Lore

In the beginning, there were two Clans- Blazeclan and Cloudclan. Cloudclan was led by Softstar- a forgiving, peaceful leader who lived up to her name. However, Blazeclan's leader begged to differ. His name was Lionstar, and he was fiercely loyal to his clan. When a huge famine came over the Clans, causing many cats of both Cloudclan and Blazeclan to starve to death, Lionstar knew what he had to do. He knew that the famine wouldn't magically end- so he led a patrol made up of himself and his strongest warriors to take over Cloudclan's territory. Softstar never saw it coming. Cloudclan's cats were weak from hunger, making it even harder for them to fight back, as hard as they tried. Softstar desperately tried to negotiate with Lionstar, but he refused. Meanwhile, a member of Cloudclan, named Viperstrike, realized that lots cats of Cloudclan were fleeing- and he also realized that all of the fleeing cats were related. The cats loved each other, so as soon as one of their loved ones was injured, a whole family of cats would abandon the fight. In the end, Cloudclan lost the battle because of the fleeing groups of cats, and were forced to abandon their home and find a new place to live. In addition, the famine was still happening, and Cloudclan lost even more cats due to the hunger.

The cats of Cloudclan were more like a group of rogues- travelling aimlessly, having vicious battles with each other over a skinny vole. No matter how hard Softstar tried to keep Cloudclan together, she just didn't have enough authority to get the cats to listen to her. Viperstrike realized that Cloudclan would be doomed if they continued on how they were. And so, he spoke out against Softstar, in front of the entire clan. He pointed out how Softstar had failed them, and how she was an awful leader. Almost all of the cats in Cloudclan agreed. They killed Softstar when she tried to protest, and Viperstrike took over as Viperstar. He led the clan to a new territory, where they conquered a group of cats that were already living there and accepted the cats into their Clan. The famine later ended. However, a year or two later, Viperstar tragically died during a fox attack. After Viperstar's death, his deputy, Hemlockstep, took over. Hemlockstar re-named the clan Viperclan honor of Viperstar. During the same ceremony in which Viperclan was re-named, Hemlockstar announced that things would be... "different" from then on.