NeedleClan

*"*Leave. *Leave the Clan and don't return, you* murderer. *Never take a paw step in NeedleClan's territory again - my warriors have my full permission to attack you if you should."*
— Codstar exiling Softpounce in *Arc Three*

## NeedleClan

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* Current Leader

## Clan Information

### List of Residents

List of all cats

**NeedleClan** is a group of cats that live in a primarily pine forest, with a tunnel system running underground, most of which is buried since the Great Flood. They are able to see in the dark, and extremely well at night.

## Description

NeedleClan is primarily peaceful, with occasional rowdy or rather disapproving behavior. In battle, they are intelligent, skillful, and quick to act. They often take in outsiders to shelter within their Clan, for example Autumnbreeze, Firesong, and Rainshade, especially during and after the leadership of Snowstar. Their main prey includes fish such as trout, cod, and salmon, birds such as finches, crows, sparrows, and on occasions hawks and eagles, and moles, squirrels, chipmunks, and much more. They are mainly land hunters, however, have an impressive ability to climb trees.

## Territory

NeedleClan lives in a thick and dense pine forest. Landmarks in this territory include:

* **Camp:** It stays within a cave underground. There is a hole of sunlight above the Pine Rock, where the leader stands. The walls are decorated with moss.
* **The Collapsed Tunnels:** A tunnel-like system, of which collapsed after the Great Flood. Since then, it has been used more as a climbing area, and in case of emergency evacuation.
* **The Beach:** A beach that connects itself to SwiftClan. Primarily used for emergency evacuation, such as the Great Flood or either of the NeedleClan fires. [A2] [A3]

The camp is covered in mossy walls and patched up with grassy floors. Due to it being underground, sometimes it is unstable especially after a natural disaster. The leader's den, currently owned by Codstar, is decorated with moss and claw marks around the walls, of which Codstar likes to decorate. There is also a red collar tied to a branch, hung up by Codstar, of which resembled the leader before him, his grandfather Snowstar.

## Eras

### Needlestar

Needlestar reign was the start of NeedleClan's era. Her medicine cat was Rainspots, while the identity of her deputy remains unclear.

Needlestar created NeedleClan, along with Swiftstar and Boulderstar creating SwiftClan and BoulderClan respectively, to respect the idea that they formerly lived within Clans before. After Twister had died in a crash between two trains, she decided to make that a reason as well, mainly for the sake of Swiftstar, who was impacted the hardest by the tom's death. She had met several cats along the way, who helped create the Clan. A cat named Rain volunteered to take on the role of being her medicine cat, and she accepted, renaming the tom Rainspots. She was remembered as brave, noble, and sweet.

### Loststar

Loststar was the leader of NeedleClan before Lambstar, and the mother of Snowstar. Her deputy was Lambcloud, and her medicine cat was Bluestream. She was polite, soft, and brave, although she was primarily remembered for her missing paw, which cats thought had something to do with her softness. She had passed after succumbing to wounds from a battle and passed on leadership to her deputy.

### Lambstar

Lambcloud, formerly Lambstar, was the successor of Loststar, and the predecessor of Snowstar. She never chose a deputy, but her medicine cats were Bluestream and Ravenspots. She was worrisome and easy to startle, but over time she began to be driven into a mad state, especially after the betrayal of Fatekeeper. After she loses another life to his pack of dogs, she finally snaps, and steps down, granting Snowfall leadership of the Clan as she had no deputy.

### Snowstar

Snowstar was one of the longest living leaders of NeedleClan, known to be gentle, accepting, and forgiving, but also fierce, courageous, and extremely defending over his Clanmates. He never chose a deputy, but his medicine cats were Ravenspots, Flopear, Hibiscussky, and Seedbloom. He had been very close to most of his Clanmates, however after he had presumably 'exiled' his brother, Ravenspots, despite it being only a demotion, due to having a forbidden relationship with a BoulderClan tom named Tigerstrike, a rebellion against him began to rile, including cats such as Bouldersong, Spruceroots, Ivyshadow, and even his own son, Cloudeyes. Although some of the rebellion eventually grew out of it, such as his daughter, Honeysmoke, some never moved on. He had died fighting a DeerClan she-cat named Riversight, and in his dying breaths appointed his grandson, Codstone, to be the next leader of NeedleClan.

### Codstar

Codstar is the current leader of NeedleClan. His deputy is Hailfall, and his medicine cat is Seedbloom. Several cats at first thought his leadership was false, as no one else saw Snowstar appointing him as leader, however over time they adjusted, many agreeing that he would've made a better leader than his predecessor. Despite this, Codstar strongly disagrees, viewing his grandfather to be highly intelligent and extremely reliable. He normally never lashes out, only yelling when he gets frustrated or upset. He had chosen Hailfall as his deputy, trusting her to become a whole new cat after he formerly found her disloyal after she missed out on her brother's warrior ceremony to hang out with a loner named Sunflower. He had been complimented by several cats, including Spiritbomb, for his decent leadership skills despite his young age at the time.

## Rank Succession

*Main article: NeedleClan/RS*

Needlestar had founded the Clan with Rainspots as her medicine cat. Moons later, Loststar served as leader with Bluestream as her medicine cat and Lambcloud as her deputy, and so forth. Currently, Codstar serves as leader with Hailfall as his deputy and Seedbloom as his medicine cat. For more information on the rank succession, click here!

## Births and Deaths

*Main article: NeedleClan/BD*

The link above lists the number of births and deaths within NeedleClan during each era along with the cause of death for each one.

## List of all cats

For a list of all NeedleClan residents, please click here!