ThunderClan History

**Generation One**
Jaystar, Ferncrawl, Honeywind

★ Jaysong, a member of the original group residing in what is now ShadowClan, constantly thought about forming his own Clan with friend Peartail by his side. When Jaysong brought up the idea to Peartail, Peartail told Jaysong he wouldn’t join him. Jaysong had already had his mind set, though, and announced that he was leaving their group to form his own Clan.
★ Jaysong was able to get some of his previous group to join him in the endeavor of making a new 'Clan,' one who believed in ancestors: StarClan.
★ The group traveled southeast, in which they were greeted with dense forestry filled with bushier, shorter trees, such as oaks, maples, and beeches. Already feeling connected to the land, Jaysong decided that they would settle on that territory.
★ During their first days in the forest, storms began to brew, then raging and wreaking havoc. The stragglers thought they wouldn’t live to see through to founding their own Clan.
★ Able to withstand and endure the uproar for days on end, Jaysong decided to name the Clan ThunderClan in honor of the storms which made the group of cats stronger.
★ Around two moons after officially proclaiming the Clan's name, their camp was complete.
★ Despite being settled into his own land, Jaysong felt like something was missing. He decided that he wanted to visit the Mooncave himself.
★ At the Mooncave, he traveled through the twists and turns until reaching a shimmering, star-laden pool. Famished, he drank from the crystal-clear waters, only to fall into a deep slumber.
★ While asleep, he was met with a familiar face, a tom by the name of Finchpeck. Finchpeck had passed, and was now a member of StarClan, there to explain to Jaysong what was to happen. Because he took it upon himself to lead ThunderClan, Jaysong now had to get his other eight lives to properly lead his Clan.
★ After receiving his lives, Finchpeck renamed Jaysong to Jaystar, a symbol and continuous reminder of his leadership and loyalty to StarClan.
★ Jaystar returned back to ThunderClan’s camp, announcing his new name and his lives, therefore finalizing ThunderClan’s founding.
★ Over time, Jaystar was able to make ThunderClan’s officiality known throughout the island. With his Clan, the leader was able to explore the woodlands, mountainside, and fields that made up ThunderClan's territory, developing names that would catch on, become well-known, and frequently visited.
★ Ferncrawl, a trusted, level-headed molly is promoted to deputy, Jaystar's 'second-in-command'. The two are able to work alongside one another seamlessly, creating and maintaining a harmonious environment as ThunderClan still grapples with the difficulties of being a new Clan.
★ Jaystar is sent an omen from StarClan regarding the first medicine cat of ThunderClan. In this omen the tom is shown a honeycomb stuffed with sprigs of herbs and flowers. A simple sign, but one that leads him to promote a shy golden molly by the name of Honeywind to the medicine cat position.
★ Ferncrawl and Jaystar come up with a game for Newleaf, naming it the Robin Egg Hunt. It is to become a popular tradition passed down for generations.

**Generation Two**
Fernstar, Sleekbite, Honeywind, Cloudypaw

★ Jaystar looses his last life to an undetermined illness. This illness spreads throughout ThunderClan during Leaf-bare, killing many.
★ Ferncrawl is given her nine lives and new name, but while on the way back from the Mooncave she is attacked by a pack of wild dogs. A warrior named Sleekbite saves her, earning many scars in the process.
★ Ferncrawl immediately promotes Sleekbite as her deputy, him having earned her full trust.
★ Honeywind is able to treat and prevent any more Clanmates from dying from the illness that killed Jaystar. After this event, StarClan tells her through a vague omen Cloudykit is to be apprenticed to her and be the next medicine cat.
★ Cloudykit is taken to the Mooncave and apprenticed to Honeywind, while also earning his apprentice name Cloudypaw.
★ ThunderClan welcomes many pure-blood litters under Fernstar's leadership!

**Generation Three**
Sleekstar, Lionrapid, Cloudybelly, Mossypaw

★ Upon Fernstar's passing, Sleekbite becomes Sleekstar and is given his nine lives, receiving lives from both Jaystar and Fernstar.
★ Sleekstar chooses a noble tom by the name of Lionrapid as his deputy. Many ThunderClanners support this choice, and Lionrapid becomes very popular amongst the Clan.
★ Cloudypaw earns his full medicine cat name, becoming Cloudybelly. Honeywind peacefully passes of old age.
★ ThunderClan undergoes a dangerous prey shortage, but Sleekstar is too proud to admit it and ask for assistance from other Clans. His Clanmates begin to doubt him and his leadership ethic, turning to Lionrapid for a solution.
★ Because of the pressure placed on him to step up and fix the shortage, Lionrapid begins to visit the RiverClan border, often meeting with a RiverClan she-cat. Soon learning she is pregnant with his kits, Lionrapid feels he has no choice but to tell Sleekstar and step down from his position as deputy.
★ Sleekstar is shocked, as is most of the rest of the Clan, but because of Lionrapid's honesty the leader believes he should remain deputy.
★ The Clan becomes divided. Half forgive Lionrapid and accept them as his deputy once more. The other half are outraged, believing that because Lionrapid broke the warrior code he should be exiled.
★ Turning on the deputy, a band of warriors make an attempt at the tom's life. Sleekstar is able to intervene, loosing a life protecting Lionrapid. He exiles the warriors and ThunderClan begins to fall into a dark time of confusion and betrayal.
★ The RiverClan she-cat, Silverfern, gives birth to Lionrapid's kits and asks to join ThunderClan. Sleekstar reluctantly accepts, only because they're Lionrapid's kits and half-ThunderClan. They are the first half-Clan kits to be born in ThunderClan.
★ Greencough rages through the Clan during Leaf-fall and Leaf-bare, weakening many strong warriors and killing medicine cat Cloudbelly. ThunderClan mourns their losses.
★ Mossypaw travells to the Mooncave with Sleekstar to be named a full medicine cat, becoming Mossymist.
★ Sleekstar looses the rest of his lives to illness, drowning, and battle.

**Generation Four**
Lionstar, Vixendawn, Beechspring, Mossymist, Moosepaw

★ Lionstar receives his nine lives at the Mooncave.
★ Vixendawn, the only surviving kin of first ThunderClan leader Jaystar, threatens Lionstar to make her deputy. Because she is related to Jaystar, she believes she has a right to be deputy, and one day leader.
★ Out on the Mountainside Ledge with his mate Silverfern one day, a rock falls onto Lionstar's paw. Silverfern is able to move the rock off of Lionstar, and help him back to Camp. Mossymist has to amputate his right hind paw.
★ While healing and recovering from his amputation, Vixendawn assumes control over the Clan. She becomes drunk on power, controlling her Clanmates' every move. From which prey is deemed acceptable, policing who can eat and when, and preventing Clanmates from seeing Mossymist because she views it as 'weak'.
★ Lionstar looses a life at a border skirmish started by Vixendawn. Vixendawn kills a RiverClanner during this fight.
★ Unable to regain the leadership position over his Clan, Lionstar approaches Mossymist with his concerns about Vixendawn. Mossymist forms a secret plan, telling no one.
★ Stuffing a pipit with a few deathberries and lots of poppyseeds, Mossymist feeds it to Vixendawn in his den, killing her. Nobody in the Clan knows of his crimes, and nobody ever will.
★ At Vixendawn's vigil, a flock of pipits flies past her body and swirls up and over camp. Ever since this moment, in ThunderClan, pipits are an omen of death, misfortune, or incoming evil, and no kits ever born will bear the name without being greatly feared.
★ Lionstar promotes a smart, quiet molly by the name of Beechspring to be the next deputy. The Clan celebrates their freedom from Vixendawn's control for days.
★ ThunderClan begins to bounce back, Beechspring giving birth to a litter of four and Mossymist taking on an apprentice named Moosepaw.
★ The tale of Vixendawn's corruption is passed down through stories, serving as a warning of the sight of flocks of pipits. The superstition around birds of all kinds grows and grows.
★ Before Mossymist dies, he finishes training Moosepaw and sees him earn his full name, Moosetangle.

**Generation Five**
Beechstar, Sedgepoppy, Eversong, Moosetangle, Dovepaw

★ After Lionstar's passing, Beechspring makes her way to the Mooncave to get her nine lives. On the way there, she sees a bald eagle overhead, which becomes symbolic with freedom and immortality.
★ Sedgepoppy is promoted as Beechstar's first deputy. Many are wary of this choice, as she is Vixendawn's younger sister.
★ While on a hunting patrol, a few Clanmates discover a mystical, romantic woodland. They name it the Whimsical Woods, and many mates begin to come here and confess their love for one another, the atmosphere inspiring.
★ Beechstar has an affair with Sedgepoppy, Beechstar's mate soon finding out. In a jealous rage, Beechstar's mate chases Sedgepoppy out of ThunderClan in the midst of Leaf-bare. She quickly succumbs to hypothermia, her body being found washed up in the Adderstone Shore.
★ A grouping of three doves is found near Sedgepoppy's body, a dark omen of loss. Upon further inspection by Moosetangle—and having taken notice of the birds—it is found she was carrying kits, who had died shortly before her.
★ Eversong is promoted the next deputy, the Clan feeling rather neutral about her.
★ Medicine cat Moosetangle receives an omen from StarClan about a singular dove. He later interprets this as taking in the young Dovepaw as his apprentice, as one dove represents divinity.
★ Beechstar lives a rather long life, becoming secluded and private after Sedgepoppy. She doesn't take her leadership duties seriously, relying on Eversong and Moosetangle to practically lead the Clan themselves, and one day vanishes.
★ Eversong waits for a period of time before going to get her nine lives, but it is soon clear Beechspring won't return.

**Generation Six**
Everstar, Thornears, Sunripple, Dovesong

★ Moosetangle lives a long life, the longest a ThunderClan medicine cat ever has, but eventually passes on to StarClan. He is known as one of the best medicine cats to treat and heal ThunderClan to this day.
★ Eversong earns her nine lives—one from Moosetangle—and becomes Everstar, quick to promote half-WindClan tom Thornears to the deputy position. Some disapprove due to his mixed blood.
★ Dovepaw becomes Dovesong, the full medicine cat of ThunderClan.
★ Thornears is quick to crumble under the weight of the deputy position, and leaves without a trace. Many cats begin to doubt their high ranks, noting the worrying pattern of vanishing with no warning.
★ Sunripple is promoted and chosen to be the next deputy, a quiet, hardworking warrior without many friends in the Clan.
★ Not even a moon after she is promoted, Dovesong alerts Sunripple that Everstar has stepped down and left ThunderClan, leaving her to be thrust into leadership with little to no deputy experience.

**Generation Seven (Current)**
Sunstar, Geckoshade, Dovesong, Wolfpaw

★ When at the Mooncave with Dovesong, Sunripple enters StarClan, only to be met with a cloud of thick fog, no ancestors in sight. She tells Dovesong of this, and with hopes to maintain sanity within the Clan, they decide to lie and give her her name without the nine lives, until they out what is happening.
★ Sunstar chooses friendly she-cat Geckoshade as her deputy.
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