Warriors Tribes
Thunderclan Part
Title: Thundering Lightning
Summary: Thundering Lightning Tribe, ThunderClan as an advanced tribe. This is the second part of "Warriors Actually as Humans" and contains a part that Holly wasn't around to see. (I don't know what else to put here :P)
Main Characters: Cynthia, Leon, Holly, Jay, Bree.
Need to Know Info
Thundering Lightning Territory - Forests, streams, small clearings, a thick river, part of a lake, and the base of an extinct volcano that was the source of their blackened glass windows in the cabins. The territory is sprawling, covering easily 26 miles, the size of a decent city (Ogden roughly) with it mainly covered in thick forests spotted with fruit trees which are also cultivated near the camp. the forests are broken up by many small clearings and a large clearing that has thick soft ferns covering the ground typically used for sparring called Tribal Spar near the base of the volcano is the Star Cavern, a cavern full of lava rock with the walls naturally covered with black glass that glows orange at the full and half moon. This is where the medical personnel seeks guidance from the stars. In the center of the cavern is a quartz pillar covered in black glass with small six-pointed stars carved into the glass and quartz
Thunderous Lightning's camp- The camp is built at the base of a cliff, with one protection for the camp is the cliff face. The camp is very large, it's partially built into the cliff side with it dug out to about ten feet up from the ground. The camp itself is slightly bean shaped with thick logs lashed together with a wet rock mixture in between each log. the logs stand at 16 feet up and ivy vines have covered the outside into a more camouflage style camp. There are shorter interior walls (about 12 feet tall) that divide the sleeping quarters (for everyone without a mate and family) and nursery from the main area of the camp as a way of protecting it, and another section divides the small village style cabins that are for mates and young families of which is build mostly inside the hollowed out area of the cliff face.
In the center of the camp is a massive rock outcrop that's been carved with names of the dead killed in honorable ways and symbols of each of the leaders past and current. Stairs have been carved into one side of the boulder, allowing tribe members to get up to the top. On the top of the outcrop is a large flat-topped boulder that has the leader's cabin built along the back and the top of the boulder has been chiseled into footprints of varying sizes with a large six-pointed star made from white quartz inset into the large rock.
The tribal forge is built underground where the soil and rock can muffle the loud ringing of metal. The mine is connected to the forge and is very deep and large. The camp's gardens and crops are tucked away partially underground and hidden by seven foot log walls and a ceiling with rocks piled around the outside and on top to look like an area that had suffered from a rock slide.
The guard houses are near the arch style entrance of the camp which it built between two large trees that help mask the camp entrance's presence. The entrance has a large door that takes many men to move but it's usually tucked up against the inside of the main camp wall. The subsections of the walls have large doors of hollowed out logs filled with wood shavings which allow it to be strong but light, making it so that even a child can push the door from the inside. All of the doors have locking capabilities (barriers via a log that prevents it from being pulled open during an attack
The tribe cabins are hand built by the couple and family who are living in it, it's one floor with a small loft that has dividers through heavy fur curtains. The lower floor has a stone furnace with sections built for a metal sheet designed to cool and heat quickly (used for baking) the rest of the furniture are unique to each family
Nursery - the nursery is a wide and long short cabin with a main floor and a small loft, where the Caretakers can live and sleep if they choose to. the lower floor has shelves out of small interlocking logs that have a variety of carved wooden toys, small fur blankets, and other things needed to care for the children. There are small cots (wooden frame, with a thin leather stuffed with fine wood shaving mattress) spread out along the walls, fur rugs spread out on the sanded floor, and a stone furnace for warmth along the back wall. The nursery has a short set of stairs that leads down to a tiny underground area that works as a cooler where the Caretakers store snacks and food mothers and other people have prepared for them and the children)
Sleeping Quarters - the sleeping Quarters is the tallest and largest cabin in the camp, it's built half underground and half above ground to keep the size short and to keep their camp hidden. The cabin is full of long hallways with wicker lamps and small rooms given to a tribal member who doesn't have a family of their own or a mate. The rooms are small with a decent sized cot (just like the nursery cots) with both a fur and a leather blanket on top, and a small interlocking log shelf with a wooden bowl (for cleaning off face paint and whatever else) on top and a basket for armor next to it.
Leader's Cabin - small normal sized cabin painted white with quartz dust at the top with the rest painted grey with yellow lightning toward the bottom. The inside of the cabin is warm and cozy with a large leopard skin rug (from a leopard Firen had killed himself) stone furnace (typically used by Firen's mate for baking or warmth), shelves, and tables used like kitchen counters
Tribal Forge - the forge is the only structure built out of stone. It's literally carved out of the mountain, the entire structure is one piece besides the ceiling which is small logs lashed together and coated with a thin rock mixture to make sure nothing catches fire. The back wall is "dimpled" with a tool rack carved into it. It can hold hammers through small holes for the handles, hold tools lying sideways, rope coils in specialized slots, carved out large square barrels connected to the floor that holds titanium nuggets and ingots after it's been melted down and turned into ingots. In the center of the forge is the forge itself, a large stone forge with one part designed to put ore on the top so that it would liquify and pool down into stone ingot shaped molds in the lower part of that section. Another part of the forge works like a heated anvil, allowing the blacksmiths to not have to continuously reheat their project. There's also a slot in the forge that allows the blacksmith to put their project into the forge to reheat it after cooling it off in a bucket of water. Two of the other walls are ringed with stone "counters" carved into it where they usually have a book that has the projects they've been asked to do by other people in the tribe.)
The Mine - The tribal mine is used only by blacksmiths, and it's because when they gain their full status a blacksmith gets a blessing and an ability to sense where ores are located. Some are better than others and each blacksmith is more sensitive to a particular metal that other blacksmiths aren't. Because of this, the mine is deep and not very orderly, it's lit up via wicker lamps with random twisting tunnels and multiple levels accessible via ladders and occasionally stairs. Built at each level (Right now there's four) is a place where people mining can drop off the ores they've managed to dig out and rest, eat, and or relax. It's a small wooden cabin with a stone furnace, fur rugs, cots, water jugs and basins with clean cloths to clean off the dirt if they chose to. The way to get the ores up is through a balancing system, where the blacksmith weighs the amount of ores and put it into a large strong basket woven from strong and thin tree limbs before they climb up out of the mine and place rocks carefully so that the rocks slowly outweigh the ores. To pull rocks out of the mine they usually have two people, one in the mine and one or two at the top to pull the basket up by hand to pull the extra rocks out. Which can be used to hide the camp more, crushed into a sturdy rock glue mixture, or carved into something.
Positions
A warrior fights and patrols, hunters hunt and help medical people, hunter/fighter/runners hunt, patrol, fight battles, and run from battle to alert the camp. Fighter/Runners patrols and alert the camp of an incoming battle or attack. Farmers cultivate crops in the underground burrows and small gardens. Medical heal the tribe and experiment with crops and herbs. Blacksmith create and test weapons, mine for ores, create armor, and experiment with metals. Construction fighters patrols when not building structures (cabins usually) or carving rocks and the tribal boulder. A guard defends the camp from intruders, they switch off and work with the Warriors so that the camp is guarded 24/7)
Warrior - Strong fighters armed with knight style metal plating armor made from titanium and steel, leather sandals, armed with broadswords and knives
Hunter - leather armor and armed with a bow, quiver, hunting knives, leather sandals
Hunter/Fighter/Runner - light chain mail and titanium shoulder, leg, knee, guards, gauntlets, and anklets, and closed toed moccasins. Armed with hunting knives, bows, quivers, throwing knives, and long daggers
Fighter/Runner - Leather armor with a chain mail chest plate, closed toe moccasins, and titanium gauntlets. Armed with a short dagger and a bow and quiver. Arrows are designed to light on fire and explode into a distress signal.
Farmer - leather chest plate, wears a large mess bag, closed toed moccasins, and armored with a single long dagger.
Medical - leather armor, otherwise no armor beyond a light chain mail chest piece and armed with a long dagger.
Blacksmith - chain mail chest piece, titanium gauntlets, shoulder guards, and anklets, sandals. Armed with a long sword and short dagger. (Blacksmiths can usually dual wield)
Weapons Forger - no armor, just a long dagger (Usually a blacksmiths apprentice)
Construction Fighter - has Fighter armor but also has a thin leather tool belt with forged tools
Guard - warrior armor and weapons, guards the camp
Scene 1
We're Going To Be Apprentices!
(Becoming Apprentices "The Sight")
Jay's dream about becoming the greatest battle medic was interrupted by his brother's annoying voice and the rude yanking off of his leather and fur blankets.
"Get up Jay!" We're going to be apprenticed tomorrow!" Leon shouted excitedly.
Jay groaned the cool air from the morning breeze was not how he wanted to start his morning.
"Leon," Holly sighed exasperatedly, "it's only a quarter past sunrise, can you please just let us sleep?" She complained and Jay agreed with her.
"No, because Cynthia said her dad would be taking her out in the forest and I want to convince him to take us too!" Leon retorted
That jolted Jay upright. The half-blind preteen quickly sat up, "what?"
Holly echoed his statement, "what?! Why didn't you say anything about it earlier?!" Jay could see his sister from the thick and heavy woven open curtain that usually split their bedroom in their parents' cabin in half, Jay and Leon on one side, and Holly on the other, although one of their female friends occupied the room with Holly every once in a while. Holly tugged on the curtain, pulling it a small amount, "Leon! Close this stupid thing!" She huffed.
Leon laughed at her attitude and did as she asked. Only then did Jay notice how his brother wasnt wearing his normal blue trousers, leather sandals, and orange tunic instead of pjs. And he was wearing a leather vest fashioned after the warrior's armor attire that he would wear during and after his apprenticeship as a warrior. With the smooth vest were leather gauntlets around his wrist, knee and shoulder guards, and a belt with a large double sided dagger sheath and brass knuckle pouch hanging from it. He shifted his weight from foot to foot, "we're going to be left behind if you two don't hurry!"
Jay bit his tongue to keep from snapping at his brother, if he snapped at him he may not be allowed to go, and instead slid out of bed and pulled his leather mock battle medic armor on over his head and strapped it on, which was a thin leather vest, wrist and ankle gauntlets, moccasins, a belt with a double-sided dagger sheath hanging from it, and a strong mesh bag woven of ivy vines on his back.
Holly pushed through the curtain a few moments later, her leather mock runner-fighter armor was on over her dark green tunic and black trousers. Holly's armor consisted of a leather vest, gloves, and wrist gauntlets with moccasins, a belt that had two small dagger sheaths hanging from it. "Then let's go!"
The three siblings hurried out of the empty cabin, Jay following close behind, his vision blurring in the sunlight.
Cynthia was standing next to her father, her mock hunter-fighter armor was on as well. But where the three bramble kids had leather, Cynthia's was real metal. Cynthia's was real chainmail and steel, painstakingly created for her twelfth birthday by her father. While the armor was heavier than the armor she would be wearing later during her apprenticeship and probably even as a hunter-fighter due to the kind of metal, it looked spectacular and really made her look like a real hunter-fighter. Cynthia's armor was a chainmail vest with thin steel wrist and ankle gauntlets with leather moccasins, a chain mail belt with two leather dagger sheaths, steel shoulder and knee guards, hanging from one shoulder was a strong ivy vine mesh bag that could hold the animals she caught, and strapped to her back was an leather chainmail reinforced quiver and a pocket that could hold her bow if it was unstrung along with the polish and extra strings she carried for it.
"Cindy!" Leon waved his arms to get her attention as they ran toward her. "Hold on!"
Cynthia turned around to face them and she smiled, her blue eyes lighting up at seeing her friends. "Hi, guys!" She smiled at them, "what's up?"
Leon slowed to a stop in front of her, "we want to come too!"
"Yeah!" Holly smiled brightly, "We're all being apprenticed tomorrow!"
Jay stayed silent, not in the mood to talk to anyone even though he, like his siblings, was dying to go out into the territory.
Cynthia glanced at her father, "I don't know if my dad would allow it."
Leon looked disappointed, "auh man…"
Holly looked disappointed as well, and Jay felt the same emotion cause his stomach to sink, but he didn't speak. He knew that if anyone was going to be able to convince Cynthia's father it would be Cynthia, and the easiest way to convince Cynthia was through his brother, who the preteen had a crush on.
"We're getting apprenticed tomorrow," Leon pointed out, "and we can handle ourselves Cindy," he said, trying to persuade their friend, "so we wouldn't be that much of a bother for your father."
"None of you are a bother," Cynthia smiled quickly, and Jay could sense that she was trying to not embarrass herself or accidentally offend Leon. "Its just that my dad wasn't prepared to take four kids while those Fox Hearts are hunting around the territory, they're really dangerous people."
"Im sorry," Bracken told the three Bramble kids, "but I can't take four kids of which three don't know how to fight."
"What if I come along?" Bree came jogging over, the slightly older apprentice -who was a marksman-weaponssmith- had been training for a year now, and was a incredible with a bow. "I'm pretty good myself, so it might make it easier on Bracken!" She chirped with excitement in her voice.
Bree was wearing actual forger-marksman armor, with a colapsible wooden recurve bow tucked into a special leather case strapped to her left arm, a leather tool belt that she was currently stuffing into a stiff woven basket on her back that held some of her forgery tools, and a series of short daggers all tucked into a pouch hanging from her normal belt. Her attire was dark gray trousers tucked into thin flat toed leather boots that protected her feet and ankles from sparks as she worked in the forge and a light orange colored tunic that had no sleeves that went beneath a titanium chainmail short sleeve tunic, gauntlets around her wrists of the same metal along with knee guards and leather gloves that covered her index, middle finger, and thumb on her left, with all fingers, covered on her right. Bree's armor was standard for an apprentice and master, and it was about three times as light as Cynthia's mock armor was.
Cynthia looked up at her father, her blue eyes pleading, "please daddy!" She said, purposely using the endearment to get her father to lean more toward taking them all.
Bracken sighed, "fine, but if I get in trouble you all are in trouble as well."
"We take full responsibility," Leon and Cynthia said at the same time, Holly echoing their words.
Scene 2
Pink Diamond
Cynthia ~ 24
Leon ~ 24 ½
Leon's jaw slackened and he slowed to pace to a crawl as entered the camp and watched his mate manage to make her way up the stairs to the leader's rock. A huge carved boulder and she looked amazing. She was a little hot and sweaty from her beginning to go into labor, but she still looked perfect. Cynthia was wearing a loose white dress, a golden flower crown, nothing on her feet, and had her new style of face paint painted on her cheeks and nose. Instead of the streaks that had used to be below her eyes and curled into faint curves and a few spots, her face paint was now all gentle swirls and small spots, making her even more beautiful. Cynthia was leaning slightly against Leah, her lips forming a half smile.
Firen was standing beside her and the healer, his green eyes warm and kind, Leon's grandfather loved this part, introducing the birthing mother to the rest of the tribe and awarding her the pink diamond while announcing the new baby's arrival before the young addition was born and would be welcomed as soon as Cynthia was ready to part with the newborn. "Thunderous Lightning!" He called to the tribe, "today I'm proud to say that our tribe is getting stronger and larger! By tonight we will have a new addition to the tribe! Will Leon, Brad's son please come up and join his mate?"
People cheered as Leon threw off his helmet, revealing his sweaty blonde hair, dropped his sword, and unbuckled his sword belt as he ran toward the boulder and jogged up the stairs to his mate.
Cynthia smiled at him, her blue eyes gentle, excited, and held a little pain as well.
Leon smiled back and curled one of his arms around her waist before looking at his grandfather who was holding some face paint and a necklace jewel.
"These two will be blessed with their first child today, and we parents want to welcome them into parenthood!"
The tribe cheered some more, everyone looking at the rock and grinnin in excitement.
"Cynthia earns her pink diamond of motherhood today, and Leon receives his new status of hunter-fighter along with his Fatherhood status!" Firen told everyone as he took one of Cynthia's slightly shaking hands and put the jewel into her hand. He then dipped two fingers into the orange face paint and drew a symbol on Leon's forehead, the symbol for good luck and fatherhood transition.