Leadership ceremony

A leadership ceremony is the ceremony in which when the leader dies or retires, the deputy receives their nine lives and their leader name.

Process
The new leader goes to the Moonstone (or Moonpool) with the Clan's medicine cat. After touching the stone (or drinking from the pool), the new leader cannot move for a short period of time, because his/her old life is being ripped away so he/she can receive nine new ones. Upon awaking, cats of StarClan come down from Silverpelt. Nine cats, normally ones who were significant during the new leader's life, give him/her his/her nine lives with these words:


 * Life-Giver: (Touches nose to the top of the new leader's head) With this life I give you (gift). Use it to (use of the gift).

When all of the lives have been given, the previous leader says these words.


 * Previous Leader: I hail you by your new name, ____star. Your old life is no more. You have now received the nine lives of a leader, and StarClan grants you the guardianship of (Clan. Defend it well; care for young and old; honor your ancestors and the traditions of the warrior code; live each life with pride and dignity.

Just as the forest-cats would call a warrior by their new name, so the StarClan cats acclaim the new leader.

After the ceremony, the new leader is not allowed to tell any cat what happened at the ceremony.