History Literature / WarriorCatsDawnOfTheClans

* MilestoneCelebration: The prologue of ''The Sun Trail'' was released early as part of the tenth anniversary of ''Warriors''. ''The Sun Trail'' is also the 25th main series novel, the 50th ''Warriors'' book[[note]]25 main series books, 5 Supper Editions, 13 mangas, 3 novellas, and 4 Field Guides. ''Enter the Clans'' doesn't count because it's merely a CompilationRerelease with new cover art.[[/note]], and was released about a month after the date of the tenth anniversary. As well, ''Thunder Rising'' and ''Warriors: The Ultimate Guide'' were co-released and essentially were '''the''' 10th Anniversary milestone books.

# To be announced (Kate Cary)

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: [[spoiler:Bright Stream's death]] happens early on in ''The Sun Trail'', but is a pretty big twist and defines much of the book. Also, one of the largest spoilers for ''The Sun Trail'' is that [[spoiler:Clear Sky is the antagonist]], but that will be one for the series as a whole, almost certainly.

* BlatantLies: Clear Sky after he [[spoiler:attacks Falling Feather for criticising his leadership]].

** This is the first time in the main series that the other Clans will have a role equal to [=ThunderClan=].[[note]]In ''Moonrise'', two [=RiverClan=] cats got Point of Views, but they were on a journey away from the main Clans. In ''Night Whispers'', a [=ShadowClan=] cat got a Point of View, but all four [=ThunderClan=] cats had more screentime than he did.[[/note]]

* AnyoneCanDie: After ''Power of Three'' and ''Omen of the Stars'' flip-flopped with this, ''The Sun Trail'' brings it back full force with the deaths of [[spoiler:Bright Stream, Shaded Moss, and Storm, all of them being major characters.]] ''Thunder Rising'' kept this going, killing off [[spoiler: Moon Shadow, Misty, and Bumble.]] ''The First Battle'' went even further with [[spoiler: Turtle Tail, Emberkit, Falling Feather, and Jackdaw's Cry]] dying.

* DoomedByCanon:
** In ''The Sun Trail'', [[spoiler:Stoneteller/Half Moon declares a cat named Shaded Moss the leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail. Since we never heard about him as a major power in any of the field guides, his death shortly before the group reaches the new territories doesn't come as much of a surprise.]]
** WordOfGod has actually caused a ForegoneConclusion of a character living to turn into one of these. It is most definitely a spoiler, as it hasn't happened in the books yet. [[spoiler:Fans initially assumed that Gray Wing would survive the series, given that he has to live past Wind and Gorse to become the [=WindClan=] leader Graywing the Wise. However, Vicky revealed on her Facebook that Graywing the Wise was the leader of Proto [=WindClan=], the cats in the moor before the Clans came about. This means that something will almost certainly happen to him, given that Wind is going to become the leader of the moor.]] [[invoked]]

# ''A Forest Divided'' (April 7, 2015)
# To be announced

* ShipperOnDeck: Silver Frost, one of the elder cats of the Tribe, ships Clear Sky with Bright Stream. She also ships Gray Wing with his admirer Turtle Tail.

** The prologue of ''Thunder Rising'' is about[[spoiler:Thunder being visited in a dream by the spirit of Storm, his mother.]]

** The Bonus Scenes provide this, giving a minor character in the books some time in the spotlight. In ''The Sun Trail'', Petal is the one getting some love. In ''Thunder Rising'', River Ripple is star.

* AnyoneCanDie: After ''Power of Three'' and ''Omen of the Stars'' flip-flopped with this, ''The Sun Trail'' brings it back full force with the deaths of [[spoiler:Bright Stream, Shaded Moss, and Storm, all of them being major characters.]] ''Thunder Rising'' kept this going, killing off [[spoiler: Moon Shadow, Misty, and Bumble.]]

** The Clan Founders, and possibly some of the other field guide characters.
** ''The Sun Trail'' has given this status to [[spoiler:Cloudspots, Dapplepelt, Lightningtail, and Graywing The Wise.]]
** In ''The Sun Trail'', Thunder is a minor (but [[SmallRoleBigImpact important]]) character. ''Thunder Rising'' will feature him as a main character, if not the main character of the book.
*** ''Thunder Rising'', while giving Thunder a main role, also introduces us to [[spoiler:Owleyes and Pebbleheart.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:The Followers of the Sun Trail don't find Bright Stream's body after she is carried off by an eagle, leading to some potential ambiguity over her death.]]

* RotatingProtagonist: Gray Wing is the sole protagonist of ''The Sun Trail'', while ''Thunder Rising'' adds Thunder as a {{Deuteragonist}}. Following that, ''The First Battle'' adds Clear Sky (and possibly Tall Shadow) as point of view characters, and the blurb of ''The Blazing Star'' suggests that Gray Wing will be dropped as a point of view character.

** WordOfGod has actually caused a ForegoneConclusion of a character living to turn into one of these. It is most definitely a spoiler, as it hasn't happened in the books yet. [[spoiler:Fans initially assumed that Gray Wing would survive the series, given that he has to live past Wind and Gorse to become the [=WindClan=] leader Graywing the Wise. However, Vicky revealed on her Facebook that Graywing the Wise was the leader of Proto [=WindClan=], the cats in the moor before the Clans came about. This means that something will almost certainly happen to him, given that Wind is going to become the leader of the moor.]]

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: [[spoiler:Bright Stream's death]] happens early on, but is a pretty big twist and defines much of the book. Also, one of the largest spoilers for ''The Sun Trail'' is that [[spoiler:Clear Sky is the antagonist]], but that will be one for the series as a whole, almost certainly.

** Gray Wing and Clear Sky are brothers who work together to hunt and fight.

The first book, ''The Sun Trail'', was released in March 2013, and starred [=WindClan=]'s legendary leader Graywing the Wise (at the time known as Gray Wing). The second book, ''Thunder Rising'', was released in November 2013 and added Thunder, future founder of [=ThunderClan=], as a second point of view character. The third book, ''The First Battle'', will be released in April 2014. The fourth book, ''The Blazing Star'', will be released in November 2014. The fifth book, ''A Forest Divided'', currently does not have a release date. In addition, ''Mothflight's Vision'', the 2015 Super Edition will take place in this timeline and star Mothflight, the first medicine cat. The ''Dawn of the Clans'' characters are also featured in ''Warriors: The Ultimate Guide''.

** Before ''The Sun Trail'' even came out, the blurb of ''Thunder Rising'' revealed that [[spoiler:the group would split into two, Gray Wing and Clear Sky would become enemies, and Thunder would have some sort of connection to Gray Wing and Clear Sky.]]
** Now the new blurb of Thunder Rising flat out states that [[spoiler:Clear Sky is Thunder’s father.]]

** Fircone and Nettle aren't introduced until the last chapter of ''Thunder Rising''.

* {{Prequel}}: This series takes place before any of the other ''Warriors'' books and shows us the origins of the Clans, which everything else revolves around. [[note]]''Dark River'', ''Long Shadows'', and ''Sign of the Moon'' contain scenes that take place before ''Dawn of the Clans'' and deal with the founding of the Tribe. However, these scenes are in Jayfeather's time traveling flashback sequences, and the main stories of those three books takes place long after ''Dawn of the Clans''.[[/note]]

* RotatingProtagonist: Gray Wing is the sole protagonist of ''The Sun Trail'', while ''Thunder Rising'' will add Thunder as a Point of View character. (Gray Wing will still be a P.O.V. character, but will most likely be demoted to the {{Deuteragonist}} role.) Meanwhile, ''The First Battle'' is hinted to have Tall Shadow gaining a point of view, while it's confirmed that Clear Sky will have a point of view in a book after ''Thunder Rising''.

The first book, ''The Sun Trail'', was released in March 2013, and starred [=WindClan=]'s legendary leader Graywing the Wise (at the time known as Gray Wing). The second book, ''Thunder Rising'', was released in November 2013 and added Thunder, future founder of [=ThunderClan=], as a second point of view character. The third book, ''The First Battle'', will be released in April 2014. The fourth book, ''The Blazing Star'', will be released in November 2014. The fifth book, ''A Forest Divided'', currently does not have a release date. In addition, the 2015 Super Edition may deal with this timeline and feature Mothflight, the first medicine cat. The ''Dawn of the Clans'' characters are also featured in ''Warriors: The Ultimate Guide''.

* ForegoneConclusion: Unless serious RetCon applies, anyone who's read the other Warriors books knows certain things about the plot: Lightningtail [[spoiler:never becomes [=ThunderClan's=] leader]], [[spoiler:Shadow]] is the first of the founders to die, [[spoiler:Wind]] gets together with [[spoiler:Gorsefur, who later becomes the second ever leader of [=WindClan=].]] And on and on...

** Thunder, Wind, Gorse, Tall Shadow, and Clear Sky will go on to be Clan leaders. Gray Wing will apparently lead proto-[=WindClan=] at some point.

* MilestoneCelebration: The prologue of ''The Sun Trail'' was released early as part of the tenth anniversary of ''Warriors''. ''The Sun Trail'' is also the 25th main series novel, the 50th ''Warriors'' book[[note]]25 main series books, 5 Supper Editions, 13 mangas, 3 novellas, and 4 Field Guides. ''Enter the Clans'' doesn't count because it's merely a CompilationRerelease with new cover art.[[/note]], and was released about a month after the date of the tenth anniversary. As well, ''Thunder Rising'' and ''Warriors: The Ultimate Guide'' are set to be co-released and to be '''the''' 10th Anniversary milestone books.

* ProtagonistTitle: Book two is called ''Thunder Rising''. WordOfGod is that Thunder will be a main character in it, and most likely the main character.

''Dawn of the Clans'' is the fifth arc of the popular ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series, after the ''[[WarriorCatsOmenOfTheStars Omen of the Stars]]'' arc. Set to release in 2013, it tells the tale of the beginnings of the Warrior Clans, when the Warrior Code was unmade, and the Clan founders still ruled.

The first book, titled ''The Sun Trail'', was released in March 2013 and tells the tale of [=WindClan=]'s legendary leader Graywing the Wise before he was famous. The second book, which was released in November 2013, is called ''Thunder Rising''. The third book, which will be released April 2014, is named ''The First Battle''. The fourth book is called ''The Blazing Star''.

The plot of ''The Sun Trail'' stars several cats from the mountains where the Tribe of Rushing Water live. Tired of the cramped cave behind the falls, they follow the rays of the rising sun, hoping it will lead them to paradise. However, it will be a long and difficult journey for cats who have spent their entire lives in the mountains, never having seen things like Twolegs or forests before.

The prologue of ''The Sun Trail'' was released as part of the ''Warriors'' Tenth Anniversary, while the first chapter was released with ''Cloudstar's Journey''. For now, you can check them out [[http://forum.warriorswish.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21696 here.]]

The Browse Inside for ''The Sun Trail'' contains the first quarter of the book, and can be read for free [[http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062063465 here]], on the official [=HarperCollins=] website.

** The Bonus Scenes provide this, giving a minor character in the books some time in the spotlight. In ''The Sun Trail'', Petal is the one getting some love. As well, ''Thunder Rising'''s Bonus Scene has been confirmed to star [[spoiler:River, and reveal where he was prior to his appearance in said book.]]

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:For The First Battle, When Pebble Heart has a dream of a big battle...]]

* OriginsEpisode: The series shows us the origins of the Clans.

The first book, titled ''The Sun Trail'', was released in March 2013 and tells the tale of [=WindClan=]'s legendary leader Graywing the Wise before he was famous. The second book, which will be released in November 2013, is called ''Thunder Rising''. The third book, which will be released April 2014, is named ''The First Battle''. The fourth book is called ''The Blazing Star''.

** ''The Sun Trail'' has given this status to [[spoiler:Cloudspots, Dapplepelt, and Graywing The Wise.]]