For the longest time, the cats of the forest have lived in peace. They grouped together and made a group called the Tribe of Golden Pelts.

The cats of the tribe all had sleek fur, agile frames, and were known to others as the Leopard Cats.

Another group of cats, the Tribe of Speckled Stars, came from a far away land that the tribe called "Beyond." Some of them merged with the tribe. Gray mountain cats and bright forest cats made kittens that had silver fur and deep spots.

True mountain cats are hard to find. Almost all cats have spots, but only a few are like the ancient forest cats. Bright gold with luminous brown eyes.

The cats lived in peace for a long time. However, one of the last pure forest cats rebelled. He hated that the mountain cats with boring coats were changing how the tribe looked.

He was named Oak Log.

They were losing their respect. They were known as the small leopards to some, and now that gray cats were in their midst, they were becoming more like "common wild cats." They didn't live up to their name anymore. The Tribe of Golden Pelts was no more.

But nothing happened until Oak Log died. His two kits, Frog Leap and Tall Pine, decided to make a move.

They carried their father's beliefs. They thought that they weren't living up to their name, but the leader of the tribe didn't want to change it.

They took around a third of the Tribe of Golden Pelts, and left for the nearby jungle, the Vine Jungle.

They made VineClan.

Territory

They live on the edge of the forest, so they can catch forest and jungle prey. They live in an area with a waterfall, called the Spirit's Waterfall. The camp is a small valley next to the pond.

Legend says that drinking the water that flows down will call Anima to you.

Religion

They worship one god, Anima. She's the Goddess of spirits, the moon and stars, clouds, and new life. She's a small ocelot with bright yellow eyes.

Every moon, they leave one piece of prey in a small cave in the waterfall, called Spirit's Cavern. Anima will take the prey to eat. Spirits appear in the cave, and spirits go there to enter the Cloud Realm.

The Cloud Realm is basically StarClan, and the Smoke Realm is the Dark Forest. The similarities between them show that all cats start as mist. Some will rise as clouds, and others will become dark.

Anima had many kits, who are all demigods.

Ranks

Wisterias (Important Members): (10 max)

Ruler - The rulers are elected every other spring, the day where a cat sees a small flower growing near the waterfall. (1 max)

Ruler's Family - The only cats that count are the ruler's mate, parents, and kits, but they must not be grown up. If they're grown, they're Council Members. (No limit (technically), but usually is around 4 or 5.)

The Council - They make decisions, & the ruler is elected between them. Usually, one is a hunter, one is a gatherer, one is a fighter, and one is a healer, and the last is a royal kit. (5 max)

Ivy (Citizens): (20 max)

Hunters - These cats mainly hunt. (around 5)

Gatherers - These cats forage for sticks and resources. (around 4)

Fighters - These cats mainly patrol and fight. These cats go with the hunters and gatherers to protect them. (around 4)

Healers - These cats heal. (3 max)

Trainees - These cats are around 6-12 moons old. (Around 4)

Honeysuckles (Elders, kits, queens): (no limit)

Kits - Cats under 6 moons (no limit)

Mothers - Cats with litters or expecting kits (no limit)

Elders - retired cats (unplayable)

The cats wear a vine around their ear, signifying their rank. The flower colors:

Rulers get gold

Their family gets bright orange

The council has white

Hunters have purples and blues

Gatherers have pink and pastel orange

Fighters get red and gray

Healers have two vines wrapped around each ear, with no flowers

Trainees have one vine without flowers

Kits have white

Mothers have red

Elders get to choose (but since they aren't playable-)

Ruler

Rulers are almost like leaders of the 4 canon clans (ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, WindClan). However, they only announce and suggest laws and decisions. hey are addressed as "King/Queen/Ruler (name)."

Council

The council is the cats who make the decisions. They vote for the rules, and sometimes will let the Ivys decide. They are elected every year on the first day of seed-sprout. The ratio of cats to council members is 5:1, so if there are 20 cats, there will be 4 council members. The Ivy's, the kits, and the mothers count.

Ruler's Family

The ruler's parents, kits under 6 moons, and mate goes into this rank. They have regular duties, but have a special vine and rank. They will return to their regular rank after the ruler dies.

Healers

Healers are the cats who mostly heal. They do hunt, gather, etc, but they must prioritize helping the sick. They usually stay in camp.

Hunters

Hunters, well, hunt. They catch prey for their clan. 

Fighters

Fighters are cats who patrol, fight, and guard. They go with Hunters and Gatherers to protect them on patrols. They are mostly strong cats. 

Gatherers

Gatherers are cats who forage. They have good eyes and usually have short fur that won't be caught on branches. They can forage anything, from sticks, to herbs, to Twoleg things that you can find along some paths. 

Kits

Kits are...well, kits. They become trainees at 6 moons. They stay with their mothers in the Nursery and are allowed out of camp if they have adult supervision the whole dang time + permission + don't slip into some bushes.

Mothers

Mothers are a general term for cats who nurse/are expecting kits. Cats who find kits will give them to a queen. They will have to stay in the den and are obligated to stay there until their kits have grown up, no matter how much they like them. *cough* Rainflower *cough*

Elders

Elders are cats over 12 moons. They can choose to retire, or can be forced to. If a cat gets an unhealable injury, such as blindness or a limp, they'll have to retire to the elder's den. These cats are highly respected.

Charts and Commands

/hunt alone (cat)

/hunt with...(cat)

Chart

Level 0 - 0-1 prey

Level 1 - 0-2 prey

Level 2 - 1-2 prey

Level 3 - 1-3 prey

Level 4 - 2-4 prey

Level 5 - 2-5 prey

Hunters get a +1 bonus

/attack (cat)

/attack -- by using [method] (cat)

Chart

Level 1 - 0-20 roll

Level 2 - 10-30 roll

Level 3 - 20-40 roll

Level 4 - 30-50 roll

Level 5 - 40-60 roll

Cat Total Health: 15

Fighters get a +1 bonus

/forage for [herbs or sticks] alone (cat)

/forage for [herbs or sticks] with....(cat)

Chart

Level 0 - 0-1

Level 1 - 1-2

Level 2 - 2-3

Level 3 - 2-4

Level 4 - 3-5

Level 5 - 4-6

Gatherers get a +2 bonus

All dens are hollows or caves in their camp. They don't need to be repaired, however, they can be expanded.

/expand den [den number] (cat)

All cats can do /heal, however, Healers get a 10% boost in all their attempts.

/heal [cat] (cat)

/diagnose [cat] (cat)

Level 1 - Nothing

Level 2 - Light injuries

Level 3 - Injuries

Level 4 - Severe Injuries

Level 5 - Everything (pretty much)

Bond Chart

1 - acquaintances

2 - friends

3 - close friends

4 - best friends

5 - mates

You can ask them to be your mate at level 3+. You can have kits with them at level 5. Bonding twice can get a new level.

/bond with...(cat)

Eating Order

Ruler

Mothers and Kits

Elders

Council

Ruler's Family

Trainees

Citizens

The weather is usually tropical. However...

Winter - -1 foraging, -1 prey

Snowstorms: 5% chance

Extreme winds: 20% chance

Fall - +1 foraging, -1 prey

Tornado: 2% chance

Extreme Winds: 15% chance

Spring - +1 prey

Flood: 20% chance

Rain: 50% chance

Summer - +1 prey, +1 foraging

Heatwave: 30% chance

Rain: 60% chance

Snowfall (winter) will have more illnesses, redleaf (autumn) will have more death to fallen branches, seed-sprout (spring) will have injuries to rain, and sun-drought (summer) will have heat-related deaths.

Snowfall starts when the pond begins to freeze, redleaf starts when the Star Tree (the tree in the middle of their camp) turns red, seed-sprout starts when the first leaves on the Star Tree begins to grow, and sun-drought starts when the Star Tree attracts its first butterfly of the year.

The Star Tree is a magnolia.

Predators

Most other animals at all are pretty rare. The chance of having a predator is:

-10% every moon for common

-7% every moon for uncommon

-3% every moon for rare

Leopards:

-Come in 2's or 3's

-usually aren't dangerous and stay away from cats

-Rare

Twolegs:

-Come in groups with hiking sticks

-Will try to s t a b the cats with their hiking sticks

-Uncommon

Foxes:

-Most foxes are chased there by some other animal, so when there's a fox, there's a bigger threat. Evacuate the camp!

-Foxes wandering around will mostly flee unless provoked.

-Common

Monkeys:

-Just generally annoying

-Rare

Rogues & Loners:

-Usually alone and peaceful

-Easily taken care of if you work together

-Uncommon

Snakes:

-Really long and deadly

-Most of the time, the alert is when a cat dies, be careful!

-Rare

Bird Flocks:

-The deadliness depends on the type of bird, toucans are the worse

-Sometimes, taming or killing the "lead bird" can disband the flock

-Uncommon

Ruler Only:

/exile [cat] (cat)

/rankup [cat] (cat)

/step down (cat)

Council Only:

/appoint [cat[ to council (cat)

/vote for [rule] (cat)

/vote for exile [cat] (cat)

Trainees Only:

/rank up to [rank] (cat)

Kits Only:

/play alone (cat)

/play with...(cat)

/bother [cat] (cat)

Mothers Only:

/force kit [number] to nap (cat)

/force kit [number] to eat (cat)

/bring kit [number] to medicine den (cat)

-Council members are elected on the first rain of seed-sprout

To elect a cat for council or ruler, use

/elect [cat] for council/ruler (cat)

Treason Commands:

/ask to become secret mates with [cat].

You can also /murder a cat. Going into description will give you a slightly higher chance of succeeding!

/steal [item] from [cat] /attack [cat] are other treason commands.

All of these commands will be pm-ed to me, and then the results will be replied back. The cat you're attacking/killing/asking to be secret mates will be pm-ed, too. They'll pm /accept -'s request to accept your request!

You can find pets, such as mice, owls, and snakes. However, they will take a while to get used to you. An easier way would be to buy one with palm leaves from a Merchant that passes through.

The usual amount of energy is 3. Kits have 2, trainees have 3, with one reserved for training. All training, hunting, fighting, and gathering commands take 1 energy. Voting, bonding, and predicting use 0.5 energy, along with most improvised commands.

Complete List

/vote for ruler - used to vote for the new ruler

/vote for council - used to vote a council member

/bond with... - used to bond with a cat

/hunt with... - hunt with a cat/all

/train huntingskill alone - boost your hunting skill. Increases by 0.25 each

/train huntingskill with... - boosts your hunting skill 0.5 each

/forage for herbs alone - look for herbs

/forage for sticks alone - look for sticks

/forage for sticks with... - look for sticks with another cat

/forage for herbs with... - look for herbs with another cat

/train foragingskill alone - train in foraging, increases 0.25

/train foragingskill with... - train in foraging with others, increases 0.5

/eat last - be moved to the bottom of the eating order

/rest - boost your energy by 0.5. Can be done only 2x per moon.

/predict the weather will be... - used to predict the weather. Will boost your energy (from happiness the next moon only) if you're right.

/ask to be secret mates with [cat] - ask to become secret mates with a cat

/accept secret mate request - accepts the secret mate request. They can also decline.

/attack [cat] - attack a cat

/murder [cat] - Try to kill a cat

Commands can be improvised!

It's preferred to have a forest/jungle related 2-part name.

-Poison Dart Frog, will go by Frog

-Forest Rains, goes by Rain

It's tradition, although you can just have any name, as long as it isn't something related to:

-deserts

-mountains

-Twolegs (humans)

-tundra

Please join the Disc (I'll DM it to you) if you're making a character!