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** In ''The Prophecies Begin'', Heavystep and Shadepelt were first listed as warriors in the allegiances of ''A Dangerous Path'', implying they became warriors in ''Rising Storm''. In this book, they are already warriors before Silverstream's death, which happened in ''Forest of Secrets''.
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** Leopardfur's '''pet''' ruffled. Clearly, '''the ThunderClan medicine''' was gently warning her not to ask any more about Bluestar. (page 400)
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** Leopardfur's '''pet''' ruffled. Clearly, '''the ThunderClan medicine''' was gently warning her not to ask any more about Bluestar. (page 400)
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* TriangRelations: Whiteclaw likes Silverstream; unbeknownst to him, she's in love with Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=].
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* AdultFear: Several of Mosspelt and Mistyfoot's kits go missing in a flood. Sadly, two of Mosspelt's didn't survive.
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Crookedstar falls ill for a short time, but recovers before Leopardfur gets a chance to show her Clan what kind of leader she'll be one day. Meanwhile, [=WindClan=] is expected to return to their territory any day since [=ThunderClan=] was going to send some warriors to fetch them back. Whiteclaw confesses to Leopardfur that he has a crush on Silverstream, and she approves. As they patrol that day, they encounter a joint [=WindClan=]-[=ThunderClan=] group, and Whiteclaw attacks. It erupts into battle, and only ends when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge. Leopardfur falls into a deep depression for several days, blaming himself for his death.
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Crookedstar falls ill for a short time, but recovers before Leopardfur gets a chance to show her Clan what kind of leader she'll be one day. Meanwhile, [=WindClan=] is expected to return to their territory any day since [=ThunderClan=] was going to send some warriors to fetch them back. Whiteclaw confesses to Leopardfur that he has a crush on Silverstream, and she approves. As they patrol that day, they encounter a joint [=WindClan=]-[=ThunderClan=] group, and Whiteclaw attacks. It erupts into battle, and only ends when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge. Leopardfur falls into a deep depression for several days, blaming himself herself for his death.
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At the next Gathering, Leopardstar realizes that Bluestar isn't in her right mind, and she decides that now is the time to take back Sunningrocks. She nearly succeeds, but Graystripe betrays her to save Fireheart. She's furious at both that and the fact that Mistyfoot and Stonefur didn't kill Bluestar and Fireheart. Not long afterward, Graystripe's kits Featherpaw and Stormpaw are apprenticed to Mistyfoot and Stonefur. And then Leopardstar overhears them Mistyfoot and Stonefur talking in secret: they've just learned they're actually Bluestar's kits. She's shocked that she's just made a half-Clan cat her deputy, and apprenticed the two half-Clan apprentices to them.
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** In ''Into the Wild'', Firepaw joined [=ThunderClan=] the day Oakheart and Redtail died, and two moons later, [=ThunderClan=] notices that [=WindClan=] is missing and then it's officially announced at the next Gathering. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', that Gathering is the one immediately after Oakheart and Redtail's deaths.
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** In ''Into the Wild'', Firepaw joined [=ThunderClan=] the day Oakheart and Redtail died, and two moons later, [=ThunderClan=] notices that [=WindClan=] is missing and then it's officially announced at the next Gathering. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', that the Gathering where [=WindClan=] is first absent is the one immediately after Oakheart and Redtail's deaths. deaths, rather than two moons later.
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* Would Hurt a Child: Tigerstar kills Gorsepaw for no other reason than to bring fear to [=WindClan=].
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* MixedAncestry: Featherkit and Stormkit are half-[=RiverClan=] and half-[=ThunderClan=], and Leopardfur wonders whether their loyalty will be mixed as well. She later learns that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are half-[=ThunderClan=] as well.
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** On page 223, after Leopardfur thinks about her future leader name, half of the next sentence is incorrectly italicized.
** Featherpaw and Stormpaw's apprentice ceremony appears to have been moved to a different spot in the book and not edited carefully. In the scene where it happens, there are inexplicably two [=ShadowClan=] warriors, Boulder and Jaggedtooth, in the camp. This is before Leopardstar agrees to team up with [=ShadowClan=]. Later on, she ''does'' agree, and ''then'' it's mentioned that Tigerstar has stationed the warriors there to help [=RiverClan=] get used to the transition, and he asks Leopardstar if she's sure she wants to apprentice ''Featherkit and Stormkit'' to Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
** Although Featherpaw is apprenticed to Mistyfoot, later in the book she's mentioned as being Stonefur's apprentice.
** On page 223, after Leopardfur thinks about her future leader name, half of the next sentence is incorrectly italicized.
** Featherpaw and Stormpaw's apprentice ceremony appears to have been moved to a different spot in the book and not edited carefully. In the scene where it happens, there are inexplicably two [=ShadowClan=] warriors, Boulder and Jaggedtooth, in the camp. This is before Leopardstar agrees to team up with [=ShadowClan=]. Later on, she ''does'' agree, and ''then'' it's mentioned that Tigerstar has stationed the warriors there to help [=RiverClan=] get used to the transition, and he asks Leopardstar if she's sure she wants to apprentice ''Featherkit and Stormkit'' to Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
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** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
** Although Featherpaw is apprenticed to Mistyfoot, later in the book she's mentioned as being Stonefur's apprentice.
** Featherpaw and Stormpaw's apprentice ceremony appears to have been moved to a different spot in the book and not edited carefully. In the scene where it happens, there are inexplicably two [=ShadowClan=] warriors, Boulder and Jaggedtooth, in the camp. This is before Leopardstar agrees to team up with [=ShadowClan=]. Later on, she ''does'' agree, and ''then'' it's mentioned that Tigerstar has stationed the warriors there to help [=RiverClan=] get used to the transition, and he asks Leopardstar if she's sure she wants to apprentice ''Featherkit and Stormkit'' to Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
** Although Featherpaw is apprenticed to Mistyfoot, later in the book she's mentioned as being Stonefur's apprentice.
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Leopardstar's Honor is the fourteenth ''Warriors'' Super Edition. It takes place from the events of ''Crookedstar's Promise'' to ''The Darkest Hour''.
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The prologue takes place during ''The Darkest Hour'', at the confrontation at the Bonehill. Leopardstar feels conflicted as Tigerstar orders Stonefur to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw, but she tells herself that this is the way for her Clan to become strong
The book itself starts during her kithood. She's friends with Sunkit, but Skykit's a bit of a bully, claiming that since Leopardkit's mother Brightsky died after giving birth to her, that Leopardkit killed her. Mudfur comforts Leopardkit by telling her that shortly after she was born, he had a dream that she would be important to all the Clans.
Leopardkit convinces Hailstar to promote her early, and she's apprenticed to Whitefang. Her apprenticeship is only shown briefly, but an important moment is when her friend Sunpaw helps her get over her fear of swimming. Mudfur decides to become a medicine cat, and Leopardpaw wonders if his words about her future had been a prophecy. Leopardfur earns her warrior name, and not long after, Hailstar's death scene from ''Crookedstar's Promise'' is shown from Leopardfur's POV.
Two years after earning her warrior name, Leopardfur hopes to become a mentor. She hopes to mentor Sunfish's son Whitepaw, but her former mentor Whitefang is chosen instead. However, one day, her patrol encounters a group of [=ThunderClan=] cats on the border, and they make her so furious that she attacks them. Whitefang is killed in the battle, while Sunfish is badly wounded and dies from infection several days later. Leopardfur is assigned as Whitepaw's new mentor, and before Sunfish dies, Leopardfur promises to look after him. Things are difficult for the two of them at first, but Frogleap helps Leopardfur understand the best way to reach her apprentice. Afterward, she spends more and more time with Frogleap, and she starts to wonder if she wants to be his mate.
One day, Leopardfur and Whitepaw save Blackclaw from a pike, and Leopardfur decides he's ready to become a warrior. At the same time, a battle over Sunningrocks takes place, and Oakheart is killed in battle. Leopardfur feels that she should have been there, even though she already did help save a Clanmate's life. The following morning, after Oakheart's vigil, everyone's not sure what to do, so Leopardfur sends out some patrols. Crookedstar holds a ceremony: he gives Whiteclaw his warrior name, and names Leopardfur deputy, much to her surprise. Mudfur, however, doesn't seem too pleased that she was chosen.
Crookedstar gives [=ShadowClan=] the right to hunt in [=RiverClan=] territory, and Leopardfur is upset that he and Mudfur don't seem to trust her judgment. Frogleap tells her that he doesn't want to get in the way of her leading the Clan, and she agrees that it's what's best for [=RiverClan=]. It isn't long until Mosspelt's expecting his kits. Leopardfur's jealous and in an attempt to prove that she isn't, she invites Mosspelt along on a mission to steal fish from a Twoleg, which results in the (pregnant) tortoiseshell getting briefly caught by the Twoleg. Leopardstar speaks to Tigerclaw of [=ThunderClan=] at Gatherings, and she feels like they understand each other since they're both deputies that want the best for their Clan and don't always agree with their leader. Mudfur, meanwhile, has a vision of Tigerclaw with a fish struggling in his jaws, and warns Leopardfur to be wary.
Crookedstar falls ill for a short time, but recovers before Leopardfur gets a chance to show her Clan what kind of leader she'll be one day. Meanwhile, [=WindClan=] is expected to return to their territory any day since [=ThunderClan=] was going to send some warriors to fetch them back. Whiteclaw confesses to Leopardfur that he has a crush on Silverstream, and she approves. As they patrol that day, they encounter a joint [=WindClan=]-[=ThunderClan=] group, and Whiteclaw attacks. It erupts into battle, and only ends when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge. Leopardfur falls into a deep depression for several days, blaming himself for his death.
At the next Gathering, Tigerclaw mentions wanting to "shake things up", and he suggests to the Gathering that [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] are invading his Clan's territory. Meanwhile, the two aforementioned Clans think that this is an attempt by an allied [=ThunderClan=] and [=WindClan=] to start a war, so they attack [=WindClan=]'s camp preemptively (though lose when [=ThunderClan=] help shows up).
Leopardfur witnesses Silverstream meeting in secret with Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=] - the cat who killed Whiteclaw. Although angry, Leopardfur is also sympathetic, and agrees to give the young she-cat time to think things through. The river floods, and the fish become poisoned; at first Leopardfur is certain that Graystripe must be involved, but it turns out to be caused by Twoleg rubbish.
The floods bring more trouble as well: Frogleap is killed in an accident when hit by a branch, and the following day two of his kits drown when the camp floods. Thankfully, Mistyfoot's two missing kits are rescued by [=ThunderClan=], and the warriors who saved them, Fireheart and Graystripe, start to bring [=RiverClan=] some prey while things are still bad for them. Not long afterward, Silverstream dies giving birth to her kits, and Graystripe decides to join [=RiverClan=] to be with them.
Leopardfur is curious when she hears that Tigerclaw has been spotted with rogues, and she remains distrustful of Fireheart, who has replaced him as [=ThunderClan=]'s deputy. Not long afterward, [=ThunderClan=] shelters with [=RiverClan=] when a fire rages through their territory, and Leopardfur wonders about Graystripe's loyalty when she sees how comfortable he is among his former Clanmates.
At the next Gathering, Tigerclaw is now leader of [=ShadowClan=]. Crookedstar seems old and frail compared to him, and he grows ever weaker. Tigerstar comes to visit Leopardfur, and he tells her that Fireheart manipulated Bluestar for power and that that's why he left [=ThunderClan=], and warns her not to trust Graystripe. Not long afterward, Crookedstar joins [=StarClan=]. Leopardstar receives her nine lives: from Riverstar (acceptance), Whiteclaw (empathy), Hailstar (bravery), Frogleap (devotion), Oakheart (unity), Silverstream (forgiveness), Whitefang (patience), Sunfish (friendship), and Brightsky (love). She names Stonefur as her deputy.
At the next Gathering, Leopardstar realizes that Bluestar isn't in her right mind, and she decides that now is the time to take back Sunningrocks. She nearly succeeds, but Graystripe betrays her to save Fireheart. She's furious at both that and the fact that Mistyfoot and Stonefur didn't kill Bluestar and Fireheart. Not long afterward, Graystripe's kits Featherpaw and Stormpaw are apprenticed to Mistyfoot and Stonefur. And then Leopardstar overhears them talking in secret: they've just learned they're actually Bluestar's kits. She's shocked that she's just made a half-Clan cat her deputy, and apprenticed the two half-Clan apprentices to them.
Tigerstar has been talking to Leopardstar, suggesting that they change the number of Clans in the forest to two - or even one - so that there will be fewer borders and no cat will go hungry. Finally, she agrees - provided that they lead equally. Mudfur tries to convince her not to do this, and Leopardstar knows she has to get him out of her fur, so she sends him off, claiming he has to find a greencough-curing herb in the mountains. Tigerstar and Leopardstar combine their Clans to form [=TigerClan=], Tigerstar sets up a place called the Bonehill in what will be the new [=TigerClan=] camp, he starts talking frequently about how they cannot trust half-Clan cats, and he brings a Twolegplace cat named Scourge to meet her, explaining that they have allied with him.
[=RiverClan=] overall isn't happy with the whole [=TigerClan=] situation. Leopardstar starts to notice how malicious Tigerstar seems, and how he wants to do things without her. He holds the "trial" at the Bonehill where Stonefur is killed, and Leopardstar realizes how much of a mistake she's made. She stands up to Tigerstar, but he implies that he, Blackfoot, Darkstripe, and the rest of [=ShadowClan=] will kill her and her Clanmates if she disobeys. Tigerstar brings [=TigerClan=] to attack [=WindClan=], where he kills an innocent apprentice in order to send a message to Firestar.
Leopardstar talks to Mudfur about how much she has failed as a leader. He reassures her that he still thinks she's the cat who can save the forest, and suggests that when Tigerstar brings [=TigerClan=] to fight [=ThunderClan=] and [=WindClan=], that she have [=RiverClan=] join the other two and defeat Tigerstar. She fully intends to do so until she sees that Tigerstar has brought along Scourge's cats, [=BloodClan=], and she gives up on this plan, feeling that it's hopeless. Scourge, however, doesn't order [=BloodClan=] to attack, and Firestar takes the opportunity to explain all of Tigerstar's crimes. Tigerstar attacks Scourge, who slices him open, making him lose all of his nine lives at once. Scourge gives the Clans an ultimatum: that either they leave the forest, or fight in three days.
Leopardstar feels hopeless, but Mudfur gives her more reassurance, and she agrees to join together with the other Clans to fight [=BloodClan=]. On the way, she apologizes to Mistyfoot and offers her the chance to return to [=RiverClan=] as their new deputy. Mistyfoot initially says she'll think about it, but then makes up her mind and accepts. Leopardstar gives a rousing speech, and she knows that the Clans will win, and that although she nearly destroyed [=RiverClan=], this is how she'll save it.
The manga at the end takes place during ''Dawn''. Mistyfoot has gone missing, and Leopardstar thinks that it might be her fault since things have been strained between them lately. What the Clan needs now is stability, however, and she names Hawkfrost as her temporary deputy. They continue to search for Mistyfoot, and Mistyfoot's kit Reedpaw is upset, keeping a constant watch for his mother at night. Leopardstar tells him that she's swallowed her pride and asked the other Clans for help in finding her. That's when Mistyfoot returns to the camp. Leopardstar promises to never let her down again, and she reflects on how perhaps Mudfur's vision didn't mean that she'd lead [=RiverClan=] to greatness, but that she'd find the cat who would.
!!This book contains examples of the following:
* AccidentalMurder: Lionheart accidentally kills Whitefang in battle; he is noted as looking shocked.
* ActionPrologue: The prologue shows Stonefur's fight/death at the Bonehill.
* AdultFear: Several of Mosspelt and Mistyfoot's kits go missing in a flood. Sadly, two of Mosspelt's didn't survive.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Mosspelt has a claw torn out when fleeing from the fishing Twoleg.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [=RiverClan=] attacks [=WindClan=]'s camp twice during the book.
* AlmostDeadGuy: With his dying breaths, Crookedstar advises Leopardfur that the Clans need to look out for each other, and warns her to watch out for Tigerstar.
* AttackTheTail: Whitepaw attacks a pike's tail in order to distract it long enough for Leopardfur to attack.
* AudienceParticipation: The book is a result of a poll on the official Warriors website as to who the next Super Edition should be about.
* BackStory: This book is Leopardstar's.
* BackToBackBadasses: The [=RiverClan=] warriors fight this way against the rats in the barn.
* BattleInterruptingShout: Graystripe's shriek when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge is what stops the skirmish between Leopardfur's patrol and the [=WindClan=] and [=ThunderClan=] cats.
* BestFriend: Leopardfur and Sunfish.
* BetrayalByInaction: Leopardfur notices that Tigerclaw does this to Fireheart; Fireheart begs for help and Tigerclaw just watches her attack him.
* BlasphemousBoast: Tigerstar claims that he is more powerful than [=StarClan=] because he changed the number of Clans in the forest from four to two.
* {{Blooper}}:
** On page 223, after Leopardfur thinks about her future leader name, half of the next sentence is incorrectly italicized.
** Featherpaw and Stormpaw's apprentice ceremony appears to have been moved to a different spot in the book and not edited carefully. In the scene where it happens, there are inexplicably two [=ShadowClan=] warriors, Boulder and Jaggedtooth, in the camp. This is before Leopardstar agrees to team up with [=ShadowClan=]. Later on, she ''does'' agree, and ''then'' it's mentioned that Tigerstar has stationed the warriors there to help [=RiverClan=] get used to the transition, and he asks Leopardstar if she's sure she wants to apprentice ''Featherkit and Stormkit'' to Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
** Although Featherpaw is apprenticed to Mistyfoot, later in the book she's mentioned as being Stonefur's apprentice.
* CareerVersusMan: Leopardfur chooses her career as deputy/future leader of [=RiverClan=] over a relationship with Frogleap. She later regrets this multiple times.
* CaughtInASnare: While trying to steal fish from a Twoleg, Mosspelt gets caught in a net.
* TheChessmaster: Leopardfur wonders early on if Tigerclaw is this, and it turns out to be true: he ends up manipulating ''her'' later. Meanwhile, he claims that kittypets including Fireheart are this.
* ChildOfForbiddenLove: Graystripe and Silverstream's kits Featherkit and Stormkit.
* CombatMedic: Mudfur was a warrior before becoming the medicine cat.
* CopycatMockery: Tigerstar mockingly mimics a [=RiverClan=] elder.
* CreepySouvenir: Members of [=BloodClan=] collect teeth from cats and dogs they have killed, wearing them as SpikesOfVillainy on their collars.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leopardstar's only POV except for a story in ''Secrets of the Clans''.
* DeadGuyJunior: Leopardfur considers requesting Crookedstar name Whitepaw "Whitefang" after his first mentor, but ultimately decides that he should have his own name.
* DeathByChildbirth: Silverstream dies this way.
* DeathOfAChild:
** Mosspelt's kits Woodkit and Robinkit die in a flood.
** Tigerstar kills the innocent [=WindClan=] apprentice Gorsepaw.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Stonefur, who, when given a chance to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw to prove his loyalty, tells Tigerstar that he'll die before he kills them. Tigerstar obliges by ordering Darkstripe to kill him. Even though Stonefur has been starved for an extended period of time and is weak, he manages to have the upper paw for a while until Tigerstar sends in Blackfoot to help and finish Stonefur off.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Tigerstar suggests doing this to Skyheart after she initially refuses to eat a [=ThunderClan=] mouse.
* DidNotDieThatWay: When Firestar reveals that Tigerstar killed Redtail, Leopardstar is surprised because she thought Redtail had been killed by Oakheart in the battle at Sunningrocks.
* DiesWideOpen: Hailstar and Frogleap; Leopardfur sees their eyes glazed in death.
* DishonoredDead: Graystripe buried Silverstream at Sunningrocks because he didn't think her Clan would want her afterward; Leopardfur considers this disrespectful since she wasn't buried with her Clanmates and didn't get a proper vigil. The Clan didn't even know about her death until the day after it happened.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Whiteclaw dies when he falls into the gorge.
* DisproportionateRetribution: During a game of hide-and-seek, Leopardkit reveals Skykit's hiding spot to one of their denmates. As revenge, Skykit pushes Leopardkit underwater and holds her there for several seconds.
* ADogNamedCat: Leopardfur's best friend is named Sunfish, which is an actual name for a category of fish including bluegills. Meanwhile, several other cats' warrior names also come from animals, such as Leopardfur herself, Tigerclaw, Piketooth, and Birdsong.
* DoomedByCanon: Since the book basically rehashes ''Crookedstar's Promise'' and the first series, readers of those books already know who will die.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Mudfur has a vision that one day Leopardkit would save the Clan.
* DueToTheDead: Several vigils are held for cats who have passed away.
* ForegoneConclusion: The book tells stories mostly already seen in other books, and starts with a scene that takes place later in the book, so we know the conclusion of much of the plot.
* GradeSkipper: Leopardkit is allowed to be apprenticed early.
* GreenEyedMonster: Leopardfur is jealous of Mosspelt's relationship with Frogleap.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Tigerstar is killed in this manner when the cat he tried to order around got fed up with it - the wound is bad enough that he loses all of his nine leader's lives.
* HappilyAdopted: Mosspelt raises Featherkit and Stormkit like her own.
* HeroicBSOD: Leopardfur after Whiteclaw dies at the gorge. She isn't aware of returning to camp, stares blankly when Beetlenose asks her where his son is, and then finds herself waking up in the medicine den.
* HotBlooded: Leopardfur has a short temper and is a lot quicker to fight than most other Clan cats. She's also extremely passionate about making [=RiverClan=] strong.
* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with a prologue of Leopardstar at the Bonehill watching Stonefur die. The rest of the book shows how she reached that point in her life.
* IcyBlueEyes: Scourge has ice-blue eyes, which adds to his creepiness as a villainous dictator.
* {{Interquel}}: Takes place during ''Crookedstar's Promise'' and the first series.
* IShallTauntYou: Redtail does this to Leopardfur, inching his paw repeatedly across the border until she attacks.
* ItsAllMyFault: Leopardfur feels this way about Whiteclaw's death, wishing she hadn't brought him along, and feeling that she'd passed her hotheadedness onto him.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: When Mosspelt gets caught in a net, she tells Leopardfur to run and save herself.
* JoinOrDie: Tigerstar operates this way after taking over [=TigerClan=].
* KangarooCourt: Tigerstar holds what he calls a "trial" for his prisoners. It's really nothing but a rally to whip up hatred against half-Clan cats.
* {{Keet}}: Whitepaw is excitable, enthusiastic, and cheerful as a young apprentice.
* KidHero: Leopardstar is a kit at the start of the book.
* KidsAreCruel: Skykit holds Leopardkit underwater for several seconds, then tells her that she and her brother don't like her and only play with her because their mother makes them. Then she taunts the kit by saying that Leopardkit [[DeathByChildbirth killed her mother]].
* KilledMidSentence: Crookedstar dies mid-sentence: "Perhaps Mudfur was right. Perhaps death isn't—"
* KilledOffForReal: Crookedstar and Tigerstar lose their ninth lives on-screen. Bluestar and Nightstar are mentioned in passing as having died.
* KilledOffscreen: Oakheart dies when his patrol gets into a battle; his body is brought back to the [=RiverClan=] camp.
* KillOnSight: Leopardstar exiles Graystripe from [=RiverClan=] after he stops her from killing Fireheart, and she declares that he'll be killed on sight if they find him in their territory again.
* LastRequest: Before she dies, Sunfish asks Leopardfur to take care of Whitekit.
* LeaderWannabe: Leopardstar wanted to be Clan leader all her life and enjoyed when Tigerclaw preemptively called her "Leopardstar", but she didn't mind waiting until Crookedstar served his time and passed peacefully.
* LoveAcrossBattlelines: Silverstream of [=RiverClan=] and Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=] fall in love.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Tigerstar murders Gorsepaw in cold blood, saying that this is what [=WindClan=] and [=ThunderClan=] can expect if they don't join him.
* MeaningfulRename: Several cats earn their apprentice and warrior names, and Leopardstar earns her leader name.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Leopardfur's mentor Whitefang dies fairly early in the book.
* MixedAncestry: Featherkit and Stormkit are half-[=RiverClan=] and half-[=ThunderClan=], and Leopardfur wonders whether their loyalty will be mixed as well. She later learns that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are half-[=ThunderClan=] as well.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After joining [=TigerClan=], Leopardstar begins to realize just how big of a mistake she's made, thinking "What have I done?" multiple times.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Tigerstar, who begins openly persecuting and murdering half-Clan cats.
* NeverMyFault: Leopardstar refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. For instance, when she starts a battle with [=ThunderClan=] and Whitefang dies, she claims it's all [=ThunderClan=]'s fault.
* NothingPersonal: Tigerclaw advises Leopardfur that if he says anything about [=RiverClan=] at the Gathering, it's not personal.
* OriginsEpisode: This book is Leopardstar's.
* PantheraAwesome: Leopardstar and Tigerstar are named after the mythological big-cat Clans. Tigerstar suggests they use the name [=TigerClan=] to embody the legendary Clan's strength.
* PerspectiveFlip: Many of the scenes are events that took place from Fireheart's point of view in the first series, and there's also some that were originally from Crookedstar's POV in his book.
* PublicExecution: Stonefur's death as a consequence of being half-Clan and refusing to kill his apprentice and apprentice's littermate. It is carried out in front of all of [=TigerClan=] ([=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] combined).
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Bluestar makes a mention of fighting [=StarClan=], and Leopardstar wonders what on earth she's talking about.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin:
** "I think '''he'd''' dead." (Page 342)
** "If they're foolish enough to break the warrior code for '''anther''' Clan, let them." (Page 354)
** After what seemed like an eternity, '''Stormfur''' spoke. "You'll have to kill me first, Tigerstar!" (page 493)
* RulerProtagonist: Part of the book takes place after Leopardstar becomes leader of her Clan and has to make decisions on how to keep them safe.
* SanitySlippage: Leopardstar starts to notice that something's wrong with Bluestar and that she doesn't seem to be in her right mind. She takes this as a sign from [=StarClan=] that it's an opportunity for [=RiverClan=] to retake Sunningrocks.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: As he dies, Crookedstar keeps forgetting to use Tigerstar's leader name.
* SecretRelationship: Leopardfur witnesses Silverstream secretly meeting with Graystripe, and is aware that the two are continuing to sneak away to see each other.
* SeriesContinuityError:
** In ''Crookedstar's Promise'', the other kits decided to stay in the nursery longer than normal until Leopardkit reached six moons, so that they could be apprenticed together. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', the older kits are apprenticed at the normal time, and Hailstar makes an exception and allows Leopardkit to start training a few moons early.
** In ''Into the Wild'', Firepaw joined [=ThunderClan=] the day Oakheart and Redtail died, and two moons later, [=ThunderClan=] notices that [=WindClan=] is missing and then it's officially announced at the next Gathering. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', that Gathering is the one immediately after Oakheart and Redtail's deaths.
** During the Gathering after Redtail and Oakheart's deaths, a black she-cat from [=ThunderClan=] protests them starting without [=WindClan=]. This takes place during ''Into the Wild'', when there is no black she-cat in [=ThunderClan=].
** Mistyfoot mentions that she wishes Oakheart had told them that he was their father. In the first series, she already knew he was her father (though she always thought Graypool was her mother).
* ShipperOnDeck: Skypaw ships Leopardpaw and Frogpaw.
* ShootYourMate: Stonefur, a half-Clan cat, is told to kill two half-Clan apprentices to prove his loyalty. He refuses, sacrificing his life to save the apprentices.
* SlashedThroat: Whitefang, Gorsepaw, and Stonefur are all killed this way.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Scourge wears a collar studded with dog teeth; many cats in his Clan, [=BloodClan=], wear similar collars as well.
* StartToCorpse: The first death mentioned in the book is Stonefur's, on page 4 of the prologue.
* StoppedCaring: Leopardfur, for a few days after Whiteclaw's death.
* SwarmOfRats: A [=RiverClan=] patrol encounters one in a barn.
* TacticalWithdrawal: Crookedstar calls a retreat during the attack on the [=WindClan=] camp.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: Before she dies, Sunfish asks Leopardfur to care for her son Whitepaw the way she herself would.
* ThroneMadeOfX: When Tigerstar takes control of both [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=], he has them build him the Bonehill, a pile of bones to sit on so he can look down on everyone else.
* TimeSkip: There's a two-year gap between Leopardfur being made a warrior, and Whitepaw being apprenticed. The book also skips from event to event of the first series.
* TogetherInDeath: Before Crookedstar dies, he mentions that he's looking forward to seeing his mate Willowbreeze and daughter Silverstream again.
* TooDesperateToBePicky: [=RiverClan=] isn't fond of non-fish prey, but they'll eat it if they have to.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Leopardfur's is carp, a fact that is mentioned frequently. In fact, it's partly how she got over her fear of water: Sunfish caught one for her and made her swim to it.
* TriangRelations: Whiteclaw likes Silverstream; unbeknownst to him, she's in love with Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=].
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Tigerstar, after joining [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] to create [=TigerClan=].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Leopardfur and Frogleap like each other, but they decide not to become mates so that Leopardfur can focus on her deputy career. Although he takes a new mate, they never stop having feelings for each other and occasionally share awkward or emotional moments.
* UnwittingPawn: Leopardstar becomes this to Tigerstar.
* {{Warhawk}}: Leopardfur generally prefers fighting over finding a peaceful solution.
* WatchingTroyBurn: The [=RiverClan=] camp floods and the Clan is forced to evacuate for a while. Two kits also die in the flood.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Tigerstar offers this to Leopardstar when suggesting that they combine their Clans.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Leopardkit began to fear water after Skykit held her under.
* WithCatlikeTread: Despite usually being known for being a stealthy Clan, apparently [=ShadowClan=] cats are clumsy hunters that scare the rest of the prey away.
* WolverineClaws: Scourge has a feline version of this: he wears sharpened dogs' teeth over his actual claws, making them unnaturally strong and deadly. He's dangerous enough with them to take out a Clan leader's nine lives with one blow.
* Would Hurt a Child: Tigerstar kills Gorsepaw for no other reason than to bring fear to [=WindClan=].
* YoungAndInCharge: Leopardfur is fairly young when given the deputy role. She, Tigerstar, and Firestar are all mentioned as being young leaders.
Leopardstar's Honor is the fourteenth ''Warriors'' Super Edition. It takes place from the events of ''Crookedstar's Promise'' to ''The Darkest Hour''.
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The prologue takes place during ''The Darkest Hour'', at the confrontation at the Bonehill. Leopardstar feels conflicted as Tigerstar orders Stonefur to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw, but she tells herself that this is the way for her Clan to become strong
The book itself starts during her kithood. She's friends with Sunkit, but Skykit's a bit of a bully, claiming that since Leopardkit's mother Brightsky died after giving birth to her, that Leopardkit killed her. Mudfur comforts Leopardkit by telling her that shortly after she was born, he had a dream that she would be important to all the Clans.
Leopardkit convinces Hailstar to promote her early, and she's apprenticed to Whitefang. Her apprenticeship is only shown briefly, but an important moment is when her friend Sunpaw helps her get over her fear of swimming. Mudfur decides to become a medicine cat, and Leopardpaw wonders if his words about her future had been a prophecy. Leopardfur earns her warrior name, and not long after, Hailstar's death scene from ''Crookedstar's Promise'' is shown from Leopardfur's POV.
Two years after earning her warrior name, Leopardfur hopes to become a mentor. She hopes to mentor Sunfish's son Whitepaw, but her former mentor Whitefang is chosen instead. However, one day, her patrol encounters a group of [=ThunderClan=] cats on the border, and they make her so furious that she attacks them. Whitefang is killed in the battle, while Sunfish is badly wounded and dies from infection several days later. Leopardfur is assigned as Whitepaw's new mentor, and before Sunfish dies, Leopardfur promises to look after him. Things are difficult for the two of them at first, but Frogleap helps Leopardfur understand the best way to reach her apprentice. Afterward, she spends more and more time with Frogleap, and she starts to wonder if she wants to be his mate.
One day, Leopardfur and Whitepaw save Blackclaw from a pike, and Leopardfur decides he's ready to become a warrior. At the same time, a battle over Sunningrocks takes place, and Oakheart is killed in battle. Leopardfur feels that she should have been there, even though she already did help save a Clanmate's life. The following morning, after Oakheart's vigil, everyone's not sure what to do, so Leopardfur sends out some patrols. Crookedstar holds a ceremony: he gives Whiteclaw his warrior name, and names Leopardfur deputy, much to her surprise. Mudfur, however, doesn't seem too pleased that she was chosen.
Crookedstar gives [=ShadowClan=] the right to hunt in [=RiverClan=] territory, and Leopardfur is upset that he and Mudfur don't seem to trust her judgment. Frogleap tells her that he doesn't want to get in the way of her leading the Clan, and she agrees that it's what's best for [=RiverClan=]. It isn't long until Mosspelt's expecting his kits. Leopardfur's jealous and in an attempt to prove that she isn't, she invites Mosspelt along on a mission to steal fish from a Twoleg, which results in the (pregnant) tortoiseshell getting briefly caught by the Twoleg. Leopardstar speaks to Tigerclaw of [=ThunderClan=] at Gatherings, and she feels like they understand each other since they're both deputies that want the best for their Clan and don't always agree with their leader. Mudfur, meanwhile, has a vision of Tigerclaw with a fish struggling in his jaws, and warns Leopardfur to be wary.
Crookedstar falls ill for a short time, but recovers before Leopardfur gets a chance to show her Clan what kind of leader she'll be one day. Meanwhile, [=WindClan=] is expected to return to their territory any day since [=ThunderClan=] was going to send some warriors to fetch them back. Whiteclaw confesses to Leopardfur that he has a crush on Silverstream, and she approves. As they patrol that day, they encounter a joint [=WindClan=]-[=ThunderClan=] group, and Whiteclaw attacks. It erupts into battle, and only ends when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge. Leopardfur falls into a deep depression for several days, blaming himself for his death.
At the next Gathering, Tigerclaw mentions wanting to "shake things up", and he suggests to the Gathering that [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] are invading his Clan's territory. Meanwhile, the two aforementioned Clans think that this is an attempt by an allied [=ThunderClan=] and [=WindClan=] to start a war, so they attack [=WindClan=]'s camp preemptively (though lose when [=ThunderClan=] help shows up).
Leopardfur witnesses Silverstream meeting in secret with Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=] - the cat who killed Whiteclaw. Although angry, Leopardfur is also sympathetic, and agrees to give the young she-cat time to think things through. The river floods, and the fish become poisoned; at first Leopardfur is certain that Graystripe must be involved, but it turns out to be caused by Twoleg rubbish.
The floods bring more trouble as well: Frogleap is killed in an accident when hit by a branch, and the following day two of his kits drown when the camp floods. Thankfully, Mistyfoot's two missing kits are rescued by [=ThunderClan=], and the warriors who saved them, Fireheart and Graystripe, start to bring [=RiverClan=] some prey while things are still bad for them. Not long afterward, Silverstream dies giving birth to her kits, and Graystripe decides to join [=RiverClan=] to be with them.
Leopardfur is curious when she hears that Tigerclaw has been spotted with rogues, and she remains distrustful of Fireheart, who has replaced him as [=ThunderClan=]'s deputy. Not long afterward, [=ThunderClan=] shelters with [=RiverClan=] when a fire rages through their territory, and Leopardfur wonders about Graystripe's loyalty when she sees how comfortable he is among his former Clanmates.
At the next Gathering, Tigerclaw is now leader of [=ShadowClan=]. Crookedstar seems old and frail compared to him, and he grows ever weaker. Tigerstar comes to visit Leopardfur, and he tells her that Fireheart manipulated Bluestar for power and that that's why he left [=ThunderClan=], and warns her not to trust Graystripe. Not long afterward, Crookedstar joins [=StarClan=]. Leopardstar receives her nine lives: from Riverstar (acceptance), Whiteclaw (empathy), Hailstar (bravery), Frogleap (devotion), Oakheart (unity), Silverstream (forgiveness), Whitefang (patience), Sunfish (friendship), and Brightsky (love). She names Stonefur as her deputy.
At the next Gathering, Leopardstar realizes that Bluestar isn't in her right mind, and she decides that now is the time to take back Sunningrocks. She nearly succeeds, but Graystripe betrays her to save Fireheart. She's furious at both that and the fact that Mistyfoot and Stonefur didn't kill Bluestar and Fireheart. Not long afterward, Graystripe's kits Featherpaw and Stormpaw are apprenticed to Mistyfoot and Stonefur. And then Leopardstar overhears them talking in secret: they've just learned they're actually Bluestar's kits. She's shocked that she's just made a half-Clan cat her deputy, and apprenticed the two half-Clan apprentices to them.
Tigerstar has been talking to Leopardstar, suggesting that they change the number of Clans in the forest to two - or even one - so that there will be fewer borders and no cat will go hungry. Finally, she agrees - provided that they lead equally. Mudfur tries to convince her not to do this, and Leopardstar knows she has to get him out of her fur, so she sends him off, claiming he has to find a greencough-curing herb in the mountains. Tigerstar and Leopardstar combine their Clans to form [=TigerClan=], Tigerstar sets up a place called the Bonehill in what will be the new [=TigerClan=] camp, he starts talking frequently about how they cannot trust half-Clan cats, and he brings a Twolegplace cat named Scourge to meet her, explaining that they have allied with him.
[=RiverClan=] overall isn't happy with the whole [=TigerClan=] situation. Leopardstar starts to notice how malicious Tigerstar seems, and how he wants to do things without her. He holds the "trial" at the Bonehill where Stonefur is killed, and Leopardstar realizes how much of a mistake she's made. She stands up to Tigerstar, but he implies that he, Blackfoot, Darkstripe, and the rest of [=ShadowClan=] will kill her and her Clanmates if she disobeys. Tigerstar brings [=TigerClan=] to attack [=WindClan=], where he kills an innocent apprentice in order to send a message to Firestar.
Leopardstar talks to Mudfur about how much she has failed as a leader. He reassures her that he still thinks she's the cat who can save the forest, and suggests that when Tigerstar brings [=TigerClan=] to fight [=ThunderClan=] and [=WindClan=], that she have [=RiverClan=] join the other two and defeat Tigerstar. She fully intends to do so until she sees that Tigerstar has brought along Scourge's cats, [=BloodClan=], and she gives up on this plan, feeling that it's hopeless. Scourge, however, doesn't order [=BloodClan=] to attack, and Firestar takes the opportunity to explain all of Tigerstar's crimes. Tigerstar attacks Scourge, who slices him open, making him lose all of his nine lives at once. Scourge gives the Clans an ultimatum: that either they leave the forest, or fight in three days.
Leopardstar feels hopeless, but Mudfur gives her more reassurance, and she agrees to join together with the other Clans to fight [=BloodClan=]. On the way, she apologizes to Mistyfoot and offers her the chance to return to [=RiverClan=] as their new deputy. Mistyfoot initially says she'll think about it, but then makes up her mind and accepts. Leopardstar gives a rousing speech, and she knows that the Clans will win, and that although she nearly destroyed [=RiverClan=], this is how she'll save it.
The manga at the end takes place during ''Dawn''. Mistyfoot has gone missing, and Leopardstar thinks that it might be her fault since things have been strained between them lately. What the Clan needs now is stability, however, and she names Hawkfrost as her temporary deputy. They continue to search for Mistyfoot, and Mistyfoot's kit Reedpaw is upset, keeping a constant watch for his mother at night. Leopardstar tells him that she's swallowed her pride and asked the other Clans for help in finding her. That's when Mistyfoot returns to the camp. Leopardstar promises to never let her down again, and she reflects on how perhaps Mudfur's vision didn't mean that she'd lead [=RiverClan=] to greatness, but that she'd find the cat who would.
!!This book contains examples of the following:
* AccidentalMurder: Lionheart accidentally kills Whitefang in battle; he is noted as looking shocked.
* ActionPrologue: The prologue shows Stonefur's fight/death at the Bonehill.
* AdultFear: Several of Mosspelt and Mistyfoot's kits go missing in a flood. Sadly, two of Mosspelt's didn't survive.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Mosspelt has a claw torn out when fleeing from the fishing Twoleg.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [=RiverClan=] attacks [=WindClan=]'s camp twice during the book.
* AlmostDeadGuy: With his dying breaths, Crookedstar advises Leopardfur that the Clans need to look out for each other, and warns her to watch out for Tigerstar.
* AttackTheTail: Whitepaw attacks a pike's tail in order to distract it long enough for Leopardfur to attack.
* AudienceParticipation: The book is a result of a poll on the official Warriors website as to who the next Super Edition should be about.
* BackStory: This book is Leopardstar's.
* BackToBackBadasses: The [=RiverClan=] warriors fight this way against the rats in the barn.
* BattleInterruptingShout: Graystripe's shriek when Whiteclaw falls into the gorge is what stops the skirmish between Leopardfur's patrol and the [=WindClan=] and [=ThunderClan=] cats.
* BestFriend: Leopardfur and Sunfish.
* BetrayalByInaction: Leopardfur notices that Tigerclaw does this to Fireheart; Fireheart begs for help and Tigerclaw just watches her attack him.
* BlasphemousBoast: Tigerstar claims that he is more powerful than [=StarClan=] because he changed the number of Clans in the forest from four to two.
* {{Blooper}}:
** On page 223, after Leopardfur thinks about her future leader name, half of the next sentence is incorrectly italicized.
** Featherpaw and Stormpaw's apprentice ceremony appears to have been moved to a different spot in the book and not edited carefully. In the scene where it happens, there are inexplicably two [=ShadowClan=] warriors, Boulder and Jaggedtooth, in the camp. This is before Leopardstar agrees to team up with [=ShadowClan=]. Later on, she ''does'' agree, and ''then'' it's mentioned that Tigerstar has stationed the warriors there to help [=RiverClan=] get used to the transition, and he asks Leopardstar if she's sure she wants to apprentice ''Featherkit and Stormkit'' to Mistyfoot and Stonefur.
** At the first Gathering after Oakheart's death, Leopardfur wonders where Redtail is and another cat comments that he must be ashamed to show his face after Oakheart's death - he didn't die during the battle at Sunningrocks but afterward, and therefore [=RiverClan=] were unaware that he was dead. Later in the book, Leopardstar thinks, "Didn't Oakheart kill Redtail at the battle at Sunningrocks?"
** Although Featherpaw is apprenticed to Mistyfoot, later in the book she's mentioned as being Stonefur's apprentice.
* CareerVersusMan: Leopardfur chooses her career as deputy/future leader of [=RiverClan=] over a relationship with Frogleap. She later regrets this multiple times.
* CaughtInASnare: While trying to steal fish from a Twoleg, Mosspelt gets caught in a net.
* TheChessmaster: Leopardfur wonders early on if Tigerclaw is this, and it turns out to be true: he ends up manipulating ''her'' later. Meanwhile, he claims that kittypets including Fireheart are this.
* ChildOfForbiddenLove: Graystripe and Silverstream's kits Featherkit and Stormkit.
* CombatMedic: Mudfur was a warrior before becoming the medicine cat.
* CopycatMockery: Tigerstar mockingly mimics a [=RiverClan=] elder.
* CreepySouvenir: Members of [=BloodClan=] collect teeth from cats and dogs they have killed, wearing them as SpikesOfVillainy on their collars.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leopardstar's only POV except for a story in ''Secrets of the Clans''.
* DeadGuyJunior: Leopardfur considers requesting Crookedstar name Whitepaw "Whitefang" after his first mentor, but ultimately decides that he should have his own name.
* DeathByChildbirth: Silverstream dies this way.
* DeathOfAChild:
** Mosspelt's kits Woodkit and Robinkit die in a flood.
** Tigerstar kills the innocent [=WindClan=] apprentice Gorsepaw.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Stonefur, who, when given a chance to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw to prove his loyalty, tells Tigerstar that he'll die before he kills them. Tigerstar obliges by ordering Darkstripe to kill him. Even though Stonefur has been starved for an extended period of time and is weak, he manages to have the upper paw for a while until Tigerstar sends in Blackfoot to help and finish Stonefur off.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Tigerstar suggests doing this to Skyheart after she initially refuses to eat a [=ThunderClan=] mouse.
* DidNotDieThatWay: When Firestar reveals that Tigerstar killed Redtail, Leopardstar is surprised because she thought Redtail had been killed by Oakheart in the battle at Sunningrocks.
* DiesWideOpen: Hailstar and Frogleap; Leopardfur sees their eyes glazed in death.
* DishonoredDead: Graystripe buried Silverstream at Sunningrocks because he didn't think her Clan would want her afterward; Leopardfur considers this disrespectful since she wasn't buried with her Clanmates and didn't get a proper vigil. The Clan didn't even know about her death until the day after it happened.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Whiteclaw dies when he falls into the gorge.
* DisproportionateRetribution: During a game of hide-and-seek, Leopardkit reveals Skykit's hiding spot to one of their denmates. As revenge, Skykit pushes Leopardkit underwater and holds her there for several seconds.
* ADogNamedCat: Leopardfur's best friend is named Sunfish, which is an actual name for a category of fish including bluegills. Meanwhile, several other cats' warrior names also come from animals, such as Leopardfur herself, Tigerclaw, Piketooth, and Birdsong.
* DoomedByCanon: Since the book basically rehashes ''Crookedstar's Promise'' and the first series, readers of those books already know who will die.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Mudfur has a vision that one day Leopardkit would save the Clan.
* DueToTheDead: Several vigils are held for cats who have passed away.
* ForegoneConclusion: The book tells stories mostly already seen in other books, and starts with a scene that takes place later in the book, so we know the conclusion of much of the plot.
* GradeSkipper: Leopardkit is allowed to be apprenticed early.
* GreenEyedMonster: Leopardfur is jealous of Mosspelt's relationship with Frogleap.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Tigerstar is killed in this manner when the cat he tried to order around got fed up with it - the wound is bad enough that he loses all of his nine leader's lives.
* HappilyAdopted: Mosspelt raises Featherkit and Stormkit like her own.
* HeroicBSOD: Leopardfur after Whiteclaw dies at the gorge. She isn't aware of returning to camp, stares blankly when Beetlenose asks her where his son is, and then finds herself waking up in the medicine den.
* HotBlooded: Leopardfur has a short temper and is a lot quicker to fight than most other Clan cats. She's also extremely passionate about making [=RiverClan=] strong.
* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with a prologue of Leopardstar at the Bonehill watching Stonefur die. The rest of the book shows how she reached that point in her life.
* IcyBlueEyes: Scourge has ice-blue eyes, which adds to his creepiness as a villainous dictator.
* {{Interquel}}: Takes place during ''Crookedstar's Promise'' and the first series.
* IShallTauntYou: Redtail does this to Leopardfur, inching his paw repeatedly across the border until she attacks.
* ItsAllMyFault: Leopardfur feels this way about Whiteclaw's death, wishing she hadn't brought him along, and feeling that she'd passed her hotheadedness onto him.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: When Mosspelt gets caught in a net, she tells Leopardfur to run and save herself.
* JoinOrDie: Tigerstar operates this way after taking over [=TigerClan=].
* KangarooCourt: Tigerstar holds what he calls a "trial" for his prisoners. It's really nothing but a rally to whip up hatred against half-Clan cats.
* {{Keet}}: Whitepaw is excitable, enthusiastic, and cheerful as a young apprentice.
* KidHero: Leopardstar is a kit at the start of the book.
* KidsAreCruel: Skykit holds Leopardkit underwater for several seconds, then tells her that she and her brother don't like her and only play with her because their mother makes them. Then she taunts the kit by saying that Leopardkit [[DeathByChildbirth killed her mother]].
* KilledMidSentence: Crookedstar dies mid-sentence: "Perhaps Mudfur was right. Perhaps death isn't—"
* KilledOffForReal: Crookedstar and Tigerstar lose their ninth lives on-screen. Bluestar and Nightstar are mentioned in passing as having died.
* KilledOffscreen: Oakheart dies when his patrol gets into a battle; his body is brought back to the [=RiverClan=] camp.
* KillOnSight: Leopardstar exiles Graystripe from [=RiverClan=] after he stops her from killing Fireheart, and she declares that he'll be killed on sight if they find him in their territory again.
* LastRequest: Before she dies, Sunfish asks Leopardfur to take care of Whitekit.
* LeaderWannabe: Leopardstar wanted to be Clan leader all her life and enjoyed when Tigerclaw preemptively called her "Leopardstar", but she didn't mind waiting until Crookedstar served his time and passed peacefully.
* LoveAcrossBattlelines: Silverstream of [=RiverClan=] and Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=] fall in love.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Tigerstar murders Gorsepaw in cold blood, saying that this is what [=WindClan=] and [=ThunderClan=] can expect if they don't join him.
* MeaningfulRename: Several cats earn their apprentice and warrior names, and Leopardstar earns her leader name.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Leopardfur's mentor Whitefang dies fairly early in the book.
* MixedAncestry: Featherkit and Stormkit are half-[=RiverClan=] and half-[=ThunderClan=], and Leopardfur wonders whether their loyalty will be mixed as well. She later learns that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are half-[=ThunderClan=] as well.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After joining [=TigerClan=], Leopardstar begins to realize just how big of a mistake she's made, thinking "What have I done?" multiple times.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Tigerstar, who begins openly persecuting and murdering half-Clan cats.
* NeverMyFault: Leopardstar refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. For instance, when she starts a battle with [=ThunderClan=] and Whitefang dies, she claims it's all [=ThunderClan=]'s fault.
* NothingPersonal: Tigerclaw advises Leopardfur that if he says anything about [=RiverClan=] at the Gathering, it's not personal.
* OriginsEpisode: This book is Leopardstar's.
* PantheraAwesome: Leopardstar and Tigerstar are named after the mythological big-cat Clans. Tigerstar suggests they use the name [=TigerClan=] to embody the legendary Clan's strength.
* PerspectiveFlip: Many of the scenes are events that took place from Fireheart's point of view in the first series, and there's also some that were originally from Crookedstar's POV in his book.
* PublicExecution: Stonefur's death as a consequence of being half-Clan and refusing to kill his apprentice and apprentice's littermate. It is carried out in front of all of [=TigerClan=] ([=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] combined).
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Bluestar makes a mention of fighting [=StarClan=], and Leopardstar wonders what on earth she's talking about.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin:
** "I think '''he'd''' dead." (Page 342)
** "If they're foolish enough to break the warrior code for '''anther''' Clan, let them." (Page 354)
** After what seemed like an eternity, '''Stormfur''' spoke. "You'll have to kill me first, Tigerstar!" (page 493)
* RulerProtagonist: Part of the book takes place after Leopardstar becomes leader of her Clan and has to make decisions on how to keep them safe.
* SanitySlippage: Leopardstar starts to notice that something's wrong with Bluestar and that she doesn't seem to be in her right mind. She takes this as a sign from [=StarClan=] that it's an opportunity for [=RiverClan=] to retake Sunningrocks.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: As he dies, Crookedstar keeps forgetting to use Tigerstar's leader name.
* SecretRelationship: Leopardfur witnesses Silverstream secretly meeting with Graystripe, and is aware that the two are continuing to sneak away to see each other.
* SeriesContinuityError:
** In ''Crookedstar's Promise'', the other kits decided to stay in the nursery longer than normal until Leopardkit reached six moons, so that they could be apprenticed together. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', the older kits are apprenticed at the normal time, and Hailstar makes an exception and allows Leopardkit to start training a few moons early.
** In ''Into the Wild'', Firepaw joined [=ThunderClan=] the day Oakheart and Redtail died, and two moons later, [=ThunderClan=] notices that [=WindClan=] is missing and then it's officially announced at the next Gathering. In ''Leopardstar's Honor'', that Gathering is the one immediately after Oakheart and Redtail's deaths.
** During the Gathering after Redtail and Oakheart's deaths, a black she-cat from [=ThunderClan=] protests them starting without [=WindClan=]. This takes place during ''Into the Wild'', when there is no black she-cat in [=ThunderClan=].
** Mistyfoot mentions that she wishes Oakheart had told them that he was their father. In the first series, she already knew he was her father (though she always thought Graypool was her mother).
* ShipperOnDeck: Skypaw ships Leopardpaw and Frogpaw.
* ShootYourMate: Stonefur, a half-Clan cat, is told to kill two half-Clan apprentices to prove his loyalty. He refuses, sacrificing his life to save the apprentices.
* SlashedThroat: Whitefang, Gorsepaw, and Stonefur are all killed this way.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Scourge wears a collar studded with dog teeth; many cats in his Clan, [=BloodClan=], wear similar collars as well.
* StartToCorpse: The first death mentioned in the book is Stonefur's, on page 4 of the prologue.
* StoppedCaring: Leopardfur, for a few days after Whiteclaw's death.
* SwarmOfRats: A [=RiverClan=] patrol encounters one in a barn.
* TacticalWithdrawal: Crookedstar calls a retreat during the attack on the [=WindClan=] camp.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: Before she dies, Sunfish asks Leopardfur to care for her son Whitepaw the way she herself would.
* ThroneMadeOfX: When Tigerstar takes control of both [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=], he has them build him the Bonehill, a pile of bones to sit on so he can look down on everyone else.
* TimeSkip: There's a two-year gap between Leopardfur being made a warrior, and Whitepaw being apprenticed. The book also skips from event to event of the first series.
* TogetherInDeath: Before Crookedstar dies, he mentions that he's looking forward to seeing his mate Willowbreeze and daughter Silverstream again.
* TooDesperateToBePicky: [=RiverClan=] isn't fond of non-fish prey, but they'll eat it if they have to.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Leopardfur's is carp, a fact that is mentioned frequently. In fact, it's partly how she got over her fear of water: Sunfish caught one for her and made her swim to it.
* TriangRelations: Whiteclaw likes Silverstream; unbeknownst to him, she's in love with Graystripe of [=ThunderClan=].
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Tigerstar, after joining [=RiverClan=] and [=ShadowClan=] to create [=TigerClan=].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Leopardfur and Frogleap like each other, but they decide not to become mates so that Leopardfur can focus on her deputy career. Although he takes a new mate, they never stop having feelings for each other and occasionally share awkward or emotional moments.
* UnwittingPawn: Leopardstar becomes this to Tigerstar.
* {{Warhawk}}: Leopardfur generally prefers fighting over finding a peaceful solution.
* WatchingTroyBurn: The [=RiverClan=] camp floods and the Clan is forced to evacuate for a while. Two kits also die in the flood.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Tigerstar offers this to Leopardstar when suggesting that they combine their Clans.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Leopardkit began to fear water after Skykit held her under.
* WithCatlikeTread: Despite usually being known for being a stealthy Clan, apparently [=ShadowClan=] cats are clumsy hunters that scare the rest of the prey away.
* WolverineClaws: Scourge has a feline version of this: he wears sharpened dogs' teeth over his actual claws, making them unnaturally strong and deadly. He's dangerous enough with them to take out a Clan leader's nine lives with one blow.
* Would Hurt a Child: Tigerstar kills Gorsepaw for no other reason than to bring fear to [=WindClan=].
* YoungAndInCharge: Leopardfur is fairly young when given the deputy role. She, Tigerstar, and Firestar are all mentioned as being young leaders.
