Bonefall’s Clan Culture Expansions Masterpost

Bonefall’s Clan Culture Expansions Masterpost

Last update: 4/21/2023

What is this?

I’m making open-source guides that expand on the culture of the warrior cat clans, staying within the capability of cats with human-level intelligence living in Northwestern England. To do this, I research a lot of bushcraft, stone age technology, the flora and fauna of the British Isles, and the effects of different plants on cats.

The regions I model are Clwyd, Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside, and Lancashire.

Can I use these for my projects?

Yes! I make these guides exactly to help and inspire those looking to make their own warriors projects. I love being @’d so I can see what you create with my stuff.

Yes, it’s still okay to use these if your project is original or diverges very far from WC. These guides are all open source.

Mr. Bonefall, do you use these for YOUR projects?

Yes! I use these for the Better Bones AU, a project that rewrites warrior cats to give the series a conclusive theme, consistent individual politics, and a more fleshed out culture.

You will probably notice references to my AU’s changes in some entries, such as Sorreltail becoming head of ThunderClan’s kitchen patrol, or Birchfall being a co-inventor of Paw Soup!

The List of Running Clan Culture Projects

Clanmew, a Warrior Cats Conlanguage

Warrior Bites, expanded food culture and meal guides

Herb Guides, how to treat and medicate everything from Color Coughs to Epilepsy to HRT.

Cat Customs, miscellaneous entries on folklore, law, and traditions.

Tribe and Beyond, overhauls of the surrounding groups to give them full cultures and specialty powers all their own.

Each section will be sorted into the ‘big posts‘ I’ve made, plus a second list of answered questions and such.

Clanmew

This project is so large it has its own MASTERPOST!

Glyphic writing system

Warrior Bites

BIG BOYS;

The Rules

The Tools

Dried Minnows

Tunnelbuns

Lesser List;

What’s the advantage of cooking, anyway?

Baconization

“Bones did you know you can make flour out of (strange non-grain object)“ I’m sorry to tell you that you can’t.

Paw Soup

Who makes the most soup?

The value of eggs

Why milk, cheese, and butter won’t be in Warrior Bites entries

Dipping sauces

But SkyClan loves to steal a butter snack

The TNP journey and its impacts on diet

Mushrooms.

Grubcakes

The importance of fat supplement in a WindClan diet

3. Herb Guides, how to treat and medicate beyond the color coughs

Hormone Replacement Therapy for Transgender Warriors

Epilepsy (includes non-medicinal treatments)

Hygiene 101

All About Fennel

Treating eye infections

What sorts of physical changes would a trans warrior experience?

Medicinal marijuana. Specifically for a person who wanted a Smokeweed.

On Neurodivergency

Health concerns of hygiene

How to do a deep cleaning

Nightshade poisoning vs Yew poisoning, trivia about TPB

Medicinal maggots

On cat diabetes; why any future Herb Guide on it will closely resemble human diabetes instead of the feline type.

Chronic pain

Gastrointestinal problems

Abortion

The 4 types of Color Cough I use

Chewsticks/toothbrushes

Joint pain

“Skincare routine“ but it’s actually about glossy fur

Funeral herbs

4. Cat Customs

BIG BOYS

Broad guide to how I approach each Clan culturally

Fading Kits

Stashes

Secondary Apprenticeship

Patrolling, Trinary Gender

New jobs and the role of leaders and deputies

Parenting and Honor Siring

Shellfur’s Lake Gathering (In fic style)

The Historical Evolution of the Aftergathering

LeopardClan

Kitten Stealing

Lesser list;

yes the leaders know about aftergatherings

It is not the debauchery fest that some cats think it is

Why Clerics are the only cat who interpret omens

Stash Etiquette

Age

Traps

On currency; I don’t use this but here are suggestions for good coins.

Meewa-ness

A single kit litter with a fading kit

How aware the cats are of humans

Leeches

Building materials

String

Scars and the Forest Four’s reverence of them

Beauty Standards: Ugliness

SkyClan Beauty Standards

Brightheart is the singular most beautiful cat by Forest Four standards now

Makeup

Pearl necklace

SkyClan’s oddness

SkyClan vs ShadowClan sense of humor

SkyClan’s politeness demonstrated with tunnelbuns

A huge dump on killings, maulings, the sharpness of claws, etc

Light pollution

Leather

Harbor Porpoises, the only cetacean they know about

Guy Fawkes Night

Some parables

5. Tribe and Beyond

A Plan for WarriorClan

BloodClan REDUX

BloodClan’s Claw Extenders

(The Tribe has been left out for now because I want to make a new post for them)

And here’s some more stuff I’ve done that’s cool but unorganized because they were done before I was actually running a series.

Beekeeping: The utility of honey and wax

Domestication (insects, goldfish, and the practicality of keeping mice)

Speculative evolution for Clan cats, if you fancy that

WIP Bio survey of ThunderClan

If you like anything I’m running here, feel free to drop me a suggestion or ask me a question!