WindClan

## **Basic Overview**

WindClan is one of the clans living in the forest. Their territory is the open prairie. They are considered the closest clan to StarClan, and by extension, are the most religious. Their founding leader was Windstar, and their clan is named after her.

They value speed and cunning, and are considered to be the most distant clan from the others.

## **List of Members**

* Daystar
* Emberslip
* Duskbird
* Quickecho
* Spiderfur
* Deerpaw
* Blazepaw
* *Sootfoot-deceased*
* Snowfeather
* Deerpaw
* Pigeonpaw
* Cherryshade
* Lightningstorm
* Pebblebreeze
* Cloverskip
* Cloudpaw

### **Rogues Who Frequent WindClan Territory**

* Spark
* Roxie

## **Current Events**

* Sootfoot was murdered.
* Daystar lost a life to a heart attack.
* Daystar's psychotic episode has ended.
* Running low on herbs!
* The nursery is gone, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
* Louis has joined WindClan, gaining the name Cloudpaw, and is being mentored by Pebblebreeze.

## **Territory**

WindClan territory is an open prairie, bordered by ShadowClan's marsh and Thunderclan's ravine. It's wide, open, and relatively flat, with the only foliage being sedges, tall grasses and other flowering plants called forbs, as well as healing herbs and some varieties of fern and ivy. There are a few boulders and stones such as slabs of slate poking out of the ground, which are warmed by the sun.

There is nothing blocking the sky from view in their camp, which is constructed in the dip between four short hills and made of mainly woven grass, hollowed out stones, and brambles.

The clearing in the middle of camp is bare dirt and sand, overlooked by a large protruding slab of slate. This slab is called the Highview, and it is used for ceremonies, warrior vigils, and announcements by the leader. The leader's den is tucked into the Highview and is lined by milkweed and grasses. The nursery is beside the Highview, and is a large, hollowed out boulder padded with grasses, with an entrance from the clearing, and is connected to the warriors den by a woven tunnel, so they can easily be protected. The warriors den is a large arrowwood shrub, carefully trimmed by the warriors. Nests are hidden inside the branches, and the senior warriors sleep on the middle layer, so they won't get bit by snakes, or fall from the highest branches. The arrowwood's berries remain on to attract prey. The apprentices' den is a smaller piece of slate covering up an old hare burrow that was expanded. It is waterproofed by woven mosquito grass and the fresh-kill pile rests atop the piece of slate to keep it out of reach from snakes and insects. WindClan's medicine den is closest to the entrance, and is a little burrow in a small lump of earth, so storage can be carved out when necessary. The roof is shored up with arrowwood branches.

The only source of water on the territory is a small stream trickling through the center of the camp. It's assumed that the headwaters of the stream are underground, as it starts by the medicine den, and ends near the apprentices' den.

WindClan territory is generally very hardy and has extreme temperature swings from the lack of coverage. Leafbare hits them the hardest, and their territory in Greenleaf is the warmest of all the Clans.

Their territory is also the largest.

### **Prey Found On WindClan Territory**

These animals are the animals hunted for prey by the clan cats on a regular. They mostly hunt rabbits and such, and large ground-dwelling birds. Animals such as Groundhogs are still hunted, but are found rarely.

* Rabbits, Hares, and Jackrabbits.
* Grouse, Pheasant, Skylarks, and Greater and Lesser Prairie Chickens.
* Longspurs, Pipits and Quails.
* Groundhogs and Ground squirrels.

### **Other Animals Found On WindClan Territory**

These animals aren't able to be eaten by clan cats. These are the bigger, stronger animals that could be hunted for prey, but would require multiple cats to take down. These animals could kill a cat, if they wanted to.

* Plains Bison, Antelope, and Pronghorn.
* Sheep *-these are protected by twolegs and on the very edges of the territory.*
* The occasional Deer and Burrowing Owl.
* Skinks.

### **Hostile Animals Found On WindClan Territory**

These are actively hostile creatures who will attack cats. All WindClan cats are trained to stay away from them, and they pose a threat to the cats living there, but they are rarely found.

* Red-Tailed Hawks, Prairie Hawks and Short-eared and Long-eared Owls.
* Badgers and the occasional Coyote.
* Rattlesnakes and Adders.