SeaClan

**SeaClan** is a small Clan located near the sea, made up of the descendants of various DarkClan remnants and DarkClan Games survivors, as well as a number of loners and rogues. They have a very open tolerance for accepting outsiders into their ranks.

SeaClan's founder and first leader was Troutstar. The current leader is Cloudstar.

## Description

SeaClan is a sleepy clan with no true threats to their safety. They are known to often take loners and kittypets and rogues into their Clan to either swell their ranks or because the cat is in need of help or shelter. SeaClan follows the Warrior Code despite being estranged from the four main Clans. Due to a lack of serious competition or any sort of real danger, SeaClan is lax on combat readiness and most cats have gone their entire life without fighting anything more than an annoying apprentice.

## History

Many moons ago, a cat named Darkstar led a group of cats called DarkClan into battle against the four main Clans around Raven's Wing Lake. The DarkClan War ended in total defeat for Darkstar and his warriors. A cat named Troutsurge led the survivors into exile far away from the lake, north and west for many moons. The DarkClan remnants eventually settling in a meadow atop a cliff overlooking the sea.

They took on the name SeaClan and attempted to distance themselves from the cruelty of their past. Along the journey (which lasted about 6 moons) they took in various loners and rogues who sought safety in relatively large numbers. SeaClan was eventually forced off of it's meadow territory by the rogues of the Alliance and forced to journey to find their new territory, led by a sign from the Windwalkers: a giant albatross.

## Territory

### In the original SeaClan territory

The original SeaClan territory was a large meadow stretching off into the east with nothing but a few groves of trees in sight. The meadow ended abruptly at a steep, short, rocky cliff that leads into the ocean. Not much of the territory was explored while SeaClan lived there.

The original SeaClan camp was a a dip in the meadow near the drop. The leader's den and meeting place was a tree trunk sunken deep into the soil. The elder's den was a hawthorn bush on the other side of camp, next to the warriors den, which was two tree trunks crossed over each other like an X and were sunken into the ground. The entrance was covered with lichen and moss. The apprentice den was a clump of nettles, while the nursery was a thorn bush. The wall of camp was made of tussock and gorse, and the entrance/exit was made of the same stuff.

### In the current SeaClan territory

SeaClan territory is a hilly island covered in pine trees. The scant undergrowth is mainly evergreen bushes like juniper, holly, and daphne. The soil is sandy and the trees are spaced out. The three sides of the island facing the sea are covered in sandy beaches. There are many hollows and dips in the land.

The Twoleg name for SeaClan's island is "Spyre Island" named for the Twoleg who originally discovered the island. Nearby Twoleg landmarks include Chester's Bridge, Spyre Island Lighthouse and Spyre Island Oceanic Overlook. Landmarks here include:

* **Camp** - The camp is a hollow near the center of the island, sheltered by steep hills on three sides and a wall of holly and boxwood on the fourth. It is easily defended and cats can escape up paths in the hills if they must.
* **Broken Twoleg Bridge** - An old Twoleg bridge in disrepair that spans a large channel separating the island from the mainland.
* **Abandoned Twoleg Den** - A crumbling stone Twoleg nest on the edge of the island overlooking the channel. It is home to adders.
* **The Watch Tree** - A massive pine tree in the middle of the forest that stands higher than all the other trees. Cats can climb to the higher branches and see everything below and parts of the mainland.
* **The Training Beach** - An empty, wide beach on the other side of the island from the Broken Twoleg Bridge. It is used by SeaClan mentors to train their apprentices.
* **The Haunted Lighthouse** - A lighthouse situated between Albatross Eyrie and Gull Beach, on the island's coast.
* **Albatross Eyrie** - Settled on a cliff facing out onto the sea is the nest of the albatross that led SeaClan to the island, nestled on one of the boulders. It is here that medicine cats speak to the Windwalkers:
	+ **The Eyrie Stone** - In a small crack in the boulder beneath the nest is a cave where a small stone that glows in the light of the moon rests called the Eyrie Stone.

The Clan leader makes announcements from a pine stump on the edge of the clearing. Beneath the roots of the stump is a small hollow where the leader sleeps. The warriors and apprentices sleep beneath juniper bushes. The nursery is beneath a thicket of pine shrubs. The medicine den is it's own clearing sheltered between the shoulders of two of the hills, surrounded by boxwood bushes to shelter it from the wind. The elder's den is a daphne bush.

A SeaClan cat on the Training Beach.The Abandoned Twoleg Den on SeaClan's Island.The albatross that guided SeaClan to their island.The Gull Beach on SeaClan Island.A map of SeaClan's island, created by Jay Strun
## Trivia

* None of the four Clans know that SeaClan exists and simply assume that the DarkClan survivors either died off or separated after their exile; none except for Skystar, who once went on a journey to the estranged clan's territory.
* The Abandoned Twoleg Den was built by the Twoleg explorer Spyre some time after his discovery of the island. His family lived there for many generations.
* SeaClan refers to their warrior ancestors as Windwalkers, unlike the main Clans who call their ancestors Wildwalkers.