List of Warriors characters

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This article is about the characters from the book series Warriors by Erin Hunter.

Contents 1 Original Series 1.1 Firestar 1.2 Graystripe 1.3 Sandstorm 1.4 Bluestar 1.5 Tigerstar 2 Secondary Characters 2.1 ThunderClan 2.2 Spottedleaf 2.3 Yellowfang 2.4 Cinderpelt 2.5 Darkstripe 2.6 Dustpelt 2.7 Cloudtail 2.8 Redtail 2.9 Whitestorm 2.10 Willowpelt 2.11 Mousefur 2.12 Lionheart 2.13 Brackenfur 2.14 Brightheart 2.15 Goldenflower 2.16 Longtail 2.17 Thornclaw 2.18 Brokentail 2.19 Snowkit 2.20 Frostfur 2.21 Speckletail 2.22 Brindleface 2.23 Dappletail 2.24 ShadowClan 2.25 Blackstar 2.26 Russetfur 2.27 Littlecloud 2.28 Nightstar 2.29 RiverClan 2.30 Leopardstar 2.31 Silverstream 2.32 Crookedstar 2.33 Mistyfoot 2.34 Stonefur 2.35 Oakheart 2.36 WindClan 2.37 Tallstar 2.38 Onestar 2.39 Ashfoot 2.40 Morningflower 2.41 Deadfoot 2.42 Others 2.43 Ravenpaw 2.44 Barley 2.45 Princess 2.46 Smudge 2.47 Henry 2.48 Scourge 2.49 Bone 3 The New Prophecy 3.1 Brambleclaw 3.2 Tawnypelt 3.3 Stormfur 3.4 Feathertail 3.5 Crowfeather 3.6 Squirrelflight 3.7 Leafpool 4 Secondary Characters 4.1 ThunderClan 4.2 Sorreltail 4.3 Cinderkit 4.4 Ashfur 4.5 Whitepaw 4.6 Daisy 4.7 Berrykit 4.8 Mousekit 4.9 Hazelkit 4.10 Brook 4.11 RiverClan 4.12 Mothwing 4.13 Hawkfrost 4.14 WindClan 4.15 Mudclaw 4.16 The Tribe of Rushing Water 4.17 Stoneteller 4.18 Talon 4.19 Crag 4.20 Others 4.21 Purdy 4.22 Sasha 4.23 Cody 4.24 Smoky 4.25 Midnight 4.26 Sharptooth 5 The Power of Three 5.1 Hollypaw 5.2 Jaypaw 5.3 Lionpaw 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Original Series

[edit] Firestar

Firestar (formerly known as Rusty, Firepaw, and Fireheart) is a ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt and green eyes. He is the protagonist of the first series. Firestar is the mate of Sandstorm, father of Squirrelflight and Leafpool, and grandfather of Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw. He is also the brother of Princess and his other kittypet siblings, uncle of Cloudtail, and great uncle of Whitepaw.

He was invited to join ThunderClan while he was a kittypet (a cat owned by humans) known as Rusty. Bluestar gave him his apprentice name, Firepaw, upon arrival and he began to train to become a warrior. At first, Firepaw shared Tigerclaw and Lionheart as his mentors, and later had Bluestar herself as his mentor.

The majority of ThunderClan scorned him at first for his kittypet blood, but the insults eventually died away as he began to prove himself. At the end of Into the Wild, Firepaw received his warrior name, Fireheart.

Fireheart is given his first apprentice, Cinderpaw (later Cinderpelt) in Fire and Ice, but after Cinderpaw becomes unable to continue her warrior training because of an accident at the Thunderpath (known as the Windover Road to the humans). Then Fireheart is given Cloudpaw, a kit of Fireheart's sister, Princess, to mentor. He is also the mentor of Bramblepaw (later Brambleclaw), son of Tigerclaw.

Firestar succeeded Bluestar as leader of ThunderClan when Bluestar died saving Firestar from the dogs set free by Tigerstar at the end of A Dangerous Path and becomes a full leader at the start of The Darkest Hour.

Respectively, the cats that gave him his nine lives were: Lionheart, a former ThunderClan deputy who was killed a ShadowClan attack; Redtail, the ThunderClan deputy before Lionheart, who was killed by Tigerclaw secretly after a battle against RiverClan; Silverstream, the lost RiverClan mate of Firestar's friend; Runningwind, a recent ThunderClan victim of Tigerstar's and a friend of Firestar's; Brindleface, another ThunderClan victim and Cloudtail's foster mother; Swiftpaw, a young apprentice who was killed by a dog pack due to Bluestar's insanity and unwillingness to make Swiftpaw a warrior; Yellowfang, a former medicine cat of both ThunderClan and ShadowClan, and also a close friend of Firestar's; Spottedleaf, the ThunderClan medicine cat before Yellowfang, and also Firestar's first love interest; and finally, Bluestar, Firestar's former leader.

Each cat gives Firestar a different trait for his new life: Lionheart gives him courage, to use in the defense of the Clan; Redtail gives him justice, to use to judge the actions of others; Sliverstream gives him loyalty, to use to guide the Clan in times of trouble; Runningwind gives him tireless energy, to use to carry out the duties of a leader; Brindleface gives him protection, to use to care for the Clan as a mother cares for her kits; Swiftpaw gives him mentoring, to use to train the young cats of the Clan; Yellowfang gives him compassion, to use to for the elders of the Clan, the sick, and all those weaker than himself; Spottedleaf gives him love, to use for all the cats in his care; and finally, Bluestar gives Firestar nobility, certainty, and faith, to use to lead the Clan in the ways of StarClan and the warrior code.

During the battle with BloodClan in the climax of The Darkest Hour, Firestar loses a life when Scourge, BloodClan's leader, lands a fatal blow on him. After he recovers, however, Firestar kills Scourge.

In The New Prophecy, the second sextet, Firestar is the mate of Sandstorm, his friend, and the father of Squirrelflight the warrior and Leafpool the next ThunderClan medicine cat after Cinderpelt.

In Dawn, he loses another life after getting crushed by a tree. He and Cinderpelt also become friends with Stoneteller of the Tribe of Rushing Water.

In Sunset, Firestar is caught in a Twoleg trap by Hawkfrost, Tigerstar's other son. Hawkfrost then tells his half-brother Brambleclaw to kill Firestar and become ThunderClan's leader. Brambleclaw ends up freeing Firestar and killing Hawkfrost with the sharp end of the trap. Firestar lost a life in the fox trap and now has only six lives left.

Firestar is also the grandfather of Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw, the protagonists of the Power of Three series.

• Mentor: Tigerstar, Lionheart, Bluestar
• Apprentices: Cinderpelt (until her accident), Cloudtail, Brambleclaw
• Mate: Sandstorm (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Leafpool and Squirrelflight
• Grand-kits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw

[edit] Graystripe

Graystripe (formerly known as Graykit and Graypaw) is a massive tom with shaggy gray fur, a darker stripe along his spine, and big yellow eyes. According to Firestar, he is "the truest friend a cat could ever have."

Graystripe is Firestar's best friend in ThunderClan, and is partially the reason Firestar, as a kittypet, got accepted into the Clan. The two met when Graystripe (then Graypaw) 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 fell in love with Silverstream, the pretty silver tabby daughter of the RiverClan leader Crookedstar, after she saved him from drowning in the river. Graystripe had two kits with Silverstream, Feathertail and Stormfur. 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 exiled him 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 also killed Darkstripe in that battle.

He disappeared in Dawn, the third book of the New Prophecy, after being captured by Twolegs. He has yet to appear in any further books (as of Sunset), although it is known that he will return to ThunderClan. Although he had been his best friend, in Sunset, Firestar had declared him dead and made Brambleclaw deputy in his place.

It turns out that Graystripe is not at all dead, just very far away, back in the old forest and living with Twolegs as a kittypet. He and his kittypet friend, Millie, set off to find ThunderClan in the first volume, The Lost Warrior, of the first Warriors manga trilogy.

• Mentor: Lionheart, Tigerstar (after Lionheart's death)
• Apprentices: Brackenfur, Stormfur (after Stonefur's death)
• Mate: Silverstream (RiverClan)
• Kits: Stormfur and Feathertail (RiverClan)

[edit] Sandstorm

Sandstorm (formerly known as Sandkit and Sandpaw) is a pale ginger she-cat with barely visible darker stripes and green eyes. She has a sharp tongue and is a valued ThunderClan warrior. According to Firestar, she is his "beloved." Her fur is known to turn silver in the moonlight. This she-cat is also known to be one of the fastest runners in ThunderClan.

She was a main character in the original Warriors series. At first as an apprentice, Sandstorm (then Sandpaw) was clearly hostile to Firestar (then Firepaw). Along with Dustpelt (then Dustpaw), she often mocked his kittypet origins. Much of their resentment may have come from the fact that they were apprenticed long before Firestar and Graystripe, but were made warriors in the Forest of Secrets, long after Firestar (then Fireheart) and Graystripe. Some believe that Dustpelt had feelings for Sandstorm, despite the fact that they are siblings, until Sandstorm began to take a liking to Fireheart. Sandstorm gradually warmed up to Fireheart after Fireheart saved her from falling into a gorge during a battle with RiverClan, and she eventually became his mate.

Sandstorm is a very skilled hunter and a valued warrior of ThunderClan. At one point Fireheart considered making her his deputy until he realized that she could not become deputy because she had not yet been given an apprentice.

In The Darkest Hour, Firestar promises Sandstorm that Willowpelt's daughter, Sorrelkit, will be her first apprentice. In Midnight, Sorrelpaw (later Sorreltail) is appointed her warriorship after many moons of extra training with her proud mentor by her side.

In The New Prophecy, Sandstorm is Firestar's beloved mate and the mother of Squirrelflight (formerly Squirrelpaw) and Leafpool (formerly Leafpaw). Sandstorm is also the grandmother of Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw, the protagonists of the Power of Three series.

• Mentor: Whitestorm
• Apprentices: Sorreltail
• Mate: Firestar (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Squirrelflight and Leafpool
• Grandkits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, Lionpaw

[edit] Bluestar

Bluestar (formerly known as Bluekit, Bluepaw and Bluefur, though she does not appear as such in the books) is a blue-gray she-cat with piercing blue eyes and tinges of silver around her muzzle, as well as a scar along her back that is only mentioned in Into the Wild. She was the ThunderClan leader, and the one who had accepted Firestar (then Rusty) into the Clan. She had feelings of great trust towards Lionheart and Whitestorm, and also to Tigerstar until his betrayal.

As a warrior, Bluestar (then Bluefur) had a forbidden affair with Oakheart, a RiverClan warrior. She had three kits by him, and they agreed to have Oakheart take the kits to RiverClan because Bluefur felt that she could better protect her Clan in the position of deputy. One of her kits died at the river as she waited for Oakheart, yet her surviving kits became Mistyfoot and Stonefur, loyal cats of RiverClan.

Bluestar has had many regrets about giving up her two kits and watching them grow up in another Clan, but she feels that she had to in order to keep ThunderClan out of the paws of a brave, yet violent and reckless tom named Thistleclaw. In Bluestar's opinion, Thistleclaw would have "forced the Clan into unnecessary wars." She goes on to explain that Thistleclaw had died, attacking a RiverClan patrol, a few seasons before Fireheart joined ThunderClan.

During Forest of Secrets Bluestar is emotionally shattered at the betrayal of her deputy, Tigerclaw (who later joins ShadowClan and becomes ShadowClan's leader). She then becomes very unstable during Rising Storm, accusing her own Clan of being disloyal and only trusting Fireheart, Whitestorm and to some degree Cinderpelt.

In A Dangerous Path, Bluestar is still a shell of her old self. Although many of the apprentices are now fit to become warriors, Bluestar only holds Cloudpaw's ceremony, because Cloudpaw shares Fireheart's blood and also because he doesn't believe in StarClan. Because of this, Bluestar indirectly causes the death of Swiftpaw, who was killed by the dogs after he went to attack the pack in order to earn his warrior name, and the grave injuring of Brightheart's (then called Brightpaw or Lostface) face.

At the end of the book, Bluestar regains her former mindset in a flash, though she loses her last life by leading the dogs into the gorge, thereby saving ThunderClan from the dog pack. As she dies, she tells Fireheart of the prophecy that sparked the origin of his name and that he will be a great leader. Bluestar is then met by Oakheart, and goes with him to the ranks of StarClan. Before she passes to the ranks of Starclan, Mistyfoot and Stonefur see her on their land, and Bluestar explains that she is their mother. They finally believe her and she dies happily with her kits by her side.

In The Darkest Hour, Bluestar gives Fireheart his ninth and final life, along with his leader name. In Midnight, she was the cat who chose Brambleclaw to represent ThunderClan in fulfilling the new prophecy.

At the start of Twilight, Bluestar and other StarClan warriors deliver terrible news to Cinderpelt at the Moonpool, telling her that she will join the ranks of StarClan soon.

In Sunset, she, with Yellowfang and Lionheart, tells Leafpool that she will walk a path few medicine cats have walked before. In that same visit, when Leafpool asks about a trio of bright stars she doesn't recognize, Bluestar informs Leafpool that there are cats she has yet to meet who will shape her future.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown cats, Firestar
• Mate: Oakheart (RiverClan)
• Kits: Mistyfoot, Stonefur (RiverClan), Unnamed kit (died while Bluestar waited for Oakheart)

[edit] Tigerstar

Tigerstar (formerly known as Tigerclaw) is a large, dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. He is also the main antagonist of the first series, and son of Thistleclaw and Tailtip.

From Into the Wild to Forest of Secrets, he was an ambitious ThunderClan warrior. In the battle at Sunningrocks, he killed Redtail, the ThunderClan deputy, in order to become leader. Ravenpaw, his apprentice, saw him do it and when he told Firestar (then Firepaw) about it, Tigerclaw tried to kill him for knowing too much by turning the Clan against him. Luckily for Ravenpaw, Firestar (then Firepaw) and Graystripe (then Graypaw) smuggled Ravenpaw out of ThunderClan before anything could happen to him. Tigerstar (then Tigerclaw) was close to Bluestar until greed overcame him.

It is said by Bluestar in Rising Storm that Tigerstar or Darkstripe killed Lionheart in the heat of battle. After Lionheart's death, Tigerstar became ThunderClan's deputy, but that wasn't enough for him. He tried to kill Bluestar in order to become leader in Forest of Secrets. He was stopped by Fireheart, and sent into exile by Bluestar.

Later in Rising Storm, Tigerstar kills a ThunderClan warrior called Runningwind, and at the end of the book, he is shown to be the leader of ShadowClan.

In The Darkest Hour, he merged RiverClan and ShadowClan together to create TigerClan, and tried to ally it with BloodClan, a Clan of rogues who didn't believe in StarClan and lived nearby Twolegplace. He planned this because he wanted to take over the entire forest. Tigerstar considered BloodClan as only a temporary ally, to be disposed of eventually. However, when Tigerstar tried to give BloodClan orders, they refused. Enraged, Tigerstar attacked Scourge, the BloodClan leader. Scourge proved too strong, though. He killed Tigerstar by destroying all of his nine lives at once. Scourge did this by clawing a wound in Tigerstar's throat and belly, leaving Tigerstar to die from loss of blood.

Tigerstar's kits are Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt, born in Forest of Secrets, by the ThunderClan queen Goldenflower, and Hawkfrost and Mothwing by a rogue named Sasha.

In The New Prophecy book Starlight, Tigerstar appears to Brambleclaw in a dream, and reveals that he does not walk with StarClan. According to him, there are hunting grounds that even StarClan doesn't know of. He then promises Brambleclaw that they will meet again.

In Twilight, Leafpool has a startling dream in which she sees Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw talking with Tigerstar. She watches Hawkfrost agree to follow close to his father's pawsteps, but she is unable to read Brambleclaw's expression because his back is turned towards her.

In Sunset, Tigerstar has continued training his sons to become powerful leaders. His plan to kill Firestar failed, for Brambleclaw refused to end Firestar's life. Also, Brambleclaw kills his brother and has taken Squirrelflight, Firestar's daughter, as a mate. Nothing is known about how Tigerstar feels about Brambleclaw's decision to take a cat with Firestar's blood as a mate. He also turns down Darkstripe's offer of help in his quest for revenge.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Darkstripe, Ravenpaw (until he leaves the forest), Firestar (until Bluestar became his mentor), Graystripe (after Lionheart died)
• Mate: Goldenflower (ThunderClan), Sasha (rogue)
• Kits: Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Mothwing, Hawkfrost
• Grandkits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw

[edit] Secondary Characters

[edit] ThunderClan

[edit] Spottedleaf

Spottedleaf is a dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes, white paws, a golden-and-brown striped tail tipped with black, and a distinctive dappled coat.

She was the wise medicine cat of ThunderClan when Firestar was an apprentice during Into the Wild, but she was killed by Clawface of ShadowClan during a raid on ThunderClan's camp. She has become a legend among the ThunderClan medicine cats, and appears in dreams to them. Spottedleaf was known to have a "sweet scent", which may have been a combination of the scents of the herbs she was around during her life. She was Firestar's first love, and Spottedleaf gives Fireheart his eighth life with the attribute of love during his leader ceremony at the Moonstone in The Darkest Hour.

In The New Prophecy, Spottedleaf has a close relationship with Firestar's daughter and Cinderpelt's apprentice, Leafpool. As a StarClan cat, she often appears in dreams, mainly Firestar and Leafpool's, to give messages. She and Firestar seemed to be fond of each other, and Spottedleaf admitted to Leafpool that things could've been different if she hadn't been a medicine cat (hinting that if she had lived, she probably would have chosen her calling rather than the one she loved, like Leafpool). In Twilight, Spottedleaf aids Leafpool with her conflicting feelings for Crowfeather and her Clan, and tells the young medicine cat to simply follow her heart.

In Sunset, Leafpool turns in a rage against Spottedleaf, saying that if Spottedleaf hadn't sent her to be with Crowfeather, Cinderpelt would have been saved. Spottedleaf then tells Leafpool that she had never told her to go with Crowfeather. Spottedleaf had said that Leafpool should follow her heart, and that she has always made it clear that her heart lies with ThunderClan. It is also because of Spottedleaf that Leafpool discovers the truth about Mothwing's moth wing sign. Spottedleaf shows a butterfly to Daisy's kits, who soon catch the butterfly, tearing off one of its wings in the process.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Yellowfang

Yellowfang is a dark gray she-cat with a broad flattened face and yellow eyes. Although she had been trained as a warrior, she chose to become the medicine cat of ShadowClan.

Yellowfang had an affair with Raggedstar, the former leader of ShadowClan, and since medicine cats are forbidden to have a mate or kits, she had to give up the kits she bore. All but one of her three kits died, except Brokenstar who killed his own father to become Clan leader. At first she thought that the death of her two kits was her punishment but later discovered that it ws not the death of the others but that Brokenstar was the kit to live. He then accused Yellowfang of killing the kits of a queen named Brightflower (Brokenstar himself had killed the kits), and she was chased out of ShadowClan territory by her Clanmates.

Yellowfang wandered through ThunderClan territory and met Firestar (then Firepaw), who she attacked but lost to. Firepaw took pity on Yellowfang and fed her a rabbit, breaking the warrior code. Bluestar and a group of cats came across the pair, and Bluestar decided to take Yellowfang as a prisoner. To punish Firepaw, she ordered him to care for the old she-cat.

Yellowfang earned the trust of ThunderClan after she assisted ThunderClan warriors in rescuing Frostfur's kits, who had been stolen by ShadowClan. Given the opportunity to return to ShadowClan after the battle that drove out Brokenstar, she chose to remain with ThunderClan as their medicine cat. She spent the rest of her life with ThunderClan.

Yellowfang ended up killing Brokenstar (renamed Brokentail) by feeding him deathberries. She died in her den after the fire in Rising Storm. In her last words she praised Fireheart saying how she wished that he had been her son instead of Brokentail.

Yellowfang gave Fireheart his seventh life during his leader ceremony at the Moonstone during The Darkest Hour.

In The New Prophecy book Starlight, Yellowfang recited the newest prophecy to the cats of StarClan.

Also, in Sunset, Yellowfang accompanies Bluestar and Lionheart of StarClan to tell Leafpool of her future path. To Leafpool, Yellowfang's voice has an edge to it that makes Leafpool feels as if Yellowfang knows something that she's not telling the young medicine cat.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Runningnose (ShadowClan), Cinderpelt
• Mate: Raggedstar (ShadowClan)
• Kits: Brokentail, Unnamed kits

[edit] Cinderpelt

Cinderpelt (formerly known as Cinderkit and Cinderpaw) is a dark gray she-cat with blue eyes and a twisted back leg. She was the daughter of Frostfur and sister of Brackenfur, Thornclaw, and Brightheart. She was medicine cat of ThunderClan and mentor of Leafpool.

She became Fireheart's apprentice in Fire and Ice, but gravely injured her leg after being hit by a Twoleg monster (a car) on the Thunderpath in a trap set by Tigerclaw in order to kill Bluestar. The accident left Cinderpelt (then Cinderpaw) with a twisted leg and a limp, keeping her from becoming a warrior.

As she healed from the accident, Yellowfang used her as a helper, and soon Cinderpaw decided that she wanted to become "the best medicine cat the forest had ever seen." With Yellowfang as her mentor, Cinderpaw told her brother Brackenfur (then Brackenpaw) to become a warrior for both of them. She received her full name between Forest of Secrets and Rising Storm.

Cinderpelt became the official medicine cat of ThunderClan when Yellowfang died in Rising Storm.

In The New Prophecy, she takes Firestar's daughter, Leafpool, as her apprentice. She received troubling news from Bluestar in the beginning of Twilight. Bluestar told her that she will die sometime soon, although StarClan does not know when. Knowing that there is no way to change this, Cinderpelt submits to Bluestar's words, and she is comforted by the words of the other StarClan cats. Cinderpelt is eventually killed in Twilight's climax, defending a kitting Sorreltail in the nursery. Brackenfur is helped by arriving WindClan cats and they drive the badger out. Following her death, Cinderpelt has apparently been reborn as Sorreltail's kit Cinderkit (though only Leafpool is aware of this). One odd thing to consider is that Cinderpelt's brother is now her father, and her apprentice's best friend is now her mother. The reason why Cinderpelt was kind to Brightheart when she helped her was because they are sisters.

• Mentor: Firestar (then Fireheart) (before Cinderpelt's accident), Yellowfang
• Apprentices: Leafpool (Leafpaw)
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Darkstripe

Darkstripe is a sleek black-and-gray tabby tom with yellow eyes, and was one of Tigerstar's followers. He mentored Longtail, Dustpelt (after Redtail's death), and for a short time, Ferncloud (until he tried to murder Sorrelkit). He is also the possible father of Ferncloud and Ashfur. There are hints throughout the series. For example, Ferncloud (then Fernpaw) seemed horror-struck at Darkstripe's betrayal, and Ashfur may have his bad additude.

In Into the Wild, he was made Bluestar's bodyguard by Tigerclaw, but Darkstripe forgot about his duties and no one said anything.

In The Darkest Hour, Darkstripe was suspected of helping Tigerstar by Firestar, so young Brackenfur kept an eye on him. Sorrelkit, a ThunderClan cat, follows him to a meeting with Blackfoot, the ShadowClan deputy. Darkstripe would have killed her with deathberries to silence her, if Firestar and Graystripe hadn't seen her eat them. In Darkstripe's exile, it is revealed Darkstripe knew about the dog attack and even helped. He then left his Clan to join Tigerstar, though he then joined BloodClan after Tigerstar died and TigerClan disintegrated, for the sole purpose of being the one to kill Firestar.

The only reason he gave that he did not follow Tigerstar (then Tigerclaw) immediately when he was exiled was because Tigerstar had not filled him in on details leading to Brokenstar (then named Brokentail), rogues, and Tigerstar himself launching an attack on ThunderClan. He had opposed Firestar from the very beginning, from jeering at him to gossiping about him to his Clanmates. Darkstripe later joins Tigerstar in his attempt to rule the forest, and when Tigerstar is killed, he stays with TigerClan. Darkstripe blames Firestar for Tigerstar's death, telling Firestar that he turned Scourge against Tigerstar.

In the battle between LionClan and BloodClan, Darkstripe attacks a BloodClan cat, knocking her away from Firestar. At first, Firestar thinks that Darkstripe had found loyalty in ThunderClan again, but he is proven wrong when Darkstripe tries to kill him, claiming that he no longer felt loyalty to the forest cats and that the only cat worth following was Tigerstar. After shortly dueling with Firestar, Darkstripe is killed by Graystripe.

In the prologue of Sunset, it is seen that Darkstripe walks in the same dark forest as Tigerstar. When Darkstripe asks Tigerstar if they can travel together, Tigerstar turns him down with a hint of regret in his voice, yet no hesitation.

• Mentor: Tigerstar
• Apprentices: Longtail, Dustpelt (after Redtail's death), Ferncloud (before Darkstripe tries to kill Sorreltail as a kit)
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] Dustpelt

Dustpelt (formerly Dustkit and Dustpaw) is a dark brown tabby tom who used to be a follower of Tigerstar (mainly because of Darkstripe's intervention), but was the first to accept Firestar. His mentor, Redtail, had been killed by Tigerstar, and later, Dustpelt had officially renounced Tigerstar after finding out that Tigerstar had been his mentor's murderer. Dustpelt is a reserved tom, but has a true heart.

He, with Sandstorm, had jeered at Firestar (then Firepaw and Fireheart), but they warmed up to him. Dustpelt had feelings for Sandstorm, but was subtley snubbed because of Sandstorm's fondness for Firestar. Then he discovered his love for Ferncloud (then Fernpaw) and even stepped in a gossiping session about Firestar's (then Fireheart) inabilities (Rising Storm) because Fernpaw had been shocked and frightened at Darkstripe's words. Dustpelt also mentored Firestar's daughter Squirrelflight.

In The New Prophecy, Dustpelt and Ferncloud have kits, Spiderleg, Shrewpaw, Hollykit, Larchkit, and Birchpaw, although only Spiderleg and Birchpaw (then Spiderpaw and Birchkit) make it to the new territory. He is objective and not without voice, but in Sunset, he backed down from going against Firestar's choice of deputy (Brambleclaw) when he discovered it had been of the will of StarClan.

• Mentors: Redtail, Darkstripe (after Redtail's death)
• Apprentices: Ashfur, Squirrelflight
• Mate: Ferncloud (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Spiderleg, Shrewpaw, Birchpaw, Hollykit, Larchkit

[edit] Cloudtail

Cloudtail (formerly known as Cloudkit and Cloudpaw) is a long-haired white tom with blue eyes. Cloudtail is way-ward but committed to his Clan. He is Firestar's nephew; his mother is Firestar's sister, Princess, who gave the tiny kit to Firestar (then Fireheart) to be raised in ThunderClan in Fire and Ice. He becomes a loyal warrior to ThunderClan, but does not believe in StarClan, and perhaps never will. It is unknown how he still does not in believe StarClan, especially after he witnessed Scourge kill Firestar and soon after, Firestar reviving and killing Scourge.

Cloudtail, as the apprentice Cloudpaw, did not pay much attention to the warrior code and did not show much humility. In Rising Storm, he had resorted to going to Twoleg homes for food. The Twolegs had captured him and put him into a monster (a car) shortly after Fireheart found out about it. Ravenpaw then reports to Fireheart about Cloudpaw's whereabouts, and he, Ravenpaw, and Sandstorm go to rescue him.

He became close friends with Brightpaw and helped to nurse her back to health after she was mauled by the dog pack. Cloudtail helped Brightpaw (then called Lostface) come up with a new fighting style and to gain her warrior name of Brightheart. In The New Prophecy, he takes her as his mate and they have a kit named Whitepaw.

In Twilight, he helps to train a horseplace cat, Daisy, to learn some fighting moves while she stays with ThunderClan. Daisy had fled from her home with her young kits to escape Twolegs. She said that the Twolegs took the kits of another queen, Floss, when their eyes hadn't even opened, and she didn't want that happening to her kits. Also, when Firestar announced to ThunderClan that they would stay, Brambleclaw objected and Cloudtail became furious with him. He also spoke up to the objecting cats at the following Gathering when Firestar told the other Clans that news. Although he is known as a loyal warrior of his Clan, Cloudtail is still touchy about his heritage and would defend himself in any way if he were to be humiliated because of his kittypet blood.

In Sunset, Daisy runs away from ThunderClan with her kits after Berrykit loses half of his tail. She returns to horseplace and Cloudtail and Brambleclaw go to bring her back. He shows that he still doesn't mind kittypet food, once offered he eagerly accepted a few mouthfuls of the food the horseplace cats were fed. He also showed more respect to the warrior code when he promised to teach Daisy about it.

• Mentor: Firestar
• Apprentices: Brightheart (after dog attack), Rainwhisker, Daisy (trains her how to fight)
• Mate: Brightheart (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Whitepaw

[edit] Redtail

Redtail is a small, dark tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive, fox fur-colored tail. He was the deputy of ThunderClan before Lionheart, Dustpelt's mentor before Darkstripe, and the first deputy introduced in the entire Warrior series.

In the prologue of Into the Wild, Redtail participates in a battle against RiverClan over a part of ThunderClan's territory called the Sunningrocks. As ThunderClan retreats, Redtail is killed by Tigerstar (then Tigerclaw) in secret, although Tigerclaw's apprentice, Ravenpaw, witnesses the murder. When Tigerclaw brings Redtail's body back to ThunderClan's camp, he tells the Clan that Redtail was killed by Oakheart, RiverClan's deputy, and Tigerclaw took Oakheart's life in revenge. In reality, Oakheart was killed in an accidental rockfall after fighting with Redtail.

In The Darkest Hour, Redtail gives Firestar (then Fireheart) his second life and thanks Fireheart for revealing the truth about his death.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentice: Dustpelt
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Whitestorm

Whitestorm is a white tom with blue eyes. He was a senior warrior, close friend to Bluestar, and Firestar's first deputy when he became leader of ThunderClan. Whitestorm may have actually loved Bluestar, and she may have loved him. He was a wise and loyal cat who recommended Firestar and Graystripe's abilities as warriors. He also supported Firestar during his difficult first moons as deputy.

He was also Willowpelt's mate, and the father of Sorreltail, Rainwhisker, and Sootfur. He was also Sandstorm and Brightheart's mentor. In The Darkest Hour, Whitestorm died in the battle against BloodClan, and was succeeded by Graystripe as deputy.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Sandstorm, Brightheart (before she was attacked by the dog pack)
• Mate: Willowpelt (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Rainwhisker, Sootfur, Sorreltail
• Grandkits: Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, Cinderkit (though he is dead by the time they are born)

[edit] Willowpelt

Willowpelt is a warrior of ThunderClan. She is a pale grey cat with blue eyes. She is also Whitestorm's mate. She is one of the few female warriors in the den during the first series. She was killed by a badger in between The Darkest Hour and Midnight, which might have been found at Snakerocks in Midnight. It was noted in the same book by Brambleclaw that Willowpelt never saw her kits become warriors.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Whitestorm (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Rainwhisker, Sootfur, Sorreltail
• Grandkits: Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, Cinderkit

[edit] Mousefur

Mousefur is a brown warrior. She is the cat that helped prove that Spottedleaf was not killed by Yellowfang, by checking between Spottedleaf's claws. She is known for having a sharp tongue and a short temper. She was also ThunderClan's senior warrior from Midnight to after Spiderleg's warrior ceremony in Starlight, when she becomes an elder.

• Mentor Unknown
• Apprentices Thornclaw and Spiderleg
• Mate None
• Kits None

[edit] Lionheart

Lionheart is a large gold tom with thick fur like a lion's mane. He was the former deputy of ThunderClan, after Redtail and before Tigerclaw. He had a warm heart, and was very kind to the young apprentices of ThunderClan. Lionheart was Graystripe's mentor, and he also trained Firestar temporarily. Along with that, Lionheart gave Firestar his first life. He was killed, likely by Tigerclaw, during a ShadowClan attack on ThunderClan's camp in Into the Wild. In The New Prophecy book Sunset, Lionheart, along with Bluestar and Yellowfang, meet Leafpool and give her strength for future events.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Graystripe, Firestar (until Bluestar became his mentor)
• Mate: Unknown (possibly Frostfur)
• Kits: Unknown (possibly Brightheart, Thornclaw, Brackenfur, and Cinderpelt)

[edit] Brackenfur

Brackenfur (formerly Brackenkit and Brackenpaw) is a light golden brown tom and currently a senior warrior of ThunderClan. Brackenfur is the son of Frostfur, brother of Cinderpelt, Thornclaw, and Brightheart, father of Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, and Cinderkit, and the mate of Sorreltail. He is first introduced in Fire and Ice when he and Cinderpelt (then Cinderkit) are made into apprentices by Bluestar. Brackenfur (then Brackenpaw) is given to Graystripe to mentor, but after Graystripe becomes distracted by his love for Silverstream of RiverClan, Fireheart takes over much of Brackenpaw's training.

In The New Prophecy book Dawn, Brackenfur becomes inseparable from Sorreltail and vice versa during the journey to the new territory. During Twilight, Sorreltail becomes pregnant with Brackenfur's kits, and they are born just after the badger attack on ThunderClan's camp.

• Mentor: Graystripe, Firestar (when Graystripe can't train Brackenfur at the time because of his secret love with Silverstream {RiverClan})
• Apprentices: Tawnypelt (until she leaves to join ShadowClan), Whitepaw
• Mate: Sorreltail (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, Cinderkit

[edit] Brightheart

Brightheart (formerly Brightkit, Brightpaw, and Lostface) is white she-cat with a ginger tail and ginger patches along her spine. To Firestar, she is "the cat that Cloudtail brought back from the brink of death."

She is a warrior of ThunderClan, and the daughter of Frostfur and possibly Lionheart or Runningwind, though her father's identity is unknown. Brightheart is the sister of Cinderpelt, Brackenfur, and Thornclaw. She is the aunt of Brackenfur's kits, Poppykit, Molekit, Honeykit, and Cinderkit.

As an apprentice (then known as Brightpaw), she accompanied Swiftpaw and went in search of the dog pack. Both cats were desperate to prove that they were ready to be warriors. Swiftpaw was killed in the dogs' attack and Brightpaw was severely injured and close to death. A StarClan-hating Bluestar gave her the warrior name Lostface as a way of cursing the Clans' ancestors. Cinderpelt was able to nurse the she-cat back to health but Lostface would have horrible scarring, losing one ear and eye and having numerous scars along one side of her face. For some reason Frostfur didn't care about her daughter's near death. Cloudtail helped to develop a new way for her to hunt and fight. After becoming ThunderClan's leader, Firestar renamed her Brightheart.

In The New Prophecy, Cloudtail has taken Brightheart as his mate and they have one kit, Whitepaw.

In Twilight, when Cloudtail becomes very involved with raising Daisy's kits and teaching the loner how to fight, Brightheart felt that she needed another purpose. She begins to help Cinderpelt with medicine cat duties, much to Leafpool's annoyance. When Daisy comes to ThunderClan her first reaction is shock due to Brightheart's scars and Brightheart, embarrassed, walks away and leaves Cloudtail to accompany Daisy. When the kits spoil Cinderpelt's herb supplies, Brightheart treats Mousekit, Daisy's gray and white tom, a little roughly. Brightheart then gets upset when he calls her, "that ugly cat".

Eventually, Daisy's kits warm up to Brightheart, and Berrykit thinks she should be a medicine cat instead of Leafpool. Fortunately, Leafpool had ran away with Crowfeather when Squirrelflight overheard the little kit. Unfortunately, it had hurt Squirrelflight to hear it.

In Sunset she and Cloudtail appear closer, but Cloudtail still spends most his time with Daisy. Eventually she and Daisy become friends.

• Mentor: Whitestorm, Cloudtail (after dog attack)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Cloudtail (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Whitepaw

[edit] Goldenflower

Goldenflower is a pale ginger she-cat with green eyes. She is currently a ThunderClan elder, and the mother of Swiftpaw, Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt. She may also be the mother of Ravenpaw, as she showed much concern over him when he collapsed after announcing Redtail's death in Into the Wild.

In Forest of Secrets, Goldenflower gave birth to Tigerstar's kits, Tawnykit and Bramblekit, whom she protected ferociously from Firestar's suspicion. She also nursed Stormfur and Feathertail, Graystripe's kits, for the first few weeks of their lives. She is also a grandmother of Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw, Brambleclaw's kits.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Tigerstar (ThunderClan/ShadowClan), Unknown cats (Ravenpaw's and Swiftpaw's father)
• Kits: Swiftpaw, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, and Ravenpaw (possible)
• Grandkits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, Lionpaw

[edit] Longtail

Longtail is a pale brown tabby tom with black stripes and blue eyes is a ThunderClan warrior, currently an elder, though he retired early due to failing sight.

He had been another of Tigerstar's group. When Firestar (then Rusty) had been accepted into the Clan (Into the Wild), Longtail had opposed it, and goaded him. Rusty attacked him and gave him a scar on his ear. The fight resulted in Longtail snapping off Rusty's collar, and Bluestar excused this as a sign from StarClan that they had closed off Rusty's connection to his Twolegs. Eventually, Longtail warms up to Firepaw, and accepts him in their Clan. In The Darkest Hour, he finally found out where his heart lay.

Longtail becomes blind sometime while mentoring Sootfur (as he had Thornclaw as his second mentor), and retired to the elders' den early. When the Clan was forced to leave the forest, Longtail requested to stay with the other elders too old to make the journey but he was encouraged to come to the Clans' new home because of his excellent hearing and nose. According to the authors, Longtail is supposed to play an important role in Power of Three's first book, The Sight.

• Mentor: Darkstripe
• Apprentices: Swiftpaw, Ferncloud (after Darkstripe's exile), Sootfur (until Longtail's sight begins to fail)
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Thornclaw

Thornclaw (formerly known as Thornkit and Thornpaw) is a golden brown tabby tom. He is a warrior of ThunderClan, the son of Frostfur, and brother to Brightheart, Cinderpelt, and Brackenfur. Thornclaw is also the uncle of Brackenfur's kits, Cinderkit, Honeykit, Molekit, and Poppykit.

In Darkest Hour, he gets the warrior name Thornclaw, becoming the first cat that Firestar names a warrior during his leadership.

Sometime between the first series and The New Prophecy, Thornclaw serves as Sootfur's mentor, finishing his training after Longtail loses his sight. Thornclaw also has a tendency to lead most of the ThunderClan patrols.

• Mentor: Mousefur
• Apprentices: Sootfur (after Longtail's sight fails), Shrewpaw (until Shrewpaw's death)
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Brokentail

Brokentail (formerly known as Brokenstar) is a long-haired, dark brown tabby with a flat face and amber eyes. Brokentail was the illegitimate son of Raggedstar, ShadowClan's former leader, and Yellowfang, ShadowClan's former medicine cat.

He killed his father to become leader. Under his leadership, kits were put into apprenticeship at three moons, when they weren't ready, and named full warriors at five. He also blamed the deaths of two kits belonging to a queen named Brightflower on Yellowfang, resulting in her expulsion from ShadowClan. In truth, it was Brokenstar who had killed the kits during battle training and then brought their bodies to Yellowfang. Yet, he was very bloodthirsty for leadership.

Brokenstar tried to force the other Clans into giving ShadowClan hunting rights on their territories after forcing WindClan out of its territory. RiverClan agreed, but ThunderClan did not, leading to further tension between ShadowClan and ThunderClan.

ThunderClan and ShadowClan warriors overthrew Brokenstar and sent him into exile in Into the Wild. In Fire and Ice, he attacked ThunderClan with a band of rogues. After being blinded by Yellowfang and losing most of his lives, he is taken as a prisoner by ThunderClan and renamed Brokentail by Bluestar. ThunderClan's mercy leads to political problems between it and the other Clans, particularly WindClan and ShadowClan.

In Forest of Secrets, Brokentail and Tigerclaw betrayed ThunderClan by bringing in rogues to attack ThunderClan. This was part of Tigerclaw's plot to kill the leader, Bluestar. After the battle, Yellowfang takes Brokentail's last life by feeding him deathberries.

In Sunset, it is reavealed that Brokentail walks in the same dark forest that Tigerstar and Darkstripe do. Darkstripe scents Brokentail and asks where he is, yet Tigerstar tells Darkstripe, "Brokenstar won't answer you."

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] Snowkit

Snowkit is a white ThunderClan tom with blue eyes. He was Speckletail's last kit.

In A Dangerous Path, Fireheart notices something strange with the kit when Snowkit doesn't play with the other kits. Brackenfur, who wanted to mentor Snowkit, is also concerned, and Brambleclaw (then Bramblekit) comments that Snowkit doesn't play properly. Soon, Cinderpelt tests Snowkit's hearing by seeing if he responds to his name being called. Speckletail calls Snowkit first and he responds, although she signals to him with her tail. With Firestar, however, Snowkit doesn't respond, even after multiple calls.

Cinderpelt tells Speckletail that Snowkit is deaf and Speckletail, flustered and very protective of Snowkit, says that she already knows. Bluestar, somewhat back to her old self, then approaches Speckletail and tells her that Snowkit will never become a warrior because of his deafness. Later on, Snowkit is grabbed by a hawk in the middle of camp, because he was unable to hear its flapping wings nor the calls of his Clanmates, and Speckletail is unable to save him. The hawk flies off with Snowkit towards Fourtrees, and he is never seen again. Taking advantage of the loss, Tigerstar uses Snowkit's "death" to give ThunderClan a bad reputation.

[edit] Frostfur

Frostfur is a beautiful white she-cat with blue eyes. She was a ThunderClan elder. She is the mother of Brightheart, Cinderpelt, Brackenfur and Thornclaw. In the first book her kits were stolen by a Shadowclan cat, and she was very upset. She was overjoyed at their safe return. She also helped take care of Yellowfang. In Fire and Ice, she is a kind queen who helped Fireheart by talking Brindleface into taking care of Cloudkit. She also helps a sick Bluestar, and worriedly watches over a crippled Cinderpelt (then Cinderpaw).

In Dawn, Frostfur, along with Speckletail, decided to stay behind in the forest when the four Clans left.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentice: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown (possibly Lionheart)
• Kits: Brackenfur, Cinderpelt, Thornclaw, Brightheart
• Grandkits: Whitepaw, Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, Cinderkit

[edit] Speckletail

Speckletail is a pale tabby she-cat and a former ThunderClan queen, known for her stubbornness. In A Dangerous Path, she was the mother of Snowkit, and she would not accept that Snowkit would never become a warrior because of his deafness. In vain, Speckletail attempted to mentor her kit, who would later be taken by a hawk. When Lostface (later Brightheart) is sent to the elders' den because of the injuries given to her by the dog pack, she is given charge of Lostface, and they develop a strong bond.

In Dawn, Speckletail stays behind in the forest with Frostfur when the other Clans decide to leave.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentice: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown kit(s), Snowkit

[edit] Brindleface

Brindleface is a tabby she-cat and a former ThunderClan queen. She mothered Ferncloud and Ashfur, among other cats. Possibly Lionheart's mate. She was very kind-hearted, and accepted Firestar's nephew Cloudtail (then Cloudkit) as her foster son in Fire and Ice after her unnamed son died of greencough.

In A Dangerous Path, Brindleface is murdered by Tigerstar, to give the dogs (who killed Swiftpaw and gave Brightheart (then Brightpaw) terrible injuries) a taste of cat blood and to lead them to the heart of ThunderClan. While Cloudtail and Firestar(then Fireheart) are out patrolling, they come across her body close to ThunderClan's camp, and Cloudtail becomes furious, demanding revenge on Tigerstar. In honor of their mother, Ferncloud (then Fernpaw), Ashfur (then Ashpaw), and Cloudtail take part in luring the dog pack over the gorge.

In The Darkest Hour, Brindleface gives Fireheart his fifth life and the attribute of protection.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentice: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Ashfur, Ferncloud
• Grandkits: Spiderleg, Shrewpaw (deceased), Birchpaw, Hollykit (deceased), and Larchkit

[edit] Dappletail

Dappletail is a once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a dappled coat. She is a former ThunderClan elder and she seems to be the longest-living elder of the series, having been around from Into the Wild to Moonrise. In Moonrise of The New Prophecy, she dies after eating a rabbit that had been poisoned by Twolegs.

[edit] ShadowClan

[edit] Blackstar

Blackstar (formerly know as Blackfoot) is a large white tom with jet black paws and current leader of ShadowClan. He first appeared in Into The Wild as deputy of ShadowClan as deputy under Brokenstar and was driven into exile after his defeat. He continues to follow Brokenstar until his leader is blinded and captured by ThunderClan. He then reappears again in A Dangerous Path as ShadowClan's deputy under Tigerstar and is completely loyal to him.

In The Darkest Hour, he murders Stonefur after Stonefur refused to kill his apprentice, Stormpaw, and Featherpaw, his sister Mistyfoot's apprentice. After Tigerstar's death, Blackstar then reluctantly agrees to merge ShadowClan into LionClan to drive out BloodClan. After BloodClan's defeat, he is made into the full leader of ShadowClan. It should be noted that he chose Russetfur, a former rogue cat, to be his deputy.

In The New Prophecy he agrees to leave the forest with the other Clans after Twolegs destroy the ShadowClan camp during the famine in the old forest. He seems to have lost some of his violent nature since he became leader, though it makes his Clan no less hostile.

In Sunset, he and Leopardstar agree that WindClan and ThunderClan should give up a part of their territories for RiverClan and ShadowClan. This creates conflict between ThunderClan and ShadowClan, especially after Blackstar leads ShadowClan in attacking ThunderClan.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown (possibly Nightwing)
• Kits: Unknown (possibly Smokepaw)

[edit] Russetfur

Russetfur is a dark ginger she-cat and the current deputy of ShadowClan. She was a rogue cat before she joined either Brokenstar and then Tigerstar, or just Tigerstar during their respective exiles. She is a very proud, sharp-tongued cat.

During Twilight, Russetfur was unhappy that ShadowClan needed help from ThunderClan when it came to dealing with the two kittypets in their territory.

In Sunset, she still has some cruelty in her, because she and two warriors (Oakfur and Ceadarheart of ShadowClan) watched Berrykit suffer in a fox trap on ThunderClan's side of the border. When Squirrelflight demanded to Russetfur why she didn't help Berrykit, Russetfur replied that ShadowClan stuck to the warrior code (by respecting Clan boundaries) and that they had nothing to do with kittypets.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Cedarheart
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Littlecloud

Littlecloud is a very small brown tabby tom and the ShadowClan medicine cat. He was one of the kits Brokenstar forced into apprenticeship when they weren't old enough. He speaks with Firestar (then Firepaw) and Graystripe (then Graypaw) at their first Gathering, and they tell him about the ancient LionClan, TigerClan and LeopardClan.

In Rising Storm, he and his friend Whitethroat flee ShadowClan because they had a disease caught from eating rats that came from the Carrionplace. Cinderpelt hides them and heals their sickness against Bluestar's orders, and she finds the right combination of herbs and berries that will cure them. Whitethroat later dies crossing the Thunderpath, yet Littlecloud survives and becomes ShadowClan's medicine cat apprentice, inspired by how Cinderpelt saved him. He has great respect for and a good relationship with Cinderpelt, always waiting for her at Fourtrees on the medicine cats' regular visits to the Moonstone.

At some point between the first series and The New Prophecy, Littlecloud succeedes Runningnose as ShadowClan's medicine cat, while Runningnose retires to the elders' den. In Sunset, Littlecloud is shocked to learn of Cinderpelt's death, and he deeply misses her.

• Mentor: Clawface, Runningnose (after Littlecloud's sickness was cured)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Nightstar

Nightstar (formerly known as Nightpelt) is a black tom and was a former ShadowClan leader, after Brokenstar and before Tigerstar. He was one of the cats who carried out the ShadowClan coup in Into the Wild to overthrow Brokenstar with the help of ThunderClan. He gave Firestar trouble later on, when he discovers Brokentail still lived. He dies of sickness in Rising Storm, and is succeeded by Tigerstar.

In A Dangerous Path, Fireheart learns from Runningnose, ShadowClan's medicine cat, that Nightstar had not been granted nine lives by StarClan because by the time ShadowClan had learned of Brokentail's death, Nightstar was too weak to make the journey to the Moonstone to receive his lives. Because ShadowClan would have panicked if they'd known the truth, StarClan's rejection of Nightstar was kept secret and the Clan cats were convinced that the sickness had taken all of Nightstar's lives at once.

In The New Prophecy series, Nightstar is the cat who chooses Tawnypelt to represent ShadowClan in the journey to speak with Midnight.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] RiverClan

[edit] Leopardstar

Leopardstar (formerly known as Leopardfur) is a spotted golden tabby she-cat, and the slightly mean RiverClan leader. Unlike her predecessor, Crookedstar, she doesn't like to cooperate with the other Clans and she has little respect for Firestar at first. This could be because of the death of the RiverClan warrior Whiteclaw in Fire and Ice, who died battling Graystripe on the ThunderClan cats' way home from finding WindClan. She expressed greif over his death and may have some bitterness towards Graystripe and ThunderClan cats. She also was a supporter of Tigerstar and RiverClan joined ShadowClan to make TigerClan.

Although she supported Tigerstar at first, she later grew to regret it. As stubborn as she was, Tigerstar took control over her entire Clan, and Leopardstar couldn't even defend her own deputy (Stonefur) when he was being attacked and later killed for being half-RiverClan and half-ThunderClan. Before the battle against BloodClan, Leopardstar offers Mistyfoot the position of deputy, which Mistyfoot accepts.

Leopardstar loses some her aggressive, angry nature in The New Prophecy, though she remains stubborn. She was the last leader to agree to leave the forest in Dawn. Leopardstar is also kind to Leafpool, ThunderClan's medicine cat, and in Sunset, Leopardstar creates tension between RiverClan and ThunderClan and WindClan when she and Blackstar demanded more territory from them for RiverClan and ShadowClan. She is also revealed to be the oldest Clan leader.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] Silverstream

Silverstream is a silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes, and she was the daughter of Crookedstar, a RiverClan leader and a RiverClan queen. She saved Graystripe from drowning in the river close to ThunderClan's border, and they soon fell in love. They started an illicit romance that lasted from Fire and Ice to Forest of Secrets. Silverstream died while giving birth to their kits, Featherkit and Stormkit. The kits later become Feathertail, who is called on to fulfill two new prophecies, and Stormfur, who accompanies his sister on her quest.

In The Darkest Hour, Silverstream gave Fireheart his third life. Also, when Fireheart asked her if she had any words for Graystripe, she said nothing, but her eyes told Fireheart more than any words. Her best friend was Mistyfoot. Leafpool sees Silverstream and Feathertail together during a dream from StarClan in Sunset, and Stormfur also saw his mother's spirit, along with his sister's, after Feathertail's death in Moonrise. Silverstream also comes to speak with Stormfur after he escapes the Tribe with the rest of the traveling cats' help.

• Mentor: Mistyfoot
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Graystripe (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Feathertail, Stormfur

[edit] Crookedstar

Crookedstar is a huge, light-colored tomcat with a twisted jaw. He was the former RiverClan leader before Leopardstar, father of Silverstream, and grandfather of Feathertail and Stormfur.

In Into the Wild, Crookedstar makes an agreement with Brokenstar to allow ShadowClan to hunt on RiverClan territory, but after Brokenstar was chased out of Shadowclan, Crookedstar broke that agreement. Nightstar, who was the ShadowClan's new leader, suggests that they keep the agreement because ShadowClan was still weak from Brokenstar. Bluestar then reminds them that the agreement was made when Brokenstar was the leader, and it is forgotten when Crookedstar mentions that ShadowClan could hunt in WindClan's territory. Crookedstar loved his young Silverstream deeply, and was very depressed with his daughter's death. He grew sick and weak, and eventually died. He was also fond of Feathertail (then Featherkit).

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Silverstream
• Grandkits: Feathertail, Stormfur

[edit] Mistyfoot

Mistyfoot is a blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes. She is the sister of Stonefur, and she is Bluestar and Oakheart's daughter. She becomes RiverClan's deputy in The Darkest Hour. In Forest of Secrets, she helped Firestar (then known as Fireheart) and Graystripe find out about Oakheart and Tigerstar's respective secrets. Fireheart and Graystripe also rescued two of her kits from drowning.

Before The New Prophecy, she mentored Feathertail (then Featherpaw). But when Tigerstar started to reign in the stead of Leopardstar, he made Mistyfoot, Stonefur, Featherpaw and Stormpaw into prisoners because of their half-RiverClan blood and half-ThunderClan blood. Stonefur ended up being killed for the sake of Stormpaw and Featherpaw. Graystripe, Firestar, and Ravenpaw (whom had witnessed the whole thing) rescued them and let them stay in ThunderClan camp for a while. Some opposed it, but Whitestorm pointed out that they were half ThunderClan, too. After the battle between LionClan and BloodClan, Mistyfoot, Featherpaw, and Stormpaw went back to RiverClan (Mistyfoot had been chosen to be deputy).

In Dawn, she was kidnapped by the Twolegs after chasing Gorsetail of WindClan off of her territory. She is then rescued by the ThunderClan cats. When she came back to RiverClan, she returned to being deputy again, forcing Hawkfrost to step down from his temporary reign as deputy. Since then, she puts up with Hawkfrost undermining her authority and questioning her leadership. She remains a friend of Firestar and in Starlight was the one to warn ThunderClan of Mudclaw's rebellion against Onewhisker for leadership of WindClan.

In Twilight, Leopardstar sent her to help Leafpool and Mothwing with the poisoned cats. Leafpool sends her to find the cause of the illness and she finds silver-green Twoleg stuff (toxic waste). Hawkfrost and Blackclaw come with Leafpool and Mistyfoot where he undermines Mistyfoot by claiming the patrols were set up badly if no one had noticed the waste. Mistyfoot and Leafpool leave them to the barrier as they return to camp to explain what they had found to Mothwing and Leopardstar.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Silverstream, Feathertail
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown (possibly Dawnflower {pale grey she-cat, RiverClan}, unknown kit)

[edit] Stonefur

Stonefur is a gray-colored tom with battle scarred ears and looks almost exactly like his sister and mother, Mistyfoot and Bluestar. He was a warrior and deputy of RiverClan, although his mother was Bluestar, the leader of ThunderClan, while his father was Oakheart, RiverClan's deputy. In addition, Stonefur is the brother of Mistyfoot and their unnamed sibling.

At the end of A Dangerous Path, Mistyfoot and Stonefur, after learning the truth about Bluestar, are with their mother in her final moments, and mourn her in ThunderClan's camp.

In The Darkest Hour, after Tigerstar convinces Leapordstar to join TigerClan, he attempts to force Stonefur to prove his loyalty by killing the half-Clan apprentices, Featherpaw and Stormpaw, who are half-ThunderClan. Stonefur refuses to slay the two, and Tigerstar orders him killed. Darkstripe is the first to attack Stonefur, but Stonefur defeats Darkstripe. Blackfoot takes Darkstripe's place in finishing off Stonefur.

• Mentor: Oakheart
• Apprentices: Shadepelt, Stormfur
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] Oakheart

Oakheart is a big, bracken-colored tom. He was the former RiverClan deputy, before Leopardstar. He was also the father of Stonefur, Mistyfoot, and their unnamed sibling, and mate of Bluestar.

Not much known about Oakheart's past except that during one bitter leaf-bare at a Gathering, a young Oakheart and Bluestar (then Bluefur) met each other. They were not mates for long, and when Bluefur discovered she was pregnant with his kits, she inteneded to raise them in ThunderClan and keep the identity of their father a secret. Bluefur decided to give the kits to Oakheart to take into RiverClan, as RiverClan was better fed than ThunderClan at the time, and Bluefur would be able to help her own Clan by succeeding the retiring deputy Tawnyspots' position.

Only two of the kits were brought into RiverClan (the third kit died by his mother as they waited at the river), and Oakheart gave them to the RiverClan queen Graypool to raise, claiming that he had found the kits abandoned in the forest.

In the prologue of Into the Wild, during a battle between ThunderClan and RiverClan over the Sunningrocks part of ThunderClan's territory, Oakheart was smashed and killed by a rockfall, while Redtail, then as ThunderClan's deputy, who had engaged him in battle, was able to avoid the rocks' collapse. In StarClan, Oakheart and Bluestar remain good friends, and in Midnight of The New Prophecy, Oakheart was the one who chose Feathertail of RiverClan to go on the journey to the sun-drown-place.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Bluestar (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Mistyfoot, Stonefur, Unnamed kit (died after it was born)

[edit] WindClan

[edit] Tallstar

Tallstar is a black and white tom with a very long tail. He was the WindClan leader until Starlight, and was succeeded by Onestar.

He and his Clan were driven from their territory by Brokenstar in Into the Wild, and in Fire and Ice, Firestar (then known as Fireheart) and Graystripe brought WindClan home. Because of that, Tallstar has maintained a friendship with the two cats and ThunderClan. That friendship was temporarily ruptured when it was revealed that ThunderClan was sheltering Brokentail in Forest of Secrets, and WindClan attempted to kill Brokentail.

By A Dangerous Path, WindClan had renewed its friendship with ThunderClan, until Bluestar unfairly accused them of stealing prey. In The Darkest Hour, WindClan and ThunderClan joined to make LionClan, in order to fight Tigerstar, and later, RiverClan and ShadowClan join the alliance to defeat Scourge and BloodClan.

In Dawn, Tallstar and WindClan shelter with ThunderClan before they leave the forest, and in Starlight, Tallstar loses his final life to starvation and old age. As he dies, he names Onewhisker deputy of WindClan, because Mudclaw is not the right cat to lead it. In Twilight, Tallstar is among the StarClan warriors who comforts Cinderpelt when she is told of her coming death.

He is also the longest-living of the four original leaders when Firestar first came to the forest, living until Starlight.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unknown

[edit] Onestar

Onestar (formerly known as Onewhisker) is a brown tabby tom and is a good friend of Firestar. They met in Fire and Ice, the second book in the original series, when Firestar (then Fireheart) and Graystripe bring WindClan home from exile.

In Dawn, the third book in the New Prophecy, he helps Tallstar make the journey to the new lands, and is astonished when he is made deputy just before Tallstar passes on in Starlight. Onewhisker is at first uncertain about his place because Tallstar did not use the correct words. The sign from StarClan, a bolt of lightning killing Mudclaw, who led an uprising against Onewhisker, put the cat at ease and he received his name and lives from the Moonpool. Onestar visited the Moonpool between Starlight and Twilight.

In Twilight, Onestar and WindClan become very withdrawn from the other Clans because Onestar feels that they have relied too much on ThunderClan for help. He also feels that ThunderClan think that WindClan is helpless ever since they were driven out of the old forest by Brokenstar. However, these feelings do not stop Onestar and his warriors from coming to ThunderClan's aid in Twilight when their camp is overrun with badgers. WindClan's warriors also try to help find not only Crowfeather, but also Leafpool. Onestar later tells Firestar that the Clans can still help each other. Firestar and Onestar are friends again.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Whitetail, Gorsepaw
• Mate: Morningflower (non comfirmed)
• Kits: Gorsepaw (not comfirmed)

[edit] Ashfoot

Ashfoot is a gray she-cat with blue eyes. She is first seen in Fire and Ice as a WindClan queen concerned for her kits as her Clan is searching for a place to live, since they had been driven out of the forest by Brokenstar. She may have been the mate of Deadfoot, and she is mother of Crowfeather. Ashfoot is the current deputy of WindClan.

In Twilight, she is extremely worried about her missing son. Onestar is very harsh towards her, and eventually, grows gentler at the end of the book.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Deadfoot (not confirmed. Other possiblitities: Tornear)
• Kits: Crowfeather, unnamed kit

[edit] Morningflower

Morningflower is a tortoishell WindClan elder with beautiful eyes. First seen in Fire and Ice as a queen, Firestar (then Fireheart) helped her to carry her kit, Gorsepaw (then Gorsekit) back to WindClan territory.

In Forest of Secrets, Morningflower battles Fireheart in a conflict between WindClan and ThunderClan, until she remembers that he had rescued her, her Clan, and her kit. She then backs down.

In The Darkest Hour, Morningflower is devastated by Gorsepaw's murder. Firestar, Tallstar, and Graystripe soothe her. In the battle with BloodClan, she yells "Gorsepaw! Gorsepaw!" while attacking the BloodClan warriors, as if taking her son's death out on them. At last, Morningflower felt avenged for the death of her son.

In The New Prophecy, Morningflower retires and becomes a WindClan elder, and in Starlight, she gets very sick from drinking unclean water that Mothwing of RiverClan had given her. Leafpool of ThunderClan nurses her back to health.

• Mentor Unknown
• Apprentices Unknown
• Mate: Onestar (not confirmed)
• Kits: Gorsepaw

[edit] Deadfoot

Deadfoot is a black tom with a stubby, twisted paw and scarred muzzle. He was the WindClan deputy before Mudclaw. Despite his swiftness, Deadfoot didn't seem to be the best fighter, losing fights against Tigerclaw, Graystripe, and Fireheart twice. In Fire and Ice, he shows great concern for Ashfoot and her kits, leading fans to think that he was their possible father. Deadfoot was also the WindClan cat who showed the most hatred to ThunderClan regarding their decision to take in Brokenstar.

In The Darkest Hour Deadfoot died in the battle of WindClan and TigerClan. In Midnight, he was shown to be the StarClan cat who chose Crowfeather (then the apprentice Crowpaw) to journey to the sun-drown-place to speak with Midnight.

• Mentor: Unknown
• Apprentices: Unknown
• Mate: Ashfoot (WindClan)
• Kits: Crowfeather

[edit] Others

[edit] Ravenpaw

Ravenpaw is a sleek black tom with green eyes, a tiny white dash on his chest, and a white-tipped tail. He was the apprentice of Tigerstar (then Tigerclaw) in Into the Wild. He had witnessed Tigerclaw killing Redtail, the former Clan deputy. Ravenpaw also became Firepaw's first friend in ThunderClan, besides Graypaw. Ravenpaw may be the son of Goldenflower (she showed great concern for him in Into the Wild when he collapsed after announcing Redtail's death), and if he is, that would make him Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt's half brother.

After Tigerclaw had manipulated cats in the Clan to think Ravenpaw was a traitor, Firepaw and Graypaw took him away from the forest to live with Barley, a loner who had helped them previously. Firepaw and Graypaw told the Clan that Ravenpaw had been slain by a ShadowClan patrol, and he was then presumed dead by ThunderClan. Later Fireheart (Firepaw as a warrior) reveales the truth of where Ravenpaw was staying to Bluestar. At first she claims that maybe he was just not meant for life as a clan cat but only after she discovers the truth of Tigerclaw's treachery in Forest of Secrets does she invite him back into the clan. He, however, chooses to stay a loner with Barley promising to come and visit the clan again. Though Fireheart found himself questioning wether bringing Ravenpaw to Barley's farm was the right thing to do, he later discovers that it for the best when he sees the formerly skinny and jumpy black tom as a sleek, well-fed loner.

Ravenpaw and Barley remain allies to ThunderClan, and help out Fireheart and Graystripe numerous times, such as helping WindClan in Fire and Ice, aiding in the battle against BloodClan in The Darkest Hour, pointing the jouneying cats in the right direction to the sun-drown-place in Midnight and sheltering the Clans in Dawn. Ravenpaw returns to the forest in Rising Storm to tell Fireheart about a lost white kittypet with ThunderClan scent near his territory which turns out to be Fireheart's stolen apprentice Cloudpaw (formely Cloudkit and presently Cloudtail). In Midnight Ravenpaw also is the first cat to warn Firestar of the huge monsters that are destroying trees when he pays the ThunderClan camp a visit.

• Mentor: Tigerstar (until Ravenpaw goes to live with Barley)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Barley

Barley is a stout black and white tom, and a loner who lives in a Twoleg barn close to Highstones. He is a friend to the Clans, especially to Bluestar, and he allows Ravenpaw to stay in the barn with him when Ravenpaw is forced to leave ThunderClan because of Tigerclaw. He once lived in BloodClan and ran away because he was afraid of his leader, and is able to give Firestar information about them when he joins LionClan to fight in the battle at Fourtrees. Barley also shelters the Clans on their journey to the new territory in Dawn, and WindClan sheltered in his territory in Fire and Ice.

[edit] Princess

Princess is a light brown tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws. She is one of Firestar's kittypet sisters. Split up as kits, Firestar (then Fireheart) found his sister living in the Twolegplace near Tallpines. Princess loves to hear about his life in the forest and, although worried, knows he is happy there. When she gives birth, she gives Fireheart one of the kits, asking him to train her son as a warrior because Fireheart's apprentice, Cinderpaw, had been so injured. Fireheart and Cloudtail (Princess's firstborn son) used to often journey back to Twolegplace to speak with Princess, telling her about Clan life and warning her about dangers, such as BloodClan.

Based on their descriptions in the books, some fans believe that Leafpool resembles her aunt, as both are light brown tabbies with white chests and paws.

She makes no appearance in The New Prophecy but is mentioned a few times by Firestar in Midnight and Cloudtail and Cody in Dawn.

• Mate: Unknown
• Kits: Unnamed kits, Cloudtail
• Grandkits: Whitepaw

[edit] Smudge

Smudge is a plump, friendly black and white tom, and a kittypet who lives in the Twolegplace that Firestar came from. In Into the Wild, he was Firestar's best friend as a kittypet. The two had grown up together and Smudge is the first to warn Firestar (then Rusty) about the wildcats in the forest, telling Rusty that they eat live rabbits for breakfast and sharpen their claws on old bones. Rusty, being more curious, ignores the warning and ventures into the woods. When Rusty decides to take Bluestar up on her offer of joining ThunderClan, he and Smudge spend one last morning together, visiting their old haunts and kittypet friends.

Later in Into the Wild, while Firepaw is out on his apprentice duties, he attacks Smudge, as Smudge was intruding on ThunderClan territory. At first, Firepaw doesn't recognize Smudge because his scent is different (a result of being taken to the Cutter, though Smudge doesn't seem to notice the alteration), though he eventually identifies his old friend and the two chat. Although Firepaw is initially mistrusted by Bluestar for speaking so friendly with a kittypet, seeming to miss his former life, Firepaw admits that because he talked to Smudge, he knows that he made the right choice in becoming a Clan cat.

Smudge is seen again in The Darkest Hour, speaking to the tabby kittypet, Cody, who replaced Firestar, when Firestar is looking at his old Twolegs' home. In The New Prophecy, Smudge is mentioned by Cody to Leafpaw in Dawn as a friend of hers who knew a flame-colored cat named Rusty. Cody and Leafpaw come to the conclusion that Leafpaw's father, Firestar, is Smudge's old friend.

[edit] Henry

Nothing is known about Henry, apart from that he is a tabby kittypet tom in Into the Wild, and very lazy after a visit to the Cutter (vet), assumably to get neutered.

[edit] Scourge

Scourge is a small black tom with one white paw and icy blue eyes. He was the leader of BloodClan, the so-called Clan that lived in a nearby Twolegplace. Though he is very small, this cat leads his Clan with an iron claw and kills anyone who stands against him. He, like many other cats of his Clan, wears a collar studded with the fangs of dogs and cats, and his claws are reinforced with dogs' teeth. Although he is a leader, Scourge does not believe in StarClan.

Two moons before the dogs attacked the ThunderClan camp, Tigerstar and Boulder travel through Twolegplace and there, Scourge and his Clan are invited to the forest by Tigerstar, who wants their help to force ThunderClan and WindClan to join TigerClan. When Tigerstar attempts to command BloodClan, Scourge attacks him and rips out his throat while tearing his claws down Tigerstar's underside. This wound takes all nine of Tigerstar's lives at once, giving him a quick but agonizing death.

Scourge then decides that the forest will be BloodClan's new home. BloodClan and LionClan (the combined cats from all four forest Clans) meet in battle at Fourtrees. Scourge battles with Firestar, taking his first life. Scourge is shcoked when Firestar revives and kills him when he realizes that Scourge has only one life. With the death of their leader, BloodClan falls apart and retreats. He does not make any appearance in Sunset, but it is possible that he walks in the same dark forest as Darkstripe, Brokentail, and Tigerstar, or perhaps another dark place, seeing as he does not believe in StarClan as the Clan cats do.

[edit] Bone

Bone is a huge black-and-white cat who is Scourge's deputy. Barley, formerly of BloodClan, mentions briefly that he knew Bone. He also says that Bone wasn't much of a deputy, but he makes it sound as though Bone was more of a willing slave who carried out Scourge's dirty work, possibly in the hopes of being made leader.

[edit] The New Prophecy

[edit] Brambleclaw

Brambleclaw (formerly known as Bramblekit and Bramblepaw) is a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. He is the son of Tigerstar and Goldenflower, brother of Tawnypelt and he is a warrior of ThunderClan. He is also half-brother of Swiftpaw, and Hawkfrost and Mothwing of RiverClan. He was born in Forest of Secrets.

He's very fond of Squirrelflight, and she was of him up until he began to trust Hawkfrost of RiverClan, his half brother through Tigerstar. He was chosen by Bluestar of StarClan to be the ThunderClan cat to journey to speak with Midnight.

Brambleclaw is ashamed of who his father was and feels that it is Tigerstar's legacy that stops him from being made deputy of ThunderClan when Graystripe goes missing (although it is also because Brambleclaw has never had an apprentice and Firestar refuses to believe that Graystripe is dead). Much to Squirrelflight's anger, he trusts his half brother and often speaks with him at Gatherings. He often joins Hawkfrost in his dreams, speaking with Tigerstar, who is teaching them to follow in his pawsteps. In some cases, the dreams are too real to be comforting. In one dream, Tigerstar became angry with Brambleclaw and reopened a wound on Brambleclaw's shoulder as they attacked one another. Brambleclaw then woke up to find fresh blood plastered on his shoulder where his father had clawed him.

In Twilight, Brambleclaw acts much differently towards other cats. Squirrelflight notices that he's colder than ever and he's acting much like a deputy, treating Rainwhisker and Ashfur like apprentices, when Ashfur is older than Brambleclaw. Brambleclaw objects to Firestar's decision of taking in Daisy, a Horseplace cat, and her three kits, which infuriates Cloudtail, and Squirrelflight thinks that his objection to kittypets means he doesn't like her. He also becomes angry when Ashfur is chosen to mentor Birchpaw, Ferncloud and Dustpelt's kit, but he hides it from the rest of the Clan.

At the beginning of Sunset, he grows closer to Squirrelflight again, but Brambleclaw continues to see his father and Hawkfrost on a regular baisis in his dreams. On one occasion, Brambleclaw sees Tawnypelt in a dream, hotly declining her father's offer of power and warning Brambleclaw against listening to Tigerstar. Brambleclaw ignores her advice, convinced that Tigerstar is just trying to help Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost to become leaders.

After Firestar names Brambleclaw ThunderClan's new deputy, Tigerstar and Hawkfrost create a plan to lure Firestar into a Twoleg trap and have Brambleclaw kill the ThunderClan leader. When faced with the choice of killing Firestar, Brambleclaw refuses and begins to rescue Firestar from the fox trap. In response, Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, and in order to save his life and Firestar's, Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost by driving the fox trap's stake into his half brother's throat. In his last moments, Hawkfrost hints that another cat helped him (Brambleclaw presumes that this is a ThunderClan warrior), and that their feud is not over. Although Firestar praises Brambleclaw and calls him a worthy deputy of ThunderClan, Brambleclaw worries about what Tigerstar will do to him.

In The Power of Three, Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight have three kits, Hollypaw, Jaypaw and Lionpaw.

• Mentor: Firestar
• Apprentices: Berrypaw (when Berrykit's an apprentice)
• Mate: Squirrelflight (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, Lionpaw

[edit] Tawnypelt

Tawnypelt (formerly known as Tawnykit and Tawnypaw) is a tawny tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes and a ShadowClan warrior. She is the daughter of Tigerstar and Goldenflower, the sister of Brambleclaw, and the half-sister of Swiftpaw, Hawkfrost, and Mothwing. She is also the aunt to Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw. She was born in Forest of Secrets.

In The Darkest Hour, she joined ShadowClan shortly after she discovered that her father was the leader there. Although Tigerstar was revealed to be tyrannical and evil, she remained with her chosen Clan because she felt more accepted there than in ThunderClan.

In Midnight, she was chosen by Nightstar of StarClan to be the ShadowClan cat to journey to speak with Midnight. During the trek, Tawnypelt gets bitten on her shoulder by a rat, and limps painfully for most of the time. The cats eventually find burdock root, thanks to Leafpool and Squirrelflight's special bond, and Tawnypelt's wound is temporarily soothed. When they meet Midnight, the badger continues to cure Tawnypelt's wound with some burdock root. In Moonrise, the wound breaks open again, and Stoneteller cures her with his own herbs.

In Dawn, Tawnypelt runs to ThunderClan camp, and begs them to help her when the twolegs are attacking ShadowClan. ThunderClan agrees to help, and ShadowClan eventually shelters with ThunderClan since their camp is destroyed.

In Starlight, Tawnypelt's role is small. Unlike Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt does not acknowledge that Hawkfrost is her half-brother, and unlike most of ShadowClan's warriors, Tawnypelt does not help Mudclaw with his coup.

In Twilight Squirrelflight sees Tawnypelt being attacked by a hostile kittypet that lives in their territory. She explains to Squirrelflight how the kittypet and his tabby friend gave an apprentice, Talonpaw, such serious injuries that he died soon after dragging himself back to camp. The kittypets' Twolegs also threw something at Cedarheart, breaking his leg. Together, ThunderClan and ShadowClan come up with a plan to stop the kittypets from attacking ShadowClan without their Twolegs interfering. When their plan is successful, Blackstar thanks ThunderClan and Onestar angrily calls Blackstar and Leopardstar terrible leaders for depending so much on ThunderClan.

In Sunset, we discover that Tawnypelt, like Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw is visited by Tigerstar, yet she is the only one to reject him. While Brambleclaw is watching she tells Tigerstar that he only became leader by twisting the warrior code out of proportion in order to get what he wants. She then tells Brambleclaw that he should stop listening to Tigerstar because he had been accepting everything they had tried to avoid since they were kits. She even tells him she was happy that Tigerstar was killed by Scourge after discovering the tyrant he was.

Throughout the entrie series, Tawnypelt doesn't seem to be aware that Hawkfrost and Mothwing are her half siblings. Also, until Sunset, she doesn't seem phased when Brambleclaw mentions that he shares his dreams with Hawkfrost.

• Mentor: Brackenfur, Oakfur (ShadowClan)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Stormfur

Stormfur (formerly known as Stormkit and Stormpaw) is a solid dark gray tom with amber eyes. He is the son of Graystripe and Silverstream, brother of Feathertail, and grandson of Crookedstar, a former RiverClan leader. He was born in Forest of Secrets.

Stormfur was originally not one of the chosen cats for the journey, but he went to protect Feathertail, his sister. He left RiverClan to go join the Tribe of Rushing Water when all four Clans were traveling to their new home in Dawn. He had fallen in love with a she-cat there named Brook Where Small Fish Swim (Brook), and had no other ties left to his Clan. Before he fell in love with Brook he was fond of Squirrelflight. He said that his father was gone, his sister and mother were dead, and the closest cat that wasn't his kin (Stonefur, his mentor) was dead.

After the battle with the badgers at the climax of Twilight, he and Brook arrive in ThunderClan, shocked to see the camp in ruins. They claim to have come to check on the Clans and make sure they reached their journey's end, and stay with ThunderClan for a while. Stormfur eventually decides to remain loyal to his birth Clan and the two leave to rejoin RiverClan. There, Hawkfrost makes trouble for them by making Mothwing dishonestly claim to have received a sign from StarClan, which seems to point that Stormfur and Brook are not welcome. He later goads Stormfur into attacking him, at which point an angry Leopardstar exiles him from RiverClan. The two return to ThunderClan. Brambleclaw suspects that there is some as yet unseen reason that they are so reluctant to return to the mountains. Stormfur also says that it's not possible for he and Brook to return to the mountains.

• Mentor: Stonefur, Graystripe (after death of Stonefur), Unknown RiverClan cat (after Graystripe returns to ThunderClan)
• Apprentices: Brook (teaching her the ways of the forest)
• Mate: Brook (Tribe of Rushing Water)
• Kits: None

[edit] Feathertail

Feathertail (formerly known as Featherkit and Featherpaw) is a pale silver she-cat with blue eyes, and she is the daughter of Graystripe and Silverstream and granddaughter of Crookedstar. Her brother is Stormfur and she was a warrior of RiverClan. She was born in Forest of Secrets.

She was chosen by Oakheart of StarClan to be the RiverClan cat to journey to speak with Midnight. During the journey, Feathertail fell in love with WindClan's chosen cat, Crowpaw (now known as Crowfeather). She also played part in the Tribe of Rushing Water's prophecy, which said that a silver cat would come to save them from the lion-cat Sharptooth. Sharptooth had terrorized the Tribe for moons, and had picked off cats one by one with ease. Feathertail gave her life to save Crowpaw from Sharptooth by loosening some rock from the ceiling of the Tribe's cave, crushing him, but killing herself in the process. At the end of Dawn, she watched Crowpaw receive his choosing of the warrior name Crowfeather as a spirit.

She now hunts in two skies, with StarClan and the Tribe of Endless Hunting (the Tribe of Rushing Water's ancestors). In Starlight, she spoke with Leafpool and told her to give a message to Crowfeather. Feathertail does not want him to grieve for her, and not to be blind to the living. In Twilight, she speaks to Leafpool again, this time to deliver a message to Mothwing, who refuses to believe in StarClan, and therfore StarClan cannot reach her in her dreams. Her message describes Twolegs causing great danger to RiverClan. Mothwing heeds the warning only because she trusts Leafpool. Even though Mothwing doesn't realize it, she misses toxic waste that poisons her Clan, killing an elder, Ivytail, and a very young kit.

In Sunset, Feathertail helps Leafpool teach Willowpaw, Mothwing's young apprentice, about StarClan, since a disbelieving Mothwing is unable. When Feathertail introduces herself to the young apprentice, Willowpaw claims that the she-cat is a heroine and Feathertail, embarrassed by the attention, goes on to show Willowpaw where to find catmint close to RiverClan's territory.

• Mentor: Mistyfoot
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Crowfeather (temporarily)
• Kits: None

[edit] Crowfeather

Crowfeather (formerly known as Crowpaw) is a smoky gray, almost black tom with blue eyes and a sharp tongue. He is a WindClan warrior, and the son of Ashfoot, a WindClan she-cat who becomes deputy in Starlight. The identity of Crowfeather's father is unknown, but could possibly be Deadfoot. Crowfeather was chosen by Deadfoot of StarClan to be the WindClan cat to journey to speak with Midnight, a star-gazing badger.

Crowfeather is a snappish cat and his barbed tongue shows in Midnight, notably when the questing cats are following Purdy through a Twolegplace. During Moonrise, he had been fond of Feathertail (and she him), and became increasingly upset after her death, even running recklessly onto a Thunderpath, not caring if he died, saying, "I'm not frightened of joining StarClan! The forest is dying anyway. At least in StarClan, Feathertail will be waiting for me!"

On their journey with the Clans to their new home (in Dawn), Tallstar, WindClan's leader, made Crowpaw a warrior. Crowpaw asked if he could choose the name of Crowfeather in honor of the deceased Feathertail, and Tallstar agrees. The newly named Crowfeather takes his vigil next to Feathertail's grave in the Tribe of Rushing Water's camp, a mountain cave. Leafpaw believes that when he was sitting vigil that two ghostly silver cats stood on a nearby mountain peak, watching over Crowfeather. Seeing them, almost identical, she believes that they were the starry spirits of Feathertail and Silverstream.

Later in Starlight, he confesses his love to Leafpool, ThunderClan's medicine cat apprentice, and she received this with shock, telling him that he couldn't love her. On the inside, Leafpool is relieved to hear that he feels the same way. Also during the battle, he fights side by side with Brambleclaw, driving away two ShadowClan warriors.

In Twilight, Crowfeather makes a plan with Leafpool to leave the Clans behind as there is no other way for them to be together. Leafpool agrees after fighting with Cinderpelt and going to the Moonpool, and they leave the forest, following the hills outside of WindClan territory. They spend a night there when they run into Midnight, who comes to deliver news that her kin are planning to attack the Clans for driving them out, and they only agree to go back because they can't leave their Clans to be torn to shreds. He tells Leafpool that he knew she would never give up her Clan for him, yet he still loves her just as much.

After they return to their own respective Clans, Crowfeather is unhappy that Leafpool would choose her own Clan over her love for him. Crowfeather abruptly but sadly breaks up their relationship, stating that it would be better if they never met again.

• Mentor: Mudclaw
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Feathertail, Leafpool (briefly)
• Kits: None

[edit] Squirrelflight

Squirrelflight (formerly known as Squirrelpaw) is a dark orange, flame-colored she-cat with green eyes and one white forepaw. She is the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, and she is the sister of Leafpool. She is a ThunderClan warrior, and as an apprentice in Midnight, she had pestered Brambleclaw (after following him) to let her in on the journey, although she had not been chosen. In Starlight, Firestar gives her her warrior name before all of the Clans, the first new warrior in the Clans' new home.

She is fond of Brambleclaw, but sees his relationship with Hawkfrost as treason. Both Squirrelflight and her sister Leafpool are distrusting of Hawkfrost, and Squirrelflight is angry with Brambleclaw, who continues to defend his brother. Squirrelflight seems to have taken a liking to Ashfur during her arguments with Brambleclaw. In Twilight, she hasn't completely lost her feelings for Brambleclaw, although they argue frequently. When Brambleclaw objects to Firestar's choice of taking in Daisy and her three kits, Squirrelflight wonders if he thinks the same of her because she's half kittypet through her father.

Squirrelflight eventually realizes that she wouldn't want to leave the Clans behind for Ashfur, like Leafpool had done with Crowfeather, yet she wasn't sure if she would for Brambleclaw. After the devastating badger attack, Squirrelflight tries to push away the fact that, during the battle, she was more concerned for Brambleclaw than Ashfur.

Also, Squirrelflight has a special bond with her sister, Leafpool. The two sisters are able to feel what the other is feeling at almost any time, even when separated. During Squirrelflight and the other five cats' journey to the sun-drown-place, Squirrelflight has dreams and often gets messages of what's happening in the Clans back in the forest because of Leafpool. When Tawnypelt gets a rat bite on her shoulder, none of the journeying cats remember the herb that will cure the injury. Squirrelflight has a lingering feeling that she knows which herb it is, and back in the forest, Leafpool continues to think of burdock root for seemingly no reason.

Eventually, Leafpool eats a bit of burdock root, and the next day, Squirrelflight wakes up with the taste of the herb in her mouth. She soon recognizes it as burdock root, and finds the herb. Another example of this bond is when Leafpool gets captured by the Twolegs. Squirrelflight has dreams about being captured and knows that something has happened to her sister. Later, she is visited by Spottedleaf, and led in a dream to the place where Leafpool and the other cats are being held.

In The Power of Three, Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw have three kits, Hollypaw, Jaypaw and Lionpaw.

• Mentor: Dustpelt
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Brambleclaw (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, Lionpaw

[edit] Leafpool

Leafpool (formerly known as Leafpaw) is a light brown tabby with white paws, and amber eyes. She is the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, and the sister of Squirrelflight. Leafpool is the polar opposite of Squirrelflight, obeying the medicine cat code and "being able to sit still." As of Twilight, she is ThunderClan's current medicine cat, and she was given her full medicine cat name in Starlight. She may have got her tabby colouring from her paternal grandparents, as her aunt Princess has a similar coat pattern.

Leafpool is good friends with Sorreltail, a ThunderClan queen, and Mothwing, RiverClan's medicine cat. In Dawn, she befriends a kittypet named Cody, who stays with ThunderClan after escaping Twolegs.

Despite the fact that her sister hates Hawkfrost, Leafpool seems to like him. And he might to because he teases her in a friendly way and even saves her(with a little help from Brambleclaw) from a mad dog. He also helps Leafpool in Twilight because he helps her.

Also in Starlight, she found the Moonpool, the equivalent of the Moonstone in the new territory. She maintains a close relationship with Spottedleaf, a deceased medicine cat of ThunderClan, and often speaks with Feathertail too. Though she is horrified to learn that her friend, Mothwing, the RiverClan medicine cat, does not believe in StarClan, Leafpool is still loyal to her and has not revealed Mothwing's secret to any cat.

In Twilight, Leafpool is distracted by her love for Crowfeather (going to give Firestar a nettle seed instead of poppy seeds, trying to get rid of Mousefur's ticks with yarrow), and she eventually decides to run away with him (for medicine cats are not allowed to take mates or have kits, according to the warrior code). After hearing from Midnight as they journey away from the Clans' territory, she decides that she can't leave them to be torn apart by badgers and returns. Leafpool is devastated when she watches her mentor, Cinderpelt, die in the nursery by Sorreltail's side, and she's upset that Cinderpelt knew of her oncoming death, but had never told Leafpool. She thinks that if Cinderpelt had told her, she would have been forced to stay and could possibly have saved Cinderpelt's life. Cinderpelt confesses that she could never have forced Leafpool to do such a thing.

In Sunset, Bluestar, Lionheart, and Yellowfang reveal to her that Leafpool was to stumble on a path few medicine cats have walked on, but the cats of StarClan could not reveal her future. Also, Leafpool sees that Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight were destined to be together, and that Brambleclaw would keep ThunderClan safe.

Leafpool also has visions of a trio of stars whose brightness threatens to rival the moon's. She sees the stars a total of three times, and Bluestar and Spottedleaf reveal respectively that there are cats Leafpool has yet to meet who will shape her future, and that the stars are a sign, though it isn't time for Leafpool to discover what the sign means. The three stars may be referring to Leafpool's future relatives Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw, Squirrelflight's kits in the Power of Three series.

• Mentor: Cinderpelt
• Apprentices: Willowpaw (Mothwing's apprentice; Leafpool mentors her in the ways of StarClan), Hollypaw
• Mate: Crowfeather (briefly)
• Kits: None

[edit] Secondary Characters

[edit] ThunderClan

[edit] Sorreltail

Sorreltail (formerly known as Sorrelkit and Sorrelpaw) is a tortoiseshell and white she-cat and a ThunderClan warrior. Her brothers are Sootfur and Rainwhisker, and she was first seen in The Darkest Hour as a kit, the daughter of Willowpelt and Whitestorm. When she overheard Darkstripe talking to Tigerstar and Blackfoot of ShadowClan, Darkstripe tried to kill her by feeding her deathberries. Cinderpelt was able to save her, but to this day she has a fear of little red berries.

In The New Prophecy she is one of Leafpool's closest friends. When Leafpool (then known as Leafpaw) decided to go on a secret mission to WindClan, she accompanied her. Mudclaw chased them both into RiverClan where Mothwing helped them get home. She also accompanied Leafpool to go searching for Mistyfoot and Cloudtail. When Leafpool was caught by the Twolegs in Dawn, she blamed herself and later led the rest of the Clan on a rescue mission.

In Twilight, Sorreltail becomes pregnant with Brackenfur's kits and gives birth to them in the middle of the battle against the badgers. After Cinderpelt is killed, Leafpool finishes helping Sorreltail with her kitting, and she gives birth to four healthy kits. It is bittersweet, however, for both Brackenfur and Sorreltail. Cinderpelt was Brackenfur's sister, and Sootfur was Sorreltail's brother. He had gotten his two hind legs broken, and was later killed by a badger as he tried to climb Leafpool's secret exit to the cliff. Rainwhisker was the one who delivered the news of their brother's death to Sorreltail.

At the start of Sunset, we discover the kits' names: Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit and Cinderkit.

• Mentor: Sandstorm
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Brackenfur (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Molekit, Honeykit, Poppykit, Cinderkit

[edit] Cinderkit

Cinderkit is Sorreltail and Brackenfur's fluffy gray she-kit and sister to Molekit, Honeykit, and Poppykit. She was born during the badger attack at the end of Twilight, and named after Cinderpelt, her aunt (Brackenfur's sister), who was killed by a badger while helping Sorreltail with her kitting. Cinderkit herself bears a haunting resemblance to the former ThunderClan medicine cat. With Spottedleaf's help, Leafpool discovers that this kit is a reincarnation of Cinderpelt, yet Leafpool is the only one in ThunderClan to know it. When Leafpool discovers this hidden secret, she no longer feels alone and she knows that her former mentor will always be watching over her.

[edit] Ashfur

Ashfur (formerly known as Ashkit and Ashpaw) is a pale gray tom with darker flecks and dark blue eyes. He is the son of Brindleface, brother of Ferncloud, and uncle of Birchpaw, Hollykit, Larchkit, and Spiderleg. Ashfur was an apprentice and also Cloudtail's friend in Rising Storm. In Starlight and Twilight, he became the object of Squirrelflight's affections. He defends her from Brambleclaw, though she says she can take care herself. He becomes Birchpaw's mentor, much to Brambleclaw's anger.

In Sunset, Ashfur loses Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw, becomes very angry at both of them,and insults Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight and Leafpool when Brambleclaw is appointed deputy. He loves Squirrelflight, and believes that they are perfect for each other. Ashfur also distrusts Brambleclaw, because of how Brambleclaw's father, Tigerstar, brutally murdered Ashfur's mother, Brindleface, along with other innocent cats in his quest for power. Ashfur ends up ignoring Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw for the rest of the book, even though Squirrelflight tries to explain that somehow she felt that StarClan has destined her and Brambleclaw to be together.

Before Brambleclaw goes to meet Hawkfrost for the final time, Ashfur says that he has planned to give Birchpaw an assessment, and nothing is out of the ordinary. A little later, Ashfur comes to Leafpool and Squirrelflight, saying that he had to come back for help because he couldn't take on Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost, who were with a trapped Firestar, alone. Squirrelflight and Leafpool follow Ashfur's fear-scent trail back to the lake, arriving just after Hawkfrost is killed.

It is rumored by fans that Ashfur was the cat who helps Hawkfrost in Sunset, as Birchpaw, Ashfur's apprentice, told Firestar that Blackstar was waiting on ThunderClan territory. That statement has led some to believe that Ashfur wanted Brambleclaw to be exiled from ThunderClan. It is suspected that the fox trap was Ashfur's planning, in order to have Brambleclaw kill his leader by letting him suffocate in the trap.

• Mentor: Dustpelt
• Apprentices: Birchpaw
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Whitepaw

Whitepaw is a white she-cat with green eyes. She is the daughter of Cloudtail and Brightheart of ThunderClan, and the great-niece of Firestar himself.

In Dawn, her fellow apprentices Shrewpaw dies, and Whitepaw is extremely sad. Most fans believe that Whitepaw was in love with Shrewpaw, as she sat vigil for him and Squirrelflight didn't.

In Twilight, she gets a new apprentice to train with- Birchpaw, and the two become very close, always wanting to train together.

In Sunset, her parents get into a big fight over Daisy, and Whitepaw is very upset because she loves them both.

We meet Whitepaw as an apprentice in Midnight, and she is still an apprentice at the end of Sunset. Why is this? It only took Firestar one book to become a warrior in Into the Wild. Some fans say that she didn't get to train while the Clans traveled through the mountains, but neither did Spiderleg. And he became a warrior in Twilight. But Spiderleg is probably a few moons older than Whitepaw.

• Mentor: Brackenfur
• Apprentices: N/A
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Daisy

Daisy is a creamy-brown-colored she-cat with blue eyes, and a kittypet/loner. She is first introduced in Starlight, living in a barn with two other loners, Floss and Smoky, at the horseplace located in the Clans' new home. Her mate is Smoky, a white and gray tom.

In Twilight, she and her kits run away from the barn when Floss's kits were taken by Twolegs. Firestar offers her a place in the Clan for her and her kits. She stays, and Cloudtail offers to teach her some fighting moves, although she is not much of a fighter. Her kits are Hazelkit, Mousekit, and Berrykit (the kits are renamed after Daisy joins ThunderClan; she had planned to call them Mouse, Hazel, and Berry).

Daisy never ends up being a very good fighter, and becomes very afraid of the forest in Sunset, after the badger attack on ThunderClan. Unfortunately for her, before Daisy has a chance to recover from her shock, Berrykit's tail is mangled by a fox trap and Daisy's fear of the forest escalates. As a result, in Sunset, she runs away with her kits back to the barn they had come from. Cloudtail and Brambleclaw later come and convince her to return, and the kits are glad to be back in ThunderClan.

At first, Daisy is in love with Cloudtail, although he may not realize it. Later, Daisy apologizes to Brightheart for her affections. Daisy admits that a reason she left ThunderClan was because she didn't have any cat in the Clan that she was close to, like Brightheart was with Cloudtail. Brightheart accepts Daisy's apology, and they become good friends.

• Mentor: Cloudtail (he trains her to fight)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: Smoky (loner)
• Kits: Berrykit, Mousekit, Hazelkit

[edit] Berrykit

Berrykit (formerly known as Berry) is a cream-coloured tom, like his mother Daisy. He and his siblings, Mousekit and Hazelkit, were brought by Daisy to ThunderClan when they were very young and Firestar allows them to join ThunderClan for as long as they wish. Originally, his mother planned to name him Berry, but when he, Daisy, and his siblings join ThunderClan, the kits' names are changed to agree with Clan naming tradition. He and his siblings get into trouble with Brightheart when the three kits raid Cinderpelt's herbal supply. Eventually, they warm up to Brightheart and her scarred face. Berrykit even claims that Brightheart should be a medicine cat instead of Leafpool when the she-cat runs off with Crowfeather.

In Sunset, half of Berrykit's tail was torn off as a result of Berrykit accidentally getting it stuck in a fox trap. Leafpool was unable to save Berrykit's tail. This doesn't seem to bother the kit, and has given him a new found respect for Brambleclaw, one of his saviors. Brambleclaw watches Berrykit with a close eye, hoping to become the kit's future mentor. When Firestar makes Brambleclaw his deputy, he announces that when Berrykit is apprenticed, Brambleclaw will be his mentor, hoping to reject any cat saying that Brambleclaw cannot be a deputy since he has never mentored a cat. Because of this, during the deputy naming ceremony, Berrykit's exclamation can be heard from Leafpool's spot on Highledge.

[edit] Mousekit

Mousekit (formerly known as Mouse) is a gray and white tom like his father, Smoky (a kittypet/loner that lives in the horse place). He and his siblings, Berrykit and Hazelkit, were brought by Daisy to ThunderClan when they were very young and Firestar allows them to join ThunderClan for as long as they wish. Originally, his name was Mouse, but Leafpool and Daisy change he and his siblings names when they join ThunderClan. He and his siblings get into a lot of trouble with Brightheart when the three kits raid Cinderpelt's herb supply. Brightheart accidentally treats him roughly. He calls her "that ugly cat" in return. Eventually, he and his siblings warm up to Brightheart and her scarred face.

[edit] Hazelkit

Hazelkit (formerly known as Hazel) is a she-cat with gray and white fur, like her father Smoky. She and her brothers, Berrykit and Mousekit, were brought by Daisy to ThunderClan when they were very young and Firestar allows them to join ThunderClan for as long as they wish. Originally, her name was Hazel, but Leafpool and Daisy change she and her brothers names when they join ThunderClan. She and her brothers get into a lot of trouble with Brightheart when the three kits raid Cinderpelt's herb supply. They soon warm up to Brightheart and her scarred face.

[edit] Brook

Brook Where Small Fish Swim (Brook) is a brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, younger sister to Talon of Swooping Eagle, a prey-hunter, and a member of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Brook is from a younger litter than her brother, and when their mother was killed by Sharptooth, Brook was looked after by Talon.

She befriended Stormfur in Moonrise and later they both fell in love. However, when Brook was forced to betray him, he didn't forgive her until Sharptooth was killed later in the book. In Dawn, Stormfur chose to leave RiverClan and join her Tribe. She appears in the final scene of Twilight with Stormfur in ThunderClan camp at the conclusion of badger battle. The reason they have come is unknown, though they claim it to be that they wanted to see if the Clans were settling in.

In Sunset, Brook and Stormfur stay with ThunderClan for a short time, only to leave for RiverClan. They intend to stay with Stormfur's former Clan and Brook plans to become a warrior. Brambleclaw, on a voyage around the lake appointed by Firestar, sees Brook accidentally chase a squirrel across the border to ShadowClan. Hawkfrost spots Brook and the three cats go back to RiverClan's camp. After a number of RiverClan cats claim that Brook shouldn't be in RiverClan because she can't follow nor does she know the warrior code. Hawkfrost tells Leopardstar that he would have liked for Brook to be run over by a monster that barely missed her.

A moment later, Hawkfrost goads Stormfur into attacking him. Blackclaw and Mistyfoot pull the warriors apart, and Leopardstar reluctantly exiles Stormfur from RiverClan, saying that he has forgotten or just doesn't care for the warrior code anymore. Brook leaves RiverClan with Stormfur, and the two are then taken back to ThunderClan by Brambleclaw. Firestar accepts their return, though he meets some disagreement from a few cats.

• Mentor: Star That Shines On Water (Star), Stormfur (he trains her to live in the forest)
• Apprentices or to-be: Unknown
• Mate: Stormfur (RiverClan/Tribe of Rushing Water)
• Kits: None

[edit] RiverClan

[edit] Mothwing

Mothwing is a golden tabby she-cat with a dappled coat and amber eyes. Mothwing is the RiverClan medicine cat, mentored by Mudfur (he died in Dawn).

She, unlike the other medicine cats, does not believe in StarClan, although this does not stop her from being a skilled healer. It is thought that she only became a medicine cat because a moth's wing appeared outside of the den of her mentor, Mudfur, RiverClan's previous medicine cat. Mudfur took it to be a sign from StarClan. When Leafpool (then Leafpaw) mentions it to her in Starlight (after learning of Mothwing's disbelief in StarClan), Mothwing's eyes widen and says "That was-", but before she could finish, Cinderpelt called Leafpool. In Sunset it is revealed that Hawkfrost caught the moth and put it there for Mothwing, so as to be able to threaten Mothwing into doing what he wants. Hawkfrost didn't tell Mothwing what he did until the next morning, thereby taking control of her and crushing her faith in StarClan. Feathertail tells Leafpool in Twilight that StarClan had hoped Mothwing would believe in them after spending some time as a medicine cat. Unfortunately, the plan she still ignores StarClan's dreams, even at the Moonpool.

Mothwing is a loyal friend to Leafpool and she has helped her on numerous occasions. In Twilight, Leafpool delivers a message from Feathertail to Mothwing. Since Mothwing doesn't believe in StarClan, Feathertail couldn't reach her. Despite the prophecy from Feathertail, Mothwing still refuses to believe in StarClan. She somewhat misses the point of the prophecy (which told of Twolegs bringing great danger to RiverClan), and a number of her Clan was poisoned by toxic waste (possibly oil) from a Twoleg object. The cause of some the poisoning was a trio of kits, led by Minnowkit, who thought it would be fun to run around in the sticky liquid. Leafpool comes to the conclusion that Dawnflower, the kits' mother, got the sickness from the kits, however the rest of the cats picked it up on their own.

As Leafpool and Mothwing take care of the ill cats, Willowkit, Mosspelt's young daughter, helps them and Leafpool claims that Willowkit seems to be the perfect apprentice for Mothwing once she's six moons old.

In Sunset, Hawkfrost blackmails Mothwing into making up a prophecy against Stormfur and Brook by threatening to tell the whole of RiverClan the truth unless she does as he says. She, disappointedly, tells Leopardstar that StarClan sent her a sign saying Brook and Stormfur were unwelcome in RiverClan.

Mothwing said that she did try to believe in StarClan before, but after learning that the moth's wing sign was not from StarClan, she lost faith.

Later, Willowpaw becomes Mothwing's apprentice, and Leafpool is called upon by StarClan to teach the apprentice about StarClan, while Mothwing teaches her how to heal.

• Mentor: Mudfur
• Apprentices: Willowpaw
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] Hawkfrost

Hawkfrost is a dark brown tabby tom with icy blue eyes. He was a RiverClan warrior, son of Tigerstar and Sasha, and brother of Mothwing. Being Tigerstar's son, Hawkfrost is Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt's half brother. He is also half-uncle to Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw, Brambleclaw's kits.

Though born from a rogue mother, he is loyal to his Clan and always fights to protect it. Unlike Brambleclaw, however, Hawkfrost is not ashamed of who his father was, and unlike his sister Mothwing, Hawkfrost faithfully believes in StarClan. He may have lost his loyalty to StarClan under his father's influence.

Hawkfrost speaks with Brambleclaw and Tigerstar occasionally in his dreams. There, Tigerstar encourages his sons to rise to power within their Clans and Hawkfrost seems to agree with his father wholeheartedly.

When Mistyfoot was taken by Twolegs, Hawkfrost was made deputy in her place, but was forced to step down when she returned. He has since challenged her authority in many ways. He orders other cats around, disagrees with Mistyfoot's orders, and makes snide comments to clanmates about how she neglects the Clan (most of which are untrue).

In Starlight, he sided with Mudclaw of WindClan and led a rebellion against Onestar, the WindClan leader,(then Onewhisker) when he still had only one life. When Mudclaw was killed by a falling tree that had been struck by lightning, Hawkfrost (and many others) saw it as a sign from StarClan and apologized for his actions.

In Twilight Hawkfrost seems to be very good hearted, despite Squirrelflight believing that he is untrustworthy. Other than insulting Mistyfoot's job as RiverClan's deputy, practically to her face, and his dreams with Tigerstar where he promises to follow in his father's pawsteps, Hawkfrost is an excellent warrior. He helps with the toxic Twoleg waste incident by building a thorn barrier around the object with Blackclaw's help. He also thanks Leafpool when she reminds him to wash his paws in a stream.

In Sunset, Hawkfrost is shown largely trying to stir up trouble. It is revealed that it was he who placed the moth's wing at Mudfur's den, causing him to take it as a sign from StarClan and take Mothwing as an apprentice. He now threatens to reveal this secret in order to control Mothwing. Hawkfrost uses this control to get his sister to tell all of the Clans about a dream at a Gathering. Made up by Hawkfrost, the dream had the image of a stream with two large pebbles blocking its flow until they were removed. The dream suggests that two cats who are unlike the rest, Stormfur and Brook, should not be welcomed in RiverClan and that they need to be expelled in order for the Clan to function properly.

Hawkfrost is also plotting with his father, Tigerstar, in dreams more so than Brambleclaw, and the two devise a test. After Brambleclaw is made deputy of ThunderClan, Hawkfrost traps Firestar in a fox trap, and orders his half-brother to kill Firestar and take over ThunderClan. Brambleclaw refuses, yanking the trap off of Firestar and plunging the sharp end into Hawkfrost's throat, killing him. Moments before he dies, Hawkfrost hints a ThunderClan warrior helped him and vows that their feud is not yet over.

It may be important to note that Brambleclaw picked up ShadowClan scent on Hawkfrost's fur as he came to meet his half-brother for the last time. Hawkfrost dismisses the smell, saying that he must have picked it up on his way through ShadowClan territory.

• Mentor: Unknown RiverClan cat, Tigerstar (in his dreams)
• Apprentices: None
• Mate: None
• Kits: None

[edit] WindClan

[edit] Mudclaw

Mudclaw played a minimal role in the original series, but became a significant character in Starlight when he leads a revolt against Onestar, believing that he, as the original deputy, should have been leader. During the battle, however, he is killed because a tree falls on him.

[edit] The Tribe of Rushing Water

[edit] Stoneteller

Teller of the Pointed Stones (Stoneteller) is an elderly brown tabby tom with amber eyes, and the leader of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Stoneteller is the Clan equivalent of a medicine cat and leader, and is of the highest rank in his Tribe. He gave the questing cats food and shelter. However, he imprisoned Stormfur because he believed Stormfur was the cat destined to kill Sharptooth. The chosen cat was really Feathertail. When the four Clans make the final journey to the sun-drown place, Stoneteller gives them food and shelter on their way.

[edit] Talon

Talon of Swooping Eagle (Talon) is a huge dark brown tom with amber eyes and a huge scar over his left eye from where an eagle's talon injured him as a kit. He is the older brother of Brook, and he is from an older litter. When their mother was killed by Sharptooth, Talon looked after Brook. Talon is also a former outcast, though currently a cave-guard of the Tribe of Rushing Water.

In Moonrise, the six journeying Clan cats meet Talon in a small cave, along with Rock Where Snow Gathers (Rock) and Bird Who Rides the Wind (Bird). He, Rock, and Bird introduce themselves as the survivors of a group of six cats who were sent by Stoneteller many seasons before, after Stoneteller was given a sign from the Tribe of Endless Hunting. Stoneteller ordered the group to kill Sharptooth, and not to return to the Tribe without Sharptooth's pelt. Since the Tribe cats couldn't kill him, they remained as outcasts in the mountains.

Talon, Rock, and Bird eventually return to the Tribe with Stormfur and the other Clan cats. They are met with great hostility from the Tribe at first as their return is seen as disobedience with the punishment of death. Talon promises that they'll help the Tribe defeat Sharptooth, or be killed if they fail, and Stoneteller lets them stay. After Sharptooth is killed by Feathertail, Talon, Rock, and Bird are able to rejoin the Tribe as cave-guards.

In Dawn, Talon and two other cave-guards, Jagged Rock Where Heron Sits (Jag) and Night of No Stars (Night), come across Squirrelflight (then Squirrelpaw) while she is hunting a falcon. The Tribe cats catch the falcon before Squirrelpaw does and Talon is surprised to see the ginger she-cat again. Soon after, the cave-guards go with Squirrelpaw to the place where the four Clans are sheltering, and they take the Clan cats to the Cave of Rushing Water.

[edit] Crag

Crag Where Eagles Nest (Crag) is a dark gray tom with blue eyes, and is a current cave-guard of the Tribe of Rushing Water.

In Moonrise, Crag seems to be a very proud cat. He treats Brook like a kit, usually giving her annoyed looks. Crag warms up to the group of traveling Clan cats, and in Dawn, he gives Squirrelflight (then Squirrelpaw) and her friends a friendly welcome.

[edit] Others

[edit] Purdy

Purdy is a tabby tom loner and former kittypet who lives in the Twolegplace near the sea. He lead the questing cats through the Twolegplace getting them lost numerous times. Despite that, the chosen cats (with the exception of Crowfeather) consider him a loyal friend. Purdy is also a friend of Midight the badger. In Midnight, he declines going over the mountains that led to the Tribe of Rushing Water.

[edit] Sasha

Sasha is a golden tabby she-cat and also Tigerstar's second mate. She is currently a loner. Her kits, Hawkfrost and Mothwing, are cats of RiverClan. She gave them up to the Clan when they were born. Sasha was one of the cats taken by the Twolegs in Dawn, including Cody, Leafpaw, and Mistyfoot. She is quite snappish and also does not seem to believe in StarClan. When the four Clans prepare to leave the forest, Sasha offers to take Mothwing and Hawkfrost away to live with her. They refused to do so, since Mothwing was now RiverClan's only medicine cat, and Hawkfrost was more loyal to his Clan, and later on, Tigerstar.

• Mate: Tigerstar (ThunderClan/ShadowClan)
• Kits: Hawkfrost, Mothwing

[edit] Cody

Cody is a tabby she-cat with blue eyes, and a kittypet that was captured by the Twolegs when she lost her collar in Dawn. She becomes friends with Leafpaw when they were trapped in their cages. On an interesting note, Cody tells Leafpool (then Leafpaw) of how her friend, Smudge, told her of a bright orange cat called Rusty who went into the forest to join the woodland cats. Leafpool tells her of how her father wasn't always a Clan cat, and Cody comes to the conclusion that Firestar must have been Smudge's old friend. Interestingly, Cody not only apparently lives near Smudge, but also matches the description of Firestar's former twolegs' new kittypet, appearing briefly in The Darkest Hour.

When the ThunderClan cats come to the rescue, Cody escapes the Twolegs and spends some time with ThunderClan. She stays in the nursery, helping Ferncloud cope with the death of her litter by telling Ferncloud of how she once had a litter. At first, Leafpaw and Ferncloud are shocked, thinking that the litter had died, but Cody quickly explains that her Twolegs gave the kits good homes, although Cody still missed them just as much. Cody also helps Ferncloud by taking care of Birchkit.

Cody returns to her Twolegs (though she was offered a spot in the Clan by Leafpaw) when the Clans decide to journey to their new home. Before she leaves, Cody admits to Leafpaw that she did enjoy the freedom she felt with ThunderClan. However, she also prefers knowing where she'll be sleeping each night and that there will be food for her if she gets hungry, as opposed to having to fight for shelter and fresh-kill like the Clan cats. She also tells Leafpaw that she'll keep an eye out for Graystripe, who was captured by the Twolegs during the cats' escape from the cages, and that she'll tell him where ThunderClan has gone.

[edit] Smoky

Smoky is a gray and white tomcat and the father of Daisy's three kits, Mousekit, Hazelkit, and Berrykit. He is a loner who lives at the horseplace and he is first introduced in Starlight, along with a pregnant Daisy. Smoky is very hostile toward the ThunderClan and WindClan cats when they pass by the horseplace while traveling to the Gathering. Smoky and Mudclaw almost fight, but they are stopped by a WindClan queen, Whitetail, who says that "He was only defending his nursery." At that time, the third horseplace cat, Floss, had recently given birth to kits.

Despite his hostility in Starlight, during Sunset, Smoky is very kind to Brambleclaw and Cloudtail when they come to retrieve Daisy and her three kits. Although Smoky had said he had missed Daisy and their kits, he admits that the kits wouldn't have settled to living in the barn. He goes on to say that Daisy can always come back when the kits are fully grown. Cloudtail then says that Smoky could come to the forest with Daisy, but Smoky declines the offer.

• Mate: Daisy (ThunderClan)
• Kits: Hazelkit, Berrykit, Mousekit (Daisy's kits), Floss's unnamed kits

[edit] Midnight

Midnight is a badger who lives near the sea. Unlike most badgers, she believes in StarClan and is friendly to cats. When the questing cats arrived at the sun-drown-place, she told them about the Twolegs' desruction of their homeland and gives Tawnypelt burdock root for her rat bite. Later in Twilight, she tries to warn the Clans about the badger attack. She came a little too late, although she saved the Clan from being wiped out by bringing WindClan to help. Most cats consider her a friend. It is a known fact that other badgers call her "cat friend" or other harsher insults. The cats of ThunderClan beg her to stay in the forest, but she goes back to the sun-drown place, hinting the cats would run into her again.

[edit] Sharptooth

Sharptooth is a lion-cat (possibly a mountain lion or a bobcat) that terrorized the Tribe of Rushing Water. A prophecy was given to the Tribe, saying that a cat with silver fur will stop Sharptooth. It was first thought that this cat was Stormfur, but it turned out to be Feathertail. The she-cat sent a large, sharply pointed rock (a stalactite) crashing down and impaling the monster cat, killing him and herself.

[edit] The Power of Three

[edit] Hollypaw

Not much is known about Hollypaw other than the fact that Hollypaw is Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw's kit, Firestar, Sandstorm, Tigerstar, and Goldenflower's grandkit, and the sibling of Jaypaw and Lionpaw. The three kits have a prophecy that revolves around them, probably mentioning their strange powers. These three kits may have these powers because the blood of both Firestar and Tigerstar runs through them, giving them "more power for good or evil than any cat that has ever walked the forest before." Hollypaw may be named after the Hollykit, Ferncloud and Dustpelt's kit, that died in Dawn.

In The Sight, Hollykit decides to become a medicine cat, but wonders if she has chosen the wrong path. You can see Hollypaw and her brothers at the cover of The Sight.

[edit] Jaypaw

Not much is known about Jaypaw other than the fact that Jaypaw is Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw's kit, Firestar, Sandstorm, Tigerstar, Goldenflower's grandkit, and the sibling of Hollypaw and Lionpaw. It is also known that he is blind, and that the dilemma over whether or not he will ever be a true warrior makes him an important an easy catch for Tigerstar. The three kits have a prophecy that revolves around them, probably mentioning their strange powers. These three kits may have these powers because the blood of both Firestar and Tigerstar runs through them, giving them "more power for good or evil than any cat that has ever walked the forest before." You can see Jaypaw and his brother and sister at the cover of The Sight.

[edit] Lionpaw

Not much is known about Lionpaw other than the fact that Lionpaw is Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw's kit, Firestar, Sandstorm, Tigerstar, Goldenflower's grandkit, and the sibling of Jaypaw and Hollypaw. The three kits have a prophecy that revolves around them, probably mentioning their strange powers. These three kits may have these powers because the blood of both Firestar and Tigerstar runs through them, giving them "more power for good or evil than any cat that has ever walked the forest before." Lionpaw may be named for the former ThunderClan deputy Lionheart, who died in a battle with ShadowClan in Into the Wild. See references to Lionheart. Knowing what Lionheart looked like, it can be assumed that Lionpaw is the flame-colored cat on the cover of The Sight. You can see Lionpaw and his brother and sister at the cover of The Sight.

[edit] See also

• Warriors
• Clan (Warriors)

[edit] References

• Into the Wild
• Fire and Ice
• Forest of Secrets
• Rising Storm
• A Dangerous Path
• The Darkest Hour
• Midnight
• Moonrise
• Dawn
• Starlight
• Twilight
• Sunset
• The Sight
• The Lost Warrior