Riverclan Laws and Traditions

# **The Laws**

## Shellstar's Laws

In Warriors: Look Beyond, much like humans today, our leaders also have their own thoughts and opinions. For this reason, we allow our leaders to decide whether or not they and their clan follow the warrior code to a t. Below are a list of general things talked about in the warrior code, and how the clan's leader feels about it:

##### **Cross-Clan Relationships:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"I understand that love is love and can not be stopped. I allow these relationships on the understanding that, if neither party is willing to move clan, then clan loyalties must come first or risk exile from Riverclan. If one party moves willingly, then it’s not an issue."*

##### **Medicine Cats & Mates:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"Again, love is love so my medicine cats are allowed mates on the condition that there is another fully trained or almost fully trained medicine cat or apprentice within the clan who is able to take up the duties at a moment’s notice should the mated medicine cat’s priorities shift from clan to individual."*

##### **Medicine Cats & Kits:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"Honestly, kits come with mates so I feel it would be unfair of me to allow mating but not kits, so my conditions the same as the previous question."*

##### **Eating While Hunting:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"If prey is plentiful and a good haul has already been caught for the clan, then eating a piece is fine. My warriors work hard to provide for us. If prey is hard to come by or the hunt isn’t super successful, then the clan must come first."*

##### **Giving Food To Another Clan:**

* Allowed: no
	+ *"Riverclan must be the first priority of my warriors and so providing for clan comes before providing for those outside of our clan. If prey is running well enough to feed Riverclan comfortably, excess can be given to a clan in need, but Riverclan must come first."*

##### **Housing Another Clan:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"If the clan asking for housing is at risk of extinction and no other clan will help, Riverclan will help to an extent, but those staying with us must help support themselves and leave as soon as it’s reasonable and safe for them to do so. We offer no pitying, no handouts."*

##### **Housing Another Cat:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"An outsider may stay if they’re dying or close to birthing or with new kits, but they must choose to leave or join  Riverclan once in the right mind set to make that choice, as soon as possible. If they choose to leave, they'll be peaceably escorted from our territory."*

##### **Allowing Kittypets Into The Clan:**

* Allowed: yes
	+ *"Honestly, a set of paws is a set of paws and so long as the kittypet proves themself loyal and dedicated to Riverclan, they can earn their name. They will be given a certain length of time under supervision as an apprentice, regardless of their age. After that time, they will either be fully accepted as a member of Riverclan by myself, my deputy, and their mentor, or they will be asked to leave and escorted out."*

##### **Allowing Loners Into The Clan:**

* Allowed: yes
	+ *"Loners often have experiences in the wider world that Riverclan cats don't and their knowledge can be helpful so they would undergo the same process a kittypet. Time as an apprentice under supervision, and then a decision will be made."*

##### **Allowing Rogues Into The Clan:**

* Allowed: no
	+ *"Never will I allow rogues to live within my camp! Rogues are known for their violent behavior and it's hard to believe they could change. No, I will never accept rogues into Riverclan."*

##### **Allowing Ex-Clan Cats Into The Clan:**

* Allowed: circumstantial
	+ *"Well, it depends on why the cat was exiled from their clan originally. If they were exiled because of a forbidden love with one of my warriors, I'm willing to work something out with them. If they were exiled for murder or some other kind of violence, they will be turned away immediately."*