RiverClan

*RiverClan is one of the 6 Clans living in the valley.*

## Overview

RiverClan is known for their love of water, a trait not shared by any of the other Clans. They are the best swimmers by far and make use of the river's abundance of prey to feed themselves without relying on the land. They are experts at catching fish, and use the river as an advantage whenever it is available.

## Territory

RiverClan's territory is mostly mesa, with some forest and moor areas along the river and ocean. Their camp sits beside the river and underneath the skeleton of a dinosaur, and is sheltered on 2 sides by plateaus. Aside from the dinosaur skeleton, there are few impressive landmarks in the territory.

RiverClan depends on the river running beside their camp for food. They hunt in the river for fish, and rarely stray out to the forests to hunt other prey.

## Creation of RiverClan

RiverClan was created along with the other 4 Clans - ThunderClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan - by Icestar and Softweb. Before the creation of the Clans, the only true Clan of the forest was ThunderClan, which lay in ruins. Dark and Rainbow led their own groups of rogues. After a new way of living was proposed by Icestar, she set off and found Beetoes, her old apprentice from the Farlands, and chose him to lead RiverClan. He accepted, and became Beestar.

## Highranks of RiverClan

**Leaders of RiverClan**

BeestarRivuletstarTigertideWoolystarMagnoliashadow**Medicine Cats of RiverClan**

BarkwingBumblemeadowDustfallSandoceanTurtlegardenCopperhawk
## Eras

### Beestar

Beestar was the first leader of RiverClan. His deputy was Rivuletroar, and his medicine cats were Barkwing and Bumblemeadow.

Beestar was born in the Farlands as a rogue named Bee, and was found by ThunderClan when dogs chased him into their camp. He was saved by Icestar (then known as Icetoes) and happily joined the Clan, taking the name Beepaw and became Icetoes' apprentice. He fell ill, and was unable to train for several moons, during which time he watched more dogs attack ThunderClan, and Icetoes' departure. Once he was strong enough, he learned that Icetoes had joined RiverClan, and left ThunderClan to be with her. He earned his warrior name here, Beetoes, and was captured by Twolegs shortly after the nuclear accident. He came to The Valley, and Icestar named him the first leader of RiverClan.

Beestar's reign was very peaceful, aside from the Median. After The Median's event, Beestar stepped down, and has been an elder ever since.

### Rivuletstar

Rivuletstar was the second leader of RiverClan. Her deputies were Tigertide and Woolymask, and her medicine cats were Bumblemeadow, Dustfall and Sandocean.

Rivuletstar was born in The Valley as Rivulet. She was raised by two toms, Riptide and Lion. All three joined RiverClan, taking the names Rivuletpaw, Ripplestep, and Lionwhisker. Ripplestep was killed sometime later in a skirmish, and Rivuletpaw got her full warrior name, Rivuletroar. After The Median imprisoned ThunderClan, Rivuletroar and her mate, Tigertide, went to ThunderClan to support Icestar. Afterwards, she learned of Beestar stepping down, and returned to RiverClan, now as their leader.

Rivuletstar's reign was relatively peaceful. She inherited RiverClan after The Median's event, and reigned peacefully. However, after she lost one of her lives she fell into a coma, and her deputy, Tigertide, took over as leader for some time. Tigertide, in her anger at Rivuletstar's coma, instigated a war between ThunderClan, RiverClan, and WindClan. While Rivuletstar woke up before the last battle, she went along with what Tigertide said and fought ThunderClan and WindClan one last time, which resulted in the deaths of Rainbowstar and Softweb. Tigertide stepped down after the fight, and Rivuletstar named Woolymask as her replacement.

### Woolystar

Woolystar was RiverClan's third leader. Her deputy was Magnoliashadow, and her medicine cats were Sandocean and Turtlegarden.

Woolystar lived in the Valley as Wooly with her mother Dawn, and her siblings Rose and Salmon, long before the Farlanders came. At a young age, she and her sister and brother were attacked by a fox, a fox that cost Wooly her tail, and the very same fox that would later kill her sister Rose. Once the Farlanders arrived, Wooly and her remaining family were given the opportunity to join RiverClan. She was the only one who did, earning the name of Woolymask. The warrior lived through the time with the Median, and watched her close friends Rivuletroar and Tigertide grow strong and lead her Clan through battles and hardships. When the battles were over, Tigertide had stepped down as deputy, Rivuletroar putting Woolymask in her place.

Shortly after she first became leader, three of her apprentices, Minkpaw, Blazingpaw, and Copperpaw, crossed the SkyClan border in order to get some prey for their starving Clan. This resulted in BloodClan raiding RiverClan to give back to SkyClan, their ally at the time. Woolystar lost her first life during this raid, and found out about the two Clan's dreadful alliance at the very next Gathering. Afterwards, she did her best to make sure defensives were high while RiverClan restocked their prey. Although BloodClan was still an issue amongst the Clans at the time, they didn't raid RiverClan again, and the Clan found it easier to wait for the river to fill up again with the coming rainy days so they could gradually fill their pile.

The rest of Woolystar's time as leader was extremely peaceful, with her giving birth to Tinykit with her mate Mapleflower, and spending most of her days in the nursery with her family. It wasn't until her daughter was old enough to not rely on her for food that she began to long for freedom from this cycle of Clan life, and thought more and more about leaving until she finally did it, having a long, loving yet sad talk with her mate before she left RiverClan, eight lives and name still intact, knowing her mate and daughter would come join her soon. She left RiverClan in Magnoliashadow's paws.