Hi everyone! With Mistyshard resigning from the medicine cat position, RiverClan needs a new head healer! While Fading thinks Berrypaw is doing a fantastic job and is a great healer, she's too young and inexperienced to lead the medicine den by herself.
With that said, applications are opening for the full medicine cat position! Due to the significant importance of this role, the high rank team is looking for the best of the best! To give everyone time to make their applications really stand out, you'll have until September 9, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET to finish/submit your application.
Now, on to the expectations! Before getting into more specific expectations, please read through the high rank selection guidelines.
High activity. RiverClan's high ranks are incredibly active, both IC and OOC. The team is heavily involved in everything that goes on in the Clan, and is responsible for making sure this boat stays afloat. I expect more than the minimum three posts per week from RC's high ranks; while it's totally fine to dip to this on occasion, you should be aiming for at least five posts per week.
Fading expects the medicine cat to be highly visible and present in their Clan; if all they do is hang around the medicine den all day every day, he won't be too thrilled.
Communication. In order for our team to work effectively and efficiently, we need good communication! Discord isn't required, but it is strongly preferred.
If you have Discord, you'll be expected to join our Lionheart and high rank servers. You'll be expected to actively participate in both servers by contributing meaningfully to discussions, generating ideas, providing feedback, and responding within a reasonable timeframe to pings. You should frequently check your VMs and DMs, and should answer any important ones within a few days.
Maturity, patience, and tough skin. I won't sugar-coat it; being a high rank is tough. While it's a very rewarding and positive experience, it can also be grueling, frustrating, patience-testing, and at times downright upsetting. I expect RiverClan's medicine cat to demonstrate maturity, patience, and level-headedness in the way they engage with the community OOC.
IC, Fading expects something similar. He wants his medicine cat to be mature, focused, and professional. They should be able to put their foot down without taking it too far.
Organization. As medicine cat, you have a lot of things to do and keep track of! While I definitely don't mind giving reminders here and there, as a general principle it's up to you to keep track of your own responsibilities! You'll need to ensure patrols are being sent out as scheduled, the herb store is being properly updated and tracked, old herbs are being removed routinely, healing forms are being answered and healing rps tracked, and that allegiance activity checks are being completed when it's your turn, among other things. Spreadsheets are a great aid!
IC duties. Fading expects a number of things from his medicine cat. It's a lot to keep up with; you'll likely need to dedicate several hours a week to the role to keep up with everything. The medicine cat should recognize and respect that Berrypaw has certain knowledge that they might not.
As far as herb training goes, the medicine cat's responsibility is in making sure Berrypaw is receiving opportunities to learn and that she's given chances to practice her existing skills; unless you choose to purchase Herbal Knowledge for your character, your cat and Berrypaw will likely be learning most of their herb knowledge together rather than in a traditional mentor/apprentice way.
IC experience. Since this cat will be leading the medicine den, Fading wants someone with a good amount of life experience. Considering this, he strongly prefers a cat who is 24 moons or older. He's willing to consider a younger cat if they're an exceptional candidate, but his hard limit is 18 moons.
Dedication. I can't stress this enough! RiverClan has lost way too many high ranks over the past 16 months, and we desperately need stability within the high rank team. While I definitely understand that things happen and circumstances sometimes change unexpectedly, we're looking for someone who has the ability and willingness to commit to this role.
Ideally, whoever gets this position will remain in the spot for at least 9-12 months. Given all of this, we respectfully ask that you refrain from applying if you fall into one or more of the following categories:
Your computer access is frequently restricted (i.e. you can only access WCO on a school computer or your parents often restrict your access to WCO)
You have many OOC obligations that may significantly affect your activity.
You have a very hard time committing to a character for more than a few months.
Phew, that was a lot! With all that said, we're very eager to see what everyone comes up with! IC activity is going to be considered in conjunction with your application, so if you want your cat to have the best chance keep them highly active IC!
You're welcome to create a new character for this, but keep in mind that we're looking for both IC and OOC evidence that you're highly dedicated to and passionate about RiverClan! If you want to apply with a new character, you'll need to work extra hard to demonstrate your interest
As a final note, please refrain from doing the following with/in your application:
Using hard-to-read colors. If your application is difficult or impossible to read, it won't be considered.
Doing an interview for your application. These have been done countless times; come up with something more unique!
Creating a generic form. Put more effort into it!
Mentioning any of the high ranks or quoting this post in your application. We're looking for someone who can pay attention to detail, so if you don't follow this there's a high chance your application won't be considered. Your application will definitely be seen, so don't worry!
Good luck, and I can't wait to see who we get to welcome to our awesome high rank team! Please reach out to someone on the high rank team if you have any questions. That said, please refrain from sending us DMs or VMs that try to convince us to pick your character
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Fadingstar is currently RiverClan's leader. He has an open den policy; his den can be found here. If you have any questions or concerns about RiverClan, or any plots to propose, feel free to leave me a VM or DM! Please do not take my characters' IC opinions as reflective of my own.
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RiverClan Medicine Cat Applications
