[redshiftreign]

THE BURNING CLAN

the fire and flames.
allegiances: soon
founded by a pyre in the depths when the the storm was defeated, splitting into the burning clan and the drowned clan.

THE FIRE

the burning clan is ran by 3 cats with equal power but unique roles in the clan. collectively, they are called the fire. the fire are littermates from a litter of 3, and when one of them dies, the other two are to be killed in front of the clan by their matching flames, who will then take their place and choose a new litter to be raised as the flames.

THE COMMANDER [ @/open ]
the oldest of the 3 littermates, the first born, is relegated to the commander position. the commander does most of the delegating of work. they are in charge of making sure apprentices get trained, patrols are sent out as well as devising strategy and battle for the clan. in summary, the general is in charge of the troops and keeps the fundamentals of the clan running.

TASKS
issuing patrols
planning battles
making sure apprentices are being trained
choosing mentors
issuing punishments
keeping track of rank-ups

THE STRING-BURNER [ @/open ]
the middle of the 3 littermates, the second born, is relegated to the string-burner position. the string-burner 'burns' their connection to the sonder string and loses all ability to use it's abilities. the string-burner serves as the moral and emotional guide for the clan and ambassador to other clans. most of their job consists of mediating inside and outside relations. the string-burner is also in charge of making sure incendiaries are doing their jobs and is considered the 'head incendiary'.

TASKS
overseeing the incendiaries
mediating in-clan and cross-clan relations
reforming laws and rules
overseeing scribes & teaching new scribes/scribing when necessary
leading meetings
updating the allegiances

THE FIREKEEPER [ @/open ]
the youngest of the 3 littermates, the runt, is relegated to the firekeeper position. the firekeeper has the strongest connection to sonder in the clan and is tasked with maintaining the heartfire within the clan's camp. the firekeeper is often quite isolated from the rest of the clan because of the nature of their role, and often times scry into the fire's flames and smoke for prophecies and omens. serving as the spiritual leader, they also lead religious ceremonies and rituals. the firekeeper is always a string-treader of sonder, and has a more powerful control over the string than any other.

TASKS
organizing rituals
keeping the heartfire burning
preforming fire burials
scrying
selecting the next flames
organizing wood-getting patrols

THE FLAMES [ @/open , @/open , @/open ]
the flames are a litter of 3 kits born within the burning clan that are chosen by the firekeeper to become the fire after one of them dies. the flames are taken from their parents and instead raised by the fire. the flames share responsibilities and often times help with their designated fire's jobs. if there are no litters of 3 within 6 moons of a new fire, then a litter of four, five, or six may be chosen but the extra kits must be sacrificed to the heartfire to appease the sonder string.

TASKS
helping with their assigned fire
preforming warrior duties
managing the fresh-kill pile and camp
enforcing rules

UNIQUE ROLES
INCENDIARIES als

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
fledging ceremony kits of 6 moons who are ready to begin training as a warrior or incendiary fledglings are coated in ashes by friends and family, then in wildflowers and good-smelling herbs before being called before the clan and announced as fledglings, a mentor being hand-chosen to be suited to each fledgling.
warrior ceremony all fledglings with proper training that are ready to become warriors are required to take a quest from each of the flames. these quests can be as simple as fetching an eagle's feather or as difficult as bringing back a huldra's tail. each flame assigns one quest to the apprentice, giving them 3 tasks to complete. once completed, they have earned the right to a warrior ceremony which is done before the clan at a meeting.
sonder worship worship of the sonder string is incredibly dependent on the firekeeper and personal preference. mostly it consists of feeding the heartfire a piece of kill and plenty of wood every day. each warrior is expected to contribute to the heartfire somewhat regularly.
the scorching when someone in the clan commits an egregious crime that the flames collectively agree (all 3 vote yes) is unforgivable, the offender and the five cats closest to them(selected by the string-burner) are killed. the criminal's name and any information about them is forbidden to be spoken of ever again or else they too will be killed.