History

The Clans didn't all start the same time in this roleplay, instead, they gradually became what they were today after certain events took place. The founders of each Clan, respective to the order of founding are: tbas
Below is the detailed history of each individual Clan following the rename associated with their founders.
## MurkClan

### Murkstar's Reign

For generations, MurkClan and its mebers have always been native to the swamp. Originally founded in the late 1900s by Sadon; a tom who was born and native within with the swamplands.
For most of his young life, he wanted a home he could stay at instead of having to keep migrating. It wasn't until he met a she-cat named Lichen that this dream would come true.
Lichen became Sadon's first second-in-command, as most by this rank were closely involved in their leader's life. Despite the Clan only having a maxumum number of about twelve cats, Sadon finally seemed content with his new home and family. Lichen bore a litter of two kittens; a son and a daughter. It wasn't long after this that Sadon finally took a Clan name, Murkstar, of which the Clan itself was named after.
With the Clan and its members converting to Clan names, their true traditions began. It was around this time that Murkstar named his heir, choosing that the next leader should always be the previous leader's eldest or strongest child. His daughter was named the heir to Lichen's position as Murkstar's spike.
However, Fogmask was killed while out hunting by an alligator and left the spot for spike empty. Lichenpelt stepped down to mourn her daughter's death and asked Murkstar to name a new spike in her place. Here, Murkstar decided that two should be named and the family lines would follow, if they could not bare any children or chose someone worthy to continue the lines then they would be forced to step down and a new spike would be named.
Murkstar named his spikes, two toms named Muddynose and Snakefang. As Murkstar continued to lead his Clan, another Clan surfaced. However, due to the terrain and way MurkClan lived they immediately struck a peace treaty. Murkstar and Asterstar became great allies even while a third Clan seemed to surface. This third Clan however started out peaceful despite not creating a treaty. Something seemed to send the leader of the Clan off the edge.
The First Battle broke out, AsterClan and MurkClan allied, they began the hard fight to survive against the large Clan of DarkClan.
The First Battle lasted for several moons, leaving all three Clans on edge. In the end, DarkClan's own heir ended the war.
Murkstar was fatigued and exhausted by this time, both he and Asterstar agreed to keep the treaty and only meet on the night of the full moon, during this DarkClan's leader agreed to doing so as well. As a way to kesp the peace, or attempt to, they would share news about their Clan.
With the war ended, Murkstar succumbed to his exhaustion; his heart to weak to hold out on it and left the Clan to his only living child, Swampsplash.
### Swampstar's Reign

Swampsplash became leader after the death of his father, leaving the young tom and his mother with the care of his Clan. While calm and level-headed, Swampstar was cautious when it came to the dealings with the other Clans, some would say that it would become his greatest regret.
While peace remained, Swampstar distanced his Clans from the others. Even to remain secretive about happenings with his Clan. His mother advised him to trust in the treaty more but the young tom did not heed his mother's advice. In fact, he put special precautions in order to make sure that the treaty wasn't broken. He chose two cats that would later die because of his choices to be spies within the other Clans. When he had trained them well-enough he sent them off under the pretention that they were escaped prisoners looking for refuge. Of course, the other Clans believed it and took in the two spies.
Not long after, Lichenpelt's death Swampstar seemed to want revenge on the sudden death of his father and saught to have his spies killed. He sent two cats after the spies and had them killed. Many often referred to him as 'mad' or 'ill-judged' in this time.
Swampstar's reign was rather short-lived for he had a dream where his father stated that all he was doing would in death. Of course, the MurkClan leader did not heed his father's warning.
It was around this time, Swampstar named an heir. A single daughter he had bore with a MurkClan queen.
When Swampstar attended the full moon Gathering, he revesled there that intended to kill Asterstar and Brightstar then would have two of his most trusted cats rule them by his side. However when Swampstar attackrd Brightstar, he was struck down by lightning and killed on the spot from the burns leaving his young apprentice aged daughter as leader.
### Eelstar's Reign

Eelpaw never truly received a warrior name, due to the sudden death of her tyrant father. From the moment of her death she was known as Eelstar.
Eelstar was a calm and nervous she-cat who wanted only the best for her Clan. With no family left, she was left as the last of her line if she did not bare any children because of this she struck a deal with DarkClan's leader, Brightstar, asking for her son to bare her children as a way of forming a new peace treaty for her father's wrongdoings. Brightstar agreed and sent her son to live in MurkClan. It wasn't long after when Eelstar bore four kits; Amberkit, Wolfkit, Cavernkit, and Bluekit.
She named her first son, Wolfkit, as her heir. It was agreed that two of her kits would go live with their father in DarkClan while two remained with her. She chose to leep Bluekit and Wolfkit, while her daughters were taken to DarkClan.
Eelstar later on took another tom as her mate and bore three kits with him; Brindlekit, Snakekit, and Whitekit.
Eelstar remained leader for a long time, keeping the peace between the Clans while doing so. Eventually, the she-cat passed from a strange tumor in her stomach leaving Wolfsong as the next leader.