Omen of the Stars/Meet the Clans (Bonus)

Meet the Clans is featured in the bonus material in the e-book bundle Warriors: Omen of the Stars Collection with Bonus Material, which was released on 27 December, 2011.
==ThunderClan==
Some of the following information might have been retconned.
===ThunderClan Facts===
Leader: Firestar
Deputy: Brambleclaw
Medicine cat: Jayfeather
Hunting territory: Forest
Camp: Stone Hallow
Unique battle skill: Fighting in dense undergrowth
===ThunderClan Trivia===
ThunderClan's first leader, Thunder, earned his name because he used storms to his advantage, hunting during the loudest thunderclaps to confuse his prey.
===Brambleclaw's Welcome===
Welcome to ThunderClan. Our camp is on the other side of that row of thornbushes, sheltered by the cliffs of stone. Forgive me if I don't invite you in. I have only your word that you haven't come to learn more than we are willing to share.
Would you like to know about ThunderClan's battle tactics? Well, notice the brambles and ferns crowding in on you, blocking your sight. We see them as opportunities for camouflage and causing confusion to our enemies when we pounce on them from every side. We have been trained to fight in these enclosed spaces, paw-to-paw, with nowhere for the trespassers to flee. We can spin on the tip of a tail, find strength in a strike where there is barely room to draw back our paws, leap from a standstill while our enemy is struggling to turn around.
What is that you ask? You want to know the best ThunderClan battle tactic? Well, without giving away too much, let me just say that every ThunderClan apprentice loves to learn the Lightning Strike. Just like a bolt of lightning, it is straightforward, swift, and deadly. It's fitting that ThunderClan should be able to summon up a storm, don't you think?
==ShadowClan==
Some of the following information might have been retconned.
===ShadowClan Facts===
Leader: Blackstar
Deputy: Rowanclaw
Medicine cat: Littlecloud
Hunting territory: Pine Forest
Camp: Bramble-enclosed dip beneath pine trees
Unique battle skill: Night ambush
===ShadowClan Trivia===
ShadowClan often mocks ThunderClan for letting in too many kittypets, but if you look back through the history of the forest, ShadowClan has had far more warriors who came from Twolegplace. There have been many others in the past, lured from their housefolk by the promise of glory in battle, fearless comradeship, and respect from all the other Clans. Ironically, it is ShadowClan's pride in their many victories that makes them so attractive to kittypets wanting a dramatic change of lifestyle.
===Rowanclaw's Welcome===
Do you really expect me to invite you into our camp and explain why ShadowClan has the most feared warriors in all the Clans? Our strengths are our secrets. But I would not be betraying my role as Blackstar's deputy if I told you that ShadowClan earned its name for a reason. We are night hunters, our senses most alert in the darkness and silence that befuddles other cats. We can slip noiselessly through shadows like fish through black water, and speak to one another without words. Unlike the other Clans, who cling to moonlight or the watchful shine of StarClan and Silverpelt, we like the freedom that is found in the darkest nights.
When it comes to battle, we waste no time rallying our warriors with speeches or promises of glory; they know what is expected of them, and they will deliver or face the shame of betraying their Clan. While the other Clans arrange themselves in lines and circles and elaborate battle plans, we swoop and strike and vanish into the night. We fight to win, nothing else.
Go now, and leave us to train in the dead of night. May StarClan—not ShadowClan—walk in your dreams.
==RiverClan==
Some of the following information might have been retconned.
===RiverClan Facts===
Leader: Mistystar
Deputy: Reedwhisker
Medicine cat: Mothwing
Hunting territory: The lake and streams
Camp: Overgrown island in a stream
Unique battle skill: Water combat
===RiverClan Trivia===
Every so often, a RiverClan cat is born with a strong aversion to getting wet. These were once known as "drypaws", and they struggled to fit in with other warriors. One leader took a stance against the internal bullying and gave drypaws special responsibility for den construction and flood protection for the camp. The drypaws' distaste for water made them particularly skilled at keeping the river away from the living areas!
===Reedwhisker's Welcome===
Welcome to RiverClan. You want to know the secret behind RiverClan's strength in battle? Well, you are up to your bellies in it right now. That's right, water. Water gives us the power to choose whether we fight or not, knowing that few cats are brave enough to swim across our borders to attack us. We can slide out of rivers like fish with fur, silently flooding the shore before our enemy knows we are there.
Have you seen how we hunt? Not with speed or stealth or pounces, but with lightning reflexes, scooping fish from the lake while they drowse below the surface. How would you like to feel these claws raking over your spine? In close combat, RiverClan cats are the most feared among all the Clans because we can hold our enemies down and rake their bellies until they beg for mercy. If the ground is too open for close combat, we'll lure our enemies to the shore and drag them into the water to fight there. Other cats' fur quickly becomes sodden and heavy, pulling them down, but our fur sheds water like the feathers on a duck. We stay light and nimble, freed by the water rather than trapped by it. Our rivals don't stand any chance of winning when the lake fights alongside us.
==WindClan==
Some of the following information might have been retconned.
===WindClan Facts===
Leader: Onestar
Deputy: Ashfoot
Medicine cat: Kestrelflight
Hunting territory: The open hillside
Camp: Shallow scoop in hillside
Unique battle skill: Speed and agility
===WindClan Trivia===
WindClan once announced at a Gathering that all fish in the river belonged to them because the water flowed through their territory, via the gorge, first. RiverClan objected strongly so a contest was held to determine which Clan could catch the most fish. WindClan warriors trained hard, overcoming their natural distaste for water, and lost the contest by a very small margin. Generously, RiverClan allowed them to keep their share of the catch—on the understanding that they would never take fish from the river again.
===Ashfoot's Welcome===
Come into our camp and settle down in the shade. You have nothing to fear. Unlike the other Clans, who skulk in brambles or shadows or even in water, WindClan has nothing to hide. We live in the open, and we fight in the open, too, with two lines of cats facing one another across empty ground. This is surely the noblest way to fight. Other Clans are content to skirmish amid bushes or mud, but open battles carry the weight of destiny.
==SkyClan==
Some of the following information might have been retconned.
===SkyClan Facts===
Leader: Leafstar
Deputy: Sharpclaw
Medicine cat: Echosong
Hunting territory: A sandy gorge
Camp: Caves in wall of gorge
Unique battle skill: Aboveground combat
===SkyClan Trivia===
Long before the Twolegs started building their nests on SkyClan's territory, the medicine cats of SkyClan kept the terrible secret that their Clan would lose its home one day. When the first pine tree was felled, heralding the arrival of treecutplace, all the SkyClan warrior ancestors appeared in a dream to the medicine cat, bewailing the loss of their hunting grounds and foretelling the destruction of the Clan's forest home. The medicine cat conspired to keep the truth from her Clanmates, hoping that the prophecy would not come true.
===Buzzardstar's Welcome===
My name is Buzzardstar, and I was once the leader of SkyClan. We earned our name because our warriors were happiest in the trees, hunting birds and climbing into nests for juicy, warm eggs. We could jump higher than any other cats, and climb more confidently, even to the thinnest branches. Like the hawks and eagles who swoop silently down on prey from above, SkyClan warriors could launch into battle from the air, dropping down on the enemy from the branches of trees and catching even the wariest intruders by surprise.
We were driven out of the forest many moons ago, when I was the deputy, after our territory was destroyed by Twolegs building new nests. We tried to make a new home at the source of the river that flowed through the forest, but we faced too many enemies, and within a few generations, my Clan had disappeared.
Even after watching the heartbreaking defeat of the Clanmates who came after me, I knew that SkyClan could live again, strong and proud and preserved by the warrior code. Now my Clan thrives once more, relearning the old battle moves that moons ago made SkyClan one of the most respected Clans of the forest.
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