Exile

An **Exile** is an animal who was banished by their group. An exile can sometimes include animals who left their groups on their own accord. Other animals are born into exile.

## Reasons

Animals can become exiles under several circumstances. Some of these circumstances are stated above.

Animals can be exiled from their groups as punishment for their actions/behavior.

**Examples of these Include:**

* Loyal
* Rock
* The Strongbranches (Excluding Frog and Thorn)

Animals whose parents where in exile at the time of their birth also inherit that rank from their folks.

**One example of this is:**

* Seedling

 Other animals are exiled by one or several groups they were never apart of such as Stronghide or Crookedtree Troop (Not counting the Baboons who joined Dawntrees).

While other animals a forced to flee their groups against their own will. There are several factors that can cause an animal to flee their current group with much reluctance. Sometimes one or more animals exile themselves from their groups to escape a threat from within their groups. Others are driven by selfish interests of the individual or group in charge of banishing them or are abducted from their groups. Other animals exile themselves for selfish reasons.

**Examples of these are:**

* Starleaf (character) (She was informed by Thorn that Stinger and the Strongbranches were after her: She fled from Brightforest Troop for her own safety)
* Keen (His pride was taken over by Titanpride; He along with some of his peers fled to escape Titan)
* Stinger Crownleaf (For killing Marula Crownleaf; His troop at the time never intended to exile him, but Stinger fled with Berry in his posse to escape justice)
* Berry Crownleaf (Was abducted by Stinger)
* Thorn Greatfather (For falling victim to Stinger's propaganda; he had to flee alongside Nut for their own safety)
* Fearless Fearlesspride (Driven out by Titan, who intended to have the former killed by Cunning; However, Fearless managed to escape Cunning as well)

Other animals are officially exiled by those motivated by selfish intentions.

**Examples of these are:**

* Beetle Highleaf (For speaking out against Stinger's abuse of power)
* Berry and Thorn (For confronting the Crownguard)
* Nut Highleaf (Framed by Stinger for the assassinations of Bark and Grub Crownleaf)

Other animals exile themselves willingly. There are several reasons why one or more animals would want to leave in self exile. Some animals leave because their disappointed in their leader's actions/behavior. As stated above, not are animals who leave their groups willingly are necessarily considered self-appointed exiles since their ranks are equivalent to that of loners. But those who are are listed below.

**Examples of self appointed exiles:**

* Menace Prideless
* Nut Highleaf (Left Dawntrees Troop willingly alongside Mud and Spider to accompany Thorn) (After Thorn and Berry were exiled by the treacherous Crownguard, Nut decided not to return to Dawntrees Troop)
* Spider (Left Dawntrees alongside Mud and Nut to accompany Thorn) (He choose to live in exile a second time along with Mud and Nut when Thorn and Berry were exiled)
* Mud (Left Dawntrees alongside Nut and Spider to accompany Thorn) (Mud subsequently choose to exile himself alongside Spider and Nut a second time when his best friend and Berry were exiled by the Crownguard)
* Valor (Fled Titanpride alongside Fearless)

## References

1. ↑ Reveald in: *Broken Pride*, Prologue
2. ↑ Revealed in: *Code of Honor*
3. ↑ Revealed in: *The Spirit-Eaters*
4. ↑ Revealed in: *The Spirit-Eaters*, page ???
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Revealed in: *Shifting Shadows*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Revealed in: *The Spirit-Eaters*, page ???
7. ↑ Revealed in: *Blood and Bone*