Warrior

Warriors are adult Clan cats who feed and protect the Clan.

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

Warriors make up most of a Clan: each cat is, was, or will be a warrior (except medicine cats). 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.

Tasks
Warriors have the following tasks:
 * Providing Defense & Security
 * Border Patrols
 * Marking of Borders
 * Evicting or Chasing Out Trespassers
 * Camp Security
 * Stand guard and raise the alarm if invaded
 * Protect the camp in the event of attack
 * Patrol camp boundary
 * Providing Food for the Clan
 * Hunting Patrols
 * Bring Prey back to the Clan
 * Border patrols (especially dawn patrol) may also bring back prey
 * Serving in Offensive Operations
 * Battle
 * Fighting in battles to prevent entry by enemy Clans
 * Raids
 * 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 six 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.

An apprenticeship usually lasts for six moons or more (thus, warriors are 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. Before a warrior can become a deputy, he must mentor at least one apprentice.

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. An example of a senior warrior is Whitestorm of ThunderClan, who was well respected by all his Clanmates.

Daylight Warriors
The concept of "daylight warriors" was introduced in SkyClan's Destiny. It denotes kittypets who sleep with their Twolegs in a Twoleg Nest at night, but participate in a Clan's activities by day, hunting and patrolling.