Starclan

Starclan are the deceased warrior ancestors of the clans who live on in spirit form in a spirit realm after dying and watch over the living, sending them signs and omens to guide them through times of trouble and strife. While it is very common for Starclan cats to guide those in the clan they came from, there are no clans in Starclan and all cats live there in harmony.

## General

The power of Starclan cats are limited to omens, signs, and working through spiritual artifacts and places, such as the Mothergrove, Moongem, or Moonpool. It is said that as cats fade from the memory of the living, they are either reborn for those whose purpose has not yet been fulfilled or go on to become part of the cycle of life as pure energy.

It is rare for Starclan to interact with the living outside of spiritual places or in dreams of certain cats who have strong connections to Starclan, such as medicine cats who spend more time then any interacting with spiritual places.

When a leader is given their nine lives, it is Starclan who bequeathes them their lives; it is said that those cats and the lessons they share walk with the leader for as long as they live, lending them their strength; it is those nine cats who become the leader's guides and mentors in times of strife and trouble. Once a Starclan cat gives a leader a life, they can no longer give another life and may not be reborn until the leader loses the life they gave.

Those cats who did great good in their lifes and had positive impacts on not only themselves but those around them come into Starclan with the most amount of power and energy; it is said that as you pass into Starclan, you must pad across the branches of the Mothergrove, which judge the life of a cat; the more good you have done, the better your place in Starclan will be until the day you are reborn or pass on into the universe.

Cats who live lives of violence and evil are drawn to an oak tree in the spiritual realm where they stay, asleep and dormant until the pain of their lives and the hatred in their hearts fade away. They are then reborn, hopefully to become better cats.

## Starclan Cat Appearances

Starclan cats leave starry paw prints and their pelts glow with a strange light that makes them look like they have stars in their fur; as well, their eyes sparkle like stars. Frost sparkles at their paws and glitters in their eyes. Their pelts shine like ice and carry all the scents of the seasons; the tang of leaf-bare, the green scent of greenleaf, the musk of leaf-fall, and the sweet blossom of newleaf.

## Life In Starclan

Once a cat reaches Starclan, they learn all about the territories. Cats in Starclan are restored to the age in which they were happiest and do not age unless their self-concept of themselves changes completely. There is always plenty of prey, so hunting is easy, and cats have no defined tasks (such as hunting and training). They are free to do as they please, so they are mostly content except when seeing living cats suffer.

StarClan has no hierarchy, and there is no defined leader or deputy and cats respect each other in StarClan, although cats respect those who were their leaders or mentors in the living world and especially those who glow the brightest due to good deeds in their past life.

## Trivia

* It is said that cats who are not given proper death rites according to their clan traditions will remain as ghosts until a medicine cat, with the help of Starclan, releases their soul; its unsure if this is just a rumor or truth.