Post by Ren on Oct 4, 2005 4:44:59 GMT -5
Press Ctrl-F then type in the word you're looking for, and press enter until the word highlighted is bold with a definition after it. Or, if you feel like digging, this is in alphabetical order.
Different Cats
Keep in mind that when I say "any double," it does not allow ____kit, ____paw, or ____star.
Apprentice: a tom or she-cat over six moons, who is learning to become a warrior. Any cat over six moons that has not yet learned all needed to become a warrior; normally less than ten moons. Duties include: Helping mentor to hunt, learning about hunting/fighting/warrior code, caring for elders. Name: ____paw
Clan: a group of cats that follows the warrior code; if you want to know everything, skim through the whole dictionary.
Deputy: a leader's second-in-command. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: those of any warrior, organizing everyday things such as border and hunting patrols, and handling the Clan when the leader is unable to. Name: Any double
Elder: A Clan cat too old or otherwise unable to care for themself. As many as available. Highly respected. Duties include: passing their knowlege along to kits and apprentices. Name: Any double
Kit: ...a kitten, young cat under six moons. Duties: none yet. Name: ____kit
Kittypet: A Twoleg pet. Looked at with scorn by Clan members. Name: non-Clan
Leader: the cat who takes care of a Clan. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties inlude: all of a deputy's, leads the Clan, councils and teaches the different cats, selects mentors for apprentices and names the cats. Name: _____star
Loner: a cat that has never been part of a Clan, but has no relation with Twolegs. Name: non-Clan
Medicine Cat: healer of a Clan. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: healing sick or wounded cats, keeping the supply of herbs full, supplying strengthening herbs for Clan cats traveling far, and overseeing kitting. Name: Any double
Medicine Cat Apprentice: medicine cat in training, second-in-command to medicine cat. One per Clan, apprentice age to young warrior age, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: learning herblore, taking over when medicine cat is busy. Name: ____paw, or, if trained as a warrior first, any double.
Mentor: a warrior teaching an apprentice. Duties include: Those of a warrior, training apprentice. Name: Any double
Queen: any she-cat expecting or caring for kits. Warrior age. Duties include: caring for kits in the nursery. Name: Any double
Rank: the rank of a Clan cat is their station in a Clan. The ranks, from most respected to...well, not least, but one doesn't have to obey their every whim:
Leader
Deputy
Medicine Cat/Medicine Cat Apprentice
Elder
Warrior/Queen
Apprentice
Kit
Rogue
Rogue: a tom or she-cat that has left or been thrown out of their Clan. Name: any double, ___kit, ___paw. Leaders are demoted to their warrior name if they become rogues.
StarClan: the Clans' warrior anscestors, who guide them and care for them.
Warrior: a tom or she-cat able to hunt and fight well enough to be an asset to the Clan, and loyal to the warrior code. Any cat past apprenticeship--normally over nine or ten moons--that is not too old or expecting/caring for kits. Duties include: hunting to feed the Clan, protecting the Clan in any way possbile, following the warrior code. Name: Any double
Twolegs
Monster: a large not-stone creature that carries Twolegs in it. In human: a vehicle, generally a car.
Not-stone: like a rock, but with a funny tang, and smooth. In human: metal.
Thunderpath: what the monsters travel on. In human: a road.
Twoleg: a strange animal that can control other animals' lives, that never makes any sense and causes only trouble. In human: a human being.
Twolegplace: a Twoleg camp; their dens. In human: a town or city.
Places/Events
Camp: where the Clan lives, essentially. Includes dens, Highrock, clearing, and freshkill pile.
Ceremony: an important point in anycat's life, this is usually to celebrate birth, death, or a name and rank change. The most common ceremonies are naming: apprentice and warrior.
Clan Meeting: the leader addresses their Clan from the Highrock to discuss important matters. While Clan meetings and Gatherings are similar, they are not the same. Clan meetings contain only one Clan, but Gatherings do all four, and though Gatherings are held once a month, Clan meetings can be called whenever necessary.
Den: where a cat sleeps. Includes the leader's den(leader), warrior den(warriors and deputy), apprentice den(apprentices) medicine cat den(medicine cat and apprentice), nursery(queens and kits), and elder's den(elders).
Gathering: A meeting of the four Clans. It occurs each full moon, and is held under truce. The four leaders each explain what has happened since they last met--births, deaths, naming ceremonies, prey, Twoleg activity, and any disputes between themself and another Clan.
Highrock: a large rock in the center of each camp; the leader addresses his/her Clan from here at Clan meetings. Highrock and Highstones are not the same thing.
Highstones/Mothermouth: where the Moon(Twilight)stone is located: Highstones is the set of caves, Mothermouth is the entrance to the Moon- or Twilightstone cave.
Moonstone(Twilightstone): a large, glittering stone that leaders go to, to confer with StarClan. In the books, it was white(a diamond) and glowed when the moon was high, but here it is purple(a purple diamond, if you'll believe it), and glows in the evening.
Other Commonly Used Terms
Anycat/Everycat/Nocat/etc.: the same as anyone, everyone, no one, and so on.
Crowfood: rotted prey.
Freshkill: just-caught prey.
Newleaf/greenleaf/leaf-fall/leaf-bare: The four seasons; spring, summer, autumn, winter, in that order.
Different Cats
Keep in mind that when I say "any double," it does not allow ____kit, ____paw, or ____star.
Apprentice: a tom or she-cat over six moons, who is learning to become a warrior. Any cat over six moons that has not yet learned all needed to become a warrior; normally less than ten moons. Duties include: Helping mentor to hunt, learning about hunting/fighting/warrior code, caring for elders. Name: ____paw
Clan: a group of cats that follows the warrior code; if you want to know everything, skim through the whole dictionary.
Deputy: a leader's second-in-command. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: those of any warrior, organizing everyday things such as border and hunting patrols, and handling the Clan when the leader is unable to. Name: Any double
Elder: A Clan cat too old or otherwise unable to care for themself. As many as available. Highly respected. Duties include: passing their knowlege along to kits and apprentices. Name: Any double
Kit: ...a kitten, young cat under six moons. Duties: none yet. Name: ____kit
Kittypet: A Twoleg pet. Looked at with scorn by Clan members. Name: non-Clan
Leader: the cat who takes care of a Clan. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties inlude: all of a deputy's, leads the Clan, councils and teaches the different cats, selects mentors for apprentices and names the cats. Name: _____star
Loner: a cat that has never been part of a Clan, but has no relation with Twolegs. Name: non-Clan
Medicine Cat: healer of a Clan. One per Clan, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: healing sick or wounded cats, keeping the supply of herbs full, supplying strengthening herbs for Clan cats traveling far, and overseeing kitting. Name: Any double
Medicine Cat Apprentice: medicine cat in training, second-in-command to medicine cat. One per Clan, apprentice age to young warrior age, toms and she-cats both. Duties include: learning herblore, taking over when medicine cat is busy. Name: ____paw, or, if trained as a warrior first, any double.
Mentor: a warrior teaching an apprentice. Duties include: Those of a warrior, training apprentice. Name: Any double
Queen: any she-cat expecting or caring for kits. Warrior age. Duties include: caring for kits in the nursery. Name: Any double
Rank: the rank of a Clan cat is their station in a Clan. The ranks, from most respected to...well, not least, but one doesn't have to obey their every whim:
Leader
Deputy
Medicine Cat/Medicine Cat Apprentice
Elder
Warrior/Queen
Apprentice
Kit
Rogue
Rogue: a tom or she-cat that has left or been thrown out of their Clan. Name: any double, ___kit, ___paw. Leaders are demoted to their warrior name if they become rogues.
StarClan: the Clans' warrior anscestors, who guide them and care for them.
Warrior: a tom or she-cat able to hunt and fight well enough to be an asset to the Clan, and loyal to the warrior code. Any cat past apprenticeship--normally over nine or ten moons--that is not too old or expecting/caring for kits. Duties include: hunting to feed the Clan, protecting the Clan in any way possbile, following the warrior code. Name: Any double
Twolegs
Monster: a large not-stone creature that carries Twolegs in it. In human: a vehicle, generally a car.
Not-stone: like a rock, but with a funny tang, and smooth. In human: metal.
Thunderpath: what the monsters travel on. In human: a road.
Twoleg: a strange animal that can control other animals' lives, that never makes any sense and causes only trouble. In human: a human being.
Twolegplace: a Twoleg camp; their dens. In human: a town or city.
Places/Events
Camp: where the Clan lives, essentially. Includes dens, Highrock, clearing, and freshkill pile.
Ceremony: an important point in anycat's life, this is usually to celebrate birth, death, or a name and rank change. The most common ceremonies are naming: apprentice and warrior.
Clan Meeting: the leader addresses their Clan from the Highrock to discuss important matters. While Clan meetings and Gatherings are similar, they are not the same. Clan meetings contain only one Clan, but Gatherings do all four, and though Gatherings are held once a month, Clan meetings can be called whenever necessary.
Den: where a cat sleeps. Includes the leader's den(leader), warrior den(warriors and deputy), apprentice den(apprentices) medicine cat den(medicine cat and apprentice), nursery(queens and kits), and elder's den(elders).
Gathering: A meeting of the four Clans. It occurs each full moon, and is held under truce. The four leaders each explain what has happened since they last met--births, deaths, naming ceremonies, prey, Twoleg activity, and any disputes between themself and another Clan.
Highrock: a large rock in the center of each camp; the leader addresses his/her Clan from here at Clan meetings. Highrock and Highstones are not the same thing.
Highstones/Mothermouth: where the Moon(Twilight)stone is located: Highstones is the set of caves, Mothermouth is the entrance to the Moon- or Twilightstone cave.
Moonstone(Twilightstone): a large, glittering stone that leaders go to, to confer with StarClan. In the books, it was white(a diamond) and glowed when the moon was high, but here it is purple(a purple diamond, if you'll believe it), and glows in the evening.
Other Commonly Used Terms
Anycat/Everycat/Nocat/etc.: the same as anyone, everyone, no one, and so on.
Crowfood: rotted prey.
Freshkill: just-caught prey.
Newleaf/greenleaf/leaf-fall/leaf-bare: The four seasons; spring, summer, autumn, winter, in that order.