Mentor

Mentors are part of the Clan ways. When a kit reaches 6 moons he or she is given a mentor. The mentor teaches them how to fight, hunt, patrol, and prepares them for life as a warrior. Mentors must want to be a mentor in order to get an apprentice. For instance, Bluestar never gave the ThunderClan warrior Runningwind an apprentice even though he was a senior warrior because she thought he wouldn't have enough patience to train an apprentice. When a leader makes a mentor they make pairs based on senority and whether or not the pair will be able to work together. Warriors are able to request a kit they would like to mentor. Many times a warrior will watch a kit they hope to mentor during kithood so as to be familiar with them before they are paired together. There are things that can stop a kit or apprentice from being an apprentice or delay the apprenticeship:

Crookedpaw breaking his jaw and being sickly,

Cinderpaw breaking leg,

Cinderpaw breaking leg (she was able to pull through),

Jaypaw being blind,

However in many of these cases the apprentice or kit will either recover or train as a medicine cat apprentice. Both Cinderpaw/pelt and Jaypaw worked in the medicine den after being injured and told they could not be warriors. Medicine cats apprentices are chosen by medicine cats, and unlike warrior apprentices, after they receive their full name they are still apprentices and will be so until their mentor dies.

Leaders usually only train the deputy's kits and other kits of important heritage.

Mentors can have more then one apprentice, but this is not frequent as there are many warriors in a Clan. It does not matter how experienced a warrior is. When a cat is made a warrior they can then be a mentor at anytime. Warriors must have trained at least one apprentice in order to become deputy.

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