guild leader, Blue Shore, finishes telling the Clan about their tough life, SkyClan is sympathetic and offers to help them overthrow the king and the dynasty. Blue Shore gathers the other three Guilds, and with the SkyClan cats at their side, they march up to the large, abandoned warehouse where the dynasty lives. The four Guilds and Clan stand up to The Cove Dynasty and win in the battle against them, freeing the Guilds from the dictatorship. After the battle, the four Guild leaders confront Lost Eye, who was badly injured in battle. Without the warrior code, Blue Shore kills Lost Eye to the horror of the SkyClan cats. The four Guilds and their cats form one Guild and become more like a Clan with four leaders. After helping them, the SkyClan cats set on their journey again, heading northeast to the Big Twolegplace next.
After Arrival
The SkyClan cats interrupt the Gathering, and to their amazement, two of the Clans, ShadowClan and ThunderClan, refuse to give them any territory after they plead their case. Both Clans think that SkyClan should just go back to where they came from because the lake territory was meant to only have four Clans. RiverClan, however, backs SkyClan up with hackles raised and claws unsheathed. WindClan remains neutral, not wanting to back one side up when the other two Clans would be at their throats, too. RiverClan states that they can't just turn the poor cats away, and suggests they give them territory just off of RiverClan and ShadowClan territory, right behind the Greenleaf Twolegplace. With pine forests and fields, the SkyClan cats would be able to hunt with content. ShadowClan argued to place them somewhere else, for they didn't want to have to have a border with ThunderClan, RiverClan, and SkyClan. But they were placed there anyway, and ShadowClan said that they should get a much smaller territory than the rest of the Clans. Since they had agreed to let the Clan be placed in that area, RiverClan agreed that their territory should be smaller, also considering the fact they had a lot less cats than any other Clan.
After being placed in their new territory, new problems aroused. ShadowClan still didn't want SkyClan as a neighbor, let alone sharing the lake and Gatherings with them. War broke out: ShadowClan and ThunderClan versus SkyClan and RiverClan in battle. SkyClan and RiverClan lose most of the battles in the beginning of the war, and they fear that the war will end up bettering ShadowClan and ThunderClan. If they win, SkyClan would be sent back to their old, destroyed territory and RiverClan could lose some of theirs to ShadowClan. After one of the largest battles, Coyotestar, the RiverClan leader, loses a life. RiverClan is feeling the effects of war, so Coyotestar goes to WindClan camp and pleads to Tigerstar, the WindClan leader, so enter the war on their side. WindClan, after Sparrowstar's death, who was the leader after Onestar, had always remained neutral in Clan affairs. Tigerstar wasn't very eager to change that, but he could see SkyClan and RiverClan desperately needed his Clan's help, so WindClan entered the war on their side.
With the help of WindClan, their side won many battles until both ShadowClan and ThunderClan were exhausted from the war along with the other three Clans. Towards the end of the war, ThunderClan surrenders and backs out of any fighting. With ShadowClan versus RiverClan, SkyClan, and WindClan, there isn't much hope for them winning anymore. In the final battle, the pro-SkyClan side wins when ShadowClan surrenders.
After the war, SkyClan is given a bigger territory and is finally accepted as the fifth Clan again. ShadowClan and ThunderClan back down and aren't as hostile towards the SkyClan cats as they once had been before the war started. Peace comes over the land once again.
After being placed in their new territory, new problems aroused. ShadowClan still didn't want SkyClan as a neighbor, let alone sharing the lake and Gatherings with them. War broke out: ShadowClan and ThunderClan versus SkyClan and RiverClan in battle. SkyClan and RiverClan lose most of the battles in the beginning of the war, and they fear that the war will end up bettering ShadowClan and ThunderClan. If they win, SkyClan would be sent back to their old, destroyed territory and RiverClan could lose some of theirs to ShadowClan. After one of the largest battles, Coyotestar, the RiverClan leader, loses a life. RiverClan is feeling the effects of war, so Coyotestar goes to WindClan camp and pleads to Tigerstar, the WindClan leader, so enter the war on their side. WindClan, after Sparrowstar's death, who was the leader after Onestar, had always remained neutral in Clan affairs. Tigerstar wasn't very eager to change that, but he could see SkyClan and RiverClan desperately needed his Clan's help, so WindClan entered the war on their side.
With the help of WindClan, their side won many battles until both ShadowClan and ThunderClan were exhausted from the war along with the other three Clans. Towards the end of the war, ThunderClan surrenders and backs out of any fighting. With ShadowClan versus RiverClan, SkyClan, and WindClan, there isn't much hope for them winning anymore. In the final battle, the pro-SkyClan side wins when ShadowClan surrenders.
After the war, SkyClan is given a bigger territory and is finally accepted as the fifth Clan again. ShadowClan and ThunderClan back down and aren't as hostile towards the SkyClan cats as they once had been before the war started. Peace comes over the land once again.