Clan Call
Leader: Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath Highrock for a Clan meeting!
Apprentice Ceremony
Leader: _____kit, please come forward. _____kit, from this day forward, until you recieve your warrior name, you will be known as _____paw.
______, you are now ready to take on an apprentice. You will be mentor to _____paw. ________, you have shown yourself to be a warrior of strength and courage. I'm sure you will pass on all you know to this apprentice.
Apprentice Medicine Cat Ceremony
Medicine Cat: _____paw, is it your wish to enter into the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?
_____paw: It is.
Medicine Cat: Then come forward. Warriors of StarClan, I present to you this apprentice. She has chosen the life of medicine cat. Grant her your wisdom and insight so that she may understand your ways and heal her Clan in accordance to your will.
Warrior Ceremony
Leader: I call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. He/she has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him/her to you as a warrior in his/her turn. _____paw, do you promise to follow the warrior code and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?
Apprentice: I do.
Leader: Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name. _____paw, from this day forth you will be known as _________. ____clan welcomes you as a full warrior.
Medicine Cat Ceremony
Medicine Cat: I, _________, medicine cat of ___clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She/he has trained hard to understand the ways of a medicine cat, and with your help she/he will serve her Clan for many moons. ____paw, do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan an to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?
_____paw: I do.
Medicine Cat: Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your true name as a medicine cat. ____paw, from this moment you will be known as _______. StarClan honors your ____ and your _____, and we welcome you as a full medicine cat.
Deputy Ceremony
The time has come to appoint a new deputy. I say these words before StarClan, that the spirits of our ancestors may hear and approve my choice. _____ will be the new deputy of ____clan.
Leader Ceremony
Leader: Welcome, ________. Are you ready to receive your nine lives?
Deputy: Yes, I am ready.
Warrior #1: With this life I give you courage, use it well in defense of your Clan.
Warrior #2: With this life I give you justice, use it well as you judge the actions of others.
Warrior #3: With this life I give you loyalty to what you know to be right, use it well to guide your Clan in times of trouble.
Warrior #4: With this life I give you tireless energy, use it well to carry out the duties of a leader.
Warrior #5: With this life I give you protection, use it well to care for your Clan as a mother cares for her kits.
Warrior #6: With this life I give you mentoring, use it well to train the young cats of your Clan.
Warrior #7: With this life I give you compassion, use it well for the elders of your Clan, and the sick, and all those weaker than yourself.
Warrior #8: With this life I give you love, use it well, for all the cats in your care.
Leader: Welcome, ________, my warrior, my deputy, (my apprentice, my son/daughter, ect. if it applies) With this life I give you nobility and certainty and faith. Use it well as you lead your Clan in the ways of StarClan and the warrior code. I hail you by your new name, ____star. Your old life is no more. You have now received the nine lives of a leader, and StarClan grants to you the guardianship of ____clan. Defend it well; care for the young and old; honor your ancestors and the traditions of the warrior code; live each life with pride and dignity.
Elder Ceremony
Leader: _______, You say that the time has come for you to join the elders. Are you sure this is what you want?
______: It is.
Leader: Then you will rely on apprenitces and younger warriors to bring you fresh-kill, and you are no longer able to go on patrol.
Name Change Ceremony
Leader: Spirits of StarClan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name from the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what he/she is. By my authority as Clan leader, and with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment he/she will be known as ______.
