Warrior Code

[Hawkheart]

• Defend your clan,even with your life.You may have friendships with cats from other clans,but your loyalty must lie in your own clan,as one day you may meet them in battle.
  
• Do not hunt or tresspass on another clan's territory.
  
• Elders and kits must eat before apprentice's and warriors.Unless they have permission,apprentices may not eat until they have fed the elders.
  
• Prey is killed only to be eaten.Give thanks to Starclan for it's life.
  
• A kit must be atleast 6 moons old to be an apprentice.
  
• Newly appointed Warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after they have recived their warrior name.
  
• A cat cannot be made a deputy unless they have mentored at least one apprentice.
  
• The deputy will become leader when the leader dies or retires.
  
• After the death or retirement of the deputy,a new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh.
  
• A gathering of all four clans is held at a full moon during a truce that lasts the night.There shall be no fighting among clans at this time.
  
• Boundaries must be checked and marked daily.Challenge tresspassing cats.
  
• No warrior may neglect a kit in pain or in danger,even if that kit is from a different clan.
  
• The word of the clan leader is the warrior code.
  
• A honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win it's battle,Unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defence.
  
• A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet.