Ruinclan

**Ruinclan** is a group of cats that live in the forest in one of the darker wooded areas. Their founding leader, Ruinstar, earned their name before their death after a tree fell on them in Ruinclan's current camp, which is some castle ruins, which was then given to the clan in return.

## Description

Ruinclan is one of the five clans and consider Starclan to be their ancestors. Their territory is thickly covered in spruce trees and undergrowth, practically covering the sun whenever it's out and provides a lot of shelter. They are devout to Starclan and The Warrior Code and will stop daily tasks for 'prayer breaks'. Breaking The Warrior Code is almost never taken lightly and Rogues, Loners, Kittypets and even other clans are sometimes looked down upon due to not believing in Starclan as Ruinclan does or not being as devout as Ruinclan. They specialise in being able to sneak around in dense undergrowth and the ability to see a lot better than most other clans in dense undergrowth. They are quite agile as well due to them usually having to dodge undergrowth and trees. Their favourite prey mostly consist of small mammals such as shrews and mice and birds, especially smaller birds of prey, due to these being harder to find and being deemed 'impressive' if caught.

## Territory

Their territory is filled with thick undergrowth and trees, sheltering it from the elements. Landmarks in/near their territory includes:

* Camp - A castle ruins which has been overgrown with bushes and overgrowth.
* The Ancient Tree - Starclan's Sacred place. They believe themself to be closer to Starclan due to being near The Ancient Tree.
* The Farm - A farm with mostly chickens, pigs and ducks. Loners may also stay here, most notably Piper.
* **The river** - A large river between the borders of Ruinclan, Rapidclan and Oakclan.
* **The river shores** - The shores near the river that Ruinclan uses to train Apprentices.
* **The fallen tree** - A large fallen log which is used as a bridge to Oakclan.
* **The cavern** - A small cavern near Marshclan territory. There are often disputes over this.
* **The waterfall** - A small waterfall between Ruinclan's and Oakclan's territories.

The camp is quite overgrown and is seemingly the ruins of a Castle of some kind, the camp is well sheltered with trees and remains of the castle yet lets light into the camp. Bushes, vines and various overgrowth thickly cover the outsides of the camp, shielding it from attacks and predators. Yet, there is a small entrance at what would be the castle's entrance. A small stream runs throughout the camp. The Leader sleeps underneath the Fallen Tree, which is used instead of a rock for important speeches, this den is made to be comfortable and lined with bushes. The Medicine Cat's den is a tower within the ruins which is thickly covered in overgrowth. Some of the rubble within this den is used for herb storage. The warrior's den is in a similar room to the Medicine Cat's. The elder's den is beneath a tree stump which neatly makes a clearing for the den. The apprentice den and nursery are both underneath thick bushes.

## Eras

### Ruinstar

Ruinstar was the first leader of Ruinclan.

### Bramblestar

Bramblestar is the current leader of Ruinclan.

## See also

* List of Ruinclan cats
* List of other Clans