Clan Meeting Scripts
A yowl by a Clan leader is the signal to start the meeting at the gathering
Apprentice Ceremony
Leader:"(Kit), you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as (new name, ending with "paw"). Your mentor will be (name of warrior or medicine cat). I hope (name of warrior or medicine cat) will pass down all he/she knows on to you."Leader:"(Warrior), you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from (former mentor), and you have shown yourself to be (quality) and (quality). You will be the mentor of (apprentice), and I expect you to pass on all you know to (apprentice)."
Warrior Ceremony
Leader:"I, (Leader), leader of (Clan), call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on 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."Leader:"(Apprentice), do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect even at the cost of your life?"Apprentice:"I do."Leader:"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. (Apprentice), from this moment you will be known as (new warrior name). StarClan honors your (virtues), and we welcome you as a full warrior of (Clan)."
Dying Apprentice Ceremony
Leader:"I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. (He/She) has learned the warrior code and given up (his/her) life in the service of (his/her) Clan. Let StarClan receive (him/her) as a warrior. (He/She) will be known as (new name)."
Appointing a Deputy
Leader:"I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirits of our warrior ancestors (or former deputy name) may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of (Clan) is (warrior's name)."
Warrior Retirement Ceremony
Leader:"(Warrior), is it your wish to give up the name of a warrior and go to join the elders?"Warrior:"It is."Leader:"Your Clan honors you and all the service you have given to us. I call upon StarClan to give you many moons of rest."
Summoning A Meeting
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highrock / Highledge!"
Summoning A Meeting
"Let all cats old enough to swim gather to hear my words!"
Summoning A Meeting
"Let all cats old enough to run the moors gather and turn their ears!"
Summoning A Meeting