Graystripe

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This article concerns the fictional character Graystripe from the book series Warriors.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Graystripe (formerly known as Graypaw) is a tom with shaggy gray fur, a darker stripe along his spine, and big yellow eyes.

Graystripe is Firestar's best friend in ThunderClan and he is partially the reason Firestar, as a kittypet, got accepted into the Clan. The two met when Graystripe (Graypaw at the time) attacked Firestar at the border of Twolegplace, thinking he was an enemy warrior.

In Fire and Ice, Graystripe traveled with Firestar to bring WindClan back to the forest. Later he began a forbidden love with a RiverClan she-cat named Silverstream, the daughter of the RiverClan leader Crookedstar, after she saved him from drowning in the river. Graystripe had two kits with Silverstream, Featherkit and Stormkit. Silverstream died while giving birth to the kits.

Graystripe joined RiverClan for a short time but returned to ThunderClan in A Dangerous Path because Leopardstar kicked him out for helping Fireheart in battle. After rejoining ThunderClan, Graystripe was a bit of an outcast, for the rest of the Clan were angered by his betrayal. In The Darkest Hour, Graystripe is made deputy after encouragement from a dying Whitestorm to Firestar in the middle of the battle with BloodClan.

He disappeared in Dawn, the third book of the New Prophecy, after being captured by Twolegs. He has yet to appear in any books (as of Sunset). It is said by the authors and editors that Graystripe will have a manga trilogy dedicated to his capture by the Twolegs.^[1]

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According to author Kate Cary, when asked if Graystripe was a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest Cat, she said that he could have a trace of Maine Coon in his ancestry, but he wouldn't be a pure-bred cat.^[2]

In an online chat with Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry and Vicky Holmes, Vicky announced the Graystripe will come back, most likely in The Sight (the first book in the Power of Three series) as he did not return in Sunset.