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History
Long after the last canon book, Carpkit of RiverClan was born to two half-Clan cats, Partridgestream of RiverClan and Loachheart of WindClan, and was prophesized to be “the kit who would destroy the Clans.”

As a young warrior, Carppelt accidentally led humans to RiverClan’s camp and from there, many Clan cats were trapped and adopted by humans. The few that escaped made their way to the Tribe of Rushing Water or became loners. Carppelt herself was adopted by an American and was taken to California.

Not long after her capture, Carppelt escaped her human and became an alleycat. She then fell in love with Brody, a tom used for breeding purposes. She had three kits with him and named them according to Clan traditions.

Carppelt attempted to raise her kits as Clan cats and gave them light training to help them survive the streets. However, when her kits--Cherrykit, Birchkit, and Pikekit--were six moons old, Carppelt was recaptured and her kits went to Hibiscus, an old friend of Carppelt’s. Having been told of Clan traditions, Hibiscus decided to give the triplets a Clan-style apprenticeship to humor them. The renamed Cherrypaw and Birchpaw decided to become warriors while Pikepaw wanted to become a medicine cat.

As young warriors, Cherryfang decided to start a Clan to honor her mother’s wishes. She became the first leader of CherryClan, her brother, Birchclaw, the deputy, and her sister, Pikepelt, the medicine cat. Hibiscus also joined as she had become like a mother to them and became Plumclaw. CherryClan began to recruit members, all kittypets and loners, as well as search for a territory. Despite not having her nine lives, a few cats insisted on calling Cherryfang “Cherrystar” and soon, the whole Clan became calling her Cherrystar. After an argument with Cherrystar, Lavenderpaw, the youngest apprentice, left the Clan with another apprentice and two warriors to search for a territory. She succeeded and her story later became a popular legend among the Clans. CherryClan had now settled in Lake Tahoe between four highways.

Many generations later, CherryClan had far more than fifty cats and though the territory easily held them all, few were happy with the state of affairs; the Clan structure was breaking up due to the lack of discipline and even the leader, deputy, and medicine cat couldn’t name everyone in the Clan. Finally, a young warrior named Frostpelt decided to split the Clan into two. Despite great opposition and a civil war, Frostpelt took about half of CherryClan’s members and territory and named her new Clan “FrostClan.” Many battles later, CherryClan and FrostClan came to an agreement: they would split the territory in half, hold Gatherings every full moon, and allow free passage through CherryClan’s territory when going to the Moonpool.

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CherryClan’s Territory
Territory

• CherryClan borders highways 20, 50, and where 395 meets 580. The border with FrostClan is where 395 meets 580 and Sand Harbor.
  
• CherryClan's territory is very mountainous.
  
• There are many streams and lakes in CherryClan’s territory. Therefore, training is equally focused on fishing and land hunting.

Camp

• CherryClan’s camp is in the fork between Hobart and Franktown Creeks.
  
• CherryClan’s camp is a giant hole in the ground with natural caverns suspected to have been originally made by rabbits. It’s hidden by bushes and in the center is the Longstone, a large and tall rock used by leaders to call Clan meetings.
  
• The leader's den is a rocky cavern and is directly across the entrance on the far side of the Longstone.
  
• The medicine cats' den is a dirt cavern to the right of the leader's den. It has natural holes used to store herbs and extends far in the back.
  
• The nursery is a large dirt cavern to the right of the medicine cat's den. No one is allowed to enter uninvited, even the medicine cat.
  
• The senior warriors' den is a large dirt-and-rock cavern to the left of the leader's den. Senior warriors are warriors who are fifty moons or older.
  
• The apprentices' den is a dirt cavern to the left of the senior warriors' den. It can hold about ten apprentices.
  
• The young warriors' den is a dirt cavern to the left of the apprentices' den. Young warriors are warriors who are younger than fifty moons.
  
• On the side of the Longstone facing the leader's den is the elders' den. The entrance is under a bush and the den extends underground and around the Longstone.
  
• The entrance to all the dens except for the elders' den are covered in vines and lichen.
  

Landmarks
Hobart Creek Reservoir

• Known as the “Home Lake” due to its proximity to CherryClan’s camp
  
• Most common place for cats to go if they want to fish and/or swim
  
• A common place for cats to go for water
  

Lake Tahoe

• Known as the “Great Lake”
  
• Rarely visited due to its distance
  

Marlette Lake

• Known as the “Small Lake”
  
• Occasionally visited by cats who want to fish and/or swim
  

Spooner Lake

• Known as the “Moonpool”
  
• Visited every new moon by the medicine cats of CherryClan and FrostClan
  

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FrostClan’s Territory
Territory

• FrostClan borders highways 431, 28, and where 395 meets 580, The border with CherryClan is where highway 395 meets 580 and Sand Harbor.
  
• FrostClan's territory is very mountainous.
• There are many streams in FrostClan's territory. Therefore, training is equally focused on fishing and land hunting.

Camp

• FrostClan's camp is near Rock Lake.
• FrostClan's camp is...

Landmarks
Rock Lake

• Known as the “Home Lake” due to its proximity to FrostClan's camp
  
• Most common place for cats to go if they want to fish and/or swim
  
• A common place for cats to go for water

Mount Rose Ski Tahoe

• Known as the "Human Mountain" due to the number of humans every winter
• Commonly avoided in the winter

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Notable Cats of CherryClan
Leaders

• Cherrystar: Cherrystar, formerly Cherryfang, was the first leader of CherryClan.
  
• Birchstar: Birchstar, formerly Birchclaw, was the second leader and first deputy of CherryClan.
  

Medicine Cats

• Pikepelt: Pikepelt was the first medicine cat of CherryClan. She established the precedent of medicine cats being allowed to have mates and kits.
  
• Brownleaf: Brownleaf was the second medicine cat of CherryClan. No patient ever died at her paws.
  

Warriors

• Ashwhisker: Ashwhisker fell in love with Silverfur of FrostClan. He was brother of Darkstorm.
  
• Darkstorm: Darkstorm killed Silverfur in battle and was exiled for his actions. He was brother of Ashwhisker.
  
• Lavenderheart: Lavenderheart found CherryClan and FrostClan’s territory as an apprentice.
  
• Mothclaw: Mothclaw attempted to rid CherryClan of “weak” cats in the name of “strengthening” the Clan. She was exiled and later killed.
  

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Notable Cats of FrostClan
Leaders

• Froststar: Froststar, formerly Frostpelt, was the first leader of FrostClan.
  

Medicine Cats

• Minnowcloud: Minnowcloud was the first medicine cat of FrostClan.
  
• Pinewhisker: Pinewhisker established the precedent of having more than two medicine cats at one time.
  

Warriors

• Silverfur: Silverfur fell in love with Ashwhisker of CherryClan. She gave birth to Ashwhisker’s stillborn triplets and was killed by Darkstorm.

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CherryClan’s Legends
Mothclaw’s Reign of Terror

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FrostClan’s Legends
Froststar the Great

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General Legends
A Cautionary Tale
There once was a young FrostClan warrior named Silverfur. She had a good life, with friends and a good family, but at one Gathering, fell in love with Ashwhisker of CherryClan. They met at every Gathering and finally asked if he could meet her at the border one night. Ashwhisker agreed, having also fallen in love, and they met.

Silverfur and Ashwhisker met several times a moon and became mates. Soon, Silverfur discovered that she was carrying Ashwhisker’s kits. Ashwhisker went back to his Clan as happy as a full fox and his brother, Darkstorm, figured out that he was meeting with a FrostClan cat.

Silverfur and Ashwhisker’s happiness was short-lived, however, for when she gave birth, the three kits were stillborn. StarClan itself had cursed them! No one in FrostClan knew about Ashwhisker and thought that Silverfur had mated with a loner. The leader chided Silverfur for mating with a loner without any prior announcement for FrostClan and CherryClan cats must tell their leader if they mate outside of the Clan.

When they met later that moon, Silverfur told her mate of the stillborn kits. Instead of turning his tail, Ashwhisker told her that he would always love her. A few days later, Darkstorm confronted Ashwhisker and told him that he knew about Silverfur and that if they didn’t stop meeting, all would come out. Frightened, Silverfur and Ashwhisker agreed to stop seeing each other, even at Gatherings. However, Darkstorm began to plan a war between the Clans to punish his brother and Silverfur.

Finally, the day came when FrostClan and CherryClan went to war. It was leafbare and both Clans suspected each other of stealing food. Silverfur and Ashwhisker were among those sent to fight but avoided each other, even in the thick of the fighting. Tired of his brother’s refusal to harm his mate, Darkstorm killed Silverfur and afterwards, admitted the deed to CherryClan’s leader along with the story of Silverfur and Ashwhisker. To his surprise, Darkstorm was exiled and Ashwhisker was given temporary apprentice duties for one moon. Ashwhisker never took another mate and died lonely. But if you look up at the sky at night, there are two stars, one on FrostClan’s side and the other on CherryClan’s side. Those stars are Silverfur and Ashwhisker together, showing how even in StarClan they cannot be separated.

The lesson of this story is to never fall in love with a cat from the other Clan for you will save yourself much pain and heartache that way.

The Legend of Lavenderpaw
Back when CherryClan still searched for a territory, a young apprentice named Lavenderpaw wanted to go and search for one--alone. She was the youngest of the apprentices, though, and knew that it was unlikely that she would be allowed. However, she made up her mind to at least try.

She told others in her Clan about her idea and slowly, they began to agree with her. Soon there were talks about having an independent search party but Cherrystar told them that it couldn't be allowed and that it was too much risk.

Fed up,  Lavenderpaw decided to challenge the leader in front of the Clan. During one of the Clan meetings, Lavenderpaw said that Cherrystar was a coward for not letting a search party out when it would be benificial for the Clan if there were at least one smaller group in addition to the whole Clan that would look for a place to settle. Cherrystar got angry but Birchclaw, her deputy, convinced her that Lavenderpaw was right. The next day, Cherrystar announced to the Clan that Lavenderpaw would be allowed to be on one of the search parties and that she could take anyone she wished. Lavenderpaw chose to take Acornpaw, her best friend, and their mentors, Roseface and Blackfur. That night, they left to look.

Two moons later, they happened to cross a human territory and there, found a kittypet who was willing to show them the perfect place. He said that the forest near them was free of anything but prey and that they could settle it with little trouble. He even knew a place that would be a perfect camp! The four Clan cats allowed the kittypet to lead them there, and once at the site, declared it perfect. It took them another two moons to get back to where CherryClan was gathered where they told Cherrystar of the site. Once the other search party came back unsuccessful, they set out to find the site with Lavenderpaw, Acornpaw, Blackfur, Roseface, and the kittypet leading the way.

As soon as they arrived, Cherrystar made Lavenderpaw and Acornpaw warriors because of their achievements and let the kittypet into the Clan under the name of Fireclaw. That night, the three new warriors sat in a silent vigil as a reminder of the times when CherryClan still wandered from territory to territory, and had no place to call home.