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ThunderClan’s camp is hidden in what used to be an old, dried-up riverbed. Their clearing is a well-protected sandy ravine, but is filled with dense foliage such as ferns, ivy and bracken. Because of the sharp thorns and brambles that surround the camp, ThunderClan is usually seen as easy to protect and difficult to attack. The only entrance is a Gorse Tunnel with sheer stone walls that reach about as high as the trees and the forest they’re so readily known for. Sunlight spills easily through the open canopy, providing for a well-lit and warm area that the cats often lounge about in nice weather. In the center of the camp sits a large, flat boulder where the leader makes announcements, thus named High Rock. Most of the dens are made up of bushes, brambles and ferns, but the Leader’s Den is a small cave that sits underneath High Rock and was rumored to be carved out by an ancient stream and has lichen hanging over the entrance.

ShadowClan’s camp is a hollow with high, secure walls made of brambles. The only way in is through a small tunnel entrance constructed out of thorny branches. Inside the camp, the ground is muddy and cool with very little vegetation to be found. Fresh-kill is usually deposited onto a pile a few feet from the entrance. Near the edge of the clearing, a smooth boulder—the Clanrock—is where the leader formally addresses the Clan. While the dens look unpleasant at first glance, the insides are lined with pine needles and soft moss. The leader’s den is nestled beneath the roots of an old oak tree. The medicine cat’s den is a cave sheltered beneath the Clanrock and the rock leaning against it. Its surrounded by ferns that sick cats can rest on. Warriors sleep in a den beneath one of the bramble bushes. The nursery is a hollow underneath a thorn bush. Elders live in a comfortable den made out of leaves and moss.

RiverClan camp is situated on a large, dry island in the middle of the river. Surrounded by reeds, the Clan is hidden from prying eyes. It doesn’t protect them as well as thorn bushes could, but the river is a natural deterrent for their enemies and the camp has never been attacked. The clearing is spacious and sun-warmed. Most of the dens are made out of reeds but the cats personalize them with shells and feathers to break up the monotony. The leader’s den is built out of willow stems woven into the roots of a willow tree. Concealed behind a sedge, the medicine cat makes their home in woven reeds. Inside, they dig small holes to hide their herbs out of reach from curious Clanmates. Beside the medicine cat’s den at the top of a slope, the elders rest in a den made of willow stems and reeds. On the other side of the clearing is the warriors den and the nursery. The warriors den is another unremarkable tangle of reeds, but the shiny stones the RiverClan cats entwined in the roof cast little squares of light onto the floor of the den. Closest to the river, the nursery is tucked against a wall of sedges. Its walls are a thick knit of willow branches and reeds to prevent the nursery from floating away. The proximity to the river lets kits practice swimming and getting wet. In the clearing nearby, cats can enjoy sunning on a few flat rocks whenever the river recedes. When the river swells, however, the camp is at risk of being flooded.

WindClan camp is found in a valley between two rolling hills, protected by a thicket of gorse bushes. The only way in or out of the camp is through the gorse tunnel entrance. WindClan's camp is the most vulnerable of the four clans in spite of the thorny walls surrounding them. Most of the cats forgo dens and sleep under the open sky, heedless to aerial predators that plague the skies above them. The warriors, apprentices, and even the leader choose to sleep in the sandy clearing. The queens and kits sleep in a nursery under the gorse wall where they're safest from predators. The elders' den is only a few tail-lengths away from the nursery and they sleep under the gorse bushes as well. When the weather is poor or if cats want to bundle up somewhere warm, there's a few abandoned burrows in the camp where they can sleep in instead. The only other landmark in the camp is the Tallrock, a large stone that overlooks the clearing and the place where leaders make their announcements to the Clan.

Even from miles away, cats can see the distinctive tall, jagged peaks that characterize Highstones, a series of sharp rocks that surround the Mothermouth. Leaders must journey here to receive their nine lives, and medicine cats walk this path to convene with StarClan every half-moon. The area is surrounded by coarse, dry grass which gives way to raw soil dotted by heather patches. Mothermouth is square and black and yawns to a stone archway. Inside, the air is stale and tinged with dust and stone. The cave is comprised of a web of tunnels tangled together, making it difficult for an inexperienced cat to find their way through. Eventually the rocky path leads to the Moonstone, a giant quartz crystal that catches the starlight and is believed to allow clan cats to speak with their ancestors. The open-ceiling room is vast with curved walls that reach high above cats' heads, and the scent of heather and wind washing down from the hole. The Moonstone shines brightly, almost blindingly so, and fills the room with such dazzling light that it bleaches cats' fur. Having reached this sacred place, all cats need to do is touch their nose to the Moonstone in order to speak with StarClan.

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