Category:EclipseClan



"EclipseClan has always been my home... it will be when I'm dead and gone, too.

— Ravenstar about EclipseClan before his death.

EclipseClan is one of the four Clans in the Forest of Fallen Light. They currently live to the north of the Gathering Area (when facing the cats from the High Ridge) in an underground ravine hidden by the vast spruce forest on the surface. Cave systems and water is found in the ravine, as well as strange rock formations and small patches of greenery and dirt.

Description

EclipseClan is known as the 'silent strikers' due to the majority of the clan having black, dark gray, gray, and dark blue-gray. They are very stealthy, and have sleek, beautiful pelts. They have a sort of 'night vision' and are able to use cave systems to their advantages, losing enemies in them as well as taking certain routes to venture into the other clans secretly. They are usually very tall and skinny, but some are short or stocky. These cats mainly have EclipseClan blood, rarely allowing outsiders to join the Clan after the TorrentClan incident.

Territory

The First Territory

The EclipseClan territory found in the first territory was a large cave mouth opening up to a ledge with a river running below it. A tree lay at the top of the cavern.

• Camp - A large cave clearing with tree roots dropping from the cavern's roof, where a large hole opens up. Stone pillars and cave systems make up these cats' dens.
• Lookout Ledge - The exit/entrance of camp, a stone cliff overhanging the rampaging rivers below. Cats must scale the siding of the cave to leave.
• The River - A freezing cold, rampant river leading into a waterfall. Cats seem to disappear when falling in, whether that's due to the freezing water making them go limp or the wild waters pulling them.
• Training Grounds - An sandy hollow in the cave, left to the Vigil Rock, with stone pillars and hills.
• Vigil Rock - A rock found beside the training grounds and warrior's den, covered with vines.

The camp is accessible by scaling the rocky sides or dropping through the hole in the roof of the cave, making this camp hard to attack and easy to defend, especially when cats enter by the Lookout Ledge, as they can easily be pushed into the treacherous waters. A large tree spirals down into the cave, its roots hanging there in place for hundreds of moons. Cave systems make up each den, except for the leaders den, which is found hollowed into a cave spot created by one of the roots. The only way to get to the leader's den is by climbing the trunk or scaling the stone walls.

The Second Territory

The second territory is found in a ravine nuzzled below a tree in a large spruce forest. There is a waterfall leading into an underground river, stopping at the medicine cat den, and cave systems are used as their dens, once again.

• Camp - A slope dropping into a stone ravine and dropping down onto the cave floor. Caves are used as dens again, and strange stone formations appear from the ceiling.
• The Twoleg Bridge - A man-made bridge stretching across a river above ground in the territory. It is very worn and broken, and looks like it could fall at any moment.
• The Ruins - A collapsed cave entrance with cracked, man-made stones here and there between two trees in the darkest part of the woods.
• Training Grounds - A cave in the side of a hill above ground at the edge of the forest with rocks sticking up out of the ground, perfect places to hide behind. Here, caves can be found for training apprentices, as well as stealth training.
• Vigil Ledge - A ledge found at the start of the slope, overhanging high the ravine.

The camp is found by taking a slope found underneath a large spruce tree to the bottom of a ravine. The leader's den is one of the highest peaks in the ravine, and the warriors' den is on top of the first ledge. There is another short slope taking you to the bottom of the first ledge, where the medicine cat den can be found beside the river. On the opposite side is the Apprentice's den, and farther down is the elders' den. The high ledge is the highest peak, with the exception of the vigil ledge, which is at the cavern's roof.

History

EclipseClan was formed when five Clans known as EchoClan, EmberClan, LakeClan, ShadeClan, and SpiritClan, dispersed. The remaining members formed DriftClan, EclipseClan, and MeadowClan. The first leader of EclipseClan was Brightstar of ShadeClan, who had already been leader of ShadeClan for seasons before. Her deputy was Ravenfeather of ShadeClan, her former deputy. The first medicine cat was Goldeneyes of EchoClan, and the first medicine cat apprentice was Redleap. These cats had lived in the first territory for at least 500 moons before Ravenstar, one of the more recent EclipseClan leaders, came to be. Since then, these cats have thrived off their main prey: bats that flew around their cave. They also catch mice and voles. EclipseClan leaders seem to die the most often out of all the other Clans, mainly because of suicide. These cats have lived a basically peaceful life, until TorrentClan arrived due to Kestrelcall, former medicine cat of DriftClan. Buzzardstar decided to retire, and Spiderfern became Spiderstar. He then immediately ended the truce with MeadowClan, which had been in effect for at least five seasons. this outraged MeadowClan, and they are now enemies.

High Rank History

Leaders and Their Deputies

Brighteyes/star - Cause of Death: Died during kitting.

- Ravenfeather/star

Ravenstar - Cause of Death: Wounds.

Talonstrike/star

Talonstar - Cause of Death: Murder.

Graniteclaw

Jaggedfang/star

Jaggedstar - Cause of Death: Murder.

Owlhoot/star

Owlstar - Cause of Death: Fell into river/drowned.

Echoingcall

Shadetail/star

Shadestar - Cause of Death: Suicide.

Rocksong/star

Rockstar - Cause of Death: Wounds.

Featherear

Dewdrop

Ravenpelt/star

Ravenstar - Cause of Death: Suicide.

Shadedwing

Eveningsong/star

Eveningstar - Cause of Death: Crushed by a boulder.

Darksand

Buzzardfoot/star

Buzzardstar - Living (Retired).

Spiderfern/star

Spiderstar - Living.

- Wigglehawk/star

Wigglestar - Living

Medicine Cats and Their Apprentices

Goldeneyes - Cause of Death: Age.

Redpaw/leap

Redleap - Cause of Death: Smoke Inhalation.

Spottedpaw/tuft

Spottedtuft - Cause of Death: Murder.

Grasspaw/fur

Vinepaw/tail

Vinetail - Cause of Death: Suicide.

Yellowpaw/belly

Yellowbelly - Cause of Death: Drowned.

Sandpaw/fur

Sandfur - Cause of Death: Age.

Smokeypaw

Blizzardpaw/fur

Blizzardfur - Cause of Death: Suicide.

Robinpaw/call

Robincall - Cause of Death: Murder.

Oakpaw

Shiningpaw/snow

Shiningsnow - Living. (Retired, TC)

Owlpaw/feather

Owlfeather - Cause of Death: Wounds.

Myrtlepaw/fall

Myrtlefall - Cause of Death: Hit by a Tree.

Fennelpaw/whisker

Fennelwhisker - Living

- Ashenpaw