Quietstar

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Quietskies

Quietstar

Spiritkit (stillborn)

Willowwish

Tempestmist

Leafheart

Scorchberry

Pancakepaw (current)

### Personality

Quietskies is a very soft spoken and anxious cat. Despite her anxiety, she cares deeply for her clan and her friends. She has a strange understanding of StarClan. While that understanding could be confused for a deep love for StarClan, she actually fears StarClan to an extent. She can become anxious of things easily, and thus she takes calming herbs like thyme to keep her level headed. As an elder, she is content to care for her kits and grandkits by telling them stories of the old SkyClan, before Auburnstar.

### Appearance

Quietstar is a pure white she-cat with deep blue eyes and a grey patch over her left eye. Her nose is a soft pink and she has chickpea toe beans.

## Detailed History

### Early life

Quietkit was a very shy and anxious kitten. She often found playing with the other kits quite overwhelming, instead preferring to stay up late and watch the stars. The young she-cat was the only kit in her mother, Turtlefeather's litter. No tom had stepped forward as her father, but this never seemed to trouble the young kit. Quietkit often followed her mother around camp, listening to the conversations she had with the other SkyClan warriors. Since Turtlefeather was quite old when she had Quietkit, most of her friends had already retired to the elder's den and thus Quietkit spent a lot of time listening to the elder's and their stories. This is where Quietkit developed her understanding and fear of StarClan. The elders had plenty of stories of StarClan's judgment upon the clans which scared the anxious kit.

### Apprenticeship

As a kit, Quietpaw was told that as she grew she would become less anxious. That didn't happen. In fact, her anxiety continued to grow with her. It made her warrior training tough to say the least. Thankfully, her mentor Mountainclaw was very patient with her. Mountainclaw was one of Turtlefeather's friends, so he was especially kind and understanding with Quietpaw. However, despite Mountainclaw's patience, Quietpaw still struggled with her training. It got to the point where her training was very slow, so slow that she realized she wouldn't be able to become a warrior when she was 12 moons.

Mountainclaw, during this time, began to teach her about the importance of fighting for her clan. This inspired a change in Quietpaw, she was no longer training to be a warrior for *herself,*she was training to be a warrior for *SkyClan*. However, her new determination did not get rid of her anxiety. In order to get around it, Quietpaw began to practice on her own during times she would normally spend with the other apprentices. Because of this new schedule, Quietpaw began to both excel at her warrior training and lose her friendships with the other apprentices. This allowed her to then pass her warrior assessment, at the cost of her relationships with her peers. Mountainclaw took notice of this change as well as the reason for this change. He asked Furystar to name her Quietskies, for her quiet devotion to SkyClan.

### Warrior life

#### A Tough Start

Quietskies' continued the habits she had started as an apprentice well into her warriorhood. She kept mostly to herself as to not bother anyone with her anxiety and so that she could do her duties without incident. During this time she began to try her hardest to hide her emotions. This was mostly unsuccessful.
Soon after Quietskies became a warrior her mother retired to the elder's den. She visited her often, making sure she was comfortable.

Things continued like this for a while, until cats from SkyClan began to fall ill with seemingly no cure. This sickness had come from ThunderClan as a revenge plot against WindClan. Turtlefeather caught the illness early on and knew that she would not be able to fight it off. It was at this time that she decided to tell Quietskies who her father was, and where he was from. Turtlefeather explained to her daughter that her father was Splashnose of ThunderClan. At first, this news came as a shock to the young warrior, who had always assumed she was fully SkyClan. After some thought, however, she realized that didn't have to change anything. She had decided long ago that she would be the best warrior she could be *for SkyClan*. The identity of her father had nothing to do with that choice. She told her mother all of this, and it seemed to put the old she-cat at peace. Turtlefeather died shortly after SkyClan began to quarantine the sick cats, leaving Quietskies to morn her loss alone.

#### Joining the Resistance

Quietskies continued her lifestyle, although it grew more and more lonely every day.  Things in SkyClan were changing as well. A new leader had taken charge, his name was Auburnstar. At first, Quietskies paid little attention... that is until big changes started to be made: banning the daylight warriors, discouraging the belief in StarClan, refusing to go to the gathering, and finally allowing the training of kits under the age of 6 moons. This made camp a stressful place for Quietskies, but she wasn't the only one who felt that way. Raccoonleap, the fully trained medicine cat apprentice of SkyClan, had been the target of much of Auburnstar's aggression. This made his own job difficult. After sharing a meal and a conversation about StarClan, Quietskies realized that she could help SkyClan. Raccoonleap's anger seemed to spur on something inside of her, and she wanted to protect SkyClan's future in any way she could. From there she began to speak with other cats who were just as unhappy with Auburnstar.

She was given a former kittypet as an apprentice, Zeppelinpaw. Zeppelinpaw had been training to be a daylight warrior, but Auburnstar had forced the daylight warriors to choose between their kittypet lives and SkyClan. Even the ones who chose to be a full SkyClan cat were discriminated against, Auburnstar forced Zeppelinpaw to go by Thunderpaw. This made the apprentice very angry.

Between Raccoonleap and Zeppelinpaw's anger, Quietskies felt more and more motivated to fight for SkyClan. She spent more time around her peers and other cats who felt the same. She gained many friends during this time including Riverberry, Wiltedwillow, and Lynxgaze. The young leader Auburnstar had one last task to complete in order to solidify his leadership however, the choosing of SkyClan's deputy. This made Quietskies and the cats around her nervous. If Auburnstar chose a cat that completely supported him, which was likely, SkyClan could face a very long, and very troubled future. However, by what had to be the grace of StarClan, Quietskies was chosen as deputy.

### Deputy life

#### Learning the Ropes... and the Risks

Quietskies didn't know why Auburnstar had chosen her as deputy, but what she did know was that she wasn't going to waste this opportunity. At first, Raccoonleap didn't understand this. In fact, he was angry with her for accepting. Quietskies explained that this could work for them and that she was in the best position to help SkyClan. Raccoonleap eventually accepted this, noting that Quietskies would have to follow Auburnstar's will to an extent in order to remain as deputy. Agreeing, Quietskies also asked if there was anything that could help with her anxiousness. Raccoonleap gave her thyme, which she began to take regularly. She knew that her new role wasn't going to be easy, but every time she watched as Auburnstar changed very important rules within the clan, or abused his power in any way, she was even more determined to save SkyClan. Other changes had to be made. Though she was growing closer with Raccoonleap, they decided they couldn't be seen in camp together. She also spoke to Zeppelinpaw about being more respectful to Auburnstar, though she realized this was a tough ask for him.

#### The BloodClan Attack

SkyClan's absence from the gatherings made them ignorant of the growing threat in BloodClan. Alistair, then leader of BloodClan, planned to take over as many of the other clans as he could. Beginning with SkyClan. SkyClan was ambushed and Alistair was able to take a life from Auburnstar. BloodClan cats occupied SkyClan for some time. Quietskies was frustrated by Auburnstar, who did nothing during this time but sit in a corner of camp and pout. Thankfully, the Tribe, who was BloodClan's next target, was able to fight off the rogue cats. They also helped liberate SkyClan from BloodClan as well.

At first, Auburnstar refused to allow the SkyClan warriors to help fight off the invaders from their own camp. After some very harsh urging from Zeppelinpaw, Auburnstar allowed SkyClan to fight. Auburnstar himself did not fight. During the battle, a BloodClan cat named Draconis attacked the medicine cats in their den, blinding Nutbranch, Raccoonleap's mentor. After the battle Quietskies went to visit Raccoonleap. Raccoonleap told her Nutbranch stepped down from his position, making him the only medicine cat in SkyClan. During this visit, Raccoonleap and Quietskies both seemed to realize how much they mattered to each other and though it was risky, they couldn't deny their feelings. Because of this attack, Auburnstar allowed SkyClan to go to the gatherings once again however, it would one be to gather information on the other clans.

#### A Wake-Up Call

The BloodClan attack seemed to trigger something in Auburnstar, and things only got worse. Auburnstar's own apprentice, Stormpaw, who had begun his training as a young kit, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Soon after, Quietskies realized that Zeppelinpaw was overdue for his warrior ceremony. Though she was hesitant, she spoke with Auburnstar about it. Auburnstar refused at first, but after some careful insisting, he allowed Quietskies to give Zeppelinpaw his warrior ceremony under one condition: He would choose Zeppelinpaw's warrior name. Quietskies agreed, knowing she couldn't refuse. She gave the ceremony, making it a point that Auburnstar chose this name for her apprentice. He was named Thunderthroat. He, understandably, took offense to this name and finally snapped at Aubunstar. He left SkyClan that day, naming himself Zeppelinthunder. Quietskies was sad to see him go, but she was glad he made it out safe.

Auburnstar's wish for power over his clan only grew from there. StarClan sent a warning to all the medicine cats that something was coming, and that the clans needed to work together. Raccoonleap and the rest of the medicine cats announced this at the gathering. Obviously, Auburnstar rejected this. After the gathering, he called a clan meeting, during which he attacked Raccoonleap. Quietskies' heart was torn. She wouldn't be able to stop Auburnstar from killing her then mate. Luckily, he didn't, but threatened death to any SkyClan cat that dared to speak out against him. Lynxgaze made the unfortunate mistake of hesitating when, and Auburnstar had no hesitations about killing her in front of the rest of the clan. After this Raccoonleap and Quietskies met under the cover of night. They discussed their troubles and plans, Quietskies also offered to show Raccoonleap some fighting moves, just in case. Raccoonleap agreed to this, as well as telling Quietskies his plans not to choose an apprentice. This would be for his safety as well as the young cat's. Auburnstar had different plans however and chose Raccoonleap's apprentice for him. Quietskies met with this young cat, Owlpaw, secretly to see what he was like. Quietskies felt a sort of kinship with him and promised to do everything she could to help and protect him.

#### Warning Signs

Soon after StarClan's warning, the clans began experiencing terrible things at the hands of twolegs, though SkyClan remained unaffected for a long while. Quietskies grew nervous about SkyClan's future, knowing that if something did happen to them, Auburnstar wouldn't care.

#### Ambush On BloodClan

As life on this island grew more difficult for many of the clans, Auburnstar decided to drive BloodClan off the island. Quietskies could hardly argue with this, as she didn't exactly see BloodClan as a real clan. During the battle, Quietskies fought the BloodClan deputy, Dionysus, who broke her leg during the fight. SkyClan did drive BloodClan off the island however and claimed the territory for themselves.

#### Spark of Heart's Inferno

Spiderstar of WindClan called a meeting of all the leaders of the clans to discuss leaving the island. Of course, Auburnstar refused to go stating that SkyClan was still unaffected and would fine staying on this island. Quietskies knew this was coming. A few days later, she and Raccoonleap were able to talk, and she told him about her plan. Her plan was for Riverberry, Wiltedwillow, and Sparrowcall to gather as many cats who were willing to leave as they could and do so. Quietskies, believing that Auburnstar would not let them go peacefully, told Raccoonleap that she would stay behind so that Auburnstar wouldn't suspect anything. Raccoonleap admired that she was willing to do this for SkyClan, even knowing what it would mean for their relationship. However, plans changed when they found out Quietskies was pregnant. Quietskies had to find a way to get all of SkyClan off the island because she didn't want to risk the lives of her future kits or risk the future of SkyClan. Luckily, Auburnstar decided to leave the island once SkyClan was on their last legs.

The journey was tough, especially for the pregnant Quietskies. She was able to hide the fact that she was pregnant from Auburnstar, but not how tired and weak she was becoming. SkyClan made it to where the clans had decided to stay during the gathering. Auburnstar announced to the rest of the clans that SkyClan would be finding their new territory that day. That's what they did, with no break. Once they had found their new camp, Quietskies was left to organize the new camp herself. With the birth drawing near, Quietskies and Raccoonleap had a choice to make: would their kits go to ShadowClan or the Tribe. There was no way that they would allow their kits to grow up in SkyClan, no matter how much they wanted to be there for them. Racconleap knew and trusted both Lakestar and Toadpool in ShadowClan, but Quietskies also knew her former apprentice, now known as Zeppelin, had joined the Tribe. They chose the Tribe, as it was a more peaceful group those days.

One night, Quietskies was pulled into the Dark Forest to meet a former WindClan leader known as Lunarstar. Quietskies didn't know who she was, however, but Lunarstar knew plenty about her. Lunarstar offered protection to Quietskies kits and Quietskies, being both afraid and anxious, accepted with little thought. Quietskies gave birth when she and Racconleap were out exploring the new territory together. They were able to cross the Tribe border and find a safer place for her to give birth. She gave birth to 3 kits, two of which were stillborn. Lunarstar appeared to the couple, and Raccoonleap found out about the deal Quietskies and Lunarstar made. Quietskies felt ashamed about it until Lunarstar revealed that her whole litter would have died otherwise. At that point, Lunarstar took it a step further and offered to just the surviving kit a power in exchange for a favor sometime in the future. While Quietskies didn't know what this meant, Raccoonleap did.

Both of them agreed, wanting to do everything they could to protect their kit. With that same reasoning, they named the kit Spark of Heart's Inferno, since the kit was going to be given to the Tribe. Later on, they met with Zeppelin to give Spark to him. When they returned to camp, Quietskies was taken to the medicine den, and SkyClan was told that she was sick.

#### Infernostrike

Over the next moons, the thought of Spark was nothing more than a distant longing to Quietskies. She wished more than anything she could be the one to raise him, along with Raccoonleap. But he was safe with Zeppelin and Eagleteller. Sadly, that wouldn't last for long. Soon after Spark became an apprentice he and his powers were discovered by Auburnstar. Auburnstar took Spark to SkyClan, tortured, brainwashed, and trained Spark for his own gain. Quietskies felt trapped because doing anything to help her son would result in her demotion, and she would surely be replaced by someone who would continue Auburnstar's ways long after he died. Auburnstar renamed Spark to Infernopaw, and later Infernostrike. Raccoonleap hatched a plan to poison Auburnstar so that Infernopaw had some time to heal and rest... but after Auburnstar finally lost a life to the poison, there was nothing more they could do.  Spark, now Infernostrike, seemed to be lost, despite the moments that made it seem that the old Spark was there.. somewhere.

#### StormClan

As leafbare began, the fact that SkyClan had so few warriors began to affect the amount of fresh-kill available in camp. SkyClan was probably at it's weakest and Auburnstar had a plan to fix that. An alliance with ThunderClan, unlike anything the clans have seen. SkyClan would go and live with ThunderClan, and together they would be known as StormClan. Quietskies was wary of the ThunderClan cats, despite the fact she shared blood with them. Her only worry was the SkyClan warriors and Infernostrike. The other clans took StormClan as a threat, and SkyClan was dragged into Simmerstar's drama. After a couple of battles, StormClan was dismantled and SkyClan returned home.

#### Breaking point

Wars and strife continued to plague SkyClan, and it became clear with every loss that Auburnstar was growing more desperate for power. With Raccoonleap's apprentice being made a full medicine cat, there was now a target on Raccoonleap's back. Auburnstar attacked Raccoonleap one night, but Raccoonleap was able to escape... leaving SkyClan for good.

SkyClan and ShadowClan found themselves at odds due to Auburnstar's habit of taking prisoners, but something bigger was brewing within SkyClan. Infernostrike had fallen in love with another SkyClan warrior named Spiritbrook, and she was now pregnant with his kits. However, when Infernostrike broke the news to Auburnstar, he didn't take it well. He ordered Infernostrike to kill Spiritbrook in order to prove his loyalty to his leader. When Infernostrike refused, Auburnstar killed Spiritbrook himself and threw Infernostrike in the prisoner's den. Quietskies found this to be the last straw, action had to be taken. Knowning that Raccoonleap was outside of the clan, gathering support to take down Auburnstar, she confronted Auburnstar infront of the whole clan. While she was able to escape the clan, Auburnstar sent cats after her. Blackfeather, a young SkyClan warrior, caught up with Quietskies, attempting to kill her. She ended up letting Quietskies go, after the older she-cat refused to fight against a clanmate.

#### Exile

Quietskes joined Raccoonleap, who was now going by Thyme, in exile. They stayed with RiverClan's former medicine cat, Tumblebee. Soon after, Infernostrike, who had chanced his name back to Spark, and Spectrepath, now going by Spectre, joined them as well. Quietskies and Raccoonleap took this as their chance to tell Spark the truth.

They all continued the work that Raccoonleap started, and they prepared to take SkyClan back from Auburnstar.

### Leadership

#### The Final Battle

As Raccoonleap gathered support from ShadowClan and the Celestial Council, Spark, Spectre, and Quietskies began preparation to raid SkyClan's camp and kill Auburnstar. Quietskies was nervous about any loss of life that may occur during the battle, and decided to warn Blackfeather about the coming attack. This turned out to be a poor choice, as Blackfeather then warned Auburnstar. When the raid arrived, Auburnstar was gone, and Blackfeather was left in charge. The resulting battle took place in camp, to Quietskies' horror. The battle only ended after Quietskies asked StarClan to strike her down if she was not the rightful leader of SkyClan. StarClan sent a bolt of lightning that struck somewhere behind the she-cat, a sign that they were in full support of her leadership.

Quietskies held off on getting her nine lives until she knew the fate of Auburnstar. Auburnstar's strongest supporters, including Rainbowrunner and Blackfeather were sent to the prisoners den with a choice: denounce their loyalty to Auburnstar and remain in SkyClan as a SkyClan warrior or leave SkyClan. During this time as well, Quietskies realized she was once again pregnant, she and Raccoonleap were hopeful about the future... and this only made her want Auburnstar dead even more.

Aubrunstar returned soon after... with a patrol of foxes. They attacked camp, and had orders to kill and destroy. During the fight, Raccoonleap confronted Auburnstar. This exchange ended with Auburnstar killing Raccoonleap. Quietskies saw this and rushed in to help but she was too late. In her rage, she attacked Auburnstar, breaking one of his paws with her bite before killing him for good.

#### Moving Forward

In the following moons, Quietskies earned her nine lives and, now named Quietstar, had her litter. During the birth of this litter, she loft her first life to blood loss. Soon after the birth, she chose her deputy, Sparkleap. She chose him, believing that more than any other cat, he would never do what Auburnstar did to SkyClan. Zeppelinthunder also rejoined SkyClan during this time, and Quietstar gave him the title of Daylight Overseer. Daylight warriors were now allowed back into SkyClan, and Quietstar wanted a former daylight warrior to be approving each of the cats coming into SkyClan. Blackfeather, who had left SkyClan when given the choice, decided to return despite still not being a big fan of Quietstar.

#### Peace

After SkyClan had settled into its new way of life, things were quiet and peaceful. These moons passed without as much as a border skirmish, and Quietstar felt as if all the work she and Raccoonleap did was not all for nothing. The Clan was happy at last, aside from the few remaining Auburnstar loyalist. Quietstar was not bothered by these cat's loyalites to herself, but hoped that they would be loyal to SkyClan as a whole, giving both her and them a common goal. Quietstar updated the SkyClan code at last, emphazing the choice a warrior makes to be loyal to their clan as the mark of a true SkyClan cat, not their heritage or who they love. Within the code she also upheld SkyClan's right to take down leaders who did not look out for their welleing as a clan. She finally chose Sparkleap, her son, as deputy. She felt that he above all cats would work hard to keep a cat like Auburnstar from taking power again.

#### Fox troubles

SkyClan entered into may moons of peace before any trouble began. One leaf-fall brought with it foxes invading SkyClan territory. In an effort to save Toyotastrom from fox, Quietstar was dragged away from SkyClan terriory. She was saved by a loner who helped her regain her strength. During this time her deputy Sparkleap took over SkyClan. She returned in time to help her clan when a horde of foxes attacked camp. After losing a life, she was able to make a display of her strength by brutally killing a fox on top of highledge, flinging it to the ground so everyone could see. The foxes fleed after that display.

#### Reuinion

One of Quietstar's daughters, Leafheart, began to show signs of stress and dysfunction. She would enter Quietstar's den and wake her, saying things about SkyClan and Auburnstar she should not know about. Soon, she confronted Quietstar about these issues, announcing to her mother that she was the reincarnation of Raccoonleap. Leafheart also believed that Raccoonleap wanted to speak to Quietstar. One night, Leafheart slept in Quietstar's den with her, and Raccoonleap was able to speak with his mate. They were able to truly say their goodbyes to each other before Raccoonleap left Leafheart's body for good.

#### Curse of Pride

Nearing the end of her lives, Quietstar was really feeling her age. Stress over things like one of kits, Willowpaw, going missing and Scorchberry getting sick in WindClan camp was really weighing on her. One day, Quietstar seemed really different to SkyClan, to their shock she announced things like Auburnstar would, changing the code back to his rules. She had been possesed by the Dark Forest. During a gathering she flung the young WindClan leader, Dreamstar, off the gathering tree, killing him. She lead SkyClan to attack BloodClan later that moon, and lost a life to their leader Mimosa. To end this possesion, the SkyClan medicine cat Sapnose was instructed by Emberteller, the Tribe's Stoneteller, to find the she-cat in the Dark Forest. After being rescued, Quietstar was wracked with guilt over the whole thing, even though her actions were not truly her own. With some introspection, she realized the only thing that kept her in the leadership position at that moment was her pride. Quietstar had done what StarClan wanted her to do. She brought an end to Auburnstar and his ways, and gave SkyClan their strength back. It was time for SkyClan to move forward without her. She announced to the clan that she was stepping down, and retaking her warrior name, Quietskies. She could now return to her life of quiet devotion to SkyClan, in a new way this time.

### Retirement

Quietskies now lives peacefully in the elders den, softly telling stories to kits who choose to enter the elders den.

## Lives

#### Life of Motherhood

Splashturtle of ThunderClan gave Quietstar the life of Motherhood.

> "Quietskies, I give you the life of a mother's love. Never forget what you have done to create a better life for kits in SkyClan. I trust you to lead your clan well."
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#### Life of Youth

Stormpaw of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Youth.

> "I'm giving you the life of youth, to flood through your veins so you can run and fight just like a cat half your age, and to remember those younger matter just as much as the older. Plus, with your age you might need it!"
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#### Life of Mercy

Witledwillow of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Mercy.

> "With this life, I give you the life of mercy... You've made a few enemies in your time, and in the future- there will be cats who rise against you. Be strong, but don't be afraid to treat them with kindness..."
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#### Life of Spirit

Riverberry of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Spirit.

"Damn look at you! Soon to be full Quietstar of SkyClan! You know, I've always believed in you. I know you'd be the one to take down that orange fox-heart. You had this... This spirit inside of you that I could sense from all the way up here! So-, I'm here to pay that forward. I will be giving you the life of spirit! You're gonna do great things in SkyClan, and me, my love Wiltedwillow, and even Raccoonleap... Can't wait for that day to come!"

#### Life of Dignity

Wolfnose of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Dignity.

> "Hello, Quietstar, I am Wolfnose. I was once a great warrior of SkyClan, and I saved the one you call Orangebreeze when she was a mere kit. I give you the life of dignity."
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#### Life of Passion

Oakkit of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Passion.

> "I was told to give the whife of passion. Evewyday you are leader, always do so with dwive and energy."
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#### Life of Individuality

Spiritkit of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Individuality.

> "SkyClan blood runs through your veins, and your paws have trekked many pathways, but it isn't borders, a suffix, or even family that defines a leader. A leader is what you make yourself when you wander further down your path than you've every dared. Trust in your own decisions, and leap into the mist with both paws, because if you stand there waiting too long questioning yourself, the risks and what's to come, you'll miss the opportunities that present themselves. You are the only Quietskies in this forest, let them call your name in unison. Don't shy away from the shadows, embrace them!"
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#### Life of Justice

Raccoonleap of SkyClan gave Quietstar the life of Justice.

> "I give you the life of justice. Use it to keep what happened to us from happening to anyone under your leadership... I know you'll be the savior SkyClan needs. I love you."
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#### Curse of Pride

Auburnstrike of SkyClan gave Quietstar the curse of Pride.

> "From one leader to another, allow me to offer you a gift. With this life, I give you the curse of pride. Not all cats were created equal- you will look down on those beneath you, and your judgement will be clouded each step of the way, hindered by hubris. May you fail and fall just as I had, and may you not see your downfall until it is too late."
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## Quietstar's Code

1. Defend your Clan, even with your life.
2. Who a cat loves is not their choice and thus relations outside of the Clan are allowed, but the cat must remember where their loyalties lie. There is honor in leaving the Clan because you cannot remain loyal.
3. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory.
4. Elders, queens, sick or injured cats, and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders.
5. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.
6. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.
7. Punishing an apprentice or kit in a way that far outweighs their disobedience is not the way of an honorable warrior and will be punished.
8. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.
9. The deputy will become a clan leader when the leader dies, retires, or is exiled.
10. After the death, retirement, promotion, or exile of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before the next Gathering.
11. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.
12. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats.
13. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if they are from a different Clan.
14. The word of the Clan leader is the warrior code.
15. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win their battles unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.
16. Daylight warriors are to be treated the same as any other warrior within the Clan, as they have trained for 6 moons just like any other warrior.
17. The Daylight Overseer is a cat who has chosen to live full-time in the Clan, and they will oversee the training, life, and recruitment of all the Daylight warriors in the clan. They are to be treated with the same respect as Senior Warriors.
18. This code is an agreement between the warriors, queens, elders, medicine cats, deputies, and apprentices of SkyClan and the SkyClan leader. In exchange for their loyalty, the SkyClan leader is to lead SkyClan with its best interests at heart. If a SkyClan leader does not uphold this promise; however, it is the duty of every clan member to band together and rebel against this leader. Furthermore, if any SkyClan leader attempts to tamper with this final code, SkyClan should take that as a warning.