Post by ¥♥Snowhawk♥¥ on Jun 16, 2007 21:17:27 GMT -5
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For ceremonies, write EXACTLY what it says, except fill in all of the underlined things with what should be there.
Apprentice Ceremony
LEADER: Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the whatever the leader uses to address the Clan for a Clan meeting.
EVERYONE GATHERS BENEATH THE whatever the leader uses to address the Clan.
LEADER: Today, a kit/number kits has/have reached his/her/their six moons of age, and it's time for him/her/them to become an apprentice/to become apprentices. Kit/kits, please step forward.
KIT STEPS FORWARD, OR KITS STEP FORWARD
LEADER: Kit/kits, do you promise to protect and defend your Clan whenever needed, to respect, listen to, and obey your mentor, and to train to become a warrior/to become warriors of Clan?
KIT: \\One at a time if there's more than one// I do/don’t. (Even if it's short, just reply making your cat say whether they do or don't.)
LEADER: Then, from this day forward, until he/she has earned his/her warrior name, he/she will be known as apprentice name/apprentice names for his/her attribute to personality or appearance. (If more than one, repeat this until all have been given apprentice names.)
LEADER: Warrior, you are a uses two words to describe warrior. Your mentor, mentor’s name if known, has taught you well. Pass on all your knowledge and attribute to this apprentice as his/her mentor. (If more than one kit, repeat this until all are assigned a mentor.)
WARRIOR: \\One at a time if more than one// Yes, leader’s name.
EVERYBODY: Chants – Apprentice name/names! Apprentice name/names!
For training, all mentors must:
1. Show their apprentice the Clan boundaries.
2. Teach their apprentice warrior skills – fighting, defense, hunting, ect.
3. Take their apprentice out hunting.
4. Take their apprentice out on patrols.
5. Asses their apprentice’s skills once a moon until they become warriors.
All apprentices must:
1. Hunt for the Clan before they eat for themselves.
2. Always listen to and obey their mentor.
3. Sleep in the apprentices’ den.
4. Fetch things for the elders – Ex: Bedding and fresh-kill.
5. Follow the warrior code.
Warrior Ceremony
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
CLAN GATHERS.
LEADER: I, leader’s name, leader of Clan call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this/these apprentice/apprentices. He/she/they have trained hard to understand your noble code, and I commend him/her/them to you a warrior/as warriors in his/her/their turn. Apprentice/apprentices' name/names, do you promise to uphold the warrior code at all times, and to protect and defend your Clan even at the cost of your life?
APPRENTICE: \\One at a time if there’s more than one// I do/don’t.
LEADER: Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name/names. Apprentice name, from this moment on you will be known as warrior name. StarClan honors your two attributes to apprentice, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Clan. (If more than one cat, repeat this until all of them are given warrior names.)
LEADER STEPS FORWARD AND RESTS MUZZLE ON TOP OF THE NEW WARRIOR’S BOWED HEAD. WARRIOR GIVES LEADER A RESPECTFUL LICK ON THE SHOULDER. WARRIOR STRAIGHTENS UP AND WALKS OVER TO JOIN THE OTHER WARRIORS. (If more than one, do one at a time.)
EVERYONE: Chants – Warrior name! Warrior name!
All warriors must:
1. Sit vigil and watch over the Clan without speaking or sleeping until sunrise the night he/she is named a warrior.
2. Must hunt and go on patrols whenever leader or deputy tells them to.
3. Must sleep in the warriors’ den.
4. Must always listen to the leader and deputy.
5. Must follow the warrior code.
To become a warrior, you must
1. Have journeyed to the place the Clans share tongues with StarClan.
2. Have gone to at least one Gathering.
3. Have fought bravely.
4. Have showed courage and bravery.
5. Shown respect to the Clan and have stuck to the warrior code.
Deputy Ceremony
*When a new deputy is needed, the leader will sit in their den, think of who the best deputy would be, then name them deputy the next moonhigh (Midnight).
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
EVERYONE GATHERS FOR CLAN MEETING.
LEADER: Former deputy was a brave, strong, ect. warrior. His/her two attributes to Clan could never be doubted. I always relied on his/her attribute, sentence of choice. But a new deputy must be named. I, leader's name, leader of Clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on me so they may hear and approve my choice. Warrior's name will be the new deputy of Clan.
LEADER JUMPS DOWN FROM THE PLACE THEY ADDRESS THE CLAN AND GOES BACK INTO THEIR DEN.
THE CLAN CONTRATULATES THE NEW DEPUTY.
To become a deputy, you must:
1. Have mentored an apprentice.
2. Have shown bravery and courage many a time.
3. Have stuck to the warrior code all this time.
4. Be experienced as a warrior.
5. Shown good helpfulness to your leader in the past.
Leader Ceremony[/cemter]
DEPUTY GOES TO MOONPOOL, TOUCHES NOSE TO WATER, AND FALLS ASLEEP, WAKING UP IN STARCLAN.
\\All nine cats can be either dead family members or friends, cats from the books, even if they don't die in the books – this is the future, remember – or both//
FIRST CAT: With this life, I give you gift of choice.
THE FIRST CAT AND THE DEPUTY TOUCH NOSES.
For ceremonies, write EXACTLY what it says, except fill in all of the underlined things with what should be there.
Apprentice Ceremony
LEADER: Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the whatever the leader uses to address the Clan for a Clan meeting.
EVERYONE GATHERS BENEATH THE whatever the leader uses to address the Clan.
LEADER: Today, a kit/number kits has/have reached his/her/their six moons of age, and it's time for him/her/them to become an apprentice/to become apprentices. Kit/kits, please step forward.
KIT STEPS FORWARD, OR KITS STEP FORWARD
LEADER: Kit/kits, do you promise to protect and defend your Clan whenever needed, to respect, listen to, and obey your mentor, and to train to become a warrior/to become warriors of Clan?
KIT: \\One at a time if there's more than one// I do/don’t. (Even if it's short, just reply making your cat say whether they do or don't.)
LEADER: Then, from this day forward, until he/she has earned his/her warrior name, he/she will be known as apprentice name/apprentice names for his/her attribute to personality or appearance. (If more than one, repeat this until all have been given apprentice names.)
LEADER: Warrior, you are a uses two words to describe warrior. Your mentor, mentor’s name if known, has taught you well. Pass on all your knowledge and attribute to this apprentice as his/her mentor. (If more than one kit, repeat this until all are assigned a mentor.)
WARRIOR: \\One at a time if more than one// Yes, leader’s name.
EVERYBODY: Chants – Apprentice name/names! Apprentice name/names!
For training, all mentors must:
1. Show their apprentice the Clan boundaries.
2. Teach their apprentice warrior skills – fighting, defense, hunting, ect.
3. Take their apprentice out hunting.
4. Take their apprentice out on patrols.
5. Asses their apprentice’s skills once a moon until they become warriors.
All apprentices must:
1. Hunt for the Clan before they eat for themselves.
2. Always listen to and obey their mentor.
3. Sleep in the apprentices’ den.
4. Fetch things for the elders – Ex: Bedding and fresh-kill.
5. Follow the warrior code.
Warrior Ceremony
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
CLAN GATHERS.
LEADER: I, leader’s name, leader of Clan call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this/these apprentice/apprentices. He/she/they have trained hard to understand your noble code, and I commend him/her/them to you a warrior/as warriors in his/her/their turn. Apprentice/apprentices' name/names, do you promise to uphold the warrior code at all times, and to protect and defend your Clan even at the cost of your life?
APPRENTICE: \\One at a time if there’s more than one// I do/don’t.
LEADER: Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name/names. Apprentice name, from this moment on you will be known as warrior name. StarClan honors your two attributes to apprentice, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Clan. (If more than one cat, repeat this until all of them are given warrior names.)
LEADER STEPS FORWARD AND RESTS MUZZLE ON TOP OF THE NEW WARRIOR’S BOWED HEAD. WARRIOR GIVES LEADER A RESPECTFUL LICK ON THE SHOULDER. WARRIOR STRAIGHTENS UP AND WALKS OVER TO JOIN THE OTHER WARRIORS. (If more than one, do one at a time.)
EVERYONE: Chants – Warrior name! Warrior name!
All warriors must:
1. Sit vigil and watch over the Clan without speaking or sleeping until sunrise the night he/she is named a warrior.
2. Must hunt and go on patrols whenever leader or deputy tells them to.
3. Must sleep in the warriors’ den.
4. Must always listen to the leader and deputy.
5. Must follow the warrior code.
To become a warrior, you must
1. Have journeyed to the place the Clans share tongues with StarClan.
2. Have gone to at least one Gathering.
3. Have fought bravely.
4. Have showed courage and bravery.
5. Shown respect to the Clan and have stuck to the warrior code.
Deputy Ceremony
*When a new deputy is needed, the leader will sit in their den, think of who the best deputy would be, then name them deputy the next moonhigh (Midnight).
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
EVERYONE GATHERS FOR CLAN MEETING.
LEADER: Former deputy was a brave, strong, ect. warrior. His/her two attributes to Clan could never be doubted. I always relied on his/her attribute, sentence of choice. But a new deputy must be named. I, leader's name, leader of Clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on me so they may hear and approve my choice. Warrior's name will be the new deputy of Clan.
LEADER JUMPS DOWN FROM THE PLACE THEY ADDRESS THE CLAN AND GOES BACK INTO THEIR DEN.
THE CLAN CONTRATULATES THE NEW DEPUTY.
To become a deputy, you must:
1. Have mentored an apprentice.
2. Have shown bravery and courage many a time.
3. Have stuck to the warrior code all this time.
4. Be experienced as a warrior.
5. Shown good helpfulness to your leader in the past.
Leader Ceremony[/cemter]
DEPUTY GOES TO MOONPOOL, TOUCHES NOSE TO WATER, AND FALLS ASLEEP, WAKING UP IN STARCLAN.
\\All nine cats can be either dead family members or friends, cats from the books, even if they don't die in the books – this is the future, remember – or both//
FIRST CAT: With this life, I give you gift of choice.
THE FIRST CAT AND THE DEPUTY TOUCH NOSES.
\\Repeat this for the eight other cats//
DEPUTY RETURNS TO CLAN IN THE MORNING (Even if it seems short to them, they wake up at dawn) AS THE NEW LEADER OF THE CLAN.
Name Changing Ceremony
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
CLAN GATHERS
LEADER: Today, cat's name has become an elder, and their old age has changed their appearance. (If their old age did nothing to their appearance, their name will not be changed.) So I, leader's name, leader of Clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon me so they may hear and approve my choice. Cat's name new name will be name.
LEADER JUMPS DOWN FROM THE PLACE THEY ADDRESS THE CLAN AND GOES INTO THEIR DEN.
EVERYONE: Chants – New name! New name!
DEPUTY RETURNS TO CLAN IN THE MORNING (Even if it seems short to them, they wake up at dawn) AS THE NEW LEADER OF THE CLAN.
Name Changing Ceremony
LEADER: \\Calls Clan meeting//
CLAN GATHERS
LEADER: Today, cat's name has become an elder, and their old age has changed their appearance. (If their old age did nothing to their appearance, their name will not be changed.) So I, leader's name, leader of Clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon me so they may hear and approve my choice. Cat's name new name will be name.
LEADER JUMPS DOWN FROM THE PLACE THEY ADDRESS THE CLAN AND GOES INTO THEIR DEN.
EVERYONE: Chants – New name! New name!
