SITE-WIDE LORE

Year 1, Shrieking Storms: The first group of island cats shipwreck due to a hurricane. The crew that was aboard the shipwreck were pirates, which serves as the inspiration for their later rituals, traditions, and names.

Year 15, Scorching Sands: The volcano erupts, scorching the lands and billowing up massive clouds of smoke and ash. The current twolegs of the shipwreck on the island are unable to survive the following environmental changes; however, the cats survive by seeking shelter within a nearby mangrove island.

Year 16, Soothing Skies: The Island Gods introduce themselves to the survivors of the volcanic eruption. Under their guidance, this group of cats forms into the Tribe of Twisted Roots, named for the Mangroves that both saved and sheltered them.

Year 30, Soothing Skies: A second ship of twolegs arrive, seeking to make the islands their home in a colony. They make landfall on another island, hoping to avoid the rocky shore that has caused wrecks in the past. With them they bring different species (such as livestock, dogs, and various plants) that are not native to the area. Brought along as mousers and pets for the twolegs are more cats, introducing new bloodlines to the area. The Tribe, wary of outsiders, avoids these newcomers by retreating to the outer islands.

Year 40, Shrieking Storms: An impending storm broaches the horizon, causing panic within the small twoleg town. In their haste to evacuate the deadly onslaught, the majority of their belongings, including their pets, are abandoned on the islands. Though some twolegs stayed behind, their lives were lost in the following torrential flooding. Their animals, however, were able to seek higher ground for shelter and thus survived the storm.

Year 41, Soothing Skies: A small fishing boat, carrying stores of fish and a pair of sailors who got lost in the storm, shipwrecks on the main island where the kittypets are struggling to survive. Aboard this vessel are four cats hailing from various walks of life: A warrior, an apprentice, a medicine cat apprentice, and a loner. Desperate for prey in a sparse season for the too-large clans and loners, the cats climbed aboard the ship that later took off, sending them much too far away from home to return. Though initially wary of the kittypets, the clan cats eventually take pity on them and teach the ways of true survival.

Year 41, Scorching Sands: Working together to survive this harsh environment that had taken the remaining twolegs’ lives, the clan cats teach the kittypets the ways of the clans, their ancestors, and their warrior code. To mark their new life, they take the name TidalClan, in honor of the events that brought them all together.

Year 45, Soothing Skies: Though there was peace for several moons, internal conflict would drive a wedge between clan members. While some cats wanted to explore the unknown and claim more territory, others believed it best to stay close to their roots. One group became two as the tension rose to unbearable levels, with half of the clan’s felines seeking out territory in the yet-unexplored jungle, and the other half claiming the abandoned twoleg town for themselves. Led by the original clan cats is the newly-formed JungleClan, making their home amongst the thick undergrowth while the remainder of TidalClan continues their lives along the settled coast. Over time both groups have developed independently of each other, taking on different traditions and ways of thinking.

Year 50, Scorching Sands: The previously dormant volcano awakens once more, blanketing the islands with heavy smoke and, combined with rising waters which result in several casualties, forces the exploring JungleClan to cease expeditions off the main island. They settle not far from the original TidalClan, where tensions remain strained yet civil to this day.

Year 55, Soothing Skies: The site opens.