Calling the Clan:
Leader: "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the (clan rock) for a clan meeting!"
Apprentice Ceremony:
Leader: "(Kit) is now old enough to become an apprentice. (Kit), until you complete your warrior training and earn your warrior name, you will be known as (App name). (Warrior), you are ready for an apprentice. Teach him/her all you know."
App & Mentor: *Touch Noses*
Warrior Ceremony:
Leader: "I, (name), call upon my Warrior Ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He/she has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him/her as a Warrior in his/her turn. (App), do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and the clan, even at the cost of your life?"
App: "I do."
Leader: "Then I give you your Warrior name. (App) you will now be known as (Warrior name). Starclan honors your (virtue #1) and (virtue #2), and we accept you as a full member of (Clan)."
Deputy Ceremony:
Leader: "It is now time that I choose the new deputy. I say these words before Starclan, so they may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of (clan) will be (Warrior.)"
Elder Ceremony:
Leader: "(Warrior), is it your wish to give up the duties of a Warrior, and go to join the Elders?"
Warrior: "It is."
Leader: "The clan thanks you for your service. May Starclan grant you many moons of rest."
Dying Apprentice Ceremony:
Leader: "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He/She has learned the warrior code and has given up his/her life in service of his/her Clan. Let StarClan recieve him/her as a warrior. His/Her name will be __________, because _________. Let StarClan recieve him/her by the name of __________.
Name Change Ceremony:
Leader: "Spirits of StarClan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name from the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what he/she is. By my authority as Clan leader, and with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment on, he/she will be known as _______. We honor his/her ______ and ______."
Medicine Cat Ceremony:
Medicine Cat: "As you all know, I will not be around forever. It is time I take on my apprentice. I have found a kit who is willing to help me, and shows great interest in the medicine cat ways. (Kits's
Leader: "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the (clan rock) for a clan meeting!"
Apprentice Ceremony:
Leader: "(Kit) is now old enough to become an apprentice. (Kit), until you complete your warrior training and earn your warrior name, you will be known as (App name). (Warrior), you are ready for an apprentice. Teach him/her all you know."
App & Mentor: *Touch Noses*
Warrior Ceremony:
Leader: "I, (name), call upon my Warrior Ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He/she has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him/her as a Warrior in his/her turn. (App), do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and the clan, even at the cost of your life?"
App: "I do."
Leader: "Then I give you your Warrior name. (App) you will now be known as (Warrior name). Starclan honors your (virtue #1) and (virtue #2), and we accept you as a full member of (Clan)."
Deputy Ceremony:
Leader: "It is now time that I choose the new deputy. I say these words before Starclan, so they may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of (clan) will be (Warrior.)"
Elder Ceremony:
Leader: "(Warrior), is it your wish to give up the duties of a Warrior, and go to join the Elders?"
Warrior: "It is."
Leader: "The clan thanks you for your service. May Starclan grant you many moons of rest."
Dying Apprentice Ceremony:
Leader: "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He/She has learned the warrior code and has given up his/her life in service of his/her Clan. Let StarClan recieve him/her as a warrior. His/Her name will be __________, because _________. Let StarClan recieve him/her by the name of __________.
Name Change Ceremony:
Leader: "Spirits of StarClan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name from the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what he/she is. By my authority as Clan leader, and with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment on, he/she will be known as _______. We honor his/her ______ and ______."
Medicine Cat Ceremony:
Medicine Cat: "As you all know, I will not be around forever. It is time I take on my apprentice. I have found a kit who is willing to help me, and shows great interest in the medicine cat ways. (Kits's