Position: Commissioner or Luminary

CHARACTER NAME : Windsweptashes
BIO : A larger, fluffy siamese point tom with striking blue eyes, he is naturally both imposing and markedly handsome by nature. Perhaps that's why his quiet nature is often mistaken for an off attempt at intimidation, and his timidness and shyness occasionally for loner-ish tendencies. Yet Windsweptashes at his core is a sensitive, introverted tom who prefers to keep to himself and out of trouble.

(I will probably expand on this bio later but for right now this is what I'm going with.)


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WHAT PLOT IDEAS/DEVELOPMENT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR MOONCLAN? :I don't like to say anything definitive yet because I would really want to see what you're thinking about for Moonclan in more detail, but based off of what you have said, I do really like the idea of Moonclan really pressing into both its religious nature, its isolationism, and its hunting of elementals. I'm always a big believer in that what's better than just a plot is to really think and create an atmosphere in the clan that relates to what you're going for, and that plots and mass clan threads are there to just bolster that energy.

I think it would be cool to lean hard into the hatred and distrust of elementals, and especially into what makes it that Selene (or perhaps more so the people who are supposed to be speaking for her?) hate elementals so much. I could easily see a satanic panic/red scare sort of energy in a very isolated Moonclan, unaware of how much or how little elementals are actually a threat to them and constantly being afraid of those around them being elementals or being in cahoots/contact with them. And of course, the intent behind why elementals are feared, disliked, and treated the way they are could be an interesting factor too. Maybe it's genuinely done with good intent and with the will of Selene behind it, and any truly heinous treatment done to elementals is truly the unfortunate byproduct of what everyone perceives to be a holy mission. Or, maybe the people in-charge are aware that raising fear of elementals and isolating the population makes an excellent scape-goat to keep themselves in power and to blame when anything goes wrong. Maybe Selene is just a name to be invoked as pleased or displeased whenever it suits those in charge? Or maybe it's a mixture of both, where both a corrupt hierarchy is controlling the population with Selene at the helm only interested in her will of hunting down rogue elementals being done.

I think also on that note that making sure to take note in adoptable threads how much the family has a history of elementals could be interesting, and making sure that even if there's an illusion that all are equal by living together, there's definitely a hierarchy of power based on the image of you having a "pure" bloodline. Perhaps even cats of more respected higher standing are hiding or getting rid of children who are elementals to keep up their image, maybe certain deals can be made with the upper member of the hierarchy to keep up their secrets. Or again, perhaps it's all 100% genuine and the upper epsilons of the clan prove to be honor-bound and completely indiscriminate, with even the most lucrative and beneficial of deals passed up on because following Selene's laws are above all.

I'd also like to see more definitive answers about Selene and work on them, and also help develop what her place and personality is and how it affects clan life. I think it's hard to know much about her, all we've had so far is that she seems to hate elementals with a passion and seems to be a strict, lawful deity. It's hard to know if she’s kind, evil, neutral, or to really know much about her beyond her laws. Equally so beyond the fact that she seems to be close to the leader and use them as a personal mouth-piece, it's hard to know how the religion is structured and who gets to preach/have a say on her values. Very clearly the leader gets final say, but does anyone else? Can the average hunter be allowed to have their say on Selene's word, or is to offer any insight on the religion if you aren't in a leadership position a complete taboo? It's possible that there aren't any answers to those questions because Selene is actually supposed to be portrayed as a quiet, distant, mysterious goddess, but if that's the case I think it would be a good idea to portray her that way, as a mysterious and distant goddess who the cats of Moonclan are never quite sure of her intentions, and are completely reliant on their Minister and their word to understand.

That was a lot and I'm sorry for giving you like an essay and a half, but I do really like the idea of making Moonclan feel like a living, breathing society with social hierarchies and traditions that feel built into every thread and post. I think if you can manage to really lay out an awesome groundwork for the clan with a series of really coherent concepts that all work together, plots come super easy and, even better, I think you draw a lot of people in to see what you have to offer. Nightclan has, in my opinion, done something like that and I really think it's neat - it's allowed me to play a kind of character that would be hard to justify anywhere else, with ideas that I've only ever gotten because the concepts around it feel so real and built in and fleshed out. And I would really love to see and help do something similar to that for Moonclan, because I think there's just so much potential for something really cool and unique here.




IDEAS FOR YOUR CHARACTER? : I like the idea that Windsweptashes is an oddity. He doesn’t really fervently worship Selene (although he does believe she exists) and that he isn’t necessarily against elementals, but he’s also quiet and not quick to express his feelings, so no one really has a clue that is the case. I think Windsweptashes makes an interesting character to act as the occasional pawn. He’s truly the embodiment of Lawful Good, and while I don’t know if I’d really characterize him as naive, I think he’s quick to assume the good in people and question his own assessment of things. I think a lot of what ideas I have for him in the future is really dependent on the exact changes Moonclan has in the future, but I do think just the fact that Puzzlemaker and Windsweptashes are family, as well as him already ironically having so many ties to family outside the border in spite of Moonclan’s newfound isolationism will almost undoubtedly create an interesting dynamic.


WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLORE A SPECIFIC IDEA IN THEIR THREAD WITH PUZZLEMAKER? : Uhhh. Good question. Technically we already have a thread going between the two of them, so I don’t know if we’ll need to make a new one or if that one counts. But I tend to think the best threads happen when there isn’t a ton planned and characters are allowed to just be, although maybe there could be a focus on Beldam or Hawise and the extended family since that could be interesting if there’s a new one that needs to be made.



QUOTE THAT REPRESENTS THEM? :Not all those who wander are lost." - J R R Tolkein

it's kind of cliche but it feels apt woops

I have chosen Wrenpansy as the new Moonclan Commissioner!

MEDIC(mc) and INTERN(mca) are still open. And of-course Inquisitors and Luminaries. <3

(i'm going to do this!!!)

POSITION: inquisitor
CHARACTER NAME : Ratking
BIO :

All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The future exists in the now, just as much as the past has always existed, just like how we exist right now in the present; there's no linear path from point A to point B, yet the future is seen as something abstract while the past is set in stone. Ratking has always been able to see it all in a way others didn't. His family had been refugees once; they fled from one place to another, seeking refuge from a war a distance away. It was in the enchanted forest that his family found their home, and his family found their blood to be special. He was barely an apprentice when he began seeing visions in the corner of his eye, of small things at first. A rabbit running out at the right time, or a cat tripping a few moments before they did. They chalked it up to deja vu, and then it became obvious it wasn't just that. It was his mother who first noticed, with concern in her eyes at first, before declaring it a gift, a gift to help others around him. From then, his role was established; Ratking the oracle, the soothsayer, the prophet. At first, others crowded around him asking for the future, but soon enough, they realized that the moment he spoke it into existence, there was little changing it. The first time he predicted death in an attempt to change it locked him into the reputation he had. Slowly, his gift ate him up from the inside. The once shy, cheerful, slightly sarcastic tom with a knack for joking around, became an anxious bundle of nerves, always looking left and right in suspicion, muttering words under his breath, rinsing and repeating in his rituals to avoid misfortune. He ended up fleeing from his family, fearful that his gift would be its ruin, and somehow, MoonClan ended up with him. The rumours about the dark prophet range far and wide. Some say he's a wraith-like creature, long-legged and glowing eyes like a creature of the shadows. Others say he always has an evil grin on him, eyes gleaming in mischief as he doomed you to your fate. However, one look at him and everyone often does a double-take. His short, slight frame and unkempt salt-and-pepper fur, mottled brown and grey, seem too unruly for a cat like him. His green eyes really do glow in the dark, bright and wide, with a nervous fear in them at all times, and his fondness for rats seems strange even for a cat like himself. He's not all too intimidating, his own tendencies to fawn and stutter makes him an easy target really; his protection is his own reputation. For now, he cowers behind the reputation, as a harbinger of death, and simply prays that others don't see through the facade he puts on. 

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QUOTE THAT REPRESENTS THEM? : "it's not easy, homelessness at home" (happier when you're gone - alt-j) 
other moodboard vibes: this was a home once - bad suns, rising upside down - syml, hunger - florence + the machine

IDEAS FOR YOUR CHARACTER? : oh you know exactly which rat man I've based him off of huh
I think it'd be cool that his background with MoonClan is that he left his home when he was young because the pressure of his gift was a lot and therefore found his way here and Puzzle was nice to him and so now his loyalty is here but in a weird way like, he's still super nervous and stuttery and both heart eyes and also utterly terrified like a weird parental figure fixation with the cats in charge, has little care for MoonClan itself but finds it easier to fit into a role where he's safe even if it goes against who he is as a person, than to go out there on his own and have to fumble around in the dark again. Huge lack of self-esteem makes him easy to manipulate </3 

if it has to be an already existing cat i can add them to the joining thread

POSITION: medic :3 because I enjoy having more cats than my limit

CHARACTER NAME : Twilightpromise
BIO : A lanky black and grey Devon Rex she-cat, with pale yellow eyes. Twilightpromise is an eccentric she cat, with her curled pelt, and strange love of plants. she knows only very little from the time of the culling, never speaking of it, or of her parents that where taken by it. She does know her love for healing, and for Goddess Selene, and for living a humble life. Calm and collected, always keeping her space neat and organized, she is a gentle cat, caring for her clan, welcoming new believers of Selene, and seeing to it that Moonclan stays strong. Though not all cats can be completely sane, everyone has their vices, and hers is her goddess. Twilightpromise will do anything, there is no line she would not cross in the name of Selene.
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WHAT PLOT IDEAS/DEVELOPMENT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR MOONCLAN? : A new unknown herb that they don't want to test on their own so they test it on  sinners who refuse to repent or refuse to convert? and then it leads into a spiral of testing and experiments, but never on followers of Selene.

the clan seems to be pretty well planned at the moment, I will update on later ideas thought.

IDEAS FOR YOUR CHARACTER? : She genuinely loves her clan and would do anything in the name of Selene, but I want her to be really cold, and spiteful towards outsiders??? I was wondering if medics aloud kits??? if so she would be bringing in new kits hers preferably, 
if not, then a scandal where she has kits either way.
I would like for her to be this, wise and quiet cat, one others look to for advice, whenever she feels a cat is straying from Selene she would probably send them to Puzzlemaker for guidance. 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLORE A SPECIFIC IDEA IN THEIR THREAD WITH PUZZLEMAKER? : SO I AM EDITING WHAT I ORIGINALLY WROTE 
I world like a thread where Puzzlemaker approaches her to question her faith, and to see how far she would go for moonclan and for Selene, If she does not make it as medic I would probably like to add her as a mother...