High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]
The murmuring of the Clan was like buzzing, the radiation of anticipating her announcements, excited kits and apprehensive warriors, the Clan was smaller in the wake of all chaos. Not hardly half of the cats remained, and she twitched an ear. ThunderClan was most obviously the smallest, and she feared that it would take a while before they regained the necessary resources and swollen ranks before attacking RiverClan, and retaking everything that had been stolen. For now... RiverClan had the upper paw, but certainly StarClan wouldn't approve?
Such troubling thoughts. Shaking her head slightly, to clear it, or to attempt to clear it, more like, and stared down at her cats. 'They're waiting for you to speak.' She wasn't positive about being able to do this without a hitch, but she had to at least attempt to. She met Dogbark's gaze, and drew a bit of confidence from his strong gaze. He believed in her.
"There are quite a few things that need to be addressed. First off, I have received my nine lives from StarClan, and I swear to devote them all to the protection and service of our Clan." She twitched her tail, looking around the gathered Clan for one cat in particular. No Albatrosspaw. She had unfinished business with him, but it would have to wait, unfortunately.
"The majority of you already know about the events at the Gathering. For of you that do not know, RiverClan refused to accept their part in all of this, and instead accused us of preposterous things. Snakeheart even accused Icicleripple of poisoning her own Clanmates, and denied RiverClan ever using poisoned claws. Which, of course, was an outright lie. They were too defensive to be truthful, and I believe the other Clans noticed that. With tensions high between WindClan and ShadowClan, and RiverClan and ShadowClan, we can expect an alliance between WindClan and RiverClan." She paused, a small frown etched on her face.
This fight would have to end eventually... but would it end with a Clan being destroyed? It wouldn't be ThunderClan, she had nine lives and was not afraid to sacrifice them all to save ThunderClan. There were lots of ceremonies to be had, so she paused to allow the Clan to react to all of this before continuing.
