Being a Medicine Cat is the best job ever. Being a leader is too stressful, being a warrior is too violent and being a queen would just be beyond stressful. So if you've got a good memory, a good imagination and a warm heart, then you'd be the perfect Medicine Cat!
Our job is to memorize the endless list of herbs, poisons and illnesses. We need to know the best herb for certain problems and which plants to avoid.
But that's not all! We also have to, every two weeks, think of a message from StarClan. We have to decide whether sickness will strike the Clan. We are the ones who make Clan life fun, interesting and unpredictable. We're the ones who make sure that the Clan's have territory to live on, and we don't mind stealing the occasional bit of fresh-kill to take over to a starving Clan.
Tips for StarClan messages:
StarClan messages don't have to be long and confusing prophesies. They don't have to be full of doom and gloom and talk of big battles. They can be anything, with a few exceptions.
Some ideas are:
Sickness coming to the Clan
Plenty of fresh-kill
A big battle with a certain Clan
Don't do anything important, like StarClan saying who the next deputy should be. Don't do anything that talks about one of the Clan's leaving Poplar for good, unless that Clan's leader says so. Don't do anything about a cat dying, unless that cat wants to die.
If you need any help, feel free to ask me. Remember, Medicine Cats need to keep in close contact with each other. Each StarClan message needs to be agreed on by all Medicine Cats at the Half-moon meet. See you soon... and good luck! May StarClan be with you.
