So I have come to a point in my story, Rising Shade, where I am going to need more characters. The story does involve clan cats but the characters I need are the cats outside the clans. The story's focus is on the character Blacky and what happens when an outsider goes to the clans and shakes their world up.
The cats outside the clans have three groupings: Kittypets, Wanderers, and Town Cats. Kittypets are the same as always. Wanderers are essentially rogues/loners. Family groups are very unusual for wanderers since kits are normally left with humans or in clan territory. A small group (2-3 cats) is a more common sight for wanderers but they are usually alone. Town Cats are the cats that live in a human summer town that is slowly being abandoned over time. There are some abandoned buildings in varying states of decay. The Town Cats are a group that stick together and know eachother well enough but everyone is a loner as well. The orders of Ice are often respected by the Town Cats and the Kittypets who visit with their humans.
The character Ice is respected because he fought a couple Wild Cats (Clan cats) and chased them away. He fought for the sake of his mate (Lilly) who was heavily pregnant at the time. He was the first cat to successfully fight off the Wild Cats and survive. He is essentially looked to as a leader for things happening in the town. His son, Shade, is given distance and respect since he is believed to inherit his fathers position. Beyond is essentially their version of Starclan. The only difference being the living and dead do not visit eachother at all, not even in dreams.
As a note fewer and fewer humans (mostly elderly) visit making it so the Town Cats can live inside the buildings. There are some abandoned buildings in varying states of decay. The Town Cats also have a few traditions they have picked up over time. The most important one being Decision Day. The only other tradition they have are the common sense ones like respect your elders and beware outsiders. Cats born in the town are given a mentor once they are three moons old to begin basic training. The mentor decides when to do full training after the cat is four moons. Mentors can be anyone except for the parents. The only exception being if a cat is not known to be the parent even though they are. Ice does his best to keep track of the information but if the parent isn't known then oh well.
Decision Day is for all cats within the town who turn 12 moons old. The cat must decide wether to be a wanderer, kitty pet, or Town Cat. Wanderers are immediately sent out of town and Kittypets are sent to live with humans. If the humans are out of town then the cat will wait until the humans come back in Greenleaf. Choosing to be a Town Cat the cat is then to live secluded from others and watched over by a cat of Ice's choosing until the next half-moon. On the night of the half-moon Ice makes the final decision on the cat staying in the town.
I will do my best to add your character(s) but just know I may skip over them depending on the number of comments I got. Now if I do miss any character please PM me.
Now I will add some extra info in parentheses for the characters currently in the list. What is in the parentheses is either featured in the fanfic so far or hasn't been featured yet due to the character having yet be introduced. Mateless means no mate currently for the cat but you can make potential mates if you'd like. No mate means they are not mated. You can make potential/future mates for the cats but just know Ice does not have a mate and will never have another one after losing his first mate (Lilly).
Please don't submit more then 5 living characters. Explains dead kin is alright for background information about your character. If you have elderly cats I will allow up to 2 and they will not count as your 5 living Cats since they are elderly.
That was a lot of information but if you have any questions please PM me and I will answer them ASAP. Also please check the comments before you make characters so you can see all the updates that will come soon. The oldest post will be considered before a newer post as a warning.
Cats Outside the Clans
Ice-Snow white tom with pale grey points and green eyes (elderly tom, no mate, essentially the leader of the Town Cats)
Shade-dark grey tabby tom with a white muzzle and icy blue eyes (Ice's son and heir, no mate, Town Cat)
Pepper-small tortoishell she-cat with white paws and amber eyes (Sister of Shade, Daughter to Ice, best friend to Blacky and Flower, no mate, Town Cat)
Blacky-black she-cat with fiery green eyes (main character, crush on Shade, Mateless, Town Cat)
Flower-orange tabby she-cat with a white tail and face with yellow eyes (Mateless, Town Cat)
Icicle-fluffy white tom with green-blue eyes (Uncle to Blacky, Town Cat)
Boulder-large grey tom with grey eyes (No mate, Town Cat)
Storm-silver and grey furred tom with blue-grey eyes and a furless tail (Brother to Boulder, no mate, Town Cat)
Stripes-fawn tabby she-cat with hazel eyes (Mate to Lion, Mother of Panther, Wanderer)
Lion-red tabby tom with a white muzzle and chest with blue eyes (Mate to Stripes, Father of Panther, Wanderer)
Panther-brown tabby she-cat with violet eyes (Daughter of Stripes/Lion, 4 moons old, Wanderer)
Accepting Characters?
I am now going to be accepting characters for the town cats, kittypets, and wanderers. All I need is the following information via PM or Review and I shall add your character to the alliances list.
Name:
Age:
Position: (Town cat, kittypet, or wanderer)
Appearance:
Personality:
Strengths: (hunting, fighting, etc)
Weaknesses: (tracking, hunting, etc)
Mate/Crush:
Kits:
Kin:
Other: