HAWKCREST’S TRAINING GUIDE General edition, 2022 Moon 1: - Ground rules. Hawkcrest will sit the apprentice down and tell them he doesn’t take any attitude whatsoever ever. They must be on time for training, diligent, and be willing to tackle whatever he throws at them without complaint. - Hawkcrest will /not/ bother to learn about the apprentice. He will say they should earn his respect. - Exploring the territory. - He will barge in the apprentices den at sunrise to get them up and moving. - Frequent exercise to prepare for actual training. - Introduction to hunting and fighting. Moon 2: - Apprentice will begin to wake up on their own. - Begin doing chores, such as helping elders. - How to detect danger - How to defend yourself and when to flee from a fight. - Basic hunting and fighting. - An introduction to swimming, and the dangers it can come with. Moon 3: - More fighting, hunting, and swimming. - Hawkcrest will begin to quiz them: “What with you do in x situation? What about y?” - Talk about gatherings and clan relations. - This moon is spent building upon everything Hawkcrest has already taught. Moon 4: - More hunting, fighting, and swimming. - Lesson on why RiverClan sucks, including a more in-depth look into clan politics. - Hawkcrest will begin ambushing them, claiming they “always need to be prepared”. - Critical thinking and problem solving skills. Moon 5: - Preparation for first assessment. - Advanced hunting, defense, and fighting techniques. - Assessment at the end of the moon to evaluate how they are doing. Moon 6: - Advanced techniques for hunting, fighting, and defense. - Introduction to identifying and appreciating birds, excluding thrashers, those should be brutally eliminated for reasons Hawkcrest chooses not to specify. - Hawkcrest will begin to drag them around for “real life experiencess” a lot more often instead of training, such as border patrols, hunting trips, etc. Moon 7: - More about birds. - Don’t be a useless lump of fur: the grand lesson of why you should be more like Hawkcrest, and a little less like everyone else. - An increase in “real life experiences”. - General review for final assessment. Moon 8: - A “you’re going to be a kind-of adult now, be responsible and make good choices” talk. - General review of everything covered. - Final warrior assessment! Hawkcrest is more likely to fail apprentices he doesn’t like :) This isn’t set in stone, it just gives the general idea of what any apprentice (past or future) of Hawkcrest’s will deal with, haha. Previous apprentices: Galepaw, Sunsetseeker Current apprentice: n/a
