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Description

ShadowClan Camp
ShadowClan's camp resides in an area of the thick pine tree forest that's thin in comparison. It's not quite a clearing, but visibility is quite easy. Whenever it rains, everything gets wet but not to the degree that a WindClan camp would have.

The area is a plain of forestland until you reach the abrupt ridge where the camp ends. The wall is odd, but a landmark that stretches to be a good chunk of ShadowClan land. Wayward cats use it was a grounding point as they travel the territory.

Most of the ground is covered in a mediocre grassline, but the patches of uncovered land are a fine sandy quality. It's not uncommon for apprentices to kick up a blustering cloud of dust when they wake up in the morning. They rest in a juniper bush; a non-deciduous plant that's almost like a ground-faring pine tree.

The camp is rather spacious, which is unusual of a traditional ShadowClan camp. Dens are spaced far apart, but all have about equal access to the Medicine Den. If a cat were to describe the distance between the Rising Stump and front entrance, they would say two to three tree-lengths. As for the dens, most are spaced one tree-length away from the rest.

Trace amounts of saplings dot the healthier parts of the earth.

It can be assumed that a strong storm once doused this place before ShadowClan stumbled upon it.

Pros
• Most raptors find it hard to spot the cats in the camp.
• Dens are far apart, allowing room for expansion of dens and more elbow room for the cats.
• The apprentice's den is a juniper bush, allowing it so medicine cats have access to that medicine right in camp.
• There is more than one entrance (the "backdoor" is the whole ledge in the camp's back), so cats can escape a camp raid easier and movement is made more efficient.
• Rain is not as big a deal as it usually is. The trees keep a lot of rainwater from leaking through the weaker dens.

Cons
• Susceptible to wildfires (the abundance of the flammable pine trees make it this way).
• Owls get in easier than is liked.
• Dens are far apart, making it harder to dive for cover in a raptor attack or getting sick cats to the well protected Medicine Den.
• The warrior's den is said to leak often (thus all the leaves over top of it- to keep rain out).
• There is more than one entrance (the "backdoor" is the whole ledge in the camp's back), so more sentries are needed and there is more than one attack point for enemies.

History
It was soon after the great journey each of the clans had made that Crookedstar had decided on their new settlement. ShadowClan, then ShadeClan, had actually only intended to rest here for a few sunrises before heading off deeper into the pines. The clan's morale was low after having just lost their long-time deputy, Dappleberry; she had also been Crookedstar's mate. The loss had hit everyone hard, even if the straggling loners they'd picked up didn't fully understand. The whole of the clan slept in the outcropping of shale rocks during the earliest stay, but as the time passed by and they continued not moving, slowly warriors moved to the fallen tree nearby. Apprentices hung around their mothers in the holly bush, and there hadn't actually been any elders to complain. Eventually, life in the new camp had become the new normal. Though it had been shabby (and it still is, to some degree), it was home. Cats piled heaps of nettles and blackthorn into strung-up walls of small branches, stones, and mud. Life got better, and this half hole in the ground was their home unquestioned. The idea of moving was forgotten and tossed aside. The ones born here are proud of their upbringing here.

Nursery

Apprentice's Den

Warrior's Den

Elder's Den

Medicine Den

Leader's Den (Rising Stump)

Points
Literature Less Than 500 Words (6): 60
Literature More Than 500 but Less Than 2,000 Words (1): 20
Backgrounds (7): 105
TOTAL: 185 POINTS

Link to Feather Tracker:
Sunnywish's Point Tracker (for FotC)

Description

ShadowClan Camp
ShadowClan's camp resides in an area of the thick pine tree forest that's thin in comparison. It's not quite a clearing, but visibility is quite easy. Whenever it rains, everything gets wet but not to the degree that a WindClan camp would have.

The area is a plain of forestland until you reach the abrupt ridge where the camp ends. The wall is odd, but a landmark that stretches to be a good chunk of ShadowClan land. Wayward cats use it was a grounding point as they travel the territory.

Most of the ground is covered in a mediocre grassline, but the patches of uncovered land are a fine sandy quality. It's not uncommon for apprentices to kick up a blustering cloud of dust when they wake up in the morning. They rest in a juniper bush; a non-deciduous plant that's almost like a ground-faring pine tree.

The camp is rather spacious, which is unusual of a traditional ShadowClan camp. Dens are spaced far apart, but all have about equal access to the Medicine Den. If a cat were to describe the distance between the Rising Stump and front entrance, they would say two to three tree-lengths. As for the dens, most are spaced one tree-length away from the rest.

Trace amounts of saplings dot the healthier parts of the earth.

It can be assumed that a strong storm once doused this place before ShadowClan stumbled upon it.

Pros
• Most raptors find it hard to spot the cats in the camp.
• Dens are far apart, allowing room for expansion of dens and more elbow room for the cats.
• The apprentice's den is a juniper bush, allowing it so medicine cats have access to that medicine right in camp.
• There is more than one entrance (the "backdoor" is the whole ledge in the camp's back), so cats can escape a camp raid easier and movement is made more efficient.
• Rain is not as big a deal as it usually is. The trees keep a lot of rainwater from leaking through the weaker dens.

Cons
• Susceptible to wildfires (the abundance of the flammable pine trees make it this way).
• Owls get in easier than is liked.
• Dens are far apart, making it harder to dive for cover in a raptor attack or getting sick cats to the well protected Medicine Den.
• The warrior's den is said to leak often (thus all the leaves over top of it- to keep rain out).
• There is more than one entrance (the "backdoor" is the whole ledge in the camp's back), so more sentries are needed and there is more than one attack point for enemies.

History
It was soon after the great journey each of the clans had made that Crookedstar had decided on their new settlement. ShadowClan, then ShadeClan, had actually only intended to rest here for a few sunrises before heading off deeper into the pines. The clan's morale was low after having just lost their long-time deputy, Dappleberry; she had also been Crookedstar's mate. The loss had hit everyone hard, even if the straggling loners they'd picked up didn't fully understand. The whole of the clan slept in the outcropping of shale rocks during the earliest stay, but as the time passed by and they continued not moving, slowly warriors moved to the fallen tree nearby. Apprentices hung around their mothers in the holly bush, and there hadn't actually been any elders to complain. Eventually, life in the new camp had become the new normal. Though it had been shabby (and it still is, to some degree), it was home. Cats piled heaps of nettles and blackthorn into strung-up walls of small branches, stones, and mud. Life got better, and this half hole in the ground was their home unquestioned. The idea of moving was forgotten and tossed aside. The ones born here are proud of their upbringing here.

Nursery

Apprentice's Den

Warrior's Den

Elder's Den

Medicine Den

Leader's Den (Rising Stump)

Points
Literature Less Than 500 Words (6): 60
Literature More Than 500 but Less Than 2,000 Words (1): 20
Backgrounds (7): 105
TOTAL: 185 POINTS

Link to Feather Tracker:
Sunnywish's Point Tracker (for FotC)