BarkClan

## Description

BarkClan is a clan residing on the east side of the island.

It's one of the older clans, having been founded after FeatherClan and before RussetClan. Despite its age, due to former territory locations and discarded traditions, it remains to be on the smaller side.

Also due to forgone traditions, the majority of BarkClan cats are solid white with blue eyes, and usually long fur.

## Territory

### Pre-move

With the idea of being as far as possible from any other living cats, Cottonstar set camp in the highest mountains on the island. They mostly roamed between three different mountains in the range, their makeshift border being the treeline. There was always snow, and the terrain was treacherous. For these reasons, many of the clan through the years have passed prematurely, whether due to hypothermia, starvation, sickness, broken limbs, or fatal falls.

### Post-move

When Clearstar became leader, she moved the clan down into the territories. BarkClan now live in a large territory consisting mostly of meadow. Their territory features a large lake, the second biggest on the island, a couple stone features including a fairly large one that they enjoy to sun on, and lake and mountain access. They share borders with CloudClan, FireClan, and RavenClan.

## History

BarkClan was founded by Cottonstar after he split from FeatherClan when their ideas for the rules of the clan clashed. Together with his mate and some friends and followers of his, they disembarked and claimed territory in the mountains where they remained for years. Cottonstar was firm in his twisted belief that any cats not of pure fur and sight were impure and impossible to lead. He believed that color and pattern in fur were stains that represented the sins one would commit during their lifetime, and that eyes that weren't the color of the sky, StarClan's home, would be unable to see the correct path in life and would be too easily misguided. Cottonstar made the rule that any cat born in the clan that wasn't white furred and blue eyed would be either exiled or killed. These rules remained in place until many years later when Clearstar became leader. The rule was discarded, the clan renamed after [Clearstar]'s mate, and the clan was moved to a safer and more accessible area somewhere among the other clans.

## Members

### Current Members (Known)

* Firestreak
* Foxriver
* Graysnow
* Mudseed
* Nectarsky
* Sharpstar

### Former Members (Known)

* Blizzardstar
* Red

### Deceased Members (Known)

* Aldercone
* Aspenstar
* Barktail
* Bloodmoon
* Bluemoon
* Clearstar
* Cloudbreak
* Cherrystar
* Coldmoon
* Cornmoon
* Cottonstar
* Firnstar
* Growingmoon
* Haremoon
* Haymoon
* Hoarfrost
* Hollystar
* Icemoon
* Juniperstar
* Kinnikinnick
* Mapleblood
* Maplestar
* Mooneye
* Narrowstar
* Pinefrost
* Quakingstar
* Rabbitstar
* Raspberrystar
* Rockyflower
* Sagebrush
* Skyripple
* Squallshower
* Stormmoon
* Waxcurrent
* Wildrose
* Willowshade
* Wolfmoon

## Trivia

* BarkClan was originally named CosmoClan. The name was replaced under Clearstar's leadership.
* Nearly every member of the clan is white with blue eyes, due to an old rule instituted by the clan's founder.
* Sharpstar was the clan's first leader that wasn't white with blue eyes.
* Nearly all the clan's medicine cats were named moon. This was done in honor of the clan's first medicine cat, but came to an end with the reconstruction of the clan.