Rules (Old 2019)

Please keep the height of your cat realistic. Realize that most clan cats would be limited in the amount of food they could gather for the varying heights, so very large cats would be rare because of this. Especially small cats would be more vulnerable in battle and to predators, which would limit them.
Female heights - Male heights
 

No stars, moons or neat (or clean) geometric patterns.

Eye color and fur color must be plausibly realistic.

Mutations and special traits such as, but not limited to heterochromia, Munchkin, Albinism, folded ears, no tails, diminutive stature/tea cup cat must be asked about for new and current members. If you're uncertain at all ask ahead.

While some breeds are based around or known for traits such as size, curled ears, munchkin legs, lack of fur, etc, not all cats within breeds like American Curls or Munchkins will exhibit the traits the breeds are famous for. You are welcome to say your cat has these breeds in its ancestry but just because they are part Scottish fold or part Sphinx does not automatically allow you the traits the breed is famous for. You still have to ask prior to creating your character if you want the special traits.

Keep in mind clan cats are going to be mixes, and they don't live near where twolegs live, so pure bred cats or even mostly pure bred cats are very rare in and around the clans.

   Kits are exclusive to adoption from litters, meaning no new kits unless they are born from a pairing. (This is to prevent still-births from lack of adoption from litters.)

In Dawn-of-Warriors you can create a new character once every two months. In instances where one might want to make siblings, age mates, ect, that would need to be introduced together this can be done if no other character has been made in a six month period. If you have just joined the group with your first character, you can create a second character right away but your next character needs to wait two months. Kits from litters and other cats adopted within the group do not count towards these limits.

  Within cooldowns, you can create new characters as an apprentices or warriors, 6 moons for apprentices, 12 and up for warriors. Apprentices and warriors need to be clan born and written into the clans history, which means that their histories need to make sense and blend with that of the clan. Major occurrences that would effect them should be included and things that do not mesh with the clans history like parents or siblings being killed in a fire, skirmishes with another clan, or by predators are not accepted unless it was a part of the history.

You can create a new character in both your secondary and primary clans, but the cooldown is shared between the two clans. And in secondary clans, you will need to have completed at least one assignment in the clan that year prior to asking to create a new character OR have drawn at least three pieces of art for the clan throughout the past year. In the request for the new character you will need to provide evidence of this activity before your new character can be accepted. Cooldowns are still the same and are shared between your primary and secondary clans, so make sure to mind those as well. 

(read rule above for cool down rules).

 You can only kill off/remove one character every six months. (This is to prevent people from constantly killing/abandoning and remaking characters)

~Please note all Design & character rules also apply to new kits unless otherwise stated~

No pre-made mates or anything like that please. <3 Siblings are allowed though.

Applications for Kits need to completed and submitted to the group by the kits due date. Because nobody likes to see dead kits, the admins may choose to grant a weeks grace after the due date on request of either the kits RPer, a parent or a concerned friend. Any kits who do not have an app sheet a week after their due date will be considered at the parents choice stillborn or to never have existed. Exceptions may on occasion be allowed under special circumstances.

   You can ask anyone to surrogate for a litter if your pair can not have kits on their own, but there is 1 extra required piece of art, writing or both to be able to do this. You will need to post a piece of the couple asking the desired cat to be their surrogate and the surrogate agreeing to help them out.

Additionally,  some optional prompts to get more activity towards your litter, these prompts are optional for surrogate pairings;
1) A piece where the pair is discussing who they might want to ask to be their surrogate
2) A piece where the Surrogate considered if they want to do this or not

We have this rule because we feel including a new cat in the dynamic is a decision that should be thought about and discussed in character. In the cases where a new RPer is asked to be a surrogate it gives them a chance to have some agency over how their character reacts to being asked to be such an important player in helping a pair start a family. This will also hopefully help all RPers involved feel more connected and be able to character build off this decision.