Mooncave
At the edge of Stoneclan, just east of its border with Treeclan, the Wild Mountains are split by a short, smooth path through the rock. This crevice is more than large enough to accommodate a grown cat and traces a gentle incline within the mountain face, but, to the inexperienced eye, appears to culminate in a dead-end. However, experienced cats have little trouble seeing the rough little ‘steps’ in the mountain face, or the cat-sized hole waiting a few feet above the average warriors head. This hole is the entrance to a short, dark tunnel; a tunnel that opens up into the Mooncave.
The Mooncave itself is an open-air cavern floored with a carpet of moss and bordered by grey-white rock. Paler boulders rest upon this rock, their uneven surfaces tracing a rough circle around the thick and milky pillar that sits at the caverns heart. At moonhigh, this pillar (the Moonrock) is transformed into a column of swirling silver light, and reflects the moons beams upon the surrounding boulders, turning them as silver as the moon itself. A similar effect is worked upon the pelts of any cat who steps within its reach; an effect at its clearest when cats touch their noses to the Moonrock and share tongues with Starclan.
Note: Cats seeking the guidance of Starclan sleep with their nose to the column, whilst those that accompany them rest beyond the boulders. Only leaders and medicine cats are allowed to stray past the perimeter that is set by these rocks
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