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| 7 | [[Characters/WarriorCatsThunderClan ThunderClan]] ([[Characters/WarriorCatsThunderclanLeadersAndDeputies Leaders and Deputies]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsThunderclanMedicineCats Medicine Cats]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsTheThreeAndTheirAllies The Three and Their Allies]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsThunderclanWarriorsAndApprentices Warriors and Apprentices]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsOtherThunderclanners Other ThunderClanners]]) | [[Characters/WarriorCatsShadowClan ShadowClan]] ([[Characters/WarriorCatsShadowClanLeadersAndDeputies Leaders and Deputies]]) | [[Characters/WarriorCatsRiverClan RiverClan]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsWindClan WindClan]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsSkyClan SkyClan]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsTribeOfRushingWater Tribe of Rushing Water]] | [[Characters/WarriorCatsOthers Others]] | '''Dawn of The Clans'''-]]]]] |
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| 9 | ->"Cats came into the forest. These were not warrior cats. They lived in small groups, not yet Clans. There were no borders set down. And they fought constantly, fearful that prey might run out and that their overlapping territories were being threatened. It was a lawless, bloody time for the forest, and many cats died." |
| 10 | -->--''Secrets of the Clans'' |
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| 12 | ''Dawn of the Clans'' adds a brand new cast of characters to the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series. This is the character sheet for characters from that arc, as well as ''Moth Flight's Vision'', ''Thunderstar's Echo'', ''Shadowstar's Life'', and ''Riverstar's Home''. |
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| 14 | '''Beware of unmarked spoilers!''' All spoilers from ''The Sun Trail,'' ''Thunder Rising,'' ''The First Battle,'' ''The Blazing Star,'' ''A Forest Divided,'' and ''Path of Stars'' are '''unmarked,''' and there are spoilers for the other arcs. |
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| 22 | !Main Characters and Clan Founders |
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| 24 | [[folder:Gray Wing]] |
| 25 | !!Gray Wing ("Graywing the Wise") |
| 26 | ->"None of us knows what the future holds. We can only trust our instincts." |
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| 28 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b11b509c14762862885e71ab950e490b.jpg]] |
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| 30 | The first ''Dawn of the Clans'' point of view character. Gray Wing is a young and confident member of the Tribe, who lives a happy, if hard, life with his brother Clear Sky and best friend Turtle Tail. When a group of cats from the Tribe leave to follow the Trail of the Rising Sun to a new home, Gray Wing stays behind, believing his destiny lies in the mountains. However, when his younger brother Jagged Peak runs away to join the Followers of the Sun Trail, Gray Wing is forced to leave the mountains so that he can find his brother and keep him safe on the long journey to a new home. Eventually, Gray Wing and Jagged Peak rejoin the Followers of the Sun Trail and reach the forest. |
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| 32 | Unfortunately, Gray Wing watches Clear Sky fall into madness from grief over the deaths of his mate Bright Stream, his second mate Storm, and two of Storm's three kits. When Clear Sky refuses to consider Storm's surviving kit Thunder his son, Gray Wing takes him in and becomes a substitute father to the young tom. Soon, Gray Wing's hope for a quiet life is shattered when Clear Sky's lust for power leads to an all out war, and Gray Wing himself is forced to become leader of the cats on the moor. Although terrified of what the future will bring, Gray Wing fights to save his brother from himself when everyone else has given up hope on him. |
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| 34 | Gray Wing will go on to become the legendary [=WindClan=] tactician Graywing the Wise, who was renowned for his strategies that focused on the position of the wind. |
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| 36 | * AGoodWayToDie: He passes peacefully in his nest, surrounded by (almost all--Sparrow Fur and Owl Eyes weren't able to make it in time) his family and friends, with the knowledge that broken relationships are on the mend and that the Clans he just named are going to prosper. |
| 37 | * AccidentalMurder: Near the end of ''The Sun Trail'', when he is fighting Fox, a member of Clear Sky's group, he slits his throat without meaning to. |
| 38 | * AllLovingHero: He tries to befriend every rogue he meets. A special note must be made for Fern: when Gray Wing meets her, he knows she's working for Slash and spying on the Clans, but is willing to look past that and give her food, out of pure compassion for a weak, hungry cat. |
| 39 | * AlwaysSecondBest: To his brother Clear Sky. He's the Tribe's second best hunter after Clear Sky, second place in their little brother Jagged Peak's BigBrotherWorship, and second place romantically to Clear Sky's mate Bright Stream and second mate Storm. It stems from Gray Wing being a [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruction]] of series protagonist Firestar. |
| 40 | * AndThisIsFor: He says "That's for Thunder" in ''The Blazing Star'' when he prevents Star Flower (the cat who led Thunder on) from getting back into the fight, kicking her away. |
| 41 | * BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''The First Battle'', despite his badassery, he is trapped along with Tall Shadow and Jackdaw's Cry by Clear Sky, and Thunder has to get a rescue party to save him. |
| 42 | * BestFriend: It's never stated outright, but his closeness with Tall Shadow seems to indicate this between them. |
| 43 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 44 | ** Towards Storm. Gentle Gray Wing is the Betty and arrogant Clear Sky is the Veronica; Storm prefers Clear Sky. |
| 45 | ** Also, the sharp-tongued Storm is his Veronica, while his supportive childhood friend Turtle Tail is his Betty. |
| 46 | * BigDamnHeroes: Shows up at just the right moment to save Jagged Peak from an eagle. |
| 47 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A variation. We have ginger Thunder, dark gray Gray Wing and pale gray Clear Sky. |
| 48 | * BreakoutCharacter: ''Massively''. He was originally mentioned as a renowned strategist of [=WindClan=], impressive to be sure, but not particularly someone you'd expect to be a protagonist in an arc about the Clans' foundings. WordOfGod is that he just "evolved naturally" into the role and that none of the Erins expected him to be as important as he was when they started writing. His [[WhatCouldHaveBeen planned death scenes]] kept getting pushed back, at first due to plot, but by the time he was supposed to die in ''The First Battle'', the editing team was too fond of him to go through with it. While he still dies at the end of the arc, it's after becoming one of the most beloved characters in the whole franchise. |
| 49 | * CainAndAbel: At the end of ''The Sun Trail'', he and his brother Clear Sky have become bitter enemies. |
| 50 | * TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: After he refuses to follow the Sun Trail, Jagged Peak runs away and he has to leave to find him. |
| 51 | * TheCameo: |
| 52 | ** [[spoiler:He appears in ''Blackfoot's Reckoning'' to give Blackfoot one of his nine lives.]] |
| 53 | ** [[spoiler:He also appears in ''A Light in the Mist'' when the Clans have reunited with [=StarClan=].]] |
| 54 | * CannotSpitItOut: He loves Storm, but it takes him a while to realize it and he can't put it into words. She gets together with his brother before he can say anything to her about it. |
| 55 | * CartwrightCurse: Gray Wing's first three loves, Bright Stream, Storm, and Turtle Tail, all die. Slate beats the curse, but then Gray Wing himself dies shortly after, so he doesn't get much chance to enjoy it. |
| 56 | * CatUpATree: In ''The Sun Trail'', he tries to chase a squirrel along a branch, nearly falls, and then realizes that he's not sure if he can get down. Jagged Peak has to teach him how. |
| 57 | * ChekhovsSkill: Remember those mountain hunting skills he taught Jagged Peak? They appeared years earlier in ''Battles of the Clans'' as [=WindClan=] fighting strategies that he had come up with. It looks like we know where he got them from. |
| 58 | * {{Claustrophobia}}: He loves open spaces, feeling too closed-in even in a forest. The one time he crawls into a rabbit burrow, it's only because he wants to prove that he's not a coward, and he starts panicking while underground. |
| 59 | * CrashIntoHello: He first met Wind and Gorse when they ran into each other on the moor. |
| 60 | * DecoyProtagonist: At first, it seems like ''The First Battle'' will focus on him like ''The Sun Trail'' and ''Thunder Rising''. However, he's only the {{Deuteragonist}}, and Thunder is the actual protagonist. |
| 61 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: In ''The Sun Trail'', when the group is attacked by three dogs, he freezes and Turtle Tail crashes into him. |
| 62 | * DelicateAndSickly: He develops a serious case of asthma due to smoke inhalation during the fire of ''Thunder Rising''. His breathing problems consistently plague him for the rest of the series, slowly turn him into more of a NonActionGuy who [[TheStrategist contributes strategy and wisdom]] instead, and eventually kill him. |
| 63 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: Storm chose his brother Clear Sky over him. He's also suggested to have had feelings for Bright Stream, who also chose Clear Sky over him. |
| 64 | * DisappearedDad: |
| 65 | ** His father never appears, is never named or even mentioned in passing, and it's never even acknowledged that Gray Wing, Clear Sky, Fluttering Bird, and Jagged Peak ''had'' a father at all. |
| 66 | ** Becomes one himself at the end of ''Path of Stars'' when he dies shortly after his kits are born. |
| 67 | * TheDitherer: He has quite a lot of trouble making decisions. He repeatedly changes his mind over whether to follow the Sun Trail, and has a hard time deciding to ask his crush Storm to come and live in the hollow. This comes back to bite him when Storm gets together with his brother Clear Sky, and later dies. |
| 68 | * EpiphanyTherapy: Twice in ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 69 | ** He manages to stop blaming himself for Bright Stream's death when he realizes that she wouldn't want him and Clear Sky to spend the rest of their lives unhappy. |
| 70 | ** He moves on past Storm's death when he realizes that it's different from Bright Stream's death because this time it had meaning: Storm managed to save her kit Thunder. |
| 71 | * EurekaMoment: He has one when he realizes that Jagged Peak has run away to find the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 72 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Just about everyone's reaction when they find out he and Turtle Tail have become mates is "about time!" |
| 73 | * FamilyThemeNaming: When he finally has kits of his own with Slate, they name them all with colors in their names. ''White'' Tail, ''Silver'' Stripe and ''Black'' Ear. |
| 74 | * GoodParents: [[https://warriorcats.com/content/article/the-best-fathers-a-cat-could-have He's listed as the #1 best father a cat could have]] for a ''reason''. Thunder is his nephew, not his son; his mate Turtle Tail's kits are not biologically his. Does Gray Wing care? ''No''. He showers them all with love, raises them with kindness, supports them in their struggles, and guides them even when they're grown up. When his biological kits are born, he's surprised that he feels...exactly the same type of love towards them that he does his adopted kits. |
| 75 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: When he's leaving to find Jagged Peak, the Tribe cats give him a bird to eat. He tells them to eat it themselves, because none of them have eaten yet. However, he is convinced to eat it anyway. |
| 76 | * GreenEyedMonster: It's implied that he has a crush on Bright Stream, his brother's mate. Later on, he's in love with Clear Sky's second mate Storm, but he tries to deny his envy so that his brother can be happy. |
| 77 | * HappilyMarried: In ''Thunder Rising'', he finally comes to love Turtle Tail and gets together with her. However, this happy relationship ends when Turtle Tail dies in ''The First Battle''. |
| 78 | * TheHeroDies: At the end of ''Path of Stars'', he passes away from his illness, surrounded by his friends and family. |
| 79 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: A non-verbal example; he's completely shocked when Slate tells him how much respect Wind Runner has for him. |
| 80 | * HidingTheHandicap: He gets a serious lung condition after going through the fire in ''Thunder Rising'', but he hides it so that the other cats won't doubt his ability as a leader. |
| 81 | * HypocrisyNod: After he gives Jagged Peak a lecture on not running off without looking where he's going, he does it himself. He then notes that he's being a hypocrite, and resolves to try to avoid being one. |
| 82 | * IHaveNoSon: A variant. Gray Wing declares that his and Clear Sky's brotherhood is over when Clear Sky rejects his son Thunder. He eventually reconciles with Clear Sky, though. |
| 83 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Path of Stars'', his asthma develops into this, eventually killing him. |
| 84 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: |
| 85 | ** In ''The Sun Trail'', he talks a lot about Storm, his hopes for a relationship with her, or him looking for her, in front of Turtle Tail, who [[ObliviousToLove he has no idea is in love with him]]. She steadily grows more upset and frustrated by this until she eventually decides to go to Twolegplace. |
| 86 | ** In ''The First Battle'', when Wind Runner loses Emberkit, he tries to comfort her by saying that Emberkit is in a better place. This ends up hurting her even more, and she angrily retorts that there's no better place for a kit than at his mother's belly. |
| 87 | * InSeriesNickname: Generations after his death, the Clans remember him by the name "Graywing the Wise". |
| 88 | * IronicEcho: When Half Moon is worrying about sending so many cats away to follow the Sun Trail, he tells her that, "None of us knows what the future holds. We can only trust our instincts." This is a combination of two things that she had said earlier. |
| 89 | * ItsAllMyFault: |
| 90 | ** In ''The Sun Trail'', he blames himself when Bright Stream is carried off by an eagle and dies. He also thinks that Clear Sky blames him for her death. He eventually manages to move on, while Clear Sky never stops blaming himself. |
| 91 | ** It's shown that he still does it in ''The First Battle'', when he worries that it's his fault Clear Sky turned into an enemy and Jagged Peak was crippled. |
| 92 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Interestingly it's not the cat he loves he does it for, but the cat she wants to be with. Gray Wing loves Storm, but she gets together with his brother, Clear Sky. Gray Wing tries to be happy for them, because he knows that Bright Stream's death hurt Clear Sky dearly, and he believes that being with Storm can help him. |
| 93 | * TheLeader: Takes up the mantle of leadership while Tall Shadow grieves for Moon Shadow after he dies. However, as Gray Wing's health takes a turn for the worse, Tall Shadow co-leads with him and eventually becomes it's sole leader as Gray Wing becomes unable to keep up, though he still serves as her closest advisor and the closest thing she has to a deputy. |
| 94 | * LeaderWannabe: Inverted in ''Thunder Rising''. Jackdaw's Cry, Shattered Ice, and several other cats want to install Gray Wing as leader, but he doesn't want to lead and just wants to be an ordinary cat. However, he eventually decides to be leader. |
| 95 | * LoveTriangle: He loves Storm, who loves Clear Sky. Also, Turtle Tail loves him but he doesn't notice at first. |
| 96 | * TheMagnificent: Remembered as "Graywing the Wise" by later generations. |
| 97 | * NeverFoundTheBody: From the point of view of the Tribe. They have no idea if he's alive or dead, due to the collapsing ice bridge. |
| 98 | * NiceGuy: He's compassionate, warm, congenial, and just wants to see all the cats of the forest living together peacefully. |
| 99 | * NonActionGuy: In the latter half of the arc, his breathing problems force him to stop partaking in battles and hunting patrols. When he does end up in a fight in ''Path of Stars'', he's so hampered by his coughs that he almost dies. |
| 100 | * ObliviousToLove: His ignorance of Turtle Tail's crush on him leads to her leaving to live with Bumble. |
| 101 | * PanickyExpectantFather: |
| 102 | ** In ''Thunder Rising'', he inexplicably feels the urge to be near Turtle Tail at her kitting, despite the protests of the others - even though they're not his kits, and even though he doesn't realize his feelings for her yet. |
| 103 | ** Happens again when Slate is giving birth in ''Path of Stars''. |
| 104 | * PapaWolf: The one thing guaranteed to turn this kind, even-tempered cat into a snarling menace? Any of his kits being put in danger. Even his brothers aren't safe from his anger. |
| 105 | * ParentalSubstitute: He becomes this to his little brother Jagged Peak, to his nephew Thunder, and later to Turtle Tail's three kits. |
| 106 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With Tall Shadow. |
| 107 | * PolarOppositeTwins: With Clear Sky. He's humble to the point of self-deprecation and doesn't like change, while Clear Sky is an arrogant visionary. Even their pelt colors reflect this-Clear Sky is pale gray, Gray Wing dark gray. |
| 108 | * APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Subverted, then averted. He acts as a mentor and father figure to Thunder, his nephew. The reason behind this is because Clear Sky Thunder's father was slowly turning into a cruel Anti-Villain. When Gray Wing allows Thunder to visit him, Clear Sky claims custody of his son, who was young and naive, and decides to mentor him. Gray Wing is powerless against this, and fears that Thunder would be influenced and turn cruel. Averted when Thunder deserts and disowns Clear Sky, seeing the error of his ways. Clear Sky eventually regains his senses, and the three (sort of) make up. |
| 109 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Clear Sky's Blue. |
| 110 | * RefusalOfTheCall: He decides not to follow the Sun Trail. However, fate has other plans and he eventually has to leave his home to follow Jagged Peak. |
| 111 | * RescueRomance: |
| 112 | ** He thinks that he's in one with Storm after they both save each other. However, she has fallen for his brother Clear Sky. |
| 113 | ** Later happens with him and Slate, as at one point he saves her from a fox. |
| 114 | * RetCon: In ''Battles of the Clans'', he is referred to as one of [=WindClan=]'s early leaders. However, he actually led, and then co-led, proto-[=WindClan=] before the Great Battle. Justified, as the events of his life happened so long ago that no one in the modern Clans remembers it, as all they have are stories. |
| 115 | * SerialRomeo: Taken so far it's almost ridiculous. First, he has a crush on Bright Stream. Then, he meets Storm and falls in love with her. After that, he realizes that Turtle Tail loves him, reciprocates, and becomes her mate. But after Turtle Tail dies, he meets Slate, who becomes his new mate. Yes, Gray Wing actually falls in love with more cats than ''his brother'', a SerialRomeo himself, does. |
| 116 | * SiblingTeam: |
| 117 | ** Hunts and fights alongside his brother, Clear Sky. That is, until they declare their brotherhood over at the end of ''The Sun Trail''. By the time they do make up, Gray Wing has become a NonActionGuy. |
| 118 | ** Early on in ''The Sun Trail'', Gray Wing and Jagged Peak have to work together as a team to travel through the mountains and meet up with the other Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 119 | * SoHappyTogether: He and Slate become mates and have a litter of kits, but a moon later he's dead of his asthma. They were both just happy to have what time together they could. |
| 120 | * TheStrategist: |
| 121 | ** During the battle with the foxes, he commands the Followers of the Sun Trail and uses strategy to defeat the enemy. |
| 122 | ** He also comes up with the strategies to lure One-Eye into a trap and to rescue Star Flower from Slash's group. |
| 123 | ** Suffice to say, he was so good at this that he became known as Graywing the Wise, a renowned strategist who created much of [=WindClan=]'s battle strategy. |
| 124 | * SympatheticMurderer: Near the end of ''The Sun Trail'' he kills Fox, TheDragon to Clear Sky. To say he felt bad about it would be a huge understatement. |
| 125 | * TeamDad: Turtle Tail basically describes him as this, saying that he's been like a father to many, offering comfort and guidance and love. |
| 126 | * TraumaCongaLine: His spans ''the entire arc''. His little sister starves to death, he's forced out of his home when his little brother runs away, his brother's pregnant mate (who he may have had feelings for himself) is killed saving him from an eagle, which he blames himself for. Then the cat he loves decides to be with his brother, while the cat who loves him is driven to live in twolegplace because she can't deal with him not returning her feelings, leaving him sad and confused because he doesn't know why she left. Then his little brother breaks his leg and is exiled by his other brother, who is slowly going mad over the grief of losing his first mate. Oh, Gray Wing is haunted by his accidental murder of a cat. ''Then'' he develops a serious, eventually fatal, case of asthma; his adopted kits get kidnapped by their abusive father and his mate Turtle Tail is killed while trying to rescue them; he participates in a horrific battle where many of his childhood friends die; he wrestles with feeling useless as his illness worsens and forces him to the sidelines; his mother dies; one of his new kits with Slate get kidnapped ''as well''; and then he dies. And all of this occurs in no more than ''a year and a half''. Fortunately his son is rescued and he's able to have a peaceful reunion with his family before passing, but ''sheesh''. |
| 127 | * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Turtle Tail, who has loved him since kithood. |
| 128 | * WhatTheHellHero: Calls Clear Sky out sharply for refusing to take in Thunder, as well as the things he's done in the name of "the community". |
| 129 | * WhiteSheep: A downplayed version, as his brothers and mother are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good cats at heart, but also arrogant, spirited, and can be quite cruel]]. Even his dead little sister, Fluttering Bird, shows a lot of haughtiness when scolding Clear Sky. And then there's Gray Wing, who is patient, [[TeamMom warmly paternal]], always wants to believe the best in people, and one of the nicest guys in the series. |
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| 133 | !!Thunder/[[spoiler:Thunderstar]] |
| 134 | ->"Can't we agree to look after what we have? Can't we forget about expanding our territory?" |
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| 136 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b53b1aef32b9bd0f746e012dbd3f63f1.jpg]] |
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| 138 | The only surviving son of Clear Sky and Storm. After the death of his mother, Turtle Tail gave him his name and Gray Wing took him to live with his father. However, seeing only his failure to save Storm in Thunder, Clear Sky exiled his son. Gray Wing then brought him to the moor, where he declared that he would be Thunder's father in Clear Sky's stead. |
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| 140 | In ''Thunder Rising'', he becomes a point of view character. His skills are naturally suited towards living in the forest, but he struggles to please Gray Wing, while secretly dreaming about his father, Clear Sky. Eventually, Clear Sky asks him to come live in the forest. He accepts, but once he gets there he sees firsthand the cruelty of his father, and ends up leaving to return to Gray Wing. |
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| 142 | Thunder will go on to found his own Clan, [=ThunderClan=]. He will also be its first leader. |
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| 144 | * AscendedExtra: He's a minor (but important) character in ''The Sun Trail''. In ''Thunder Rising'', he's a main character, although not on par with Gray Wing. For ''The First Battle'', he's the protagonist. |
| 145 | * TheAtoner: At the end of ''Thunder Rising'', he realizes that he's betrayed the moor group and vows to do whatever it takes to make things up to them. |
| 146 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 147 | ** He briefly ends up playing the responsible, kind Betty to Clear Sky's ReformedButNotTamed Veronica, with Star Flower the Archie. She picks Clear Sky. |
| 148 | ** Also, of his two love interests, demure Violet Dawn is the Betty to boldly flirtatious Star Flower's Veronica. |
| 149 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A variation. We have ginger Thunder, dark gray Gray Wing and pale gray Clear Sky. |
| 150 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Lightning Tail's brains. Not that Thunder isn't smart, but he usually tends to handle heavy lifting, such as fighting opponents like a fox and Turtle Tail's former mate Tom in ''The First Battle'', while Lightning Tail is more of a planner. |
| 151 | * CallingTheOldManOut: At the end of ''Thunder Rising'', he gives Clear Sky a well deserved smack down, declares that Gray Wing is his true father, and leaves the moor group with Frost. |
| 152 | * TheCameo: He appears in ''Pinestar's Choice'' [[spoiler:to give Pinestar a life.]] |
| 153 | * ChildOfTwoWorlds: Thunder is the son of Clear Sky, the leader of the group of cats living in the forest, but when Clear Sky refuses to raise him, Thunder's uncle Gray Wing takes him in and raises him in the moor group. As Thunder grows he feels loyalty to the group he was raised in and views Gray Wing as a father, but also wants to [[WellDoneSonGuy earn Clear Sky's approval]] and feels more at home in the forest itself than on the moor, so he tries living in each group. Ultimately his relationship with Clear Sky remains rocky and he forms his own group in another part of the forest. |
| 154 | * ChocolateBaby: His amber eyes can at least be excused as coming from Clear Sky's side of the family, as Gray Wing has them, but that doesn't explain how a ''ginger cat'' is born to ''two gray ones''. |
| 155 | * DefectorFromDecadence: At the end of ''Thunder Rising'', he rejects Clear Sky's cruel ways, leaving the forest group with Frost and heading back to the moor group. |
| 156 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: In ''Thunder Rising'', he's the second most important character after Gray Wing, and his struggles are a major part of the book. |
| 157 | * TheExile: Clear Sky, his own father, exiles him from the forest. |
| 158 | * FamedInStory: He will go on to become a legendary Clan Founder. |
| 159 | * FamilyThemeNaming: According to the Warriors website family tree, his littermates were named Lightning and Rumble, and he's Thunder, while their mother was Storm. |
| 160 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: In ''A Forest Divided'', he starts the second Forest Group, which will one day become [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 161 | * HappilyAdopted: At the end of ''The Sun Trail'', Gray Wing declares that from now on, he will be Thunder's father. As well, he has found a foster mother in Hawk Swoop. |
| 162 | * HappilyMarried: In ''Path of Stars'', he tells Violet Dawn he wants to get to know her before becoming mates, despite their mutual confession of love, but by ''Thunderstar's Echo'' they are officially this. |
| 163 | * IfIDoNotReturn: In ''Path of Stars'', he goes to help his adopted father against the rogues. He tells his best friend Lightning Tail that if he doesn't make it back, Lightning Tail needs to take over as leader of their group. |
| 164 | * IHaveNoSon: In ''The First Battle'', he declares upon returning to the moor that he has no father, explaining that Clear Sky is a bully who sent Frost to die. They do eventually make up, but their relationship will always be strained. |
| 165 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: He doesn't show up until the last chapter of ''The Sun Trail'', but he's one of the most important characters in the book, and defines the ending. He's a major character for the rest of the books. |
| 166 | * TheLeader: Considered one of the six chosen leaders. In ''The Blazing Star'', Gray Wing steps down as a leader due to grief over Turtle Tail's death and appoints Thunder in his place. Then, in ''A Forest Divided'', Thunder starts his own group, which will eventually become [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 167 | * LoserSonOfLoserDad: He is treated this way by Wind Runner after returning to the moor in ''The First Battle''; she even says "He's only come back to cause trouble, just like his father." |
| 168 | * LoveAtFirstSight: [[LikeFatherLikeSon Must run in the family]]--he's instantly smitten with Star Flower and Violet Dawn from the moment he meets them. |
| 169 | * MeaningfulName: The kit of Storm, who was nearly killed during a storm of stone and dust. |
| 170 | * OddNameOut: He is the only Clan Founder to have a one word, forest style name instead of a two word, Tribe style name, and he doesn't adopt one either. |
| 171 | * ParentalAbandonment: His mother Storm is dead and his father Clear Sky essentially sent him into exile. Fortunately though, his uncle Gray Wing still cares for him. |
| 172 | * {{Protectorate}}: Gray Wing vows to protect him after his father Clear Sky abandons him. |
| 173 | * RedIsHeroic: He's the original [=ThunderClan=] hero, since he's the cat that's going to start it up. And of course, he has red fur. |
| 174 | * {{Retcon}}: His name was originally said to be from the Thunderpath that runs between [=ThunderClan's=] and [=ShadowClan's=] territories. Later it was also said that he got the name from his hunting technique of catching prey startled and confused by thunderclaps. In ''The Sun Trail'', he was named Thunder by Turtle Tail because he was born from Storm in the midst of a storm of dust and dirt. |
| 175 | * SecondLove: He's this to Violet Dawn, as her first mate, Rain, was killed on the Thunderpath. |
| 176 | * SiblingTeam: When he needs a partner, his most regular choice is his (adoptive) brother Lightning Tail, who even received his named because he couldn't be kept apart from Thunder. It takes a while for Lightning Tail to grow up and be helpful to Thunder, but their mission in ''The First Battle'' to save Turtle Tail's kits from Tom shows that they make effective partners. |
| 177 | * SoleSurvivor: He's the only one of his litter to survive the destruction of Storm's nest. |
| 178 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''Thunder Rising'', he sneaks away from the moor group's camp to explore the forest. |
| 179 | * StartMyOwn: In ''A Forest Divided'', due to disagreeing with Clear Sky over hunting patrols and being mad at him for falling in love with Star Flower, he leaves the Forest Group for a second time and starts his own group. |
| 180 | * TakingTheBullet: In ''The Blazing Star'', when Pebble Heart tries to keep Wind Runner from touching her ill kit, Wind Runner swipes at him. Thunder jumps in the way and takes the hit himself. |
| 181 | * TellMeAboutMyFather: In ''Thunder Rising'', he asks Clear Sky to tell him about his mother Storm. |
| 182 | * ThemeNaming: Intentionally used by Turtle Tail, who names him Thunder partially because he was born from Storm. |
| 183 | * TookALevelInBadass: In ''Thunder Rising'', he's in the middle of his awkward transitioning stage, so he's pretty clumsy and uncoordinated. By ''The First Battle'', he's fully grown and is much more capable. |
| 184 | * WalkingSpoiler: His role in ''The Sun Trail'' as the only surviving kit of Clear Sky and Storm makes every single thing in the book that involves him a spoiler. |
| 185 | * WasItAllALie: After he finds out that Star Flower betrayed him in ''The Blazing Star'', he wonders this about their relationship. She assures him that it wasn't, but he can't believe it and sends her away. |
| 186 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He wants to have the approval of Clear Sky, his father, who doesn't seem to like him very much. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Clear Sky]] |
| 190 | !!Clear Sky/[[spoiler:Skystar]] |
| 191 | ->"Don't you want more than just surviving?" |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1e672f0b660834f2023a7cae7a5fff0c.jpg]] |
| 194 | [[caption-width-right:278:"We've survived for now. But who knows what tomorrow brings? We have to be prepared-always."]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | Gray Wing's suave and confident brother. Clear Sky is a natural leader, and he quite literally jumps at the chance to find a new home. However, his mate Bright Stream dies, and he is left blaming himself. While the Followers of the Sun Trail settle in the moor, he takes a group of cats to live in the forest, and his desire to protect his new community leads to him becoming the enemy of Gray Wing and the moor cats. He is also the father of Thunder. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | Clear Sky will go on to found his own Clan, [=SkyClan=], and be its first leader. He also becomes a point of view character in ''The First Battle''. |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: |
| 201 | ** In ''Thunder Rising'', it's revealed that most of his group hates the way he runs things and only stay with him because they have nowhere else to go. In ''The Blazing Star'', this is exploited by One Eye so that he can take over. |
| 202 | ** This continues in ''A Forest Divided'' when he mistakenly believes everyone must form into one group and ''everybody'' disagrees with him. Save for Thunder, the cats that joined Clear Sky's group only did so because they preferred the location rather than because they liked or agreed with Clear Sky. |
| 203 | * AbusiveParents: To Thunder. His refusal to take him in during ''The Sun Trail'' is framed as being fuelled by Clear Sky's grief for Storm, but Gray Wing still calls him on it. However, during ''Thunder Rising'' he's emotionally manipulative towards Thunder, often employing various cruel means, including ''throwing him at a fox''. He does eventually recognize how much of an asshole he's been and apologize in ''Path of the Stars'', but their relationship is permanently strained at best. |
| 204 | * AintTooProudToBeg: He falls to the ground and begs Slash to return Star Flower when negotiations with him go south in ''Path of Stars''. |
| 205 | -->'''Clear Sky:''' No! ''I'll'' hunt for you! You can have ''all'' my prey. Just give me Star Flower! |
| 206 | * AntiHero: After ''The First Battle''. He's genuinely trying to ensure peace in the forest and atone for his crimes, but he's still short-tempered, sharp-tongued, and more ruthless than his brother and son. |
| 207 | * AntiVillain: Most of his villainous actions are done because he doesn't want to be reminded of his failure to protect the cats he cares about, and because he hasn't learned moderation. He also has some serious gray morality going for him. In ''The First Battle'', this leads to him realizing how wrong his actions have been and deciding that he will dedicate the rest of his life to making amends. |
| 208 | * ArchnemesisDad: He's this to Thunder until his HeelFaceTurn in ''The First Battle''. |
| 209 | * TheAtoner: In ''The First Battle'', the many pointless deaths during the Great Battle cause him to realize how wrong his actions have been, and he decides to dedicate the rest of his life to making amends. |
| 210 | * TheBait: In ''The Blazing Star'', he decides that he needs to be bait to lure One Eye out alone; he challenges him to a one-on-one fight. |
| 211 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 212 | ** Towards Storm. Gentle Gray Wing is the Betty and arrogant Clear Sky is the Veronica; Storm prefers Clear Sky. |
| 213 | ** He briefly ends up in a LoveTriangle with his son and Star Flower--Thunder is the responsible, kind Betty and Clear Sky is the ReformedButNotTamed Veronica. Star Flower picks Clear Sky. |
| 214 | * BigBrotherBully: In ''Thunder Rising'', as soon as he sees Jagged Peak, he drops the niceness and acts ugly towards him, taunting him and accusing him of being lazy and selfish. Gray Wing stands up for Jagged Peak, and Clear Sky begins to apologize only to be [[RejectedApology rejected]] by Jagged Peak. As of ''The Blazing Star'', he's no longer this. In fact, he even apologizes to Jagged Peak for kicking him out of the forest. |
| 215 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Star Flower. They're [[FemmeFatale equally]] [[ManipulativeBastard clever]], they have matching ruthless streaks, they're both atoning for past evils caused by said ruthlessness, and they're both truly dedicated when they commit themselves to someone or something. |
| 216 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A variation. We have ginger Thunder, dark gray Gray Wing and pale gray Clear Sky. |
| 217 | * BreakTheHaughty: Goes through this during the second half of the series. He realizes exactly how horrible he's been, that no one likes him, gets overthrown by One Eye, and has to go to his brothers and son for help. He realizes he's actually lonely and wants his family around, but that his own actions have driven them all away and that nothing will ever really fix that. His mother brutally disowns him when she learns what she did, and while she does forgive him, the moment of the disowning drives him practically to tears. And then Star Flower gets kidnapped, marking the ''third time'' he's lost a pregnant mate in some capacity. Oh, and his own camp believes she faked it. By the time ''Path of Stars'' starts, his arrogance is completely gone and he's openly begging--first for the other clan leaders to help him, then for Slash to return his mate. |
| 218 | * BreakingTheFellowship: He leaves the Followers of the Sun Trail along with Jagged Peak, Falling Feather, Quick Water, and Moon Shadow to form his own group. |
| 219 | * BrokenAce: He is confident, suave, and great at hunting and fighting. [[FailureHero He also can't seem to succeed at anything he does]], constantly loses the ones he loves (sometimes through no fault of his own, sometimes through his own actions), tends to shut himself off to become cold and ruthless, and, once he realizes how horrible he's been, is wracked with guilt. |
| 220 | * BrokenPedestal: |
| 221 | ** Jagged Peak was obsessed with Clear Sky, and with following his lead. However, he turns against Clear Sky after being exiled. |
| 222 | ** He manages to do this with a location, of all things. He thought that the land beyond the Sun Trail would be perfect, but the realization that it was anything but contributed to his FaceHeelTurn. |
| 223 | ** Thunder used to want nothing more than to be respected by his father. However, at the end of ''Thunder Rising'', Clear Sky finally crosses the line by sending Frost out to die, and Thunder turns against him. |
| 224 | * TheBully: Thunder gradually realizes that Clear Sky is one during ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 225 | * CainAndAbel: By the end of ''The Sun Trail'', he has become an enemy to his brother Gray Wing. They eventually reconcile. |
| 226 | * TheCameo: |
| 227 | ** [[spoiler:He makes an appearance in the prologue of ''Hawkwing's Journey'' to talk to Cloudstar and Brackenheart.]] |
| 228 | ** [[spoiler:Skystar also makes an unnamed appearance in the prologue of ''Thunder and Shadow'' and later on in ''Shattered Sky'' to talk to Twigpaw.]] |
| 229 | ** And again in [[spoiler:''A Light in the Mist'' when the Clans have reunited with [=StarClan=].]] |
| 230 | * CartwrightCurse: Both his mates, Bright Stream and Storm, die. This breaks him severely, makes him believe that he can't protect anyone, and is a major contributor to his FaceHeelTurn. Star Flower manages to beat the curse, though--she comes out of her kidnapping and birth safe and sound. |
| 231 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: During his KnightTemplar reign. He feels that he cannot bend his rules even for his family or back down when they ask him to, because as leader he mustn't show bias--but neither will he change his methods, because as leader he's responsible for the well-being of all his cats and he believes they're the best way to ensure that. This ultimately destroys his relationship with Storm and scars his relationships with Thunder and Jagged Peak. In ''The Blazing Star'', Clear Sky gives a borderline-hysterical laugh while expressing his relief at having the spirit-cats to guide him, and Gray Wing realizes that his brother had actually, quietly been crumbling under the weight of his responsibilities beforehand. |
| 232 | * CharacterTics: He likes to watch his camp while stretching out on his favorite tree branch. |
| 233 | * ChickMagnet: Not only did he have three she-cats fall in love with him, he was [[BettyAndVeronica the Veronica]] in a LoveTriangle all three times. |
| 234 | * CynicismCatalyst: It's either Fluttering Bird's death or Bright Stream's. The former affected him so much that it fuels his determination to never let another cat starve, which is why he starts creating borders; the latter turned him bitter, which is why he [[CaptainObvious becomes a major jerk]] for the first half of the series. |
| 235 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: He's the second most important character in ''The Sun Trail'', and a lot of the book is about how his development compares and contrasts with that of Gray Wing. |
| 236 | * DisappearedDad: Clear Sky's father is never present in the series, nor is he even mentioned. Surprisingly, this isn't part of his FreudianExcuse. |
| 237 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Set up as the main antagonist of ''Dawn of the Clans''. Then in ''The First Battle'', he realizes the error of his ways and resolves to be a better leader, causing him to drop the antagonist role. |
| 238 | * DivingSave: In ''Path of Stars'', he does this to rescue Black Ear from being hit by a monster on the Thunderpath. |
| 239 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: In ''The First Battle'', he has this reaction to Falling Feather considering leaving his group - he insists that she should be grateful to him for finding their camp, setting their borders, and leading them. She rightfully points out that they all made the journey ''together'' and that his "TheNeedsOfTheMany" reasoning is just an excuse to be greedy and seize territory and power. |
| 240 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even at his absolute worst, Clear Sky's unable to make himself kill his brother Gray Wing in ''The First Battle''. |
| 241 | * TheExile: In ''The Blazing Star'', One Eye brings a group of rogues to take over the Forest Group and drives Clear Sky out of the forest and into exile. However, Clear Sky returns after One Eye is killed by Thunder. |
| 242 | * TheExtremistWasRight: ''Definitely'' not in his methods, which were needlessly tyranical and cruel, but in his ''ideas'', yes. His invention of borders, in particular, is admitted to be a good one and ultimately becomes a major part of Clan culture. |
| 243 | * FaceHeelTurn: Starts out as an ally of the Followers of the Sun Trail, but eventually becomes their enemy. |
| 244 | * FailureHero: Clear Sky is constantly failing to achieve his goals. He loses his sister, mate, second mate, and two of his kits. As well, his younger brother is horribly injured due to his fall from a tree (while using the hunting techniques Clear Sky taught him), and he has to watch as one of the cats he tried to save is murdered by his twin brother. His feelings of being worthless and unable to protect anyone eventually lead to his fall to the dark side. |
| 245 | * FallenHero: He used to want to protect his Tribemates, but he starts doing terrible things in the name of "the community" and has nearly fallen completely at the end of ''The Sun Trail''. He turns himself around at the end of ''The First Battle''. |
| 246 | * {{Foil}}: For his brother Gray Wing. Both leave to find a new home, but while Gray Wing left for selfless reasons and wanted to stay behind to help his family, Clear Sky was restless and just wanted to go on an adventure. And while Gray Wing is content with the older traditions and doesn't care much for change, Clear Sky will do anything to create an ideal world. |
| 247 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: In ''The Sun Trail'', he starts up a group in the forest which will eventually become [=SkyClan=]. |
| 248 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in ''The Sun Trail'', he suggests eating some prey instead of bringing it back to the starving Tribe, on the basis that the hunters should eat first so they can keep hunting, but relents when Gray Wing pushes him. This little exchange is a smaller example of his eventual [[TheNeedsOfTheMany belief]] [[TheSocialDarwinist system]], the conflict that ensues from it, and the fact that his brother will pull him back from it. |
| 249 | * FreudianExcuse: He was driven mad by his grief over Fluttering Bird's and Bright Stream's deaths, so he tried to create a perfect community where nothing like what happened to them could ever happen again. But despite his best efforts, he loses his second mate as well. One can almost see where he's coming from. |
| 250 | * FreudianSlip: Accidentally refers to his group as a Tribe a few times at the beginning of ''The First Battle''. |
| 251 | * GenerationXerox: Tall Shadow replies that she can see where Clear Sky got his spirit after talking with his mother, Quiet Rain. Thunder also thinks, listening to Quiet Rain, that he now knows where Clear Sky got his arrogance and cruelty. |
| 252 | * GoodParents: After realizing [[AbusiveParents how much of an asshole]] he was to his son Thunder, he vows to be this towards his kits with Star Flower. He's loving and protective of all of them, [[spoiler:including his adopted son Honey Pelt]], and what little screentime they get as adults shows them to be happy and well-adjusted. |
| 253 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: He takes one look at the meager fresh-kill pile in ''Path of Stars'' and tells his camp that he'll eat tomorrow. |
| 254 | * GrudgingThankYou: After Gray Wing and friends save his group in ''Thunder Rising'', his gratitude is ground out of his teeth. |
| 255 | * HappilyMarried: Bright Stream died shortly after they became mates, and his relationship with Storm was rocky even before her death, but he ultimately finds a loving marriage with Star Flower. [[spoiler:In ''Shadowstar's Life'', she's even expecting their second litter]]. |
| 256 | * HasAType: All three of his [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] have green eyes. |
| 257 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''The First Battle'', the pointless deaths of the battle causes him to realize the error of his ways, and he stops being a villain. |
| 258 | * HeelRealization: Throughout the whole arc, he keeps telling himself that what he is doing is the right thing, and that his harsh policies are the only way his group will survive. Then, during the Fourtrees showdown at the end of ''The First Battle'', after killing his former friend Rainswept Flower and almost killing his brother Gray Wing, he finally realizes that he's gone too far, and sees how awful he's become. It's at this moment that he vows to change. |
| 259 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Clear Sky correctly judges someone's character exactly once--when he refuses to believe that Star Flower willingly went with Slash. The ''rest'' of the time? |
| 260 | ** He lets Tom walk through his territory with Turtle Tail's kidnapped kits because he believes Tom's claim that he's just bringing them back home. |
| 261 | ** Crossing over with paranoia, he believes that Gray Wing's planned meeting in ''The First Battle'' is really just his brother's excuse to ambush him. |
| 262 | ** He lets One Eye into the group, refuses to believe Mouse Ear when he talks about his poor history with the old rogue, and doesn't recognize that One Eye challenging Clear Sky's authority in front of Tall Shadow is a bad sign. By the time he realizes he does need to throw One Eye from the group, One Eye has badly attacked Sparrow Fur and killed [[AssholeVictim Tom]]. |
| 263 | ** He wrestles with doubt over whether Red is trustworthy in ''Path of Stars'', eventually putting him to a SecretTestOfCharacter because he can't take the chance he's wrong. |
| 264 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Rages at Gray Wing for killing Fox. However, he had ordered Fox to attack Gray Wing, and Gray Wing accidentally killed him in self-defense. |
| 265 | ** Clear Sky insists that he wants no cat to starve, but when he holds Jackdaw's Cry prisoner, Clear Sky ''deliberately'' starves him just because he can, even though he promised Thunder that he would feed Jackdaw's Cry. When confronted about this by Thunder, Clear Sky completely disregards it and Storm very strangely does not bring it up when Clear Sky insists that his actions were driven by a desire to prevent cats from starving. |
| 266 | * IHaveNoSon: His relationships with his brothers and son, Thunder, are various degrees of strained, and a disowning of said relationship has happened between him and all of them at some point or another. Sometimes it's Clear Sky doing it, sometimes it's the other guy. |
| 267 | * IcyBlueEyes: His eyes are described as "ice blue", which quite fits with how [[TheSocialDarwinist cold]] and [[KickTheDog cruel]] he is in the first half of the arc. In the [[TookALevelInKindness latter half]], the description is usually used either when he's being an AntiHero or when contrasted with [[RuleOfSymbolism love "melting" the ice]]. |
| 268 | * ItsAllAboutMe: It's fairly clear that he would have left Bright Stream behind if she didn't come with him on the quest to follow the Sun Trail. |
| 269 | * ItsAllMyFault: |
| 270 | ** He and Gray Wing both blame themselves for the death of Bright Stream. While Gray Wing manages to get over it, Clear Sky never does. |
| 271 | ** He also feels this about Storm's death in ''The Sun Trail''. He thinks he should have stopped her from leaving. |
| 272 | ** How he feels about Sparrow Fur's injury in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 273 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure, first he TookALevelInJerkass, but later on, his encounters with Gray Wing show there's still a heart. |
| 274 | * JumpedAtTheCall: He was really eager to follow the Sun Trail, and threatened to abandon Bright Stream if she didn't come. |
| 275 | * KickTheDog: Repeatedly done in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle''. |
| 276 | ** Giving Jagged Peak an unprovoked and undeserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while his brother was still struggling with self-confidence issues. |
| 277 | ** Embarrassing Leaf to make Thunder look good. |
| 278 | ** Attacking one of River Ripple's group after he was already beaten. |
| 279 | ** Deciding to leave Frost for dead even though he was still a useful member of the group. |
| 280 | ** Biggest of all, throwing Thunder, ''his own son'', at a fox as a distraction. |
| 281 | ** Giving Falling Feather a demotion straight to the bottom of the group just for questioning him. |
| 282 | ** Breaking his word to Thunder by refusing to let Jackdaw's Cry, his hostage, have anything to eat. |
| 283 | * KnightTemplar: In the first three books. He genuinely believes that everything he does, no matter how cruel it may seem to others, is not only necessary but ''righteous'' because it's going to bring about his ideal society, free from death. [[HeelRealization The realization that]] ''[[HeelRealization he]]'' [[HeelRealization has brought death here]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone hits him hard]]. |
| 284 | * TheLeader: He leads a group of former rogues and Tribe cats in the forest. Eventually, this group will be known as [=SkyClan=]. |
| 285 | * LeParkour: His hunting style involves launching himself off of trees so that he can catch prey. |
| 286 | * LonelyAtTheTop: He secures a powerful camp and enforces his [[KnightTemplar policies]] by sacrificing many of his friendships and familial ties. Prior to his HeelRealization he seemed to just [[TheStoic bury]] any negative feelings brought by this choice, but by ''A Forest Divided'' he's lonely and mourning the way he burned all those bridges [[AllForNothing for horrible ends]]. Fortunately, he's able to find happiness with Star Flower and their kits, make complete peace with Gray Wing, and establish shakily positive relationships with most of the other cats. |
| 287 | * LoveAtFirstSight: When he first meets Storm, the two of them are starstruck and feel embarrassed due to their instant love. They get together a couple of days later. |
| 288 | * LoveInterest: He has three: Bright Stream, who died while carrying his kits; Storm, who died in a fire with 2 of their kits; and Star Flower, who successfully gives birth to his kits in ''Path of Stars''. |
| 289 | * LoveRedeems: |
| 290 | ** He ultimately cannot make himself kill Gray Wing, and his realization of this is what makes him call a halt to the First Battle. |
| 291 | ** He was already well along his path to redemption at that point, but love and joy he feels for Star Flower and their newborn kits helps him realize how horrible he was to Thunder. His disposition is also a lot sunnier for the rest of ''Path of Stars'' than it was in the previous five books. |
| 292 | * ManipulativeBastard: He keeps trying to manipulate Thunder into following and trusting only him, for example by claiming that sending him away was "a test", brushing off Thunder's opinion only to say he didn't mean to afterwards, and praising Thunder in front of other cats, making the other cats look bad. However, Thunder eventually gets sick of this and leaves the Forest Group. |
| 293 | * MeetCute: When Gray Wing takes Storm to meet him, both are instantly smitten and they have an incredibly awkward conversation. Later, they become mates. |
| 294 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: |
| 295 | ** At the end of ''The First Battle'', after killing Rainswept Flower and seeing the destruction of the Great Battle, he realizes how horrible he's been and promises to change. |
| 296 | ** In ''The Blazing Star'', after realizing he let One Eye nearly kill Sparrow Fur. |
| 297 | * {{Narcissist}}: He has many of the traits for this in ''The First Battle''. He's prideful and boasts about how he's born to lead and everyone should be grateful to him for doing so, and that when they question him they just don't ''understand'' how his way is best. He loves to throw around his weight, bullying cats on his border, starving his captive just because he can, making anyone who questions him fear him, and becoming eager at the thought of making himself more powerful and expanding his territory. He's extremely self-conscious about how others view him, and spends part of the book wondering if cats are talking about him behind his back, and how confronting them about it might look. |
| 298 | * NeverMyFault: In ''Thunder Rising'', when he kills Misty, it was her fault for not leaving. |
| 299 | * NotMeThisTime: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', Wind Runner accuses him of having [=SkyClan=] raid [=WindClan=] for prey, citing Willow Tail's eyewitness account, rabbit bones on the [=SkyClan=] side of the border, and his past history of ruthless expansion. [[spoiler:She's completely stunned when it's later revealed that Willow Tail was trying to frame [=SkyClan=] to get revenge on Red Claw]]. |
| 300 | * TheOathbreaker: In ''The First Battle'', he takes Jackdaw's Cry as a hostage under the condition that he'll keep Jackdaw's Cry well fed and unharmed, and return him if he returns safely from the peace meeting at the Four Trees. However, once Jackdaw's Cry is alone in the camp, Clear Sky denies him food for the entirety of his stay. |
| 301 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: He fathers eight kits and outlives [[spoiler:''five'']] of them--Bright Stream's litter die with her, two of his kits with Storm die with her, [[spoiler:and his son Tiny Branch is killed by a fox in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. In ''Shadowstar's Life'' Star Flower is pregnant with another litter, but nothing more is revealed about these kits.]] |
| 302 | * PanickyExpectantFather: Becomes one when Star Flower is kitting. Considering a) his CartwrightCurse, b) the fact that she had been held hostage and starved not even an hour before, and c) the kits are coming ''very early'', it's quite understandable. |
| 303 | * TheParanoiac: Briefly becomes this in ''The First Battle'' when he jumps to the conclusion that his brother Gray Wing--who he has known literally since birth as a calm, peaceful, and reasonable cat--is setting up the meeting so he can ambush him. |
| 304 | * ParentsAsPeople: Early on in ''Thunder Rising'', Thunder sees that his father isn't perfect. |
| 305 | * ParentalFavoritism: Subverted. He's much more doting and affectionate towards his kits with Star Flower than he ever was with Thunder, which the latter is bitter over. This is due to Clear Sky [[TookALevelInKindness realizing how badly he failed his firstborn son and vowing to be better this time around]], not Thunder being TheUnfavorite. When he and Thunder discuss this very matter, Clear Sky is quick to reassure him that Thunder was ''always'' the son he wanted, and ''he'' was at fault for not realizing it at the time. |
| 306 | * ParentalNeglect: Refuses to take in his son Thunder in ''The Sun Trail'' due to his grief for Storm. [[AbusiveParents He gets worse from there]], [[HeelRealization then better]]. |
| 307 | * PolarOppositeTwins: With Gray Wing. He's an arrogant visionary while Gray Wing is humble to the point of self-deprecation and doesn't like change. Even their pelt colors reflect this--Clear Sky is pale gray, Gray Wing dark gray. |
| 308 | * {{Protectorate}}: He has a deep sense of responsibility and protectiveness towards cats in his care. |
| 309 | ** In the first half of the arc, he's terrified by the thought of losing someone else to starvation the way he lost his little sister, so he resolves to make sure no cat of his starves. While some of his ideas ''are'' good, his actual execution of them is flat-out tyrannical and just makes everyone hate him. |
| 310 | ** He lost Bright Stream while she was pregnant because, in his eyes, he didn't protect her ''enough''. So, when his second and third mates, Storm and Star Flower, each get pregnant, he ramps this up and becomes hugely ''over''protective. Storm gets fed up with being treated like a kit and leaves him; Star Flower manages to talk him into compromises or, when she can't, show him she's not made of flower petals. |
| 311 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Jagged Peak a cruel and unprovoked one in ''Thunder Rising'', calling him selfish and lazy. Gray Wing, however, is quick to defend their little brother, and Jagged Peak gives Clear Sky one for kicking him out of the forest. |
| 312 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Gray Wing's Red. |
| 313 | * ReformedButNotTamed: After his HeelRealization. He ''wants'' to make up for what he's done, but he still tends to be arrogant, sharp-tongued, and pushy about it. |
| 314 | * ReformedButRejected: In the latter half of the arc, he genuinely tries to make up for his past actions, but [[HatedByAll almost nobody likes him or has forgiven him for what he's done]]. Of the cats he's hurt, only Gray Wing fully does--his relationships with Thunder and Jagged Peak, while improved, are still strained. |
| 315 | * SadistTeacher: His method of training in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle''. |
| 316 | ** In ''Thunder Rising'', he insists that Thunder learn to jump from tree to tree despite the fact that the trees are burned and might not hold his weight (and Clear Sky had driven out his own brother Jagged Peak for being injured after falling out of a tree.) He insults him when he hesitates, and once Thunder finally does what he wants and a branch ends up breaking beneath him, Clear Sky calls him reckless. |
| 317 | ** In ''The First Battle'', he has his cats train with claws unsheathed, and uses the opportunity to put fear into a cat who questioned him. |
| 318 | * SecondLove: Falls in LoveAtFirstSight with Storm after Bright Stream dies...and then she dies too. Star Flower's his ''third'' love. |
| 319 | * SerialRomeo: He has three mates over the course of the arc and fathers a total of eight kits between them in the arc. |
| 320 | * SiblingTeam: Hunts and fights alongside his brother Gray Wing. However, they declare their brotherhood over at the end of ''The Sun Trail''. By the time they do make up, Gray Wing has become a NonActionGuy. |
| 321 | * SocialDarwinist: After Jagged Peak breaks his leg, he kicks him out of the group because he believes that cats who "are too weak to contribute to the community" should be left to fend for themselves. He pulls the same thing on Frost in ''Thunder Rising''. This prompts Thunder to leave Clear Sky's group of cats. |
| 322 | * SourSupporter: When Gray Wing wants to bring prey that Clear Sky was eating back to the Tribe instead, Clear Sky grumbles about it. However, he knows that it's the right thing to do. |
| 323 | * StepfordSmiler: After losing Bright Stream, he reacts to everything with cold politeness that hides his grief. Eventually, the act starts slipping. |
| 324 | * ThatManIsDead: At the end of ''The Sun Trail'', he tells Gray Wing that the cat he was in the mountains doesn't exist anymore. |
| 325 | * TookALevelInJerkass: |
| 326 | ** After forming his own community, his inner turmoil takes its toll on him and he becomes self-centered and antagonistic. Gray Wing eventually declares their brotherhood over. |
| 327 | ** He inexplicably acts like pre-HeelFaceTurn Clear Sky in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. There's an out-of-universe justification for it, as that book was written before his redemption arc was completed, even though it chronologically occurs after ''Dawn of the Clans''. A possible in-universe explanation is that his grief for his recently-deceased brother and sick [[spoiler:(then later dead)]] son makes him temporarily revert, [[TookALevelInKindness as he's back to normal]] in ''Thunderstar's Echo'' and ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 328 | * TraumaCongaLine: |
| 329 | ** First his little sister dies. Then his pregnant mate is carried off by eagles and eaten. Then his little brother falls from a tree and breaks his leg. Then his other brother Gray Wing kills a cat who had joined up with him, and who he was responsible for. Then his new mate runs off from him. Then she dies, as do two of his kits. And he blames himself for all of it. |
| 330 | ** Picks up again from ''The Blazing Star'' on. He's kicked out of his own camp by One Eye while his cats do nothing to interfere, his mother disowns him and dies, his third mate is kidnapped while pregnant, his twin brother dies, [[spoiler:and then in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', his son dies]]. And this all occurs in the span of roughly a few moons. |
| 331 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He's driven by his desire to create a utopian community where no one will ever starve again...by enforcing tyrannical SocialDarwinist policies that stamp out anyone who doesn't "contribute" to said community. He later realizes just how wrong this mentality is, even sadly telling [[spoiler:Quick Water that [=SkyClan=] would ''never'' be grateful to gain land by driving out [=ShadowClan=]]] in ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 332 | * WalkingSpoiler: The fact that Clear Sky turns bad is spoilery enough, but he's also Thunder's father. In fact, he's so hard to discuss that this page had to adopt an "only the latest book" spoiler policy, or else his entire section would be nothing but a ridiculously long swathe of spoiler tags. |
| 333 | * WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Gray Wing for killing Fox. However, he was being a hypocrite, as he started the fight that led to Fox's death. |
| 334 | * WouldHurtAChild: It says a lot about who he is becoming in ''Thunder Rising'', that when finding orphaned kits, his instinctive reaction is to suggest [[MercyKill Mercy Killing]] them (his group didn't have a nursing queen, so he didn't think they could adopt them, but that doesn't preclude looking for someone else who can). |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Tall Shadow]] |
| 338 | !!Tall Shadow/[[spoiler:Shadowstar]] |
| 339 | ->"You should always put your own family and friends first-every cat knows that!" |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ef196df691555c992c5cff18482b3682.jpg]] |
| 342 | [[caption-width-right:279:"The Great Rock did not rise from the ground for me to sit on."]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | A calm, quick-witted, and determined she-cat. Although somewhat of a loner, she is a natural leader and firmly believes in ThePowerOfFriendship. (No, seriously.) After the death of Shaded Moss, she takes over as leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail. However, in ''Thunder Rising'', her rigid adherence to the ways of the Tribe starts causing problems for the Moor Group, and more than a few cats begin to doubt her leadership. |
| 345 | |
| 346 | Tall Shadow will go on to found her own Clan, [=ShadowClan=], and be its first leader. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''The First Battle'', Tall Shadow is trapped by Clear Sky along with Gray Wing and Jackdaw's Cry. She can't escape despite her badassery, so Thunder has to get the others in the Moor Group to rescue her and her allies. |
| 349 | * BigDamnHeroes: Saves Gray Wing from potentially fighting Gorse and Wind. |
| 350 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:She appears in the prologue of ''River of Fire'', and shows up to give Blackfoot one of his nine lives in ''Blackfoot's Reckoning''.]] |
| 351 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Mentions that being leader wasn't something she ever wanted. |
| 352 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a quiet she-cat who doesn't interact with her group members much to someone who believes in the power of friendship. |
| 353 | * ADayInTheLimelight: She has a novella titled ''Shadowstar's Life'' which gives more detail on how she was the first of the founders to lose her ninth life. |
| 354 | * DeadpanSnarker: When she does talk, it's often to make smart remarks. This one from ''The Sun Trail'' is a good example. |
| 355 | -->'''Moon Shadow''': "Who died and made you leader?" |
| 356 | -->'''Tall Shadow''': "Shaded Moss, actually. And it's not a position I ever asked for." |
| 357 | * {{Expy}}: Her intelligence, appearance, and cunning make her seem a lot like Hollyleaf. |
| 358 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Tall ''Shadow'', her brother Moon ''Shadow'', and her nephew Sun ''Shadow''. |
| 359 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: In ''A Forest Divided'', she starts a group in the pine forest, which will eventually become [=ShadowClan=]. |
| 360 | * GenerationXerox: According to Quiet Rain, Tall Shadow has her father's temper. |
| 361 | * HeroicBSOD: Suffers one when her brother Moon Shadow is inflicted with an injury in a fire that leads to his death. She decides to step down as leader of their group as a result and names Gray Wing as her replacement. |
| 362 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She lost one of her nine lives saving a kit from drowning.]] |
| 363 | * ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:She blames herself for Sun Shadow's death in ''Shadowstar's Life'', thinking that she should have ordered him to save himself.]] |
| 364 | * TheLeader: |
| 365 | ** Takes over as leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail after Shaded Moss dies. |
| 366 | ** In ''A Forest Divided'', she becomes leader of a group in the pine forest, which will eventually become [=ShadowClan=]. |
| 367 | * LeaveHimToMe: In ''Shadowstar's Life'', she tells Raven Pelt that [[spoiler:Quick Water is ''hers'' to fight, since Quick Water had previously taken one of [[CatsHaveNineLives Shadowstar's nine lives]] and killed her nephew.]] |
| 368 | * LookBothWays: She lost one of her nine lives on the Thunderpath, [[spoiler:and nearly loses her final one this way when pushed onto it.]] |
| 369 | * MutualKill: [[spoiler:With Quick Water.]] |
| 370 | * TheParanoiac: She becomes this in ''Shadowstar's Life'' after seeing a cat with amber eyes watch as [[spoiler:she and Sun Shadow are killed by dogs]]. After that, Shadowstar can't stop thinking about amber eyes and becomes wary of any who has them and even cats who don't. By the time the novella is coming to a close, she's come to the conclusion that Skystar and Thunderstar are working together [[spoiler:to shelter Quick Water from her]] even though, earlier in that same chapter, she thought Skystar had no idea [[spoiler:his son had taken in Quick Water]]. |
| 371 | * PolarOppositeTwins: With Moon Shadow, who is annoying and boastful, while Tall Shadow is quiet and worth listening to. Gray Wing wonders how one litter can produce such different cats. |
| 372 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: At one point, she says that you can make miracles by putting the needs of your friends and family above your own. |
| 373 | * ShipperOnDeck: She's very happy to see Gray Wing and Turtle Tail get together. |
| 374 | * SiblingYinYang: She's quiet, but intelligent and when she does speak it's always worth listening to what she has to say. Her brother Moon Shadow is reckless, brash, and obsessed with fighting. |
| 375 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:In ''Shadowstar's Life'', when she realizes that she's dying, she is determined that she won't leave a murderer in the Clans, so with the last of her strength she strikes a mortal blow on Quick Water.]] |
| 376 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Thunder Rising'', she grows more hostile due to the stress of leadership, rivalry with Clear Sky, and her unwillingness to adapt her ideas to the forest way of life. However, at the end of the book she reconciles with the rest of the moor group and becomes co-leader alongside Gray Wing. |
| 377 | * TheQuietOne: Early on, Gray Wing mentions that she doesn't seem to talk very much. |
| 378 | * UnexpectedSuccessor: The Followers of the Sun Trail weren't expecting her to become their new leader after Shaded Moss died. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Wind Runner]] |
| 382 | !!Wind/Wind Runner/[[spoiler:Windstar]] |
| 383 | ->"That's how it feels to be leader. You make the best decision you can. But you can't be sure how it will turn out." |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ee96b08f6961ea847b148b1f975683f1.jpg]] |
| 386 | [[caption-width-right:280:"Every cat must die. But I won't go without a fight. I am [=WindClan=]'s leader and I must show I have courage. It will give my Clan courage."]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | A lithe and speedy she-cat who lives on the moor with her mate Gorse. Although initially she doesn't trust the Followers of the Sun Trail, she and Gorse warm up to them eventually, and become the first outsiders accepted into the Moor Group in ''The First Battle''. She is also slim enough to fit into tunnels, and she uses this ability to chase prey beneath the earth. In ''The First Battle'', she is pregnant with kits. |
| 389 | |
| 390 | Wind will go on to found her own Clan, [=WindClan=], and be its first leader. |
| 391 | ---- |
| 392 | * AbusiveParents: She is on the emotionally abusive side, not caring how hurtful her words are to Moth Flight as she blames her daughter for everything. While some of the time it was understandable for her to be upset - Moth Flight had lost track of the kits she was babysitting, and later that very day nearly got herself killed - there was no call for some of the things she said, like that they probably made such a small catch because of Moth Flight tripping over her own paws, or saying that [=WindClan=] would be better off without her. |
| 393 | * TheAce: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', Moth Flight thinks about how her mother is respected and so good at everything she does. |
| 394 | * BattleCouple: Fights alongside her mate, Gorse. |
| 395 | * BrokenPedestal: Originally had absolute faith in her caretaker, Branch, and thought that they might even have kits some day. After he disappeared, she deduced that he had abandoned her and lost all the trust she had once had for him. |
| 396 | * BrutalHonesty: While everyone wonders on what to do with Bumble when she runs away, she flat-out tells her that she can't stay because she's not strong enough. |
| 397 | * CrashIntoHello: She and Gorse first meet Gray Wing when he crashes into them. |
| 398 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Is the star of the bonus scene of ''The First Battle''. |
| 399 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She's cold and distant at first, but through meeting Gorse and the Followers of the Sun Trail, she slowly starts to be more caring and emotional. |
| 400 | * DishingOutDirt: She has underground hunting skills, which become the prototype for tunneling. |
| 401 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: In ''The Blazing Star'', she starts her own group in the moor. Eventually, this group will become [=WindClan=]. |
| 402 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In ''Path of Stars'', Clear Sky starts to panic and grieve when he thinks that his friends have all betrayed him and left his mate to die. It takes Wind Runner raking her claws across his ears and telling him to sit up and stop acting like a kit to make him realize that they actually have a plan to save her. |
| 403 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's blunt, an ice queen, and a warmonger, but she really does care about those in need. This is shown best in her Bonus Scene, where she gives all her food to a sick queen and her kits, then risks her life to rescue one of those kits from a fire. |
| 404 | * TheLeader: In ''The Blazing Star'', she becomes the leader of her own group of cats on the moor, who will eventually become [=WindClan=]. |
| 405 | * MeaningfulName: She's called Wind Runner because she runs as fast as the wind. |
| 406 | * MeaningfulRename: |
| 407 | ** In ''Thunder Rising'', Lightning Tail suggests renaming Wind and Gorse to show their close bonds with the mountain cats. Wind gets Wind Runner as her name. |
| 408 | ** In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', [[spoiler:Wind Runner receives her lives from [=StarClan=] and gets the name Windstar.]] |
| 409 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she gives one of these to Moth Flight when her daughter nearly gets herself and Gorse Fur killed. It ends with her saying that [=WindClan=] would be better off without Moth Flight. |
| 410 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In ''The Blazing Star'', after Morning Whisker dies, she leaves the Moor Group, claiming that it has only ever brought her heartbreak. |
| 411 | * SoProudOfYou: She says this to Moth Flight in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' when Moth Flight stands her ground against Gorse Fur, insisting that [=StarClan=] is guiding her paws to save Wind Runner. |
| 412 | * StartMyOwn: In ''The Blazing Star'', she leaves the Moor Group, then decides to start her own group with her family. |
| 413 | * TookALevelInKindness: At first she displays hostility towards Gray Wing, but they gradually become friends. |
| 414 | * UnnamedParent: Her deceased mother is mentioned, but never named. |
| 415 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: She was originally eager to be friends with other cats, but swore to rely only on herself after being betrayed by Branch. However, she went back to being social after meeting Gorse and Tansy, eventually joining the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 416 | * WhatTheHellHero: In ''Thunder Rising'', after Thunder doesn't step in to help her when she's attacked in the forest, she gives him a glare that perfectly displays her disappointment in him. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:River Ripple]] |
| 420 | !!River Ripple/[[spoiler:Riverstar]] (Ripple) |
| 421 | ->"I don't like giving myself labels. I live by the river, and that's all any cat needs to know." |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e21010d6ab048fe46e38802358f90782.jpg]] |
| 424 | [[caption-width-right:278:"Sometimes we can't stop others from making mistakes. But we can help them when they do."]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | A cat who lives by the river, in his youth, he was named Ripple, and lived with the Cats of the Park in a natural park. However, when the park was demolished, he was separated from his mentor Arc and sent adrift on the river. After seeing how the water protected him, he added the "River" part to his name and was thankful to it ever since. |
| 427 | |
| 428 | By the time the story begins, River Ripple is an elegant cat who goes where he pleases. He is good friends with Nightheart, a fellow swimming cat, and becomes an ally of Gray Wing and his friends. And of course, he's fabulous. |
| 429 | |
| 430 | River Ripple will go on to found his own Clan, [=RiverClan=], and be its first leader. He will also come up with the idea for the mentor-apprentice system. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''iver '''R'''ipple. |
| 433 | * BestFriend: In ''Riverstar's Home'', Night calls him hers. |
| 434 | * BigDamnHeroes: In ''Thunder Rising'', he saves Gray Wing and his allies when they are trapped by the forest fire. |
| 435 | * BigEater: He loves food, and will eat whatever he can get his paws on. |
| 436 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:He appears in ''Leopardstar's Honor'' to give Leopardstar one of her nine lives.]] |
| 437 | * CatsHateWater: At first he hated water and was terrified of the river. However, it's inverted eventually, as he grows to love water and swimming, and considers himself a Cat of the River. |
| 438 | * ADayInTheLimelight: |
| 439 | ** He's not a point of view character in the main story of ''Thunder Rising'', but he stars in the Bonus Scene, which reveals his origins. |
| 440 | ** He got a super edition in 2023, called ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 441 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: Sometime before ''Thunder Rising'', he starts up the group known as the Cats of the River, which will eventually become [=RiverClan=]. |
| 442 | * FromStrayToPet: [[spoiler:Temporarily. He becomes a kittypet for the winter between ''The Sun Trail'' and ''Thunder Rising'' but eventually returns to the river.]] |
| 443 | * TheLeader: He leads the Cats of the River, who will become [=RiverClan=]. |
| 444 | * NearAndDearBabyNaming: [[spoiler:He has kits in ''Riverstar's Home'', and two of them get this kind of name. One, Arc Shadow, is named after his former mentor Arc, another, Ripple Shine, is named after Ripple, the name he had while he was still living in the park.]] |
| 445 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:River Ripple never got to say goodbye to the cat he loved, Flutter, when she was captured by Twolegs.]] |
| 446 | * NiceGuy: Saves the Moor Group from the fire and helps Thunder and Lightning Tail track down Tom simply because he knows they're good cats. |
| 447 | * MeaningfulName: His original name, Ripple, came from the movement of the river water in the Park. |
| 448 | * MeaningfulRename: He added the "River" part to his name as thanks to the river that protected him after he was separated from the Cats of the Park. [[spoiler:He also later takes the name Riverstar after receiving nine lives.]] |
| 449 | * PanickyExpectantFather: [[spoiler: In ''Riverstar's Home'', when he has kits, he's more worried about Finch's kitting than Finch herself.]] |
| 450 | * APetIntoTheWild: [[spoiler:After his Twolegs get a dog, he escapes them and goes back to the river.]] |
| 451 | * ReluctantWarrior: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'' he is this initially, but after the groups have to deal with One Eye he accepts that sometimes violence is the only option.]] |
| 452 | * SecondLove: [[spoiler:He's this to his mate and the mother of his kits, Finch Song, who had a mate who died and kits who became kittypets. She's also this to him, as he had a crush on Arc's sister Flutter before finding out she died after he was washed away from the park.]] |
| 453 | * SickeninglySweethearts: [[spoiler:With Finch in ''Riverstar's Home'', once she is expecting his kits.]] |
| 454 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't do much in ''Thunder Rising'', but without him the Moor Group wouldn't have been able to save the Forest Group from the fire. |
| 455 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: His daughter Ripple Shine is silver, like him. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Moth Flight]] |
| 459 | !!Moth Flight |
| 460 | ->"We can't change the past. But we can change the future. Somehow, we must discover new herbs and new cures." |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[quoteright:277:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1faf2b43df61f32c56afa08e4eabb178.jpg]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | One of daughters Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, born during ''The First Battle''. When her mother leaves the hollow, she takes Moth Flight with her. However, Moth Flight grows up to be an easily distracted cat obsessed with herbs, causing Wind Runner to disapprove of her. She's a minor character in ''Dawn of the Clans'', but is the star of the followup Super Edition, ''Moth Flight's Vision'', which expands the story of how she discovered the Moonstone and became the first medicine cat into a full length novel. |
| 465 | ---- |
| 466 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:When Micah dies, she begs him not to leave her and reveals that she loves him.]] |
| 467 | * TheApprentice: To either Reed Tail or Swift Minnow, who taught her and her brother Dust Muzzle to fight. |
| 468 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She frequently gets distracted, to the point of ignoring her Clanmates when they try to bring her back to reality. |
| 469 | * BeYourself: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she frets about not being as good a hunter as the other [=WindClan=] cats, but when she finds the Moonstone, Half Moon tells her that she should be herself because she has different qualities than her Clanmates and is destined for a different role. |
| 470 | * ChekhovsGunman: She's an unnamed kit who does absolutely nothing in ''The First Battle''. She's revealed to be Moth Flight in ''The Blazing Star'', but still doesn't do much for the rest of the arc. However, she's the star of the followup Super Edition. |
| 471 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Received her own Super Edition titled "''Moth Flight's Vision''" which came out in 2015. |
| 472 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: There's one moment in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' where she thinks a fox has found her, and she freezes. Fortunately it's just one of her Clanmates, but she doesn't want to think about what would have happened if he actually ''had'' been a fox. |
| 473 | * DeterminedDoctor: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', Micah and Moth Flight defy Clear Sky to get the sap they need, and risk their own safety by climbing a tree to get it. |
| 474 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the prologue of ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she dreams of events in ''Into the Wild'', which happens long after ''Dawn of the Clans''. |
| 475 | ** Moth Flight occasionally has dreams of scenes from the first arc (and one from ''Firestar's Quest''), usually related to the nine lives leaders have. |
| 476 | * GeniusDitz: While she spaces out a lot and is easily distracted, [=StarClan=] still chose her as the first medicine cat. She turns out to be an expert with herbs and healing. |
| 477 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:When Micah dies, she spends an entire day unmoving at his side without realizing how much time has passed.]] |
| 478 | * IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: [[spoiler:After Micah's death, she dreams of him, and just when he's about to tell her something important, some pain in her leg awakens her.]] |
| 479 | * TheMedic: She becomes the very first [=WindClan=] medicine cat during ''Moth Flight's Vision''. In fact, she was the first medicine cat in Clan history and even founded the Moonstone, where medicine cats and Clan leaders would go for generations. |
| 480 | * TheMentor: She taught Reed Tail some essential herb knowledge. She also mentored Acorn Fur [[spoiler:after she became [=SkyClan=]'s new medicine cat]]. |
| 481 | * NoNameGiven: Her name isn't revealed in ''The First Battle''. However, ''The Ultimate Guide'' [[AllThereInTheManual reveals that]] she is Moth Flight. |
| 482 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she decides to follow her moth, and leaves Spotted Fur asleep. She walks in a small stream to make sure there's no scent trail for him to follow. |
| 483 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:After Micah dies, Moth Flight is happy to learn about her pregnancy, because at least she has something left of Micah.]] |
| 484 | * SoProudOfYou: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she says this to [[spoiler:her son Honey Pelt when he courageously accepts her decision to send him to [=SkyClan=], and then to all of her kits in the epilogue.]] |
| 485 | * TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:This is implied as she's repeatedly mentioned as being young. Estimates show that she is around the age of a modern apprentice. Before it's revealed that she's pregnant, it's even mentioned by other characters that she's too young to know much about childbirth and kittens. With her mate dead, Moth Flight couldn't raise her kits on her own, both due to her youth and her job as a medicine cat. She ended up regretting her kits and the Clans enacted a law that medicine cats couldn't have children.]] |
| 486 | * VowOfCelibacy: She's the reason that the medicine cats can never take a mate or have kits rule came to be. [[spoiler:She realizes that her kits are a distraction, and she can't perform her duties to the best of her ability with them around, so she gives them up and makes the other medicine cats vow to never take mates.]] |
| 487 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She doesn't want to be a disappointment to her mother Wind Runner. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | ---- |
| 491 | |
| 492 | !Other Major Characters |
| 493 | |
| 494 | [[folder:Jagged Peak]] |
| 495 | !!Jagged Peak |
| 496 | ->"[The other kits] only want to do dumb stuff. Pouncing on a pebble and pretending it's an eagle! I want to pounce on ''real'' eagles!" |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/151b50a34d12a0ff65a10e13286b88e0.jpg]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | The younger brother of Gray Wing and Clear Sky. Jagged Peak longs to join the Followers of the Sun Trail on their quest, but is unable to because of his young age. After Gray Wing boosts his confidence by teaching him some hunting skills, he runs away from home to follow the Sun Trail. Gray Wing follows after him to protect him, and Jagged Peak uses his excellent tracking skills to lead them to the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 501 | |
| 502 | Once the Followers of the Sun Trail reach their new home, Jagged Peak leaves the moor with Clear Sky to live in the forest. However, while hunting he falls and injures his leg. With his recovery not going anywhere, Clear Sky exiles him from the forest, and he is taken back by the Moor Group. Self-confidence shattered, Jagged Peak now struggles to find a way to become useful to his companions. |
| 503 | ---- |
| 504 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Gray Wing started to find him grating back when they were in the Tribe. When Jagged Peak reveals his tracking skills, Gray Wing's annoyance with him fades. |
| 505 | * BigBrotherWorship: He is obsessed with his older brother Clear Sky, and always follows his decisions. This starts to change after Clear Sky exiles him for "being weak". |
| 506 | * BuriedAlive: In ''Thunder Rising'', he has a rabbit tunnel collapse on him, but he survives. |
| 507 | * CassandraTruth: In ''The Blazing Star'', he figures out that the five petals of the Blazing Star mean that the cats must split into five groups. However, Gray Wing cuts him off before he can finish explaining this. |
| 508 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: In ''The Sun Trail'', he stops in the middle of the road near Highstones. Clear Sky runs back and carries him the rest of the way. |
| 509 | * DisappearedDad: His father may have died or left when he was quite young, or was perhaps just never invested in his kits' lives. Either way, he's never mentioned, and Jagged Peak tends to admire and emulate his older brothers, especially Clear Sky. |
| 510 | * DisneyDeath: It appeared that he had died protecting Thunder from the collapsing tunnel, and Gray Wing is fearing the worst. But then, Jagged Peak wakes up, coughing and dusty yet very much alive. |
| 511 | * TheExile: Clear Sky kicks him out of his group after he breaks his leg. |
| 512 | * {{Expy}}: Of Cinderpelt, what with his energetic attitude and broken leg. In ''Thunder Rising'' he finds a place for himself caring for kits, much like Cinderpelt found a new role as a medicine cat. |
| 513 | * GenkiBoy: He is usually upbeat and happy, but this changes significantly after his leg is broken. |
| 514 | * JumpedAtTheCall: He desperately wanted to follow the Sun Trail, but his mother Quiet Rain wouldn't allow it. |
| 515 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:In a short story in ''The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition'', he's shown in [=StarClan=] with Gray Wing, Quiet Rain and Shadowstar, welcoming Skystar when he loses his ninth life, showing he died sometime after the events of ''Shadowstar's Life''.]] |
| 516 | * TheMentor: He and Holly were this to Raven and Juniper when they first joined Tall Shadow's group, trying to teach them their ways. |
| 517 | * {{Protectorate}}: Gray Wing vows to protect him and to help him find what lies at the end of the Sun Trail. |
| 518 | * RejectedApology: After Gray Wing defends Jagged Peak from Clear Sky while the latter bullies him in ''Thunder Rising'', Clear Sky apologizes, but Jagged Peak calls him out, saying that he didn't seem sorry for kicking him out of the forest. |
| 519 | * TheRunaway: He runs away from the Tribe to find the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 520 | * SavedByCanon: According to ''The Ultimate Guide'', he raises a family on the moor, meaning that whatever gets thrown at him, he can't die until he has a mate and kits. In ''The Blazing Star'', he gets together with Holly, and has three kits with her. His plot armour for ''A Forest Divided'' and ''The Path of Stars'' is officially gone. |
| 521 | * SiblingTeam: Early on in ''The Sun Trail'', Jagged Peak and his brother Gray Wing work together as a team to navigate the mountains and reach the other Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 522 | * SneakyDeparture: Kicks off Gray Wing's story by sneaking away from the Tribe and running off to join the Followers of the Sun Trail, forcing Gray Wing to go after him. |
| 523 | * TagalongKid: He is the youngest member of the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 524 | * TookALevelInBadass: After Gray Wing pushes him too far in ''The Blazing Star'', Jagged Peak slugs him hard, and Gray Wing is shocked to see that his little brother was actually fighting. |
| 525 | * TookALevelInJerkass: He's much grumpier after being rejected by Clear Sky, and even snaps at Thunder in ''The First Battle''. However, he shows his softer side to some cats, including Rainswept Flower. |
| 526 | ** He (along with Holly) also shuns Moth Flight after learning [[spoiler:she's pregnant with Micah's kittens]], believing her to become untrustworthy. But Storm Pelt and Dew Nose [[CallingTheOldManOut call their parents out on their behavior]]. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder:Turtle Tail]] |
| 530 | !!Turtle Tail |
| 531 | ->"Everything beyond the mountains is going to feel strange. It's just a case of getting used to a different way of living." |
| 532 | |
| 533 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c55094183d4ec98ba2f2af7f55a6dd81.jpg]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | Gray Wing's sarcastic best friend. Although he thinks of her as only a friend, she has a not-so-secret crush on him, and is frustrated when he doesn't reciprocate. When Gray Wing falls in love with a rogue named Storm, Turtle Tail leaves the moor to become a kittypet, living with her friend Bumble. Their owners soon bring in a third cat named Tom, who Turtle tail gets together with to try to ease the pain of Gray Wing's rejection. However, Tom hides a secret cruel side, and attempts to manipulate Turtle Tail when she becomes pregnant. She returns to the moor permanently, giving birth to three kits she names Owl Eyes, Sparrow Fur, and Pebble Heart. Gray Wing becomes a father figure to her kits, and eventually reciprocates her love, becoming her mate. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | * AlliterativeName: '''T'''urtle '''T'''ail. |
| 538 | * BettyAndVeronica: She's supportive of Gray Wing and very kind and loyal, making her the Betty to the blunt and sarcastic Storm. |
| 539 | * BloodFromTheMouth: At her death in ''The First Battle''. |
| 540 | * BreakingTheFellowship: Leaves the Followers of the Sun Trail to go live with Bumble. |
| 541 | * CannotSpitItOut: She clearly loves Gray Wing, but just can't bring herself to tell him. Later she leaves the moor because she realizes that Gray Wing is in love with Storm and she'll never be able to tell him. |
| 542 | * DidNotGetTheGuy: She loved Gray Wing, but he hardly even noticed her. However, in ''Thunder Rising'', he finally realizes that he loves her. |
| 543 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's obvious to most of the other characters that Turtle Tail is deeply in love with Gray Wing. |
| 544 | * FirstGirlWins: Averted. It's implied that Gray Wing may have feelings for Bright Stream, and then he falls in love with Storm. But as of ''Thunder Rising'', this is played straight. |
| 545 | * FromStrayToPet: After she realizes her feelings for Gray Wing are unrequited, she joins her friend Bumble as a kittypet (later goes back to the forest, however.) |
| 546 | * HappilyMarried: Once she becomes mates with Gray Wing, their relationship can be most accurately described as "adorable domestic bliss". |
| 547 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bumble. She is very good friends with Bumble, and eventually moves in with her. In ''Thunder Rising'', she's also devastated when Bumble dies. |
| 548 | * JumpedAtTheCall: She was eager to follow the Sun Trail. |
| 549 | * LookBothWays: In ''The First Battle'', she dies when she is hit by a car while pursuing Tom. |
| 550 | * MamaBear: In ''The First Battle'', Tom steals her kits, causing her to go ballistic and take off in pursuit to rescue them. |
| 551 | * MeaningfulName: She's named for her stumpy tail. |
| 552 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this reaction in ''Thunder Rising'' when she realizes that if she had let Bumble stay on the moor, her friend would still be alive. |
| 553 | * NotGoodWithRejection: In ''The Sun Trail'', she can't face Gray Wing knowing that his heart belongs to someone else, so she leaves the moor and moves in with Bumble. However, she returns to the moor in ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 554 | * ParentalSubstitute: In ''The First Battle'', after she dies, Turtle Tail meets Wind Runner's dead son Emberkit, and takes care of him in [=StarClan=]. |
| 555 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives a fierce one to Clear Sky after Bumble dies: |
| 556 | -->'''Turtle Tail''': "You're power-mad, Clear Sky. You don't care who you hurt to get what you want. And now...you're not the cat I came down from the mountains with. You're...you're an ''apology'' for a cat." |
| 557 | * TheSkeptic: She didn't believe in Thunderpaths or Twolegs when the Tribe Elders told her about them. |
| 558 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: She and Gray Wing had known each other since they were kits, but he loved Storm more than her...at first. |
| 559 | * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Gray Wing eventually has a LoveEpiphany, and Turtle Tail is able to be mates with the tom she's loved since kithood. |
| 560 | * YouFool: She calls Clear Sky a fool in ''The First Battle'' after coming back as a spirit. |
| 561 | [[/folder]] |
| 562 | |
| 563 | [[folder:Petal]] |
| 564 | !!Petal |
| 565 | ->"I'll work hard and improve my hunting skills. And I'm pretty sure that in the future no cat will be able to push me around..." |
| 566 | |
| 567 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7153.jpeg]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | When she was just a kit, Petal lost her mother to a badger. After being attacked when they tried to ask another cat for help, Petal and her brother Fox decided that they could only rely on each other. However, her beliefs started to change when she met the forest group. Petal is the protagonist of ''The Sun Trail'''s Bonus Scene. |
| 570 | ---- |
| 571 | * ActionGirl: She is quite strong, and can hold her own against formidable fighters like Clear Sky, Gray Wing, and Moon Shadow. |
| 572 | * AndThisIsFor: As Petal attacks Gray Wing in ''The First Battle'', she says, "That's for my brother, you murdering snake-heart!" |
| 573 | * BullyHunter: She fancies herself as someone who puts a stop to bullies in the forest. |
| 574 | * CoDragons: In ''The First Battle'', Petal and Snake are Clear Sky's two most loyal followers, and are the most eager to fight for him. He uses them both as his main enforcers. |
| 575 | * ADayInTheLimelight: She is the main character of ''The Sun Trail'''s Bonus Scene. |
| 576 | * TheDragon: Acts as Clear Sky's second in command after the death of her brother Fox. |
| 577 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Not biological family, but after she takes on the role of mother to Misty's kits, she names them Birch and Alder, both plant-related names like her own. She also names them both after trees. |
| 578 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: In ''The Blazing Star'', when she becomes sick along with Birch and Alder, she gives them all of her food to make sure they survive. She manages to save them, but dies from her illness. |
| 579 | * HiddenDepths: She seems to be a random jerkish character in the main story, but in the Bonus Scene you find out that she's an orphan who worked with her brother Fox to survive and hates bullies. As well, in ''Thunder Rising'', Thunder is surprised to find out just how soft and motherly she is with Birch and Alder, her adopted kits. |
| 580 | * HistoryRepeats: She acts as the catalyst for this; she kills Misty, leaving her two kits orphaned, just as her own mother was killed by a badger, leaving ''her'' two kits orphaned. |
| 581 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''The Blazing Star'', Petal catches the sickness and ends up dying just as Clear Sky makes it home. |
| 582 | * IronicName: Quoth Thunder in ''Thunder Rising'', "Which cat named her 'Petal'? There's nothing soft about her!" |
| 583 | * ItsPersonal: In ''Thunder Rising'', Petal fights Misty, the hostile cat who she left her for dead after her mother died. Thunder wants to help her, but Clear Sky says that he should remember Petal's connection to Misty. |
| 584 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In ''Thunder Rising'', after she and Clear Sky discover Misty's kits, she is horrified to realize that Misty was just trying to protect her kits when they killed her. |
| 585 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Her name is both the name of Petalnose before joining [=SkyClan=] and that of one of the Sisters in ''Tree's Roots''. |
| 586 | * ParentalSubstitute: In ''Thunder Rising'', after Clear Sky kills Misty, Petal becomes mother to Misty's kits. |
| 587 | * {{Revenge}}: |
| 588 | ** ''Thunder Rising'' has her getting her revenge on Misty, the cat who left her to starve after her mother died. She does so with relish. However, she has no quarrel with Misty's kits, and resolves to raise them with their mother dead. |
| 589 | ** In ''The First Battle'', she goes after Gray Wing to avenge her brother Fox. |
| 590 | * SiblingTeam: She and her brother Fox rely on each other, hunting and fighting together. |
| 591 | * VillainTeamUp: She and her brother team up with fellow antagonists Frost, Leaf, and Clear Sky when they join the forest group. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Gorse Fur]] |
| 595 | !!Gorse/Gorse Fur (Gorsestar) |
| 596 | ->"Sure, but can we just eat?" |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3b0077c75cf0132e92850ecbcf18da09.jpg]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | A strong and somewhat dorky tom who lives on the moor with Wind. He initially dislikes the Followers of the Sun Trail, but warms up to them as Wind does. Was born by the river, but moved to the moor because he felt it suited him better. He also loves eating, but hates fish. |
| 601 | |
| 602 | Gorse will go on to be the first deputy of [=WindClan=] under his mate, Wind. After she dies, he will succeed her as leader. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * BattleCouple: Fights alongside his mate, Wind. |
| 605 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's ''furious'' of the notion of [[spoiler: taking the injured Wind Runner to the Moonstone fearing that she will die. He didn't realize she'd be completely healed and given 8 more lives though.]] |
| 606 | * BigEater: Interrupts Wind's conversation with Gray Wing to ask if he can start a meal by himself. He also really likes food in general. He later meets a kindred spirit in River Ripple. |
| 607 | * CrashIntoHello: He and Wind first meet Gray Wing when they crash into each other on the moor. |
| 608 | * DivingSave: When Moth Flight is distracted on the Thunderpath in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', he slams into her, pushing her out of the way of a monster. |
| 609 | * {{Expy}}: He is fairly similar to Graystripe, with his love of food and adorability. |
| 610 | * GoodParents: Dotes over his kits and though he scolds Moth Flight harshly for nearing getting hit by a car, he nonetheless cares deeply for her and he tries to prevent her from leaving to become the first medicine cat. |
| 611 | * TheLeader: One day, after his mate joins the ranks of [=StarClan=], he will lead [=WindClan=]. |
| 612 | * MeaningfulRename: Lightning Tail suggests renaming Gorse and Wind so that their names fit in more with the mountain cat names. Gorse gets Gorse Fur as his new name, because of the way the fur on his head sticks up. There's also the fact that he is stated to be the second leader of [=WindClan=] so he'll eventually become Gorsestar to show that. |
| 613 | * NumberTwo: He's [=WindClan=]'s deputy under his mate, Wind. |
| 614 | * SoProudOfYou: He says this to Moth Flight after she makes the announcement to the Clans that there will be medicine cats. |
| 615 | * TookALevelInKindness: He and Gray Wing aren't friends at first, but they gradually warm up to each other. |
| 616 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Briefly in ''Moth Flights Vision'' he's a stern overprotective dad, who scolds Moth Flight for running off and nearly getting hit by a car. |
| 617 | * TuftOfHeadFur: He was named after his spiky head fur. |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder:Lightning Tail]] |
| 621 | !!Lightning Tail |
| 622 | ->"Where you lead, we will all follow." |
| 623 | |
| 624 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7154.jpeg]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | The son of Hawk Swoop and Jackdaw's Cry, and brother to both Acorn Fur and Thunder (the latter by adoption). An energetic kit who is great friends with Thunder. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | He will go on to become Lightningtail, first deputy of [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 629 | ---- |
| 630 | * BrainsAndBrawn: He's the brains, Thunder is the brawn. Lightning Tail is pretty smart and comes up with plans for the two of them (such as in ''The First Battle'' where he figures out how to exploit Tom's weaknesses to get the kits back), while Thunder handles the heavy lifting. |
| 631 | * CoolTeacher: To Apple Blossom. Apple Blossom has fond memories of him teaching her and even states that he never got impatient with her. |
| 632 | * DoomedByCanon: We know that he never becomes Clan leader, and Owl Eyes is just a few moons younger than him, so there's something bad in his future. [[spoiler:He ultimately dies after saving Thunderstar from some dogs.]] |
| 633 | * FriendToAllChildren: In "''Thunderstar's Echo''" it's mentioned that he had always loved kits, that he was always willing to play with them and that they loved him. Lightning Tail also always had an exciting story to tell to the young ones. |
| 634 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies giving his life to save Thunderstar from some dogs in "''Thunderstar's Echo''". Thunderstar initially assumes it's a SenselessSacrifice, as he had lives to spare, but [=StarClan=] assure him that it wasn't and that the dogs would have just killed him over and over if Lightning Tail hadn't helped him escape.]] |
| 635 | * MeaningfulName: He got his name because he was always hanging around Thunder. |
| 636 | * TheMentor: To Apple Blossom. And unofficially to Clover and Thistle, though Leaf later offered to take over mentoring one of them. |
| 637 | * NumberTwo: He was [=ThunderClan=]'s first deputy under Thunderstar's command, until [[spoiler:he died in ''[=Thunderstar's Echo=]''.]] |
| 638 | * PleaseWakeUp: |
| 639 | ** In ''The First Battle'', he's convinced that Turtle Tail is just unconscious and tries to wake her up. Thunder has to snap him out of it. |
| 640 | ** Later in ''The First Battle'', Lightning Tail and Acorn Fur think their mother Hawk Swoop is just knocked out. They quickly realize that she's dead, however. |
| 641 | * SiblingTeam: Adopted sibling team, but it still counts. He follows Thunder everywhere and does everything he does. In fact, he's even going to be part of a leadership team, as he will be deputy of [=ThunderClan=], with Thunder as leader. |
| 642 | * ThemeNaming: Hawk Swoop did it intentionally because Lightning Tail was such good friends with Thunder. Thunder and Lightning Tail make Thunder and Lightning. |
| 643 | [[/folder]] |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[folder:Slate]] |
| 646 | !!Slate |
| 647 | ->"How do you like my secret hideaway? You should feel very lucky I've shared it with you. Only special cats are invited here." |
| 648 | |
| 649 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7155.jpeg]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | The first new cat to join Wind Runner's group in ''The Blazing Star''. After her brother Cricket was killed by a fox, she was found by Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, and came to view them as a new family. She quickly forms a bond with Gray Wing, due to their mutual experiences with losing those close to them. |
| 652 | ---- |
| 653 | * AgonizingStomachWound: She receives one from a fox in the bonus scene of ''A Forest Divided'', but she survives. |
| 654 | * TheBait: In ''A Forest Divided'', she acts as bait to get a fox to come out of its den. |
| 655 | * BigDamnHeroes: When Gray Wing is cornered by a fox in ''The Blazing Star'', she shows up to save him. |
| 656 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Near the end of ''Moth Flight's Vision'' [[spoiler:she gets Redcough, a version of green/whitecough that causes cats to cough up blood, and needs Moth Flight to get the cure for her.]] |
| 657 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The Bonus Scene of ''A Forest Divided'' stars her, and explains how she met Wind Runner and joined her group. |
| 658 | * EarNotch: In ''A Forest Divided'', she loses a piece of her ear to a fox; now her ears have matching notches. |
| 659 | * FamilyThemeNaming: She and Gray Wing named all their kits with colors in their names. ''White'' Tail, ''Silver'' Stripe and ''Black'' Ear. |
| 660 | * LoveInterest: She's Gray Wing's new love interest after Turtle Tail. After a few minutes together, they understand each other almost completely, and they have several shippy moments such as relaxing in a hot spring together. |
| 661 | * ItsAllMyFault: She thinks this about her brother's death, thinking that she should have attacked the fox at the moment when she started fainting. |
| 662 | * TheMentor: Implied to have been this to Fern when she first joined the moor group, trying to teach her the ways of moor life. |
| 663 | * NotAfraidToDie: After her brother's death in the bonus scene of ''A Forest Divided''. |
| 664 | * {{Revenge}}: She goes after the fox that killed Cricket to kill it herself and avenge her brother. |
| 665 | * ScarsAreForever: She has a permanent scar on her belly, which she received when fighting the fox that killed Cricket. |
| 666 | * SecondLove: For Gray Wing, as she's his new mate after Turtle Tail died. Amusingly, she's actually his fourth love. He had a crush on Bright Stream, then fell in love with Storm, then loved Turtle Tail, and then fell in love with her. |
| 667 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: In ''A Forest Divided'', she pretends to be injured and wail for help to lure a fox out of its den. |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | [[folder:Star Flower]] |
| 671 | !!Star Flower |
| 672 | ->"Once I choose my allies, I am willing to die for them. For all my mistakes, I never betrayed my father. And, if you trust me, I will never betray you." |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dtc_4_rr.jpg]] |
| 675 | |
| 676 | A mysterious she-cat who appears at the Four Trees wishing to meet Thunder in ''The Blazing Star''. She offers to train him, and he starts to develop feelings for her. However, she is actually the daughter of One Eye, a villainous rogue who took over the forest, and was feeding him information about the cats in the hollow. Outraged at her deception, Thunder drives her away after One Eye is slain. |
| 677 | |
| 678 | In ''A Forest Divided'', she returns, and is taken in by Clear Sky when he and Thunder find her starving in the forest. Promising to be loyal to her new companions, she starts to worm her way into Clear Sky's heart. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Clear Sky. They're [[FemmeFatale equally]] [[ManipulativeBastard clever]], they have matching ruthless streaks, they're both atoning for past evils caused by said ruthlessness, and they're both truly dedicated when they commit themselves to someone or something. |
| 681 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: She made one to Slash when they were younger. Ultimately, however, she falls in love and becomes mates with Clear Sky. |
| 682 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Downplayed. Her love and loyalty for her father are why she acts as a spy, but she admits she regrets doing it in ''A Forest Divided''. |
| 683 | * DamselInDistress: At the end of ''A Forest Divided'', Slash abducts her to give Clear Sky an incentive to deliver his fresh-kill. However, it's left unclear whether Star Flower is actually working with Slash and playing Clear Sky, or if her abduction was genuine until ''Path of Stars'', where it's revealed that she is indeed on the side of the heroes. |
| 684 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils are described as ''star-shaped'', like the Blazing Flower. A more realistic interpretation of this is that she has darker streaks in her iris that just extend from the pupil. |
| 685 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Her kits from her first litter all have plant-related names, and so does she. |
| 686 | * FemmeFatale: She's gorgeous, boldly flirtatious, and used Thunder to get information on the Clans. Her allure is such that Clear Sky still falls for her despite having the knowledge that Star Flower ''has'' played toms before in the back of his mind. Fortunately, Star Flower's regret over that is genuine, as are her feelings for Clear Sky. |
| 687 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: During one of her meetings with Thunder, she expresses disbelief that one of his friends doesn't realize that family is the most important thing ever. This hints that she has some sort of strong familial ties, which turn out to link her to One Eye, her father. |
| 688 | * GoodAllAlong: The end of ''A Forest Divided'' casts doubt on whether she is actually trustworthy, only for ''Path of Stars'' to reveal that she is indeed one of the good guys. |
| 689 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: She refuses to touch the rabbit Clear Sky catches for her in ''Path of Stars'' until all the hunting patrols have returned. When they do, she trades the rabbit for a mouse the second Clear Sky admits the camp would appreciate it. |
| 690 | * HappilyMarried: Despite the others' doubts, she proves herself to be this with Clear Sky, and in ''Shadowstar's Life'' [[spoiler:she's expecting their second litter]]. |
| 691 | * HitMeDammit: In ''Path of Stars'', she has to ''convince'' Thunder to attack her during training so that she can demonstrate the moves she knows. She points out that she's not made out of cherry blossoms and that if she can give birth to three kits then she can certainly teach them some battle moves. |
| 692 | * IRejectYourReality: While Star Flower regrets the evil she caused by staying loyal to her father, she ''never'' acknowledges that he was an evil monster, and even calls him a "true ray of light" after his death. |
| 693 | * LastGirlWins: She's the third and final of Clear Sky's mates, the one who gets to have a family and a life with him, and according to [[WordOfGod Kate]], the one he picks in [=StarClan=]. |
| 694 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: In ''A Forest Divided'', Thunder tells Clear Sky that Star Flower only wants to be with Clear Sky because he's so much like One Eye. In ''Path of Stars'', it's shown that he's wrong, and she actually does truly care for Clear Sky. |
| 695 | * LoveInterest: For Thunder. He's attracted to her, and they immediately hit it off. However, any future relationship is on uncertain ground after he finds out that she betrayed him. In ''A Forest Divided'', she becomes this for Clear Sky, becoming his mate and birthing his kits in the next book. |
| 696 | * MaternityCrisis: In ''Path of Stars'', she goes into labor while fleeing from Slash's rogues. Luckily, [=ShadowClan=] is nearby to help her. |
| 697 | * MissingMom: Her mother isn't seen among One-Eye's rogues, and Star Flower later tells Clear Sky that she died with Star Flower's siblings. |
| 698 | * TheMole: She's actually a member of One Eye's rogues, and was feeding One Eye information on Thunder and the Moor Group. |
| 699 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: She tells Clear Sky this in ''A Forest Divided''. He snaps back that he never betrayed anyone, and she points out that others - like Rainswept Flower, whom he killed - wouldn't agree. |
| 700 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her son Tiny Branch is killed by a fox in ''Moth Flight's Vision''.]] |
| 701 | * PregnantHostage: Slash takes her captive in the last two books of ''Dawn of the Clans''. |
| 702 | * RefugeInAudacity: She's worried about Clear Sky when he goes to visit his sick mother Quiet Rain. So what does she do? Boldly walk into the camp full of cats she betrayed for her father and start talking openly to them, of course. Tall Shadow is described as staring at her in amazement. |
| 703 | * RegretfulTraitor: In ''A Forest Divided'', she reveals to Clear Sky that she does regret betraying Thunder. |
| 704 | * SecondLove: She's Clear Sky's third mate after Bright Stream and Storm. |
| 705 | * SoleSurvivor: Her mother and siblings died when she was little, in an incident she doesn't remember but One Eye refused to talk about. |
| 706 | * UndyingLoyalty: One of her virtues, as her character quote shows. Once Star Flower has chosen to be loyal to you, nothing will break that. It was bad for Thunder, as she'd chosen to be loyal to her father long ago, but it's good for Clear Sky, as she chooses to be loyal to him and [=SkyClan=]. |
| 707 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Her father One Eye is absolutely hideous looking. Meanwhile, she's very beautiful. Thunder even lampshades it by wondering, "How could something so beautiful come from something so ugly?" |
| 708 | * VagueAge: We know the old One Eye is her father, but not when he actually sired her. It's implied she's actually closer to Clear Sky's age than Thunder's, as she refers to Thunder as a "young cat" who will move on from her. |
| 709 | * WalkingSpoiler: She turns out to be a spy for a group of rogues that Thunder is fighting against. This reveal comes so late in ''The Blazing Star'' that any accurate discussion of her is filled with massive spoilers. |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | ---- |
| 713 | |
| 714 | !Thunder's Camp (New Forest Group) |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[folder:Owl Eyes]] |
| 717 | !!Owl Eyes (Owlstar) |
| 718 | ->"I just think we should be careful. Cats have been killed on the Thunderpath. I don’t want any more cats to die." |
| 719 | |
| 720 | One of Turtle Tail's sons with Tom. He will go on to become the second leader of [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 721 | ---- |
| 722 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Leaves Clear Sky's group with Thunder after disagreeing over hunting patrols. |
| 723 | * HappilyAdopted: He was quite happy with Gray Wing as his father. |
| 724 | * HeroicBastard: He's the result of a one-off fling between Turtle Tail and Tom. He's definitely going to be a hero though, as he goes down in history as a wise and respected leader of [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 725 | * TheLeader: He's confirmed by WordOfGod to be Owlstar, the second leader of [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 726 | * MeaningfulName: His eyes resemble those of an owl's. |
| 727 | * MeaningfulRename: Not yet, but he eventually goes on to become [=ThunderClan=]'s leader, so he'll reflect this by renaming himself Owlstar. |
| 728 | * TheMentor: To Snail Shell. |
| 729 | * NumberTwo: He becomes this after [[spoiler:Lightning Tail is killed by dogs.]] |
| 730 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''Thunder Rising'', he leaves the camp when nobody is looking to go and hunt on his own. A group of cats led by Gray Wing have to track him down and rescue him when he gets himself in trouble. |
| 731 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He has the same lean, lithe shape as his mother, Turtle Tail. |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | [[folder:Cloud Spots]] |
| 735 | !!Cloud Spots |
| 736 | ->"We'll have to be careful. If we eat too much, we'll get too fat to hunt, and then where will we be?" |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0ecc493c524e2835f1549bacbad0420a.jpg]] |
| 739 | |
| 740 | A tom with a penchant for herbs. However, his healing with healing can't make up for his lack of patience. |
| 741 | |
| 742 | Cloud Spots will go on to be the first medicine cat of [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 743 | ---- |
| 744 | * AfraidOfBlood: In ''Thunder Rising'', Gray Wing notes that despite Cloud Spots' experience with herbs, he looks queasy at the sight of the newborn kits still covered in blood. |
| 745 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's somewhat out there, and wonders about odd things, like whether the Tribe cats will get too fat to move if they eat a lot. |
| 746 | * TheMedic: He's very good with herbs, and he uses his knowledge of them to help the other Followers of the Sun Trail. He's also [=ThunderClan=]'s first medicine cat, Cloudspots, as confirmed by WordOfGod. |
| 747 | * TheMentor: In ''Thunder Rising'', he teaches Pebble Heart about herbs when the young tom is curious about them. In ''Thunderstar's Echo'' he is shown mentoring Shivering Rose on how to be a medicine cat. |
| 748 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Dappled Pelt. She's energetic and somewhat reckless, while he only cares about herbs. |
| 749 | * TakeAThirdOption: In ''The First Battle'' the moor cats are arguing whether or not they should attack Clear Sky. They've reached a stalemate when Cloud Spots interrupts, pointing out that they don't have any prey stored, and that feeding themselves is a higher priority than dealing with Clear Sky. |
| 750 | [[/folder]] |
| 751 | |
| 752 | [[folder:Leaf]] |
| 753 | !!Leaf |
| 754 | ->"You fight like half-dead rabbits. You only won this time because there are more of you. But just watch your tails if you come back." |
| 755 | |
| 756 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7156.jpeg]] |
| 757 | |
| 758 | An unkind tom who is friends with Nightheart, Petal, and Fox. He joins the forest group near the end of ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 759 | ---- |
| 760 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goes through some in ''A Forest Divided''. At first, he dislikes Milkweed and considers her useless because she doesn't hunt. However, after she joins Thunder's group and is able to hunt, Leaf comes to respect her and understands that all cats have value. He starts a relationship with her at the end of the book and they end up having two litters of kits. |
| 761 | * DefectorFromDecadence: He leaves Clear Sky's group to join Thunder after disagreeing with him over hunting patrols. |
| 762 | * HappilyMarried: With Milkweed, [[CharacterDevelopment the very cat he once disliked]]. They end up having two litters of kits. |
| 763 | * HissBeforeFleeing: He snarls at Gray Wing's group before running away. |
| 764 | * {{Jerkass}}: He attacks Moon Shadow and is very rude when Gray Wing tries to break up the fight. He is also rude to Thunder in ''Thunder Rising'', and in ''A Forest Divided'', he loses it when Milkweed takes the prey he caught. However, he starts to become less of a jerk after joining Thunder. |
| 765 | * TheMentor: Maybe. After Lightning Tail mentions training Clover and Thistle, Leaf offers to take over training one of them, but this is not mentioned again. |
| 766 | * NoNameGiven: In ''The Sun Trail'', he wasn't actually named. The Bonus Scene revealed that he and the swimming she-cat were "Leaf and Nightheart", but it wasn't revealed until ''Thunder Rising'' that he was Leaf and she was Nightheart (as the fandom thought). |
| 767 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. He shares his name with Leaf from ''Firestar's Quest'', who becomes Leafstar, as well as a tom born to the Sisters who appears in ''Squirrelflight's Hope'' and ''Darkness Within''. |
| 768 | * OutOfFocus: He's a supporting character in ''The Sun Trail'', ''Thunder Rising'', and ''The First Battle'', but he does next to nothing in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 769 | * PetTheDog: He's a jerk, but he also seems to be friends with the orphaned Fox and Petal. He also gives Thunder a respectful compliment about his fighting skills. |
| 770 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: His daughter Shivering Rose and his son Hazel Burrow from his first litter with Milkweed are black and white like him. |
| 771 | * VillainTeamUp: Teams up with fellow antagonists Frost, Fox, Petal, and Clear Sky when he joins the forest group. |
| 772 | [[/folder]] |
| 773 | |
| 774 | [[folder:Pink Eyes]] |
| 775 | !!Pink Eyes |
| 776 | ->"Pink Eyes's weak eyesight had strengthened his other senses. The white tom could hear a mouse in the next glade and smell a rabbit through a patch of wild garlic." |
| 777 | |
| 778 | An albino tom who joined Clear Sky sometime before the events of ''A Forest Divided''. He ends up leaving Clear Sky to join Thunder's group, and does lookout duty for him. |
| 779 | ---- |
| 780 | * DefectorFromDecadence: He is one of the cats who leaves Clear Sky's group to follow Thunder. |
| 781 | [[/folder]] |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder:Violet Dawn]] |
| 784 | !!Violet Dawn/Violet |
| 785 | ->"I won't let anything happen to you! You're going to be father to my kits one day. I need you." |
| 786 | |
| 787 | [[quoteright:471:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7157.png]] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | A former rogue from Slash's camp. She joins Thunder's group after he and Lightning Tail rescue them from dogs, and eventually becomes Thunder's mate. |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | * BigNEVER: Her response when Slash tries to pressure her to be his mate. |
| 792 | * HappilyMarried: With Thunderstar in ''Thunderstar's Echo''. |
| 793 | * NiceGirl: When reflecting on how the rogues are settling in, Thunder recalls that Violet is kind to everyone, hard-working, and works hard to be helpful around the camp. She also tries to see the best in the anti-social Ember, encouraging Thunder that he has a good heart and just needs time to settle in. |
| 794 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Her name before officially joining the Clans was Violet, which is shared with Barley's sister. |
| 795 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: She doesn't get much role or personality outside of being Thunder's mate. |
| 796 | * SecondLove: Thunder's hers, as her previous mate Rain died on the Thunderpath. |
| 797 | * SilkHidingSteel: Kind, but no pushover--she firmly rebuffs Slash's advances and berates him for just being a bully who steals. |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | [[folder:Milkweed]] |
| 801 | !!Milkweed |
| 802 | ->"I want to come with you so I can help! Clear Sky kept promising I could hunt, but he never sent me out with a patrol." |
| 803 | |
| 804 | A she-cat who joins Clear Sky's group to protect her newborn kits after one of them dies. She and her kits later join Thunder when he forms his own group, and she has two more litters with Leaf. |
| 805 | ---- |
| 806 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Maybe. Her mate Leaf, and according to WordOfGod, her former mate Splinter, are both jerks. |
| 807 | * DefectorFromDecadence: She leaves Clear Sky's group to join Thunder. |
| 808 | * FamilyThemeNaming: All her kits from her first litter have plant related names, as does she. |
| 809 | * HappilyMarried: With Leaf, who she once disliked. They end up having two litters of kits. |
| 810 | * HasAType: Maybe. Her mate is Leaf, a black and white cat who's a bit of a jerk. WordOfGod also states that the father of her first litter is Slash's rogue Splinter, also a black and white cat, who's much more of a jerk. |
| 811 | * MamaBear: To her first kits Clover and Thistle, who she joins Clear Sky and then Thunder to protect. |
| 812 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Clover and Thistle's littermate, Bramble, died of starvation after being born sickly, which compels her to join the mountain cats. |
| 813 | * ProperlyParanoid: Doesn't want to join Clear Sky at first because he killed Misty. Gray Wing fortunately convinces her Clear Sky has changed. |
| 814 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Her son from her third litter, Patch Pelt, is ginger and black like her. |
| 815 | * WordOfGod: On Kate Cary's blog, it is stated that Splinter, one of Slash's CoDragons, is the father of her first litter. |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[/folder]] |
| 818 | |
| 819 | [[folder:Clover]] |
| 820 | !!Clover |
| 821 | ->"One day you'll be old and stiff and grateful for the food we bring you." |
| 822 | |
| 823 | One of Milkweed's daughters from her first litter. |
| 824 | ---- |
| 825 | * TheApprentice: She and her brother were trained by Lightning Tail. Later Leaf offers to take over mentoring one of them. |
| 826 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Along with her mother and brother, leaves Clear Sky's group to join Thunder. |
| 827 | * DisappearedDad: Her father isn't part of her life. According to Kate Cary's blog, her father is Splinter, one of Slash's CoDragons. |
| 828 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted in a sense. One of [=SkyClan=]'s queens also had the name Clover before joining [=SkyClan=]. |
| 829 | * SiblingRivalry: With Thistle. |
| 830 | * TagalongKid: She and her brother, as kits, followed their mother wherever she went. |
| 831 | * ThemeNaming: She and her littermates, as well as their mother, have plant-related names. |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[/folder]] |
| 834 | |
| 835 | [[folder:Thistle]] |
| 836 | !!Thistle |
| 837 | ->"That's not fair! That was my mother's catch! She was stalking it." |
| 838 | |
| 839 | Milkweed's son from her first litter. |
| 840 | ---- |
| 841 | * TheApprentice: He and his sister were unofficially trained by Lightning Tail. Later Leaf offers to take over mentoring one of them. |
| 842 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Along with his mother and sister, leaves Clear Sky's group to join Thunder. |
| 843 | * DisappearedDad: His father isn't part of his life. According to Kate Cary's blog, his father is Splinter, one of Slash's CoDragons. |
| 844 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. In ''A Vision of Shadows'', one of the rogues in Darktail's Kin is named Thistle. |
| 845 | * SiblingRivalry: With Clover. |
| 846 | * TagalongKid: He and his sister, as kits, followed their mother wherever she went. |
| 847 | * ThemeNaming: He and his littermates, as well as their mother, have plant-related names. |
| 848 | |
| 849 | [[/folder]] |
| 850 | |
| 851 | [[folder:Shivering Rose]] |
| 852 | !!Shivering Rose |
| 853 | ->"[=ThunderClan=] doesn't have to be fighting another Clan for cats to get hurt!" |
| 854 | |
| 855 | The daughter of Milkweed and Leaf. She and Blue Whisker became inseparable after Blue Whisker moved to [=ThunderClan=]. |
| 856 | ---- |
| 857 | * TheApprentice: To Cloud Spots. |
| 858 | * TheMedic: She's training under Cloud Spots to be a medicine cat. |
| 859 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-sibling, but by the time she and her littermates are born, her half-sister Bramble from her mother's first litter has already died. |
| 860 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She is black-and-white like her father Leaf and brother Hazel Burrow. |
| 861 | * {{Tuckerization}}: She is named after Shiveringrose, a fan on Kate's Blog. |
| 862 | [[/folder]] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | [[folder:Hazel Burrow]] |
| 865 | !!Hazel Burrow |
| 866 | ->"We are!" |
| 867 | |
| 868 | The son of Milkweed and Leaf. |
| 869 | ---- |
| 870 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-sibling, but by the time he and his littermates are born, his half-sister Bramble from his mother's first litter has already died. |
| 871 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He is black-and-white like his father Leaf and sister Shivering Rose. |
| 872 | * {{Tuckerization}}: He is named after Kate's son Josh whose [=BlogClan=] name is Hazelburrow. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Morning Fire]] |
| 876 | !!Morning Fire |
| 877 | The daughter of Milkweed and Leaf. |
| 878 | ---- |
| 879 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-sibling, but by the time she and her littermates are born, her half-sister Bramble from her mother's first litter has already died. |
| 880 | [[/folder]] |
| 881 | |
| 882 | [[folder:Gooseberry]] |
| 883 | !!Gooseberry |
| 884 | ->"If the others hunted for so long and found so little, how are we going to do any better?" |
| 885 | A cat who joins [=ThunderClan=] along with her mate after the events of ''Dawn of the Clans'' and before ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 886 | ---- |
| 887 | * TheCynic: If her quote is anything to go by. |
| 888 | * HappilyMarried: To Yew Tail. |
| 889 | [[/folder]] |
| 890 | |
| 891 | [[folder:Yew Tail]] |
| 892 | !!Yew Tail |
| 893 | ->"They scattered our prey everywhere, though. I don't think we can eat this." |
| 894 | A cat who joins [=ThunderClan=] along with his mate after the events of ''Dawn of the Clans'' and before ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 895 | ---- |
| 896 | * TheCynic: Like his mate, shown by his quote. |
| 897 | * HappilyMarried: To Gooseberry. |
| 898 | [[/folder]] |
| 899 | |
| 900 | [[folder:Apple Blossom]] |
| 901 | !!Apple Blossom |
| 902 | ->"Lightning Tail was a good deputy and a fine cat. He taught me to hunt and to fight. He was never impatient with me, and when I was discouraged, he always had an exciting story to tell me to make me feel strong again." |
| 903 | Gooseberry and Yew Tail's daughter. |
| 904 | ---- |
| 905 | * TheApprentice: To Lightning Tail. |
| 906 | [[/folder]] |
| 907 | |
| 908 | [[folder:Snail Shell]] |
| 909 | !!Snail Shell |
| 910 | ->"Did you see how I pounced? When Owl Eyes started training me, I always landed a little short of the prey, but he told me to try to jump just in front of prey, and I'd get my paws right on it." |
| 911 | Gooseberry and Yew Tail's son. |
| 912 | ---- |
| 913 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''nail '''S'''hell. |
| 914 | * TheApprentice: To Owl Eyes. |
| 915 | [[/folder]] |
| 916 | |
| 917 | [[folder:Blue Whisker]] |
| 918 | !!Blue Whisker |
| 919 | ->"Is that where [=StarClan=] lives? In the sky?" |
| 920 | |
| 921 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blue_whisker_2.png]] |
| 922 | |
| 923 | [[spoiler:She was born to Moth Flight before the medicine cat code about never taking a mate and having kits came to be. Her mother found it difficult to take care of her Clan and her kits at the same time, so she gave them to the four other Clans.]] Moving to [=ThunderClan=] she was adopted by Thunderstar, the [=ThunderClan=] leader. After meeting, Blue Whisker and Shivering Rose became inseparable as kits and retained their close friendship as grown cats. |
| 924 | ---- |
| 925 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Green eyes, like both her parents and her brothers. |
| 926 | * MeaningfulName: She has translucent whiskers that have a blue tinge in certain lights. |
| 927 | * MotorMouth: She has become this by the time of the ''Moth Flight's Vision'' manga. |
| 928 | * ShrinkingViolet: When she was a very young kit she was extremely shy and hardly dared to explore with her littermates, choosing to stay close to her mother. |
| 929 | ** She got better as she grew older, and was even stated in the manga of ''Moth Flight's Vision'' to have always been chatty. In ''Thunderstar's Echo'' it's stated that she sometimes causes trouble for trouble's sake. |
| 930 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She's white with yellow splotches like her sister, Bubbling Stream. |
| 931 | [[/folder]] |
| 932 | |
| 933 | [[folder:Lightning Stripe]] |
| 934 | !!Lightning Stripe |
| 935 | ->"She was only a quarter-moon old, but he could already see intelligence and courage in her eyes. She was going to be something special; he knew it." |
| 936 | |
| 937 | The daughter of Thunderstar and Violet Dawn. |
| 938 | ---- |
| 939 | * DeadGuyJunior: Was named after Lightning Tail, her father's best friend and first ever deputy. |
| 940 | * MeaningfulName: Aside from being named after Lightning Tail, she was also named after the white zigzag stripe shaped like lightning on her belly. |
| 941 | * SeriesContinuityError: Born in ''Thunderstar's Echo'', but isn't even mentioned in the allegiances of ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 942 | [[/folder]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | [[folder:Sleek Fur]] |
| 945 | !!Sleek Fur |
| 946 | ->"And the gray one should be Sleek Fur. He has the softest fur I've ever felt." |
| 947 | |
| 948 | The son of Thunderstar and Violet Dawn. |
| 949 | ---- |
| 950 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after his fur, which is the softest fur his father remembers feeling. |
| 951 | * SeriesContinuityError: Born in ''Thunderstar's Echo'', but isn't even mentioned in the allegiances of ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 952 | [[/folder]] |
| 953 | |
| 954 | [[folder:Feather Ear]] |
| 955 | !!Feather Ear |
| 956 | |
| 957 | The kit of Thunderstar and Violet Dawn. |
| 958 | ---- |
| 959 | * AmbiguousGender: It's unknown whether Feather Ear is a tom or she-cat, or why Violet Dawn chose that name. Though it's known that either Feather Ear is a tom and Shell Claw a she-cat, or vice versa. |
| 960 | ** ''The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition'' includes a short story which reveals Feather Ear is a she-cat, which makes Shell Claw a tom. |
| 961 | * DamselInDistress: She's cornered by dogs at a Gathering, and Skystar is forced to save her, but sacrifices his last life to do it. |
| 962 | * SeriesContinuityError: Born in ''Thunderstar's Echo'', but isn't even mentioned in the allegiances of ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 963 | [[/folder]] |
| 964 | |
| 965 | [[folder:Shell Claw]] |
| 966 | !!Shell Claw |
| 967 | |
| 968 | The kit of Thunderstar and Violet Dawn. |
| 969 | ---- |
| 970 | * AmbiguousGender: It's unknown whether Shell Claw is a tom or she-cat, or why Violet Dawn chose that name. Though it's known that either Feather Ear is a tom and Shell Claw a she-cat, or vice versa. |
| 971 | ** ''The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition'' includes a short story which reveals Feather Ear is a she-cat, which makes Shell Claw a tom. |
| 972 | * SeriesContinuityError: Born in ''Thunderstar's Echo'', but isn't even mentioned in the allegiances of ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 973 | [[/folder]] |
| 974 | |
| 975 | [[folder:Patch Pelt]] |
| 976 | !!Patch Pelt |
| 977 | ->"I'm the biggest and strongest!" |
| 978 | |
| 979 | The son of Milkweed and Leaf from their second litter. |
| 980 | ---- |
| 981 | * AlliterativeName: '''P'''atch '''P'''elt. |
| 982 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-sibling, but by the time he and his sister are born, his half-sister Bramble from his mother's first litter has already died. |
| 983 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He's ginger and black, like his mother. |
| 984 | [[/folder]] |
| 985 | |
| 986 | [[folder:Beech Tail]] |
| 987 | !!Beech Tail |
| 988 | ->"Why is it so loud? Why is every cat awake?" |
| 989 | |
| 990 | The daughter of Milkweed and Leaf from their second litter. |
| 991 | ---- |
| 992 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-sibling, but by the time she and her brother are born, her half-sister Bramble from her mother's first litter has already died. |
| 993 | [[/folder]] |
| 994 | |
| 995 | ---- |
| 996 | |
| 997 | !Clear Sky's Camp (Forest Group) |
| 998 | |
| 999 | [[folder:Sparrow Fur]] |
| 1000 | !!Sparrow Fur [[spoiler:(Sparrowstar)]] |
| 1001 | ->"Please! No kit is too young to learn good hunting skills." |
| 1002 | |
| 1003 | [[quoteright:476:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7158.png]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | Turtle Tail's daughter with Tom. She eventually joins Clear Sky's group and [[spoiler:becomes [=SkyClan=]'s first deputy.]] |
| 1006 | ---- |
| 1007 | * AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:In ''The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition'', she is deputy when Skystar dies, and on the Warriors website family tree, it is shown she became the second leader of [=SkyClan=] after Skystar.]] |
| 1008 | * AndThisIsFor: When she lures One Eye to the group in ''The Blazing Star'', she tells the others first, "I'm doing this for Tom." |
| 1009 | * AscendedExtra: She's a minor character in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle'', but becomes much more prominent in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 1010 | * TheBait: In ''The Blazing Star'', she taunts One Eye when everyone regroups and prepares to fight him again. |
| 1011 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: In ''Thunder Rising'' she was still young enough to have her innocence. When Gray Wing is teaching her and her brothers how to hunt, she worries about what will happen when the hare they're going after doesn't return to its family, and feels uneasy when it dies. |
| 1012 | * TheDeterminator: In ''The Blazing Star'', she's so determined to see her biological father that she travels to the forest on her own, and then when a vicious cat says she'll have to fight him, she does so, despite her youth and lack of skill. It reminds Clear Sky of her mother, Turtle Tail. |
| 1013 | * GenerationXerox: Her feistiness and determination reminds Clear Sky of her mother, Turtle Tail. She also reminds Gray Wing of her mother. |
| 1014 | * HappilyAdopted: She was quite happy with Gray Wing as her father. |
| 1015 | * HeroicBastard: She's the result of a one-off fling, but of course she's still a good cat. |
| 1016 | * TheLeader: [[spoiler:Not yet, but will eventually become the second leader of [=SkyClan=].]] |
| 1017 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After becoming the second leader of [=SkyClan=] she takes the name Sparrowstar.]] |
| 1018 | * MoralityPet: For Clear Sky. In ''The Blazing Star'', her presence helps him change into a better cat. |
| 1019 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler:She becomes [=SkyClan=]'s first deputy]]. |
| 1020 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She was mentioned to look just like her mother, Turtle Tail, and has the same markings as Turtle Tail's tortoiseshell fur. |
| 1021 | * WhatTheHellHero: In ''The First Battle'', once she finds out that Turtle Tail is dead, she flips out at Thunder and Lightning Tail for lying to her and claiming that her mother lived. |
| 1022 | * WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Doesn't tell anyone about Owl Eyes running off to catch a hare because she doesn't think that Owl Eyes would actually be stupid enough to run off and try to catch a hare. |
| 1023 | * YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:She is deputy at the time of Skystar's final death, and is shown on the Warriors website family tree to have become leader of [=SkyClan=].]] |
| 1024 | [[/folder]] |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | [[folder:Quick Water]] |
| 1027 | !!Quick Water |
| 1028 | ->"Hey Turtle Tail! You've found your natural home here!" |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7159.jpeg]] |
| 1031 | |
| 1032 | A playful and somewhat rude she-cat. |
| 1033 | ---- |
| 1034 | * AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler:This is how she dies in ''Shadowstar's Life''.]] |
| 1035 | * AlmostDeadGuy: In ''Shadowstar's Life'', [[spoiler:she has the strength for a few last words before she dies.]] |
| 1036 | * BreakingTheFellowship: She leaves the Followers of the Sun Trail along with Jagged Peak, Clear Sky, Moon Shadow, and Falling Feather to form a new group. |
| 1037 | * CatsHateWater: Played very straight with her. Not only does she hate crossing rivers, she hates even getting her paws wet. Jagged Peak jokes she should be named No Water. |
| 1038 | * IronicName: She ''hates'' water, much to the amusement of Turtle Tail. |
| 1039 | * MutualKill: [[spoiler:With Shadowstar.]] |
| 1040 | * VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:As she dies, she confesses to her murders and the reasons why she did it, and begs for forgiveness not only from the cat she [[MutualKill mutually killed]], but from everyone else as well.]] |
| 1041 | [[/folder]] |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | [[folder:Nettle]] |
| 1044 | !!Nettle |
| 1045 | ->"I don't want to hurt my friend!" |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7160.jpeg]] |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | A tom that joins Clear Sky's group with his best friend Fircone during ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 1050 | ---- |
| 1051 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Isn't introduced until the last chapter of ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 1052 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. In ''A Vision of Shadows'', one of Darktail's rogues is named Nettle. |
| 1053 | * OutOfFocus: He's somewhat important in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle'', but he does hardly anything in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 1054 | * TheSmartGuy: He's rather perceptive. For example, he's the first cat to notice that Thorn is sick. |
| 1055 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen in the company of Fircone in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle''. |
| 1056 | [[/folder]] |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | [[folder:Alder]] |
| 1059 | !!Alder |
| 1060 | ->"Why can't all cats just be friends? Just because we live in different places doesn't mean we have to fight." |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | A younger member of Clear Sky's group. Clear Sky killed her mother, Misty, without realizing that she was just trying to protect Alder and her brother Birch. Feeling sorry for them, Petal took in Alder and Birch and raised them as her own. Alder grows up to be a strong and loyal member of Clear Sky's group. |
| 1063 | ---- |
| 1064 | * DisappearedDad: While we know the fate of Alder's mother (killed by Clear Sky while defending Alder and her brother), who her father is and what happened to him is never revealed. |
| 1065 | * GenkiGirl: Somewhat. In ''A Forest Divided'', she's seen chasing the tail of Pink Eyes. |
| 1066 | * HappilyAdopted: She accepts Petal as her new mother pretty easily, and loved her a lot. |
| 1067 | * MercyKill: Subverted. Clear Sky offered to kill her so as to not prolong her suffering, but Thunder and Petal stopped him. |
| 1068 | * ThemeNaming: She and her brother are both named after trees, and their adoptive mother also has a plant-related name. |
| 1069 | * WhatTheHellHero: Unintentionally gives one to Clear Sky in ''The First Battle'', asking him why all the cats can't just exist in harmony. |
| 1070 | [[/folder]] |
| 1071 | |
| 1072 | [[folder:Birch]] |
| 1073 | !!Birch |
| 1074 | ->"We've always had a safe nest to sleep in and prey to eat. Star Flower's kits deserve the same. They haven't done anything wrong." |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | The son of Misty, who was killed by Clear Sky. Petal takes in Birch and his sister Alder and raises them as her own. |
| 1077 | ---- |
| 1078 | * TheCynic: In ''Path of Stars'', he is shown to be highly skeptical of Star Flower's motives. However, it turns out to be unfounded, as Star Flower was genuine. |
| 1079 | * DisappearedDad: His father is a complete nonentity, and who he was or if he cares about Birch and his sister is never revealed. |
| 1080 | * HappilyAdopted: Accepts Petal as his new mother and definitely loves her. |
| 1081 | * MercyKill: Subverted. Clear Sky was going to kill him so that he wouldn't suffer, but was stopped by Thunder and Petal. |
| 1082 | * ThemeNaming: He and his sister are both named after trees, and their adoptive mother also has a plant-related name. |
| 1083 | * WhatTheHellHero: Subverted; in ''Path of Stars'', he asks whether Clear Sky would have considered taking up Slash's offer if Star Flower hadn't been his mate. Clear Sky angrily refutes that he would do the same for any of his camp. |
| 1084 | [[/folder]] |
| 1085 | |
| 1086 | [[folder:Thorn]] |
| 1087 | !!Thorn |
| 1088 | ->"Thorn looks scrawny, but [she's] wily, and as fast as a ferret." |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | A former friend of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, who grew more hostile when the Followers of the Sun Trail showed up in the forest. In ''The First Battle'', Thorn joins Clear Sky after giving him information he learned from spying on the Moor Group with his ally Dew. |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | Thorn is a sickly tom with splotchy fur. However, Thorn and Dew's descriptions are mixed up in the allegiances for a few books. |
| 1093 | ---- |
| 1094 | * ChekhovsGunman: He and Dew are mentioned briefly by Wind Runner and Gorse Fur in ''Thunder Rising'' as an example of cats that had become more hostile with the arrival of the Followers of the Sun Trail. In ''The First Battle'' however, the information he gives Clear Sky about what's going on in the Moor Group's camp leads him to believe that Gray Wing is planning a battle. This misunderstanding escalates, eventually leading to the Great Battle at the Four Trees. |
| 1095 | * DeadpanSnarker: When asked about his sickness by Nettle, he claims to be molting. |
| 1096 | * EarNotch: He has notched ears. |
| 1097 | * TheGhost: In ''Thunder Rising'', he's never actually seen, only mentioned by Wind and Gorse as an example of tempers flaring in the forest because of the Forest and Moor Groups. However, subverted when he appears and plays an important role in ''The First Battle''. |
| 1098 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He's minor character in ''The First Battle'', but the information he gives to Clear Sky sets off a series of misunderstandings that leads to the battle at the Four Trees. |
| 1099 | * StealthExpert: Apparently, since in ''The First Battle'' he was able to sneak into the Moor Group's camp and watch what was going on. |
| 1100 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Wind and Gorse explain that with Clear Sky laying down barriers, he has grown much more hostile. Thorn and Dew once would have shared a rabbit they had just caught with Wind and Gorse, but now they just opt to chase them off on sight. |
| 1101 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Dew used to be good pals with Wind and Gorse, but now they treat them like prey stealers. |
| 1102 | [[/folder]] |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | [[folder:Acorn Fur]] |
| 1105 | !!Acorn Fur |
| 1106 | ->"I'm going to be the best hunter ever." |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7161.jpeg]] |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | The daughter of Hawk Swoop and Jackdaw's Cry. Sister to Lightning Tail and Thunder (the latter by adoption). A minor character in ''Thunder Rising'', but is hinted to have a greater role in the series. In ''The Blazing Star'', she leaves the Moor Group and joins the Forest Group, due to feeling like she can't go back to the moor with her parents dead. During "''Moth Flight's Vision''" she [[spoiler:becomes [=SkyClan=]'s second medicine cat after Micah dies]]. |
| 1111 | ---- |
| 1112 | * AscendedExtra: Happens in "''Moth Flight's Vision''" after she [[spoiler:becomes [=SkyClan=]'s second medicine cat.]] |
| 1113 | * CareerVersusMan: At one point falls in love with Red Claw and considers having kits with him. However, after [=StarClan=] decrees that medicine cats cannot have mates or kits, she is forced to choose to be his mate or the medicine cat. She chooses her career over him. |
| 1114 | * GenkiGirl: From what little we see of her in ''Thunder Rising'', she appears to be full of energy and excitement. |
| 1115 | * TheMedic: [[spoiler:When Micah comes to [=SkyClan=] Acorn Fur is asked to watch him by Clear Sky. Acorn Fur learned a lot about healing and herbs during this time. When Micah died, Acorn Fur became the new medicine cat for her Clan.]] |
| 1116 | * OddNameOut: Her name doesn't follow the ThemeNaming of her brothers Thunder and Lightning Tail. |
| 1117 | * OffscreenRomance: Her relationship with Red Claw is never shown, only mentioned by her to the other medicine cats. |
| 1118 | * PleaseWakeUp: In ''The First Battle'', Acorn Fur and Lightning Tail at first think their mother Hawk Swoop was just knocked out during the first battle and try to wake up. However, they quickly realize that she is dead. |
| 1119 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: In ''The First Battle'', Thunder returns to the moor and finds that she's an adult cat now, and is much more pretty. |
| 1120 | [[/folder]] |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | [[folder:Micah]] |
| 1123 | !!Micah |
| 1124 | ->"Making decisions is easy; living with them is the true courage of test. Only by being true to yourself and becoming the medicine cat you dream will you learn how truly special you are." |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | [[quoteright:123:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/micah_manga.png]] |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | A rogue who joins [=SkyClan=] during "''Moth Flight's Vision''". He was [[spoiler:[=SkyClan=]'s first medicine cat, and is also the father of Moth Flight's kits.]] |
| 1129 | ---- |
| 1130 | * AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:After falling from a tree in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', he survives long enough to say farewell to Moth Flight.]] |
| 1131 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:He appears in ''Pebbleshine's Kits'' to help Pebbleshine with her kitting and then appears to her after she dies.]] |
| 1132 | * DeterminedDoctor: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', Micah and Moth Flight defy Clear Sky to get the sap they need, and risk their own safety by climbing a tree to get it. |
| 1133 | * DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:In ''Moth Flight's Vision''.]] |
| 1134 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Micah has dreams about Moth Flight before meeting her. He also dreams about his [[spoiler:future as [=SkyClan=]'s first medicine cat.]] |
| 1135 | * TheMedic: Knows about herbs and taught Moth Flight about catmint. [[spoiler:He was also [=SkyClan=]'s first medicine cat.]] |
| 1136 | [[/folder]] |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | [[folder:Dew Petal]] |
| 1139 | !!Dew Petal |
| 1140 | ->"Skystar asked me to help train Honey Pelt to hunt. I'm one of the best hunters in our Clan!" |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | The daughter of Skystar and Star Flower, as well as the half-sister of Thunderstar. |
| 1143 | ---- |
| 1144 | * DeadGuyJunior: She was named after Petal, one of her father's closest friends. |
| 1145 | * GenkiGirl: Shows a lot of energy when greeting her half-brother in ''Thunderstar's Echo''. |
| 1146 | * PosthumousSibling: She and her littermates are born after the deaths of two of their half-siblings, Thunderstar's littermates. |
| 1147 | * ThemeNaming: She and her littermates all have plant-related names, as does their mother. |
| 1148 | [[/folder]] |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 | [[folder:Flower Foot]] |
| 1151 | !!Flower Foot |
| 1152 | ->"We get older every day. When will we be old enough?" |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | The daughter of Skystar and Star Flower, as well as the half-sister of Thunderstar. |
| 1155 | ---- |
| 1156 | * AlliterativeName: '''F'''lower '''F'''oot. |
| 1157 | * PosthumousSibling: She and her littermates are born after the deaths of two of their half-siblings, Thunderstar's littermates. |
| 1158 | * ThemeNaming: She and her littermates all have plant-related names, as does their mother. |
| 1159 | [[/folder]] |
| 1160 | |
| 1161 | [[folder:Tiny Branch]] |
| 1162 | !!Tiny Branch |
| 1163 | ->"Let me practice on you! You were a rogue once." |
| 1164 | |
| 1165 | The son of Skystar and Star Flower, as well as the half-brother of Thunderstar. |
| 1166 | ---- |
| 1167 | * DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:In ''Moth Flight's Vision'' he is injured by a fox, and develops an infection which eventually kills him.]] |
| 1168 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:After being injured by a fox, his wound becomes infected, and he eventually dies of it.]] |
| 1169 | * PosthumousSibling: He and his littermates are born after the deaths of two of their half-siblings, Thunderstar's littermates. |
| 1170 | * ThemeNaming: He and his littermates all have plant-related names, as does their mother. |
| 1171 | [[/folder]] |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | [[folder:Blossom]] |
| 1174 | !!Blossom |
| 1175 | ->"They need food more than you! Can't you see that? They’re half-starved!" |
| 1176 | |
| 1177 | A cat who joins Clear Sky's group between ''The Blazing Star'' and ''A Forest Divided''. |
| 1178 | ---- |
| 1179 | * FriendToAllChildren: Possibly, if her quote is anything to go by. |
| 1180 | * NiceGirl: Willing to give food to Milkweed and her kits first, despite them not being part of the group. |
| 1181 | [[/folder]] |
| 1182 | |
| 1183 | [[folder:Red Claw]] |
| 1184 | !!Red Claw/Red |
| 1185 | ->"No. Clear Sky is a good leader. You're lucky to have him. If you think he's bad, then you've never met a cat like Slash. I can't believe you'd think I'd betray him!" |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | A former member of Slash's group, and one of their best hunters, who runs away in fear after leading the dogs to them. He joins Clear Sky's group without telling them this, which makes them take a while to trust him. |
| 1188 | ---- |
| 1189 | * TheCorruptible: Subverted. As part of a SecretTestOfCharacter, Clear Sky has Nettle tempt him into doing certain things that go against their values. Red refuses, and shows he is pure of heart. |
| 1190 | * CareerVersusMan: Is the "Man" for Acorn Fur. After [=StarClan=] decrees that medicine cats cannot have mates or kits, she is forced to choose to be his mate or the medicine cat. She chooses her career over him. |
| 1191 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Was part of Slash's group, constantly abused and underfed, then escaped after leading dogs on to them by mistake, which end up killing a few of them. [[spoiler: This causes him problems in both his own group and with others]]. |
| 1192 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: In ''Moth Flight's Vision'', he and Acorn Fur start to grow closer, and eventually talk about sharing a nest. However, Moth Flight tells the medicine cats that due to her own troubles it is best if medicine cats focus on all Clanmates equally, and [=StarClan=] agrees and establishes that medicine cats cannot take a mate or have kits. Acorn Fur chooses [=StarClan=]. |
| 1193 | * EasilyForgiven: Subverted. When his past is revealed to Clear Sky's group, it takes time and two secret tests of character to convince Clear Sky he is loyal. [[spoiler: He also isn't forgiven by Willow Tail for leading the dogs on to them by mistake, to the point where she instigates a fight between [=WindClan=] and [=SkyClan=] just to kill him.]] |
| 1194 | ** However, he is quick to forgive others. After he finds out about Clear Sky's test of character, he only needs to remember that Clear Sky has kits to understand why he absolutely needs to know he can trust him. [[spoiler: After Willow Tail admits everything she did, and apologizes as she is dying, he forgives her for causing the battle.]] |
| 1195 | * FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Unclear whether it's this, but ultimately subverted. He and Acorn Fur start to fall in love after she treats his wounds, but don't end up together, as [=StarClan=] makes it a rule that medicine cats cannot have a mate or kits to distract from their duties, and Acorn Fur chooses her duties over him. |
| 1196 | * HeelFaceTurn: Like many of the rogues in Slash's group, he isn't evil, but simply desperate and afraid of his leader. After proving himself to Clear Sky and renaming himself, he stands up to Slash and refuses to return. |
| 1197 | * MeaningfulRename: His name was originally Red. After he proves himself to Clear Sky, he and the other leaders agree to make Red and the other rogues part of their groups officially. Some of the rogues change their names to sound more like mountain cats, and Red chooses the name Red Claw, which Clear Sky calls "a good name for a fine hunter". |
| 1198 | * NiceGuy: Towards most of Slash's group, as he is one of the hunters, and later among Clear Sky's group, always ready to contribute, though this is also due to being eager to prove himself as a new addition. Also takes the blame for Nettle after he eats when they are supposed to be out hunting, which impresses Clear Sky. |
| 1199 | * OffscreenRomance: His brief relationship with Acorn Fur is never shown, only mentioned by Acorn Fur to the other medicine cats. |
| 1200 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. His original name, Red, is both the name of Russetfur before joining [=ShadowClan=] and a rogue in ''[=SkyClan=]'s Destiny''. |
| 1201 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: After Clear Sky finds out he was one of Slash's rogues, he sets up tests to prove his loyalty. First, he and Nettle hunt for the entire group, not eating until the group is fed. Nettle tries to tempt him into eating a bit, even eating himself, but Red refuses, even taking the blame when Clear Sky (secretly observing) confronts them. Later, Clear Sky has Nettle tell Red about his past, and suggest they overthrow him and put Red in his place. Red refuses, attacking Nettle, showing he isn't a traitor. |
| 1202 | |
| 1203 | [[/folder]] |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | [[folder:Honey Pelt]] |
| 1206 | !!Honey Pelt |
| 1207 | ->"I know you have no choice. If this is [=StarClan=]'s wish, then I'm happy to go. Don't be sad, we'll be fine." |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/honey_pelt.png]] |
| 1210 | |
| 1211 | One of the kits of Moth Flight and Micah. |
| 1212 | ---- |
| 1213 | * GenerationXerox: It's been stated that he's so much like his father; so optimistic and ready to take on any challenge. |
| 1214 | * HappilyAdopted: ''Thunderstar's Echo'' confirms him to be [[spoiler:Skystar's adopted son. The manga at the end of ''Moth Flight's Vision'' mentions that he's very happy in [=SkyClan=] and is quite close to his adopted father.]] |
| 1215 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Skystar and Star Flower are noted to be thrilled to adopt him, as they lost their son recently.]] |
| 1216 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: It's been noted that he washes his paws the same way that his father Micah did. |
| 1217 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He was stated to look just like his father and to have the exact same fur color as him. |
| 1218 | [[/folder]] |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | ---- |
| 1221 | |
| 1222 | !Tall Shadow's Camp (Pine Forest Group) |
| 1223 | |
| 1224 | [[folder:Pebble Heart]] |
| 1225 | !!Pebble Heart |
| 1226 | ->"No cat likes change, but change comes all the same." |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | [[quoteright:242:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7162.png]] |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | One of Turtle Tail's sons with Tom. He will eventually become the first medicine cat of [=ShadowClan=]. |
| 1231 | ---- |
| 1232 | * BadLiar: He does a truly awful job of hiding his prophetic dreams from Gray Wing once asked about them. |
| 1233 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: From kithood, he has a connection to what will become [=StarClan=], and frequently has prophetic dreams. In ''Thunder Rising'', he mentions a dream about walking down the Mothermouth tunnel towards the Moonstone, a huge battle with Clear Sky at the centre, and something really bad at the edge of the forest. In ''The First Battle'', he has a dream about Clear Sky and Gray Wing fighting. In ''The Blazing Star'', he has apparently had another dream, but he refuses to tell Gray Wing until "the time is right". |
| 1234 | * HappilyAdopted: He was quite happy with Gray Wing as his father. |
| 1235 | * HeroicBastard: He was born from a one-off fling between Turtle Tail and Tom. He's still a heroic cat however, and just wants to heal his comrades. |
| 1236 | * MeaningfulName: His name comes from a white mark on his chest. |
| 1237 | * TheMedic: He becomes the first medicine cat of [=ShadowClan=] in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. At first, he learned some herbal knowledge from watching Cloud Spots and Dappled Pelt. |
| 1238 | * NightmareDreams: In ''Thunder Rising'', he explains that some of his prophetic dreams manifest as nightmares, mainly the one about a huge battle with Clear Sky in the midst of it. |
| 1239 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: He's been like this since he was a little kit. Even his adopted father Gray Wing would listen to him for advice. |
| 1240 | [[/folder]] |
| 1241 | |
| 1242 | [[folder:Mud Paws]] |
| 1243 | !!Mud Paws |
| 1244 | ->"Spirit-cats? Are you sure you weren’t... well...a bit confused after all that fighting?" |
| 1245 | |
| 1246 | One of the three new cats who join the Moor Group at the beginning of ''The Blazing Star'', along with Mouse Ear and Holly. |
| 1247 | ---- |
| 1248 | * MeaningfulName: He is named after the black rings of fur around his paws. |
| 1249 | * OhCrap: Freaks out when he learns that One Eye has joined Clear Sky's Forest Group. |
| 1250 | [[/folder]] |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | [[folder:Mouse Ear]] |
| 1253 | !!Mouse Ear |
| 1254 | ->"It's easy for me to see Eagle Feather's progress with a clear eye. It seems more difficult to train one's own kit." |
| 1255 | |
| 1256 | One of the three new cats who join the Moor Group at the beginning of ''The Blazing Star'', along with Mud Paws and Holly. |
| 1257 | ---- |
| 1258 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Congratulates Raven Pelt when he is chosen as the new deputy, though does so stiffly.]] |
| 1259 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to Holly, he's a grump, but deep down he's a nice guy. |
| 1260 | * LeaderWannabe: He competes with Juniper Branch to become Shadowstar's deputy after [[spoiler:Sun Shadow is killed.]] |
| 1261 | * MeaningfulName: His name refers to his tiny ears. |
| 1262 | * TheMentor: To Eagle Feather, while he, his littermates and their parents were in Tall Shadow's group. |
| 1263 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He's not hugely important, but he kicked the plot of ''The Blazing Star'' into gear by telling the Moor Group what the Blazing Star was and showing them where to find it. As well, by leading Tall Shadow across the Thunderpath, he set her on the path to founding [=ShadowClan=]. |
| 1264 | * YouFool: In ''The Blazing Star'', he calls Clear Sky a fool for taking in One Eye. |
| 1265 | [[/folder]] |
| 1266 | |
| 1267 | [[folder:Sun Shadow]] |
| 1268 | !!Sun Shadow |
| 1269 | ->"I've grown to love it here. My Clanmates feel like kin now. We quarrel sometimes, but we look out for each other no matter what." |
| 1270 | |
| 1271 | The only surviving son of Moon Shadow and Dewy Leaf. He longs to follow his father's footsteps and venture into the world, but he is confined to the cave. However, he eventually decides to set off on his own. [[spoiler:He eventually becomes [=ShadowClan=]'s first deputy]] |
| 1272 | ---- |
| 1273 | * AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler:This is how he dies in ''Shadowstar's Life''.]] |
| 1274 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''un '''S'''hadow. |
| 1275 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He is the main character of ''The Blazing Star'''s Bonus Scene. |
| 1276 | * DeadGuyJunior: Also named after his father, Moon Shadow, who is dead. |
| 1277 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Sun ''Shadow'', his father Moon ''Shadow'', and his aunt Tall ''Shadow''. |
| 1278 | * GenerationXerox: Many cats remark that he is extremely similar to his father, Moon Shadow. |
| 1279 | * TheMentor: Implied to have been this to Dangling Leaf, who he is mentioned to have taught to catch frogs. |
| 1280 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler:He's [=ShadowClan=]'s very first deputy.]] |
| 1281 | * OhCrap: Has this reaction when he gets attacked by a hawk, as he wonders if Half Moon's prophecy that he would be gone soon meant that he would be taken by the hawk. |
| 1282 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:He runs back to try and save Tall Shadow from the dogs, but only gets himself killed. Adding insult to injury, his death doesn't prevent hers, like when Lightning Tail went back for Thunderstar.]] |
| 1283 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''The Blazing Star'''s bonus scene, Sun Shadow and Quiet Rain leave the Tribe in the dead of night. |
| 1284 | * SoleSurvivor: The only kit out of his litter to survive. His sister Crow Muzzle and his brother Dancing Leaf both died. |
| 1285 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks just like his father Moon Shadow. |
| 1286 | * TellMeAboutMyFather: After Dewy Leaf tells Sun Shadow that he's like his father Moon Shadow, he asks about what he's like. |
| 1287 | [[/folder]] |
| 1288 | |
| 1289 | [[folder:Raven Pelt]] |
| 1290 | !!Raven Pelt [[spoiler:(Ravenstar)]]/Raven |
| 1291 | ->"May I join the first patrol tomorrow?" |
| 1292 | |
| 1293 | One of Slash's rogues who joins Tall Shadow's group in the pine forest. |
| 1294 | ---- |
| 1295 | * ADogNamedCat: His name was originally Raven, a bird. |
| 1296 | * TheApprentice: According to Tall Shadow, he and Juniper were this to Jagged Peak and Holly upon joining her group, trying to learn their ways. |
| 1297 | * HappilyMarried: With Juniper Branch. |
| 1298 | * TheLeader: [[spoiler:Becomes leader of [=ShadowClan=] after Shadowstar.]] |
| 1299 | * MeaningfulRename: Originally called Raven, but after joining [=ShadowClan=] has them change his name to Raven Pelt, chosen by Pebble Heart. [[spoiler:Since he's deputy at the time of Shadowstar's final death and she asks him to lead the Clan when she dies, he takes the name Ravenstar shortly after this to symbolize his leadership.]] |
| 1300 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Becomes deputy after Sun Shadow is killed by dogs.]] |
| 1301 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted in a sense. His name was Raven before joining the Clans. One of Darktail's rogues in the sixth series is also named Raven. |
| 1302 | * YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: When Shadowstar dies, she goes to [=StarClan=] knowing Raven Pelt will take care of [=ShadowClan=]. As deputy when Shadowstar has no kin in the Clan, he beomes the next leader.]] |
| 1303 | [[/folder]] |
| 1304 | |
| 1305 | [[folder:Juniper Branch]] |
| 1306 | !!Juniper Branch/Juniper |
| 1307 | ->"The Clans must work together. I only survived my kitting because Moth Flight helped Pebble Heart. Now I have three healthy kits!" |
| 1308 | |
| 1309 | One of Slash's rogues who joins Tall Shadow's group in the pine forest. |
| 1310 | ---- |
| 1311 | * TheApprentice: According to Tall Shadow, she and Raven were this to Jagged Peak and Holly upon joining her group, trying to learn their ways. |
| 1312 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Not disappointed when her mate becomes deputy of [=ShadowClan=], though to be fair, he is her mate.]] |
| 1313 | * HappilyMarried: With Raven Pelt. |
| 1314 | * LeaderWannabe: She competes with Mouse Ear to become Shadowstar's deputy after [[spoiler:Sun Shadow is killed. Though she isn't at all disappointed when her mate, Raven Pelt, is chosen instead, believing that if it can't be her, she's glad it's him.]] |
| 1315 | * MeaningfulRename: Originally called Juniper, but after joining [=ShadowClan=] has them change her name to Juniper Branch, chosen by Sun Shadow. |
| 1316 | * ScreamingBirth: Her kitting in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' as the kits get stuck. |
| 1317 | [[/folder]] |
| 1318 | |
| 1319 | [[folder:Dangling Leaf]] |
| 1320 | !!Dangling Leaf |
| 1321 | ->"Raven Pelt says we can ask anything we like." |
| 1322 | |
| 1323 | Raven Pelt and Juniper Branch's son. |
| 1324 | ---- |
| 1325 | * TheApprentice: Implied to have been this to Sun Shadow, as he mentions the latter teaching him to catch frogs. |
| 1326 | * SeriesContinuityError: Missing from the allegiances of ''Thunderstar's Echo'', though he is shown in ''Shadowstar's Life''. He is also at one point accidentally called "Shade Pelt" by his sister Dusk Nose. |
| 1327 | [[/folder]] |
| 1328 | |
| 1329 | [[folder:Dusk Nose]] |
| 1330 | !!Dusk Nose |
| 1331 | ->"You can't ask questions like that, Shade Pelt. It's rude." |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | Raven Pelt and Juniper Branch's daughter. |
| 1334 | ---- |
| 1335 | * SeriesContinuityError: Missing from the allegiances of ''Thunderstar's Echo'', though she is shown in ''Shadowstar's Life''. She also at one point in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' accidentally calls her brother Dangling Leaf "Shade Pelt", shown by her quote. She's also called "he" in ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 1336 | [[/folder]] |
| 1337 | |
| 1338 | [[folder:Shade Pelt]] |
| 1339 | !!Shade Pelt |
| 1340 | ->"He also says we have to know when to be quiet, or we'll never be good hunters." |
| 1341 | |
| 1342 | Raven Pelt and Juniper Branch's son. |
| 1343 | ---- |
| 1344 | * SeriesContinuityError: Missing from the allegiances of ''Thunderstar's Echo'', though he is shown in ''Shadowstar's Life''. |
| 1345 | [[/folder]] |
| 1346 | |
| 1347 | [[folder:Bubbling Stream]] |
| 1348 | !!Bubbling Stream |
| 1349 | ->"I just... I sensed that I should come here today. And look at what I find! My sister kitting, and our mother watching over her! Who would have thought?" |
| 1350 | |
| 1351 | [[quoteright:148:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubbling_stream.png]] |
| 1352 | |
| 1353 | The other daughter of Moth Flight and Micah. |
| 1354 | ---- |
| 1355 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She's white with yellow splotches like her sister, Blue Whisker. |
| 1356 | [[/folder]] |
| 1357 | |
| 1358 | ---- |
| 1359 | |
| 1360 | !Wind Runner's Camp (New Moor Group) |
| 1361 | |
| 1362 | [[folder:Dust Muzzle]] |
| 1363 | !!Dust Muzzle |
| 1364 | ->"Let her pass. Tiny Branch shouldn't have to pay for his father's mistakes." |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | [[quoteright:590:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7163.jpeg]] |
| 1367 | |
| 1368 | A son of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, born during ''The First Battle''. He is a tiny gray tom. May or may not end up being Duststar, the [=WindClan=] leader during the creation of the first rule of the Warrior Code. |
| 1369 | ---- |
| 1370 | * TheApprentice: He and his sister were trained to fight by Minnow and Reed. |
| 1371 | * TheMentor: To Silver Stripe. |
| 1372 | * NoNameGiven: His name was not revealed in ''The First Battle''. Subverted when Kate revealed his name online, though. |
| 1373 | * UnexpectedCharacter: If he is in fact Duststar, then few expected him to appear due to ''Dawn of the Clans'' taking place a couple generations before the creation of the Warrior Code. |
| 1374 | [[/folder]] |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 | [[folder:Holly]] |
| 1377 | !!Holly |
| 1378 | ->"Your spirit friends certainly like being vague, don't they? What in the world is that message supposed to mean?" |
| 1379 | |
| 1380 | One of the three new cats who join the Moor Group at the beginning of ''The Blazing Star'', along with Mouse Ear and Mud Paws. She becomes Jagged Peak's mate. Holly and Jagged Peak join Tall Shadow's group in ''A Forest Divided'', but have moved to Wind Runner's group in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1381 | ---- |
| 1382 | * DishingOutDirt: She often takes her daughter and one of her sons hunting in the tunnels. |
| 1383 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: When everyone first meets her in ''The Blazing Star'', she declares that she's this. |
| 1384 | * MeaningfulName: She's called Holly because of her prickly fur. |
| 1385 | * TheMentor: She and Jagged Peak were this to Raven and Juniper when they first joined Tall Shadow's group, trying to teach them their ways. |
| 1386 | * MessyHair: She has prickly, bushy fur. |
| 1387 | * OfficialCouple: She and Jagged Peak are canon mates as of ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 1388 | * [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Mate]]: She stands up for Jagged Peak when Gray Wing vents his worried anger out on him. |
| 1389 | [[/folder]] |
| 1390 | |
| 1391 | [[folder:Spotted Fur]] |
| 1392 | !!Spotted Fur |
| 1393 | ->"About Micah. About him dying. I know I was jealous when you brought him back from Highstones with you. I always thought I'd be your mate. This probably isn't the best time. But it's so hard to get you alone these days. you're either with your kits or busy with your medicine-cat duties. I just wanted you to know that I understand how much you loved Micah. And I'm glad you got to spend time with him before he died. And the kits..." |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | A new cat who joined Wind Runner's group shortly before ''Path of Stars''. His mother used to be one of Slate's hunting friends, and when she and his siblings left to go to a new territory, Slate convinced Wind Runner to let him join the group. A talented hunter, with skills rivaling Wind Runner. He's fairly minor in ''Path of Stars'', but it seems like he'll be more important in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1396 | ---- |
| 1397 | * ChekhovsGunman: Since he's teased as Moth Flight's LoveInterest, it seems like his small role in ''Path of Stars'' is setup for ''Moth Flight's Vision''. Judging by the preview, he appears to be much more important in that book. |
| 1398 | * GreenEyedMonster: He gets jealous of [[spoiler:Moth Flight and Micah's relationship, due to his own crush on Moth Flight]]. |
| 1399 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Although he was jealous of Micah at first, he's happy that Moth Flight had a time of happiness with him.]] |
| 1400 | * TheMentor: To Black Ear. |
| 1401 | * ShipTease: With Moth Flight in ''Path of Stars'', who he seems to really care about. He gets pretty excited when Gray Wing gives him a tip about something interesting he could show her. |
| 1402 | [[/folder]] |
| 1403 | |
| 1404 | [[folder:Willow Tail]] |
| 1405 | !!Willow Tail/Willow |
| 1406 | ->"Cats are meant to hunt prey, not plants." |
| 1407 | |
| 1408 | A young kit Wind Runner met shortly before meeting Gorse Fur. Wind Runner helped her and her family escape from a fire. Later, Willow was encountered again, having joined Slash's rogues with her brother Frog. After Slash abandoned his rogues, she joined Wind Runner's group and took the name Willow Tail. |
| 1409 | ---- |
| 1410 | * TheApprentice: Implied to have been this to Minnow when she first joined Wind Runner's group, as she mentioned Willow kept getting lost in the heather. |
| 1411 | * AscendedExtra: She's a minor character in ''Dawn of the Clans'', but she becomes much more important in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', [[spoiler:since she's the main villain.]] |
| 1412 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Realizes that she was wrong as she dies. This is enough to redeem her, as she ends up in [=StarClan=] and gives Wind Runner a life.]] |
| 1413 | * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:She wanted to get revenge on Red Claw, so she decided to ''provoke two Clans full of innocent cats into a war''.]] |
| 1414 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She first appears in the bonus scene of ''The First Battle'' with her mother and brother, as a kit, before returning in the main series as one of Slash's rogues. |
| 1415 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:To save Red Claw, Clear Sky cuts open her eyes, blinding her.]] |
| 1416 | * FrameUp: [[spoiler:She plants rabbit bones and lies about Red Claw hunting on [=WindClan=] territory in order to start a war between [=SkyClan=] and [=WindClan=].]] |
| 1417 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:She wanted a war between [=SkyClan=] and [=WindClan=], got it, and died in it.]] |
| 1418 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She's killed by Clear Sky in a battle started by [=WindClan=], spurred on by Willow Trail's framing of [=SkyClan=].]] |
| 1419 | * MeaningfulRename: Changed her name to Willow Tail to show that her loyalties now lay with Wind Runner's group. |
| 1420 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:As she dies, she learns that Red Claw leading the dogs to Slash's camp was a complete mistake. She's horrified, as it means that her revenge plot was all for nothing.]] |
| 1421 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:What she thinks she's doing. She believes that Red Claw deliberately led the dogs to Slash's camp, so as revenge, she wants to destroy [=SkyClan=]. As she's dying, she realizes she was horribly, horribly wrong and just got innocent cats hurt by her grudge.]] |
| 1422 | * {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The reason behind her villainous actions in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' is because she wants to kill Red Claw for causing the death of her friend (and presumably her brother's death as well).]] |
| 1423 | * SeriesContinuityError: [[spoiler:Despite her death in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', she is listed in the allegiances of ''Thunderstar's Echo'' and ''Shadowstar's Life''.]] |
| 1424 | * VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:As she dies, she realizes that her revenge was absolutely meaningless.]] |
| 1425 | * WalkingSpoiler: You can't have any meaningful discussion of her character without revealing [[spoiler:that she's the villain of ''Moth Flight's Vision''.]] |
| 1426 | [[/folder]] |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 | [[folder:Fern Leaf]] |
| 1429 | !!Fern Leaf/Fern |
| 1430 | ->"I love living here. Being part of your group is so different from living in Slash's camp. Everyone is so kind, and Wind Runner is so wise." |
| 1431 | |
| 1432 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7164.jpeg]] |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 | One of Slash's rogues who joins Wind Runner's group on the moor. |
| 1435 | ---- |
| 1436 | * TheApprentice: Implied to have been this to Slate when she first joined Wind Runner's group, as she mentioned Fern's unwillingness to go underground. |
| 1437 | * BloodFromTheMouth: In ''Path of Stars'', after being attacked by Bee. |
| 1438 | * EarNotch: She has nicked ear-tips. |
| 1439 | * MeaningfulRename: Changes her name from Fern to Fern Leaf after establishing her loyalty to the moor cats. |
| 1440 | * MissingMom: She claims her mother abandoned her and her sister Beech. |
| 1441 | * ThemeNaming: ''Fern'' and her sister ''Beech'' are both named after plants. |
| 1442 | [[/folder]] |
| 1443 | |
| 1444 | [[folder:Rocky]] |
| 1445 | !!Rocky |
| 1446 | ->"I don't need it, but sometimes I get a sore throat and a little catmint always makes me feel better." |
| 1447 | |
| 1448 | An old cat that joined the newly formed [=WindClan=] between ''Path of Stars'' and ''Moth Flight's Vision''. He used to be a kittypet. |
| 1449 | ---- |
| 1450 | * BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:He catches Redcough during ''Moth Flight's Vision'', a version of green/whitecough that causes cats to cough up blood. He gets better.]] |
| 1451 | * HighOnCatnip: Moth Flight, having never used catmint before and no idea what the proper dose is, guesses and ends up giving him too much. The old cat gets high and plays like a kit, and tries hilariously to find any excuse to get some throughout the rest of ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1452 | * APetIntoTheWild: He used to be a kittypet. Now he's a Clan cat. |
| 1453 | [[/folder]] |
| 1454 | |
| 1455 | [[folder:Swift Minnow]] |
| 1456 | !!Swift Minnow/Minnow |
| 1457 | ->"Unless the rogues are planning to join us. We can't seem to go anywhere these days without tripping over them." |
| 1458 | |
| 1459 | An older cat who joins Wind Runner's group along with her mate. |
| 1460 | ---- |
| 1461 | * HappilyMarried: To Reed Tail. |
| 1462 | * MeaningfulRename: After Slash's former rogues are accepted by the clans, some of them change names. She and her mate decide to also change their names, and she changes hers from Minnow to Swift Minnow. |
| 1463 | * TheMentor: Implied to have been this to Willow when she first joined Wind Runner's group, trying to teach her the ways of moor life. She and her mate also trained Moth Flight and Dust Muzzle to fight. |
| 1464 | [[/folder]] |
| 1465 | |
| 1466 | [[folder:Reed Tail]] |
| 1467 | !!Reed Tail/Reed |
| 1468 | ->"Thank StarClan you're back. I'm run off my paws trying to find herbs, and if Silver Stripe ever makes it through a day without getting a scratch or a graze, I'll be amazed." |
| 1469 | |
| 1470 | An older cat who joins Wind Runner's group along with his mate. |
| 1471 | ---- |
| 1472 | * HappilyMarried: To Swift Minnow. |
| 1473 | * MeaningfulRename: After Slash's former rogues are accepted by the clans, some of them change names. He and his mate decide to also change their names, and he changes his from Reed to Reed Tail. |
| 1474 | * TheMedic: Is knowledgeable about herbs, and serves as medicine cat when Moth Flight is away, and when she is looking after her kits. |
| 1475 | * TheMentor: Implied to have been this to Bee when she first tried to join Wind Runner's group, as he tried to be nice about her unwillingness to help. He and his mate also trained Moth Flight and Dust Muzzle to fight. |
| 1476 | [[/folder]] |
| 1477 | |
| 1478 | [[folder:Storm Pelt]] |
| 1479 | !!Storm Pelt |
| 1480 | ->"She's the one who found the Moonstone. Aren't you proud she's our Clanmate?" |
| 1481 | |
| 1482 | Jagged Peak and Holly's son. |
| 1483 | ---- |
| 1484 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Calls his parents out on their behaviour towards Moth Flight after [[spoiler:she is revealed to be pregnant with Micah's kits]] alongside his sister, Dew Nose. |
| 1485 | * EarNotch: He gains one in the battle between [=WindClan=] and [=SkyClan=] during ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1486 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Quiet Rain says that Storm Pelt has his father Jagged Peak's eyes. |
| 1487 | * TheMentor: To White Tail. |
| 1488 | [[/folder]] |
| 1489 | |
| 1490 | [[folder:Dew Nose]] |
| 1491 | !!Dew Nose |
| 1492 | ->"Moth Flight was born [=WindClan=] and she'll always be [=WindClan=]." |
| 1493 | |
| 1494 | Jagged Peak and Holly's daughter. |
| 1495 | ---- |
| 1496 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Calls her parents out on their behaviour towards Moth Flight after [[spoiler:she is revealed to be pregnant with Micah's kits]] alongside her brother, Storm Pelt. |
| 1497 | * DishingOutDirt: Holly often takes both her and her brother Eagle Feather hunting in the tunnels. |
| 1498 | [[/folder]] |
| 1499 | |
| 1500 | [[folder:Eagle Feather]] |
| 1501 | !!Eagle Feather |
| 1502 | ->"I can climb trees. But ''I'' don’t fall out of them." |
| 1503 | |
| 1504 | Jagged Peak and Holly's other son. |
| 1505 | ---- |
| 1506 | * TheApprentice: To Mouse Ear, while he, his littermates and their parents were part of Tall Shadow's group. |
| 1507 | * DishingOutDirt: Holly often takes both him and his sister Dew Nose hunting in the tunnels. |
| 1508 | [[/folder]] |
| 1509 | |
| 1510 | [[folder:Silver Stripe]] |
| 1511 | !!Silver Stripe |
| 1512 | ->"Who cares if I'm beautiful? Beauty doesn't help with hunting and I'm going to be the best hunter in [=WindClan=]." |
| 1513 | |
| 1514 | Gray Wing and Slate's daughter. |
| 1515 | ---- |
| 1516 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilver '''S'''tripe. |
| 1517 | * TheApprentice: To Dust Muzzle. |
| 1518 | * DisappearedDad: Her father, Gray Wing, died when she was a kit. |
| 1519 | * {{Tomboy}}: If the way she dismisses her beauty and boasts about how she's going to be the best hunter in the Clan is anything to go by. |
| 1520 | [[/folder]] |
| 1521 | |
| 1522 | [[folder:Black Ear]] |
| 1523 | !!Black Ear |
| 1524 | ->"They wouldn't let me go home. Is Slate okay? I saw them hurt her. Then they took me away." |
| 1525 | |
| 1526 | Gray Wing and Slate's son. |
| 1527 | ---- |
| 1528 | * TheApprentice: To Spotted Fur. |
| 1529 | * DamselInDistress: Slash kidnaps him to try to use him as a hostage to threaten the Clans. |
| 1530 | * DisappearedDad: His father, Gray Wing, died when he was a kit. |
| 1531 | [[/folder]] |
| 1532 | |
| 1533 | [[folder:White Tail]] |
| 1534 | !!White Tail |
| 1535 | ->"Tall Shadow's group can be ShadowClan!" |
| 1536 | |
| 1537 | Gray Wing and Slate's son. |
| 1538 | ---- |
| 1539 | * TheApprentice: To Storm Pelt. |
| 1540 | * DisappearedDad: His father, Gray Wing, died when he was a kit. |
| 1541 | [[/folder]] |
| 1542 | |
| 1543 | [[folder:Owl Song]] |
| 1544 | !!Owl Song |
| 1545 | |
| 1546 | A member of [=WindClan=] by the time of the epilogue of ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1547 | ---- |
| 1548 | * TheGhost: Never seen, only mentioned by Moth Flight. |
| 1549 | * ImperiledInPregnancy: Possibly, as Moth Flight states the reason she didn't attend a recent Gathering was because Owl Song was worried about her kits who were arriving soon. |
| 1550 | * WordOfGod: According to Kate Cary's blog, she is a short-furred, splotchy light brown cat with a white tail tip and white paws. |
| 1551 | [[/folder]] |
| 1552 | ---- |
| 1553 | |
| 1554 | !River Ripple's Camp (Cats of the River) |
| 1555 | |
| 1556 | [[folder:Night]] |
| 1557 | !!Night ("Nightheart")/[[spoiler:Nightstar]] |
| 1558 | ->"I've heard about trespassers on the moor! You're not welcome here." |
| 1559 | |
| 1560 | A black she-cat with two white spots. She loves to swim, but she hates trespassers in what she thinks of as her forest. She is one of River Ripple's closest friends, and has a brother. After [=RiverClan=] is formed [[spoiler:she becomes [=RiverClan=]'s first deputy.]] |
| 1561 | ---- |
| 1562 | * AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:According to the Warriors website, she becomes leader of [=RiverClan=] after Riverstar.]] |
| 1563 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Dawn of the Clans'', she rarely appears, though is occasionally mentioned, due to being part of the rarely seen Cats of the River since the beginning. In ''Riverstar's Home'', she's much more important.]] |
| 1564 | * BestFriend: In ''Riverstar's Home'', she calls Riverstar hers. |
| 1565 | * BitPartBadguys: She's a minor antagonist who has barely any screen-time in ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 1566 | * InSeriesNickname: Her name is Night, but Petal refers to her as "Nightheart". |
| 1567 | * {{Jerkass}}: She attacks Storm for "invading" the forest, even though she'd lived there her entire life. |
| 1568 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''Thunder Rising'', it turns out that she's pretty nice when you get to know her. She's also River Ripple's best friend. |
| 1569 | * TheLeader: [[spoiler:Not yet, but will eventually become the second leader of [=RiverClan=].]] |
| 1570 | * MeaningfulName: She's stated to be black, at least mostly, and is named Night. |
| 1571 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After becoming the second leader of [=RiverClan=] she takes the name Nightstar.]] |
| 1572 | * TheMentor: She and her brother Mist were unofficially this to Riverstar, teaching him how to fish. |
| 1573 | * MythologyGag: Possibly. Mist and Night are brother and sister. The BigBad of the first four Warriors series', Tigerstar, had two littermates named Mistkit and Nightkit. |
| 1574 | * NoNameGiven: In ''The Sun Trail'', she was never named, although the Bonus Scene revealed that she and a member of the forest group were "Leaf and Nightheart". It wasn't until ''Thunder Rising'' that it was revealed that she was Nightheart (as the fandom presumed). |
| 1575 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler:She becomes [=RiverClan=]'s deputy under River Ripple's command.]] |
| 1576 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. In ''Hawkwing's Journey'', one of Cora and Shorty's kits is named Night. |
| 1577 | * OutOfFocus: Doesn't appear at all in ''The First Battle'', despite appearing in ''The Sun Trail'' and ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 1578 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Mentions in ''Riverstar's Home'' that she had a mate and kits who she outlived.]] |
| 1579 | * SiblingTeam: Works together with her brother Mist in addition to River Ripple. |
| 1580 | * StealthHiBye: Appears out of nowhere to yell at Clear Sky and Gray Wing, then disappears just as quickly. |
| 1581 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Both she and her brother Mist are black and white. |
| 1582 | [[/folder]] |
| 1583 | |
| 1584 | [[folder:Mist]] |
| 1585 | !!Mist |
| 1586 | ->"A cat who can't swim shouldn't live beside a river." |
| 1587 | |
| 1588 | A black and white tom seen in the company of Night and River Ripple. He's Night's brother, but [[spoiler:nothing else was known about him until the release of ''Riverstar's Home''.]] |
| 1589 | ---- |
| 1590 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Although he is mentioned by Night in ''Thunder Rising'', he isn't seen or mentioned in ''The First Battle''. Then, in ''The Blazing Star'', ''A Forest Divided'', and ''Path of Stars'', it's repeatedly stated that River Ripple and Night were the only Cats of the River until others started joining after the Great Battle (Dew, Shattered Ice, Dappled Pelt, etc.), so it seems like he either completely vanished, or didn't join the Cats of the River, unlike his sister. Subverted when he appears in their group in ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1591 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Makes jokes about Silver yowling in her sleep, and claims he should meet Finch Song's kits before Dew because he has been part of [=RiverClan=] longer. Also very loyal to the Clan, proud of his apprentice when he becomes a warrior, and worried about his sister when she is injured and about Finch Song's kitting. |
| 1592 | * TheMentor: To Pine Needle, as revealed by ''Riverstar's Home''. Also, he and Night were unofficially this to Riverstar, teaching him how to fish. |
| 1593 | * MythologyGag: Possibly. Mist and Night are brother and sister. The BigBad of the first four Warriors series', Tigerstar, had two littermates named Mistkit and Nightkit. |
| 1594 | * NoNameGiven: His name isn't revealed in ''Thunder Rising'', the only book he's mentioned in, to the point where another unnamed male character seen in the company of River Ripple and Night is assumed to be him (by the reader). Subverted when his name and appearance are revealed in ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1595 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. One of the cats living on the farm who encounter Crookedkit after he briefly leaves [=RiverClan=] is also named Mist. |
| 1596 | * RememberTheNewGuy: He's mentioned in the bonus scene of ''Thunder Rising'', though not by name, but never appears in any of the ''Dawn of the Clans'' books until ''Riverstar's Home'', where he is shown to have been part of their group the whole time. He is also shown to not be the black cat who attacked Thunder in ''Thunder Rising'', as was previously believed. |
| 1597 | * SiblingTeam: Works together with his sister Night in addition to River Ripple. |
| 1598 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Both he and his sister Night are black and white. |
| 1599 | [[/folder]] |
| 1600 | |
| 1601 | [[folder:Dew]] |
| 1602 | !!Dew |
| 1603 | |
| 1604 | A former friend of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur. She grew more hostile when the Followers of the Sun Trail arrived in the forest, and in ''The First Battle'', she ended up joining Clear Sky along with her ally Thorn. However, in ''The Blazing Star'', she leaves the Forest Group to join the Cats of the River. |
| 1605 | |
| 1606 | Dew is a gray she-cat, although her description is switched with Thorn's in early Allegiances. |
| 1607 | ---- |
| 1608 | * CatsHateWater: Inverted. Joining the Cats of the River seems to imply that Dew loves water. |
| 1609 | * ChekhovsGunman: She was only briefly mentioned by Wind Runner and Gorse Fur in ''Thunder Rising'', as a cat that had become more hostile with the arrival of the Followers of the Sun Trail. In ''The First Battle'', she's much more important. The information she gives to Clear Sky about the Moor Group starts a series of misunderstandings that leads to the Great Battle at the Four Trees. |
| 1610 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She's not mentioned at all in ''Path of Stars'', and it's stated that before the rogues joined, River Ripple, Night, Shattered Ice, and Dappled Pelt were the only Cats of the River. However, she's back in [=RiverClan=] in ''Moth Flight's Vision'', with all the characters acting like she was always there since ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 1611 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: In ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle'', Thorn and Dew were always together and practically a single character. In ''The Blazing Star'', they start to go their separate ways, with Thorn staying in the Forest Group and Dew joining the Cats of the River. |
| 1612 | * EarNotch: She has notched ears. |
| 1613 | * TheGhost: She's only ever mentioned in ''Thunder Rising''. Subverted when she appears in ''The First Battle'' and plays an important role. |
| 1614 | * TheMentor: To Drizzle, as revealed by ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1615 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She's a minor character in ''The First Battle'', but the information she gives to Clear Sky sets off a series of misunderstandings that leads to the battle at the Four Trees. |
| 1616 | * StealthExpert: Apparently, since in ''The First Battle'' she was able to sneak into the Moor Group's camp and watch what was going on. |
| 1617 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Becomes much more hostile after Clear Sky starts making borders. Thorn and Dew once would have shared a rabbit they had just caught with Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, but now they just opt to chase them off on sight. |
| 1618 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: She used to be a friend of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur, but now spies on them and treats them like prey stealers. |
| 1619 | [[/folder]] |
| 1620 | |
| 1621 | [[folder:Shattered Ice]] |
| 1622 | !!Shattered Ice |
| 1623 | ->"We're going off into the unknown, into ''danger'' to make a better home for you and the other cats who stay here. You don't have to do anything!" |
| 1624 | |
| 1625 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7165.jpeg]] |
| 1626 | |
| 1627 | A creative, intelligent, and rather rude tom who follows the Sun Trail. After seeing Rainswept Flower fall into a hole in the moor, he gets the idea for tunneling, which becomes a cherished skill in [=WindClan=] for many years. |
| 1628 | ---- |
| 1629 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 1630 | * DishingOutDirt: He invents tunneling, and is constantly patrolling and expanding the tunnels. |
| 1631 | * FamedInStory: In ''Tallstar's Revenge'' he's mentioned as one of the first two tunnelers in [=WindClan=]. |
| 1632 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Although not villainous by any means, he wasn't really a hero. He just happened to be at the right place at the right time to have the EurekaMoment that caused him to invent tunneling. However, by the time of ''Tallstar's Revenge'', [=WindClan=] tells the story of how he invented tunneling as though he was a super awesome hero who braved a deadly blizzard to single-handedly save his starving Clan by inventing tunneling. It's rather amusing, actually. |
| 1633 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's rude and has a very short temper. He also eschews diplomacy in favour of calling other cats dungfaces. |
| 1634 | * OutOfFocus: In ''A Forest Divided'', because he joins the rarely seen Cats of the River, he appears much less than in the other four books. |
| 1635 | * TheRival: Subverted. He has all the traits of a typical ''Warriors'' rival, being bossy, disrespectful, and somewhat ambitious. However, rather than challenging Gray Wing, he completely supports him and puts all his trust in him. Of course, he still causes problems for Gray Wing in ''Thunder Rising'', by pushing for Gray Wing to take over the Moor Group from Tall Shadow, which neither of those two wants to happen. |
| 1636 | * TheSmartGuy: He's fairly intelligent, coming up with things such as the Thunderpath crossing groups and tunneling. |
| 1637 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Jackdaw's Cry. They are rarely seen outside of each other's company, both share an interest in tunneling, and share similar opinions. |
| 1638 | [[/folder]] |
| 1639 | |
| 1640 | [[folder:Dappled Pelt]] |
| 1641 | !!Dappled Pelt |
| 1642 | ->"Lying around while others hunt for us? I don't like the sound of that." |
| 1643 | |
| 1644 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0ecc493c524e2835f1549bacbad0420a.jpg]] |
| 1645 | |
| 1646 | A she-cat who is good with herbs. She cares for wounded cats, and also loves water. She can be somewhat reckless, but she's very brave and cares deeply for her Clanmates. |
| 1647 | |
| 1648 | Dappled Pelt will go on to be the first medicine cat of [=RiverClan=]. |
| 1649 | ---- |
| 1650 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: |
| 1651 | ** Figured out how to catch fish after watching them many times. |
| 1652 | ** She also got the idea to bind Jagged Peak's leg with sticks after watching Stoneteller do the same to Sharp Hail. |
| 1653 | * CabinFever: When she spends a half-moon with the Forest Group in ''The Sun Trail'', she's confined to a tiny cave. After she gets back, she's very frustrated. |
| 1654 | * CatsHateWater: Inverted. Dappled Pelt loves water and teaches herself to swim after the Followers of the Sun Trail reach the forest. |
| 1655 | * MeaningfulRename: At some point she will change her name to Dapplepelt to show that she's part of a Clan. |
| 1656 | * TheMedic: She's good with herbs, and uses her knowledge of them to help the Followers of the Sun Trail. WordOfGod also confirms that she is Dapplepelt, [=RiverClan=]'s first medicine cat. |
| 1657 | * TheMentor: Along with Cloud Spots, she teaches Pebble Heart about herbs. |
| 1658 | * OutOfFocus: In ''A Forest Divided'', she barely appears, due to joining the rarely seen Cats of the River. |
| 1659 | * SaveTheVillain: In ''The First Battle'', she protects her enemy Leaf during the Great Battle and gives him medical assistance, rather than letting him die. |
| 1660 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Cloud Spots. She's rather reckless, doing things like jumping in the river without knowing how to swim, while he's apathetic about nearly everything except herbs. |
| 1661 | * TheSmartGuy: Due to her knowledge of herbs, she's one of the smarter cats around. She also gives the Followers of the Sun Trail some much needed direction at points in their journey. |
| 1662 | [[/folder]] |
| 1663 | |
| 1664 | [[folder:Dawn Mist]] |
| 1665 | !!Dawn Mist/Dawn |
| 1666 | ->"I want to change my name so that I sound more like a forest cat." |
| 1667 | |
| 1668 | A former rogue who joins [=RiverClan=] with her mate and kits. |
| 1669 | ---- |
| 1670 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Temporarily. During ''Riverstar's Home'', she, her mate and their son leave [=RiverClan=] while Riverstar is away dealing with Slash, due to [=SkyClan=] hunting on their territory. Fortunately, after Riverstar comes back, he persuades them to return.]] |
| 1671 | * GoodParents: To Pine Needle and Drizzle. She worries about their safety when they are part of Slash's group. |
| 1672 | * HappilyMarried: To Moss Tail. |
| 1673 | * HeelFaceTurn: Like her mate, refuses to return to Slash's group when he asks them to. |
| 1674 | * MeaningfulRename: After joining [=RiverClan=], she changes her name from Dawn to Dawn Mist. |
| 1675 | * TheMentor: To Trout Fur, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1676 | * {{Tuckerization}}: She was named after the fan Dawnmist, from Kate's Blog. |
| 1677 | [[/folder]] |
| 1678 | |
| 1679 | [[folder:Moss Tail]] |
| 1680 | !!Moss Tail/Moss |
| 1681 | ->"I will never share a camp with you again." |
| 1682 | |
| 1683 | A former rogue who joins [=RiverClan=] with his mate and kits. |
| 1684 | ---- |
| 1685 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Temporarily. During ''Riverstar's Home'', he, his mate and their son leave [=RiverClan=] while Riverstar is away dealing with Slash, due to [=SkyClan=] hunting on their territory. Fortunately, after Riverstar comes back, he persuades them to return.]] |
| 1686 | * GoodParents: To his kits, Drizzle and Pine Needle. It's implied part of the reason he and his mate joined Slash and stay with him is to keep them safe. |
| 1687 | * HappilyMarried: To Dawn Mist. |
| 1688 | * HeelFaceTurn: Was never really evil, but after joining [=RiverClan=], when Slash asks him to return, he refuses, using his above quote. |
| 1689 | * MeaningfulRename: After joining [=RiverClan=], he changes his name from Moss to Moss Tail. |
| 1690 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. His original name, Moss, is also the name of a cat encountered by Graystripe and Millie in ''Warrior's Refuge''. |
| 1691 | * TheMentor: To Willow Stream, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1692 | [[/folder]] |
| 1693 | |
| 1694 | [[folder:Drizzle]] |
| 1695 | !!Drizzle |
| 1696 | ->"Do I have to change my name? I like being Drizzle." |
| 1697 | |
| 1698 | A former rogue who joins [=RiverClan=] with her parents and littermate. |
| 1699 | ---- |
| 1700 | * TheApprentice: To Dew, as revealed by ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1701 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:A minor character in ''Path of Stars'' and ''Moth Flight's Vision'', but more important in ''Riverstar's Home''.]] |
| 1702 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Along with her brother; they are the only kits in Slash's group. |
| 1703 | * CulturalRebel: Joins [=RiverClan=] wholeheartedly, but keeps her rogue name. No one has a problem with it. |
| 1704 | * MeaningfulRename: Subverted. Her above quote shows that she likes her old name despite committing to joining [=RiverClan=] and asks to keep it even though her family is changing their names. |
| 1705 | * TheMentor: ''Riverstar's Home'' reveals she became this to Spider Paw. |
| 1706 | * SiblingRivalry: Has this with Pine Needle in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1707 | * TagalongKid: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'' she goes with Riverstar and Arc to help the Cats of the Park, and returns with Riverstar and Finch.]] |
| 1708 | [[/folder]] |
| 1709 | |
| 1710 | [[folder:Pine Needle]] |
| 1711 | !!Pine Needle/Pine |
| 1712 | ->"You did really well. You didn't sink like last time." |
| 1713 | |
| 1714 | A former rogue who joins [=RiverClan=] with his parents and littermate. |
| 1715 | ---- |
| 1716 | * TheApprentice: To Mist, as revealed by ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1717 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Along with his sister; they are the only kits in Slash's group. |
| 1718 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Temporarily. During ''Riverstar's Home'', he and his parents leave [=RiverClan=] while Riverstar is away dealing with Slash, due to [=SkyClan=] hunting on their territory. Fortunately, after Riverstar comes back, he persuades them to return.]] |
| 1719 | * MeaningfulRename: After joining [=RiverClan=] he changes his name from Pine to Pine Needle. |
| 1720 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. His original name, Pine, is both taken by Pinestar after he becomes a kittypet and the name of a cat who is saved by Sasha in her manga trilogy. |
| 1721 | * SiblingRivalry: Has this with Drizzle in ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1722 | [[/folder]] |
| 1723 | |
| 1724 | [[folder:Spider Paw]] |
| 1725 | !!Spider Paw |
| 1726 | ->"You can be on my team. We'll beat them easily." |
| 1727 | |
| 1728 | [[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spider_paw.png]] |
| 1729 | |
| 1730 | One of the kits of Moth Flight and Micah. He was born with an extra toe, which he was named for. |
| 1731 | ---- |
| 1732 | * TheApprentice: To Drizzle, as revealed by ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1733 | * ExtraDigits: Has six toes on one paw. |
| 1734 | * MeaningfulName: He was named after his extra toe. |
| 1735 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He's white with green eyes like his mother. |
| 1736 | [[/folder]] |
| 1737 | |
| 1738 | [[folder:Hollow]] |
| 1739 | !!Hollow |
| 1740 | ->"It's not just the prey. We have to show them we can't be bullied." |
| 1741 | |
| 1742 | A black loner who joins River Ripple's camp while it's being formed, who stays when it becomes [=RiverClan=]. |
| 1743 | ---- |
| 1744 | * BloodKnight: Possibly. He attacks Thunder at one point. After being fended off, his quote shows he wants to fight back after [=SkyClan=] stops them trespassing. |
| 1745 | * TheCameo: He attacks Thunder in ''Thunder Rising'', but isn't named, causing people to assume until the release of ''Riverstar's Home'' that this character was Night's brother, who was also unnamed before the release of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1746 | * {{Jerkass}}: Possibly. He makes an unprovoked attack on Thunder in ''Thunder Rising''. |
| 1747 | * RememberTheNewGuy: First named in ''Riverstar's Home'', but has seemingly been around the whole time. He actually did appear as an unnamed character in ''Thunder Rising'', but was assumed to be Mist, Night's then-unnamed brother. |
| 1748 | [[/folder]] |
| 1749 | |
| 1750 | [[folder:Croak]] |
| 1751 | !!Croak |
| 1752 | ->"It's not my food or your food. It's our food. What we catch belongs to you and what you catch belongs to us. We share." |
| 1753 | |
| 1754 | A tortoiseshell loner who joins River Ripple's camp while it's being formed, who stays when it becomes [=RiverClan=]. |
| 1755 | ---- |
| 1756 | * TheMentor: To Snow Tail, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1757 | * RememberTheNewGuy: First appears in ''Riverstar's Home'', but has seemingly been around the whole time. |
| 1758 | [[/folder]] |
| 1759 | |
| 1760 | |
| 1761 | [[folder:Kite Wing]] |
| 1762 | !!Kite Wing/Kite |
| 1763 | ->"I wanted my kits to have a safe home. I thought maybe you'd take us in." |
| 1764 | |
| 1765 | A loner who joins River Ripple's camp while pregnant, so her kits can have a better life. |
| 1766 | ---- |
| 1767 | * ADogNamedCat: Before she changes her name, it's Kite, a bird. |
| 1768 | * MamaBear: Joins what will eventually become [=RiverClan=] for the sake of her kits. |
| 1769 | * MaternityCrisis: While giving birth, one of her kits gets stuck, though both she and the kit survive. |
| 1770 | * MeaningfulRename: Changes her name from Kite to Kite Wing after Slash's former rogues change their names. |
| 1771 | * ScreamingBirth: Delivers her kits during one. |
| 1772 | [[/folder]] |
| 1773 | |
| 1774 | |
| 1775 | [[folder:Trout Fur]] |
| 1776 | !!Trout Fur |
| 1777 | ->"If anyone gets into trouble, it'll be you." |
| 1778 | |
| 1779 | One of Kite Wing's kits, a tom. |
| 1780 | ---- |
| 1781 | * TheApprentice: To Dawn Mist, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1782 | [[/folder]] |
| 1783 | |
| 1784 | [[folder:Willow Stream]] |
| 1785 | !!Willow Stream |
| 1786 | |
| 1787 | One of Kite Wing's kits, a she-cat. |
| 1788 | ---- |
| 1789 | * TheApprentice: To Moss Tail, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1790 | [[/folder]] |
| 1791 | |
| 1792 | [[folder:Snow Tail]] |
| 1793 | !!Snow Tail |
| 1794 | |
| 1795 | One of Kite Wing's kits, a tom. |
| 1796 | ---- |
| 1797 | * TheApprentice: To Croak, during the events of ''Riverstar's Home''. |
| 1798 | * ShrinkingViolet: Riverstar notes that he is apparently not confident. He's also nervous about going to his first Gathering. |
| 1799 | [[/folder]] |
| 1800 | |
| 1801 | [[folder:Finch]] |
| 1802 | !![[spoiler:Finch Song]]/Finch |
| 1803 | ->"I realized I didn't want our kits to grow up without knowing you. And I didn't want to live without you." |
| 1804 | |
| 1805 | A former Cat of the Park, and Riverstar's mate. |
| 1806 | ---- |
| 1807 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Calls [=StarClan=] "[=StarryClan=]" at one point due to still learning about the Clans. |
| 1808 | * AccidentalMurder: Probably. [[spoiler:When trying to save her father, she knocks Slash into a river where he presumably drowns.]] |
| 1809 | * AllThereInTheManual: Riverstar promises to give her a Clan name after their kits are weaned, but it isn't shown in ''Riverstar's Home''. [[spoiler:The Warriors website reveals that her new name is Finch Song.]] |
| 1810 | * ADogNamedCat: Named Finch, a type of bird. |
| 1811 | * FamilyThemeNaming: She and her father, Owl, are both named after birds. |
| 1812 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Leaves the Cats of the Park to join Riverstar, as she is pregnant with his kits. |
| 1813 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After joining [=RiverClan=], she changes her name to Finch Song]]. |
| 1814 | * NearAndDearBabyNaming: Names at least one of her kits this way. Her son, Arc Shadow, is named after her friend Arc. Another one of her kits, Ripple Shine, is most likely named after Ripple, the name her mate Riverstar had while he was still living in the park, though this is not explicitly stated. |
| 1815 | * SecondLove: She and Riverstar are this to each other. She had a mate and kits before him, he was in love with one of the other Cats of the Park before founding [=RiverClan=]. |
| 1816 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She's a black cat, like her son Arc Shadow. |
| 1817 | [[/folder]] |
| 1818 | |
| 1819 | [[folder:Arc Shadow]] |
| 1820 | !!Arc Shadow |
| 1821 | |
| 1822 | One of Riverstar and Finch's sons. |
| 1823 | ---- |
| 1824 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Named after Arc, Riverstar's former mentor. |
| 1825 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He's black, like his mother. And like his namesake, though they aren't related. |
| 1826 | [[/folder]] |
| 1827 | |
| 1828 | [[folder:Ripple Shine]] |
| 1829 | !!Ripple Shine |
| 1830 | |
| 1831 | Riverstar and Finch's daughter. |
| 1832 | ---- |
| 1833 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Not explicitly stated, but most likely named for Ripple, Riverstar's former name. Supported by the fact that Finch did promise, while assuming she'd stay at the park, to name one of the kits after their father. |
| 1834 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She's silver, like her father. |
| 1835 | [[/folder]] |
| 1836 | |
| 1837 | [[folder:Dusk Smoke]] |
| 1838 | !!Dusk Smoke |
| 1839 | |
| 1840 | One of Riverstar and Finch's sons. |
| 1841 | ---- |
| 1842 | * OddNameOut: A variation. Both his siblings are NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, he isn't. |
| 1843 | [[/folder]] |
| 1844 | |
| 1845 | [[folder:Flower Stream]] |
| 1846 | !!Flower Stream |
| 1847 | |
| 1848 | A member of [=RiverClan=] by the time of the epilogue of ''Moth Flight's Vision''. |
| 1849 | ---- |
| 1850 | * FearlessFool: Possibly, she played on ice despite the danger, which resulted in Drizzle being injured when she tried to as well. |
| 1851 | * TheGhost: Never seen, only mentioned in a conversation between Moth Flight and Drizzle. |
| 1852 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Flowerstream, a moderator of [=BlogClan=] |
| 1853 | [[/folder]] |
| 1854 | |
| 1855 | ---- |
| 1856 | |
| 1857 | !Spirit Cats |
| 1858 | |
| 1859 | [[folder:Rainswept Flower]] |
| 1860 | !!Rainswept Flower |
| 1861 | ->"What if we've ''found'' our new home?" |
| 1862 | |
| 1863 | Shaded Moss's daughter. She follows her father's lead by joining him on the quest to find what lies at the end of the Sun Trail. According to Stoneteller, she is an excellent tracker. |
| 1864 | ---- |
| 1865 | * BloodFromTheMouth: At her death in ''The First Battle''. |
| 1866 | * BreakTheCutie: After her father Shaded Moss dies, she has nightmares and cries out his name in her sleep. |
| 1867 | * NightmareDreams: After Shaded Moss dies, she has nightmares where she cries out his name in her sleep. |
| 1868 | * RomanticFalseLead: For Jagged Peak. ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle'' seem to be setting them up as a couple, but then Clear Sky kills her in the battle. |
| 1869 | * ShipTease: She spends an awful lot of time with Jagged Peak in ''Thunder Rising'', and when she's not with him, she's usually either thinking about him or talking about him. |
| 1870 | [[/folder]] |
| 1871 | |
| 1872 | [[folder:Jackdaw's Cry]] |
| 1873 | !!Jackdaw's Cry |
| 1874 | ->"You mean we could chase the rabbits all the way to their nests?" |
| 1875 | |
| 1876 | A young tom seeking a new future beyond the Sun Trail. He's also the brother of Falling Feather. Along with Shattered Ice, he is one of the inventors of tunneling. As well, he is the mate of Hawk Swoop and the father of her kits, Lightning Tail and Acorn Fur. |
| 1877 | ---- |
| 1878 | * CainAndAbel: In ''The First Battle'', he and his sister Falling Feather end up fighting and killing each other. |
| 1879 | * DishingOutDirt: He, along with Shattered Ice, is one of the first practitioners of [=WindClan=]'s tunneling skill. |
| 1880 | * FamedInStory: Remembered in ''Tallstar's Revenge'' as being one of the cats who created [=WindClan's=] tunneling tradition. |
| 1881 | * HappilyMarried: Gets together with Hawk Swoop at the end of ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 1882 | * MutualKill: In ''The First Battle'', he and his sister Falling Feather fight and end up killing each other. |
| 1883 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Much in the same way that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the last push that caused World War I to happen, Jackdaw's Cry ends up causing the Great Battle at the Four Trees by catching some food for himself after being starved for two days. |
| 1884 | * TagalongKid: He is one of the youngest members of the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1885 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Shattered Ice. They are rarely seen outside of each other's company, both share an interest in tunneling, and share similar opinions. |
| 1886 | * ThemeTwinNaming: He and his sister both have bird-related names. |
| 1887 | * TogetherInDeath: Dies in the Great Battle, but his mate Hawk Swoop does as well, so they can be together in the afterlife. |
| 1888 | [[/folder]] |
| 1889 | |
| 1890 | [[folder:Hawk Swoop]] |
| 1891 | !!Hawk Swoop |
| 1892 | ->"Come, little one. I'll look after [you]." |
| 1893 | |
| 1894 | A young, caring she-cat who joins the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1895 | ---- |
| 1896 | * BigDamnHeroes: When Gray Wing is about to fight Gorse and Wind, Hawk Swoop and Tall Shadow show up to prevent the fight and make sure no cat gets hurt. |
| 1897 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: In ''The Sun Trail'', she freezes up with fear when a car comes towards her. Luckily, Shattered Ice manages to save her from being hit. |
| 1898 | * GoodParents: In a contrast to Clear Sky, she is a kind mother who treats her kits well, including her adopted kit Thunder. |
| 1899 | * HappilyMarried: Gets together with Jackdaw's Cry at the end of ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 1900 | * ParentalSubstitute: At the end of ''The Sun Trail'', she agrees to become Thunder's foster mother. |
| 1901 | * TagalongKid: She is one of the youngest members of the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1902 | * TogetherInDeath: Dies in the Great Battle, but her mate Jackdaw's Cry does as well, so they can be together in the afterlife. |
| 1903 | [[/folder]] |
| 1904 | |
| 1905 | [[folder:Moon Shadow]] |
| 1906 | !!Moon Shadow |
| 1907 | ->"Did you see how I frightened off that eagle yesterday? It would have carried off Jackdaw's Cry if I hadn't been there." |
| 1908 | |
| 1909 | Moon Shadow is everything his sister Tall Shadow isn't. He runs from responsibilities and doesn't think the consequences of his actions through. Although he claims that he's following the Sun Trail because he wants his kits at the Tribe to have more food, he's really just looking for freedom. He leaves the moor with Clear Sky to live in the forest |
| 1910 | ---- |
| 1911 | * BigEater: He eats a ton. When the Followers of the Sun Trail are sharing Dappled Pelt's fish, Gray Wing notices him hanging around hoping for seconds. |
| 1912 | * BreakingTheFellowship: He leaves the Followers of the Sun Trail along with Quick Water, Falling Feather, Jagged Peak, and Clear Sky to form a new group. |
| 1913 | * ButtMonkey: He gets beat up by forest cats, constantly yelled at by Dewy Leaf, and everyone else calls him an idiot. |
| 1914 | * DisappearedDad: For his son, Sun Shadow. He left the cave before Sun Shadow was born, and they'll never meet because Moon Shadow is dead. [[spoiler:However, they do meet in [=StarClan=] after Sun Shadow's death in ''Shadowstar's Life''.]] |
| 1915 | * {{Expy}}: He's like a mix between Berrynose and Crowfeather. |
| 1916 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Moon ''Shadow'', his sister Tall ''Shadow'', and his son Sun ''Shadow''. |
| 1917 | * HotBlooded: He is constantly picking fights with unfamiliar cats. His Tribemates call him an idiot for it. |
| 1918 | * ManOnFire: In ''Thunder Rising'', he dies from injury sustained in a forest fire. The book describes it as his stomach being literally on fire which could not be put out in time to save him. |
| 1919 | * ParentalNeglect: He is essentially running away from his kits. It's PlayedForLaughs, due to how everyone else treats him. |
| 1920 | * PolarOppositeTwins: With Tall Shadow, who is quiet and worth listening to, while Moon Shadow is annoying and boastful. Gray Wing wonders how one litter can produce such different cats. |
| 1921 | * SeriesContinuityError: Dies in ''Thunder Rising'', but is listed in the allegiances of ''The First Battle''. |
| 1922 | * SiblingYinYang: He's reckless, brash, and always getting into fights. Meanwhile, his sister Tall Shadow is quiet, intelligent, and a natural leader. |
| 1923 | [[/folder]] |
| 1924 | |
| 1925 | [[folder:Falling Feather]] |
| 1926 | !!Falling Feather |
| 1927 | ->"I only did what any cat would have done." |
| 1928 | |
| 1929 | A young, laid-back she-cat who follows the Sun Trail. She is Jackdaw's Cry's sister. |
| 1930 | ---- |
| 1931 | * AlliterativeName: '''F'''alling '''F'''eather. |
| 1932 | * BreakingTheFellowship: She leaves the Followers of the Sun Trail, along with Moon Shadow, Clear Sky, Jagged Peak, and Quick Water, to form a new group. |
| 1933 | * CainAndAbel: In ''The First Battle'', she and her brother end up fighting and killing each other. |
| 1934 | * CatsHateWater: Inverted. Falling Feather loves water and has a passion for swimming. |
| 1935 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jumping into the river to save Quick Water gives us a perfect picture of her character. She loves water, and wouldn't hesitate to risk her life for a friend in need. |
| 1936 | * FisticuffProvokingComment: In ''The First Battle'', Clear Sky and Falling Feather are arguing at the start of the book. Clear Sky insists that he does what he does for TheNeedsOfTheMany, and after arguing that there's plenty of prey to share, Falling Feather calls him greedy. This makes Clear Sky furious enough to claw her across the muzzle. |
| 1937 | * MutualKill: In ''The First Battle'', she and her brother Jackdaw's Cry fight and end up killing each other. |
| 1938 | * RedHerring: Her swimming skills hint that she will become a member of [=RiverClan=]. However, her death in ''The First Battle'' means that she will never become one. |
| 1939 | * TagalongKid: She is one of the youngest members of the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1940 | * ThemeTwinNaming: She and her brother both have bird-related names. |
| 1941 | [[/folder]] |
| 1942 | |
| 1943 | [[folder:Bright Stream]] |
| 1944 | !!Bright Stream |
| 1945 | ->"I love living in the mountains. In spite of the cold and hunger. I always imagined I'd raise my kits here...but then, I always imagined their father would be Clear Sky." |
| 1946 | |
| 1947 | Clear Sky's mate. She joins him on the quest because she wants to be with him, and because she believes that a good home for their future kits lies at the end of the Sun Trail. However, she is carried off by an eagle and killed early on into the journey, with drastic consequences for the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1948 | ---- |
| 1949 | * BettyAndVeronica: She's incredibly sweet and loyal to Clear Sky, making her the Betty and Clear Sky's other mate, the blunt and sarcastic Storm, the Veronica. |
| 1950 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: She is snatched by an eagle while trying to save Gray Wing. To make matter worse, she was pregnant with Clear Sky's kits. |
| 1951 | * CynicismCatalyst: Her death was the first step towards Clear Sky's FaceHeelTurn. |
| 1952 | * ADayInTheLimelight: An extra scene has been released online which shows her point of view. Unfortunately for her, said scene is her death. |
| 1953 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: Her story titled ''The Death of Bright Stream''. |
| 1954 | * DisposableWoman: Basically only functions as a reason for Clear Sky to start becoming a jerk. |
| 1955 | * TheDitherer: Just like Gray Wing, she worries about leaving the mountains. However, she makes up her mind far quicker because of her love of Clear Sky. |
| 1956 | * {{Expy}}: Of Spottedleaf. She is made of purity, is Clear Sky's love interest, and tragically dies in the first book. |
| 1957 | * FirstLove: For Clear Sky, who eventually gets together with Storm after her death. |
| 1958 | * TheLostLenore: Her death is the catalyst for her mate Clear Sky's fall. |
| 1959 | * NeverFoundTheBody: She was carried off by eagles, but none of the cats ever get confirmation of her death until ''The First Battle'', when she appears as a ghost with the rest of the [=StarClan=] cats. |
| 1960 | * NiceGirl: She is calm, kind, and compassionate. |
| 1961 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death at the talons of an eagle is the start of Clear Sky's fall to the Dark Side, and the cause of the main conflict in the first half of ''Dawn of the Clans''. |
| 1962 | * PregnantBadass: Even though she's carrying kits, she still fights and helps the other cats. This ends up backfiring massively when she dies and starts Clear Sky's downward spiral. |
| 1963 | * UndyingLoyalty: Is willing to leave the only home she's ever known to follow her mate, Clear Sky. |
| 1964 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: In ''The Sun Trail'', she pretends to limp to attract some of the eagles toward her. |
| 1965 | [[/folder]] |
| 1966 | |
| 1967 | [[folder:Shaded Moss]] |
| 1968 | !!Shaded Moss |
| 1969 | ->"This has been my home all my life. I always expected to die here. But if Stoneteller believes that some of us must leave to find the place of her dream, then I will go, and do my best to keep you safe." |
| 1970 | |
| 1971 | A somewhat older member of the Tribe. Most of the Tribe expected Half Moon to name Shaded Moss as her successor to the mantle of Stoneteller. However, they were shocked when she instead named him the leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail, a group of cats who would seek out a new home, while also reducing the amount of mouths the Tribe has to feed. Although he expected to live with the Tribe until the end of his days, Shaded Moss is honoured to lead the crew. He's also Rainswept Flower's loving father. |
| 1972 | ---- |
| 1973 | * BloodFromTheMouth: After being hit by a car. |
| 1974 | * DoomedByCanon: He's the leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail, but since we never heard about him as one of the major leaders of the forest cats who formed the Clans, something has to happen to him before the Clans are made. That something turns out to be his death when he is hit by a car. |
| 1975 | * TheLeader: Half Moon names him that leader of the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1976 | * LookBothWays: He is killed when a car hits him while he is trying to escape from a dog. |
| 1977 | * MeaningfulFuneral: The Followers of the Sun Trail hold one when he dies. |
| 1978 | * MrExposition: Whenever something about the outside world needs to be explained to the Followers of the Sun Trail, he's usually the one to do it. |
| 1979 | * TeamDad: He acts fatherly and supportive towards the other Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 1980 | * WhatTheHellHero: At the end of ''The First Battle'', he returns as a spirit and chews out Tall Shadow. |
| 1981 | -->'''Shaded Moss''': "All cats have a choice. A cat who follows only one path, never stopping to question where it leads, is as dumb as the prey she hunts." |
| 1982 | [[/folder]] |
| 1983 | |
| 1984 | [[folder:Storm]] |
| 1985 | !!Storm |
| 1986 | ->"I'll see you next time you need rescuing." |
| 1987 | |
| 1988 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c55094183d4ec98ba2f2af7f55a6dd81.jpg]] |
| 1989 | |
| 1990 | A silver she-cat who has lived in the forest all her life. She is sarcastic and blunt, but she won't hesitate to help cats in need. |
| 1991 | ---- |
| 1992 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She gets together with the antagonistic Clear Sky. |
| 1993 | * AlmostDeadGuy: As she dies, she asks Gray Wing to apologize to Clear Sky for her. |
| 1994 | * BettyAndVeronica: She is blunt and sarcastic, making her the Veronica to the loyal and supportive Turtle Tail, who is also a love interest for Gray Wing. And these same traits also make her Clear Sky's Veronica, with his incredibly sweet mate Bright Stream as the Betty. |
| 1995 | * EmbarrassingRescue: In ''The Sun Trail'', Gray Wing helps chase away some cats that are harassing Storm. Storm pretends that she didn't need the help. |
| 1996 | * FamilyThemeNaming: All three of her kits have names related to storms, like her. Though Thunder's name was given to him by Turtle Tail and Gray Wing, leaving it unknown what it was originally. |
| 1997 | * HeroicSacrifice: Instead of fleeing, she gives her life to protect her kits. |
| 1998 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She acts rude towards Gray Wing at first, but she helps him out even though she has nothing to gain from it. |
| 1999 | * TheLostLenore: Clear Sky loved her as much as he loved Bright Stream, but he also loses her when she dies. |
| 2000 | * LoveAtFirstSight: She and Clear Sky have an incredibly awkward moment where they fall in love when they first meet. They get together a few days later. |
| 2001 | * LoveTriangle: She loves Clear Sky, but Gray Wing loves her. |
| 2002 | * MamaBear: Dies protecting her kits from harm. |
| 2003 | * MeetCute: When Gray Wing takes her to meet Clear Sky, they have an incredibly awkward exchange due to how smitten they are. They later get together. |
| 2004 | * TheNicknamer: Calls Gray Wing "Gray Whatsit". This is actually the name Rusty gave to Graypaw in ''Into the Wild'', so it doubles as a MythologyGag. |
| 2005 | * ObliviousToLove: She doesn't notice how much Gray Wing loves her. |
| 2006 | * RescueRomance: Gray Wing thought that they were going to get together after they each saved each other. However, it's subverted as she has Clear Sky's kits. |
| 2007 | * TheRunaway: Leaves Clear Sky's camp after she grows sick of his behaviour. |
| 2008 | * SecondLove: For Clear Sky, who eventually gets together with her after losing his mate Bright Stream. |
| 2009 | * TalkingInYourDreams: In ''Thunder Rising'', she appears in Thunder's dreams to talk to her son and tell him that she hopes that he will make things right with Clear Sky. |
| 2010 | * WalkingSpoiler: Just like her mate. She is Clear Sky's second mate, gives birth to Thunder, and dies. All of these things are major plot twists that come late in ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 2011 | * WhatTheHellHero: At the end of ''The First Battle'', she returns as a spirit to further hammer in to Clear Sky's head how badly he screwed up. |
| 2012 | [[/folder]] |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | [[folder:Frost]] |
| 2015 | !!Frost |
| 2016 | ->"Well, that's a good excuse. I think you've come to steal our prey." |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | A cat who wants the forest all to himself. He later joins up with the forest group. |
| 2019 | ---- |
| 2020 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: In ''Thunder Rising'', his paw is injured in a fire, and with no cats with healing knowledge in the forest group, it refuses to heal on its own and becomes infected. Clear Sky kicks him out because an injury weakens the group. |
| 2021 | * TheExile: At the end of ''Thunder Rising'', Clear Sky kicks him out of the forest because of his injury. Frost was supposed to be left for dead, but Thunder goes with him and takes him to the moor group. |
| 2022 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He wants Storm out of the forest so that he can have more food for himself. |
| 2023 | * {{Jerkass}}: He is very rude to Gray Wing when he wants to visit Clear Sky. He also attacks Storm for "invading" the forest, even though she's lived there for her entire life. However, he tones it down a bit after Thunder takes him to the Moor Group. |
| 2024 | * {{Revenge}}: In ''The First Battle'', he joins in the Great Battle partially to help the Moor Group and partially to get revenge on Clear Sky for kicking him out. |
| 2025 | * TheSkeptic: He thinks that Gray Wing is lying about wanting to see his own brother, Clear Sky, and is actually trying to steal prey. He also attacks Storm, thinking her to be a trespasser instead of a resident of the forest. |
| 2026 | * SlashedThroat: Snake kills him this way. |
| 2027 | * VillainTeamUp: Teams up with fellow antagonists Fox, Petal, Leaf, and Clear Sky when he joins the forest group. |
| 2028 | [[/folder]] |
| 2029 | |
| 2030 | [[folder:Fox]] |
| 2031 | !!Fox |
| 2032 | ->"Petal and I share everything." |
| 2033 | |
| 2034 | When he was just a kit, Fox lost his mother to a badger. He and his sister Petal decided that they could only rely on each other. However, his beliefs started to change when he met the forest group, which is led by Clear Sky. He joined because of his love for Falling Feather. However, he was killed in a border dispute with Gray Wing before anything developed. |
| 2035 | ---- |
| 2036 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Fox. |
| 2037 | * TheBully: He's a complete jerk to the cats outside the forest group, and he picks on them. It's pretty sad, because his sister hates bullies. |
| 2038 | * TheDragon: He serves as an enforcer to the leader of the forest group, Clear Sky, always hanging around him and controlling who goes through the borders. |
| 2039 | * SiblingTeam: He and his sister Petal rely on each other, hunting and fighting together. |
| 2040 | * SlashedThroat: Gray Wing accidentally cuts his throat open, killing him. |
| 2041 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Is quite kind and sweet in ''The Sun Trail'''s Bonus Scene, but acts cold and is rude towards Gray Wing. |
| 2042 | * VillainTeamUp: He and his sister team up with fellow antagonists Leaf, Frost, and Clear Sky when they join the forest group. |
| 2043 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies after having few appearances and not doing much of note. The bonus scene of ''The Sun Trail'' helps alleviate this by giving him a more clear-cut personality. |
| 2044 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In ''The Sun Trail'''s Bonus Scene, he tells Petal that she's a lot better than she gives herself credit for. |
| 2045 | [[/folder]] |
| 2046 | |
| 2047 | [[folder:Fircone]] |
| 2048 | !!Fircone |
| 2049 | ->"We're worried about where this is heading. Soon Clear Sky won't listen to what anyone has to say, and we won't have any choice about what he asks us to do." |
| 2050 | |
| 2051 | A tom that joins Clear Sky's group with his best friend Nettle late in ''Thunder Rising''. He needs a place to stay, but is disgusted by Clear Sky's deplorable actions. However, as he spends more time in the camp, he begins to support Clear Sky more, and starts to hunger for battle. |
| 2052 | ---- |
| 2053 | * FallenHero: In ''The First Battle'', Thunder says that he used to be a good cat, but now he's just become another unquestioning minion of Clear Sky. |
| 2054 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: He doesn't show up until the final chapter of ''Thunder Rising'', but he is the cause of the climax because he convinces Thunder to confront Clear Sky. |
| 2055 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Played with. He's willing to follow through on any awful order Clear Sky may give him, but he feels horrible about it and wants Clear Sky to change his ways. |
| 2056 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen in the company of Nettle in ''Thunder Rising'' and ''The First Battle''. |
| 2057 | [[/folder]] |
| 2058 | |
| 2059 | [[folder:Emberkit]] |
| 2060 | !!Emberkit |
| 2061 | ->"I have Turtle Tail." |
| 2062 | |
| 2063 | One of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur's four kits born in ''The First Battle''. He tragically dies shortly after being born. |
| 2064 | ---- |
| 2065 | * DeathOfAChild: He dies the day he's born. |
| 2066 | * DiesWideOpen: His eyes are stated to be "clouded" when he dies. |
| 2067 | * HappilyAdopted: In ''The First Battle'', Emberkit dies and is separated from his mother, Wind Runner. However, Turtle Tail will look after him in [=StarClan=], and he seems to love her just as much as his mother. |
| 2068 | * OddNameOut: The only one of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur's kits to have a name in the style of the Clans rather than an early Tribe style name. Kate notes that this happened because [[SeriesContinuityError she forgot that the Clans hadn't been formed yet and named him like a Clan kit.]] |
| 2069 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Emberkit dies shortly after being born. We don't even learn his name until after he's dead. |
| 2070 | [[/folder]] |
| 2071 | |
| 2072 | [[folder:Morning Whisker]] |
| 2073 | !!Morning Whisker |
| 2074 | ->"Yes. Half Moon and Gray Wing have taught me how to hunt." |
| 2075 | |
| 2076 | One of Wind Runner and Gorse Fur's daughters, born in ''The First Battle''. She is a brown tabby and white she-cat with a white muzzle. |
| 2077 | ---- |
| 2078 | * BloodFromTheMouth: In ''The Blazing Star'', this is one of her symptoms when she is ill. |
| 2079 | * DeathOfAChild: She dies of sickness in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 2080 | * NoNameGiven: Her name wasn't revealed in ''The First Battle''. Subverted when Kate revealed her name online. |
| 2081 | * SeriesContinuityError: Was accidentally referred to as a tom in ''The First Battle'', which claimed that Wind Runner had "three sons and a daughter" when she in fact had two sons and two daughters. |
| 2082 | [[/folder]] |
| 2083 | |
| 2084 | [[folder:Pale Sky and Tiger Tail]] |
| 2085 | !!Pale Sky and Tiger Tail |
| 2086 | |
| 2087 | Bright Stream and Clear Sky's kits. Bright Stream is pregnant with them at the time of her death. |
| 2088 | ---- |
| 2089 | * AfterlifeWelcome: Appear alongside their mother to welcome Gray Wing to [=StarClan=] when he dies. |
| 2090 | * AlliterativeName: '''T'''iger '''T'''ail. |
| 2091 | * AllThereInTheManual: Their names are only specified on the Warriors website family tree, and never mentioned in the books. |
| 2092 | * AmbiguousGender: Whether they are toms, she-cats or one of each is not specified. |
| 2093 | * TheCameo: They only appear briefly at the end of ''Path of Stars''. They don't even say anything. |
| 2094 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Their mother is killed while pregnant with them, killing them as well. |
| 2095 | * DeathOfAChild: They died while their mother was still pregnant with them. |
| 2096 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Clear Sky, and his kit Pale Sky. |
| 2097 | * NoNameGiven: Their names aren't revealed in ''Path of Stars''. Subverted when the Warriors website family tree reveals their names. |
| 2098 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Their deaths, and that of their mother, serve to kick off Clear Sky's StartOfDarkness. |
| 2099 | * TheVoiceless: They are never heard speaking. |
| 2100 | [[/folder]] |
| 2101 | |
| 2102 | [[folder:Lightning and Rumble]] |
| 2103 | !!Lightning and Rumble |
| 2104 | |
| 2105 | Thunder's littermates, who died along with their mother Storm. |
| 2106 | ---- |
| 2107 | * AfterlifeWelcome: Seen alongside their mother welcoming Gray Wing to [=StarClan=] when he dies. |
| 2108 | * AllThereInTheManual: Their names are not stated in the series, only mentioned on the Warriors website family tree. |
| 2109 | * AmbiguousGender: Whether they are toms, she-cats or one of each is not specified. |
| 2110 | * TheCameo: They are not seen when Gray Wing visits Storm, and are only seen briefly, already dead, when he rescues Thunder. Their only appearance is standing alongside their mother to welcome Gray Wing to [=StarClan=] when he dies. |
| 2111 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: They both died, along with their mother, when Twolegs tore down the house they were sheltering in, crushed by the debris. |
| 2112 | * DeathOfAChild: They were kits when they died, as was Thunder. |
| 2113 | * NoNameGiven: They seemingly had no names when they died. Subverted later when the Warriors website family tree reveals their names. |
| 2114 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Their deaths, and that of their mother, cause Thunder to join the moor group and be raised by Gray Wing, as well as further break Clear Sky and damage the relationship between him and his littermate. |
| 2115 | * TheVoiceless: They are never heard speaking. |
| 2116 | [[/folder]] |
| 2117 | |
| 2118 | ---- |
| 2119 | |
| 2120 | !Kittypets |
| 2121 | |
| 2122 | [[folder:Bumble]] |
| 2123 | !!Bumble |
| 2124 | ->"I'm a housecat-though I guess you'd call me a kittypet. Can I come up?" |
| 2125 | |
| 2126 | A curious kittypet who explores the forest whenever she gets bored of hanging out with her Housefolk. She becomes friends with Turtle Tail. |
| 2127 | ---- |
| 2128 | * AlmostDeadGuy: Before she dies, she talks with Turtle Tail for a few moments and apologizes to her. |
| 2129 | * BreakTheCutie: In ''Thunder Rising'' she tells her best friend a hard truth, so her friend abandons her. Then her friend's ex starts abusing her, so she feels she must leave her housefolk. But the moor cats reject her and she ends up barely surviving in the forest, slowly starving to death. Then she either gets killed by a fox or by Clear Sky. She goes from kind and fun to broken and alone. |
| 2130 | * BrokenBird: Becomes this in ''Thunder Rising''. She tries to become badass and survive on her own after Turtle Tail leaves, Tom abuses her, and the moor cats reject her, but it doesn't work, and she dies. |
| 2131 | * CulturalRebel: Unlike most kittypets in the series, she adores the forest and isn't too frightened of the cats that live there. |
| 2132 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Turtle Tail. They are very good friends, and Turtle Tail eventually moves in with her, but there's nothing romantic between them. |
| 2133 | * APetIntoTheWild: She tries to become this in ''Thunder Rising'', but it doesn't work out and instead she ends up dying. |
| 2134 | [[/folder]] |
| 2135 | |
| 2136 | [[folder:Tom]] |
| 2137 | !!Tom |
| 2138 | ->"I don't think they're be enough combs in the world to scrape the fleas from ''her''." |
| 2139 | |
| 2140 | A kittypet who was abandoned by his Twolegs. He was taken to an animal shelter for a while, but was eventually adopted by Bumble's Twolegs. Fathered Turtle Tail's kits, but didn't tell her that the Twolegs would take them away when they were born. Finding this out caused Turtle Tail to go back to the moor. His anger over this caused him to reveal his true colours, and he began beating Bumble, forcing her out into the wild as well. In ''The First Battle'', he shows up on the moor and steals Turtle Tail's kits, but they're rescued by Lightning Tail and Thunder. He returns in ''The Blazing Star'', bringing with him One Eye, a deadly rogue from the swamp. |
| 2141 | ---- |
| 2142 | * ADogNamedDog: Lampshaded by Gray Wing, who is surprised that twolegs would name a tom "Tom", and considers it further proof that all twolegs are crazy. This also trips up Thunder in ''The First Battle'', because when Tom tells him his name, he thinks Tom is saying that he is a tom. |
| 2143 | * AssholeVictim: He's a cruel, abusive, and possessive bully who is eventually killed by One Eye. Absolutely no one is sad about it, save his kits, and even they move on pretty quickly. |
| 2144 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Acts nice to Turtle Tail at first, but he lied to her and manipulated her, and later begins abusing Bumble. He also tries to act politely to Thunder, but Thunder realizes who he is and doesn't fall for it. |
| 2145 | * TheBully: He cruelly beats Bumble, in addition to lying to and manipulating Turtle Tail. |
| 2146 | * DiesWideOpen: After attacking One Eye to protect his kit in ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 2147 | * DomesticAbuse: In ''Thunder Rising'', he starts beating Bumble after Turtle Tail leaves to go back to the moor group. |
| 2148 | * FatBastard: Clear Sky describes him as very plump. He's also a complete and total asshole. |
| 2149 | * TheGhost: He's mentioned several times, and is fairly important as the father of Turtle Tail's kits, but he never appears in ''Thunder Rising''. However, he does show up eventually in ''The First Battle''. |
| 2150 | * GreenEyedMonster: In ''The First Battle'', he gets absolutely furious when he thinks that his twolegs might like Lightning Tail more than him. |
| 2151 | * APetIntoTheWild: In ''The Blazing Star'', he decides to live in the forest. |
| 2152 | * PetTheDog: Subverted. In ''The Blazing Star'' he dies trying to save his daughter from One Eye, but WordOfGod is it was actually because he saw her as a possession and thus it was unacceptable for One Eye to hurt her. |
| 2153 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: In ''The Blazing Star'', he finally does something for someone other than himself by saving Sparrow Fur, but is killed in the process by One Eye. However, he wasn't actually redeeming himself, and just saw Sparrow Fur as a possession of his that One Eye was damaging. |
| 2154 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In ''The Blazing Star'', despite being an asshole, he probably never intended for all the death that came from him bringing One Eye to Clear Sky. |
| 2155 | [[/folder]] |
| 2156 | |
| 2157 | [[folder:Flower]] |
| 2158 | !!Flower |
| 2159 | ->"If Tom knew I brought you here, he'd be very angry. Good luck!" |
| 2160 | |
| 2161 | A timid she-cat that's friends with River Ripple. Although shy, she is also quite nosy. Nothing happens in the Twolegplace without Flower knowing about it. |
| 2162 | ---- |
| 2163 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. A former kittypet who joins a group of loners who are manipulated by Sol in ''Power of Three'' is also named Flower. It is also the name of Sharpclaw's sister, mentioned in the Warriors app and on the Warriors website family tree. |
| 2164 | * ShrinkingViolet: She's very timid, so much that River Ripple makes Thunder and Lightning Tail hide from her lest they spook her. |
| 2165 | * SpearCarrier: River Ripple takes Thunder and Lightning Tail to her to get information. |
| 2166 | [[/folder]] |
| 2167 | |
| 2168 | [[folder:Cleo]] |
| 2169 | !!Cleo |
| 2170 | ->"I didn't think about how I'd find food once we left. I just wanted to make sure my kits were safe." |
| 2171 | |
| 2172 | A kittypet who joins River Ripple's group briefly after her kits are born, to protect them. |
| 2173 | ---- |
| 2174 | * FromStrayToPet: Is persuaded to return to her Twolegs by her mate. |
| 2175 | * HappilyMarried: To Casper, though she seems to care more about their kits than him. |
| 2176 | * MamaBear: Leaves her home so the Twolegs won't take her kits away. |
| 2177 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: When Night teaches her to swim, Casper attacks and injures her, thinking she's trying to drown his mate. Cleo has to pull him off and explain what's going on. |
| 2178 | * APetIntoTheWild: Along with her kits, leaves her house for the forest so they can stay together. |
| 2179 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She is white with ginger splotches. Her son, Scout, is fully white. |
| 2180 | [[/folder]] |
| 2181 | |
| 2182 | [[folder:Casper]] |
| 2183 | !!Casper |
| 2184 | ->"Having to hunt every day and share my food doesn't sound like freedom to me. The Twolegs give us everything we need, and we don't have to work for it. And it's always warm and dry in the Twoleg den. Can you imagine life here when it's cold?" |
| 2185 | |
| 2186 | Cleo's mate, and the father of her kits. |
| 2187 | ---- |
| 2188 | * HappilyMarried: To Cleo, though she seems to care more about their kits than him. |
| 2189 | * LazyBum: Possibly, if his quote is any indication, though he does also bring up good points, and was active enough to find his mate and kits. |
| 2190 | * PapaWolf: Goes out into the forest to find his mate and kits and bring them home, after he realizes the Twolegs will not give the kits away. |
| 2191 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He's ginger, like his daughter Hunter. |
| 2192 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Boyfriend, actually, but he does attack Night when he thinks she's trying to drown Cleo. |
| 2193 | [[/folder]] |
| 2194 | |
| 2195 | [[folder:Hunter and Scout]] |
| 2196 | !!Hunter and Scout |
| 2197 | |
| 2198 | Cleo and Casper's kits. Hunter is a she-cat, while Scout is a tom. |
| 2199 | ---- |
| 2200 | * FromStrayToPet: Join River Ripple's group with their mother, but are persuaded to come back to their Twoleg nest by their father. |
| 2201 | * APetIntoTheWild: Leave their Twoleg nest with their mother when she thinks they'll be taken away by the Twolegs. |
| 2202 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Hunter is ginger, like their father, while Scout is white, like their mother. |
| 2203 | * TagalongKid: They go where their mother goes. |
| 2204 | [[/folder]] |
| 2205 | |
| 2206 | ---- |
| 2207 | |
| 2208 | !Rogues |
| 2209 | |
| 2210 | [[folder:One Eye]] |
| 2211 | !!One Eye |
| 2212 | ->"I may only have one eye, but I see everything." |
| 2213 | |
| 2214 | An ancient and malevolent cat who lives in the forest. Once Tom tells him about the presence of Clear Sky and his Forest Group, he takes an interest in it and requests to join it. However, while Clear Sky thinks that he just wants to grow stronger, he has far more sinister reasons for wanting to become part of the group. |
| 2215 | ---- |
| 2216 | * AllThereInTheManual: According to the Warriors website family tree, One Eye resides in the Dark Forest following his death. |
| 2217 | * ArcVillain: He is the main villain of ''The Blazing Star''. However, he dies in that book, so he won't play the role of the villain any longer. In ''A Forest Divided'', his successor Slash appears and seems to be the true final villain of ''Dawn of the Clans''. |
| 2218 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Set up as the new villain after Clear Sky. Then killed at the end of ''The Blazing Star''. Slash, a new character introduced in ''A Forest Divided'', appears to be the true villain. |
| 2219 | * DisproportionateRetribution: In ''The Blazing Star'', he tries to kill Sparrow Fur when she asks to see her father. He only fails because Tom saves her, so he kills Tom, then later captures Sparrow Fur and tortures her. As well, when Acorn Fur protects her friends from his rogues, he has them surround her and all brutally beat her, focusing on inflicting head wounds. |
| 2220 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In ''The Blazing Star'', the first thing he does is land almost on Clear Sky, then attack his ally Tom, snapping that he can speak for himself. |
| 2221 | * TheExile: Clear Sky exiles him from the forest for killing Tom. He doesn't care, and comes back later to take over the Forest Group and force Clear Sky himself into exile. |
| 2222 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Doesn't show a single redeeming trait while he's alive, but his daughter Star Flower is utterly grief-stricken at his death. |
| 2223 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: According to [[WordOfGod Kate]], he loved Star Flower as much as he could love any other cat. |
| 2224 | * EvilOldFolks: Incredibly ancient, and very malevolent. |
| 2225 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Repeatedly admits to Clear Sky that the only cat he cares about is himself, and advises Clear Sky to only care for himself as well. |
| 2226 | * NeckSnap: How he's killed. |
| 2227 | * OneManArmy: Probably the strongest cat in ''Dawn of the Clans''. It took Cloud Spots, Lightning Tail, Thunder, and Gray Wing all fighting together to bring him down. |
| 2228 | * {{Sadist}}: He has one of the most frightening sadistic streaks in the series. According to his old enemy, Mouse Ear, One Eye likes to manipulate other cats and cause trouble just for the fun of it. Throughout the book, we quickly learn that Mouse Ear ''wasn't'' kidding; One Eye imprisons and tortures Sparrow Fur, permenately scars his followers with his "Mark" (see below), and has his followers brutally beat up Sparrow Fur, and later Clear Sky, all with ''blood-chilling'' joy. |
| 2229 | * {{Pride}}: He's very arrogant and clearly thinks very highly of himself. |
| 2230 | * TheSociopath: Shows traits of one; he has a complete LackOfEmpathy, a selfish, sadistic streak, and is very arrogant and prone to bragging to the point of at least once referring to himself in the third person. |
| 2231 | * ThirdPersonPerson: For a little bit in ''The Blazing Star'', when facing off against Clear Sky. |
| 2232 | --> '''One Eye:''' You'll kill me, will you? You'll kill One Eye? If One Eye were that easy to kill, he'd never have survived kithood. |
| 2233 | * WorldsStrongestMan: In ''Dawn of the Clans'', he's easily the strongest cat any of the characters has ever encountered. |
| 2234 | * WouldHurtAChild: In ''The Blazing Star'', he insists that the kit Sparrow Fur fight him to prove that she can see her father, and he nearly kills her. |
| 2235 | * YouFool: In ''The Blazing Star'', he calls Clear Sky a fool when Clear Sky claims that he doesn't want to "keep his cats in line". |
| 2236 | * ZorroMark: He leaves a circle-shaped wound on cats' paw pads, to mark them as his servants. |
| 2237 | [[/folder]] |
| 2238 | |
| 2239 | [[folder:Slash]] |
| 2240 | !!Slash |
| 2241 | ->"When the time comes, I want to see the surprise on their soft, kitty-loving faces for myself." |
| 2242 | |
| 2243 | An elderly ally of One Eye's who wants to finish what One Eye started. |
| 2244 | ---- |
| 2245 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: He acts very creepy towards Star Flower and Violet Dawn, neither of whom wants his attention in the slightest. |
| 2246 | * ArcVillain: He is the main villain of ''A Forest Divided'' and ''Path of Stars'', the last two books, but isn't even foreshadowed before them. |
| 2247 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'', he is shown to have fled the Clans, recruited more rogues and subjugated the cats of the park. When Riverstar comes to stop him, the battle ends with his presumed death falling into a river and drowning.]] |
| 2248 | * BadBoss: He treats his rogues like complete dirt. He starves most of them except for his handful of friends, has anyone who expresses displeasure brutally beaten, compares his cats to foxes, abuses Fern and his other spies, and when they get injured by the dogs, he ditches them, deciding that caring for them is too much work. |
| 2249 | * CasanovaWannabe: He wanted Star Flower, but she picked Clear Sky over him. Then in ''Path of Stars'', he tries to get Violet, one of his rogues, to become his mate, and she rejects him as well. |
| 2250 | * DarkIsEvil: Like many other villains, he is a brown tabby. |
| 2251 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Is pushed into a fast flowing river and doesn't come up again, presumably drowning.]] |
| 2252 | * EarNotch: He has torn ears that are nicked at the tip. |
| 2253 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He loses because he cannot understand loyalty, and just thinks that all his cats will come back to him when he returns. Also, Clear Sky thinks that he doesn't know what love is. |
| 2254 | * EvilCounterpart: He's what Clear Sky would have been if he had been motivated by greed rather than fear. |
| 2255 | * IHaveYourWife: He kidnaps Star Flower at the end of ''A Forest Divided''. |
| 2256 | * ImmediateSelfContradiction: A variation. When confronting the cats at Fourtrees, he claims that his cats were free to leave him whenever they wanted. Fern Leaf says he is lying, and says he threatened to hurt her sister Beech if she left. His response is "So. Beech died anyway," which basically admits that she is right. |
| 2257 | * ItAmusedMe: In ''Path of Stars'', he reveals that he just kidnapped Star Flower because he thought it would be funny to see Clear Sky try to convince the other leaders to help save her, and that his real plan was just to steal the prey out of the paws of the cats from the groups. |
| 2258 | * KarmaHoudini: What's his punishment for kidnapping and starving a pregnant Star Flower, abusing his rogues, stealing prey, and attacking the Clans? Nothing--he escapes to live another day. |
| 2259 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'', his followers abandon him and he's presumably killed by being pushed off a waterfall into a river where he drowns. This happens after he attempted to subjugate another group of cats, and threatened to kill an elder. His death was a long time coming.]] |
| 2260 | * KickTheDog: He outright abuses his ally, Fern. He also kidnaps Star Flower -- who is pregnant with Clear Sky's kits -- to get Clear Sky and the other leaders to meet him at the Four Trees so they can share their prey with him and his group. In ''Path of Stars'', he also ditches his group when they get injured by the dogs. |
| 2261 | * LazyBum: He is perfectly capable of catching prey for himself, but menaces the groups because he doesn't want to, and thinks they should do it for him. As well, in ''Path of Stars'', he decides that helping his rogues recover from the dog attack is too much work, and leaves them. |
| 2262 | * LecherousLicking: While kidnapping Star Flower, he scratches her on the cheek, then pauses to lap at the blood. |
| 2263 | * TheLeader: He leads the rogues with One Eye dead. However, after they get injured by the dogs, he decides that caring for them is too much work, so he leaves. |
| 2264 | * MeaningfulName: He seems to be named for the white slash marking on his legs. |
| 2265 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'', one line implies he may have done this to his own kits.]] |
| 2266 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: He staves off Clear Sky while kidnapping Star Flower by remarking that it would be terrible if he was forced to hurt her or her unborn kits. |
| 2267 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''Riverstar's Home'', he's pushed into a fast flowing river, pulled down, and seemingly doesn't come up. Riverstar and the other witnesses believe he is dead, but his body isn't shown.]] |
| 2268 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: With Star Flower. They grew up together and he thought she was going to be his mate, but she was pregnant with Clear Sky's kits by the time he revealed himself to Clear Sky. |
| 2269 | * VillainousFriendship: Seems to have this with Splinter and Beetle, his CoDragons, who he gives the best prey to. He also states that he had this with One Eye. |
| 2270 | * WouldHurtAChild: Threatens Star Flower's unborn kits, and it's clear that he ''means'' it. [[spoiler:A line in ''Riverstar's Home'' also implies he killed his own kits.]] |
| 2271 | [[/folder]] |
| 2272 | |
| 2273 | [[folder:Snake]] |
| 2274 | !!Snake |
| 2275 | -> "Why don't we just leave? These mouse-hearts don't appreciate you, Slash. Let them try to make it on their own!" |
| 2276 | |
| 2277 | A bloodthirsty rogue tom from the Twolegplace who joins Clear Sky so that he can grow even stronger. |
| 2278 | ---- |
| 2279 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Snake, a reptile. |
| 2280 | * BloodKnight: Always eager to fight and hungry for battle. Shown most obviously by how much he relishes killing Frost. |
| 2281 | * ChekhovsGunman: Almost certainly as of ''The Blazing Star''. He was just a minor villain in ''The First Battle''. However, after turning on Clear Sky and leaving the Forest Group, it looks like he may become one of the major villains of ''Dawn of the Clans''. Subverted somewhat, in that he eventually returns as one of Slash's rogues, but his history with Clear Sky is barely even mentioned, leaving him as a generic follower with no importance. |
| 2282 | * CoDragons: In ''The First Battle'', he and Petal act as Clear Sky's most loyal enforcers, and are very willing to fight for him. |
| 2283 | * DefectorFromDecadence: In ''The Blazing Star'', once he decides that he can no longer stand Clear Sky, he turns on him and leaves the Forest Group. |
| 2284 | * MeaningfulName: His name being Snake foreshadows his treacherous nature, as he turns on Clear Sky at the end of ''The Blazing Star''. |
| 2285 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. He shares his name with Barley's [=BloodClan=] brother, who appears in ''Ravenpaw's Path''. |
| 2286 | * ScarsAreForever: In ''The Blazing Star'', he, along with the rest of the Forest Group, is given One Eye's mark, which is cut into his skin. This is one of the reasons he turns on Clear Sky at the end of the book. |
| 2287 | [[/folder]] |
| 2288 | |
| 2289 | |
| 2290 | [[folder:Splinter]] |
| 2291 | !!Splinter |
| 2292 | ->"I don't know why you bother giving them anything at all." |
| 2293 | |
| 2294 | One of Slash's rogues, and one of his CoDragons. |
| 2295 | ---- |
| 2296 | * CoDragons: He and Beetle are this to Slash. |
| 2297 | * DisappearedDad: According to Kate Cary's blog, he's the father of Milkweed's first litter, Clover, Thistle and Bramble, though he isn't part of their lives. |
| 2298 | * JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: His quote implies he'd let his campmates starve, seeing them as useless. He also abandons them, along with Slash and a few others, after the dog attack. |
| 2299 | * MeaningfulName: His name is a verb that means to break, which is what he does under Slash. |
| 2300 | * VillainousFriendship: He seems to have this with Slash and Beetle. |
| 2301 | [[/folder]] |
| 2302 | |
| 2303 | |
| 2304 | [[folder:Beetle]] |
| 2305 | !!Beetle |
| 2306 | ->"Let these vermin die alone." |
| 2307 | |
| 2308 | One of Slash's rogues, and one of his CoDragons. |
| 2309 | ---- |
| 2310 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Beetle, an insect. |
| 2311 | * CoDragons: He and Splinter are this to Slash. |
| 2312 | * JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Calls his campmates spineless, and a waste of prey at different times, and eventually abandons them along with Slash and a few others. |
| 2313 | * VillainousFriendship: He seems to have this with Slash and Splinter. |
| 2314 | [[/folder]] |
| 2315 | |
| 2316 | |
| 2317 | [[folder:Swallow]] |
| 2318 | !!Swallow |
| 2319 | ->"I don't want to live like prey. I'm a hunter." |
| 2320 | |
| 2321 | One of Slash's rogues, who goes with him when he abandons his campmates. |
| 2322 | ---- |
| 2323 | * ADogNamedCat: She's a cat, and her name is Swallow, a bird. |
| 2324 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Goes with Slash because she wants to be powerful, as shown by her quote. |
| 2325 | * BetterLivingThroughEvil: Her quote shows she could see a future if she joined the other cats instead of Slash, but also wants to be strong, not just alive, so she chooses to follow Slash. |
| 2326 | * WouldHurtAChild: Left behind to guard Black Ear when Slash confronts the Clans and his former rogues at the hollow. When fleeing, she leaves him in the middle of the road, which Clear Sky has to save him from. |
| 2327 | [[/folder]] |
| 2328 | |
| 2329 | |
| 2330 | [[folder:Bee]] |
| 2331 | !!Bee |
| 2332 | -> "But Slash is gone. What are we going to do now?" |
| 2333 | |
| 2334 | One of Slash's rogues who tries to join [=WindClan=] but decides it's not for her. |
| 2335 | ---- |
| 2336 | * ADogNamedCat: She's a cat, and her name is Bee, an insect. |
| 2337 | * TheApprentice: Implied to have been this to Reed when she was part of Wind Runner's group, as he tried to be nice about her unwillingness to help. |
| 2338 | * LazyBum: Joins [=WindClan=] but doesn't try to contribute, unlike Fern and Willow. Eventually attacks Fern and goes back to rejoin Slash because she doesn't want to work to earn her place. |
| 2339 | * MeaningfulName: She's striped yellow and black, like a bee, her namesake. |
| 2340 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. There's a Cat of the Park named Bee in ''Thunder''. |
| 2341 | * RedemptionRejection: Could have joined [=WindClan=] and been loyal and respected. Instead chooses the life of a rogue because being honorable is too much work for her. |
| 2342 | [[/folder]] |
| 2343 | |
| 2344 | |
| 2345 | [[folder:Ember]] |
| 2346 | !!Ember |
| 2347 | ->"Just because I sleep in the same camp doesn't mean I want to change who I am." |
| 2348 | |
| 2349 | One of Slash's rogues who tries to join [=ThunderClan=] but doesn't fit in. |
| 2350 | ---- |
| 2351 | * ItsAllAboutMe: When he hunts, he goes alone and often eats what he catches, instead of bringing it back for the Clan. Also states, when offered to become a full member of the Clan, that in Slash's group, their lives were their own. See his quote, which is also quite rude. |
| 2352 | * JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Doesn't contribute while he lives with Thunder's group, and sees nothing wrong with this. His quote is the response to Thunder asking if he wants to change his name, as opposed to a simple no, he reprimands Thunder for assuming he may want to. |
| 2353 | * MaliciousMisnaming: At one point in ''Riverstar's Home'' calls Riverstar "River Dribble". |
| 2354 | * RedemptionRejection: Could have been a warrior of [=ThunderClan=], but didn't want to work for anyone other than himself, so went back to Slash when given the option. |
| 2355 | [[/folder]] |
| 2356 | |
| 2357 | |
| 2358 | [[folder:Beech]] |
| 2359 | !!Beech |
| 2360 | |
| 2361 | One of Slash's rogues who is also Fern's littermate. |
| 2362 | ---- |
| 2363 | * MissingMom: Her sister claims their mother abandoned them. |
| 2364 | * MoralityPet: Fern states she only stays with Slash because Beech is a part of his group. [[spoiler: Also for Willow Tail, who in ''Moth Flight's Vision'' attempts to kill the cat she blames for Beech's death.]] |
| 2365 | * SacrificialLamb: Her death, and that of Stone, convinces Slash and a few others to abandon the rest, and the Clans to take the rest in. |
| 2366 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She appears only for a short time in ''Path of Stars'' and doesn't contribute much to the plot, but her relationships with Fern and [[spoiler:Willow]] drive [[spoiler:their actions]] in ''Dawn of the Clans'' [[spoiler:and ''Moth Flight's Vision'', respectively]]. |
| 2367 | * ThemeNaming: ''Beech'' and her sister ''Fern'' are both named after plants. |
| 2368 | * TheVoiceless: She is never shown speaking. |
| 2369 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from being abused by Slash, we don't get to see her do much. |
| 2370 | [[/folder]] |
| 2371 | |
| 2372 | |
| 2373 | [[folder:Frog]] |
| 2374 | !!Frog |
| 2375 | -> "You said we could have it." |
| 2376 | |
| 2377 | One of Slash's rogues who is Willow Tail's brother. |
| 2378 | ---- |
| 2379 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Frog. |
| 2380 | * BrattyHalfPint: As a kit, in the bonus scene of ''The First Battle''. |
| 2381 | * ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: When Wind and Gorse save him from a burning tree, he questions them at every opportunity and eventually claims he could have escaped himself. |
| 2382 | * DramaticSpineInjury: During the dog attack, one of the dogs breaks his spine, leaving him unable to walk. Later that night when being brought to join the mountain cats he dies of internal injuries associated with this. |
| 2383 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He first appears in the bonus scene of ''The First Battle'' with his mother and sister, as a kit, before returning in the main series as one of Slash's rogues. |
| 2384 | * MoralityPet: To his sister Willow Tail, who is very upset when he dies. [[spoiler: Though strangely, she doesn't mention him when admitting she instigated the battle with [=SkyClan=] in ''Moth Flight's Vision''.]] |
| 2385 | [[/folder]] |
| 2386 | |
| 2387 | |
| 2388 | [[folder:Stone]] |
| 2389 | !!Stone |
| 2390 | |
| 2391 | One of Slash's rogues who dies in the dog attack. |
| 2392 | ---- |
| 2393 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Nothing is known about him, leaving his motives for following Slash unclear. |
| 2394 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Never mentioned again after he and Beech are buried. |
| 2395 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted twice. He shares his name both with one of Cora and Shorty's kits who appear in ''Hawkwing's Journey'', and a tom born to the Sisters who appears in ''Squirrelflight's Hope''. |
| 2396 | * SacrificialLamb: His death, and that of Beech, convinces Slash and a few others to abandon the rest, and the Clans to take the rest in. |
| 2397 | * TheVoiceless: He is never shown speaking. |
| 2398 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from fighting the dogs and dying, we don't see him do anything. While the other victims of the attack are shown to have some personality, at least through their relationships with others, he isn't. |
| 2399 | [[/folder]] |
| 2400 | |
| 2401 | [[folder:Rain]] |
| 2402 | !!Rain |
| 2403 | |
| 2404 | One of Slash's rogues, formerly Violet's mate. |
| 2405 | ---- |
| 2406 | * FirstLove: For Violet. |
| 2407 | * LookBothWays: Mentioned to have been killed on a Thunderpath (road). |
| 2408 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, there's a rogue named Rain in Darktail's group in ''A Vision of Shadows''. |
| 2409 | * PosthumousCharacter: Mentioned only after his death, by Slash and Violet. |
| 2410 | [[/folder]] |
| 2411 | |
| 2412 | [[folder:Hawk]] |
| 2413 | !!Hawk |
| 2414 | ->"I mean what are you doing here? This is my stretch of the river." |
| 2415 | |
| 2416 | A rogue who attacks River Ripple after he comes to the territories. |
| 2417 | ---- |
| 2418 | * ADogNamedCat: He's named after a bird of prey. |
| 2419 | * TheBully: Has River Ripple assaulted simply for being on territory he has just claimed for himself. |
| 2420 | * DirtyCoward: Has three other cats bigger than him attack River Ripple instead of doing it himself. |
| 2421 | * TheLeader: Of his own gang, who attack others for him, including River Ripple. |
| 2422 | * LeanAndMean: He's stated to be skinny, and is an asshole. |
| 2423 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Hawkfrost, one of the major villains in the first four series', before he joined [=RiverClan=], was named Hawk. Also, one of the Sisters in the later Warriors series' is named Hawk as well. |
| 2424 | * StarterVillain: In a sense. He's the first hostile cat River Ripple faces after arriving in his new home. |
| 2425 | [[/folder]] |
| 2426 | |
| 2427 | [[folder:Snail]] |
| 2428 | !!Snail |
| 2429 | |
| 2430 | A rogue who joins Slash after he flees the Clans, and helps subjugate the Cats of the Park. |
| 2431 | ---- |
| 2432 | * ADogNamedCat: His name is Snail. |
| 2433 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Riverstar, though he's fine due to having lives to spare.]] |
| 2434 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:He kills Riverstar. This enables Riverstar to come back to life in front of all the rogues, scaring them into abandoning Slash and leaving the Cats of the Park alone.]] |
| 2435 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, he shares a name with a cat born into the Sisters who appears in ''Tree's Roots''. |
| 2436 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Leaves after Riverstar returns to life, and isn't seen again.]] |
| 2437 | [[/folder]] |
| 2438 | |
| 2439 | [[folder:Sparrow and Grub]] |
| 2440 | !!Sparrow and Grub |
| 2441 | |
| 2442 | Two rogues who join Slash after he flees the Clans, and help subjugate the Cats of the Park. |
| 2443 | ---- |
| 2444 | * ADogNamedCat: Sparrow is named after a bird, while Grub is named after a non-specific insect. |
| 2445 | * AmbiguousGender: Whether they are toms, she-cats or one of each is not specified. |
| 2446 | * TheApprentice: After joining the Cats of the Park, they are this to Magda and Dart, who teach them how to meditate. |
| 2447 | * HeelFaceTurn: They join the Cats of the Park [[spoiler:after Slash's death]], and after some struggle, accept their culture. |
| 2448 | * MrFixit: Grub at one point is shown helping two other Cats of the Park fix the camp wall. |
| 2449 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, Sparrow shares a name with one of the rogues in ''Tallstar's Revenge'', as well as one of the Sisters in the later Warriors series'. |
| 2450 | [[/folder]] |
| 2451 | |
| 2452 | ---- |
| 2453 | |
| 2454 | !The Tribe |
| 2455 | |
| 2456 | [[folder:Stoneteller]] |
| 2457 | !!Stoneteller (Half Moon) |
| 2458 | ->"All cats in the Tribe are my kits, even the elders. And as for finding a mate, I knew love once and once was enough. We can never be sure of our future, Gray Wing. All we can do is trust that what we believe is right." |
| 2459 | |
| 2460 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8f4cc1c168216b3700c275591fca018b.jpg]] |
| 2461 | |
| 2462 | The leader of the Tribe. Many seasons ago, she was led to the mountains by Jay's Wing, a tom she loved. After having a vision of the rising sun, she realizes that a group of cats must travel away from the mountains and find a new home for themselves. |
| 2463 | |
| 2464 | Stoneteller also appears in ''Power of Three'' and ''Omen of the Stars'' as Half Moon. You can read about that version of her [[Characters/WarriorCatsTribeOfRushingWater here]]. |
| 2465 | ---- |
| 2466 | * CelibateHero: As the Stoneteller, she can't take a mate. But as she says, "I knew love once, and that was enough." |
| 2467 | * CallBack: Mentions Jay's Wing (aka Jayfeather) and the time she spent with him. This references ''Long Shadows'' and ''Sign of the Moon''. |
| 2468 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''The Sun Trail'', she has a dream/vision of another place where there will be food and warmth for some of the Tribe. |
| 2469 | * ForeseeingMyDeath: In ''The Blazing Star'', she sees that her death is coming in the pool of omens. She dies shortly afterwards. |
| 2470 | * IntroOnlyPointOfView: The prologue of ''The Sun Trail'' is from her perspective, but after that she's just a supporting character with no POV scenes. |
| 2471 | * IWillFindYou: Vows to find Jay's Wing again in the afterlife. |
| 2472 | * TheLeader: She is the leader of the Tribe. |
| 2473 | * TheMedic: Her role as the Stoneteller makes her both a healer and a leader. |
| 2474 | * MrExposition: In ''The Sun Trail'', she spends a long time telling the Followers of the Sun Trail what to expect in the outside world, while also giving the reader information about the Tribe. |
| 2475 | * OlderAndWiser: In ''Long Shadows'' and ''Sign of the Moon'', Half Moon was still young and inexperienced. Stoneteller is a much wiser and world-weary cat, however. |
| 2476 | * ShipperOnDeck: Her happiness when Gray Wing and Turtle Tail become mates shows that she wanted them to get together all along. |
| 2477 | * TalkingInYourDreams: In ''Thunder Rising'', she appears in one of Gray Wing's dreams. She's not sure why it happened, but suggests that it's a greater power showing Gray Wing his destiny as leader by sending him to the Cave of Pointed Stones. |
| 2478 | [[/folder]] |
| 2479 | |
| 2480 | [[folder:Silver Frost]] |
| 2481 | !!Silver Frost |
| 2482 | ->"We may not be as young as you, but our claws are still sharp." |
| 2483 | |
| 2484 | An elder of the Tribe. Despite her own hunger, she remains good-natured and tries to help her Tribemates. |
| 2485 | ---- |
| 2486 | * BaitAndSwitch: In the prologue of ''The Sun Trail'', she steals a bone from some kits. At first it looks like she's greedy, but it turns out that she was trying to get her friend Misty Water to eat it and survive. |
| 2487 | * CoolOldLady: She is kind and supportive of every cat in the Tribe. |
| 2488 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: She gets her paws on some food, but she gives it to Misty Water because she thinks that she needs it more. |
| 2489 | * ShipperOnDeck: She likes Clear Sky being together with Bright Stream, and tries to push Gray Wing to become mates with Turtle Tail. |
| 2490 | [[/folder]] |
| 2491 | |
| 2492 | [[folder:Misty Water]] |
| 2493 | !!Misty Water |
| 2494 | ->"You young cats think you know everything." |
| 2495 | |
| 2496 | An elder, and one of the Tribe's best trackers. She's been miserable and withdrawn ever since her mate Broken Feather died from starvation. |
| 2497 | ---- |
| 2498 | * ChekhovsGunman: After Jagged Peak disappears, it's revealed that she's one of the best trackers in the Tribe and she helps Gray Wing figure out where he went. |
| 2499 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: In ''The First Battle'', she tries to give her food to Jay Frost, because she thinks that a younger cat needs it more than an old cat. |
| 2500 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She acts rude to Gray Wing, but she genuinely wants Jagged Peak to be okay. |
| 2501 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She acts rather rude towards Gray Wing, and claims that young cats are disrespectful. |
| 2502 | [[/folder]] |
| 2503 | |
| 2504 | [[folder:Lion's Roar]] |
| 2505 | !!Lion's Roar (Lionblaze) |
| 2506 | ->"Don't lose faith in what you saw." |
| 2507 | |
| 2508 | An elder of the Tribe. He suggests the possibility of a new home for the younger cats being out there somewhere. He's also Lionblaze, a protagonist in ''Power of Three'' and ''Omen of the Stars''. For more information about him, see [[Characters/WarriorCatsTheThreeAndTheirAllies here]]. |
| 2509 | ---- |
| 2510 | * BadassBoast: After Jagged Peak brings back a hare, he gives the hilariously hammy, "Prey had better watch out!" |
| 2511 | * CallBack: References ''Long Shadows'' and ''Sign of the Moon'' by mentioning his mother Shy Fawn and how the Tribe used to live around the lake. |
| 2512 | * TheCameo: His role, essentially. He's there as a token reference to the previous arcs, and to show what kind of cat Lionblaze will become when he's a senior warrior. |
| 2513 | * CoolOldGuy: Is kind-hearted, and very supportive of Half Moon. |
| 2514 | * DemotedToExtra: Lionblaze was a point of view character for twelve books. His previous incarnation, Lion's Roar, is a fairly minor character who is left behind a quarter of the way through the first book of ''Dawn of the Clans''. May also count as AscendedExtra, since he'll be reincarnated as a far more important character. |
| 2515 | * {{Expy}}: Essentially an older and wiser Lionblaze, which makes sense because he is Lionblaze. He's also very similar to the recurring "older, wise, hero cat" characters, such as Lionheart, Whitestorm, and Brackenfur. |
| 2516 | * {{Reincarnation}}: Many years after he dies, he will be reborn into [=ThunderClan=] as Lionblaze, son of Leafpool and Crowfeather. |
| 2517 | * UnexpectedCharacter: Although most readers are familiar with Lionblaze, nobody was expecting his previous incarnation from ''Sign of the Moon'' to show up in ''Dawn of the Clans''. |
| 2518 | [[/folder]] |
| 2519 | |
| 2520 | [[folder:Quiet Rain]] |
| 2521 | !!Quiet Rain |
| 2522 | ->"This is a cruel place. But it's my home, for better or worse." |
| 2523 | |
| 2524 | The mother of Gray Wing, Clear Sky, Jagged Peak, and Fluttering Bird. After Jagged Peak runs away to follow the Sun Trail, she convinces Gray Wing to find him and make sure he safely reaches his new home. |
| 2525 | ---- |
| 2526 | * BackForTheDead: Aside from a single scene in ''The First Battle'' where Gray Wing sees her sleeping, she is absent after the first quarter of ''The Sun Trail'' until finally returning in the Bonus Scene of ''The Blazing Star'', where she heads out to find her sons. However, she dies in ''A Forest Divided'' not long after meeting them. |
| 2527 | * GetOut: Snaps this to Gray Wing and Jagged Peak when she wants a moment with Clear Sky...so she can give him a complete dressing down for his actions. It ends with her yelling this to him as well and [[IHaveNoSon disowning him]]. |
| 2528 | * TheGhost: She is mentioned frequently in ''Thunder Rising'', but she doesn't appear in at all. |
| 2529 | * GoodParents: She is a good mother who loves her kits dearly. |
| 2530 | * IHaveNoSon: In ''A Forest Divided'', she disowns Clear Sky after learning that he killed Rainswept Flower. However, she forgives him after talking to Shaded Moss. |
| 2531 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''A Forest Divided'', due to the harsh journey to from the mountains, she catches sick and eventually dies. |
| 2532 | * ItsAllMyFault: Believes that it's her fault that Fluttering Bird is dead. |
| 2533 | * OhCrap: She is shocked and horrified when she realizes that Jagged Peak ran off to join the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 2534 | * TheRunaway: At the end of ''The Blazing Star'''s Bonus Scene, Quiet Rain runs away with Sun Shadow to find the Followers of the Sun trail. |
| 2535 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She has a pretty sharp tongue, and rather insensitively says "You're ''lame''!", sounding disappointed, when she learns of Jagged Peak's limp. |
| 2536 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''The Blazing Star'''s bonus scene, Sun Shadow and Quiet Rain leave the Tribe in the dead of night. |
| 2537 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: After disowning him, she cruelly tells Thunder and Star Flower she doesn't know what they see in Clear Sky, right in front of Clear Sky. |
| 2538 | [[/folder]] |
| 2539 | |
| 2540 | [[folder:Snow Hare]] |
| 2541 | !!Snow Hare |
| 2542 | ->"Well, you've always been good at creeping around. You'll be able to sneak up on your prey while it's asleep." |
| 2543 | |
| 2544 | One of the older Tribe cats. |
| 2545 | ---- |
| 2546 | * LivingProp: She doesn't have much of a personality. She only really exists to make the Tribe a bit larger. |
| 2547 | [[/folder]] |
| 2548 | |
| 2549 | [[folder:Fluttering Bird]] |
| 2550 | !!Fluttering Bird |
| 2551 | ->"Follow your hearts. They will lead you home." |
| 2552 | |
| 2553 | Gray Wing's younger sister. She starves to death early on in ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 2554 | ---- |
| 2555 | * MeaningfulFuneral: The Tribe hold one for her when she dies. |
| 2556 | * SacrificialLamb: Exists to die and show how serious the situation is in the mountains. |
| 2557 | * SpiritAdvisor: In ''A Forest Divided'', she appears as a spirit cat to advise Clear Sky, who is shocked to realize that she's probably wiser than him now. |
| 2558 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Says all of two words before her death in the second chapter of ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 2559 | [[/folder]] |
| 2560 | |
| 2561 | [[folder:Twisted Branch]] |
| 2562 | !!Twisted Branch |
| 2563 | ->"Are you flea-brained? Wandering off with no idea where you're heading?" |
| 2564 | |
| 2565 | A young and skeptical tom who chooses to stay behind with the Tribe. |
| 2566 | ---- |
| 2567 | * OutOfFocus: Serves as a supporting character in the beginning of ''The Sun Trail'', but afterwards he becomes entirely unseen, as the action moves to the forest. |
| 2568 | * TheSkeptic: He doesn't think that the Followers of the Sun Trail will find anything. |
| 2569 | [[/folder]] |
| 2570 | |
| 2571 | [[folder:Stone Song]] |
| 2572 | !!Stone Song |
| 2573 | ->"Why don't we take turns? So every cat keeps their hunting skills sharp, and no cat has to go out every day." |
| 2574 | |
| 2575 | One of the elders of Tribe. He is Hollow Tree's mate. |
| 2576 | ---- |
| 2577 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''tone '''S'''ong. |
| 2578 | * HappilyMarried: He's happy to be together with his mate, Hollow Tree. |
| 2579 | * IdenticalGrandson: May be an example of this, considering he has the exact name and appearance of another cat named Stone Song. |
| 2580 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Shares his name with Stone Song, the cat who led the Tribe into the mountains. |
| 2581 | * TheSmartGuy: He organizes that patrols to make sure that every cat can hunt and no one is tired. |
| 2582 | [[/folder]] |
| 2583 | |
| 2584 | [[folder:Hollow Tree]] |
| 2585 | !!Hollow Tree |
| 2586 | ->"They have no idea what's out there, or whether the place they're looking for even exists!" |
| 2587 | |
| 2588 | One of the elders of the Tribe. She is Stone Song's mate. |
| 2589 | ---- |
| 2590 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: When she and Sharp Hail catch a bird, they don't eat it themselves, instead giving it to Gray Wing so he will be strong enough to find Jagged Peak. |
| 2591 | * HappilyMarried: She's happy to be together with her mate, Stone Song. |
| 2592 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She's too old to care about being polite. Instead, she lets the younger cats know exactly what she thinks about them. |
| 2593 | [[/folder]] |
| 2594 | |
| 2595 | [[folder:Dewy Leaf]] |
| 2596 | !!Dewy Leaf |
| 2597 | ->"Your kits will never know their father's name!" |
| 2598 | |
| 2599 | Moon Shadow's pregnant mate. She's angry with him for leaving her to find a new home, but she loves him deep down. |
| 2600 | ---- |
| 2601 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: She acts snappish to Moon Shadow all the time, but when Gray Wing is leaving she asks him to tell Moon Shadow that she wants him to be happy in his new home. She also named his son, Sun Shadow, after him. |
| 2602 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Named her son Sun Shadow after his father. Also named her son Dancing Leaf after herself. Doubles as NearAndDearBabyNaming. |
| 2603 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Outlives two of her first three kits. |
| 2604 | * PregnantBadass: She's expecting kits, but with encouragement from Gray Wing she goes out into the danger of the mountains and hunts for her Tribe. |
| 2605 | * WomanScorned: She's very angry with Moon Shadow for running off from her, and snaps at him frequently. |
| 2606 | [[/folder]] |
| 2607 | |
| 2608 | [[folder:Sharp Hail]] |
| 2609 | !!Sharp Hail |
| 2610 | ->"We owe it to the cats who have gone not to give up now. We need to find a new way to survive." |
| 2611 | |
| 2612 | One of the older Tribe cats. |
| 2613 | ---- |
| 2614 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: Catches a bird with Hollow Tree, but instead of eating it, (which would be totally socially acceptable in the Tribe) they give it to Gray Wing so he'll be strong enough to find Jagged Peak. |
| 2615 | * TheLeader: In ''The Blazing Star'', once Stoneteller dies, Sun Shadow believes that he becomes the next leader of the Tribe. |
| 2616 | * ParentalSubstitute: He serves as a father figure for Sun Shadow in ''The Blazing Star'', since his actual father Moon Shadow isn't around anymore. |
| 2617 | * SecondLove: Becomes Dewy Leaf's new mate in ''The Blazing Star'' after Moon Shadow leaves. |
| 2618 | [[/folder]] |
| 2619 | |
| 2620 | [[folder:Broken Feather]] |
| 2621 | !!Broken Feather |
| 2622 | |
| 2623 | Misty Water's mate. He died sometime before the events of ''The Sun Trail'', due to starvation. |
| 2624 | ---- |
| 2625 | * ChekhovsGunman: It turns out that he told Gray Wing what a great tracker Misty Water was, and this helps him find out where Jagged Peak ran off to. |
| 2626 | * CoolOldGuy: Gray Wing speaks off him as a good friend. |
| 2627 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Even though he was an elder and Gray Wing is fairly young, they were apparently friends before he died. |
| 2628 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died of starvation before ''The Sun Trail'' even began. |
| 2629 | [[/folder]] |
| 2630 | |
| 2631 | [[folder:Jay Frost]] |
| 2632 | !!Jay Frost |
| 2633 | |
| 2634 | A young Tribe kit. Born sometime before the prologue of ''The First Battle''. |
| 2635 | ---- |
| 2636 | * {{Tuckerization}}: He is named after Jayfrost, a dedicated fan on Kate Cary's blog. |
| 2637 | [[/folder]] |
| 2638 | |
| 2639 | [[folder:Crow Muzzle and Dancing Leaf]] |
| 2640 | !!Crow Muzzle and Dancing Leaf |
| 2641 | |
| 2642 | Sun Shadow's littermates, kits of Moon Shadow and Dewy Leaf. Both are dead before the bonus scene in ''The Blazing Star''. Crow Muzzle was a she-cat, while Dancing Leaf was a tom. |
| 2643 | ---- |
| 2644 | * DeathOfAChild: Crow Muzzle was stillborn. Dancing Leaf became sickly and died a moon after their birth. |
| 2645 | * OddNameOut: A variation. Dancing Leaf is named after their mother Dewy Leaf, while their brother Sun Shadow is named after their father, Moon Shadow. Crow Muzzle, on the other hand, isn't named after anyone. |
| 2646 | * PosthumousCharacter: Dead before they are even named, in Sun Shadow's thoughts. Though two kits, assumed to be Sun Shadow and Dancing Leaf, appear in Gray Wing's dream in ''Thunder Rising'', looked after by Dewy Leaf. |
| 2647 | [[/folder]] |
| 2648 | |
| 2649 | [[folder:Melting Ice, Morning Star and Falling Dusk]] |
| 2650 | !!Melting Ice, Morning Star and Falling Dusk |
| 2651 | |
| 2652 | Sun Shadow's younger half-siblings, kits of Sharp Hail and Dewy Leaf. Melting Ice is a she-cat, while Morning Star and Falling Dusk are toms. |
| 2653 | ---- |
| 2654 | * PosthumousSibling: Half-siblings, but they are born after the deaths of two kits from their mother's first litter. |
| 2655 | [[/folder]] |
| 2656 | |
| 2657 | ---- |
| 2658 | |
| 2659 | !Cats of the Park |
| 2660 | |
| 2661 | [[folder:Arc]] |
| 2662 | !!Arc |
| 2663 | ->"Always be aware, life can be hard, even for us." |
| 2664 | |
| 2665 | A former member of the Cats of the Park, a group disbanded and separated when the park was destroyed. He was mentor to Ripple (later known as River Ripple), but lost his young apprentice when Ripple was carried away by the river. [[spoiler:His current fate was unknown for a long time, but he returned in ''Riverstar's Home.'']] |
| 2666 | ---- |
| 2667 | * TheMentor: He was River Ripple's mentor, teaching him things when he lived in the park. |
| 2668 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Subverted. You'd think that he'd die, considering that he's River Ripple's mentor and has no presence in the main story of ''Thunder Rising''. However, he is just separated from River Ripple, and not heard from again. [[spoiler:He returns in ''Riverstar's Home.'']] |
| 2669 | [[/folder]] |
| 2670 | |
| 2671 | [[folder:Flutter]] |
| 2672 | !!Flutter |
| 2673 | ->"It was my destiny to be here, just as it is your destiny to be beside the river. I must be the one to give you your last life, and with it, you will change the lives of so many others." |
| 2674 | |
| 2675 | A former member of the Cats of the Park, and Arc's sister. In ''Riverstar's Home'' she is revealed to be Ripple's crush. |
| 2676 | ---- |
| 2677 | * BusCrash: Shown taken away by Twolegs when the park was destroyed, later appears in [=StarClan=] to give Riverstar a life, where she reveals herself to have been killed on a Thunderpath. |
| 2678 | * FirstLove: To Riverstar. |
| 2679 | * FromStrayToPet: Subverted, she tried to escape this, but was killed. |
| 2680 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Riverstar believes she would think this when he falls in love with Finch. |
| 2681 | * LookBothWays: Was killed on a Thunderpath (road) after being hit by a monster (car). |
| 2682 | * TheLostLenore: To Riverstar. |
| 2683 | [[/folder]] |
| 2684 | |
| 2685 | [[folder:Magda]] |
| 2686 | !!Magda |
| 2687 | ->"You looked half-drowned when we saw you on the shore yesterday." |
| 2688 | |
| 2689 | A member of the Cats of the Park who knew Riverstar before he left. |
| 2690 | ---- |
| 2691 | * TheMentor: He and Dart are this to Sparrow and Grub after the rogues join the Cats of the Park, teaching them how to meditate. |
| 2692 | [[/folder]] |
| 2693 | |
| 2694 | [[folder:Dart]] |
| 2695 | !!Dart |
| 2696 | |
| 2697 | A member of the Cats of the Park taken by Twolegs along with Flutter and Shine. |
| 2698 | ---- |
| 2699 | * BullyHunter: Unsuccessfully. He stands up to Slash after the rogue leader bullies one of his friends, but this only gets him beaten further. |
| 2700 | * FromStrayToPet: Subverted, he escaped after Twolegs kidnapped him following the park's destruction, and made his way back to the others. |
| 2701 | * TheMentor: He and Magda are this to Sparrow and Grub after the rogues join the Cats of the Park, teaching them how to meditate. |
| 2702 | [[/folder]] |
| 2703 | |
| 2704 | [[folder:Shine]] |
| 2705 | !!Shine |
| 2706 | |
| 2707 | A member of the Cats of the Park taken by Twolegs along with Flutter and Dart. |
| 2708 | ---- |
| 2709 | * FromStrayToPet: Unlike Flutter and Dart, she chooses to become a kittypet when the Twolegs take her following the destruction of the park. |
| 2710 | * IChooseToStay: Doesn't try to escape her Twolegs after they capture her following the destruction of the park. |
| 2711 | [[/folder]] |
| 2712 | |
| 2713 | [[folder:Moth]] |
| 2714 | !!Moth |
| 2715 | ->"But you were going to teach us a new attack crouch." |
| 2716 | |
| 2717 | A member of the Cats of the Park who Riverstar remembers as being kind. |
| 2718 | ---- |
| 2719 | * ADogNamedCat: She's named after an insect. |
| 2720 | * BrokenBird: Had a bubbly personality when Riverstar knew her. Under Slash's occupation, she is ragged and fearful. |
| 2721 | * BullyMagnet: Is bullied by Slash, and needs Dart to stand up for her. |
| 2722 | * MrFixit: Shown helping Grub and Squirrel fix the camp wall at one point. |
| 2723 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted in a sense. Mothwing, the current medicine cat of [=RiverClan=], before joining [=RiverClan=], was named Moth. |
| 2724 | [[/folder]] |
| 2725 | |
| 2726 | [[folder:Squirrel]] |
| 2727 | !!Squirrel |
| 2728 | ->"Enough to beat us if it comes to a fight. And they're used to battle, by the looks of them. We've never had to fight before." |
| 2729 | |
| 2730 | A member of the Cats of the Park who shared a nest with Riverstar as kits. |
| 2731 | ---- |
| 2732 | * ADogNamedCat: She's named after a prey animal. |
| 2733 | * TheCynic: Knows the Cats of the Park have never had to fight before and do not have the advantage of numbers against Slash's rogues. |
| 2734 | * MrFixit: Shown helping Grub and Moth fix the camp wall at one point. |
| 2735 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, in ''Squirrelflight's Hope'' one of the kits of Moonlight, leader of the Sisters, is also named Squirrel. |
| 2736 | [[/folder]] |
| 2737 | |
| 2738 | [[folder:Owl]] |
| 2739 | !!Owl |
| 2740 | ->"I'm not scared of dying. I've lived long enough." |
| 2741 | |
| 2742 | An elderly member of the Cats of the Park who is also Finch Song's father. |
| 2743 | ---- |
| 2744 | * ADogNamedCat: He's named after a bird. |
| 2745 | * CoolOldGuy: Does his best to contribute despite his failing eyesight. |
| 2746 | * DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Slash takes him hostage and threatens to kill him. Fortunately, he's saved by his daughter.]] |
| 2747 | * TheExile: Forced into hiding when Slash takes control. |
| 2748 | * FamilyThemeNaming: He and his daughter, Finch, are both named after birds. |
| 2749 | * NotAfraidToDie: According to his quote. |
| 2750 | [[/folder]] |
| 2751 | |
| 2752 | [[folder:Midge]] |
| 2753 | !!Midge |
| 2754 | |
| 2755 | An elderly member of the Cats of the Park who is forced into hiding when Slash takes control. |
| 2756 | ---- |
| 2757 | * ADogNamedCat: She's named after a bird. |
| 2758 | * CoolOldLady: Hunts for the elders, despite being old herself. |
| 2759 | * TheExile: Forced into hiding when Slash takes control. |
| 2760 | [[/folder]] |
| 2761 | |
| 2762 | [[folder:Rust]] |
| 2763 | !!Rust |
| 2764 | |
| 2765 | An elderly member of the Cats of the Park who is forced into hiding when Slash takes control. |
| 2766 | ---- |
| 2767 | * TheExile: Forced into hiding when Slash takes control. |
| 2768 | [[/folder]] |
| 2769 | |
| 2770 | [[folder:Stoat]] |
| 2771 | !!Stoat |
| 2772 | ->"These rogues don't follow him because they're scared of him. They enjoy being mean, and they respect him because he's prepared to do things ordinary cats won't." |
| 2773 | |
| 2774 | A black and white member of the Cats of the Park who tries to help the elders when Slash takes control. |
| 2775 | ---- |
| 2776 | * ADogNamedCat: His name is a kind of weasel. |
| 2777 | * TheMentor: Mentioned to have taught Riverstar how to scavenge Twoleg scraps. |
| 2778 | [[/folder]] |
| 2779 | |
| 2780 | [[folder:Scooby]] |
| 2781 | !!Scooby |
| 2782 | |
| 2783 | A new member of the Cats of the Park who joined after Riverstar left. |
| 2784 | ---- |
| 2785 | * ShoutOut: He's named after Scooby-Doo. |
| 2786 | [[/folder]] |
| 2787 | |
| 2788 | [[folder:Hopper]] |
| 2789 | !!Hopper |
| 2790 | ->"We can start getting the place straight again." |
| 2791 | |
| 2792 | A new member of the Cats of the Park who joined after Riverstar left. |
| 2793 | ---- |
| 2794 | [[/folder]] |
| 2795 | |
| 2796 | ---- |
| 2797 | |
| 2798 | !Unaffiliated Cats |
| 2799 | |
| 2800 | [[folder:"The Stranger"]] |
| 2801 | !!"The Stranger" |
| 2802 | ->"You're not from around these parts, are you?" |
| 2803 | |
| 2804 | A long-legged brown-and-gray tabby tom whom the Followers of the Sun Trail meet near Highstones. He briefly chats with them and tells them about the other cats living in the forest before leaving. |
| 2805 | ---- |
| 2806 | * BitCharacter: He's just a small, unimportant cat who only briefly appears to tell the Followers of the Sun Trail that they're on the right track. |
| 2807 | * MrExposition: His role in ''The Sun Trail'' is to tell the Followers of the Sun Trail about the forest cats and what the name of Highstones is. |
| 2808 | * NiceGuy: He gives the Followers of the Sun Trail some handy information without asking for anything in return, chats with them in a friendly manner instead of trying to fight or flee, and wishes them luck on their journey. From his two pages, it can be surmised that he's a pretty decent fellow. |
| 2809 | * NoNameGiven: He doesn't give his name to the Followers of the Sun Trail, and the text simply refers to him as "the stranger". Whether he will return to the series and share his name is unknown. |
| 2810 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears for two pages, but by telling the Followers of the Sun Trail about the cats living beyond Highstones, he gives them their destination. |
| 2811 | * TheStoic: He barely reacts to being surrounded by a massive group of cats and instead chats with them freely. |
| 2812 | * TreeCover: Hides in a clump of bracken while watching the Followers of the Sun Trail. |
| 2813 | * UnknownCharacter: His name isn't revealed, and he's just there to be the guy who points the Followers of the Sun Trail on the right path. |
| 2814 | [[/folder]] |
| 2815 | |
| 2816 | [[folder:Petal's Mother]] |
| 2817 | !!Petal's Mother |
| 2818 | |
| 2819 | The mother of Petal and Fox. When they were just kittens, she was killed by a badger, leaving them orphaned. |
| 2820 | ---- |
| 2821 | * HeroicSacrifice: Evidently died protecting her kits from the badger. |
| 2822 | * KilledOffscreen: The Bonus Scene starts immediately after the badger kills her, so the readers never see her death. |
| 2823 | * MamaBear: Fought and died to a badger just to protect her kits. |
| 2824 | * UnnamedParent: Even though the ''Warriors'' series gives even the most minor of characters names, we never learn her name. |
| 2825 | [[/folder]] |
| 2826 | |
| 2827 | [[folder:Misty]] |
| 2828 | !!Misty |
| 2829 | ->"All prey around here is ''ours''. Learn that now, before you really get hurt." |
| 2830 | |
| 2831 | A gray and white she-cat that Petal and Fox met in their youth. When they were lost and hungry after their mother's death, Misty and two companions attacked them and chased them off, thinking that the two orphans would steal their prey. |
| 2832 | ---- |
| 2833 | * AlasPoorVillain: Misty is not a nice cat. But in ''Thunder Rising'', it turns out that she died because she was defending her kits, and she gets sympathy from Clear Sky, Thunder, and Petal. |
| 2834 | * ArchEnemy: For Petal. She left Petal to die when she was a kit, and Petal has never forgotten her, nor has she forgiven her. She hungers only for revenge. |
| 2835 | * BitPartBadguys: She's an antagonist, but she's very minor, only appearing for about two pages in each of the first two books, and she's a completely independent character. (And she won't be appearing again, what with being dead.) |
| 2836 | * DefiantToTheEnd: In ''Thunder Rising'', she refuses to be cowed by Clear Sky's patrol. |
| 2837 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Leaving two newly orphaned kits to die in ''The Sun Trail''. Yeah, not really a sign of a nice cat. |
| 2838 | * HiddenDepths: In ''Thunder Rising'', her refusal to leave when confronting Clear Sky just seems like her usual {{Jerkass}} behaviour, although she is on the end of DisproportionateRetribution, what with being killed for it. Then it turns out that she was trying to protect her kits, and her actions take an entirely different context. |
| 2839 | * MamaBear: In ''Thunder Rising'', after Clear Sky and Petal kill her, they realize that she was only trying to defend her kits. |
| 2840 | * SeriesContinuityError: She's killed in ''Thunder Rising'', but is listed in the allegiances of ''The First Battle''. |
| 2841 | * SlashedThroat: How Clear Sky kills her. |
| 2842 | * UnknownCharacter: In ''The Sun Trail'', her role was to be a minor, unnamed character in Petal's backstory who made Petal become cynical. She eventually does return and get a name in ''Thunder Rising'', but is killed off almost immediately. |
| 2843 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: In ''Thunder Rising'', she returns to the story and is killed after two pages. Her only other appearance is a rather minuscule role in the Bonus Scene of ''The Sun Trail''. |
| 2844 | [[/folder]] |
| 2845 | |
| 2846 | [[folder:Swift]] |
| 2847 | !!Swift |
| 2848 | ->"I've been watching you sniffing your way around the meadow for ages. You didn't even know I was here. I'm surprised you can find your own tails in the morning." |
| 2849 | |
| 2850 | A rogue living in the forest. In ''The First Battle'', she appears briefly to give Thunder and Lightning Tail some information about Tom the tom. |
| 2851 | ---- |
| 2852 | * SpearCarrier: Only appears for a short scene where she tells Thunder and Lightning Tail about where Tom took Turtle Tail's kits. |
| 2853 | [[/folder]] |
| 2854 | |
| 2855 | [[folder:Branch]] |
| 2856 | !!Branch |
| 2857 | ->"Don't you trust me to find us food?" |
| 2858 | |
| 2859 | A tom who took care of a young Wind Runner when her parents died. He was nice at first, but he abandoned her after she hurt her leg. |
| 2860 | ---- |
| 2861 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Last seen during Wind Runner's bonus scene, he returns to give her a life at the end of ''Moth Flight's Vision''.]] |
| 2862 | * CynicismCatalyst: He served as one for Wind Runner. By abandoning her, he made her decide not to form bonds, because in her mind, every cat would eventually abandon her. |
| 2863 | * NeverMyFault: Wind Runner notes that he seems angry at her for hurting her leg. However, it's his fault that she hurt her leg, because if he hadn't turned down some free fish, then the pair wouldn't have gone hunting and been attacked by the dog. |
| 2864 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. One of Cora and Shorty's kits in ''Hawkwing's Journey'' is named Branch. |
| 2865 | * ParentalSubstitute: Raised Wind Runner after she was orphaned and took care of her. However, after she hurt her leg fighting the dog, he stopped being one, seemingly abandoning her. |
| 2866 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Wind Runner's leg was injured when he fought the dog with her, he left her a rabbit and then disappeared. Wind Runner believes that he abandoned her to fend for herself, but it's not made clear if that's the truth. |
| 2867 | [[/folder]] |
| 2868 | |
| 2869 | [[folder:Tansy]] |
| 2870 | !!Tansy |
| 2871 | -> "I know, my dears. I'll hunt soon, when I've got my strength back." |
| 2872 | |
| 2873 | A young mother that Wind Runner meets on the moor. She grew up in the streets of the Twolegplace, but moved to the moor hoping for a better life for her kits. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the necessary set of skills to survive in the wild. She is the mother of Willow Tail and her littermate Frog. |
| 2874 | ---- |
| 2875 | * StrugglingSingleMother: Has two kits, and tries to look out for them, but isn't used to living in the wild. |
| 2876 | [[/folder]] |
| 2877 | |
| 2878 | [[folder:Cricket]] |
| 2879 | !!Cricket |
| 2880 | -> |
| 2881 | -> "They want to fight all the time. They're violent prey-stealers, and I don't want anything to do with them." |
| 2882 | |
| 2883 | Slate's littermate, who in her backstory, is killed by a fox. She avenges him. |
| 2884 | ---- |
| 2885 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Cricket. |
| 2886 | * KilledOffscreen: He and Slate fight a fox, she's knocked out, and when she wakes up, he's already dead. |
| 2887 | * MoralityPet: For Slate. After his death, she only wants to kill the fox responsible, not caring if she dies doing it, though she snaps out of this after being injured and realizing she doesn't want to die. |
| 2888 | * SiblingYinYang: Lampshaded by Slate. He's lighthearted and doesn't take things too seriously, she is serious and plans ahead. |
| 2889 | [[/folder]] |
| 2890 | |
| 2891 | [[folder:Bramble]] |
| 2892 | !!Bramble |
| 2893 | |
| 2894 | Milkweed's daughter from her first litter with Clover and Thistle. |
| 2895 | ---- |
| 2896 | * DeathOfAChild: Was born sickly, and died shortly after. |
| 2897 | * DisappearedDad: According to Kate Cary's blog, her father is Slash's rogue Splinter. He wasn't part of her life. |
| 2898 | * FamilyThemeNaming: She and her siblings, as well as their mother, all have plant-related names. |
| 2899 | * PosthumousCharacter: Dead before she is even mentioned by her mother and siblings. |
| 2900 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Her death inspires Milkweed to join the Clans to protect her remaining kits. |
| 2901 | [[/folder]] |
| 2902 | |
| 2903 | [[folder:Cow]] |
| 2904 | !!Cow |
| 2905 | ->"You can't go, Micah! You've grown up here." |
| 2906 | |
| 2907 | A cat who lives in a barn with Mouse and Micah before Moth Flight arrives. |
| 2908 | ---- |
| 2909 | * ADogNamedCat: She's a cat, and her name is Cow. |
| 2910 | * PromotionToParent: Is the adoptive mother of Micah, who was taken from his biological mother at birth. She raised him as though he were her own son. |
| 2911 | [[/folder]] |
| 2912 | |
| 2913 | [[folder:Mouse]] |
| 2914 | !!Mouse |
| 2915 | ->"That's not true. Sometimes I dream that they're chasing me!" |
| 2916 | |
| 2917 | A cat who lives in a barn with Cow and Micah before Moth Flight arrives. |
| 2918 | ---- |
| 2919 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat, and his name is Mouse. |
| 2920 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Subverted, he's very open to believing Moth Flight's dreams could mean something. |
| 2921 | * OneSteveLimit: His name is the original name of Mousewhisker, a [=ThunderClan=] warrior. |
| 2922 | * SelfDeprecatingHumor: When Micah teases him that his dreams are only about chasing mice, he rebuts that sometimes the mice are chasing him. |
| 2923 | [[/folder]] |
| 2924 | |
| 2925 | [[folder:Sage]] |
| 2926 | !!Sage |
| 2927 | |
| 2928 | A loner who was briefly part of River Ripple's group, but eventually left before they formally became a Clan. |
| 2929 | ---- |
| 2930 | * CoolOldLady: Despite being old, she is an excellent hunter, and after Night is injured, helps heal her. |
| 2931 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Sagenose of [=SkyClan=] was also called Sage before joining the Clan officially. |
| 2932 | [[/folder]] |
| 2933 | |
| 2934 | [[folder:Silver]] |
| 2935 | !!Silver |
| 2936 | |
| 2937 | A loner who was briefly part of River Ripple's group, but eventually left before they formally became a Clan. |
| 2938 | ---- |
| 2939 | * TheDogBitesBack: When Mist jokes that she growls in her sleep, her response is that he yowls in his. |
| 2940 | * NoYou: Her comeback to Mist's joke about her is basically that he does it himself, but worse. |
| 2941 | [[/folder]] |
| 2942 | |
| 2943 | [[folder:Whistle]] |
| 2944 | !!Whistle |
| 2945 | -> "All we can do is wait to see if she gets better." |
| 2946 | |
| 2947 | A loner who was briefly part of River Ripple's group, but eventually left before they formally became a Clan. |
| 2948 | ---- |
| 2949 | * TheCynic: Unsure if Night will get better, as he doesn't know how to treat infected wounds. |
| 2950 | [[/folder]] |
| 2951 | |
| 2952 | [[folder:Woodlouse]] |
| 2953 | !!Woodlouse |
| 2954 | |
| 2955 | A loner who was briefly part of River Ripple's group, but eventually left before they formally became a Clan. |
| 2956 | ---- |
| 2957 | * ADogNamedCat: He's a cat named after a kind of insect. |
| 2958 | [[/folder]] |
| 2959 | |
| 2960 |
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