#I have a post on how they handle the invaders of Po3 btw

[bonefall]

I have 2 questions that are unrelated so I’ll send the second later.

I don’t recall but your Tribe/s have a different naming scheme then Clans right? So say a Tribe cat goes to join a Clan, how would their name be changed if at all.

Also, while I don’t think your tribe would be that bothered by a Cat moving in to the Sister society/group, how would the clans take that?

Really I want to hear more cool older sibling Tribe with their rowdy younger sibling The Clans

Tribe Names

I'm starting to lean towards giving the Tribe poetic last names. Clan cats don't track ancestry through their names, but I think it would be VERY fitting of the Tribe. They care more about "personal stories" and their Wards are more loosely organized.

Ancestrally, it's shaping up that they had last names, inherited from either parent. Broken Shadow is the ancestor of Moon Shadow whose son is Sun Shadow. Thunder Storm is the son of Bright Storm.

I previously didn't want to touch Tribe names with a 10 foot pole, because my previous ideas looked uncomfortably close to Oceti-Sakowin nation names and I didn't want to be disrespectful. I think this is a good solution because it's completely different.

The Tribe names have evolved from ancient Lake names by changing into a first name, followed by a sentence.

Brook Where Small Fish Swim = Brook Where-it-Swirls (maternal)

Crag Where Eagles Nest = Crag Where-it-Swirls (maternal)

Talon of Swooping Hawk = Talon of-Swooping-Hawk (paternal)

When an individual has made a great achievement, they may change that last name and define their family by it going foward.

So if Talon wanted to be remembered for his role in fighting Sharptooth, he may announce that he is now Talon For-Fighting-Lion. Kittens he sires from now on may either inherit his new surname or the mother's, but Talon's would be more likely to be chosen.

For being considered a fully fledged hunter, Brook may have made a minor change to her name and become Brook Where-Fish-Swirls. In this way, there are small changes to last names through generations even without noteworthy ancestors who made big name changes.

Since names are sacred, they're probably spoken in Old Tribemew, which is why Clan cats understand it.

Tribe Cat Renamings

And because their names are sacred, reminders of family or of personal achievements, they are resistant to changing them unless it was personally chosen.

Brook isn't even considering joining ThunderClan in this rewrite (because there is no ridiculous tribe exile plotline), but if she did, just like canon she would politely but firmly refuse.

A tribe cat's name is a very personal thing; a connection between yourself, your ancestors, and the conversation your existence has had with the world. Having it changed by someone else would be upsetting; like having your life redefined by a stranger.

Migration

Tribe cats travel all the time. The highlands are huge, hunting trips regularly go on excursions for days. Living in the mountains is rough but they know where to find enough food to feed their expanded population.

So it's not noteworthy for an individual or two to go traveling. Saying goodbye is like saying goodbye to any family member you may not see again, done mostly by their home 'ward' and not the entire Tribe as a whole.

Unlike Clan cats, Tribe cats are not "possessive" of their members.

Migration "waves" are VERY rare. The Sun Trail Pioneers were a very rare event, seen like a grand loss. This is the same in reverse; the biggest group the Tribe welcomes is the Sisters, large traveling groups are very rare, but they do happily welcome any that do wish to cross the mountain.