Personality

As a whole, Forestclan is peaceful and willing to make allies, in part due to the abundance of prey and lack of conflict with neighbors, but will not hesitate to defend themselves and their territory. Because of their preference for words to claws, they are well-liked by most outsiders. Individual cats typically get along with each other, and abusive or disruptive behaviors are stemmed at the root.

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During Honeystar's time, Forestclan was expansionist and sought allies wherever possible. It also tried playing intermediary with other clans, offering to help settle various disputes.

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During Applestar's time, Forestclan has grown more insular and territorial, preferring to keep to itself and hold onto whatever allies they currently have.

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Spirituality

Forestclan's first (founding) generation tended towards generalized ancestral worship. They believed that a cat's spirit would persist in the spiritual plane so long as their name was remembered and that those who were Forgotten would be doomed to fade permanently. Thus, oral stories were an extremely important part of the culture to prevent the final death.

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Forestclan's second generation believed in the presence of two afterlives: one for the spirits of those who followed the Codes and one for the spirits of those who broke the Codes. Spirits whose names were remembered had a limited ability to meddle with the living through the forms of dreams and signs, although communication was easiest through the leaders and medicine cats. Those who were Forgotten would persist in the spiritual plane but their ability to meddle with the living was slowly curtailed until the last cat who knew their name dies, at which point they are completely blocked from even viewing the living world. As such, oral stories were an extremely important part of the culture to enable ancestors to guide their descendants.

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Spirits and the Afterlife

Starclan and the Dark Forest are two sides to the spiritual plane. Clan cats who followed the Codes during their lifetime go to Starclan while clan cats who broke the Codes without repenting during their lifetime go to the Dark Forest. Since not all Codes are equal, spirits that wind up in the Dark Forest generally broke the Codes surrounding self-defense, murder, and letting harm come to kits.

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Spirits have a limited ability to directly affect the living world but so long as their name is remembered, they can reach out through dreams or create signs that must then be interpreted by medicine cats. Most spirits, which are weak and must combine their powers, communicate through signs such as by influencing the prey that crosses a cat's path, slightly changing the shape of a cloud, or influencing the way leaves fall. Some spirits, generally those who were of great importance in life, are stronger and can reach out to the living through dreams.

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The Sight

The Sight is a rare ability that most often shows up in organized groups, whether they be clans, clowders, glarings, or something else. It allows a cat to be a passive conduit to the spiritual plane, enabling them to interact more with spirits than even an ordinary medicine cat. The following lists known cats with the sight:

• Dustleaf: She was the second medicine cat of Forestclan. In life, she had the ability to hear the words of spirits when they were emotional.

• Tumbletoes: He was the fourth medicine cat of Forestclan. In life, he had the ability to see and interact with Thymekit, his dead sister's spirit.