The Afterlife of the Clans

[BEAR.]

With some misconceptions about the afterlife of the Clans floating around, the following information is canon to WCO's main roleplay.

The Afterlife in General
This section applies to both StarClan and the Dark Forest.

• Injuries cats receive in their dreams do not follow them into the waking world. It is a dream, not reality.
  
  
• Unborn kits do not make it to the afterlife, as there is no concept in the Clans of life before birth. However, stillborn kits do appear in StarClan.
  
  
• There is no "second death." If a StarClan or Dark Forest cat gained substantial injuries and vanished, they would respawn somewhere in their respective afterlife territory.
  
  
• Regardless of where a cat ends up in the afterlife, they maintain the rank and name they had when they died. StarClan accepts official name and rank changes done by current Clan leaders for fallen Clan-mates in need of recognition, but does not allow ceremonies done in the afterlife.
  
  
• Time is meaningless, as cats in the afterlife do not age. The only concept they have is from watching the events unfold in the Clans.
  
  
• All default knowledge is limited to big plots / high rank changes. Anything else needs to be roleplayed out. For the afterlife, it is preferred you do this in the roleplay areas instead of visual arts-- as you can do a post of a cat observing changes from the stars.
  
  
• Cats do not keep the injuries or ailments they had when they died. They are restored to a state of full health.
  
  
• Cats do not fade overtime, regardless of if they are forgotten in the living world or not.
  
  
• There are very few cases where cats can cross the boundaries between StarClan and the Dark Forest. While not impossible, it is highly unlikely this would occur, and in the event it does happen, they will likely be driven back over the border.
  
  
• Reincarnated spirits are destroyed and can no longer be used in the afterlife. They become the identity of the cat they were reborn into.

StarClan

• Cats who die are converted to the age they were happiest. For kits, this does not apply as they would not have lived long enough to have a different age.

The Dark Forest

• Dark Forest cats do not get the benefit of being at the age they were happiest. They remain at the point of life they died in.