Goldenshine/Allegiances

## **Monarch**

*The clowder’s leader. Often referred to by the title “your majesty”. The highest rank in the clowder’s hierarchy, responsible for everything that goes on in the clowder.*

**Oberon** is a long-furred red, classic tabby tom with blue eyes and curled ears. He’s the mate of Lark, and father to Echo, Starling, Della, Briar, Rainier, Altair, and Blueberry. His predecessor was Lightning, who he succeeded nearly four years before the beginning of the series. He ends up dying shortly into Heart of Bravery, and is succeeded by Lullaby.

## **Secretary**

*The second to the monarch. The secretary's job is to make sure the entire clowder is in order and functioning each day.*

**Lullaby** is a short-furred brown tabby molly with amber eyes. She took over after Fox injured himself in battle, and proved herself to be a strong, capable warrior. She eventually succeeds Oberon as monarch, and becomes mates with Azalea.

## **General**

*The leader of the sentinels and stalkers, the general is in charge of the clowder's protection and safety.*

**Cressida** is a long-furred brown molly with yellow eyes and black ears. She’s the former mate of Lightning and mother of Azalea. She is killed by Damian.

## **Healers**

*Presiding over the health of the clowder, a healer never shies from their duty. Although they are often discouraged from starting families of their own, that doesn't stop the majority of them from taking mates or having kittens.*

**Blaze** is a short-furred ginger molly with darker splotches and green eyes.

**Jade** is a short-furred chocolate molly. She's the sister of Damian and Sunflower, and daughter to Shrew and Rose.

**Briar** is a long-furred dominant white molly with curled ears and amber eyes. She's the daughter of Lark and Oberon, and sister of Starling, Echo, Della, Rainier, Altair, and Blueberry.

## **Sentinels**

*Esteemed guardians of the clowder. Sentinels watch over the clowder from their posts, and do not move even at the slightest of threats.*

**Lark** is a long-furred white molly with amber eyes. She’s the mate of Oberon, and mother of Starling, Echo, Della, Briar, Rainier, Altair, and Blueberry.

**Sunstone** is a long-furred dark ginger-and-white tom with yellow eyes. He’s the mate of Pebble, and father of Wasp, Vixen, and Crow. He’s the son of Fox.

**Pyro** is a short-furred pale gray tom with a brown patch on his head and blue eyes. He’s the mate of Echo.

**Echo** is a long-furred white tom with amber eyes. He’s the mate of Pyro, brother of Starling, and son of Oberon and Lark.

**Starling** is a long-furred black tom with low white. He’s the son of Oberon and Lark, and brother of Echo.

**Azalea** is long-furred chocolate molly with low white and yellow eyes. She’s the daughter of Cressida and Lightning. She’s the former mate of Hawk, and mother of Blackthorn and Willow.

**Hyacinth** is a blue-gray molly with blue eyes. She’s the mate of Frost.

**Damian** is a chocolate mackerel tabby tom with yellow eyes. He’s the son of Shrew and Rose, and brother of Sunflower and Jade.

**Wasp** is a long-furred black ticked tabby tom with little white and green eyes. He’s the son of Pebble and Sunstone, and brother of Vixen and Crow. Alongside his siblings, he leaves Goldenshine to form the Shadowbane clowder.

**Vixen** is a long-furred black ticked caliby molly with green eyes. She’s the daughter of Pebble and Sunstone, and sister to Crow and Wasp. She eventually becomes the general of the Shadowbane clowder.

**Crimson** is a red mackerel tabby molly with low white and green eyes. She's the daughter of Lion and Jinx, and sister to Pepper.

**Della** is a long-furred black mackerel torbie and white molly with curled ears.

**Altair** is a long-furred dominant white tom with curled ears and green eyes.

## **Stalkers**

*The hunters and fighters.*

**Pebble** is a short-furred black spotted/ticked tabby molly with green eyes and a white chest, tail, and paws. She’s the mate of Sunstone, and mother to Wasp, Vixen, and Crow.

**Rose** is a long-furred cinnamon molly with blue eyes and a dark ginger tail. She’s the mate of Shrew, and mother of Damian, Sunflower, and Jade.

**Lion** is a long-furred pale gold trans molly with a lion’s mane and green eyes. She’s the mate of Jinx.

**Shrew** is a short-furred dark brown tabby tom with green eyes and a white belly. He's the mate of Rose, and father of Damian, Sunflower and Jade. He's also the son of Cressida and Lightning, and sister of Azalea.

**Frost** is a short-furred pure-white tom with amber eyes. He’s the brother of Pebble and mate of Hyacinth.

**Flora** is a short-furred tortoiseshell molly with blue eyes.

**Hickory** is a short-furred silver tabby tom. He’s the brother of Olive.

**Olive** is a long-furred silver molly. She’s the sister of Hickory.

**Sunflower** is a chocolate molly with amber eyes. She's the daughter of Rose and Shrew and sister to Damian and Jade.

**Crow** is a black-and-white tom with yellow eyes. He's the son of Pebble and Sunstone. He's also the brother to Vixen and Wasp. He eventually becomes the secretary of the Shadowbane clowder.

**Pepper** is a long-furred red mackerel tabby tom with green eyes. He's the son of Lion and Jinx, and brother to Crimson.

**Rainier** is a long-furred black tom with low white and curled ears.

**Blueberry** is a long-furred black mackerel tabby tom with low white, green eyes, and curled ears.

## **Caretakers**

*Caretakers are the lifeblood of the clowder. They're the cats who nurse kittens, elderly who are unable to contribute to fighting or hunting, and just cats who help care for the clowder.*

**Jinx** is a long-furred ginger molly with green eyes and low white. She’s the mate of Lion, and mother to Crimson and Pepper. She gave birth to them in *Bane of Shadows*, and returned to her duty as a sentinel soon after.

**Fox** is a long-furred dark red elderly tom with green eyes.