Thread:Frostwing2615/@comment-39549339-20190612040538/@comment-39549339-20190709072827

Another thing about deputies in FeatherClan:

In FeatherClan, once the new deputy is selected by their markings (which is there from birth, but only the leaders and medicine cats can see), they go through an "apprenticeship" - either the leader trains that cat as their mentor (Dapplestar with Hawkstar) or when that cat becomes deputy, the leader trains the cat to identify the leader markings, and the ways of the leader. This is a precautionary measure as Jaggedstar's misguided ways severely devastated FeatherClan.