Leader - Mistystar
Deputy - Reedwhisker
Medicine Cat - Mothwing
Hunting Territory - The lake and streams
Camp - overgrown island in a stream
Unique Battle Skill - Water combat
Reedwhisker's Welcome
Welcome to RiverClan. You want to know the secrets behind RiverClan's strength in battle? Well, you are up to your bellies in it right now. That's right, water. Water gives us the power to choose wether we fight or not, knowing that few cats are brace enough to swim across our borders to attack us. We can slide out of rivers like fish with fur, silently flooding the shore before our enemy knows we are there.
Have you seen how we hunt? Not with speed or stealth or pounces, but with lightning reflexes, scooping fish from the lake while they drowse below the surface. How would you like to feel these claws raking over your spine? In close combat, RiverClan cats are the most feared among all the Clans because we can hold our enemy down and rake their bellies until they beg for mercy. If the ground is too open for close combat, we'll lure our enemies to the shore and drag them into the water to fight there. Other cats' fur quickly becomes sodden and heavy, pulling them down, but our fur sheds water like the feathers on a duck. We stay light and nimble, freed by the water rather than trapped by it. Our rivals don't stand any chance of winning when the lake fights alongside us.
Extra
Every so often, a RiverClan cat is born with a strong aversion to getting wet. These were once known as "drypaws", and they struggled to fit in with other warriors. One leader took a stance against the internal bullying and gave drypaws special responsibility for den construction and flood protection for the camp. The drypaws' distaste for water made them particularly skilled at keeping the river away from the living areas!
