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 moentor in order to get an apprinticew. For instance, Bluestar never gave the ThunderClan warrior Runningwind an apprintice even though he was a senior warrior because she thought he wouldn't have enough patience to train an apprintice. Whena leader gives a mentor they make pairs based on senority and weither 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 apprintice from being an apprintice or delay apprintice. Some examples are: Crookedpaw breaking his jaw and being sickly. Cinderpaw breaking leg Cinderpaw/heart breaking leg (she was able to pull through) Jaypaw being blind

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

Leaders usually only train the deputies kits and other kits of important heritage.

Mentors can have more then one apprintice but this is not frequent as there are many warriors in ia Clan. It does not matter how senior a warrior is. When you are a warrior you could be a mentor at anytime. Deputies must have trained t least one apprintice in order to become deputy.