To some (mostly Boars), hunting is merely a chore: a necessity so simple that it isn’t even worth the effort to learn. To Birds, however, it is an art, and these warriors spend much of their time honing their skills, seeking new and better ways to bring prey back to their home. It is perhaps little wonder, then, that Treeclan’s Birds are owners of an impressive arsenal of techniques, and that there’s a form of hunting to suit almost every need. It’s appreciation of hunting’s complexities, and not the skill’s necessity, that has driven the development of its three specialisations, and even now Birds encourage their apprentices—and each other—to try new techniques; to improve on the old; to make the art their own.

Over time, the combination of the Four’s original techniques, and generations of experimentation, led to the development of entirely new forms of hunting. Branch came first, and is well established within the clan, but more recently Tree hunting has been added to the arsenal, further expanding the hunter’s reach, and opening an entirely new set of possibilities for those more experimentally inclined. This is an exciting thing for many Birds, and now, as always, they encourage this development of new methods—but even so they retain a certain scorn for any tactic not focused on the ground and trees. This might change in the future, but with such abundant prey there’s really no need for the clan the extend their diet, and therefore no need for Birds to extend their range.


Note: This page is heavily based on the Warriors books, and was put together using a variety of online sources. That said, the tactics listed under Branch Hunting and Tree Hunting are unique to TCE.