have the human researchers encountered the tribe? if not, hypothetically, how differently would they approach researching the tribe opposed to the clan cats, if at all?
It would actually be a LOT easier if they knew about it. They would really enjoy studying the Tribe.
Tribe cats don't have the same cultural fear of humans, but they're also not TOTALLY unacclimated to them. They occasionally come in conflict with humans as a result of the sheep hunts they carry out, intentionally driving an unattended sheep away from a herd and running them off a cliff to kill it.
There was once a time where One Eye took the form of a human, rallying some of the farmers into an eradication campaign. That was one of his deadliest incarnations, but after he was driven off a cliff like a sheep to his death, the farmers dispersed again.
I think a lot of the cats in this region have "Local Folklore." The researchers have a lot of little nuggets to find, all around this county.
Smosh fic writers + readers I have a question: when you write/read characters like the Chosen, Augustus, Brianna, JDB etc- do you picture their exact cast member as you write them? a younger them (a good chunk of fics have them in high school)? cartoons? I'm genuinely so curious