Healer

**Healers** are members of a clan who treat diseases and injuries.

## Description

**Healers** are clan cats who treat diseases and injuries. They have their own den in their clan's camp, where they sleep, store herbs, and treat wounded or sick cats. They are expected to stand apart from clan rivalries. healers have a special way of getting their full name, including that this ceremony is performed by the apprentice's mentor instead of the clan leader. Also, the ceremony takes place during the next half-moon meeting at their sacred Moonstone with the other clans' healers to congrats their new name, instead of right away in their clan with their own clanmates to cheer their new name. They are deeply respected by their clanmates and few cats dare to argue with them.
## Tasks

Some of a Healer's tasks are:

* Knowing all of the herbs and store a supply of them in their den
* Treating wounded and sick cats
* Assisting queens while they are pregnant with kits, giving birth, or nursing them
* Check up regularly on the health of clan cats, (especially queens, elders, and kits)
* Visiting the Moonstone at every half-moon to seek guidance from starwalkers
* Upon the death of the clan leader, accompany the deputy to the Moonstone to be appointed as the new leader
* Training an apprentice as the clan's next healer
* Bearing the knowledge of basic battle training in case they need them
* Visiting their ancestors when in a crisis that requires direct communication with starwalker

## Appointment and education

Kits who wish to become healers are apprenticed at the age of seven moons to the clan's current healer. They are introduced to starwalkers as a healer apprentice at the first half moon after they gain apprenticeship. They earn their name at the Moonstone after successfully completing their training, assuming full responsibilities even while their mentor is still alive. While there are usually two healers at most, this is not always the case, and there may even be three at one time. Most of the time, a healer's training takes longer than normal warrior training.
When an apprentice, the mentor (or full healer), has them do tasks that prepare them for being a full time healer. The apprentice has to gather herbs, get water, or do other useful things. They are expected to watch carefully when their mentor is treating a cat, so that when the time comes, they can do it, too.
It is also seen that Mountainclan trains their healers to fight like warriors, and Forestclan healers occasionally train their apprentices some fighting moves.
others were also taught to hunt for prey even though it didn't follow the basic duties, suggesting that healers are at least taught the basics of hunting.
## Special cases

Some cats have been known to exchange their life as a warrior to be a healer while some have life-altering experiences that may cause them to take that path but this is considered to be very uncommon.
Though most healers believe in starwalker, a few rare exceptions, have become healers despite their lack of belief.
healers usually keep their role until they die, with the exception of a few.

## Trivia

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## See also

* Medicine
* Diseases and injuries
* List of healers
* List of healer apprentices