List of Warriors characters

This is a list of all characters in the Warriors novel series by Erin Hunter. Due to the large amount of characters present in the novel series, the list is divided by Clan; i.e. all characters belonging to ThunderClan will be listed first, along with the respective series they have appeared in: Original, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, or Omen of the Stars.

Note on Naming Conventions
Many of the characters in the Warriors novel series undergo a number of name changes. In most cases a character is given an individual "first" name by their mother upon birth, based on a particular physical or behavioral trait such as fur color (Cinder, Ash, Fire, Gray), limb length (Spider, Long), eye color (Heather, Yellow), or resemblance to another animal (Hawk, Jay, Squirrel). The first name serves as the first half of the character's name, to be followed by a "suffix" name based on the character's position within the Clan. Kittens are given the suffix of '-kit', while apprentices are given '-paw' (i.e. Hollypaw, Jaypaw, etc.). When the character reaches Warrior status, the Clan leader selects a new suffix name for them based on another trait such as personality (-heart), appearance (-fur, -pelt, -claw, -stripe, -face, -nose), in one case, choosing the suffix in honor of a previously fallen warrior, (-feather) or more recently, environmental condition or location (-pool, -shine, -frost, -blaze). All Clan leaders take the suffix '-star' and deputies retain their warrior name until made leader. An interesting side note is that warriors mentored by the current leader seem to have a better chance of becoming the next leader (Examples: Fireheart (mentored by Bluestar), Brambleclaw (mentored by Fireheart), Leopardfur (mentored by Crookedstar), or Brokenstar (mentored by Raggedstar).

Characters not belonging to the five "original" Clans (ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan) typically do not follow a standard naming structure and do not have suffix names. Additionally, the Tribe of Rushing Water follows its own naming convention, which is detailed below. All characters who have undergone name changes will be listed under their current (as of the end of Sunrise) names.

ThunderClan

ThunderClan is the "main Clan" of the Warriors series, as all three series' protagonists are ThunderClan cats. During the Original series, ThunderClan resides in the forest, sandwiched between RiverClan and ShadowClan on each side. They share very little territory borders with WindClan, and as such most of the trouble ThunderClan is forced to deal with originates either from RiverClan or ShadowClan. ThunderClan cats are accustomed to stalking through the thick underbrush of the forest, and are the sole users of the "hunter's crouch", a stalking technique used to hunt most forest-born prey. Their main diet includes mice, voles, squirrels, rabbits, thrushes, and magpies.

ThunderClan, along with the other Clans, undergoes a dramatic shift in territory during the course of the New Prophecy series. During the time that Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw and the others are on their journey, much of ThunderClan's territory is destroyed as the Twolegs proceed with their deforestation of the area. Eventually ThunderClan and the other Clans are able to relocate to the lake territory, the ThunderClan camp of which is set in an abandoned quarry. The camp is protected by high walls of stone, but the surrounding territory is similar to the forest in which ThunderClan previously inhabited. As such, their sources of prey remains largely unchanged from the Original series. Like many of the other Clans, ThunderClan's role is largely undefined in this series, due to the drastic changes all Clans are forced to undergo and adapt to.

Original Series

The Original series covers events in the story from Into the Wild to The Darkest Hour. Many characters mentioned here were introduced in the Original series, but play minor or significant roles in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series as well. Characters listed in the other series may have been introduced in the Original series, but play larger roles in the series they are listed in.

Bluestar

Bluestar, a blue-gray queen with blue eyes and a silver-tinged muzzle and tail, is the leader of ThunderClan during most of the Original series. She is responsible for bringing Firestar into ThunderClan, a decision prompted by the alarmingly low number of apprentices in her Clan, and the prophecy "Fire alone can save our Clan". Bluestar serves as Firestar's mentor during his apprenticeship following a short time when Firestar is mentored by the senior warriors, and eventually appoints him as her deputy after Tigerstar's exile. She is known as a strong, calm leader who rules over her Clan with a firm but fair paw.

Bluestar fell in love with Oakheart, a RiverClan warrior and brother to Crookedstar, during her days as a warrior (when she was named Bluefur, as seen in The Rise of Scourge) and bore three kits. Out of her concern to the Clan, she became Clan deputy, but since she knew the Clan would never accept a queen nursing kits for a deputy, she secretly gave her kits to Oakheart to be raised in RiverClan. Only Mistykit and Stonekit made it to RiverClan however; Mosskit did not survive the journey. Bluestar is able to suppress her feelings regarding her decision until Firestar, seeking to uncover the truth about Tigerstar's deception, causes the issue to be reopened. Her feelings of regret, combined with the shock of discovering her trusted deputy's plan to kill her, cause Bluestar to sink into a manic depression. She remains in this condition throughout the events of Rising Storm and A Dangerous Path, which worsens when the forest fire destroys the ThunderClan camp. She refuses to trust any of her warriors except Fireheart and Whitestorm, and declares war on StarClan for dooming her Clan. Her faith is restored in the final moments of A Dangerous Path, when in a dramatic scene she jumps onto the leader of a pack of dogs, causing them to fall over the cliff and into the river. She dies shortly afterward, confiding in Fireheart that he truly was the "fire" that saved the Clan.

Bluestar retains an authoritative role in StarClan during the events of The New Prophecy and Power of Three series. She chooses Brambleclaw as ThunderClan's representative to make the journey to the sun-drown-place (the sea) in Midnight.

She has two children, Mistyfoot and Stonefur, in RiverClan, and is mentioned in Cats of the Clans as having a third, Mosskit, who died young during the journey to RiverClan with his littermates. Currently Mistyfoot is the deputy of RiverClan, while Stonefur was killed in The Darkest Hour by the will of Tigerstar.

Bluestar was mentored by Stonepelt, a warrior who is dead by the time of the Original series. After Lionheart's death, she mentors Firestar after a time (see above). She has also mentored Runningwind and Frostfur. According to Secrets of the Clans, her mother was named Moonflower and her father was named Stormtail. She also had a sister named Snowfur. Whitestorm is Snowfur's son, thus making him Bluestar's nephew. Bluestar's Prophecy, a new super edition premiering in the summer of 2009, follows Bluestar before she meets, and later dies to save, Firestar. Her maternal uncle was Goosefeather, the medicine cat before Featherwhisker.

Firestar

Firestar, a ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt, is the protagonist of the Original series. Initially a house cat named Rusty, he often dreamed of hunting for his own prey in the forest beyond his owner's house. Rusty joins ThunderClan after encountering Bluestar, ThunderClan's leader, and is initially established as an apprentice, being renamed Firepaw after his "flame-colored pelt." Throughout the series, Firepaw gains respect within the Clan and eventually receives his warrior name of Fireheart at the end of Into the Wild. At the end of Forest of Secrets, he becomes deputy, and finally, becomes ThunderClan's leader at the beginning of The Darkest Hour. Firestar was mentored by Bluestar (and, for a short time, Lionheart and Tigerclaw), and has mentored three apprentices himself: Cinderpelt, who later becomes a medicine cat apprentice to Yellowfang due to her 'accident' on the Thunderpath (which in fact, was set up by Tigerstar) that permanently injures her leg; Cloudtail; and Brambleclaw. Cloudtail is the son of his kittypet sister, Princess. Firestar met Princess when she was heavily pregnant in Fire and Ice. When her kits were born, she let Firestar have her firstborn kit to be raised as a warrior with him to ThunderClan, where Bluestar named him Cloudkit. Firestar is typically known as a perfect character in the series, though he is sure he is far from perfect. He does not possess any significant character flaws and is fully committed to the warrior code. Firestar is fiercely loyal not only to his Clan, but also to his many friends and allies that he meets along the way, regardless of their affiliation. He respects the rules of his superiors, but also has the insight to look beyond them in order to properly judge a questionable situation. As a result, he often breaks the traditional rules of the Clan (a trend started by his very inclusion into the Clan, being of house cat, or "kittypet" origins) in order to help his friends or to rectify a situation he believes to be right. He protected his friend, Graystripe, from suspicion from the other cats when Graystripe snuck out to meet with Silverstream. When Bluestar declared war on WindClan for allegedly stealing prey, Firestar snuck out of camp and secretly negotiated a meeting of peace with WindClan's leader, Tallstar. Firestar also refrained from killing Silverstream during a fight with RiverClan at the climax of Fire and Ice because he did not want to hurt Graystripe's mate. Firestar is primarily responsible, along with his friend Graystripe, for several feats that have ensured the well-being of all the Clans, such as retrieving WindClan after they were driven out of their camp, and hunting prey for RiverClan when they were trapped in a flood. He led all four Clans against the ranks of BloodClan as LionClan in The Darkest Hour and killed their leader, his half-brother, Scourge, thus effectively saving the entire forest.

Firestar maintains a minor presence in subsequent series, The New Prophecy and Power of Three, as the ever-present leader of ThunderClan. Additionally, in between the Original series and The New Prophecy, he travels north with his mate, Sandstorm, in order to reunite the lost and scattered descendants of SkyClan in Firestar's Quest. As of Long Shadows, Firestar has two lives left. The first of his nine lives was lost in the battle with BloodClan at the end of the Darkest Hour, his second and third lives were lost before Firestar's Quest (as before the rat battle he states that he has six lives left), the fourth life was lost in Firestar's Quest when he battled the rats, and the fifth life was lost when the tree fell on him saving ShadowClan from the humans ("Twolegs") in Dawn. It has been confirmed that he lost his sixth life to the fox trap in Sunset. His seventh life was lost when he caught greencough in Long Shadows.

He has two daughters with his mate, Sandstorm: Leafpool, who was a medicine cat, and Squirrelflight, who is a warrior. Both have leading roles in The New Prophecy series and side parts in the Power of Three series. It has been confimed that Firestar will die in the last book in Omen Of The Stars.

Graystripe

Graystripe, a solid long-haired gray tom with amber eyes and a dark grey stripe along his back, is Firestar's first and best friend in ThunderClan. He meets Firestar, known as Rusty at the time, in the forest close to Rusty's kittypet home and proceeds to attack him as if he were any other intruder. When Rusty joins ThunderClan as Firepaw, the two become great friends and often train and eat together. Graystripe's mentor was Lionheart, who was killed in Into the Wild. He become a warrior soon after the battle with ShadowClan to rescue ThunderClan kits with Firestar at the end of Into the Wild. Since then he has been a mentor to Brackenfur.

Shortly after being promoted to a full warrior, Graystripe falls in love with a RiverClan she-cat, Silverstream, after she saves him from drowning, and starts to sneak out of camp to meet her, which is against the warrior code. His friendship with Fireheart is strained due to Fireheart's need to cover for him while he is away, which included mentoring Graystripe's apprentice Brackenpaw in his place, and for a short time the two quarrel with each other. Eventually Graystripe is able to settle his issues with Fireheart, and their friendship continues. In the end of the original series, he becomes ThunderClan's deputy, due to Whitestorm's death, but is replaced by Brambleclaw when he was captured in Dawn.

Graystripe is a friendly, hearty character, serving as a comic relief character to some degree. He often makes quips or jokes in order to provide relief to a tense situation, but is able to focus himself during battles and concentrate on the objective at hand. Graystripe often fights among the hardest of any cats during a battle, and is able to use his large weight to a great advantage. He usually returns from a battle with several wounds, having fought beyond the normal threshold of an ordinary cat and refusing to run. He does not have any qualms about killing hated enemies of the Clan, and is responsible for the deaths of Clawface and Darkstripe and also the accidental death of Whiteclaw, who fell off a gorge, Graystripe being unable to save him.

Graystripe has lived in more locations than any other cat in the series. When Silverstream died bearing his kits, Graystripe went to live with them in RiverClan for a while. He returned to ThunderClan in A Dangerous Path. In Dawn of The New Prophecy series, Graystripe was captured by humans, or "Twolegs" and lived as a kittypet for a time, which is described in further detail in The Lost Warrior manga series. While living as a kittypet, Graystripe met Millie, another kittypet, who helped him escape. After a long journey, the two finally returned to the Clans living at the lake. He returned to ThunderClan in The Sight of the Power of Three series, along with Millie as his new mate. He is currently a regular warrior, for Firestar lets Brambleclaw retain his position as deputy.

He had two children with Silverstream, Feathertail and Stormfur. He mentored Stormfur for a while when his kits, along with Mistyfoot, fled to ThunderClan temporarily to escape Tigerstar's rule in RiverClan. Both are prominent characters in The New Prophecy series, while Stormfur maintains a minor role in the Power of Three series. Feathertail was killed in Moonrise. His mate, Millie, gave birth to three kits of her own, Briarkit, Bumblekit, and Blossomkit, in Eclipse.

Brackenfur

Brackenfur, a golden brown tabby tom, is a ThunderClan warrior first introduced in Fire and Ice as an apprentice, Brackenpaw. He is the son of Frostfur and the littermate of Cinderpelt, and together they trained as apprentices under Firestar and Graystripe. Firestar often took over his training when Graystripe left the camp to meet with Silverstream even though meeting with cats outside one's own Clan is against the warrior code. Upon becoming a warrior in Forest of Secrets, Brackenfur becomes a regular favorite choice for patrols and battles and remains quite popular in the Clan during the Original and subsequent series.

Brackenfur is quiet, reserved and thoughtful, a trait which easily differentiates him from his overenthusiastic sister, prior to her becoming a medicine cat. He is never too quick to make a decision and is often given a great amount of trust by other cats regarding certain plans. He was even considered by Firestar to become ThunderClan's deputy in Sunset, but was not chosen due to a sign from StarClan that chose Brambleclaw instead. As Brackenfur has never been involved in a morally flawed situation, he could be considered something of a "perfect character" similar to Firestar. He is greatly respected and liked throughout the Clan, and additionally is an excellent fighter, which allows him to be present in most battles throughout the series.

In the New Prophecy series, Brackenfur takes Sorreltail as a mate, and has four kits with her: Molekit (who dies of disease between the The New Prophecy and Power of Three series), Poppyfrost, Honeyfern(who later dies in Sunrise by being bitten by a snake while saving Briarkit), and Cinderheart, later revealed to be the reincarnation of Cinderpelt, his sister. This obviously confuses certain family relationships, but the significance of this event has not been touched upon thus far. Brackenfur has no apprentice currently but has mentored Tawnypelt (before she left ThunderClan), Whitewing, and Hollyleaf. He also trained Tigerpaw of ShadowClan temporarily when Tawnypelt and her kits briefly left ShadowClan for ThunderClan in Long Shadows.

Ravenpaw

Ravenpaw, a sleek black tom with a white-tipped tail and a small white dab on his chest, is a current loner, first introduced as a ThunderClan apprentice in Into the Wild. After Firepaw's introduction to the forest, he trains along with Graypaw and Ravenpaw and the three become good friends. Ravenpaw is nervous and shy around his Clanmates, largely due to the fact that his mentor, Tigerclaw, treats him harshly and often belittles him in front of the other warriors. Part of this is due to the fact that Ravenpaw witnessed Tigerclaw murdering Redtail, the former ThunderClan deputy. Eventually Tigerclaw decides that Ravenpaw's storytelling abilities are too dangerous, and plots to have him killed to preserve his secret. Firepaw discovers this, and along with Graypaw escorts Ravenpaw across the WindClan border to shelter in Barley's barn, while telling the rest of the Clan that he is dead.

Following his exodus, Ravenpaw seems to greatly enjoy his new life with Barley. He loses his old nervousness and becomes much more confident and outgoing, while retaining a loyal debt of gratitude towards his former Clanmates. His situation reflects an interesting motif present throughout the series: while some outsiders such as kittypets appear to have been born to live in a Clan, there are also Clan-born cats whose destinies lie elsewhere. Ravenpaw returns at various times throughout the series to lend assistance or shelter to cats traveling across his territory, most notably helping to feed and shelter the entirety of the forest Clans during the beginning their relocation in Dawn. Ravenpaw also assists Firestar and Graystripe in retrieving Graystripe's kits from RiverClan during Tigerstar's cruel leadership of the Clan in The Darkest Hour. He then returns to the Clan along with Barley to fight alongside ThunderClan and WindClan in the battle with BloodClan. While sheltering the forest cats in Dawn, Firestar asks Ravenpaw to rejoin ThunderClan and travel with them to the lake. Ravenpaw rejects, stating that he is happier being a loner than he ever would be in a Clan. In the manga series depicting Graystripe's journey to the lake, he and Barley help him and Millie over the Moonstone, leading them toward the Clan's new lake home, though he is greatly troubled by Graystripe's departure as Graystripe was his last link to the Clans.

It has been confirmed that a new manga trilogy will be released, and that it will be centered around Ravenpaw. As all the manga covers have depicted two cats (apart from The Rise of Scourge), fans have debated whether Ravenpaw will find a mate in these books, or will be drawn with Barley. The official title for the first book (including the trilogy name), is Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace, and it will be released on November 24.

Brightheart

Brightheart, a white queen with ginger patches along her back and a ginger tail, is a ThunderClan warrior introduced in Forest of Secrets. Brightheart was an apprentice, Brightpaw, for an unusually long period, along with her fellow apprentices Cloudpaw, Thornpaw, and Swiftpaw due to Bluestar's paranoia and refusal to trust her warriors following Tigerclaw's exile. Brightpaw develops a strong friendship with Cloudpaw, and is the first to congratulate him after his promotion to warrior status (received just for being Fireheart's apprentice) despite the other apprentices feeling jealous and angry. She eventually joins an expedition led by Swiftpaw into the lair of the dog pack during A Dangerous Path in an attempt to prove herself a warrior, which results in her being seriously injured as well as Swiftpaw's death.

Half of Brightheart's face is disfigured due to her injuries, including a missing eye and a scarred ear. These features cause Bluestar to give her the warrior name of Lostface, which Firestar soon changes when he becomes leader. Though initially discouraged by her injuries, Brightheart is soon able to develop, with the help of Cloudtail, a system of fighting that makes use of her one-sided vision, making her as effective at fighting as any other warrior. She recoils from the sight of her own face and sometimes flinches when other cats are frightened by her scarred face. When not in battle, Brightheart is a kind and warmhearted friend to many warriors in the Clan. She adopts the duties of an unofficial medicine cat during the latter half of The New Prophecy series, becoming an object of Leafpool's jealousy, but quickly returns to being a warrior after Leafpool becomes ThunderClan's main medicine cat. In Twilight, Brightheart holds a grudge for Daisy, who often flirts and spends time with her mate, Cloudtail. However, after Squirrelflight points out how Cloudtail is hurting Brightheart (as he never loved Daisy, but is acting like he does), he asks for Brightheart's forgiveness and by the Power of Three series, their relationship is as strong as ever.

Brightheart was apprenticed by Whitestorm and had since taken Jayfeather as an apprentice, although this was only temporary due to Jaypaw later taking the role of medicine cat. She appears to have been hurt by this, likely due to her being desperate to prove to herself and the Clan that she can still function as well as a normal warrior. Despite Jaypaw's prickly attitude towards her during his apprenticeship, he is able to sense her feelings and is sympathetically warmer towards her upon becoming a medicine cat. Her mother is Frostfur, which makes her the littermate of Thornclaw, Cinderpelt, and Brackenfur. She and her mate, Cloudtail, currently have one daughter, Whitewing and are grandparents to Whitewing's kits Dovekit and Ivykit.

Cinderpelt

Cinderpelt, a fluffy dark gray she-cat with blue eyes, is ThunderClan's medicine cat beginning in the Original series, and continuing for a large part of The New Prophecy series. Originally she trains to be a warrior as an apprentice under Fireheart's mentoring, but she is critically injured by a monster (car) when she stumbles into a trap laid by Tigerclaw. Soon after she begins training as a medicine cat apprentice under Yellowfang. She receives the title of a full medicine cat in the middle of Forest of Secrets (though she is still called Cinderpaw until the beginning of Rising Storm). Cinderpelt is one of Firestar's closest friends throughout the series, and remains his trusted advisor whenever he needs spiritual guidance. Initially overexcited and bouncy, she often overwhelms Firestar as an apprentice and frequently dashes off on her own. After she begins training as a medicine cat, her personality greatly matures and she appears to possess the wisdom of a much older cat. She was in love with Firestar for a short time, though Firestar himself never realizes this and Cinderpelt never tells him. Though she always wanted to be a warrior, she accepts her new destiny and dedicates her life to becoming a legendary medicine cat. Cinderpelt is killed in Twilight of The New Prophecy series while defending Sorreltail and her kits in the nursery from a marauding badger. StarClan had originally destined Cinderpelt to be a warrior, but they did not plan on her being caught in Tigerstar's trap on the Thunderpath. As a test of her loyalty, StarClan told Cinderpelt of her impending death in Twilight before it happened, a secret which Cinderpelt kept hidden even when her apprentice, Leafpool, pledged to leave the Clan. As a reward, Cinderpelt was reincarnated after her death into one of the kits she defended, Cinderheart in the Power of Three series. Cinderheart herself is not aware of this consciously, however she unknowingly exhibits behaviors and insights similar to that of the old medicine cat. The implications of this "second life", as well as Cinderpelt's true destiny, have yet to be realized. Cinderpelt was mentored by Yellowfang, and mentored Leafpool as her successor. Her mother is Frostfur, which makes Thornclaw and Brightheart her siblings. Her brother, Brackenfur, is the father of Cinderheart, a situation which is slightly confusing given Cinderpelt's reincarnation. This would imply, then, that Cinderpelt's brother is now her father, though the new Cinderheart is still very much an individual cat in her own right. As Cinderpelt has a reincarnation, Cinderheart, she is related to Bluestar since Sorreltail's father was Whitestorm, whose mother was Snowfur, whose sister was Bluestar.

Cloudtail

Cloudtail, a long-furred white tom with round blue eyes, is a ThunderClan warrior first introduced as a kit, Cloudkit, in Fire and Ice. He is the son of Princess, Firestar's kittypet sister, and an unknown tom, most likely a kittypet, and thus is Firestar's nephew. Upon learning that her kits are to be given away by her Twoleg owners, Princess gives her eldest kit to Firestar, because she wanted him to be a hero, like Firestar is. Initially Cloudkit is rejected by many members of ThunderClan, including Bluestar herself, because of the Clan's reluctance to admit yet another kittypet into its ranks.

Cloudtail grows up as an arrogant, loudmouthed apprentice who often refuses to listen to his mentor, Firestar. He is quite slow to understand the warrior code and often takes selfish actions that benefit himself and not the Clan. His loyalty to the Clan is finally established when, after sneaking off to solicit food from Twolegs, he is captured and taken to a suburb on the other side of WindClan territory near Barley's farm. Firestar and Sandstorm rescue him with Ravenpaw's help. Upon his return to ThunderClan, he is pelted with questions and he refers to his time with the Twolegs as 'capture' and greatly exaggerates his tale. This event serves to firmly cement Cloudtail's place in the Clan, and he behaves in a much more mature manner towards his Clan thereafter.

Despite becoming a loyal warrior, Cloudtail has retained much of his attitude and is one of the more aggressive cats in the Clan; he is known for his sharp tongue and is often one of the first cats to jump at the prospect of a fight. Cloudtail does not believe in StarClan, making him one of two Clan cats in the series to do so (the other being Mothwing). He does show a significantly softer side when dealing with his mate, Brightheart, however. Cloudtail is primarily responsible for training Brightheart to be able to fight effectively despite her injuries. His personality taken aside, Cloudtail is friendly to most cats (provided they are not from another Clan). He is one of the best climbers and has the best tracking ability in the Clan.

Cloudtail has one daughter, Whitewing. Being Firestar's nephew, he also shares kinship with all of Firestar's direct line, including Leafpool, Squirrelflight, and Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze. During the second half of The New Prophecy series, he shows a brief interest in Daisy, a horseplace cat, though his interest in her is not because of any feelings of his own; he mentors her because of his defensiveness of his kittypet roots. He is unaware of the fact that Daisy is in love with him, but once he realizes he is hurting Brightheart, he resolves to stop spending time with Daisy. Cloudtail has mentored Cinderheart and Rainwhisker, as well as temporarily training Flamepaw of ShadowClan when Tawnypelt and her kits briefly left ShadowClan for ThunderClan in Long Shadows.

Darkstripe

Darkstripe, a sleek black and gray tabby tom, is a warrior in ThunderClan during the entirety of the Original series. He is a rude, nasty, impolite, and unpleasant cat who maintains a highly negative opinion of Firestar throughout the series. He is the closest friend and biggest supporter of Tigerstar, and as such is fiercely loyal to Tigerstar's ambitions despite their implications. Darkstripe routinely voices his negative opinions at Clan meetings, refusing to trust Firestar due to his kittypet origins and openly mocking any cat who thinks otherwise.

When Tigerclaw is exiled from ThunderClan in Forest of Secrets, Darkstripe voices his disappointment that Tigerstar didn't include him in his plan to kill Bluestar (It is interesting to note that he did not appear to have a problem with Tigerstar's plan itself, but rather that he wasn't allowed to be a part of it). Darkstripe's lonely path of a devoted follower continues to reduce his popularity in the Clan, and in A Dangerous Path he begins secretly plotting with Tigerstar across the border in order to bring the dogs upon the camp and save only his children, Bramblekit and Tawnykit, from the ensuing chaos. After this fails, he attempts to kill Sorrelkit with deathberries when she discovers his meetings with Blackfoot, Tigerstar's deputy, and he is exiled from the Clan. Darkstripe immediately runs to Tigerstar's side and eventually kills one of Bluestar's children; Stonefur, but when Tigerstar is killed by Scourge, Darkstripe is left completely alone. His resulting madness culminates in the battle with BloodClan during The Darkest Hour, when he forsakes all loyalty to any Clan and desperately attempts to kill Firestar himself. He is killed, finally, by Graystripe.

Darkstripe has mentored Longtail, Dustpelt, and Ferncloud, although his mentorship of Ferncloud was revoked when he was exiled from the Clan. He was mentored by Tigerstar. His other relationships are unknown, and it can be implied from his personality that hardly any cat liked him very much. He is shown during the prologue of Sunset to be walking the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars like Tigerstar and eventually Hawkfrost.

Dustpelt

Dustpelt, a dark brown tabby tom, is a ThunderClan warrior introduced in Into the Wild as an apprentice. He had recently been made an apprentice, Dustpaw, when Firepaw initially joined the Clan. He and Sandpaw often bullied Firepaw; however, this becomes less important as the story progresses. He becomes a warrior, Dustpelt, in Fire and Ice. Dustpelt favors Sandstorm, but their relationship is strained when Sandstorm begins to fall in love with Firestar and he feels rejected. Later, he becomes Ferncloud's mate. Originally an ally and strong supporter of Tigerstar, Dustpelt was horrified to discover that Tigerstar killed his mentor, Redtail, and publicly rejected him in front of the Clan when Tigerstar was exiled. Though usually depicted as a grudging ally of Firestar throughout all three series, Dustpelt's loyalty to his Clan (and therefore, its kittypet leader) is of absolute importance to him and he is a highly valued warrior as a result. Dustpelt is a skilled fighter, and is present in most attack parties described in the series. He is also a warm and dedicated father, having experienced the deaths of three of his kits, and makes sure to maintain a strong presence in both his kits' lives and that of his mate, Ferncloud. Dustpelt's kits, both living and dead, include Hollykit, Larchkit, Shrewpaw, Foxpaw, Icepaw, Birchfall, and Spiderleg, of which the latter four are surviving. His grandchildren, Toadkit and Rosekit, have been fathered by Spiderleg and his former mate Daisy. Throughout the course of the series Dustpelt has mentored Ashfur, Squirrelflight, and Hazeltail, as well as briefly mentoring Sorreltail for a time in Firestar's Quest when her mentor, Sandstorm, was away with Firestar on the journey to find SkyClan. He was mentored by Redtail, and Darkstripe following Redtail's death.

Longtail

Longtail, a pale tabby tom with black stripes, is a recurring ThunderClan warrior introduced in Into the Wild. He is the first to challenge Firestar due to his kittypet origins, and fights him when he first arrives in the Clan. This results in Firestar's collar being ripped off, which is then taken as a sign that he will be accepted into the Clan. Longtail's ear is torn, resulting in a scar. Longtail maintains a grudge against Firestar for much of the series, not only because Firestar defeated him and gave him this scar, but also because he is a strong supporter of Tigerclaw, Firestar's chief rival.

Longtail's attitude slowly matures over the course of the series, and he develops an eventual respect for Firestar as a result of his repeatedly demonstrated courage, something Longtail lacks. He revokes his allegiance with Tigerclaw after his exile, and sets himself toward becoming a respected warrior within the Clan. His loyalty is further proven when he volunteers to be bait for Tigerstar's vicious dog pack. While he still resents Firestar to some degree, he realizes his Clan's safety is far more important and warns him of Tigerstar's dark schemes from across the border as well as Darkstripe's misplaced loyalty during Rising Storm and A Dangerous Path. Longtail eventually fights alongside Firestar against BloodClan during the events of The Darkest Hour, having finally found his true place within the Clan as well as Firestar's respect.

Almost ironically, Longtail is blinded shortly thereafter by a rabbit's claws in Firestar's Quest. He remains in the Clan as an elder throughout The New Prophecy and Power of Three series, despite being only slightly older than Firestar. He was mentored by Darkstripe and he has mentored Swiftpaw, Ferncloud, and Sootfur (before Longtail was blinded). He also taught Jaypaw how to utilize his other senses without sight. Longtail is currently the oldest tom and second oldest cat in ThunderClan.

Mousefur

Mousefur, a small dusky brown she-cat, is a ThunderClan warrior introduced in Into the Wild. She is a respected warrior in the Clan and is known for having a fierce personality, similar to Cloudtail and Speckletail. Mousefur was one of the cats who volunteered to be bait for the dog pack. Mousefur is usually friendly to Firestar, but has been known to change her attitude towards him depending on the situation. Mousefur is often among any group of cats voicing a counter-opinion to a major decision, forcing the Clan to look at an issue from an opposite perspective. Despite her many arguments and aggressive pride, however, she usually ends up agreeing with the correct choice in a given situation.

Mousefur's age causes her to join the elders in Starlight in The New Prophecy series, where she currently remains. Since then she has fallen ill a number of times, more recently catching greencough and causing Jaypaw to experience his first medical epidemic as a medicine cat in The Sight. Mousefur and Longtail have become unlikely friends due to their sharing of the elders' den, and often playfully bicker back and forth similar to Yellowfang and Cinderpelt. Although, due to her stubbornness (or thoughtfulness) she sometimes refuses to take herbs or prey, insisting the younger cats need it more. She even volunteers to help take care of the sick cats in Long Shadows as she thinks that being an elder, her life is less valuable than the younger cats. She asked Brambleclaw this even though Firestar had already turned down her request, only to be turned down by Brambleclaw as well.

Mousefur has been a mentor to Thornclaw and Spiderleg. Mousefur is currently the oldest cat in ThunderClan; she and Longtail are also the only remaining cats in ThunderClan who were made warriors before Into the Wild.

Sandstorm

Sandstorm, a pale ginger she-cat with barely visible stripes of darker fur and green eyes, is one of the main characters in the Original series as well as Firestar's Quest. Initially Sandstorm is an apprentice (Sandpaw) when Firestar first joins the Clan, and openly mocks him for his kittypet origins. She and her fellow apprentice, Dustpaw, express their disdain for Firepaw whenever they get a chance, and as a result Sandpaw is avoided by Firepaw. When Firepaw is promoted (Fireheart), Sandpaw and Dustpaw are overlooked, causing resentment from both of them. Eventually Sandpaw warms up to Fireheart, a process initiated by Fireheart preventing her from falling over a cliff during a battle in Fire and Ice, thereby saving her life. When Fireheart is forced to take Sandpaw on a patrol mission, she is unexpectedly friendly and cheerful toward him. Over the course of the series it becomes apparent that Sandpaw (eventually Sandstorm) has fallen in love with Fireheart (revealed in Rising Storm by Cinderpelt), and by The Darkest Hour the two have become an established pair. Sandstorm is known for having a fierce personality and is quick to anger. She is also capable of being gentle, however, as evidenced by her interactions with Firestar and her children. She is noted as being the best hunter in ThunderClan, and is an excellent fighter as well, resulting in her being present in many major battles throughout the series. She was also one of the cats who volunteered to be bait for the dog pack thanks to her speed. Her role is reduced in subsequent series (The New Prophecy and Power of Three), yet she is usually present in some form or another. The specifics regarding her knowledge of Firestar's ongoing relationship with Spottedleaf, his first love, are detailed in Firestar's Quest in which she once again plays a major role. She has two daughters, Leafpool and Squirrelflight, as well as three grandchildren, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf and Lionblaze. She was mentored by her mother's cousin, Whitestorm, and has mentored Sorreltail and Honeyfern.

Spottedleaf

Spottedleaf is a beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes, a black, brown, and amber dappled pelt, and a golden-and-black striped tail. She has played some minor and slightly major roles in series to date despite her early death in Into the Wild, after which she usually appeared in Firestar's dreams. Originally Spottedleaf was ThunderClan's medicine cat at the start of Into the Wild and foretold the Original series prophecy "Fire alone can save our Clan". Firestar, when first introduced into the camp, immediately takes a liking to her and it is implied that she begins to return his feelings. Unfortunately, she is killed by Clawface during a raid by ShadowClan near the end of Into the Wild.

Spottedleaf is perhaps the most prominent member of StarClan, often serving as a spiritual guide to the protagonists of each series, most notably Firestar, whom she falls in love with over the course of his adventures in the Original series. She is often seen as a source of comfort, and presents cryptic warnings and messages to cats notifying them of impending events. Being dead, she cannot serve any more prominent roles in the lives of the cats she watches over, a fact that is frequently a source of frustration to her regarding Firestar's budding relationship with Sandstorm. It is revealed that she does indeed wish things were different between them, and continues to love Firestar despite their differences of existence. She accepts her position, however, and acknowledges Sandstorm in a dream of her own in order to reassure the living cat of Firestar's loyalty.

Spottedleaf's relationships are relatively unknown, given her early death. Having not found an apprentice by the time of her death, Yellowfang succeeds her when she joins ThunderClan. It is revealed in Firestar's Quest that Spottedleaf is a direct descendant of the kits of Birdflight, a SkyClan she-cat who stayed with ThunderClan during SkyClan's exile. Thus, she is part-SkyClan and permitted to walk in the skies of SkyClan's warrior ancestors as well as StarClan.

Spottedleaf was mentored by Featherwhisker, the medicine cat before her. She walks in the dreams of Firestar, Leafpool, and sometimes Jayfeather. After Spottedleaf died, Yellowfang became the medicine cat, taking Cinderpelt as an apprentice following her accident. Her parents were Adderfang and Swiftbreeze, making her sister to Patchpelt, Leopardfoot, Willowpelt and Redtail.

Thornclaw

Thornclaw, a golden brown tabby tom, first appears in Forest of Secrets as a young ThunderClan apprentice, Thornpaw. He is an apprentice for a large part of the Original Series, along with Brightpaw, Cloudpaw and Swiftpaw, mainly due to Bluestar's descent into paranoia during the last half of the Original series and her refusing to trust any of her warriors. When she died, the newly appointed Firestar conducted his first naming ceremony on Thornclaw, finally making the young tom into a warrior.

Thornclaw's personality begins to show during The New Prophecy and Power of Three, where he is shown to be a warrior very similar to Brackenfur in manner and attitude. He is an excellent fighter and is often chosen to assist in battle parties and long-range patrols. Thornclaw, like Brackenfur, becomes slightly worried about the increasing numbers of non-Clan cats present in ThunderClan during the Power of Three series, as well as at Firestar for being too accepting of them. This is primarily due to increasing hostility from the other three Clans, who begin to make claims that ThunderClan is becoming diluted and weak. Despite these feelings, Thornclaw is always portrayed as a kind, caring, and patient cat and has never been shown to be disloyal.

Thornclaw's mother is Frostfur, his direct sister is Brightheart, and his other siblings, Brackenfur and Cinderpelt, are from an earlier litter. As a result, Thornclaw is uncle to both Brightheart's and Brackenfur's kits, including Whitewing, Cinderheart, Honeyfern, Poppyfrost, and Molepaw. He was apprenticed by Mousefur and has mentored Sootfur, Shrewpaw, and Poppyfrost.

Tigerstar

Tigerstar, a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes and unusually long front claws, is the primary antagonist of the Original series and a recurring, minor antagonist in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series. Initially, he is Tigerclaw, a senior warrior among the ranks of ThunderClan when Firestar is brought into the forest. The two never quite get along, and Tigerclaw's hostility towards Fireheart is heightened when Firestar (then Fireheart) discovers Tigerclaw's plan to rule the Clan. Tigerclaw is a master of deception and manipulation, and is able to orchestrate the death of his uncle, Redtail, (an act he himself committed) as appearing to be the work of Oakheart from RiverClan. By doing so he plans to become deputy, but Bluestar appoints Lionheart as her deputy. When Lionheart dies later in Into the Wild, Tigerclaw becomes deputy, ensuring his eventual place as leader. When he finally becomes deputy, he secretly plots with Brokentail and his gang of rogue outlaws in order to kill Bluestar, while making the entire scene look like an attack that he was unable to defend against. Fireheart discovers his plans and as a result Tigerclaw is exiled from the Clan.

Tigerclaw, now a rogue, manipulates ShadowClan into accepting him as their leader and becomes Tigerstar. From his new position of authority he is able to conceal his true nature from the Clans, and secretly lures a pack of wild dogs into ThunderClan's territory in order to exact revenge on his former Clanmates while saving only his kits, Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt, thus killing Swiftpaw and Brindleface and disfiguring Brightheart's face. When this plan, too, is foiled by Firestar and the others, Tigerstar hatches a plan to rule the entire forest while employing the services of the ruthless BloodClan in order to intimidate the other Clans into submission. (Just as he has betrayed all his other former allies, he intends to betray BloodClan once he rules all four Clans.) However, he underestimates the power of Scourge, the leader of BloodClan, and is killed in one blow when Scourge decides to take over the forest himself and rips Tigerstar open, taking away all of his nine lives at once.

In The New Prophecy series, Tigerstar returns as a recurring antagonist to haunt and harness his sons into furthering his dark schemes. It is revealed that he was denied access into StarClan, and was banished with Darkstripe to a dark, shadowy forest known as the Dark Forest (also called the Place of No Stars). He visits his two sons, Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost, in their dreams and teaches them battle skills and leadership tactics. While Brambleclaw is hesitant to be influenced by his father, Hawkfrost welcomes his advice and plots to take control of the Clans much in the same way as his father did. When Brambleclaw killed Hawkfrost in Sunset and Brambleclaw vows to never again listen to his father's ambitions, Tigerstar's plans appear to be thwarted.

Tigerstar also plays a role in the Power of Three series as a battle mentor to Lionblaze, along with his dead son Hawkfrost. The consequences of his actions do not appear to be causing any harm to the Clans; Lionblaze becomes a masterful fighter under Tigerstar's influence and excels in battle skills far beyond any other apprentice. Whether or not Lionblaze is part of yet another plan hatched by Tigerstar from the shadows remains to be seen, though it appears unlikely. Once Lionblaze becomes aware of the prophecy and his seeming invincibility during battles, he begins to challenge Tigerstar. It appears that Tigerstar's plans are as yet unrelated to Lionblaze's power.

Tigerstar was originally mentored by Bluestar's brother-in-law, Thistleclaw, a battle-hungry and aggressive cat who Rock said in Cats of the Clans "would have sliced through the forest until the paths ran red with blood" (this only magnified Tigerstar's own aggressive personality). Thistleclaw is dead shortly before the events of the Original series, having died during a battle with RiverClan. Tigerstar takes Ravenpaw as an apprentice for a short time before Firestar and Graystripe send him to live with Barley. He has taken two mates, Goldenflower and Sasha. He has five direct kits: Tawnypelt and Brambleclaw from Goldenflower, and Mothwing, Hawkfrost, and Tadpole from Sasha. Tadpole is not shown in the story because he drowned as a kit. His grand-kits include Dawnpaw, Flamepaw, and Tigerpaw (Tawnypelt's children). It is revealed in Firestar's Quest that Tigerstar is a direct descendant of the kits of Birdflight, a SkyClan she-cat who sheltered in ThunderClan during SkyClan's exile. This makes him part-SkyClan, along with his cousin Spottedleaf, the original ThunderClan medicine cat. It is also revealed in Code of the Clans that Tigerstar was the son of Pinestar, the old Thunderclan leader who left his Clan to be a kittypet. This might be why Tigerstar hates Firestar and all non "pure-Clan" cats. His mother was Leopardfoot, who was Patchpelt's sister, making Tigerstar related to Graystripe, as Patchpelt is Graystripe's father.

Lionblaze revolts against Tigerstar in Sunrise after learning that Tigerstar has always known that Squirrelflight wasn't their mother. Lionblaze is able to defeat him, but Tigerstar's actual fate is unknown.

Whitestorm

Whitestorm, a large white tom with yellow eyes, is a senior ThunderClan warrior in the Original series. He is one of the few cats who always treats Firestar with kindness when he is first brought into ThunderClan, and often gives him advice when he senses Firestar is troubled. Whitestorm is a gallant fighter, but is always more reserved rather than bloodthirsty and carries a thoughtful demeanor.

Though he is the most experienced senior warrior in the Clan, Whitestorm does not harbor any ambition toward becoming Clan leader and as such offers his wisdom to younger cats entirely out of good will. He assists Fireheart with the burdens of being Clan deputy during Bluestar's depression, and takes over for him occasionally when Fireheart's duties call him elsewhere. Being Bluestar's nephew, as her sister Snowfur was his mother, Whitestorm is one of the warriors who are closest to her, and often stays by her side in order to comfort her and maintain her sanity when she succumbs into paranoia through the later books. Eventually Firestar appoints Whitestorm as his deputy in appreciation for all his advice, a promotion he is unexpectedly pleased about (a trait that Firestar admires, given the ambitions of previous cats he had encountered). Whitestorm is killed by Bone during the battle with BloodClan in The Darkest Hour, his last wish being that Firestar appoint Graystripe as his new deputy, which is granted.

Whitestorm's mate is Willowpelt. With Willowpelt he fathered Sorreltail, Sootfur and Rainwhisker. As such he is the grandfather of Sorreltail's kits, Cinderheart, Molekit, Honeyfern, and Poppyfrost. His aunts were Sweetkit and Rosetail, because their brother, Thistleclaw, was his father, making Poppydawn, their mother, his paternal grandmother.

Yellowfang

Yellowfang, a dark gray she-cat with bright orange eyes and a flat, broad face, is ThunderClan's medicine cat for much of the duration of the Original series. She was originally the medicine cat of ShadowClan, and formed a forbidden relationship with ShadowClan's leader, Raggedstar (as medicine cats are not supposed to have mates), which resulted in her giving birth to three kits. Two of these kits died, and the third, Brokentail, lived and eventually forced his way into becoming ShadowClan's leader by killing his father, Raggedstar. Yellowfang believed that the consequences of her actions weren't that her other two kits died, but that Brokenstar survived to take over ShadowClan. Yellowfang was exiled from the camp when Brokenstar, who had never known who his true mother was, blamed her for the death of two kits he had forced into training too early. Yellowfang was found by Firepaw, who took her back to camp as a prisoner. After Spottedleaf's death, Yellowfang succeeded her as ThunderClan's new medicine cat. Later Yellowfang Feeds Deathberries to Brokenstar, after his capture by Thunderclan, killing him.

Yellowfang displays a rough and irritable personality to most cats who encounter her, especially Cinderpelt and Firestar. She speaks the blunt truth rather often, refusing to soften her words, as she feels this would dilute the truth of the matter. Yellowfang has a close friendship with Firepaw beyond their initial meeting, during which the two attack each other. She is struck by Firepaw's potential and acts as a surrogate mother to him throughout his training. When Cinderpelt is injured and her chances of becoming a warrior forfeited, Yellowfang trains her as a medicine cat. Her personality clashes with that of Cinderpelt's, and the two often bicker playfully back and forth; Yellowfang greatly respects Cinderpelt as a result due to her courage to fire her words right back at her.

Yellowfang dies in the great fire that destroys much of ThunderClan's camp during the events of Rising Storm. Her last words are to Fireheart, telling him that he was the son she always wished she had. Yellowfang mentored Runningnose as a medicine cat in ShadowClan, who retained a great deal of respect for her despite her exile. She then mentored Cinderpelt in ThunderClan.

In the Power of Three series, Yellowfang is one of the first StarClan cats to realize Jaypaw's ability to transcend dreams. She attempts to stop him from abusing his power, but Jaypaw stubbornly refuses. She also argues with Bluestar and other members of StarClan regarding the prophecy concerning Jaypaw and his siblings, saying that the cats of StarClan are intentionally deceiving the three for an as yet undisclosed reason.

The New Prophecy Series

The New Prophecy series covers events in the story from Midnight to Sunset. Many characters here were first mentioned in the Original series, but had minor or unsignificant roles. In addition, as with the Original series, most characters listed here play minor or significant roles in the following series, Power of Three, as well.

Ashfur

Ashfur, a pale gray tom with darker flecks and dark blue eyes, was a ThunderClan warrior who was introduced in the Original series as Ashkit and later Ashpaw along with his sister, Ferncloud. During the Original series, he and Ferncloud willingly served as bait for the pack of dogs threatening ThunderClan's camp and ran ahead of them in order to lead them off course. (In Into the Wild, there is a ShadowClan elder named Ashfur. He died in Rising Storm, but since ThunderClan's Ashfur was still Ashpaw at the time, there was no colliding of names.)

Ashfur is shown to be deeply committed to the warrior code, and, like other warriors such as Dustpelt and Thornclaw, has concerns about the increasing amount of half-Clan and rogue cats that have been allowed to join ThunderClan. During the events of The New Prophecy, he falls in love with Squirrelflight, and attempts to get closer to her while she struggles with Brambleclaw. He is dismayed when Squirrelflight eventually chooses Brambleclaw over him, and as a result he resents Brambleclaw thereafter. Ashfur's resentment of Brambleclaw is also subconsciously motivated; he has never been able to forgive Brambleclaw for his father Tigerstar's actions, mainly his killing of Brindleface, Ashfur's mother.

In the Power of Three series, Ashfur has exhibited strange behavior. For example, during a sparring match between him and his apprentice, Lionblaze, Brambleclaw's apparent son, he turns ferociously hostile. However, it is revealed in Long Shadows that he has never been angry with Brambleclaw, just Squirrelflight. It was he who helped Hawkfrost and Tigerstar to try and kill Firestar in Sunset to "show her [Squirrelflight] what pain really was." He tries to do this again by attempting to kill Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf in the forest fire in Long Shadows, but he released them when Squirrelflight reveals they aren't her kits, so hurting her in that way would not work. He vows to tell all of the cats at the upcoming Gathering, which he claims will destroy Squirrelflight, in that she will lose Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Hollyleaf. Brambleclaw will want nothing to do with her, and no cat in any Clan would respect her. At the end of Long Shadows, before he gets the chance, he is mysteriously killed and his body was found floating in the stream of WindClan territory, while Squirrelflight happened to be away from the camp. Most of the cats of ThunderClan suspect it was a WindClan patrol, but it seemed to be implied that Squirrelflight killed him. The fact that Firestar did not mention the death of Ashfur at the Gathering might have been significant. Many people felt that Squirrelflight did not kill Ashfur, and the Erins were instead trying to surprise the readers. Another suspected killer among fans was Sol (though he seemed not to have a motive). In Sunrise, his killer was revealed to be Hollyleaf, rather than Squirrelflight.

Ashfur's mentor was Dustpelt. He has mentored Lionblaze as well as his nephew Birchfall. His mother is Brindleface, and his father is unknown. Brindleface was killed by Tigerstar in A Dangerous Path. He has one sister, Ferncloud, and as such is the uncle of Ferncloud's kits including Larchkit, Hollykit, Icepaw, Foxpaw, Shrewpaw, Spiderleg, and Birchfall. He is also the foster brother of Cloudtail, due to his mother Brindleface's serving as Cloudtail's surrogate mother in the Clan.

Brambleclaw

Brambleclaw, first introduced as Bramblekit, is a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. In A Dangerous Path he becomes Firestar's apprentice and is known as Bramblepaw for the remainder of the original series. He receives his warrior name, Brambleclaw, in the beginning Firestar's Quest.

Brambleclaw is the current ThunderClan deputy, but he is often questioned about his loyalties because of his father, Tigerstar. He receives a message from the dead Bluestar, where tells him that he must travel with cats from each Clan to hear what Midnight has to say. That leads him to be traveling with his sister Tawnypelt, Crowpaw, Feathertail and her brother Stormfur, and Firestar's daughter Squirrelpaw. All journey to sun-drown-place to find the badger, Midnight, who tells them that the Clans must find a new home. Brambleclaw seemed to take a leadership role on their journey.

Brambleclaw and the others help to find the Clans a new home around the lake. Once the four Clans had settled in their new homes, Tigerstar began to walk in the dreams of Brambleclaw and Brambleclaw's half-brother, Hawkfrost, both Tigerstar's kin. Tigerstar's goal was to make his two sons ambitious for power, like he was when he was alive. However, he believes that Brambleclaw is too weak to take power, so he plots with Hawkfrost to create a trap for Brambleclaw and Firestar. Hawkfrost shares his plot with Ashfur, who was already an enemy of Brambleclaw's since he believes Brambleclaw took Squirrelflight away from him. Under the false assumption that Blackstar was waiting at the border, Firestar falls victim to a fox trap. Hawkfrost reveals that he was the one who led Firestar there, hoping Brambleclaw would kill Firestar, and planning to kill Brambleclaw if he refused. But it was Brambleclaw who killed Hawkfrost to save his leader and himself, thus making Brambleclaw worthy to be named the new deputy of ThunderClan.

In Sunset, Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight, who had been quarreling before, realize how important they truly are to each other and become mates, angering Ashfur. They apparently have three kits, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze - however, in Long Shadows, Squirrelflight admits that Brambleclaw is not the father of her kits, and she never even had kits in the first place. Brambleclaw himself is unaware of this, according to Squirrelflight, until the end of Sunrise. Coincidentally, Ashfur was the mentor for his apparent son Lionblaze.

Brambleclaw has mentored Berrynose. Brambleclaw's siblings include Tawnypelt and three half siblings: Hawkfrost, Mothwing, and Tadpole. As such he is uncle to Tawnypelt's kits, including Tigerpaw, Dawnpaw, and Flamepaw.

Brambleclaw's parents are Goldenflower and Tigerstar, and it is revealed in Code of the Clans that Brambleclaw's grandparents are Pinestar and Leopardfoot. His sister is Tawnypelt, and since she has three children, Flamepaw, Dawnpaw, and Tigerpaw, they are Brambleclaw's nephews and niece.

Daisy

Daisy is a cream-colored long-furred she-cat who lived at the horseplace with two other cats named Smoky and Floss. She was afraid that the Twolegs (or 'Nofurs', as she initially referred to them as) at horseplace were going to take away her kits fathered by Smoky (originally named Berry, Mouse, and Hazel) because they had taken away Floss's litter, so she brought them to ThunderClan to keep them safe. She decides to go back to the horseplace following the badger attack in Twilight, worried that Clan life is too dangerous for her kits, but is persuaded to return to ThunderClan by her kits, Cloudtail and Brambleclaw. Daisy liked Cloudtail, but gave up on him after she saw the way that Cloudtail loved Brightheart, his mate. Her kits trained as ThunderClan warriors and received their warrior names, Berrynose, Mousewhisker, and Hazeltail, in Outcast. Daisy's first litter was fathered by Smoky, but her recent mate is [Spiderleg, with whom she has two kits; Rosekit and Toadkit. In Long Shadows, it is revealed that Spiderleg and Daisy are no longer mates, and that Spiderleg "never really wanted kits in the first place." Daisy is a permanent member of ThunderClan, but she is not a warrior; she remains in the nursery throughout the series because of her kits and to help the queens.

Ferncloud

Ferncloud is a pale gray she-cat with darker flecks and pale green eyes. She was mentored by Darkstripe (and Longtail, after Darkstripe was exiled from ThunderClan) as an apprentice, Fernpaw, during the Original series. In A Dangerous Path she helps to lure the dog pack away from the ThunderClan camp along with her brother Ashfur to avenge the death of their mother, Brindleface. She is the mate of Dustpelt, and mother of three litters: first litter: Spiderleg and Shrewpaw; second litter: Hollykit, Larchkit, and Birchfall; third litter: Foxpaw and Icepaw. Unfortunately, Hollykit and Larchkit die from starvation, while Shrewpaw dies when he is run over by a tree eating monster (tree cutting vehicle) in Dawn. Ferncloud is depicted as a gentle, motherly cat who remains in the nursery, where she is suited best. She helps to look after new kits with Daisy. Like Daisy and Goldenflower she usually doesn't leave the nursery but cares for kits.

Leafpool

Leafpool, a light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, is the current medicine cat of ThunderClan. She is the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, and the sister of Squirrelflight, with whom she shares a unique telepathic connection, in which each can always know what the other is feeling. She is first introduced as a kit, Leafkit, named for Leafstar and Spottedleaf, in the epilogue of Firestar's Quest, and later as a medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw, in Midnight, mentored by Cinderpelt.

In Moonrise and Dawn, Leafpaw is captured by some of the Twolegs destroying the Clans' forest home, along with many other cats, but is later rescued by Squirrelpaw and a ThunderClan patrol. She makes the Great Journey along with the four Clans in Dawn and discovers the Moonpool in Starlight, the Moonstone equivalent in their new territory. Because of this, Cinderpelt gives Leafpaw her full medicine cat name, Leafpool. Leafpool also receives a frightening prophecy from StarClan: Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.

Leafpool starts to develop feelings for Crowfeather, though they are from different Clans and Leafpool is not allowed to take a mate, being a medicine cat. After Cinderpelt finds out that she has been meeting Crowfeather, they attempt to run away to be able to be together in Twilight. However, when Midnight the badger arrives to warn the Clans of a badger attack, Crowfeather and Leafpool realize how much their Clans mean to them, and they decide to return. Unfortunately, Leafpool arrives too late to save Cinderpelt when the horde of badgers attack the ThunderClan camp, and continually expresses guilt because of her mentor's death throughout the rest of the series. She and Crowfeather agree never to see each other again, though for the rest of the books they are both oddly tense whenever they meet on occasion. Leafpool becomes the new ThunderClan medicine cat in Sunset, and discovers that Brambleclaw is to be the new deputy in Graystripe's absence and that he and Squirrelflight are destined to be mates, as well as the fact that her mentor, Cinderpelt, has been reincarnated as one of Sorreltail's kits, Cinderheart. Spottedleaf also reveals to her that Mothwing, the RiverClan medicine cat and Leafpool's friend, does not believe in StarClan, a result of Hawkfrost, her brother, tricking Mudfur into taking her as his apprentice and then openly sharing with her what truly happened. Leafpool is also featured in a play written by Victoria Holmes, titled After Sunset: We Need to Talk, in which she appears to have something to tell Crowfeather, but then denies it after Crowfeather confesses that he has taken a new mate, Nightcloud, in WindClan.

Later, in The Sight, she takes Hollypaw as her apprentice, who later decides to quit and become a warrior instead, confessing that she only wanted to be a medicine cat because of the position it would give her. Then, Jaypaw, Hollypaw's brother, receives a message from StarClan telling him that he must become a medicine cat, and becomes Leafpool's new apprentice. Leafpool gives him his full medicine cat name Jayfeather, in Long Shadows.

In "Sunrise" it is revealed Leafpool is Jayfeather, Hollyleaf and Lionblaze's mother. Crowfeather is their father as well. Hollyleaf tells the truth at the Gathering and Crowfeather says that Leafpool, Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf mean nothing to him. Leafpool tells the Clan that she can not be a medicine cat anymore. Afterwards, Hollyleaf tries to kill her by forcing her to eat deathberries. Leafpool asks Hollyleaf what would be worse, if she stayed alive or died and Hollyleaf stops forcing her and Leafpool walks past her.

Rainwhisker

A dark gray tom with blue eyes, Rainwhisker is a ThunderClan warrior first introduced in The Darkest Hour as a kit, Rainkit. He is the brother of Sorreltail and Sootfur and the son of Willowpelt and Whitestorm. He is later introduced as an apprentice, Rainpaw, mentored by Cloudtail, in Firestar's Quest. He becomes a warrior sometime between Firestar's Quest and Midnight. It is revealed in that he was killed by a falling tree branch during a storm between Sunset and The Sight. He is uncle of Sorreltail's kits, including Poppyfrost, Honeyfern,(deceased) Cinderheart, and Molekit (deceased).

Squirrelflight

Squirrelflight, a dark ginger she-cat with green eyes, is the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, as well as the younger littermate of Leafpool. She and Leafpool share a special telepathic connection, in which one can always know what the other is thinking or feeling. She and Leafpool are first introduced as kits, Squirrelkit and Leafkit, in the epilogue of Firestar's Quest. In The New Prophecy, Squirrelflight joins the prophesied cats to find Midnight at the sun-drown place, the prophesied cats being Crowpaw, Feathertail, Brambleclaw and his sister Tawnypelt. Stormfur tags along as well so he can be with Feathertail, his sister. Squirrelflight is shown to be arrogant with a temper as an apprentice, but gradually matures during The New Prophecy series.

At first, she taunted and resented Brambleclaw, but later fell in love with him during their journey, similar to what happened with her parents, Firestar and Sandstorm. However, when Brambleclaw warms up to his half-brother and RiverClan warrior, Hawkfrost, he begins to lose Squirrelflight's trust, believing that Hawkfrost is as murderously ambitious as his father, Tigerstar, and that Brambleclaw will follow in his ambitions. During this time, Squirelflight began to get closer to Ashfur. During the badger attack in ThunderClan camp that kills Cinderpelt, Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw realize how much they really mean to each other, and Squirrelflight leaves Ashfur to be with Brambleclaw. She tries to remain friends with Ashfur, but he rejects her friendship, feeling betrayed.

In the Power of Three series, Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw apparently have three children; Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze. Ashfur seems to have gotten over Squirrelflight, however he behaves rather strangely. In Long Shadows, Ashfur admits that he was the one who helped Hawkfrost try to kill Firestar in Sunset, in an attempt to hurt Squirrelflight emotionally. He then tries to kill her three children in a forest fire, but Squirrelflight reveals that they aren't hers, so it wouldn't hurt her that way. At the end of Long Shadows, Ashfur is anonymously killed, Squirrelflight being a major suspect, but it is revealed in Sunrise that actually Hollyleaf killed Ashfur, trying to keep him quiet, as he was planning to tell the secret that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw weren't her parents at a Gathering.

She was mentored by Whitestorm and currently has one apprentice, Foxpaw.

Spiderleg

Spiderleg is a long-limbed black tom with a brown underbelly and amber eyes, first briefly introduced in Firestar's Quest as a kit, Spiderkit. He is the son of Ferncloud and Dustpelt, and his siblings include Birchfall, Icepaw, Foxpaw, Hollykit, Larchkit, and Shrewpaw, the latter three being deceased. His mentor was Mousefur (now an elder, see above), and he temporarily mentored Dawnpaw of ShadowClan when Tawnypelt and her kits briefly left ShadowClan for ThunderClan in Long Shadows. Spiderleg's former mate was Daisy and they had two kits, Rosekit and Toadkit. In Long Shadows, it is revealed that Spiderleg no longer loves Daisy and that he "never really wanted kits." Spiderleg is overall a loyal warrior, but shares his sharp tongue with his father, Dustpelt, and is often one of the key characters to protest against something anti-usual Clan. He shares the belief with Dustpelt, Thornclaw, and Ashfur that there are too many non-born Clan cats in ThunderClan. He is not one of the main characters, and often flits in and out of scenes in the books since his first real introduction as an apprentice, Spiderpaw, in Midnight.

Sootfur

Sootfur, a light gray tom with amber eyes, is a ThunderClan warrior first introduced in The Darkest Hour, the brother of Sorreltail and Rainwhisker and the son of Willowpelt and Whitestorm. He was introduced as an apprentice, Sootpaw, in Firestar's Quest. During the events of the book, his mother Willowpelt dies saving him from a badger. Sootpaw is made a warrior, Sootfur, sometime between the events of Firestar's Quest and Midnight. Sootfur appears to be hotheaded and sometimes says somewhat rude things such as when he remarks that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw may have made the right decision getting out of the forest when they did and when he remarks that Daisy would be too fat and lazy to run fast enough to catch mice. In the fifth book of The New Prophecy series, Twilight, Sootfur is killed during the attack of the badgers invading ThunderClan camp.

Sootfur's mentor was originally Longtail, but after Longtail was blinded by a rabbit in Firestar's Quest, his mentor was changed to Thornclaw. He is uncle of Sorreltail's kits, including Poppyfrost, Honeyfern,(deceased) Cinderheart, and Molepaw (deceased).

Sorreltail

Sorreltail, a tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes, is a ThunderClan warrior, the only daughter of Willowpelt and Whitestorm and the littermate of Sootfur and Rainwhisker. Introduced in The Darkest Hour as Sorrelkit, an adventurous young kit, she followed Darkstripe and caught him speaking to Blackfoot (the ShadowClan deputy) on ThunderClan territory during the events of the book. She was seen by Darkstripe, who then tricked her into eating deathberries to keep her quiet about his treachery. After recovering, she told Firestar what Darkstripe did to her, bringing about his exile from ThunderClan.

She is an apprentice, Sorrelpaw, in Firestar's Quest, mentored by Sandstorm, although due to Sandstorm's being away from ThunderClan on the journey to find SkyClan during the events of the book, Sorrelpaw is temporarily mentored by Dustpelt. In between Firestar's Quest and Midnight, Sorrelpaw is struck by a car, injuring her shoulder. Sorrelpaw eventually recovers under Cinderpelt's care, but has to train for longer than that of a usual apprentice. In Midnight, Sorrelpaw finally receives her warrior name, Sorreltail, and becomes best friends with Leafpool. Whenever Leafpool needs to go out, she always asks Sorreltail to go with her. When the four Clans reach their new lake home, Sorreltail falls in love with Brackenfur and they became mates. Sorreltail gives birth to her kits in Twilight during an unexpected badger attack, but was saved by Cinderpelt, who died trying to defend Sorreltail and her kits. In the end, she gives birth to four kits, Molekit (dead), Poppyfrost, Honeyfern (dead), and Cinderheart, named in honor of Cinderpelt, which is ironic because Cinderheart is the reincarnated form of Cinderpelt even though Cinderheart doesn't know it herself.

Power of Three Series

"Whitewing" redirects here. For other uses, see White Wing.

The Power of Three series covers events in the story from The Sight to present, which currently encompasses the events of Sunrise. The series is centered around the apparent children of Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather, and the prophecy that was made about them.

Berrynose

Berrynose is a cream-colored tom, the son of Daisy and Smoky, the littermate of Mousewhisker and Hazeltail, and the half-brother of Rosekit and Toadkit. He is first introduced as a very young kit named Berry in Twilight. His mother, Daisy, takes him and his littermates away from the horseplace where they were born so the Twolegs inhabiting it would not take them away. After a ThunderClan patrol finds them, they join ThunderClan and Berry is given the Clan name of Berrykit. He is the most adventurous of his littermates, and he accidentally ventures into a fox trap while sneaking out of camp in Sunset and loses half of his tail. This event causes him to be paranoid about his warrior name, afraid Firestar would give him a ridiculous name, such as 'Berrystumpytail'. He is first introduced as an apprentice, Berrypaw, in The Sight, mentored by Brambleclaw. He is shown to be an arrogant and disrespectful cat similar to Darkstripe, especially after he is made a warrior in Outcast. He criticizes even the littlest mistakes made by apprentices and refuses to listen to any criticism directed at him. It is revealed that Honeyfern has a crush on him. In Sunrise the two are seen getting along well and are assumed to be in love considering suggesting that they would have kits together. He is grief stricken when she dies from a snake bite.

Blossomkit

A tortoiseshell she-cat with a brown stripe down her back and white patches on her pelt, Blossomkit is the daughter of Graystripe and Millie and the littermate of Bumblekit and Briarkit as well as the half-sister of Feathertail and Stormfur. She was first introduced in Eclipse, along with her littermates.

Birchfall

A light brown tabby tom, Birchfall is Birchkit and Birchpaw in the New Prophecy series, and is first introduced as a warrior in The Sight. Birchfall is the son of Ferncloud and Dustpelt, and as such is the brother of Spiderleg, Shrewpaw, Icepaw, Foxpaw, Hollykit, and Larchkit, of which the later two are his littermates. During the destruction of the forest in The New Prophecy, his littermates, Hollykit and Larchkit, die of starvation, while his brother Shrewpaw dies when a tree cutter runs over him. As Birchkit, he makes the Great Journey across the mountains with the Clans to their new home, and becomes the first apprentice, Birchpaw, in ThunderClan's new camp. He was mentored by Ashfur, his uncle. His mate is Whitewing, and by Long Shadows, it is confirmed that she is carrying their kits. Whitewing later gives birth in Sunrise to two kits, Dovekit and Ivykit, one of which will become the last cat in the prophecy of the Power of Three.

Briarkit

A dark brown she-cat, Briarkit is the daughter of Graystripe and Millie and the littermate of Bumblekit and Blossomkit, as well as the half-sister of Feathertail and Stormfur. She is first introduced in Eclipse, along with her littermates. She got sick with greencough when her mother, Millie, fell ill, but is in decent health by Sunrise. She is nearly bitten by a snake in Sunrise, but saved by Honeyfern.

Bumblekit

A pale gray tom with many black stripes running horizontally across his back, Bumblekit is the son of Graystripe and Millie and the littermate of Blossomkit and Briarkit, as well as the half-brother of Feathertail and Stormfur. He is said to be the biggest kit in his litter and was named for the stripes on his back, making him look like a bumblebee. He was first introduced in Eclipse, along with his littermates.

Cinderheart

Cinderheart, (Cinderpaw before Eclipse), a gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes, is a ThunderClan warrior first mentioned at the end of Twilight and formally introduced in The Sight. She is initially revealed to be the reincarnation of Cinderpelt, the former ThunderClan medicine cat. This fact becomes clear to Leafpool in Sunset when Spottedleaf tells her where to find Cinderpelt and shows her Cinderheart (then Cinderkit). Cinderheart is not consciously aware of her situation and is very much her own character; she could be considered something of a clone of Cinderpelt who is not aware of her counterpart's existence. Jayfeather's attempts to walk in her dreams result in the personality of the original Cinderpelt revealing herself in the former ThunderClan camp in the forest, implying that Cinderpelt's spirit does indeed reside within Cinderheart's subconsciousness. Leafpool and Jayfeather are the only cats that are aware of Cinderheart's true identity; while Leafpool wants to keep it a secret from Cinderheart indefinitely, Jayfeather wants to reveal the truth to her, thus adding heat to the already obvious indifferences of these two cats (as of Sunrise, Jayfeather has not revealed the truth to Cinderheart or anybody else).

Cinderheart is StarClan's answer to Cinderpelt's dreams of becoming a warrior. She becomes an apprentice under her uncle Cloudtail along with Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf, her best friend, and others. In an ironic twist of fate, however, she falls from a tree branch in Dark River and injures her leg, in fact the same leg that Cinderpelt injured. She is able to recover partially, but reinjures it during her assessment in Eclipse and is thrown into a state of depression (Cinderheart's desire to become a warrior is as strong as Cinderpelt's, although it is unknown whether Cinderpelt herself influenced this personality). Jayfeather teaches her to swim in order to stretch and build the muscles without straining them, and by the end of Eclipse, Cinderheart is able to walk and run normally and receives her warrior name. Cinderpelt's original destiny having been fulfilled, it is unknown whether or not Cinderheart's reincarnation will contribute to future events.

At the end of Eclipse, when she is given her warrior name, Firestar names her Cinderheart "...in honor of those warriors who have gone before." It is unclear whether Firestar is referencing Cinderpelt or not. Though Cinderheart is a reincarnation of Cinderpelt, in this new life she is the daughter of Sorreltail and Brackenfur and the sister of Molekit, who died before he left the nursery., Poppyfrost, and Honeyfern. During Sunrise, Honeyfern dies, and Cinderheart is grief-stricken. She tells Hollyleaf she shouldn't have said anything at the Gathering.

Foxpaw

A reddish tabby tom, Foxpaw was first introduced as a kit, Foxkit, in The Sight. He is the son of Ferncloud and Dustpelt and the littermate of Icepaw as well as the brother of Shrewpaw, Hollykit, Larchkit, Spiderleg, and Birchfall. He becomes an apprentice, Foxpaw, in Outcast, and is mentored by Squirrelflight, but due to Squirrelflight's temporary departure to the Tribe of Rushing Water during the book, he is mentored by Sorreltail for a while. Sandstorm also takes over as his mentor for Squirrelflight when she becomes ill in Long Shadows. It is said that Foxpaw wishes his warrior name to be Foxcatcher. His warrior name will be Foxleap, which was revealed in an Erin Hunter chat.

Hazeltail

Hazeltail is a small gray-and-white she-cat, the daughter of Daisy and Smoky, the littermate of Berrynose and Mousewhisker, and the half-sister of Rosekit and Toadkit. She is first introduced as a kit named Hazel in Twilight, when her mother Daisy took her and her littermates away from the horseplace where they were born so the Twolegs there would not take them away. After a ThunderClan patrol found them, they joined ThunderClan and Hazel was given the Clan name of Hazelkit. In Sunset, Spottedleaf visits the nursery and shows her and Mousekit a butterfly, which she says they can catch, leading Leafpool to discover the truth about the RiverClan medicine cat, Mothwing. She was introduced as an apprentice, Hazelpaw, in The Sight, mentored by Dustpelt, and continues this apprenticeship until she becomes a warrior, Hazeltail, in Outcast, along with her littermates. In Sunrise, she meets her father, Smoky, and Floss for the first time. Smoky appears proud of her and Floss is concerned when she mentions that Berrynose lost half his tail in a fox trap. It is noted that Lionblaze may be showing some affection towards her.

Hollyleaf

Hollyleaf, a black she-cat with green eyes, is a ThunderClan kit, apprentice and warrior introduced in The Sight. She is one of the protagonists of the Power of Three series with her ThunderClan brothers Jayfeather and Lionblaze, and is on the cover of Sunrise. Initially, Hollyleaf chooses to become a medicine cat as a result of the respect she sees other cats giving Leafpool, the current medicine cat, and wants to be considered extremely important to her Clan. She abandons this choice after a short time, as she cannot remember herbs very well and gets easily disgusted when dealing with wounds and injuries. She develops an affinity for battle training and realizes that she would best serve her Clan as a warrior, and begins training under Brackenfur. Hollyleaf learned under her mentor to be incredibly loyal and devoted to follow the warrior code. As a result, Hollyleaf highly disapproved of her brother Lionblaze's affinity for Heathertail, a WindClan she-cat.

Hollyleaf is considered the most cunning of the three siblings, prone to thinking out strategies carefully rather than rushing in blindly. She is not one of the Three in the prophecy, even though both of her brothers are. As a result, she has no power. She is devoutly loyal to the warrior code and considers it to be the foundation of Clan life, and is terrified to think of a Clan operating without it. She has aspirations about becoming Clan leader, a function that she feels would best serve her Clan. Her idealologies differ from her brothers in this respect, in that she is always trying to think of what would benefit all cats and not just herself. Hollyleaf seems deeply burderned by responsibility upon learning of the prophecy concerning herself and her siblings. It was revealed in Long Shadows that Squirrelflight is not her mother. Her real parents are Leafpool and Crowfeather. In Long Shadows, Hollyleaf becomes so obsessed with the code, she scares Jayfeather at one point. At the end of the book, she kills Ashfur to stop him from telling the clans that Squirrelflight is not her mother. In Sunrise, she goes mad having been the daughter of a medicine cat and a WindClan warrior thus breaking the warrior code. Here is a quote from Hollyleaf in the Gathering out loud to every single cat and Clan:

"You think you- You think you know me and my brothers, Lionblaze and Jayfeather of ThunderClan. You think you know us, but everything you have been told about us was a lie! We are not the kits of Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight. Coward! I'm not afraid of the truth! Leafpool is our mother, and Crowfeather- yes, Crowfeather of WindClan is our father."

She also tries to kill her mother, Leafpool, by trying to make her eat deathberries. She leaves the Clans and is believed to be killed when the tunnels collapse while she is in them, suffocating her. However, it is unknown if this actually occurred, although it most likely took place, seeing as Jayfeather was the one whose point of view the reader was in at the time. It has not been confirmed that Hollyleaf is dead, but in an Erin Hunter chat from Wands and Words on June 27, Vicky Holmes was very vague on wether she is dead or not.

Her extreme devotion to the warrior code eventually led to her downfall. While most thought that Hollyleaf was part of the three, she truly was not. Rather, the three relates to Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovekit (Whitewing's kit).

Honeyfern

Honeyfern is a light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes and the daughter of Brackenfur and Sorreltail. She is sister to Cinderheart, Poppyfrost, and Molepaw. She was first introduced as a kit, Honeykit, near the end of Twilight, and as an apprentice, Honeypaw, in The Sight, mentored by Sandstorm, who also mentored her mother, Sorreltail. She continues her apprenticeship for the rest of the series until she receives her warrior name, Honeyfern, in Eclipse. It is revealed that she has a crush on Berrynose. In Sunrise Berrynose starts to return that affection but, Honeyfern is soon killed by a snake while protecting Briarkit from it.

Icepaw

Icepaw is a white she-cat with bright blue eyes, first introduced as a kit, Icekit, in The Sight. She is the daughter of Ferncloud and Dustpelt and the littermate of Foxpaw, as well as the younger sister of Spiderleg, Shrewpaw, Birchfall, Hollykit and Larchkit. Icepaw and Foxpaw shared dens with Hollykit, Jaykit, and Lionkit before the three later became apprentices. She became an apprentice in Outcast, mentored by Whitewing. It is said that she wishes her warrior name to be Icestorm. As her mentor Whitewing is now a queen, Icepaw will have a new mentor in Sunrise. Her new "mentor" is Brackenfur. It is believed that she admires Lionblaze. Even though Lionblaze shows a bit affection for Hazeltail. No one really knows who gets him, yet. Her warrior name will be Icecloud.

Jayfeather

Jayfeather is a gray tabby tom with blue eyes, and he is blind. He is the brother of Hollyleaf and Lionblaze as well as the half-brother of Breezepelt, and one of the protagonists of the Power of Three series with his siblings. Jayfeather is currently training to be a medicine cat under Leafpool. Initially, Jayfeather wanted to become a warrior, because he desired to be just as important as his littermates to the Clan and felt that the duties of a medicine cat were insignificant compared to the glories a warrior could experience. He began warrior training under Brightheart, but soon tired of it. He did not receive much training and barely explored ThunderClan's territory. In a rebellious act, Jayfeather decides to explore himself. This led to him walking over a cliff in the middle of WindClan's territory and falling into the lake. Luckily, a WindClan patrol was nearby, but because of this, Jayfeather is afraid of water. Later, Spottedleaf persuaded him to become a medicine cat. Jayfeather is very conscious of his condition and adamantly refuses to be treated differently because of it, as he hates the thought of being pitied.

Despite his inability to see, Jayfeather's other senses are greatly magnified and he is often able to navigate just as well as any other cat. His superior sense of smell enables him to diagnose medicinal ailments instantly and from a great distance away, a trait that is obviously ideal for a medicine cat. Jayfeather is able to hear and smell cats approaching from a great distance, well before any other cat nearby. In addition to his heightened senses, Jayfeather develops a form of extrasensory perception which enables him to read other cats' minds, as well as enter the dreams of other cats and listen in on their conversations with members of StarClan. It is shown in Outcast that this ability extends to cats who do not fall under the jurisdiction of StarClan, such as cats of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Jayfeather's mind-reading abilities can be blocked, however, if the intended target is aware of his intention; Leafpool is aware of his ability and consciously damps her thoughts whenever she does not want him in her head. Additionally, Jayfeather is unable to read the mind of Sol because his thoughts are so rapid and many that he can't focus on him.

Jayfeather's personality is somewhat on par with Yellowfang in that he is typically grumpy and easily angered. Jayfeather is the first to learn of the prophecy concerning himself and his siblings, and takes its meaning to imply that they are more important than any of the other cats and as such do not have to follow their rules. He has stumbled upon a seemingly insignificant stick which inexplicably emanates the thoughts and feelings of past members of the Ancient Clans, who used to live by the lake long ago. Jayfeather feels he is on the verge of a great discovery, the implications of which have greater importance than StarClan. He is also aware of Cinderheart's reincarnation. Despite these pieces of knowledge, Jayfeather seems to care about his Clanmates and performs quite well as a medicine cat. Jayfeather has abilities that other medicine cats don't, such as walking in other cat's dreams. One of the first times he did this was when he followed Leafpool to the Moonpool and overheard her dream. Over the course of the series he has become more tolerant of his Clanmates and less irritable, mainly due to his liberal use of mind-reading and being able to sympathize with their thoughts. It was revealed in Long Shadows that Squirrelflight is not his mother. Prior to the release of Sunrise, it was rumoured Leafpool and Crowfeather are his parents because of the attitude and coloring. This is found true which leads to Hollyleaf's death and during his naming ceremony, Leafpool felt a feeling of love to him, and, in The New Prophecy series, Leafpool and Crowfeather were alone together at one point when they ran off. Because his parents were a ThunderClan cat and a WindClan cat, he is half-Clan.

Lionblaze

A golden tabby tom with amber eyes and a protagonist of the Power of Three series with his siblings Jayfeather and Hollyleaf, Lionblaze is secretly taught by the spirits of Tigerstar and Hawkfrost about different battle moves in Dark River. A pretty young WindClan apprentice named Heatherpaw convinces him to form a play Clan called DarkClan inside the underground tunnels, with the leader being Heatherpaw and the deputy being Lionblaze, under the assumed names Heatherstar and Lionclaw, respectively. Lionblaze unknowingly falls in love with her, and she falls in love with him. Hollyleaf and Cinderheart find out about the meetings, and Hollyleaf threatens to tell. Lionblaze hates her nosiness. He enjoys the secret night meetings immensely, but falls behind in his training. One night, Lionblaze teaches Heatherpaw some of Tigerstar's moves and Hawkfrost gets angry, later rebuking him for teaching battle techniques to the enemy. He tells Lionblaze that Heatherpaw will probably use them against him in battle. Lionblaze is devastated, and tells Heatherpaw that he won't see her anymore. She is deeply hurt, but Lionblaze stays true to his word. Soon his battle and hunting skills improve again and his mentor, Ashfur, is pleased. No one is aware of his haunted visits with his apparent grandfather and uncle, and Hollyleaf notices that his fighting skills exceed the level for normal apprentices, and Brambleclaw recognizes his father's fighting moves. She and the other apprentices are horrified as Ashfur and Lionblaze begin a dangerous sort of play-fight, where they act as if the other is an enemy. Hollyleaf notes that Ashfur looked as if he hated Lionblaze with all his heart during the fight, but afterward praised him and acted proud. His power is the ability to stay unhurt during fighting. At the end of Eclipse, Lionblaze has an argument with Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. This could be because of Tigerstar's teaching method and his constant bullying if Lionblaze doesn't train the way Tigerstar wants him to or if Lionblaze tries to talk to Tigerstar and Hawkfrost about the prophecy.

Prior to the release of Sunrise, it was speculated that Leafpool and Crowfeather were his parents. Also, in the latest "Warriors New" E-Mail, it mentioned "the parentage of a certain trio of ThunderClan cats" as well as "the shocking rumors about who might really be their mother," hinting that the rumor may be true. It was revealed in Long Shadows that Squirrelflight is not his mother, and in Sunrise that Leafpool and Crowfeather are his true parents.

Mousewhisker

Mousewhisker is a gray-and-white tom, the son of Daisy and Smoky, the brother of Berrynose and Hazeltail, and the half-brother of Rosekit and Toadkit. He was first introduced as a kit named Mouse in Twilight, when his mother Daisy took him and his littermates away from the horseplace where they were born so the Twolegs there would not take them away. After a ThunderClan patrol found them, they joined ThunderClan and Mouse was given the Clan name of Mousekit. In Sunset, Spottedleaf visits the nursery and shows him and Hazelkit a butterfly, which she says they can hunt, leading Leafpool to discover the truth about the RiverClan medicine cat, Mothwing. He is later introduced as an apprentice, Mousepaw, in The Sight, mentored by Spiderleg, and becomes a warrior, Mousewhisker, in Outcast. In the battle in Eclipse he wounds his eye so Hollypaw guides him into battle. They show some liking to each other, so it was rumored that they would be mates in Sunrise. But Hollyleaf hid in the caves to escape from her past in Sunrise, so it is unlikely they will be together.

Poppyfrost

Poppyfrost is a tortoiseshell she-cat and the daughter of Brackenfur and Sorreltail. She is also the sister of Cinderheart, Honeyfern, and Molepaw. She was first introduced as a kit, Poppykit, near the end of Twilight, and as an apprentice, Poppypaw, in The Sight, mentored by her uncle, Thornclaw. In The Sight, Poppypaw comes close to dying due to an extreme case of greencough, but Jaypaw heals her by entering her dreams and leading her away from StarClan, and she recovers. She continues her apprenticeship until Eclipse, when she receives her warrior name, Poppyfrost, along with her sister Honeyfern. It was revealed that Poppyfrost will have kits with an unknown mate in Omen of the Stars.

Thunderstar

(Formally a rouge named "Thunder") First introduced in "Secrets of the Clans," he was the first leader of ThunderClan, which was named after him. When the Clans were formed, he was the strongest and most powerful cat at the time in the forest. Legend says he was the one who "put in the more compassionate parts of the warrior code." Thunderstar was an orange tom with white paws. However, he is only mentioned in the main storyline in "Long Shadows" in the prologue, where he and the other "founding leaders" (Riverstar, Shadowstar, Skystar and Windstar) are questioning Midnight, the badger.

Whitewing

Whitewing is a pretty white she-cat with green eyes. She is first introduced as a kit, Whitekit, in the epilogue of Firestar's Quest, and as an apprentice, Whitepaw, throughout the New Prophecy series. She is the only daughter of Cloudtail and Brightheart, and therefore related to Firestar, Princess, Cinderpelt, Thornclaw, Brackenfur, Whitestorm, and Frostfur. In between Sunset and The Sight, she becomes a warrior, Whitewing. She was appointed much later than she could have been because she herself had wanted to remain behind so Birchpaw (later Birchfall) would not be the only apprentice. This is later confirmed when Birchfall complains about apprentice tasks and a older warrior reminds him that Whitewing requested to stay an apprentice. She was mentored by Brackenfur and received her first apprentice, Icepaw, in Outcast. It is confirmed by the end of Long Shadows that she is carrying Birchfall's kits, so therefore her status is now a queen. In Sunrise she gave birth to two kits, Dovekit and Ivykit, of which Dovekit will become the last cat in the prophecy of the Power of Three.

Rosekit

Rosekit is a dark cream she-cat first introduced in Outcast. She is the daughter of Daisy and Spiderleg, the littermate of Toadkit, and the half-sister of Mousewhisker, Berrynose, and Hazeltail. It is assumed that she and Toadkit will be apprentices in The Fourth Apprentice.

Toadkit

Toadkit is a black-and-white tom with gray paws first introduced in Outcast, along with his sister Rosekit. He is the son of Daisy and Spiderleg, and the half-brother of Mousewhisker, Berrynose, and Hazeltail. It is assumed that he and Rosekit will be apprentices in The Fourth Apprentice.

Omen of the Stars

The Omen of the Stars is the fourth and possibly final series in Warriors. Only two books are mentioned: The Fourth Apprentice and Fading Echoes. The fourth series is centered around the two sisters, Dovekit and Ivykit, and which one of them is the third cat in the prophecy, as well as around Lionblaze and Jayfeather, the other two cats in the prophecy.

Dovekit

Dovekit, a fluffy gray she-cat with green eyes, is the daughter of Whitewing and Birchfall, and sister of Ivykit. She was born at the end of Sunrise and it is mentioned that either she or her sister is the third cat of the prophecy, as Hollyleaf wasn't really part of the prophecy. She is on the cover of Omen of the Stars. Vicky Holmes revealed that Dovekit WILL be the fourth apprentice.

Ivykit

Ivykit, a tabby-and-white she-cat with green eyes, is the daughter of Whitewing and Birchfall, and sister of Dovekit. She was born at the end of Sunrise and it is mentioned that either she or her sister is the third cat of the prophecy, as Hollyleaf wasn't really part of the prophecy. When revealed by Vicky Holmes that Dovekit will be the Fourth Apprentice, she also stated that Ivykit will not be happy about her sister's newfound powers.

Minor ThunderClan Characters

The following are ThunderClan characters introduced or appearing in the Warriors novel series, having small, less significant, and/or single instances in the story. It was revealed in an Erin Hunter Chat that the warriors family tree from the "official" warriors site was made up by fans with over active imaginations. So most lineages from the site are false.

Minor Characters in ThunderClan

Name	Pelt Color	Description
Brindleface	Gray Tabby	Warrior/queen introduced in Into the Wild. Acts as a foster mother to Cloudtail after he is brought into the Clan by Fireheart. Killed by Tigerstar in A Dangerous Path in order to present the taste of cat to the pack of dogs. Returns in The Darkest Hour during Firestar's leader ceremony to give him one of his nine lives. She is the mother of Ashfur and Ferncloud.
Dappletail	Dappled Tortoiseshell	Elder introduced in Into the Wild. Generally the gentlest and nicest elder. After succumbing to insanity due to lack of food in Moonrise of The New Prophecy series, she dies from eating a poisoned rabbit.
Frostfur	White	Warrior/queen/elder introduced in Into the Wild. Chooses to remain in the old forest when the Clans begin their journey to the lake territory in Dawn of The New Prophecy series; presumably dies sometime thereafter. Mother of Cinderpelt, Brackenfur, Thornclaw, and Brightheart. Mentored by Bluestar.
Goldenflower	Pale Ginger	Warrior/queen introduced in Into the Wild. Mate of Tigerstar, having given birth to Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt during Forest of Secrets. Is very defensive regarding her associations with Tigerstar after his exile. Retires to the elder's den when the Clans finally reach the lake territory in Starlight of The New Prophecy series. Dies of old age sometime in between the events of Sunset and The Sight of the Power of Three series.
Halftail	Dark Brown Tabby	Elder introduced in Into the Wild. Is named due to part of his tail being bitten off by a badger. Dies of smoke inhalation during the forest fire in Rising Storm.
Lionheart	Gold Tabby	Senior warrior. Graystripe's mentor during Into the Wild and a close friend to Bluestar. Appointed the new deputy after Redtail's death. Killed during a raid by ShadowClan shortly after. Gives Firestar the first of his nine lives during his leader's ceremony in The Darkest Hour. Speaks to Leafpool with Bluestar and Spottedleaf a few times throughout The New Prophecy series.
One-eye	Pale Gray	Elder introduced in Into the Wild and the oldest cat in ThunderClan. Blind in one eye, resulting in the modification of her warrior name. Also virtually deaf. It is said in an Erin Chat she died gracefully in her sleep in betweenThe Darkest Hour and The New Prophecy series. It is revealed in Code of the Clans that her original warrior name was White-eye.
Patchpelt	Black/White	Elder introduced in Into the Wild. Dies in Rising Storm due to smoke inhalation from the forest fire.
Redtail	Tortoiseshell with a distinctive ginger tail	Deputy of ThunderClan prior to the events of Into the Wild. Killed by Tigerstar in an attempt to succeed him during a battle with RiverClan. Mentored Dustpelt before his death. Reappears during Firestar's leader ceremony in The Darkest Hour to give him one of his nine lives, while also thanking him for exposing Tigerstar's treachery.
Runningwind	Tabby	Warrior introduced in Into the Wild. Friendly, loyal to his Clan and a fierce fighter. Helps Firestar out with training Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw during Graystripe's absence. Assists with Cloudpaw's training as well. Killed by Tigerstar in Rising Storm. Reappears during Firestar's leader ceremony in The Darkest Hour to give him one of his nine lives. Mentored by Bluestar.
Rosetail	Unknown	Elder mentioned in Into the Wild. Killed by Blackfoot while defending the nursery from a ShadowClan attack. Daughter of Poppydawn and sister to Sweetkit and Thistleclaw, aunt to Whitestorm, great-aunt to Sorreltail, Sootfur and Rainwhisker and great-great-aunt to Honeyfern, Molekit, Poppyfrost and Cinderheart. She was Snowfur's sister-in-law.
Shrewpaw	Dark Brown	Son of Ferncloud and Dustpelt. Brother of Spiderleg, Larchkit, Hollykit, Birchfall, Foxpaw, and Icepaw. First introduced in Firestar's Quest as Shrewkit, then as an apprentice, Shrewpaw, mentored by Thornclaw, in Midnight. Run over by a monster and died while chasing a pheasant in Dawn.
Smallear	Gray	Elder introduced in Into the Wild. Often grumpy and complains often. Taunts Tawnypelt about her father, causing her to leave the Clan. Dies of unknown causes in between The Darkest Hour and Firestar's Quest. Fireheart carried him across the river in "Rising Storm" because he refused to enter the river.
Speckletail	Pale Tabby	Queen/elder introduced in Into the Wild. Fierce, grumpy, and still capable of fighting. Her kit, Snowkit, is deaf and carried away by a hawk in A Dangerous Path. Chooses to remain in the old forest when the Clans begin their journey to the lake territory in Dawn of The New Prophecy series; presumably dies sometime thereafter.
Swiftpaw	Black/White	Apprentice introduced in Fire and Ice. Leads an expedition into the lair of the dog pack lurking within the ThunderClan border during A Dangerous Path in an attempt to prove himself to his superiors; is killed in the process. Returns during Firestar's leader ceremony in The Darkest Hour to give him one of his nine lives. Son of Willowpelt.
Willowpelt	Pale Gray	Warrior/queen introduced in Into the Wild. Calm, fair-minded, and friendly. Mother of Sorreltail, Rainwhisker, and Sootfur, from her mate Whitestorm. Dies defending Sootpaw from a badger attack in Firestar's Quest At the end of Twilight, however, Sootfur was killed by a badger anyway.

RiverClan

RiverClan is a water-native Clan, known for the river that runs throughout their territory. RiverClan cats have the unique ability to swim efficiently in fast-moving water, and are generally among the only cats that possess the knowledge of fishing. Due to their main diet of fish, their pelts are typically silkier and glossier than most other Clans' which grants them increased mobility in water. Their prey also includes some aquatic mammals such as water voles. RiverClan often have border disputes with ThunderClan over the Sunningrocks, a section of land on ThunderClan's side of the river that ThunderClan claimed from them a long time ago (it was formerly an island). They are not openly hostile, but can be prone to ally themselves with potentially hostile Clans (namely ShadowClan). The reason for this is usually based on the rationale of relative strength; RiverClan's leaders tend to think that joining a powerful adversary instead of standing against them is more beneficial for their Clan in the long run.

RiverClan, along with the other Clans, undergoes a dramatic shift in territory during the course of The New Prophecy series. During the time that Stormfur, Feathertail, and the others are on their journey, much of RiverClan's territory is destroyed as the Twolegs proceed with their deforestation of the area. Eventually RiverClan and the other Clans are able to relocate to the lake territory, the RiverClan camp of which is set in a wetland bordered by small rivers. RiverClan's lake territory consists of a variety of terrain, including a small strip of pine forest on the border with ShadowClan, and open moorland bordering WindClan. RiverClan is also closest to the newly designated Gathering location, an island located closely off their shores. Fish remain the main diet of RiverClan. Their territory is routinely disturbed by Twolegs during the spring and summer seasons, due to a water recreation area being located on their grounds.

Original Series

The Original series covers events in the story from Into the Wild to The Darkest Hour. Many characters mentioned here were introduced in the Original series, but play minor or significant roles in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series as well.

Crookedstar

Crookedstar, a huge light-colored tabby tom with green eyes, is the leader of RiverClan during the first half of the Original series. He has a twisted jaw, the result of an event during his kithood, which gives him his implied warrior name of Crookedjaw. Crookedstar's leadership is generally not described in detail during the series. He allies his Clan with ShadowClan in an effort to attack WindClan during the climax of Fire and Ice, proving that he is not afraid of fighting. Despite this, Crookedstar is not depicted as antagonistic towards any particular Clan. He is known to return favors and will accept the help of other Clans in times of crisis, as evidenced by his allowing of Firestar and Graystripe to hunt for his Clan and bring them food during a great flood in Forest of Secrets. During the latter half of the series Crookedstar falls ill and eventually dies of sickness and old age in A Dangerous Path, allowing his deputy, Leopardstar, to succeed him as leader.

Crookedstar's relationships with the other cats in his Clan are relatively unknown, a trend that is common for non-ThunderClan cats. His most prominent family member is Silverstream, his daughter, for whom he harbors an immense soft side. It could be thought that Silverstream led Crookedstar to StarClan when he died.

Graypool

Graypool, a thin gray she-cat with patchy fur and a scarred muzzle and amber eyes, is a RiverClan elder and queen introduced in Forest of Secrets. She was entrusted by Oakheart to look after the two kits he had claimed to have found in the forest, which are later revealed to be Mistyfoot and Stonefur, the kits of Bluestar. She realizes that they are from ThunderClan by their smell and that Oakheart was not truthful in his story of how he found them, but she does not pursue the matter out of the kindness in her heart. She raises Mistyfoot and Stonefur as if they were her own kits, and finally reveals their origin to Firestar during his investigation. She also threatens to kill him if he decides to tell Mistyfoot and Stonefur about their discussion, signifying that she cares deeply for their happiness and their acceptance within their Clan. During A Dangerous Path Graypool's age begins to affect her mind, and she wanders away from camp in a delusional state. Upon encountering Tigerstar, she believes that she is talking to Oakheart and accidentally reveals her secret to him, although she does not mention the names of the two cats in question. When Tigerstar further questions her, she realizes that she is not talking to Oakheart, because she knows that Oakheart would remember who and why the kits were brought to RiverClan. Upon realizing this, she attempts to back away as Tigerstar shows aggression, but falls down the nearby ravine and dies. Tigerstar finally realizes the truth of Mistyfoot's and Stonefur's origin when he sees them comforting Bluestar as she dies. Graypool was mentored by Crookedstar. In addition to fostering Mistyfoot and Stonefur, she is the true mother of one unnamed tabby kit introduced in Forest of Secrets. Her mother's name was Fallowtail, and she had at least one sister, Willowkit.

Leopardstar

Leopardstar (Leopardfur before A Dangerous Path), an unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes, is the current leader of RiverClan and is introduced in Fire and Ice. Initially she is appointed deputy after the death of Oakheart, RiverClan's former deputy, during the opening sequence of Into the Wild. She is highly ambitious, and assumes a strong and authoritative hold over her Clan after the death of its former leader, Crookedstar. Leopardstar is known for being highly aggressive to all other Clans, especially ThunderClan, with whom RiverClan has had an ongoing border dispute over the Sunningrocks in the forest. She is the first (and consequently, only) leader to align her Clan with Tigerstar in the creation of TigerClan during his attempts to rule the forest in The Darkest Hour.

Despite Leopardstar's numerous hostile encounters with ThunderClan and WindClan and her affiliation with Tigerstar, she does not appear to be an evil cat. She regards her relations with other Clans in a strictly businesslike manner, and does not harbor personal resentment against any particular cat. She willingly allows ThunderClan to shelter in her camp after the forest is burnt out in Rising Storm, and treats the situation as an opportunity to retake the Sunningrocks as a form of "payment". Leopardstar allies herself with Tigerstar only because he appears to be the strongest force in the forest, and she does not want to risk her Clan's safety by choosing to oppose him. The aftermath of this disastrous choice continues to affect her judgement in subsequent series, as she has realized her bad decision and is wary of making a similar one. While still remaining assertive, Leopardstar has scaled back her aggressiveness significantly in recent series and is increasingly insecure about her leadership.

Her apprentices include Whiteclaw, who was also her mate, who was accidentally killed by Graystripe in Fire and Ice, and Hawkfrost, yet another result of faulty character judgment.

Mistyfoot

Mistyfoot, a blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes, is a RiverClan warrior prominently introduced in Forest of Secrets and is the current RiverClan deputy. Mistyfoot initially becomes friends with Firestar and Graystripe when they rescue her kits, who had been stranded by a river flood during Forest of Secrets. She then becomes something of an ally to Firestar and Graystripe, giving them valuable information from across the river from time to time. Mistyfoot and her brother, Stonefur, become the focus of a large sub-plot in the series when it is discovered that they are in fact the children of Bluestar, thus making them of "half-Clan" origin. They are initially furious with Bluestar when confronted by her about this, but soon rescend their anger and stay to comfort her as she dies at the end of A Dangerous Path. Mistyfoot and Stonefur are later the targets of discrimination from Tigerstar after he learns of their true mother, and he holds them prisoner outside the RiverClan camp during his rule in The Darkest Hour. While Stonefur is killed, Mistyfoot escapes with the help of Firestar, Graystripe, and Ravenpaw along with Feathertail and Stormfur, who were also being held prisoner. She later joins the battle against BloodClan along with her remaining Clanmates.

Mistyfoot is appointed deputy by Leopardstar after the death of her previous deputy, Stonefur, who is Mistyfoot's brother, at the hands of Darkstripe and Blackfoot. She is later captured by Twolegs during the deforestation of the Clans' territories during The New Prophecy series and held in a barn along with other captured cats such as Leafpool, and Brightheart. After her escape due to the assistance of ThunderClan, she returns to RiverClan to retake her position as deputy, to which Hawkfrost had been appointed in her absence.

Mistyfoot's parents are Oakheart and Bluestar, although she was raised by Graypool. She has one brother, Stonefur, as well as two unnamed kits. Whitestorm is her cousin, due to his mother being Bluestar's sister. She has mentored Feathertail and Dapplenose. Graymist and Reedwhisker are her daughter and son, because the two kits that were stranded during the flood were gray and black.

It is very likely that she will become Mistystar in the Omen Of The Stars series, as Tigerstar once stated Leopardstar is the oldest of the current four leaders (she has been leader for the longest time out of all the current Clan leaders, from A Dangerous Path to the present). Her paternal grandmother's name was Lilystem, and her uncle was Crookedstar, making Silverstream her cousin.

Silverstream

Silverstream, a beautiful silver-gray tabby she-cat with a finely shaped head and bright blue eyes, is a RiverClan warrior introduced in Fire and Ice. She is the daughter of Crookedstar, RiverClan's leader, and as such is a highly valued member of RiverClan. She initially meets Firestar and Graystripe when she appears in order to rescue Graystripe from drowning in the river that divides RiverClan's and ThunderClan's borders. She falls in love with Graystripe shortly thereafter, and sneaks out of her camp in order to meet him at the border, having her cousin Mistyfoot cover for her absences in much the same way that Firestar covers for Graystripe. When it becomes clear that he cannot force Graystripe to stop sneaking out, Firestar attempts to reason with Silverstream instead; the result is similar. Eventually Firestar accepts that he cannot force them apart, and he and Silverstream become slight friends. He refuses to attack her during a battle with RiverClan in WindClan's territory during the end sequence of Fire and Ice due to Graystripe's pleading.

It is eventually revealed that Silverstream is pregnant with Graystripe's kits, Featherkit and Stormkit. When she finally gives birth to them in Forest of Secrets, Graystripe realizes that something is wrong and fetches Firestar and Cinderpelt to assist her. Cinderpelt successfully saves the kits, but is unable to help Silverstream; in a bitter twist of fate, she dies shortly afterward due to birth complications. Graystripe joins RiverClan momentarily before returning to ThunderClan, since he realizes that no matter how strong his love for Silverstream is, his loyalty remains in ThunderClan.

Silverstream, now a member of StarClan, returns during Firestar's leader ceremony in The Darkest Hour to give him one of his nine lives. She is shown to still love Graystripe dearly during this scene, but is unable to speak to Firestar regarding her feelings. Later, she appears to Graystripe during his journey back to the lake territory in the Graystripe's Trilogy series in order to assure him of her acceptance of his new mate, Millie. She also appears to accompany Feathertail, her daughter, upon her death in the mountains in Moonrise of The New Prophecy. During "Long Shadows", she watches over Millie who is sick with greencough. She says Graystripe doesn't deserve to have his heart broken again.

Stonefur

Stonefur, a blue-gray tom with battle-scarred ears, is a RiverClan warrior first properly introduced in Forest of Secrets. He is the brother of Mistyfoot, and enters into Firestar's point of view far less frequently than his sister. As a result, not much is known about Stonefur aside from his intense loyalty and willingness to fight for his Clan. After Crookedstar dies and Leopardstar is appointed leader, she gives Stonefur the position of deputy. Stonefur is equally as angry as his sister when it is revealed that they are actually the kits of Bluestar, but they forgive Bluestar before she dies at the end of A Dangerous Path.

Stonefur is one of the "half-Clan" cats accused during Tigerstar's rule over TigerClan during The Darkest Hour, and is ordered to kill his apprentice, Stormpaw, and his sister, Featherpaw, in order to prove his loyalty. When he refuses, Tigerstar orders Darkstripe to kill him. Stonefur, despite being half-starved and weakened due to his imprisonment, defeats Darkstripe soundly. Tigerstar then orders Blackfoot to finish the job, and Stonefur's throat is torn out by Darkstripe while Blackfoot holds him down.

Stonefur's parents are Oakheart and Bluestar, though he was fostered by Graypool. He has one sister, Mistyfoot, and a cousin, Whitestorm, due to Whitestorm's mother being Bluestar's sister. He has mentored Stormfur and Shadepelt, and was apprenticed by his uncle, Crookedstar.

The New Prophecy Series

The New Prophecy series covers events in the story from Midnight to Sunset. Many characters here were first mentioned in the Original series, but had minor or insignificant roles. In addition, as with the Original series, most characters listed here play minor or significant roles in the following series, Power of Three, as well.

Feathertail

Feathertail is a beautiful young tabby she-cat with a silvery-gray coat and bright blue eyes. She is the daughter of Graystripe and Silverstream, the sister of Stormfur, and the half-sister of Bumblekit, Briarkit, and Blossomkit. Feathertail is first introduced as a kit in Forest of Secrets, along with her brother, when they are borne by their mother, Silverstream, as she bleeds out her life at Sunningrocks in ThunderClan territory. After their mother's death, they are both taken to RiverClan by their father, Graystripe, who stays with them, stating that he belongs with his kits. Featherkit becomes an apprentice, Featherpaw, along with her brother in A Dangerous Path, after their father is driven out of RiverClan because he refused to attack his best friend Fireheart during a battle. She was mentored by her mother's cousin, Mistyfoot. Later, in The Darkest Hour, she, Mistyfoot, and her brother Stormpaw are imprisoned under Tigerstar's orders for being half-Clan cats, as he now rules RiverClan and ShadowClan under the TigerClan alliance. Stormpaw's mentor and Mistyfoot's brother Stonefur is ordered to kill her and Stormpaw in order to prove his loyalty, but refuses and is killed instead. Featherpaw, Stormpaw, and Mistyfoot are later rescued by Graystripe, Firestar, and Ravenpaw and taken to ThunderClan, where they remain until BloodClan is defeated and the Clans revert back to four again. Featherpaw also participates in the battle between LionClan and BloodClan, along with her brother.

She is first introduced as a warrior, Feathertail, in Midnight, and is chosen by StarClan as the RiverClan representative on the journey to the sun-drown-place. Though her brother Stormfur did not receive the message, he chooses to go with her out of concern for his sister. Throughout the course of the journey, Feathertail begins to develop feelings for Crowpaw, the WindClan representative. They soon fall in love, but unfortunately Feathertail is killed when she dies to protect him and the Tribe of Rushing Water from Sharptooth, a mountain lion, in Moonrise. She now walks with her mother, Silverstream, with a paw in both StarClan and the Tribe of Endless Hunting (this might imply that the two sets of ancestors can now communicate with each other). Later, Crowpaw chooses his warrior name, Crowfeather, in her honor. It is also thought that Brambleclaw fell in love with her, because they stayed together during a time of separation on their journey to the sun-drown place (ocean). Even though it says nothing of Brambleclaw's love for Feathertail in the book, it still could possibly be true.

It is obvious that Crowfeather still feels very strongly for her, even after he falls in love with Leafpool later on in the series. Feathertail appears to Leafpool in her dreams to help her teach Willowpaw, a RiverClan medicine cat, about StarClan and once to send a message to Crowfeather 'not to be blinded to the living.' This seemed to be Feathertail's way of accepting his relationship with Leafpool. In a chat the Erins revealed that Crowfeather and Feathertail were more of a high school love, but Leafpool and Crowfeather were the real thing.

Stormfur

A dark gray tom with amber eyes, Stormfur was formerly a RiverClan cat and has lived in ThunderClan and currently lives in the Tribe of Rushing Water. He was first introduced as a kit, Stormkit, in Forest of Secrets, when his mother, Silverstream, a RiverClan cat, bore him and his sister, Featherkit, on Sunningrocks in ThunderClan territory, ultimately bleeding out her life for it. Their father was Graystripe, a ThunderClan cat, and in order to avoid shedding blood because of a war between RiverClan and ThunderClan over the kits, he brought them himself to RiverClan and stayed with them. Stormkit became an apprentice, Stormpaw, along with his sister Featherpaw, in A Dangerous Path, mentored by Stonefur.

He and his mate, Brook, met in her Tribe home, and fell in love. He and Brook returned to the forest and helped ThunderClan rebuild from the badger attack and head on to RiverClan. Then, he stayed in ThunderClan when he was banished from the Tribe of Rushing Water. He is Graystripe and Silverstream's son, Feathertail's brother, and the half-brother of Bumblekit, Briarkit, and Blossomkit. Stormfur was very close to Feathertail, but as protective as he was of his sister, he wasn't very happy with her relationship with Crowpaw and openly rejected the tom. He has since decided to return to the Tribe with Brook. He forged his strongest relationships from the journey with Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight. In Moonrise, he felt a brief attraction to Squirrelflight, but flung his affections aside for the good of their Clans. He was unable to ignore his love for Brook so easily. He gets over his mild crush on Squirrelflight and proves it by playfully teasing the two along with Tawnypelt about their care for each other. In Outcast, he shows a close relationship with Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight's apparent son Lionblaze. He confides in Lionblaze his past feelings for his supposed mother, making Lionblaze wonder what it would have been like to have Stormfur as a father instead. When Stormfur, Brook, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Breezepelt, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather go with Night and Talon to help the Tribe with the intruders, Stormfur and Brook decide that they want to stay in the Tribe, so they say good-bye to the others in Eclipse.

Hawkfrost

Hawkfrost is a dark brown tabby with a white underbelly and icy blue eyes, formerly a rogue named Hawk. He is the son of Tigerstar and Sasha, the brother of Mothwing and the half brother of Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt. He apparently has six nieces and nephews: Dawnpaw, Flamepaw, Tigerpaw, Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf. However, this was proved wrong throughout the course of the Power Of Three series, as Brambleclaw was revealed to not be either Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, or Jayfeather's father. Hawkfrost was mentored by Leopardstar.

In Starlight, Hawkfrost sided with Mudclaw of WindClan and some ShadowClan warriors and led a rebellion against Onestar (then Onewhisker) to kill him when he still had only one life. When he saw Mudclaw being killed by a falling tree, he apologized to StarClan for his actions. In Twilight, his relationship with Brambleclaw becomes closer and Squirrelfight doesn't like this because she doesn't trust Hawkfrost. When Mistyfoot came back to RiverClan from being captured by Twolegs, Hawkfrost was forced to let Mistyfoot become deputy again (he was deputy while she was gone). Once Mistyfoot took her place again, he started to insult her by saying that she's a traitor and that she's not fit to be a deputy. He ordered Brambleclaw to kill Firestar when he was trapped, but Brambleclaw decides he is loyal to ThunderClan and frees his leader. Hawkfrost lunged at him, trying to kill Firestar himself but Brambleclaw drove the stick that held the trap into Hawkfrost's throat, killing him but not before Hawkfrost revealed that he had help from a ThunderClan cat for trapping Firestar, who was later revealed as Ashfur.

Like Tigerstar, Hawkfrost was denied access to StarClan and now walks the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars with his father, and is responsible for helping to train Lionblaze in visions as a warrior.

Mothwing

Mothwing, a beautiful dappled golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes, is the current RiverClan medicine cat and formerly a rogue named Moth. She is the daughter of Tigerstar and Sasha, a rogue cat, the littermate of Hawkfrost and Tadpole, and half-sister to Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt. Her medicine cat mentor was Mudfur. She, along with Hawkfrost, had trouble being accepted into RiverClan because their mother was a rogue and their father was Tigerstar. Eventually, others accepted her because Mudfur found a moth's wing sign, which he interpreted as an omen from StarClan approving Mothwing as the next medicine cat of RiverClan. It is later revealed that Hawkfrost had actually put it there without Mothwing's initial knowledge in order to help himself in his plan to gain power within his Clan. After he revealed the truth to Mothwing, her faith in StarClan was destroyed (this makes her and Cloudtail the only two Clan cats in the series to not believe in StarClan), though Leafpool, Willowshine, and Jayfeather are the only cats to know this. Though she does not have faith in StarClan, a vital requirement for a medicine cat, StarClan have let her remain a medicine cat because they have seen how hard she has studied and trained for this role. She has mentored one medicine cat apprentice, Willowshine.

Reedwhisker

Reedwhisker is a black tom, with small, neat ears. He is first introduced in Moonrise, when Leafpaw saves him from drowning in a river. He later appears in Twilight, thanking Leafpaw (now Leafpool) for saving his life.

In the Ultimate Leaders Election on the Warriors webpage, the Clan cats have an election; saying whether they want Firestar to lead them all (temporarily), or not. Reedwhisker votes for Firestar, saying “You saved my life once before, in the flood. I believe you can do it again.” , suggesting that he was one of Mistyfoot's kits, that was washed away in the flood, but rescued by Fireheart and Graystripe.

The Power Of Three

Willowshine

Willowshine (Willowpaw before Eclipse) is a light gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes first introduced in Twilight as Willowkit. When the RiverClan cats were suffering from the twoleg poison, Willowkit saved the life of an apprentice, when she fished out some half-chewed yarrow out of his throat. After that, she dreamed of becoming a medicine cat.She is mentioned in most Power of Three books, as she is one of Hollyleaf's best friends, and trains as a medicine cat apprentice alongside Jayfeather. She is one of RiverClan's two medicine cats (the other being Mothwing, her mentor) and receives her medicine cat name in Eclipse. Additionally, it appears that she knows about Mothwing's secret-that her own mentor does not believe in StarClan. However, she has agreed not to tell the Clan, as she sees that Mothwing is a wonderful medicine cat on her own. Willowshine's relationship with Jayfeather is touched on occasionally in the Power of Three series, and the two argue frequently, when they are not ignoring each other. When Jayfeather becomes a medicine cat, he thinks proudly that; "She [Willowshine] hasn't got anything to be snooty about now." This is followed by Willowshine acting surprisingly civil and excited over Jayfeather becoming a medicine cat. Willowshine is the daughter of Mosspelt.

Minor RiverClan Characters

The following are RiverClan characters introduced or appearing in the Warriors novel series, having small, less significant, and/or single instances in the story.

Minor Characters in RiverClan

Name	Pelt Color	Description
Heavystep	Tabby	Warrior first mentioned in Fire and Ice. Walks with a limp due to a deformed leg. Becomes an elder in Twilight of The New Prophecy series, supposedly early due to a muscular disease. Dies of greencough in Sunset. He has been brought back to life many times.
Mosspelt	Tortoiseshell	Queen introduced in Rising Storm. Feeds Graystripe's kits, and is one of the few RiverClan cats who is friendly to him. Her daughter, Willowshine, becomes Mothwing's apprentice in the Power of Three series.
Mudfur	Light Brown	Medicine cat introduced in Into the Wild. Present at most medicine cat gatherings. Takes Mothwing as his apprentice in Midnight of The New Prophecy series after being falsely led into believing that StarClan chose her. Dies in Dawn just before the Clans depart the forest. Appears in later books to Leafpool and Willowpaw to pass on messages to Mothwing. One of the two medicine cats from the first book who lived until the second series.
Oakheart	Brown/Red	Warrior mentioned in Into the Wild, whose backstory is further explored in Forest of Secrets. Previous deputy of RiverClan before being killed by a rockfall during a battle with ThunderClan, contrary to belief that Tigerstar killed him after he killed Redtail, shortly before Firestar enters the forest. Revealed to be the mate of Bluestar and the father of Mistyfoot, Stonefur and Mosskit. His brother is Crookedstar, making him Silverstream's uncle.
Shadepelt	Dark Gray	Warrior/elder mentioned in The Darkest Hour. Acted as deputy to Leopardstar after the death of her former deputy, Stonefur, until Mistyfoot returns to RiverClan. Chooses to remain in the old forest when the Clans begin their journey to the lake territory in Dawn of The New Prophecy series; presumably dies sometime thereafter. Mentored by Stonefur.
Whiteclaw	Dark Gray	Warrior mentioned in Fire and Ice. Accidentally killed in battle by Graystripe when he causes him to lose his balance and fall off the gorge into the river below. Mentored by Leopardfur
Mosskit	Blue/Gray	One of Oakheart and Bluestar's kits who died on the way to RiverClan and one of the kits Rock talks to in Cats of the Clans. Littermate of Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
Greenflower	Unknown	A queen mentioned in Forest of Secrets in the Original series. A friend of Silverstream's. She was supposed to have taken care of Graystripe's kits when they went to RiverClan, but later it was revealed to be Mosspelt who was taking care of the kits. It is presumed that she had died at some point between Forest of Secrets and Rising Storm, since she was never metioned again after Forest of Secrets.

WindClan

WindClan cats live on a territory located on the open moors in the plains north of the forest. As such, WindClan cats are known for their speed and endurance, a skill that is imperative for hunting their main source of prey, rabbits. WindClan have been driven off their territory by ShadowClan by the time Firestar enters the forest, but are soon brought back with the aid of Firestar and Graystripe. WindClan are forced to deal with attacks from both ShadowClan and RiverClan throughout the series, as they are usually seen as being the weakest clan. As a result, WindClan often allies itself with ThunderClan, a recurring relationship that has further repercussions in later series.

WindClan, along with the other Clans, undergoes a dramatic shift in territory during the course of The New Prophecy series. During the time that Crowfeather and the others are on their journey, much of WindClan's territory is destroyed as the twolegs proceed with their deforestation of the area. Eventually WindClan and the other Clans are able to relocate to the lake territory, the WindClan camp of which is an area much resembling their old territory: wide-open hills and moors. A Twoleg horseplace (horse ranch) is located nearby, and occasionally dogs living there are set loose and chase the WindClan cats. The open hills give the greatest view of the surrounding area, and a WindClan cat is typically positioned on top of one of them as a lookout, able to detect threats much more quickly than in the forests. WindClan undergo a rather stressful period in leadership when Tallstar, their leader for the entirety of the series until this point, dies of old age and changes his successor from Mudclaw to Onewhisker at the last minute.

By the time of the Power of Three series, WindClan have resolved to become completely hostile towards ThunderClan as a result of their being viewed as ThunderClan's "puppets" in the past. Onestar, once a warm and thoughtful friend of Firestar's, has completely withdrawn his previous relationship with the ThunderClan leader. WindClan cats often hunt prey near and over ThunderClan's borders, the reasoning being that ThunderClan is stretched too thin to defend itself. This attitude climaxes in Eclipse, when the entirety of WindClan sneak into ThunderClan's camp to start the largest battle ever conceived in the history of the series.

Original Series

The Original series covers events in the story from Into the Wild to The Darkest Hour. Many characters mentioned here were introduced in the Original series, but play minor or significant roles in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series as well.

Deadfoot

Deadfoot, a black cat with a crooked front paw, was the former deputy of WindClan under Tallstar, and was deputy when ShadowClan chased them out of their territory. Like Onewhisker, Deadfoot became friends with Fireheart when he and Graystripe brought WindClan home. Deadfoot was killed in The Darkest Hour when TigerClan attacked WindClan. In Midnight, he chose Crowpaw as the WindClan representative on the journey to find a new home for the Clans.

Onestar

Onestar, a small, mottled-brown tabby tom, is the current leader of WindClan. When Fireheart and Graystripe brought WindClan home in Fire and Ice, Onestar, then Onewhisker, became close friends with Fireheart and still retained this friendship even when WindClan were angry with ThunderClan for sheltering Brokentail. In The Darkest Hour, in the battle with BloodClan, Onewhisker was nearly killed by the BloodClan leader, Scourge, if not for Firestar saving him. Later, in Starlight, Tallstar appoints Onestar deputy on the brink of death, which meant that Onestar was now the leader of WindClan, though Tallstar didn't use the right words for appointing a deputy, a characteristic that Firestar shared in his own deputyship. At first Onestar is very timid about his new position, but after he receives his nine lives and name from StarClan (the first leader to receive lives at the Moonpool), he becomes more confident and realizes that there can be no more friendship between WindClan and ThunderClan, and WindClan must prove itself capable of taking care of itself without help from others. He then assumes a more leader-like attitude and abandons his close friendship with Firestar, though Rock states in Cats of the Clans that he misses Firestar. He has mentored Whitetail and Gorsepaw.

Tallstar

Tallstar, a black and white tom with a long tail and amber eyes, was the leader of WindClan before Onestar. Tallstar and his Clan were chased off from their territory by ShadowClan under Brokenstar's rule until Fireheart and Graystripe brought them back. WindClan began a friendship with ThunderClan afterwards as a result of this, although it faltered temporarily when Tallstar became furious with ThunderClan for sheltering Brokentail, the cat who drove them out of their land.

When Bluestar suspects WindClan of allegedly stealing prey, Fireheart seeks Tallstar to talk with Bluestar in peace. In The Darkest Hour, when Tigerstar announces joining all four Clans and territories into a single alliance, Tallstar and Firestar both reject his offer. After BloodClan attacks, Tallstar and Firestar agree to fight them with the other Clans in a temporary alliance, called LionClan. Tallstar loses his last life in Starlight with Onewhisker and Firestar at his side, making him the only cat to have served as a Clan leader throughout the entire Original series. He switched the deputy from Mudclaw to Onewhisker on his deathbed, fearing that Mudclaw was not the right cat to lead WindClan after his death. He has mentored Morningflower. His warrior name was Talltail.

The New Prophecy Series

The New Prophecy series covers events in the story from Midnight to Sunset. Many characters here were first mentioned in the Original series, but had minor or unsignificant roles. In addition, as with the Original series, most characters listed here play minor or significant roles in the following series, Power of Three, as well.

Crowfeather

Crowfeather is a smoky gray, almost black tom with blue eyes first introduced in Midnight as an apprentice, Crowpaw. He was chosen to be the WindClan representative on the journey to the sun-drown-place. Fiercely loyal to his Clan and sharp-tongued, he found it hard to make friends with the other cats on the journey. Amazingly, he got along best with Feathertail, and they both grew to love each other over the course of the journey. However, she died killing the mountain cat Sharptooth to save his life. This only increased his hostility toward the other cats and made him feel utterly alone. He chose his warrior name based on her to honor her memory.

Not long after they reached their new home, his bad luck continued and he took another hard fall for Leafpool, the ThunderClan medicine cat. He revealed his affections in Starlight, when he saved Leafpool from falling to her death. She returned his feelings and the two decided to meet on the border between their Clans, where a stream runs through. Eventually Leafpool's mentor, Cinderpelt, found out, and so the two ran away in order to be together. However, they weren't away for long before they returned and broke off their connections, as Midnight had told them about a plot her kin had made to destroy the Clans. Crowfeather moved on to mate with a she-cat named Nightcloud and had a son, Breezepelt. He is the father of Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf, with Leafpool being the mother. Crowfeather shows little affection to his mate and even less paternal love for his son, though there was one incident in The Sight when a den collapsed on Breezepelt and Lionblaze, and Crowfeather seemed very worried for his son's life. Crowfeather even states that Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather mean nothing to him in Sunrise. Even though he says that, it is rumored that he is still in love with Leafpool and is very proud of his three ThunderClan kits. Crowfeather has also appeared in Outcast, when he and his son joined the cats from the sun-drown-place journey to aid the Tribe of Rushing Water in an intruder attack.

Crowfeather is the son of Ashfoot and the brother of Eaglekit (as revealed in Secrets of the Clans). He has mentored Heathertail, and was himself was apprenticed by Mudclaw. He has fathered four kits: Breezepelt (WindClan); Hollyleaf (maybe deceased), Lionblaze, Jayfeather (ThunderClan).

Mudclaw

Mudclaw, a mottled dark brown tom, is a WindClan warrior introduced in Fire and Ice of the Original series, and is the WindClan deputy from Firestar's Quest to Starlight. Typically, he is hostile and easy to anger. He routinely attacks cats he finds on WindClan territory without asking for explanations first. Mudclaw is the leader of the patrol that prevents Bluestar from reaching Highstones in Rising Storm, causing her to renounce faith in and declare war on StarClan. Fiercely loyal to WindClan and highly aggressive to all other cats, Mudclaw was appointed deputy of WindClan after the death of Deadfoot. As The New Prophecy series continues, Tallstar continues to grow more ill and Mudclaw takes over many of his duties, often acting as a secondary leader.

When Tallstar is about to die, he abruptly replaces Mudclaw with Onewhisker as deputy, thus effectively revoking Mudclaw's right to become leader. His reasons for doing so involve Mudclaw's hostile demeanor, which he fears would lead WindClan into a state of chaos. Mudclaw is outraged by this and conspires with Hawkfrost of RiverClan in order to overthrow Onewhisker and take back the position he believes is rightfully his. Before his plan can succeed, however, Brambleclaw and a number of ThunderClan cats interfere, resulting in Mudclaw being crushed by a falling tree. The tree now serves as a bridge to an island where the Clans now have Gatherings. Mudclaw does not reside in the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars with Tigerstar, Darkstripe, and Hawkfrost as a result of his revolt, as he truly felt he was doing the right thing.

Mudclaw has mentored Crowfeather and Webfoot.

Power of Three Series

The Power of Three series covers events in the story from The Sight to present.

Breezepelt

A black tom with amber eyes, Breezepelt, the son of Crowfeather and Nightcloud, is a headstrong WindClan warrior first introduced as an apprentice, Breezepaw, in The Sight. He often makes tactless remarks and is not afraid to voice his negative opinions. He has been shown to panic during times of crisis, and is quick to argue. Despite his grumpy demeanor, Breezepelt has been known to cooperate on a few occasions, losing his hostile attitude almost completely in favor of the task at hand. In Outcast, he joins his father and the other Clan cats on the journey to the Tribe of Rushing Water to aid them in defeating a group of intruders. It has been revealed that much of Breezepelt's errant behavior stems from a lack of support from his father, Crowfeather, who shows little regard for his well-being. Crowfeather's reasons for rejecting his son are most likely due to his past (and still ongoing) love interest in Leafpool. His warrior name has been confirmed as being Breezepelt, and it is rumored that hints will appear to him having a mate soon, which is thought to be Heathertail (hinted in Sunrise, but Lionblaze does not care and seems to be going more for Hazeltail). He is also half-brother to Hollyleaf, Jayfeather and Lionblaze, because they all have the same father: Crowfeather.

Heathertail

A pretty, well-mannered light brown tabby WindClan she-cat with stunning heather-colored eyes, Heathertail develops a close relationship with Lionblaze during The Sight and Dark River, and it is implied that the two would eventually fall in love as they get older. Heathertail discovers a series of secret underground tunnels connecting WindClan and ThunderClan's territories and shares this knowledge with Lionblaze. The two then begin to meet each other during the night in the tunnels, pretending to be members of the fictional DarkClan, of which Heathertail is the leader. These meetings eventually take a toll on both cats' daily lives, and Heathertail is hurt when Lionblaze decides that they must put their respective Clans first and that their relationship can no longer continue. Heathertail's relationship with Lionblaze is further strained in Eclipse when Lionblaze, in a bloodlust caused from the Clan-wide battle started by WindClan, accuses her of betraying the secret of the tunnels to her Clanmates. Heathertail denies this, but Lionblaze does not believe her and vows to forever be her enemy, thus shattering whatever bond the two once had. Lionblaze seems to have realized what he has done, but when he attempted to speak with Heathertail and possibly say he was sorry, she acted very curt, as if not wanting to be around him. Crowfeather was her mentor, and before the events of Eclipse, he seemed anxious to stop Heathertail from making the same mistake he did. In a Wands and Worlds chat, one fan asked if Heathertail would make any significant appearances in the coming books. This was confirmed by Erin Hunter.

Nightcloud

A black she-cat, Nightcloud is introduced in The Sight as the mate of Crowfeather and the mother of their son, Breezepelt. Her relationship with Crowfeather is depicted as somewhat distant, as Crowfeather does not seem to have any genuine affection for her. Nightcloud is clearly aware of Crowfeather's past relationship with Leafpool and is jealous of his ongoing affection for her even though that Leafpool is a medicine cat from another Clan and can never love him, implying that Crowfeather took Nightcloud as a mate only out of necessity in an attempt to either "move on", or, as Rock states in Cats of the Clans, to prove his loyalty to WindClan. Nightcloud cherishes her son, Breezepaw, and is shown to be angered by Crowfeather's lack of affection for him. Later on in Sunrise, she gets furious when Hollyleaf says Crowfeather is also mates with Leafpool.

Minor WindClan Characters

The following are WindClan characters introduced or appearing in the Warriors novel series, having small, less significant, and/or single instances in the story.

Minor Characters in WindClan

Name	Pelt Color	Description
Barkface	Brown	Medicine cat first introduced in Fire and Ice. Predicts the death of Whiteclaw upon WindClan's return to their territory. Retains his duties as a medicine cat throughout all current series (the only medicine cat to do so). One of the two medicine cats from the first book who lived until the second series (the others being Mudfur). Due to his advanced age, Barkface will probably die during future series. He is mentoring Kestrelpaw.
Ashfoot	Gray	Queen introduced in Fire and Ice. Came back to WindClan and remained as a queen throughout the first series. Became deputy after Onestar became leader of WindClan and is the current WindClan deputy. Mother of Crowfeather and Eaglekit (as revealed in Secrets of the Clans).
Crowfur	Black	Elder mentioned in Forest of Secrets. Is shown at a Gathering complaining about how much harder his life as a warrior was compared to cats today. Berates Firestar for defending himself. Patchpelt reassures Firestar, saying Crowfur would "find fault with StarClan" if he could. It is not confirmed how Crowfur dies, but he is assumed to have died during the Original series.
Gorsepaw	Ginger/White	Kit/apprentice first mentioned in Fire and Ice as the son of Morningflower. Too young to make the long journey back to WindClan's territory, so Fireheart carries him most of the way. He becomes an apprentice to Onewhisker and is told of Firestar's kindness by his mother. Killed by Tigerstar in The Darkest Hour as an example to WindClan for not submitting to him. Onewhisker is devastated at his death and confesses to Firestar that he was upset that he didn't get to mentor Gorsepaw until he was a warrior.Gorsepaw plays a very minor role, and is soon forgotten after the following chapter.
Gorsetail	Pale Gray/White	Warrior/queen first mentioned in Moonrise. One of the cats captured and placed in the Twoleg barn. Escapes with the others and travels to the lake territories. Her kits, Sedgekit, Thistlekit, and Swallowkit, get lost in the tunnels connecting ThunderClan and WindClan during the climax of Dark River, almost provoking a Clan battle.
Morningflower	Tortoiseshell	Warrior/queen/elder introduced in Fire and Ice. Develops a bond with Firestar when he helps carry her kit, Gorsepaw, during WindClan's return to their territory. Refuses to attack Firestar during battle. Is enraged when Gorsepaw is killed, and uses her anger to fight BloodClan during the finale of The Darkest Hour. Becomes an elder after the Clans reach the lake territory during the later half of The New Prophecy series. Was mentored by Tallstar.
Tornear	Tabby	Warrior introduced in Rising Storm. Often shown on patrol with Mudclaw, and similarly attacks all cats found on WindClan territory without hesitation. Aggressive to all non-WindClan cats (especially ThunderClan cats). Part of the patrol that prevents Bluestar from reaching Highstones in Rising Storm, causing her to renounce faith in and declare war on StarClan. Mentions to Firestar that he thinks he will make a good leader despite being young in The Darkest Hour, though never really having liked him. Mentored Runningbrook, Tawnyfur, Owlwhisker, and Harespring.
Webfoot	Dark Gray Tabby	Warrior/elder first introduced in Rising Storm. Often shown on patrol with Mudclaw and Tornear, starting as Mudclaw's apprentice, Webpaw. Similarly attacks all cats found on WindClan territory without hesitation due to his chosen mentor's attitude. Aggressive to all non-WindClan cats. Part of the patrol that prevents Bluestar from reaching Highstones in Rising Storm, causing her to renounce faith in and declare war on StarClan. Mentored Weaselfur.

ShadowClan

ShadowClan territory is mainly in a giant collection of swamps and bogs covered in thick pine trees, giving the area a dark and gloomy feel. ShadowClan cats are skilled at hunting and navigating in near-complete darkness, because the night is when their main sources of prey are active. Along with lizards, frogs, and small forest animals such as voles, ShadowClan also occasionally catch rats who reside in the nearby Carrionplace (garbage dump); however, they must be careful when eating these rats as they occasionally carry harmful diseases. ShadowClan are often depicted as the primary antagonists of the series, and as such many of their individual members are rude and hostile. However, many ShadowClan cats are completely and blindly devoted to their leader; since a number of ShadowClan's leaders have been truly villainous, the actions of their followers have expectedly followed suit.

ShadowClan, along with the other Clans, undergoes a dramatic shift in territory during the course of The New Prophecy series. During the time that Tawnypelt and the others are on their journey, much of ShadowClan's territory is destroyed as the Twolegs proceed with their deforestation of the area. Eventually ShadowClan and the other Clans are able to relocate to the lake territory, the ShadowClan camp of which is located in a dense pine forest. Though not quite the same as the marshes they used to inhabit, the thickness of the forest often shrouds the territory in gloom and darkness, perfectly suited for ShadowClan's stealth prowess. The area is not very suitable for prey, however, resulting in ShadowClan inhabiting the least desirable territory once again. Despite their bad luck, they manage to feed themselves decently enough (a testament to the tenacity of ShadowClan warriors). The forest's primary hazard is a Twoleg house on the northern fringes of ShadowClan's territory, home to two rather violent kittypets who often attack Clan cats who stray too close and call their Twolegs to fend off patrols. ThunderClan assists in telling these two cats to leave the Clan cats alone in Twilight.

Original Series

The Original series covers events in the story from Into the Wild to The Darkest Hour. Many characters mentioned here were introduced in the Original series, but may play minor or significant roles in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series as well.

Boulder

Boulder, a silver tabby tom, is a former warrior in BloodClan and a member of ShadowClan. In the book Cats of the Clans, he was actually invited to join ShadowClan, inspired by the hunting patrols and battles, he decided to leave BloodClan and join ShadowClan. He was one of the few cats who were chased out of ShadowClan territory by Firepaw and Yellowfang. When Tigerclaw became leader, Boulder and Blackfoot came back to ShadowClan. In The Darkest Hour, Boulder brought Tigerstar to BloodClan to meet its leader Scourge. Boulder revealed to Firestar that after Tigerstar was killed, BloodClan attacked their Clan and some ShadowClan warriors had joined them. In the end, Boulder fought alongside LionClan to defeat BloodClan. After the battle, Boulder lived in ShadowClan as an elder throughout the second series and died of greencough sometime between Sunset and The Sight. He has mentored Wetfoot.

Blackstar

Blackstar, a big white tom with jet-black paws, was ShadowClan's deputy, Blackfoot, when Brokenstar was leader and is now the current ShadowClan leader. He was first introduced in Into the Wild. He was one of Brokenstar's followers and killed one of ThunderClan's elders, Rosetail, in an attempt to steal their kits, but was fought off by Yellowfang. Blackfoot, along with Brokenstar and some other ShadowClan warriors, were chased out of their territory. Blackfoot lived as a rogue with Brokenstar and attacked the ThunderClan camp under his command. When Tigerstar became leader of ShadowClan, Blackfoot was appointed deputy again. In TigerClan, Blackfoot helped Darkstripe kill Stonefur because he was a half-Clan cat, causing Firestar to view him as untrustworthy, even when he agreed to fight on their side with LionClan. After the battle with BloodClan, he announced that he would prepare for his journey to Highstones to receive his nine lives and his new name, as he was now leader of ShadowClan due to Tigerstar's death. He is introduced as a leader in Firestar's Quest. In Outcast, Blackstar seems to lose some hostility towards ThunderClan, as he reminisces with Firestar about the old forest after two ThunderClan warriors plan a raid on ShadowClan.

Blackstar begins to lose faith in StarClan in Eclipse, however, after a strange cat named Sol comes to live with ShadowClan and questions StarClan's existence and power, leading Blackstar to lose faith in them, to the point of changing his name back to Blackfoot. This changes in Long Shadows, however, when Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and three ShadowClan apprentices fake a sign from StarClan to restore Blackstar's faith in his warrior ancestors. Real StarClan warriors (Raggedstar and Runningnose) appear to complete the sign, and Blackstar and ShadowClan begin to believe in StarClan again, later driving Sol out of the Clan. Blackstar has mentored Tallpoppy.

Brokenstar

Brokenstar is a long-haired dark brown tabby tom with torn ears, a broad, flat face, and a tail bent in the middle like a broken branch. He was the former leader of ShadowClan before Nightstar and is depicted somewhat as the primary antagonist of Into the Wild. He was a cruel cat who turned kits into apprentices three moons too soon, which in turn led to their deaths. He was the son of Raggedstar and Yellowfang, but didn't know that the latter was his mother, who bore him and two she-kits (who died) in secret. He was given to an ambitious queen named Lizardstripe to be fostered instead. Lizardstripe would not accept Brokenstar in her den when he was a kit, purely because he had a crooked tail. Brokenstar grew into a great warrior and eventually became deputy, but he murdered his own father, Raggedstar, so that he could become leader and exiled Yellowfang from ShadowClan, falsely accusing her of murdering two apprentices that he himself killed by forcing them into warrior training too soon. This banishment led to Yellowfang's acceptance into ThunderClan. In Into The Wild, when Brokenstar is first introduced, Yellowfang and Firepaw drove Brokenstar and his supporters out of ShadowClan in a revolt. Brokenstar lived as a rogue in Fire and Ice, and attacked the ThunderClan camp in an attempt to kill Fireheart but was blinded by Yellowfang. He was then taken prisoner and stripped of his leadership status, renamed to his old warrior name of Brokentail. He plotted with Tigerclaw in Forest of Secrets to attack ThunderClan along with his rogue allies, though the attack failed. When the rogues were chased out and Tigerclaw was exiled, Yellowfang decided to end Brokentail's life by feeding him deathberries, also revealing to him that she was really his mother. Later, in Sunset, he is implied to be in the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars with Tigerstar, Hawkfrost, and Darkstripe after the latter scents him.

Brokenstar mentored Mosspaw and Volepaw (who both died before becoming warriors) despite their being only three moons old.

Brokenstar may have made an appearance in the Rise of Scourge, when Scourge scents a forest cat, believing that he's Tigerstar. Instead, a tom with a bent tail and two rouge friends are found, with the latter calling him "boss". After one is killed, the tom with the bent tail states "I've had my fill of this place. It's time to return to the forest... where we belong."

Nightstar

Nightstar, an old black tom (originally Nightpelt), was the leader of ShadowClan before Tigerstar. After Brokenstar was driven out of ShadowClan in Into the Wild, Nightpelt, one of the Clan's senior warriors, offered to take leadership of ShadowClan and appointed Cinderfur as his deputy. However, in Rising Storm, he became violently ill due to the sickness from Carrionplace raging through the ShadowClan camp at the time and died, though he apparently had nine lives to spare. Runningnose, ShadowClan's medicine cat at the time, later told Fireheart that Nightstar had never actually received his nine lives when he first journeyed to the Moonstone, perhaps due to the fact that Brokentail, formerly Brokenstar, leader of ShadowClan, was still alive and remained ShadowClan's leader in the eyes of StarClan. Following Brokenstar's death, Nightstar was too weak to travel back to the Moonstone and died sometime in Rising Storm, shortly after his deputy Cinderfur died, thus allowing Tigerclaw to take control of ShadowClan. Nightstar has mentored Dawncloud.

The New Prophecy Series

The New Prophecy series covers events in the story from Midnight to Sunset. Many characters here were first mentioned in the Original series, but had minor or unsignificant roles. In addition, as with the Original series, most characters listed here play minor or significant roles in the following series, Power of Three, as well.

Tawnypelt

A tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes, Tawnypelt is the daughter of Goldenflower and Tigerstar, as well as the littermate of Brambleclaw and half-sister of Hawkfrost, Mothwing, and Tadpole. When she lived in ThunderClan as an apprentice, Tawnypaw, most of her Clanmates did not trust her because her father was Tigerstar, so instead of putting up with their suspicions, she left ThunderClan to join ShadowClan, then part of an alliance under Tigerstar's rule called TigerClan, in The Darkest Hour. She became a loyal ShadowClan warrior, though some of her Clanmates still doubt her allegiances because she was born in ThunderClan. Her full warrior name is revealed in Firestar's Quest. In Midnight, she is chosen as the ShadowClan representative on the quest to find a new home for the Clans. Coincidentally, her brother, Brambleclaw, is also chosen, as the ThunderClan representative.

Tigerstar offered her the same plan of power he offered to her brothers, Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw, to make her leader of ShadowClan, but she rejected him, saying that if she were ever to become leader, it would be through honesty and loyalty. In the Power of Three series, she mates with Rowanclaw to have three kits: Dawnpaw, Tigerpaw and Flamepaw.

She goes with her brother, Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Stormfur, Brook, two Tribe cats, Crowfeather and his son Breezepaw, Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw in Outcast to help the Tribe of Rushing Water deal with a group of rogues that have invaded their territory. In Long Shadows, Tawnypelt and her kits leave ShadowClan temporarily and go to ThunderClan after Blackstar loses faith and denounces StarClan. Tawnypelt is tough and stands for nothing from no one, but has an affectionate side that comes through when her friends need her.

She was mentored by Brackenfur in ThunderClan and Oakfur in ShadowClan.

Power of Three

The Power of Three series covers events in the story from The Sight to the present.

Tigerpaw

The son of Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw, and the brother of Dawnpaw and Flamepaw, Tigerpaw is a tiger-striped dark brown tom with amber eyes. He is the grandson of Tigerstar, who he is named after. He is first introduced as a kit, Tigerkit, in Dark River]], and later as an apprentice in Long Shadows. He has a good relationship with Lionblaze, and is the best hunter out of his siblings. In Long Shadows, Tigerpaw, along with his siblings and Tawnypelt, leave ShadowClan temporarily for ThunderClan after ShadowClan loses its faith in StarClan. He also helps Lionblaze, Hollyleaf and Jayfeather convince Blackstar believe that StarClan still watch over them by creating a fake StarClan sign. Tigerpaw had the same mentors that his mother Tawnypelt did, both when she was in ThunderClan and ShadowClan. He was temporarily mentored by Brackenfur while staying in ThunderClan and is now being mentored by Oakfur. His Warrior name will be Tigerheart.

Flamepaw

The second son of Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw, and the brother of Dawnpaw and Tigerpaw, Flamepaw has a bright ginger-red pelt like his father and dreams of becoming a medicine cat under Littlecloud instead of a warrior, probably based on his bond with Jayfeather and curiosity. He was first introduced as a kit, Flamekit, in Outcast, and as an apprentice in Long Shadows. In Long Shadows he leaves ShadowClan for ThunderClan with his siblings and Tawnypelt after ShadowClan loses faith in StarClan, and also helps create the fake StarClan sign. He was temporarily mentored by Cloudtail while staying in ThunderClan, and is being trained to be a medicine cat in Sunrise by Littlecloud.

Dawnpaw

The only daughter of Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw and the sister of Flamepaw and Tigerpaw, Dawnpaw has a cream colored pelt and a fiery personality much like her mother, and seems to be closer to Hollyleaf than her other apparent cousins, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, and is the best fighter out of her siblings. She was first introduced as a kit, Dawnkit, in Outcast, and as an apprentice in Long Shadows. She left ShadowClan for ThunderClan with her mother and littermates after it lost faith in StarClan, and helped to create the fake StarClan sign. She was temporarily mentored by Spiderleg when she stayed in ThunderClan. It is said that she is most likely going to be the best fighter among her siblings. Her mentor was revealed in Sunrise as Ivytail.

Minor ShadowClan Characters

The following are ShadowClan characters introduced or appearing in the Warriors novel series, having small, less significant, and/or single instances in the story.

Minor Characters in ShadowClan

Name	Pelt Color	Description
Ashfur	Gray	Warrior/elder introduced in Into the Wild as an ally of Yellowfang. Assists in driving out Brokenstar along with other ShadowClan cats and ThunderClan's patrol. Dies of the disease caused by the infected rats in Rising Storm.
Brightflower	Black/White	Queen mentioned in Into the Wild. Her kits were appointed apprentices by Brokenstar three moons too early, which resulted in their deaths when driving out WindClan. She assists Yellowfang, Graypaw (Graystripe), and Firepaw (Firestar) in driving out Brokenstar.
Cinderfur	Gray	Warrior mentioned in Into the Wild. Assisted in driving out Brokenstar. Became Nightpelt's deputy after Nightpelt takes over the Clan. Is one of the first cats to die of the disease caused by infected rats in Rising Storm.
Clawface	Brown	Warrior introduced in Into the Wild. Kills Spottedleaf during a raid on ThunderClan. Is later killed by Graystripe during a battle in Fire and Ice. Mentored Littlecloud who later became a medicine cat. Was mentored by Raggedstar.
Dawncloud	Tabby	Warrior/queen mentioned in Into the Wild. Three of her kits died when Brokenstar ordered an attack on WindClan in order to drive them out. Assists in driving Brokenstar out of the camp.
Jaggedtooth	Tabby	Rogue/warrior introduced in Forest of Secrets. Was one of the rogues Brokentail recruited to attack ThunderClan in cooperation with Tigerclaw. Joined ShadowClan after Tigerstar became leader and became one of his most trusted and savage followers. Joined BloodClan upon Tigerstar's death. Nearly killed Bramblepaw (Brambleclaw) during the battle but was chased away by apprentices. He wasn't heard of after then. Mentored Rowanclaw.
Littlecloud	Brown Tabby	Current medicine cat. Formerly a warrior introduced in Rising Storm. Came to ThunderClan with Whitethroat to seek help because of illnesses in ShadowClan. Chose the path of a medicine cat after Runningnose retired. Was mentored by Clawface as a warrior. Considering taking Flamepaw on as an apprentice.
Raggedstar	Dark Brown Tabby	Leader first mentioned in Into the Wild. Was the former leader of ShadowClan before Brokenstar killed him. Was the mate of Yellowfang, and thus Brokenstar's father, which was unknown to Brokenstar. Mentored Clawface and Brokenstar.
Rowanclaw	Ginger	Introduced as an apprentice in the Original series. Became the mate of Tawnypelt and fathered three kits, Tigerpaw, Flamepaw and Dawnpaw. Had a close confrontation with Brambleclaw over territory in Starlight. Apprenticed by Jaggedtooth and mentored Talonpaw, who later died after being attacked by the hostile kittypets at the nearby Twoleg place, and Ivytail.
Runningnose	Dark Brown	ShadowClan medicine cat during the Original series. Ironically always has a cold and running nose, hence his name. Dies of unknown causes between Starlight and Twilight. He also appeared alongside Raggedstar when Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Tigerpaw faked the StarClan sign. Was apprenticed by Yellowfang and mentored Littlecloud.
Russetfur	Dark Ginger	Rogue/warrior introduced in Forest of Secrets. Current ShadowClan deputy. Was one of the rogues who joined ShadowClan after Tigerstar became leader. Assisted in the final battle against BloodClan and became deputy after Blackstar became leader.
Smokepaw	Smoky Gray	Apprentice mentioned in the New Prophecy. He fell while leaping across a steep gorge. The books never say he was rescued. Strangely, he became reincarnated. His warrior name is Smokefoot, his apprentice Owlpaw. He is supposed to be the mate of Snowbird and future father of her kits.
Applekit	Unknown	Kit mentioned in The New Prophecy. Made friends with Birchfall (then Birchkit) during the Great Journey. She is the littermate of Toadfoot (then Toadkit) and Marshkit and the daughter of Tallpoppy.
Marshkit	Unknown	Kit mentioned in The New Prophecy. Made friends with Birchkit (now Birchfall) during the Great Journey. He is the littermate of Applekit and Toadkit (now Toadfoot) and the son of Tallpoppy. After The New Prophecy he and Applekit are never mentioned again. They may have died sometime after The New Prophecy.
Toadfoot	Dark Brown	Warrior mentioned in The New Prophecy. Brother to Marshkit and Applekit and son of Tallpoppy. He befriended Birchkit (now Birchfall) during the Great Journey. Returns as a warrior in Outcast.
Kinkfur	Brown Tabby	She-cat with very curly fur was metioned in into the wild where ironicaly she wasnt born yet.. Warrior mentioned in Eclipse.

SkyClan

SkyClan is the fifth Clan of the original forest territories, a fact that is unknown to all cats except for Firestar and Sandstorm. Their territory used to be located where the Twolegplace of Firestar's birth currently sits and they have the unique ability to jump, a technique that has been passed on to some kittypets and rogues in the rocky canyon. SkyClan were driven out when their part of the forest was excavated to create Twolegplace. SkyClan appealed to the other Clans for help, but none of them wanted to redivide their territory and as such SkyClan was forced to leave the forest. They traveled north along the river before finally settling in a rocky canyon. Before long, however, an intelligent rat pack attacked and killed most of the Clan, forcing the remnants to scatter across the nearby forest and Twolegplaces.

Modern SkyClan was reformed when Firestar set out to reunite the lost descendants of the Clan throughout the nearby area. Having drove off the rat pack, SkyClan currently live at peace.

Firestar's Quest

SkyClan's only appearance to date is in Firestar's Quest, although another SkyClan-centered book (rumored to be entitled SkyClan's Destiny) will be released in 2011 in the US.

Cloudstar (Ancient SkyClan)

A pale gray tom with white patches and very pale blue eyes, Cloudstar was the leader of SkyClan when they were driven from the forest. Cloudstar and his Clan used to live in what is now the Twolegplace Firestar formerly lived in and were forced to leave the forest because of human developments over that area, despite asking other Clans for assistance. Cloudstar's mate Birdflight stayed behind with ThunderClan because of her kits. Cloudstar came into Firestar's dreams to plead for help and to tell him that he must rebuild SkyClan, and also visited the dreams of Firestar's old friend Smudge, whose house is situated over the place where the SkyClan camp used to be. In the end, SkyClan was rebuilt and Cloudstar comes to give Leafstar one of her nine lives and reunites with Birdflight, as well as their kits, Spottedpelt and Gorseclaw.

Cherrytail

A tortoiseshell she-cat, Cherrytail was a former kittypet named Cherry, and teased Skywatcher(before they knew his name, they called him "Moony") for his strange behaviors, but later learns she is a SkyClan cat and becomes Cherrypaw, mentored by Sharpclaw. In the end she receives her warrior name, and mentors Rockpaw. She is the sister of Sparrowpelt.

Shortwhisker/Hutch

A dark brown tabby tom, Shortwhisker was formerly a kittypet named Hutch. During his time in SkyClan, Shortwhisker was nervous around other cats, similar to Ravenpaw in ThunderClan. He overcame his fear and fought in the battle against the rats. After the battle, he realizes that Clan life isn't suited for him, a decision that Firestar and Leafstar respects, and reverts back to Hutch. Hutch also promised to spread the word to other cats about SkyClan.

Petalnose

A pale gray she-cat with blue eyes, Petalnose was a former kittypet named Petal who was rescued by Firestar, Sandstorm, and SkyClan from an abusive owner. Her mate is Rainfur, who died in the battle with the rats, and her two kits are Mintkit and Sagekit. After she was rescued she decided to stay in SkyClan with her mate and serve as a warrior once her kits were ready to be apprenticed.

Echosong

A silver tabby she-cat with green eyes, Echosong was a former kittypet named Echo with no trace of SkyClan characteristics, but was given the role of SkyClan's medicine cat after she began to have dreams of the ancient SkyClan and StarClan. At first she was unsure of interpreting dreams from her warrior ancestors, but later grew into her role as a medicine cat. Later, Fawnstep, the medicine cat of SkyClan at the time of its exile, said she would be sharing dreams with her, implying that Fawnstep would be Echosong's mentor, in the way that Leafpool was Willowpaw's mentor when Mothwing could not teach her about StarClan.

Leafstar

Leafstar, a brown and cream tabby she-cat with amber eyes, was a rogue named Leaf before she came to SkyClan. After she joined, Firestar gave her the warrior name of Leafdapple, and she mentored Sparrowpelt. StarClan later chose Leafstar to be leader because of her thoughtful personality and understanding of the warrior code. Firestar realizes how perceptive she is when she tells him that she knows his first loyalty is to his own clan at home. During her leader ceremony, the ancient leaders of the four Clans come together to give her four of her nine lives as an apology to SkyClan for driving them out.

Patchfoot

A black-and-white tom, Patchfoot was formerly a rogue named Patch. Due to a rat attack, his shoulder was injured. When he recovered, thanks to Spottedleaf showing Sandstorm and Firestar how to treat rat bites with burdock root, Patchfoot joined the fight against the rats. At the end of the book, he mentors Bouncepaw.

Skywatcher

A dark gray tom with pale blue eyes, Skywatcher was also known as Moony. Skywatcher was an old cat who was the last true warrior of SkyClan, named Sky, until Firestar and Sandstorm rebuilt SkyClan. He was the one to show them around SkyClan territory. He died in his sleep, but Firestar believes that he wanted to live to see SkyClan rebuilt. He returns to give Leafstar one of her nine lives and he is also the cat to inform Firestar of the Power of Three prophecy: "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."

Sharpclaw

A dark ginger tom, Sharpclaw was originally a rogue named Scratch. Sharpclaw became deputy of SkyClan under Leafstar. Because of his bravery and tough fighting techniques, Sharpclaw was the obvious choice for Clan leader in Firestar's point of view but felt he didn't respect the warrior code enough. He mentored Cherrytail.

Sparrowpelt

A dark brown tabby tom, Sparrowpelt was formerly a kittypet named Boris. He and his sister Cherrytail teased Skywatcher for his strange behaviors. Later, however, he learns he is a SkyClan cat and is mentored by Leafdapple (Leafstar). In the end he receives his warrior name and mentors Tinypaw.

Rainfur

A light gray tom with dark gray flecks, Rainfur was formerly a rogue. At first, he didn't want to join SkyClan but later was forced to ask for the Clan's help to rescue his mate, Petal (later Petalnose), from her cruel Twoleg owner. In the end, he decided to join SkyClan but was killed in the battle against the rats. He appeared in Leafstar's warrior ceremony to reassure Firestar that his death wasn't his fault. He is also the father of Mintkit and Sagekit.

Clovertail

A light brown she-cat with a white belly and legs, Clovertail was formerly a loner named Clover. She first met Firestar and Sandstorm while defending her kits against a fox. Afterwards, she joins SkyClan, but initially only for protection. In the end, her loyalty for SkyClan is proven when she fought in the battle against the rats. Apparently, she is partly descended from RiverClan, given that she is an avid swimmer and the fact that Firestar saw that Birchstar and Heavystep looked very much like Clovertail at Leafstar's leader ceremony. She is the mother of Rockpaw, Bouncepaw, and Tinypaw.

Rockpaw

A black tom, Rockpaw is one of the three kits of Clovertail's litter, formerly a loner named Rock. His mentor is Cherrytail.

Tinypaw

A tiny white she-cat, Tinypaw is one of the three kits of Clovertail's litter, formerly a loner named Tiny. Her mentor is Sparrowpelt.

Bouncepaw

A ginger tom, Bouncepaw is one of the three kits of Clovertail's litter, formerly a loner named Bounce. His mentor is Patchfoot.

Sagekit

Sagekit is a pale gray tabby she-cat who is one of Petalnose and Rainfur's two kits, formerly a kittypet named Sage. Her brother is Mintkit.

Mintkit

Mintkit is a gray tom who is one of Petalnose and Rainfur's two kits, formerly a kittypet named Mint. His sister is Sagekit.

BloodClan

BloodClan is a group of ex-kittypets, rogues, and loners (cats who are not kittypets or part of a clan) living in the large section of human suburbs (Twolegplace) located outside the forest, distinguished by the fact that they wear collars laden with teeth. BloodClan do not have a warrior code, do not believe in StarClan, and do not have the organization structure found in the other Clans. As a result, BloodClan is run in the style of a dictatorship, and cats who either break the rules or desire to leave are punished or killed.

Original Series

Aside from the standalone manga The Rise of Scourge, BloodClan is only featured prominently in the final book of the Original series, The Darkest Hour.

Bone

Bone is a huge black and white tom with green eyes. He serves as the unofficial "deputy" of BloodClan, and is Scourge's main enforcer, performing his dirty work. He kills Whitestorm during the final battle in The Darkest Hour, before being swarmed and killed by a group of apprentices.

Scourge

Scourge, (Tiny at birth) a small black tom with blue eyes and a single white paw, rules BloodClan through fear and a survival-of-the-fittest mentality, and refuses to provide for any cat that cannot support itself - i.e., elders and mentally ill cats. (He permits the mates of she-cats nursing kits to hunt for their mates purely out of pragmatism, so that the Clan does not simply cease to exist when all the elder cats die and there are no old cats to replace them.) Despite his small size, he is a very capable and dangerous fighter, and neither any sort of warrior's ethical code or merciful impulses restrain him in battle; he is brutal and ruthless (Rock saying in Cats of the Clans that he lacks "any sense of right or wrong"). His weakness is revealed to be his skeptism towards StarClan. It has been confirmed by the Erins that Firestar is Scourge's half-brother (Scourge and Firestar share the same father), as implied in "The Rise of Scourge" when Quince wonders about why the litter did not share their father's ginger color, making Firestar also the half-brother of Socks and Ruby, Scourge's littermates. Scourge is then related to Cloudtail, Leafpool, Princess, Squirrelflight, Whitewing, Whitewing's kits Dovekit and Ivykit, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather. Scourge's evil behavior is explained in "The Rise of Scourge" when his brother Socks and sister Ruby are mean to him. Scourge runs off and is attacked by Tigerstar (Tigerpaw at the time). Scourge has held a grudge against Tigerstar ever since.

The Tribe of Rushing Water

The Tribe of Rushing Water is a group of smaller cats living in the northern caves of the mountain range that divides much of the land between the old forest territories and the lake territories. Tribe cats do not believe in StarClan; instead, they have their own spiritual equivalent, the Tribe of Endless Hunting. In the Tribe, there is no medicine cat or deputy: the leader, always known as Teller of the Pointed Stones, or Healer, serves both duties in addition to leader. Upon birth, Tribe cats are named by their mother for the first thing they see (which, incidentally, is usually not Floor/Roof/Wall of Cave or somesuch, as described by Rock in "Cats of the Clans"). Eventually, a Tribe cat trains as a to-be (apprentice). They are then selected to be either a cave-guard or a prey-hunter, based on their physical appearance. Strong, sturdy cats are chosen to be cave-guards, whose job is to defend the Tribe's camp against intruders as well as provide cover for the prey-hunters while hunting. Prey-hunters, chosen for their slender, agile bodies, are adept at hunting in the rocky mountain terrain and can leap high enough to catch large birds. Tribe cats often cover themselves in mud in order to better blend in with their surroundings, allowing them to catch larger, more exotic prey such as hawks and eagles. It also protects them from the cold mountain wind.

The Tribe typically have no enemies, which leaves them unprepared for attacks by other large predators (Sharptooth) or other groups of cats attempting to take their territory(Stripes,Flick,Flora,Twist). They have a firmly rooted tradition, and as such do not welcome the beliefs of other cats, a theme which incorporates the use of people from different cultural and traditional ways of thinking working together to solve a common goal. It is revealed in Outcast of the Power of Three series that the Tribe is among the descendants of the ancient clan of cats who originally lived in the lake territories, of which Rock and Fallen Leaves are members.

Throughout the series, the Clan cats commonly call the Tribe cats by the first word in their name, rather than the whole name.

The New Prophecy Series

The Tribe of Rushing Water is primarily introduced in Moonrise and visited again briefly in Dawn. Following The New Prophecy series, they are only featured again in Outcast of the Power of Three series. All characters listed here also appear in Outcast. In Moonrise, they thought Stormfur was the silver cat who was supposed to kill Sharptooth, the mountain lion, but Feathertail was actually it and died for them. When the Clans traveled in Dawn to their new lake home, they were sheltered there. In Outcast, they used the Clan's help to drive out intruders.

Brook Where Small Fish Swim

Brook is a brown tabby she-cat with gray eyes and is a prey-hunter within the Tribe. She is first introduced in Moonrise, when the journeying group of Clan cats accidentally stumbles upon the Tribe, and instantly takes a liking to Stormfur.

Stormfur decides to stay with Brook in the mountains when the exodus of the four Clans passes through. However, they are exiled from the Tribe following a disastrous attempt by Stormfur to rally the Tribe cats in order to force a group of intruding cats out, after which they travel to the new lake territory of ThunderClan. Brook is sorrowful for Stoneteller's decision to banish Stormfur, but remains by his side. She eventually learns to hunt and live in the forest and is accepted as a full ThunderClan cat, often providing advice to the younger cats based on her experiences in the mountains. During the events of Outcast she and Stormfur return to the Tribe along with a collection of Clan warriors in order to deal with the intruders threatening the mountains.

Brook has two brothers, Talon of Swooping Eagle (Talon)and Crag Where Eagles Nest (Crag). She is Stormfur's mate. It is rumored she has had kits, their names not released.

Crag Where Eagles Nest

A dark gray cave-guard, Crag is part of Stoneteller's Tribe, and a friend of the six Clan travelers. C He is the brother of Brook Where Small Fish Swim and Talon of Swooping Eagle (Talon).

Talon of Swooping Eagle

The brother of Brook and Crag, Talon is a dark brown tabby tom who serves as a cave-guard in the Tribe. He was first introduced in Moonrise as a Tribe exile, banished by Stoneteller along with other cats for failing to successfully kill the mountain lion Sharptooth. After the group of Clan cats chosen by StarClan on the journey to the sun-drown-place pass through the mountains and attempt to solve the Tribe's problem, Talon, Bird, and Rock return to the Tribe in order to help with the plan to kill Sharptooth. He becomes a member of the Tribe once again after Sharptooth is killed. Talon returns in Outcast and, along with Night of No Stars (Night), journeys to the Clans for help when the Tribe is having problems with trespassing cats stealing prey.

Teller of the Pointed Stones

Stoneteller, as he is more commonly known, serves as the Healer of the Tribe. The Healer performs the duties of both a leader and medicine cat, essentially granting him both traditional and spiritual authority over his Tribemates. The name given to the Tribe's healer is always the same, and as such there have been several Stonetellers over the course of the Tribe's history. This particular Stoneteller is well-suited to leading his Tribe, but is forced to deal with a number of crises (Sharptooth, the unnamed group of trespassing cats, etc.) that threaten their survival and unnerve his faith in the Tribe of Endless Hunting, the Tribe's spiritual equivalent of StarClan. As there are no other cats in a position of power to advise him, Stoneteller often feels overwhelmed by his responsibilities and can be prone to making rash decisions.

Sharptooth

A blackish mountain lion that terrified the Tribe of Rushing Water when the journeying cats met them. He was introduced in Moonrise, and has not appeared in any other books. Feathertail met her end driving a spike of rock into him, successfully killing him and fulfilling the prophecy that "A silver cat, not from this Tribe, will rid us of Sharptooth once and for all".

Crag Where Eagles Nest

A dark gray tom, Crag was one of the cats that found the Clans when they were lost on the mountains on the Great Journey. It is discovered in Outcast that he was killed in a battle with trespassers that invaded the Tribe of Rushing Water's territory.

Characters Outside Clans

This refers to characters introduced or mentioned throughout the course of the series who do not belong to a specific Clan or Tribe, i.e. loners, rogues, kittypets and the like.

Original Series

The Original series covers events in the story from Into the Wild to The Darkest Hour. Many characters mentioned here were introduced in the Original series, but play minor or significant roles in The New Prophecy and Power of Three series as well.

Barley

Barley is a black-and-white tom that lives in a barn beyond WindClan territory. He is met by Firestar while he is on his first journey to the Highstones, a remote region of caves which house the Moonstone, the source of the Clans' connection to StarClan. Barley is a friendly cat and always willing to help cats in need of shelter. He openly accepts Ravenpaw when he makes his escape from ThunderClan, and the two live a comfortable existence afterward.

Barley comes with Ravenpaw to ThunderClan in The Darkest Hour in order to assist Firestar as he deals with the impending invasion of BloodClan, when he reveals that he was in fact a former member of BloodClan. Barley and his littermates were automatically placed under Scourge's rule at birth, and his two brothers, Ice and Snake, formerly called Jumper and Hoot, soon became fierce enforcers of Scourge's orders. When Barley defied one of the Clan's principal rules in caring for and living with his sister, Violet, Ice and Snake attacked them and left Violet heavily injured. Barley narrowly escaped with Violet and left her in the care of a generous Twoleg, while he left the territory altogether and eventually happened upon the abandoned barn (which revialed by "Secrets of the Clans", he crossed clan territory to get there). He reveals the secret of Scourge's weakness to Firestar: that since Scourge does not believe in StarClan, he only has one life. Barley then fights alongside Firestar, Ravenpaw, and the remaining cats of all four Clans against BloodClan.

Barley and Ravenpaw finally assisted the Clans in their exodus by allowing them shelter in The New Prophecy series. They are presumed to be continuing their peaceful existence, though they are now effectively separated from the Clans due to the immense distance between them. Though it has not officially been stated, Barley will almost definitely appear in the upcoming manga trilogy Ravenpaw's Path.

Hattie

Hattie is a pretty light brown tabby kittypet who now lives in Firestar's former Twoleg home. She was shown in Firestar's old Twolegs' garden in The Darkest Hour, but it was in Firestar's Quest when she was properly introduced as the new kittypet of Firestar's former Twoleg owners. She is a neighbor and friend of Smudge, and has not been mentioned after Firestar's Quest.

Princess

Princess, a light brown tabby with a distinctive white chest and paws, is Firestar's kittypet sister. He initially discovers her garden in Fire and Ice, and returns regularly to talk with her throughout the Original series. Princess is enthralled by Firestar's stories of living in the forest, but also worries about him due to his often ragged appearance. Upon learning that her kits are to be given away, she gives one of them to Firestar to take back to ThunderClan. This kit eventually becomes Cloudtail, a well-known ThunderClan warrior. It has been revealed that Princess is still alive and living in her Twoleg home.

Ravenpaw

Ravenpaw is a small black loner who lives at the barn with Barley. Ravepaw was originally a ThunderClan apprentice, but was forced to leave the clan when he saw Tigerclaw, his mentor, murder the ThunderClan deputy, Redtail. This knowledge put his life in danger. He is happy at Barley's barn; the loner lifestyle suits him better than clan life.

Ravenpaw is soon to have his own manga series, Ravenpaw's Path, which is due to be released on the 28th of July 2009.

Smudge

Smudge is a plump, friendly black-and-white kittypet who was Firestar's best friend during his kithood. Smudge was upset when Firestar decided to leave Twolegplace and live in the forest, but he accepted his friend's decision. Smudge is very comfortable with his life, and cannot imagine why Firestar wants to live in the forest with a bunch of "violent ruffians". Though he misses his friend, he manages to get along well with Firestar's replacement, a she-cat named Hattie.

Smudge's garden sits on the exact location of the ancient camp of SkyClan, and as a result he is fraught with dreams involving the lost Clan's exodus in Firestar's Quest. He mistakenly interprets these dreams as a sign that he must live in the forest, as Firestar had done, and goes into the forest to find his friend. He is attacked by a border patrol, but Firestar arrives in time and calls the patrol off. Firestar then spends the night in Smudge's garden to better ascertain the will of SkyClan's elusive leader. Smudge is greatly relieved to learn that he doesn't have to live in the forest after all, and wishes his friend luck on his journey.

The New Prophecy Series

The New Prophecy series covers events in the story from Midnight to Sunset. Many characters here were first mentioned in the Original series, but had minor or unsignificant roles. In addition, as with the Original series, most characters listed here play minor or significant roles in the following series, Power of Three, as well.

Midnight

Midnight is a female badger first introduced in Midnight of The New Prophecy series. The journeying cats are initially quite surprised to discover that Midnight is actually a badger, as most badgers are hostile towards cats and several cats have been killed by them. Midnight reveals the true purpose of their journey by telling them that the forest is going to be destroyed. She later instructs the cats to return home through the mountains, resulting in the death of Feathertail. She later returns in Twilight to warn ThunderClan of an impending badger attack.

Midnight is shown to have connections with numerous spiritual entities, including StarClan and the Tribe of Endless Hunting. She is also known to be acquainted with Rock and Sol. Her knowledge of events occurring in the future and distant past is comparable to Rock, who also has near-omniscient knowledge of the cats' universe. She hints that there are many more communities of cats living in Clans and Tribes other than the forest cats, foreshadowing the introduction of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Midnight was aware of the Tribe's prophecy regarding Feathertail before she sent the cats to the mountains, effectively sending Feathertail to her death. She is also capable of speaking and understanding the languages of many other animals, including cat, dog, fox, and rabbit, in addition to badger. Her last appearance is in Sunset. She did, however, made two appearances in Long Shadows, one in the prologue, where she is seen talking to the original leaders of the four Clans and then to Rock, and one while talking to Jayfeather in a dream. When Brambleclaw goes to find Midnight in Sunrise, they don't find her. Midnight does however, appear to Jayfeather in another dream.

Purdy

An elderly, plump tabby tom with a gray muzzle and amber eyes living in and near Twolegplaces located around the mountains, Purdy is first introduced in Midnight of The New Prophecy series, and seems to speak in a southern drawling accent (also referring to humans as 'Upwalkers' rather than 'Twolegs'). Brambleclaw and the other chosen cats meet him on their journey to the sun-drown place (the sea) when they become lost in a particularly large suburban neighborhood. Purdy agrees to guide them through, despite not quite knowing the way himself. The cats meet Purdy again, having somehow relocated to the other side of the mountain range, on their return trip to the mountains in Outcast of the Power of Three series. He once again offers to help them, much to their hesitation at his previous displays of ineptness. In Sunrise, Purdy is living with Sol, so he meets the "Sol Patrol", as Jayfeather calls it, and talks to Brambleclaw. Brambleclaw asks Purdy to join ThunderClan as an elder, and Purdy reluctantly agrees, if only to come and help defend Sol's reputation, as they have become great friends. Purdy does not know about everything Sol has done. Following the events of Sunrise, Purdy is now a permanent ThunderClan elder.

Purdy, while often causing more trouble than he averts, can be seen as a sympathetic character due to his poorly disguised feelings of loneliness. Purdy used to be in the care of a Twoleg, but once the Twoleg died he was left to fend for himself. He does not appear to have any friends and jumps at the chance to interact with other cats, in particular Brambleclaw and the others due to their past experience together. He offers to follow the characters on their journey several times, only to be turned down because they feel he would slow them down.

Cody

A tabby kittypet with blue eyes, Cody was captured in The New Prophecy by Twolegs because her collar had been ripped off when she ran away from her Twolegs, intending only to have a bit of fun before returning home, so the Twolegs mistook her for a wild cat. She became friends with Leafpool while they were held captive and woke her up from her depression. After being rescued by ThunderClan, she stayed for a while to look after Ferncloud's kit Birchkit. Before the Clans left the forest, Cody is forced to say goodbye to Leafpool, as although she was willing to help the clan in their hour of need, the life of a warrior cat was not for her, and goes home to her owners.

Sasha

A tawny-colored she-cat with bright blue eyes, Sasha (also called Brownie by a Twoleg) used to be a kittypet in her early days. But when her housefolk moved due to the death of the wife, Sasha was left on her own, venturing into ShadowClan territory. Her collar was taken off by Pine, another rogue. She caught sight of a patrol of Tigerstar, Jaggedtooth and Rowanclaw, calling Tigerstar "the big handsome tabby." He sees her in a tree, but does not tell his Clanmates. The next day, she leaps from her tree to give the frog that slipped out of Rowanclaw's claws to them. Tigerstar and Sasha begin speaking, and they soon meet every night. They have a bump in their relationship when Tigerstar discovers that Sasha is a kittypet, and he despises kittypets because of Firestar, so he does not come. But when he saves her from foxes, their relationship grows stronger, and he invites her to join ShadowClan. However, after she learns of his evil intentions to destroy all the Clans, she realizes he deceived her and rejects his offer.

She is the mother of Hawkfrost and Mothwing, and another kit, named Tadpole. She left Hawkfrost and Mothwing in RiverClan due to the fact that she was weak. Earlier, Tadpole, Hawk(Hawkfrost) and Moth(Mothwing) traveled away from their nest in order to find Ken. They got lost in the Twolegplace, and were trapped. Tadpole sacrificed his life in order to save his littermates.The place where they were trapped flooded and Tadpole drowned.She asked them to stay with her in the forest when the Clans were leaving, but they refused. She is possibly deceased due to the destruction of the forest. If this is so, there is controversy as to whether she is possibly in the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars with Tigerstar, Hawkfrost, Brokenstar, and Darkstripe, although she had no malicious intentions of her own, or in a place where loners or kittypets go when they die.

Smoky

A muscular gray and white tom, Smoky lives at the horseplace with Floss and formerly Daisy. He was first introduced in Starlight. He is the father of Daisy's kits, Berrynose, Mousewhisker, and Hazeltail, and (along with the other horseplace cats) refers to humans as 'Nofurs' instead of 'Twolegs'. Although he is the mate of both Daisy and Floss, Daisy knows that they care more for each other than they do for her. But in Sunrise when he meets Hazeltail, she tells him that Daisy has moved on; Smoky is saddened by this.

Floss

A small gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes, Floss lives at the horseplace with Smoky, her mate.Her kits were all taken by the Twolegs; or as the horseplace cats call them, the Nofurs. Sister to Daisy, and aunt to Berrynose, Mousewhisker, and Hazeltail. Great-aunt to Toadkit and Rosekit

Power of Three Series

The Power of Three series covers events in the story from The Sight to present, which currently encompasses the events of Sunrise.

Flick

A skinny light brown tom with large pointed ears, Flick is one of the intruders invading the territory of the Tribe of Rushing Water in Outcast.

Flora

A dark brown-and-white she-cat with green eyes, Flora is one of the intruders invading the territory of the Tribe of Rushing Water in Outcast.

Sol

Sol, a long-haired brown-and-tortoiseshell tom with pale yellow eyes,be cause he is a tom and tortoiseshell he is probably steral, and is a mysterious character introduced in Eclipse. He has knowledge of all four Clans (given to him by Midnight), despite none of them ever having seen him before. Sol predicts the forthcoming eclipse of the sun, an act that appears to be the beginnings of his attempt to convince the Clans that StarClan are not all-powerful. He later convinces Blackstar, who has already begun to lose faith in StarClan, to renounce his faith altogether and not allow his Clan to attend Gatherings.

Sol's character is, for the moment, ambigious. He is polite, but not friendly. An attempt by Jayfeather to scan his mind results in a whirlwind of thoughts ranging locations far beyond any of the Clan territories, implying that this cat knows far more about the Clans' universe than he cares to reveal. He is also aware of the prophecy concerning Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf. Sol plays a large part in Long Shadows; his face is on the cover and in the excerpt he is seen attempting to convince the Clans to renounce faith in StarClan. It is mentioned in Long Shadows that Midnight told Sol all about StarClan and the four Clans, for a reason she will not disclose. Also, Hollyleaf has a nightmare in which she sees Sol blotting out the moon and her Clanmates crying out in fear. It is perhaps a sign that Sol will destroy all the Clans. In Long Shadows, when Hollyleaf runs into Sol on the lakeshore, he heads towards WindClan's territory where Ashfur's body is later found. Some people suspected him to be Ashfur's murderer rather than Squirrelflight, but Sol does not appear to have a motive. Additionally, when Jayfeather read Squirrelflight's mind following Ashfur's murder, she was afraid, seeming to confirm that she killed Ashfur, not Sol. But in the prologue of Sunrise, as Leafpool is examining Ashfur's body, she finds a tuft of black fur carrying Hollyleaf's scent, identifying Hollyleaf as the real killer. However, the rest of the Clan does not know this, so Ashfoot, the WindClan deputy, reveals to Brambleclaw that she saw Sol near where Ashfur's body was found. Upon hearing this, Firestar sent a patrol consisting of Brambleclaw, Brackenfur, Birchfall, Hazeltail, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf. They search a large Twolegplace near the sun-drown-place and find a group of cats that Sol convinced to fight a wild pack of dogs that were threatening their home. After hearing the horrific story of their defeat, the new leader, Jingo, leads them to Purdy, as Sol is staying with him. They find him and take him to the ThunderClan camp to be questioned by Firestar, with Purdy tagging along, becoming a ThunderClan elder. After being interrogated by Firestar, Sol is kept as a prisoner, but escapes when he lures Lionblaze to help him out by telling him he knows who his real father is. When the rest of the Clan finds out, it is rather a relief, because the other Clans were threatening Firestar, as they were nervous at the fact that someone like Sol was among them. Therefore, Firestar just told the other Clans that he banished Sol.

Afterwards, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather snuck away to find Sol at the old Twoleg nest, and Hollyleaf almost attacked him. Sol said they were "not ready to listen to [him] yet". They went back, but it resulted in the same thing, except that Lionblaze got mad at him, and they all vowed to not return. Sol is apparantly still at the Twoleg nest following the events of Sunrise.

Stripes

A large silver tabby tom with dark stripes and amber eyes, Stripes is the leader of the intruders invading the territory of the Tribe of Rushing Water in Outcast. He is shown as a mocking, cruel cat, leading the intruders by no code of honor other than a life-or-death policy similar to BloodClan. At the end of the book, he and the other intruders are defeated by the Clan cats and the Tribe, and surrenders, promising to leave the Tribe alone and to respect their borders.

Twist

A young tortoiseshell she-cat with white stripes on her face, Twist is one of the intruders invading the territory of the Tribe of Rushing Water in Outcast. It is noted by Hollypaw that she is of apprentice age, and if she had been a Clan cat, they might have been friends. On a side note, during a Wands and Worlds chat, one fan asked if Twist would make another appearance. This was followed by Erin Hunter asking who Twist was. Therefore, it is assumed that Twist will not appear again.

Jingo

A dark brown tabby she-cat with a short tail, Jingo is the leader that is trying to keep the band of Twolegplace cats together after Sol's dark leadership, introduced in Sunrise. When the wild dogs were chasing the ThunderClan cats, she found them and led them to safety in her abandoned Twoleg nest, and she led them back to were Purdy lives. Sol convinced Jingo to leave her housefolk and join his new Twolegplace "Clan", and she decided that it sounded exciting, and she told her neighbor, Flower, about this, too. Unfortunately, Flower was killed by the wild dogs while on a hunting mission.

When Sol was leader of the Twolegplace cats, he acted like their king, always asking them to bring him food, but never hunting himself. After Flower was killed, he devised a plan to show the dogs who's territory the nest was. He made it sound as if there was no other choice, and Pepper, Jester, and Frosty were killed as a result of his bad judgement, and all the cats had wounds, except for Sol, because he didn't raise a paw to help his cats. Soon after, Jingo asked him to leave.

Jingo is obviously a very emotionally strong character, as she had to deal with guilt from inviting Flower to join Sol, only for her to be killed. She also has to keep the shattered group together, and Lionblaze and Brambleclaw are impressed by this personality trait. Brambleclaw, as she is going back to the abandoned Twoleg nest, says, too softly for her to hear, "Goodbye, Jingostar. May StarClan light your path." This shows that he thinks she is as noble as a Clan leader.

Hussar

A broad-shouldered gray tom, Hussar has a long scar on his side from the fight with the wild dogs. He joined the Twolegplace "Clan" with Jingo, so they may be very good friends. Hussar is probably the strongest of the group, and therefore he acts as deputy to Jingo. He is rather calm, despite his size and strength, but shows an uncharacteristic hatred for Sol.

Speckle

A flecked brown she-cat, Speckle is nursing four kits, one of which is named Frisk. Her mate left when the wild dogs started to terrorize the lone cats in the abandoned Twoleg nest, but she is now in love with Sol, as she said she "wanted them [the kits] to be Sol's" and she would be "very glad to see him." She also defends Sol's reputation when they are discussing him with the Clan cats. She seems very protective of her kits and extremely suspicious of the Clan cats, perhaps because she knows they are looking for Sol, and when they find him it won't be for a friendly visit.

Fritz

Fritz is a black and white tom with a torn ear from the dog fight. He is a very jumpy, soft-spoken cat. He is evidently friends with Jingo, or possibly mates, because he was comforting her when the subject of Flower came up, and vice versa when Fritz was scared. He was the first to meet the ThunderClan cats, near the edges of the Twolegplace, and tipped them off that Sol was nearby when he said, obviously scared to death of the Clan cats, "That's what he said! And look what happened!" They assumed that he was talking about Sol.

Pod

A scrawny, old brown tom with a scarred, gray muzzle, Pod is rather skittish, but he is very talkitive and is not afraid to speak his mind, as opposed to Fritz. He complains quite a lot, and often insults things he hates, such as the dogs or Sol. It seems he has a grudge against Sol for acting as a king among the Twolegplace cats, while him and his "Clanmates" went hungry and had to train nonstop for the fight against the dogs. Pod was one of the first to come to Sol's abandoned Twoleg nest, along with Fritz and Speckle.

Merry & Chirp

Merry is a ginger and white she-cat with green eyes, while Chirp is a pale gray tabby tom. They are the last of the Twolegplace cats to meet the ThunderClan patrol. Their appearance triggered all of the Twolegplace cats into hiding, thinking they were the dogs. When they arrive, Merry leaves soon after, muttering something as she leaves. This signals she probably dislikes strangers, like everybody else in the abandoned Twoleg nest after Sol's leadership. But Chirp stays near the door. As he listens to the discussion, he gives the Clan cats very valuable information: there are rumors that Sol is back, and he is living with Purdy.

Flower

Flower was a beautiful young she-cat killed by the wild dogs. She was a former kittypet, and was Jingo's neighbor. Jingo convinced her to come with her to the abandoned Twoleg nest. Her death caused Sol to create a plan to fight the wild dogs, resulting in more deaths. Jingo misses Flower, and feels guilty about bringing her here to her death.

Pepper & Jet

Jet is a long-haired black tom, and Pepper is his littermate. Pepper was chosen by Sol to lead the dogs to the unused monster's den. But he never made it; the dogs outran him and killed him, then played with his body. After the battle, Sol walked in and asked Jet to bring him some food, and Jet would have killed Sol if Hussar had not held him back. Jet walked in while the Clan cats and the Twolegplace cats were discussing Sol, and he showed extreme anger towards Sol, saying to Jingo, "It's not okay. It'll never be okay. I don't want to think about that cat ever again!"

Jester & Frosty

Jester and Frosty were the two cats that died as a result of Sol's plan to fight the dogs. Jester was a tom that was so seriously wounded, he died from his injuries in the abandoned Twoleg nest. Frosty was a she-cat that was ripped to pieces by the dogs.

The Rise of Scourge

Socks

The brother of Scourge and Ruby and the son of Quince, Socks is a black tom with a white muzzle, tail tip, and paws. He, along with Ruby, tormented their younger brother Tiny into running away from home in The Rise of Scourge. However, he seems to have a less vicious personality than his sister. Later in the book, Socks and Ruby appear before Tiny, now Scourge, abandoned by their Twolegs and desperate for food and shelter. After a vengeful speech in which Scourge states that he no longer thinks of them as family, and indeed, doesn't think of family at all, he allows them to eat, but afterwards, he exiles them both. It was revealed in a Wands and Worlds chat with Erin Hunter on August 16, 2008, that Socks and Ruby are still alive.

Ruby

Scourge's sister, Ruby, along with her brother Socks, taunted and scared their brother Tiny enough so that he ran away from his Twoleg nest, by saying that Tiny was going to be thrown in the river because he "wasn't wanted." She and Socks were later adopted by housefolk, but were abandoned when they moved away. They came to Tiny (now Scourge), begging for assistance, but were soon turned away. It was revealed in a Wands and Worlds chat with Erin Hunter that they are still alive.

Quince

Scourge's mother, Quince mated with a ginger tom (Firestar's father) and had Ruby, Socks, and Tiny (later Scourge.) It is revealed in a Wands and Worlds chat with Erin Hunter that she is still alive, but is now quite old.

Graystripe's Trilogy

Diesel

A dark-striped, pale tabby tom loner, Diesel befriended Graystripe and Millie at a truck stop in Warrior's Return. When he met the duo, he offered them food and shelter. Millie accepted, while Graystripe was reluctant but was forced to accept the offer when shortly afterwards, Graystripe was hit by a car. Diesel suggested they get to the lake by hitching a ride on a truck.

Duke

An unfriendly black-and-white tom with a spiked collar, Duke was first introduced in The Lost Warrior. One of the house cats in the surrounding Twolegplace where Graystripe lives for a while with the Twoleg family, he is leader of a small group of hostile kittypets. It is said that "no one defeats Duke", as he is a vicious fighter. Graystripe, weakened from his stay with the Twolegs, is defeated by him once, but later afterward Duke and his kittypet group are beaten themselves by Graystripe and Millie.

Husker

A long-haired dark gray tom with a clump of lighter gray fur on the top of his head, Husker is a patriarch of sorts of the family of barn cats Graystripe and Millie discovers in Warrior's Refuge. He is the mate of Moss and the father of Birdy, Pad, Raindrop, and Little Mew. He offers shelter to Millie and Graystripe after Millie's eyes are injured in the cornfield close to the barn where he and his family live. He explains that he and his family used to live with a family of kind, elderly Twolegs, but when they died, a new Twoleg family moved in and chased the cats away. He is seen playing with the Twolegs after Graystripe and Millie earn the Twolegs' gratitude for saving one of the Twoleg kits and lead them to the barn to meet the barn cats. It is assumed Husker becomes one of the Twolegs' kittypets afterward, as well as the rest of the family.

Moss

A black she-cat, Moss is the mate of Husker and the sister of Splash, as well as the mother of Birdy, Raindrop, Pad, and Little Mew. She is first introduced, along with the other barn cats, in Warrior's Refuge, and convinces Husker to let Graystripe and Millie shelter in the barn after Millie's eyes are injured from the cornfield. Due to Graystripe and Millie's saving one of the Twoleg kits, Moss and the rest of her family are accepted by the Twolegs in the end of the novel, and it is assumed that they have become their new kittypets.

Splash

A tortoiseshell-and-white tom, Splash is the brother of Moss and is one of the barn cats in Warrior's Refuge. He maintains a minor role throughout the novel, and in the end is accepted by the Twolegs who were previously hostile to them. It is assumed that he and the rest of the barn cats have become their new kittypets.

Tigerstar and Sasha's Trilogy

Patch

Patch is a black-and-white kitten who was first introduced in Escape From the Forest. He would have drowned in the river if it hadn't been for Sasha alerting the captain of the boat in the river at that time. Over time, the captain started to grow fond of Patch. As the river froze, the captain was loading up a truck, but Sasha wouldn't get in, saying that she had to stay and told Patch to "take care of the captain." The captain said his goodbyes to Sasha, understanding she "was a wanderer," and left with Patch.

Pine

A white tom with black spots running across his back, Pine is a loner outside the forest and befriended Sasha in her early days as a loner. He was first introduced in Into the Woods, the first novel in the Tigerstar and Sasha trilogy.

Ancient Cats

These are characters first mentioned in Dark River of the Power of Three series. They are as yet unknown to all cats except Jayfeather, whose extrasensory perception allows him to discover clues hidden in an ancient stick located near the lake. It is hinted in Outcast that these cats have ties to the Tribe of Rushing Water, and in "Long Shadows", Jayfeather/Jay's Wing convinces the group to journey to the mountains to live there, hinting they are the direct ancestors of the Tribe. Their connection to the Clan cats is implied, but has not been touched upon as of yet.

Power of Three Series

The Ancient Clan was primarily introduced in Dark River and has played a minor role in all subsequent novels.

Ancient Clan Conventions

There are several differences between the modern Clans and the Ancient ones. These will be listed below.

• Ancient Clan cats are more like a group of cats living together than a Clan, in that leaders can retire whenever they like, and that there are no definite territory boundaries.
• It has been implied that some Ancient Clan families always share a common 'surname'. For example, Jay's Wing and Dove's Wing are brother and sister, and their names both end with Wing.
• The cats in the Clan make major decisions by, 'casting stones', where a line is drawn in the dirt, and each cat pushes a stone to the side\decision they choose.
• In the modern Clans, Clan deputies, when they became leaders, had to stay leaders until they died, even if they grew old. With the Ancient Clans, leaders could choose their successors and step down from the post whenever they wanted.

Ancient Clan Characters

Fallen Leaves

Fallen Leaves , a ginger and white tom and the son of Broken Shadow and Stone Song, is one of the Ancient Cats who went into the tunnels to become sharpclaws (the equivalent of warriors). These tunnels run underneath ThunderClan and WindClan territory, in which Lionblaze and Heathertail played in at night. Three WindClan kits strayed into them when the floods were rising, and Lionpaw, Jaypaw, Hollypaw, Heatherpaw, and Breezepaw had to rescue them. It was then that Fallen Leaves guided Jayfeather through, finding the kits and averting a battle. Later, in Eclipse, the three kits reveal the tunnels to WindClan, and WindClan use them as an opportunity to ambush ThunderClan.

Fallen Leaves had entered the tunnels to prove he was a sharpclaw. However, he neglected to mention to Rock that rain might fall. This proved his downfall, as when it rained, the tunnels flooded, and he drowned. Jayfeather dreamed about his journey in the tunnels, and before he died, Fallen Leaves suddenly realized Jayfeather was walking with him.

The Erins said that Fallen Leaves still hasn't accepted the fact that he is dead, and this is why Fallen Leaves' spirit still walks through the tunnels. In Long Shadows, he was dismayed to hear that Jayfeather was not staying with him, and his death is a catalyst for the Ancient Clans moving from the lake to the mountains.

Rock

Rock is a very old cat. He is described in Dark River as his pelt like moleskin, the fur gone except for tufts along his spine, and his sightless eyes bulging like eggs, thus depicting him as ancient to the Ancient Clans. He watches over all of the Clans (including SkyClan, BloodClan, and the Tribe of Rushing Water, in addition to the rogues, loners, and kittypets known to the four Clans, as well as having an acquaintance with Midnight), and as he says in Cats of the Clans he knows the destiny and innermost thoughts of each cat. In his introduction in the prologue of Dark River, he is in a cave and greets Fallen Leaves before the young cat goes into the tunnels. He later meets with Jayfeather and tells him he must go to the mountains in Outcast. He is the narrator of Cats of the Clans, and talks with three kits from StarClan: Mosskit, a half-ThunderClan, half-RiverClan kit who died on the way to RiverClan with Stonefur and Mistyfoot, Adderkit, a WindClan kit ironically killed by a snake, and Blossomkit, a ShadowClan kit who was forced in to battle when she was too young on Brokenstar's demand, and was killed in the battle. He seems to know all about the Clans, and is very keen in particular to Jayfeather, supporting the prophecy.

Furled Bracken

A dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes, Furled Bracken is the leader of the ancient Clan that lived at the lake before the four Clans. When Stone Song requests for the stones to be cast, he accepts. Jaypaw, or who the Clan thinks he is, Jay's Wing, tries to go forward to make his decision, he holds him back, telling him that he must choose last. When the decision is made to leave, Furled Bracken appoints Stone Song as leader, much to Jaypaw's surprise. He is not mentioned again.

Stone Song

A dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes, Stone Song is known to be a sharpclaw of the ancient Clan that lived at the lake before the four Clans. He is intrigued by Jay's Wing's, or rather Jaypaw's dream about the mountains. He seems quite confident, and is the cat who asks Furled Bracken for the stones to be cast. After the decision is made to leave, Furled Bracken appoints him as leader. Stone Song later asks Jay's Wing to help him lead the tribe to their new home. He is the father of Fallen Leaves and mate of Broken Shadow.

Broken Shadow

A slender orange she-cat with white paws and amber eyes, Broken Shadow is also known to be a sharpclaw of the ancient Clan that lived at the lake before the four Clans. In Dark River, Broken Shadow is not mentioned directly by name. She is seen sadly watching her son, Fallen Leaves, enter the tunnels for his assessment with Rock to become a sharpclaw. Broken Shadow protests his leaving, saying that the skies look like they might rain. Fallen Leaves continues on stubbornly though, not wanting to put off his becoming a full sharpclaw any longer. In Long Shadows, when the decision was being made on whether or not to leave the lake, Broken Shadow wanted to leave. She went on the 'leave' side when casting the stones, along with her mate, Stone Song. She later regretted her decision and said that she wanted to stay with her son, Fallen Leaves.

Half Moon

A white she-cat with green eyes, Half Moon is another one of the Ancient Cats known to be the ancestors of the Tribe of Rushing Water. She is a calm and kind she-cat. She was in love with Jay's Wing. Half Moon helped Jaypaw (Jay's Wing) when he was confused about where he was. She shows obvious affection towards Jay Wing, willing to leave if he was. She defended him when Fish Leap bullied him, and during the casting of the stones, Half Moon went to the 'leave' side. She also made a brief appearance during Jaypaw's naming ceremony. It could be noted that she loves both Jayfeather and Jay's Wing since they are both to be the same cat. She is apparently a very good hunter, helping Jay's Wing to catch prey when he found it difficult.

Jay's Wing

A gray tabby tom with blue eyes, Jay's Wing is a cat training to be a sharpclaw (warrior) of the ancient Clan that lived at the lake before the four Clans. In Long Shadows, Jayfeather is taken back in time by Fallen Leaves, and walks in Jay's Wing's pawsteps. Jay's Wing/Jayfeather asks questions that confuse most of the Clan. He helps Fallen Leaves's tribe decide to leave the lake by telling the leader, Furled Bracken, about a dream he had, one about the mountains the Tribe of Rushing Water lives in. He never truly had that dream, but rather had visited the mountains himself. After the beginning of the journey, Rock calls Jayfeather back and tells him it is time to return to ThunderClan. It could be said that Jayfeather is the reincarnation of Jay's Wing, so it is suggested that Dovekit and Lionblaze also have past lives like Jayfeather.

Dove's Wing

A pale gray she-cat with blue eyes, Dove's Wing is known to be a cat training to be a sharpclaw (warrior). Dove's Wing is sister to Jay's Wing, who, unknown to her, is Jayfeather thrust into the past. When Jay's Wing asks a strange question in front of a group of softpaws (apprentices), she says he must have hit his head on the rocky floor of the tunnel. Dovekit is believed to have had a past life as Dove's Wing.