Warrior

Warriors are adult Clan cats who feed and protect the Clan. Their duties are extremely important to the overall survival of the Clan.

Description
Warriors have been trained in the ways of fighting and hunting in addition to the ways of the Clan Code. They are charged with the responsibility to feed and protect those cats who are elderly or unable to spend time out of camp.

Warriors make up most of a Clan: each cat is, was, or will be a warrior (except medicine cats) unless they die before they become a warrior (eg. Cherrypaw). When a she-cat expects or nurses kits, she temporarily gives up her warrior duties, but takes them up again when her kits are apprenticed. Although, sometimes this is not true, as some cats would rather stay in the nursery to help other arrivals of new kits (such as Silverwing).

Task
Warriors have the following tasks:
 * Providing defense and security
 * Border patrols
 * Marking borders
 * Evicting or chasing out trespassers
 * Camp security
 * Stand guard and raise the alarm if invaded
 * Protect the camp in the event of attack
 * Providing food for the Clan in the form of fresh-kill
 * Serving in offensive operations
 * Perform preemptive attacks against other Clans, either to eliminate a specific threat or to carry out another objective defined by the Clan Leader
 * Mentor warrior apprentices

Education
Kits are apprenticed at the age of five moons to a warrior, and are made full warriors once their mentor is satisfied with their skills and knowledge, and after they pass an assessment, and their leader is pleased with their training. During apprenticeship, the apprentice must pass several assessments - tasks their mentor gives them, usually hunting in a specific place, while the mentor follows them unseen to check how they are getting on.

An apprenticeship usually lasts for six moons or more (f you were away, or broke a bone your apprenticeship is longer), thus, warriors are mostly older than 12 moons. Cats become warrior apprentices after an Apprentice Ceremony, and full warriors after a warrior ceremony.

Mentors
A warrior who currently instructs an apprentice is called a mentor. They will teach their apprentices the way of a warrior: how to hunt and fight, and the ways of the Clan code.

Senior Warriors
A senior warrior is a warrior who is older and more experienced than the others, but has not decided to become an elder yet, and would rather serve their Clan as long as they can. Senior warriors are given respect, and are often asked for advice by the Clan leader. In the warriors' den, the senior warriors sleep towards the middle where it is warmest, while the younger warriors sleep towards the sides.