The Code of the Messengers
1) Warriors and Apprentices must defend their Clan, even at the cost of his or her life. They may have friendships with other Clancats, but their loyalty must remain to their Clan.
2) Do not hunt or trespass onto another Clan's territory.
3) Elders, Queens, and Kits must be fed before Warriors and Apprentices.
4) Prey is killed to be eaten, thank HeavenClan for every kill.
5) Kits must be six moons old in order to be Apprenticed.
6) Newly appointed Warriors must keep a silent Vigil for one night after receiving their Warrior name.
7) A cat cannot become Deputy without having Mentored two Apprentices.
8) Medicine Cats cannot have a mate or Kits until they retire and join the Warriors.
9) The Deputy will become Leader when the current leader dies or retires.
10) After the death or retirement of the current Deputy, the new Deputy must be chosen before Moonhigh.
11) A Gathering of all six Clans will take place on Gathering Island once a month during the Full Moon. This is the night of Truce and there will be no fighting.
12) Boundaries must be checked and remarked every day, challenge all trespassing cats.
13) No Warrior may neglect a Kit in pain or in danger, even if that Kit is from a different Clan or is a HouseKit.
14) The Leader's word is the Code of the Messengers.
15) An honorable Warrior does not need to kill to win his or her battles, unless they are outside the Messengers' Code or it is in self-defense.
16) A Warrior rejects the soft life of a HouseCat
17) Apprentices must train for twelve moons before they become Warriors.