Original Warriors

Into the Wild

Into the Wild is the first title in the Warriors series. It sets off the entire series with the introduction of Rusty, a housecat ("kittypet" by the Clan Cats). Rusty wanders off beyond the boundaries of his house and is found by Graypaw, a forest cat from ThunderClan. Upon narrowly escaping a fight with the new cat, rusty is then found by Graypaw's elders. Two cats named Lionheart and Bluestar, the leader of ThunderClan, who extends an offer to Rusty to join ThunderClan. Rusty takes up this offer and becomes an apprentice named Firepaw. He is one of five apprentices, the other four being Graypaw, Sandpaw, Dustpaw, and Ravenpaw. Graypaw and Ravenpaw immediately befriend him, but Sandpaw and Dustpaw are prejudiced to his "kittypet" orgins. Firepaw is slowly initiated into the Clan, fighting to prove himself. After learning the ways of the forest, he and Graypaw are made warriors in the same ceremony. Firepaw recieves his warrior name of Fireheart and Graypaw the name of Graystripe.

Earlier in this novel, the former ThunderClan deputy named Redtail had been killed in a battle with a rival Clan of RiverClan. This begins one of the major story arcs of the first six novels: Tigerclaw's plot to take over ThunderClan and later the whole forest. Book Cover

Fire and Ice

Deep in the heart of the forest, four Clans of warrior cats coexist in uneasy harmony -- but uncertain times are upon them, and dangers threaten the precarious balance of the forest. Fireheart is a ThunderClan warrior cat now, but his troubles are far from over. As the chill of winter sets in, the cats of rival ShadowClan grow restless, while WindClan is weak and facing threats from all sides. As tensions build to an explosive climax, Fireheart faces not only imminent battle, but betrayal from within his own Clan. Book cover

Forest of Secrets

Allegiances are shifting among the Clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, former friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want. Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of brave ThunderClan warrior Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that some believe would be better left hidden. Book Cover

Rising Storm

Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan -- but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike. That's not the only problem facing the young ThunderClan deputy in these blazing summer months, as he struggles to handle ominous omens, a disrespectful apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self. Meanwhile the forest gets hotter and hotter . . . and everyone braces for the coming storm. . . Book Cover

A Dangerous Path

ShadowClan has a dark new leader, Tigerstar, the exiled Tigerclaw from ThunderClan. Will he be satisfied with his power now -- or does his desire for revenge burn stronger yet? Fireheart, the new deputy, fears that there is a connection between the rise of Tigerstar and the terrible dreams of danger that haunt his nights. Meanwhile, a mysterious threat has invaded the forest, placing every cat's life in peril. A pack of guard dogs from the nearby housing developments has managed to escape. Guided by Tigerstar, and led by a blood-thirsty mutt, the pack ruthlessly attacks ThunderClan.

Fireheart's beloved leader has turned her back on their warrior ancestors, declaring them unfit to watch her Clan and protesting that they have abandoned her. Has StarClan truly abandoned them forever? In a suspenseful ending, Fireheart is thrown the greatest chance in his life. Bluestar dies in a cruel twist of fate wherein her faith in StarClan is returned and she sacrifices herself for the good of the Clan. Now the next leader can only be Fireheart. Book Bover

The Darkest Hour

ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar's quest for power plunges the forest into terrible danger. In order to save his friends, Firestar must uncover the meaning of an ominous proclamation from StarClan:

"Four will become two. Lion and tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest."

Time is running out for the forest cats and all must bond together to form the LionClan and TigerClan in the phropecy. Firestar must bond WindClan, TunderClan, and the remains of RiverClan to fight the forgotten Clan, a group who call themselves BloodClan (but in reality are the twisted rogues led by Scourge) and ShadowClan. In this book, Tigerstar dies. Book Cover

Warriors: The New Prophecy

Midnight

Midnight is the first novel in Warriors: The New Prophecy, the second series of novels. It opens with StarClan choosing four cats to go on a journey; later in the series, it is revealed that Twolegs (humans) plan to destroy the forest, presumably for construction purposes. A prophecy that states, Darkness, air, water and sky will come together and shake the forest to its roots. This is the prophecy that this novel and the next two revolve around.

New cats of all Clans, particularly of ThunderClan, are introduced. Bramblepaw, Tigerstar's son, has become Brambleclaw. Firestar has had two kits, Squirrelpaw (later Squirrelflight) and Leafpaw (later Leafpool). Squirrelpaw is apprenticed to Dustpelt, and Leafpaw is apprenticed to Cinderpelt in preparation to become the next medicine cat. It is revealed that Brambleclaw is the chosen cat from ThunderClan, Feathertail (Graystripe's daughter) is the cat from RiverClan, Crowpaw (later Crowfeather) is the cat from WindClan, and Tawnypelt (formerly Tawnypaw, Brambleclaw's sister) is the cat from ShadowClan. Eventually, they begin their journey to the sea (which they call sun-drown-place, because of the way the sun sinks on the sea). They are joined by Squirrelpaw, who insists on coming with them, and Stormfur, Feathertail's brother, who comes to protect Feathertail. Eventually, they reach the sea and enter a cavern inahbitated by a highly intelligent badger known as Midnight, who reveals to them that the humans will destroy the forest. The book ends with a short epilouge back in the forest, where the humans begin to destroy the forest.

Moonrise

Several moons have passed since six cats set out from the forest on an urgent journey to save all their Clans. Now these six are travelling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tribe of wild cats who seem to have their own set of warrior ancestors... and their own mysterious prophecy to fufill. Stormfur can't understand their strange fascination with him, but he knows the danger they face is real. Meanwhile, back in the forest, Firestar's daughter Leafpaw watches ThunderClan's world crumble around her, as the human's terrible machines destroy more and more of their home. Will the questing cats make it back in time to save the Clans, or will they be too late?

Dawn

Something terrifying is happening in the world of the Clans. Amid the destruction of the forest, cats are disappearing, including ThunderClan's beloved medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Now the young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move to a new home, or risk extermination.

But it is not easy to convince the cats to leave. What they need is a sign from StarClan . . . but what they need most of all is a plan to save their missing warriors, or risk leaving them behind forever.

Starlight

The Clans have finally found their new home, following the prophecies of their warrior ancestors. The journey was difficult enough, but now they must struggle to establish territories and learn the hidden dangers of this unfamiliar world. Most importantly, Leafpaw knows they must find a replacement for the Moonstone--a place to communicate with StarClan. Otherwise there will be no way to choose new leaders, no way to share medicine cat secrets, and no way to know whether the Clans are on the right path.

The future seems uncertain, and more than one cat is harboring sinister plans that could lead to violence and darkness. As all the warriors wait for a sign, some of them begin to realize that the threats they face from the forest may not be as perilous as the threats they face from within.

Twilight

New territory brings new troubles of the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, who are still uncovering the secrets of their new home around the lake. Dangers they have never faced before lurk in the twilight shadows, and former allies are acting strangely hostile. As divisions between the Clans grow deeper, Leafpool and Squirrelflight face troubling decisions.

One is torn between loyalty to her calling and a forbidden love, while the other struggles with her best friend's betrayal and the surprising perils of the forest. Meanwhile, an unexpected enemy is preparing to attack... And for one beloved cat, the end is coming all too soon...

Sunset

ThunderClan is slowly recovering from the devastating badger attack, but Leafpool's prophetic dreams are more ominous than before. Is even greater danger in store for the warrior cats? Meanwhile, shadows of the past haunt the forest as an old enemy finds a new way to resurface in a quest for dark revenge. A sinister path is unfolding, and soon certain warriors will have to make choices that will determine their destiny. . . and the destiny of their Clans.

Revealed by the authors in a recent chat, the mentors of Rainwhisker and Sootfur, who were said to be made known in this book, were Cloudtail, and Longtail and Thornclaw, respectively. ^[2]

Fans speculate that Stormfur and Brook will have kits, along with Whitepaw receiving her warrior name. Among others, possible warrior names for her are thought to be Whitefrost, Whiteflower, or Whitenose, although none are officially confirmed. It is also been confirmed in a Harper Collins AuthorTracker e-mail that Graystripe will return in this last installment of The New Prophecy. This was hinted by Vicky in the Wands and Worlds chat on August 21, 2006. ^[2]

Sunset will be released on December 26, 2006. ^[3]

Upcoming books

Warriors: The Power of Three

"Three will come, kin of your kin, with more power for good or evil than any cat that has walked the forest before."

Firestar receives this prophecy in a shadowy cave from an ancient cat that is not from any Clan he knows...

It is suspected by fans that the kits are Squirrelflight's, Leafpool's, and maybe Cloudtail and Brightheart's or, when she is a warrior, Whitepaw's. The working title of the first book is The Sight.^[4]

In an online discussion with Erin Hunter, it was said that Longtail plays a major role in Book One, and that there will be a she-cat main character.^[2]

Although it is only the working title, The Sight could be a disputable title due to the novel of the same name previously written by David Clement-Davies, which tells the tale of a pack of wolves; the main characters being Larka, Fell, and Kar.

Firestar's Quest

What happened after the battle with BloodClan, and before StarClan sent the prophecy about the destruction of the forest? With the death of Tigerstar and Scourge, peace seems to have returned, and Firestar can get on with being a good leader to his Clan. But he is troubled by visits from a warrior ancestor he has never seen before. Who is this cat? What does he want with Firestar? And if what he says is true, then StarClan have lied to Firestar, and the warrior code is worth nothing...

The kittypet turned leader, the fire who saved his Clan, must leave the forest and go on a long, dangerous journey to find out the truth - and restore his faith in StarClan.

Firestar's Quest will be released in Fall 2007.

Warriors: Secrets of the Clans

This book has been confirmed by both an AuthorTracker e-mail and a recent chat with Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Vicky Holmes. Aside from medicinal herbs, ceremonies, and events, the book will also feature large fold-out maps and black and white drawing of cats, based on their descriptions from the books.^[2]

Excerpt of the AuthorTracker e-mail from Harper Collins confirming the book:

I'm putting together a guide to all things Clan and feline that have featured in the books so far. Look out for Warriors: Secrets of the Clans, which comes out next year. It is been great fun to go back and revisit my favorite scenes and characters, and investigate some more unusual viewpoints. Ever wonder what StarClan thought about Bluestar's decision to give up her kits? Or how Fernpaw and Ashpaw really felt about leading the vicious pack of dogs away from their Clanmates? All will be revealed, I promise! -Erin Hunter

Excerpt from the chat in which Vicky answered:

It's going to be a kind of field guide to the entire world of the Clans, with information about all the things that have featured in the books so far, like medicinal herbs and ceremonies. But in addition it will have some pieces of history that haven't been mentioned, like how the Clans first came to be in the forest, and how StarClan feel about major events like Bluestar giving up her kits so she could be ThunderClan's deputy. I'm afraid there won't be any family trees because, er, we didn't pay enough attention to this sort of thing in the first books so we can't make sense of all the connections...

Vicky also revealed the illustrations:

Yes, it will, based on the descriptions from the books. They'll be in black and white, I think. And it will have a couple of tremendous fold-out maps - I've been working on sketch versions all week as a guide for the illustrator and it has caused a lot of laughs among my friends because I'm hopeless at art! I drew some sheep and horses in a couple of fields and then had to label them because they both looked like lumpy dogs.

Warriors Manga

Editor Vicky Holmes has announced that a three volume manga series is coming as well, and that it will explain what happened to Graystripe between the time that he is taken by Twolegs in Dawn up until when he returns to ThunderClan. The title of the first volume is The Lost Warrior.^[2]

In the chat that revealed this, Vicky said:

...There are going to be three manga novels coming out featuring Graystripe's adventures from the moment he is taken from the forest to...the moment he returns to ThunderClan! Yay! I've seen the script and some sample illustrations for the first book and it looks terrific. I had a lot of fun coming up with the storylines because Graystripe has always been a fascinating character for me. In the first books he was in danger of becoming Firepaw's stooge, the butt of jokes and maybe not the brightest cat, but he showed a much more complex side to his character when he fell in love with Silverstream and then took his motherless kits to join RiverClan...

According to Amazon.com, the manga will be published by the distributor Tokyopop.^[5]

Warriors movie

The rumor that a Warriors movie, dubbed Warriors of the Forest, would be released in summer 2007, was no more than a mere rumor. In the second chat with Erin Hunter, Vicky Holmes confirmed that there will be no Warriors movie yet, although that does not mean that there never will be.^[2]

As her answer to the main question of a movie possibility, Vicky replied:

Okay, this is a really important issue to clear up. I'm sorry to say that there are NO plans for a Warriors movie, even though we have had lots and lots of discussions with major film companies about this. This isn't to say that there will NEVER be a Warriors movie, but please don't get your hopes up! The reason for this is that the animated movies around at the moment tend to be larger-than-life, laugh-out-loud family films that adults can laugh at as well as kids - think Shrek or Cars. A Warriors movie would be much more serious, dealing with big issues like death and loyalty, which doesn't translate well to conventional animation just now. It might fit with a manga-style approach, but there isn't a mainstream market for this in the filmworld just yet. So we'll have to keep our fingers crossed...

Original Sextet

Main Characters
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.

He was invited by Bluestar to join ThunderClan while he was a kittypet known as Rusty. Bluestar gave him his apprentice name, Firepaw, and he began to train to become a warrior. The majority of ThunderClan scorned him at first for his kittypet blood, but the insults eventually died away. At the end of Into the Wild, Firepaw received his warrior name, Fireheart.

Fireheart stopped Tigerclaw from killing Bluestar and also exposed him for what he was. To Fireheart's and the Clan's astonishment, Bluestar made Fireheart deputy, instead of a more senior warrior.

Firestar succeeded Bluestar as leader of ThunderClan at the end of A Dangerous Path.

In The New Prophecy, Firestar is the mate of Sandstorm and the father of Squirrelflight and Leafpool. He also has a kittypet sister named Princess and a nephew named Cloudtail.

 

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

Graystripe is Firestar's best friend in ThunderClan and he is partially the reason Firestar, as a kittypet, got accepted into the Clan. The two met when Graystripe (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 began a forbidden love with a RiverClan she-cat named Silverstream, the daughter of the RiverClan leader Crookedstar, after she saved him from drowning in the river. Graystripe had two kits with Silverstream, Featherkit and Stormkit. Silverstream died while giving birth to the kits.

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

He disappeared in Dawn, the third book of the New Prophecy, after being captured by Twolegs. He has yet to appear in any books (as of Twilight).

 

Sandstorm (formerly known as Sandpaw) is a pale ginger she-cat with green eyes, and a ThunderClan warrior. At first as an apprentice, Sandstorm (then Sandpaw) was unfriendly to Firestar (then Firepaw). Along with Dustpelt (then Dustpaw), she often mocked his kittypet origins. Sandstorm gradually warms up to Fireheart, and she develops feelings for him, eventually becoming his mate.

In The New Prophecy, Sandstorm is Firestar's mate and the mother of Squirrelflight and Leafpool.

 

Bluestar (formerly known as Bluefur) is a blue-gray she-cat with piercing blue eyes and silver around her muzzle. She was the ThunderClan leader, and the one who had accepted Firestar (then Rusty) into the Clan.

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 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 violent reckless tom named Thistleclaw.

In A Dangerous Path, Bluestar lost her last life after saving ThunderClan from the dog pack set loose by Tigerstar. 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.

 

Tigerstar (formerly known as Tigerclaw) is a large dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes and the antagonist of the first series. 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. Luckily Firepaw and Graystripe (then Graypaw) smuggled Ravenpaw out of ThunderClan before he could.

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.

At the end of Rising Storm, Tigerstar became 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 in a nearby Twolegplace. He planned this because he wanted to take over the entire forest and his alliance with BloodClan was only temporary. When Scourge heard about that, he killed Tigerstar by destroying all of his nine lives at once.

Tigerstar's kits are Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt, born in Forest of secrets, by the ThunderClan queen Goldenflower, and Hawkfrost and Mothwing by a rouge 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.

Secondary Characters
ThunderClan
Spottedleaf is a dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes, white paws, 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. Spottedleaf was known to have a "sweet scent." She also gives Fireheart his eighth life during his leader ceremony at the Moonstone during 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, namely 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. 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.

 

Yellowfang is a dark gray she-cat with a flattened face and orange 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 kits died, except Brokenstar who killed his own father to become Clan leader. He then accused Yellowfang of killing 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 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.

 

Cinderpelt (formerly known as Cinderkit and Cinderpaw) is a dark gray she-cat with bright 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 monster 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 at the end of "Forest of Secrets".

Cinderpelt became the official medicine cat of ThunderClan when Yellowfang died in Rising Storm, and 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 by a badger in Twilight's climax, defending a kitting Sorreltail in the nursery.

 

Darkstripe is a sleek black-and-gray tabby tom, and was one of Tigerstar's followers. He mentored Dustpelt (then Dustpaw; Dustpelt's previous mentor, Redtail, had died) and Ferncloud (then Fernpaw)and possibly Longtail because when he is given Dustpelt (then Dustpaw) Bluestar does not say the normal words for a warrior's first apperentice.

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 dies in the last battle with LionClan and TigerClan.

 

Dustpelt (formerly 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, so Dustpelt had officially renounced him after finding out that Tigerstar had been his mentor's murderer.

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.

 

Cloudtail (formerly known as Cloudkit and Cloudpaw) is a long-haired white tom with blue eyes. He is Fireheart's nephew; his mother is Fireheart's sister, Princess, who gave the tiny kit to 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. Althought it is unknown how he still can't in belive StarClan when he whitnessed Scouge kill Firestar when he is still alive.

Cloudpaw, as an apprentice, 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 stayed 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 did'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.

Whitestorm is a white tom with amber eyes (some readers say after Lionheart died in a way Whitestorm took his place by being a good friend to Fireheart as Lionheart was). He was a senior warrior, close friend to Bluestar, and Firestar's first deputy when he became leader of ThunderClan. 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, although some suspect he had hidden feelings for Bluestar, and she for him. 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.

 

Brightheart (formerly Brightpaw and Lostface) is white she-cat with a ginger tail and ginger patches along her spine. She is a warrior of ThunderClan, and the daughter of Frostfur and sister to Cinderpelt, Brackenfur, and Thornclaw. As an apprentice (then know 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. 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 jealous. She begins to help Cinderpelt with medicine cat duties, much to Leafpool's annoyance. When Daisy comes to ThunderClan her first reaction is shock do to Brightheart's scars and Brightheart, embarrased, walks away and leaves Cloudtail to accompany Daisy, much to her anger. 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.

 

Longtail is a pale tabby tom with black stripes and blue eyes, and was a ThunderClan warrior. 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 attacked him. Rusty defended himself 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. Later, Longtail accepts Firestar. Eventually, he warms up to Rusty, and accepts him in their clan.

Longtail becomes blind sometime while mentoring Sootfur (as he had Thornclaw as his second mentor), and retired to the elders' den early. When the 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.

ShadowClan
Brokenstar 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 when they weren't ready. He also kicked out Yellowfang after framing the murder of kits on her, and tried to force the other Clans into giving ShadowClan hunting rights.

ThunderClan and ShadowClan warriors overthrew him and sent him into exile in Into the Wild. In Fire and Ice, he fought ThunderClan with a band of rogues. After being blinded by Yellowfang and having nearly all of his lives killed, he is taken as a prisoner by ThunderClan and renamed Brokentail by Bluestar.. ThunderClan gave him mercy and took him in causing political problems for them. In Forest of Secrets, he and Tigerstar betrayed ThunderClan, and brought in rogues to try and defeat Thunderclan, and kill the leader, Bluestar. Later, Yellowfang takes Brokentail's last life by feeding him deathberries.

 

Littlecloud is a very small 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.

In Rising Storm, he and 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 tham. Whitethroat later dies crossing the Thunderpath, yet Littlecloud survives and becomes ShadowClan's medicine cat apprentice. He has great respect for Cinderpelt and remains a close friend to her.

 

RiverClan
Leopardstar (formerly known as Leopardfur) is a golden tabby she-cat, and the RiverClan leader. Unlike her predecessor, Crookedstar, she doesn't like to cooperate with the other Clans and she has little respect for Firestar. She also was a supporter of Tigerstar and her Clan joined his to make TigerClan. She is very stubborn and because of that was the last leader to agree to leave the forest.

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 for being half-RiverClan and half-ThunderClan.

Silverstream is a silver tabby she-cat with green eyes, and she was the daughter of Crookedstar, a RiverClan leader. 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. In The Darkest Hour, she gave Fireheart his third life. Her best friend was Mistyfoot, who had also been her mentor.

 

Mistyfoot is a blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes, Stonefur's sister, and Bluestar's 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's and Tigerstar's secrets.

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 TigerClan, Mistyfoot, Featherpaw, and Stormpaw went back to RiverClan (Mistyfoot had been chosen to be deputy). Although it is unkown how the three still respect RiverClan cats as they had watched Stonefur's murder and left the then apprentices to the same fate.

In Dawn, she was kidnapped by the Twolegs after chasing Gorsetail (Gorsetail is Kate's tribue to the Late Gorsepaw) 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 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 underminds Mistfoot 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.

Stonefur is a blue-gray tomcat. He was a warrior of RiverClan, although his mother was Bluestar, the leader of ThunderClan, while his father was Oakheart, RiverClan's deputy. Stonefur was also Mistyfoot's brother and was a brave and loyal cat.

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 he is defeated, and Blackfoot takes his place in finishing off Stonefur.

WindClan
Tallstar is a black and white tom with a 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 Brokenstar in Forest of Secrets, and WindClan attempted to kill Brokentail.

By A Dangerous Path, WindClan had renewed its friendship with ThunderClan. In The Darkest Hour, WindClan and ThunderClan joined to make LionClan, in order to fight Tigerstar, and later, RiverClan and ShadowClan join the allegiance to defeat Scrouge 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.

Onestar (formerly known as Onewhisker) is a good friend of Firestar. He helps Tallstar make the journey to the new lands and is astonished when he is made deputy just before Tallstar passes on. 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 and WindClan become very withdrawn from the other Clans because Onestar feels that they have relied too much on ThunderClan for help, and that ThunderClan think that his Clan is helpless ever since they were driven out by Brokenstar. But these feelings do not stop Onestar and his warriors from coming to ThunderClan's aid when their camp is overrun with badgers, and from his warriors trying to help find not only Crowfeather, but also Leafpool. Onestar later tells Firestar that the Clans can still help each other.

Mudclaw is a mottled dark brown tom and a WindClan warrior. In the first series, he becomes WindClan's deputy, after Deadfoot.

In Starlight, Mudclaw wanted revenge on Onewhisker for taking his position as deputy, and then Clan leader after Tallstar's death. In betrayal of his Clan, he plots to kill Onestar (then Onewhisker) before the new leader has his chance to go to the Moonpool and receive his nine lives and name. Mudclaw gains support from a number of WindClan warriors, and also Hawkfrost.

In the climax of Starlight, Mudclaw revealed to Brambleclaw that he had promised Hawkfrost the position of WindClan deputy, and later, help in taking over RiverClan in return for aiding Mudclaw. Hawkfrost, who had said that Mudclaw persuaded him to join the rebellion in return for leaving RiverClan in peace, claimed that Mudclaw was lying.

Soon after, as Mudclaw fled from Hawkfrost, a bolt lighting struck a tree on the island, where Mudclaw had gone. The tree fell and crushed Mudclaw, as he had been too late to get out of the way. The rest of the cats took this as a sign of StarClan, showing that Onewhisker was WindClan's leader.

 

Others
Ravenpaw is a black tom with a tip of white at the end of his 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.

After Tigerclaw had manipulated cats in the Clan to think Ravenpaw was a traitor, Firepaw and Graypaw take 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.

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, and sheltering the Clans in Dawn.

Barley is a black and white tom, and a loner who lives in a Twoleg barn close to Highstones. He is a friend to the Clans, escpecially 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 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.

Princess is a tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws. She is Firestar's kittypet sister. 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) often journey back to Twolegplace to speak with Princess, telling her about Clan life and warning her about dangers, such as BloodClan.

Scourge was a small black tom with one white paw, and the leader of BloodClan, the so-called Clan that lives 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 cat and dog fangs and claws. Although a leader, Scourge does not believe in StarClan.

In The Darkest Hour, 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 rips out his throat and takes all nine of his lives at once. Scourge 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, who kills him when he realizes that Scourge has only one life. With the death of their leader, BloodClan falls apart and retreats.

 

The New Prophecy characters

Main characters
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 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 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. Near the end of Twilight, he grows closer to Squirrelflight again.

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 Hawkfrost, and Mothwing. 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. She was chosen by Nightstar of StarClan to be the ShadowClan cat to journey to speak with Midnight.

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.

 

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 a RiverClan warrior. 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. 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. His father was gone, his sister and mother were dead, and the closest cat that wasn't his kin (Stonefur, his mentor) was dead.

At the very end of Twilight, Stormfur and Brook appear at the ThunderClan camp, for a reason unknown, but some guess that they will tell them information about Graystripe. Squirrelflight notices the pair. He and Brook stare at the devastated Clan, and Stormfur asks, "This isn't what I expected to find. What happened?"

 

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. 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. 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 fall. At the end of Dawn, she watched Crowpaw receive his choosing of the warrior name Crowfeather.

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 poisonous her Clan, killing an elder, Ivytail, and a very young kit.

 

Crowfeather (formerly known as Crowpaw) is a smokey gray, almost black tom with blue eyes. He is a WindClan warrior, and the son of Ashfoot, a WindClan she-cat who becomes deputy in Starlight. He 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 (a bit like Yellowfang). 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 Tibe of Rushing Water's camp, a mountain cave.

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. 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.

 

Squirrelflight (formerly known as Squirrelpaw) is a dark orange, flame-colored she-cat with green eyes. 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 him 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.

 

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 name in Starlight.

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.

Also in Starlight, she found the Moonpool, the now-equivalent of the Moonstone in the new territory. She maintains a close relationship with Spottedleaf, a deceased medicine cat of ThunderClan who died before Firestar got his warrior name, 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 other cat.

In Twilight, Leafpool is distracted by her love for Crowfeather (going to give Firestar a nettle seed instead of poppy, 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.

Secondary Characters

ThunderClan
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 is 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, as Cinderpelt was Brackenfurs' sister and Sootfur, a tom who died because of two broken hind legs, was Sorreltails' brother.

 

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, Ferncloud's mother, and was an apprentice and 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.

RiverClan
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), the daughter of Tigerstar and Sasha (a rogue), and the sister of Hawkfrost. Her half siblings are Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt.

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. It is possible that Mothwing took the moth's wing and put it outside of Mudfur's den herself. It is also possible that Hawkfrost could have caught the moth and put it there for Mothwing. The edvince is unknown. 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 backfired and 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 get poisoned by toxic waste (possibly oil) from a Twoleg object. The cause of some the poisoning was a trio of kits who thought it would be fun to run around in the sticky liquid. Leafpool comes to the conclusion that 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.

 

Hawkfrost is a dark brown tabby tom with icy blue eyes. He is a RiverClan warrior, son of Tigerstar and Sasha, and brother of Mothwing.

Though born from a rogue mother, he is loyal to his Clan and always fights to protect it. Being Tigerstar's son, Hawkfrost is Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt's half brother. Unlike Brambleclaw, however, Hawkfrost is not ashamed of who his father was, and unlike his sister Mothwing, Hawkfrost faithfully believes in StarClan.

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.

In Starlight, he sided with Mudclaw of WindClan and led a rebellion against Onestar, the WindClan leader, when he still had only one life. When Mudclaw was killed by a falling tree that had been struck by lightning, Hawkfrost 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.

 

 

The Tribe of Rushing Water
Teller of the Pointed Stones (Stoneteller) is the leader of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Stoneteller is the Clan equivalent to 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.

 

Brook Where Small Fish Swim (Brook) is a brown tabby she-cat, a prey-hunter, and a member of the Tribe of Rushing Water. 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. It is speculated that they have information of the missing Graystripe's whereabouts.

Others
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.

 

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.

 

Cody is a tabby she-cat and kittypet that was picked up by the Twolegs when she lost her collar in Dawn. She becames friends with Leafpaw when they were trapped in their cages. On an interesting note, Cody tells Leafpool 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.

When the ThunderClan cats come to the rescue, she escapes and spends some time with ThunderClan. She stays in the nursery, helping Ferncloud cope with the death of her litter and 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.

 

Daisy is a creamy-brown-colored she-cat, and a kittypet/loner who lives in a barn at the horseplace located in the Clans' new home. In Twilight, she and her kits run away from the barn when another she-cat'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 though she is not much of a fighter. Her kits are Hazelkit, Mousekit, and Berrykit (the kits are renamed after Daisy joins ThunderClan).

 

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 name was Berry, 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 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.

 

Mousekit (formerly known as Mouse) is a gray and white tom like his father, Smoky. 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 herbal 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.

 

Hazelkit (formerly known as Hazel) is 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 herbal supply. Eventually, she and her siblings warm up to Brightheart and her scarred face.

 

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. Later in Twilight, she warns the Clans about the badger attack.

 

Sharptooth is a lion-cat (possibly a mountain lion) 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.

 

 

So you want to make a warriors roleplay, eh?
Well you must first ask yourself, what is roleplay (or rp)? If you have never roleplayed before, then you will probably assume it is boring and a complete waste of time. Afterall, it's only acting... isn't it?

Actually, yes, it is only acting. And if you were expecting something more, you must of been mistaken. There are many types of roleplay out there... family rp, mythical rp, Harry Potter rp... but you see, they all have stories behind them. You can change the story line a bit, add in new characters, take out characters... anything! And the best part... you get to pretend to be the characters! Yes, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, Sandstar, you're a lunatic. Well that may be true, but I haven't quite finished with my explanation.
So while you're thinking up wonderful plots and characters, other people are as well. And when you finally manage to act something, other people add on to the story.

Next, you have to remember your basic story-writing rules:
"If a dialogue does not end the sentence, you should put a comma at the end of your dialogue," Just like this.
"If your dialogue does end your sentence, it should look like this."
It is also good to change lines when different characters are talking. Otherwise, it will become a mess like this:
"Hi," said Bob, as he was walking down the street. "Hi," replied his friend. "Wanna come over to my house?" "No, not today." "Tomorrow?" "Maybe, I'll have to ask my mom."
If your conversation keeps going on like that, it will get rather confusing.

Now, for a warriors roleplay in particular, when a character is talking, instead of writing 'said', write:
Meowed
Mewed
Mewled
Yowled
Growled
Hissed
Spat
Grunted
Snorted
Caterwauled

It is also good to use warriors words:
Newleaf=Spring
Greenleaf=Summer
Leaf-Fall=Autumn
Leaf-Bare=Winter
Kittypet=House Cat
Housefolk=Kittypet word for owners
Workfolk=Kittypet word for constructions workers
Monster=Vehicle
Twoleg=Human
Upwalker=Human
Thunderpath=Road
Kit=Kitten/Child
To-Be=Tribe apprentice
**Moon (Referring to time)=A month

Now for warriors expressions:
As bitter as mouse bile...
StarClan be with you...
May StarClan light your path...
Great StarClan!

Some other cat-related words are always good to add in as well:
Unsheathed

**Moon: Every warriors site I see with warriors vocabulary says that a moon is a month. And for a long time, I believed this as well. But you'll notice that a kit becomes and apprentice at six moons. Well in real life, a kitten can't leave it's mother until it's six weeks old. (Connection?) So this is what I think: whenever there's a gathering, Erin Hunter says it's the full moon. The half-moon (New moon?) is two quarter moons into the month and a quarter moon is a week. I have no idea if this is correct--only Kate and Cherith know.

 

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