Amberpaw wonders what happened to the mythical TigerClan, LeopardClan, and LionClan.
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Where did TigerClan, LeopardClan, and LionClan go? They were used as stories to tell kits how the clans were created, but now we have DotC that shows us how the clans were really created. Since TPB, we havenāt seen these beginning clans unless they were in prequels! Well in this article, I, Autumnpaw, am going to talk about it, because these clans have been neglected to be written.
Okay, so we all know how RiverClan and ShadowClan combined in The Darkest Hour to create āTigerClanā, which Tigerstar I named after one of the āfirst clansā. Then, ThunderClan and WindClan combined to create āLionClanā, because of a prophecy Firestar, the leader of ThunderClan at the time, had received from Bluestar, the leader of ThunderClan before him. Since those disbanded back into the four clans again, ThunderClan, Riverclan, ShadowClan, and WindClan, the famous āfirst clansā havenāt had so much as a sentence written with them in it at all.
In Goosefeatherās Curse, we see him listening to the stories of TigerClan, LeopardClan, and LionClan. But, of course, as all the other times after TPB, this short ebook is a prequel.
During DotC, we learn about River Ripple, Thunder, Clear Sky, Tall Shadow, and Wind Runner, who created the five clans we know as āRiverClan, ThunderClan, SkyClan, ShadowClan, and WindClanā. So either the Erins forgot about TigerClan, LeopardClan, and LionClan, or they wanted us to think the story was created because nobody in the living clans remembered the way the clans were really created. BUT THEN, in ASC, they talk about Riverstar. Riverstar literally appears in Frostpawās visions. He leads her to the park cats, who somehow remember Riverstar. So nothing is adding up. Itās confusing, since the DotC cats werenāt mentioned up until the most recent arc, ASC, excluding DotC where they were literally introduced.
Maybe the tradition of these āfirst clansā was left behind when the clans travelved to the lake, like the tradition of apprentices going to the Moonstone (or Moonpool) before becoming warriors. It might make sense, since the clans forgot a lot of traditions when they moved to the lake.
For some reason, in some of the other prequels written a while after TPB, these first clans have not been mentioned. It could be, again, that the Erins forgot, but I doubt it. Iām not sure it has anything to do with the Erins forgetting, but I might be wrong, since I havenāt reread a lot of the series in a while. Most likely, the Erins didnāt want things to be confusing after DotC, when they finally explained everything about the clans. If thatās the case, then it makes more sense than the Erins forgetting. Of course, it might be for a completely different reason that what Iāve been putting out, so who knows? I might be completely wrong, and it could be for some other unknown reason.
Thatās all I have for now, let me know if youād like a part two, possibly about other things the books (or the Erins) have forgotten.
Amberpaw out!
This idea is so original and creative! I love it! Iām would not be surprised if the Erinās forgot about this topic, but maybe it was meant to be just a myth passed down generation to generation? I honestly have no idea. I personally would love to see a part 2! Great article Amberpaw!!!
Great article! I think the Erins originally thought it was a good idea to make TigerClan, LeopardClan, and LionClan exist, in TPB. But later they changed their mind and thought it would be much interesting to have this ancient-tribe-forest cats relationship, so they wrote DotC instead, and said the first three Clans were just a mythical story.
Yeah, I think that wouldāve made more sense since Jayfeather talked about the indents in the Moonpool entrance as if other cats had been there before them. And then the part about the tribe cats not always living in the mountains and what not. Generally, the whole thing is still confusing to me.
Before reading this I already think this is going to be interesting.
I guess its a bit like some sort of myth that you want to believe in but you can’t 100% believe in like Greek mythology if that makes sense
Edit: amazing article
Great article!!! I haven’t finished TBC yet and don’t remember where i left off, but ive been wondering whats been going on with the OG clans!!! BTW, if any of u know what book is after bristlefrost gets her name, let me know plz!!!!
Bristlefrost gets her name in the first book, so after her naming ceremony is the second book of TBC, The Silent Thaw!
This was very interesting! I guess the Clans just made up a cool legend. š¤·š¼āāļø