Timeline / Warrior Cats

With a very detailed backstory and many spinoff titles, Warrior Cats has a rather complicated timeline.

Warning: Due to the very nature of this page, expect massive unmarked spoilers ahead.

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The Dawn of Time

• Rock and Midnight witness the first sunrise over the lake.
• In the sunrise's reflection on the lake, they witness the events of the future and the prophecies are created.

The Time of the Ancients

• A group of cats come together in the mountains.
• Due to harsh conditions, the mountain cats leave the mountains and move to a lake.
• Furled Bracken becomes leader of the mountain cats.
• Fallen Leaves, son of Stone Song and Broken Shadow, enters the tunnels as part of a test to become a sharpclaw. The tunnels flood and he is killed.
• Jay's Wing enters the tunnels and emerges from them, becoming a sharpclaw.
• Jay's Wing tells the other Ancients about the mountains.
• Furled Bracken holds a vote about leaving the forest to move to the mountains. The Ancients vote to leave.
• Furled Bracken steps down as leader and appoints Stone Song as his replacement.
• Jay's Wing tells Stone Song about the ancestors of the Ancients watching over them.
• Jay's Wing disappears.
• The Ancients leave for the mountains.
• The Ancients move into a cave behind a waterfall.
• Dark Whiskers dies when he falls off a cliff.
• Jay's Wing returns.
• Jay's Wing helps the Ancients figure out some hunting techniques.
• Half Moon sees the Sign of the Moon.
• The Ancients manage to catch an eagle.
• Shy Fawn's kits are born, including Lion's Roar.
• Half Moon becomes the Stoneteller, leader of the Ancients.
• The Ancients become a Tribe.

The Dawn of the Clans

• A group of cats leave the mountains to follow the Sun Trail, including Clear Sky, Gray Wing's littermate, and Turtle Tail, his close friend.
• Jagged Peak, Gray Wing's little brother, leaves the cave after the group. Gray Wing chases after him.
  • Meeting up, both cats join the group and continue on together.
• Bright Stream, Clear Sky's mate, is taken by an eagle.
• Shaded Moss is killed by a monster. Tall Shadow becomes leader to the cats.
• The group settle on the moor before some move to the forest.
• Turtle Tail leaves to go live with Bumble and her Twolegs.
• Clear Sky's group starts claiming territory and are heavily guarding the boundaries.
• Clear Sky exiles Jagged Peak due to his injured leg.
• Storm leaves Clear Sky, but dies trying to protect her kits from a collapsing Twoleg den.
  • Only one kit survives and is named Thunder by Turtle Tail.
• Clear Sky refuses to take in his son, so Gray Wing adopts him.
• Turtle Tail returns to the moor and gives birth to her kits.
  • Gray Wing becomes their foster father.
• Wind and Gorse save Jagged Peak's life but Tall Shadow refuses to allow them to join the group.
• The forest is devastated by a fire, and Clear Sky's Group temporarily stay at Tall Shadow's Camp.
• Thunder decides to join Clear Sky's group to be with his father.
• Clear Sky banishes Frost.
  • Finally fed up, Thunder leaves with him back to Tall Shadow's Group.
• Wind and Gorse join Tall Shadow's group.
• Tom takes Turtle Tail's kits and she dies pursuing them.
  • Lightning Tail and Thunder bring them back.
• The battle between Tall Shadow's Camp and Clear Sky's Camp commences. No side wins.
  • Afterwards, the spirits of the deceased tells the survivors to 'Unite or Die'.
    • The spirit-cats tell the leaders that they must grow and spread like the Blazing Star.
• An illness caused by very hot weather plagues the forest.
• One Eye takes over Clear Sky's Group.
  • An attempt to drive him out fails but they eventually kill One Eye.
• They finally get the Blazing Star and cure the sickness.
• Sun Shadow and Quiet Rain leave the Tribe to find the Early Settlers.
• Quiet Rain and Sun Shadow reach the forest, where Quiet Rain forgives Clear Sky for his past actions.
• Slash takes Star Flower prisoner but she is rescued.
• Slash takes Gray Wing's kit, Black Ear.
  • He is rescued too and Slash leaves the forest.
• Gray Wing and his kits give the groups their Clan names before he dies, surrounded by his kin.

The Early Clan Days

• Moth Flight discovers the Moonstone and becomes the first medicine cat.
  • The medicine cat ranking is soon established.
• Micah falls from a tree and dies, leaving Moth Flight pregnant with his kits.
• Realizing she cannot be a medicine cat and a mother, Moth Flight gives her kits to the other Clans.
• The medicine cats take an oath to never have kits.
• A group of dogs invade ThunderClan's camp.
• Lightning Tail dies fighting the dogs.
  • Owl Eyes becomes deputy.
• Sun Shadow also dies due to dogs. Raven Pelt is appointed as deputy.
• Shadowstar becomes suspicious that Quick Water is up to something.
• Quick Water and Shadowstar get into a brutal fight. Quick Water confesses her crimes.
• Shadowstar and Quick Water die fighting each other.
• Raven Pelt succeeds Shadowstar and becomes leader.

The Fall of SkyClan

• Darkstar, leader of SkyClan, gives some land to ThunderClan and creates the 13th rule of the warrior code, "The word of the Clan leader is the word of the warrior code."
• The five medicine cats come together to create the 14th rule of the warrior code, "An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his or her battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is in self defense."
• Flystar becomes leader of SkyClan and appoints Petalfall as his deputy.
• Petalfall's seizures force her to retire and Cloudstorm becomes deputy of SkyClan.
• Cloudstorm becomes leader of SkyClan.
• Twolegs start destroying SkyClan territory.
• Cloudstar is forced to ask the other Clans for help, but they refuse.
  • SkyClan is forced to leave the forest and find new territory.

Post-SkyClan Era

• Gorsekit and Spottedkit receive their warrior names, Gorseclaw and Spottedpelt.
• A ThunderClan she-cat named Mapleshade has a forbidden relationship with a RiverClan tom named Appledusk.
• Mapleshade gives birth to three kits, Patchkit, Petalkit and Larchkit. She lies that the father is Birchface, the leader's deceased son killed during a battle at Sunningrocks.
• Mapleshade is exiled from ThunderClan and takes her kits across the river. However, they drown.
• Mapleshade's former mate takes Reedshine, one of his Clanmates, as his new mate, and they have three kits.
• Mapleshade seeks revenge, killing Ravenwing, ThunderClan's medicine cat, Frecklewish, Birchface's sister, and Appledusk himself, and eventually dies, being sent to the Dark Forest for whatever she did.
• Pinepaw is shown around ThunderClan territory. Oakstar stresses about his battle training, since he is afraid RiverClan will kill another of his sons.
• Twolegs are building a tunnel underneath the Thunderpath connecting to ShadowClan's territory.
  • ShadowClan trespasses onto ThunderClan territory, starting a battle. ThunderClan wins and Pinepaw starts to prove himself.
• Crystal, a kittypet, saves Pinepaw from a mother fox.
• A ThunderClan patrol attacks the Twolegplace in an attempt to scare the kittypets into not trespassing. Pinepaw lies to his Clanmates so they wouldn't attack Crystal, who is defending her kits.
• Pinepaw is made into a warrior and renamed Pineheart.

The Days Before Firestar

• Goosekit is made an apprentice, despite him being four moons old.
• Goosefeather becomes a full medicine cat, having only been an apprentice for three moons.
• Hawkheart, Milkfur, and Sagewhisker become medicine cats.
• ThunderClan suffers from the Great Hunger.
• Milkfur takes Bramblepaw as his apprentice.
• Goosefeather takes Featherpaw as his apprentice.
• During Featherpaw's initiation as a medicine cat, Molepelt, former medicine cat of ShadowClan, gives him the warning, "A storm of fire and blood will sweep the forest."
• Bramblepaw and Featherpaw receive their names, Brambleberry and Featherwhisker.
• Heatherstar becomes leader of WindClan. She meets with Mothflight, the first medicine cat, who tells her that one of her warriors will be drawn away from WindClan, and that she must let him go.
• Milkfur dies, leaving Brambleberry to become medicine cat of RiverClan.
• Tallkit of WindClan is born to Palebird and Sandgorse. Tallkit's sister Finchkit dies at birth.
• Moonflower, Poppydawn, Rabbitleap, and Heronwing are made warriors.
• Doestar loses her final life and Pinestar takes over as leader.
• Pinestar goes to the Twolegplace and meets one of Crystal's sons, Jake.
• Tallpaw becomes an apprentice training to be a moor runner despite his parent's wishes.
• Yellowkit of ShadowClan is born to Brightflower and Brackenfoot.
• The visitors arrive in WindClan.
• ShadowClan attack WindClan's camp. Brackenwing is killed in the battle.
• Sandgorse dies in a cave-in, causing Heatherstar to ban tunneling.
• Raggedpaw and Scorchpaw become apprentices.
• The visitors leave WindClan.
• Talltail and Shrewclaw become warriors
• Talltail leaves WindClan in search for Sparrow but in the end, decides to not kill him.
• Yellowpaw, Rowanpaw and Nutpaw become apprentices.
• ShadowClan battles with WindClan over stolen prey. WindClan retreats and Raggedpelt becomes a warrior.
• ShadowClan steals WindClan prey and launches an attack. ShadowClan retreats, and Shrewclaw is killed.
• RiverClan's camp is decimated by a flood.
• Stormkit of RiverClan is born to Rainflower and Shellheart.
• Bluekit of ThunderClan is born to Moonflower and Stormtail.
• Stormkit breaks his jaw on the Stepping Stones and his name is changed to Crookedkit.
• Crookedkit leaves RiverClan and stays with loners.
• Yellowfang discovers she can feel over cats' pain.
• Red and Boulder join ShadowClan, and become apprentices.
• Crookedkit returns to RiverClan.
• Crookedkit protects Willowkit and Graykit from a heron, and so he becomes an apprentice.
• Reedfeather takes Willowkit and Graykit to WindClan.
• Goosefeather receives a sign that WindClan will destroy ThunderClan so ThunderClan battles WindClan in their camp, and soon retreat.
• Pinestar is introduced to Shanty.
• Kittypets attack ShadowClan in an attempt to save Russetpaw and Boulder.
• Yellowfang becomes a medicine cat apprentice, Oakheart becomes a warrior and Raggedpelt becomes deputy.
• RiverClan and ThunderClan battle over Sunningrocks, ThunderClan wins.
• Hailstar returns Willowkit and Graykit to RiverClan.
• Doestar warns Pinestar his unborn son will have the power to destroy ThunderClan.
• Goosefeather receives a sign saying that Bluepaw will "Blaze through the forest like fire".
• Bluefur, Snowfur and Crookedjaw become warriors.
• RiverClan takes back Sunningrocks without a fight which gives them the confidence to lead a failed attempt to take part of the forest.
• Brightsky dies during her kitting, as do three of her kits.
• Willowbreeze is taken by Twolegs. Crookedjaw and Graypool rescue her.
• Pinestar cannot cope with his leader duties anymore and leaves ThunderClan to become a kittypet.
• The 15th rule in the Warrior code is established, "A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet".
• Snowfur is killed on the Thunderpath while chasing a ShadowClan patrol.
• After becoming an apprentice, Tigerpaw attacks Tiny.
• Cloudpaw is gravely injured but manages to survive and soon becomes a warrior.
• Yellowfang becomes a full medicine cat.
• ThunderClan takes Sunningrocks.
• Yellowfang gives birth to her kits and gives up Brokenkit.
• Sagewhisker dies, leaving Yellowfang as the only ShadowClan medicine cat.
• Thistleclaw takes Spottedpaw to the Dark Forest and she is distraught of the violence.
• Brokenpaw fights during a Gathering.
• Spottedpaw is asked if she wants to be a medicine cat. She initially refuses but changes her mind.
• During a dog chase, Rainflower is knocked into the river and killed.
• Mudfur and Adderfang battle over Sunningrocks for their Clans and Mudfur wins. He then becomes a medicine cat apprentice.
• Shellheart retires to the elder's den. Crookedjaw takes his place as deputy.
• Cedarstar dies and leaves Raggedstar to become leader.
• Whitestorm and Tigerclaw become warriors.
• ThunderClan demands Sunningrocks from RiverClan. Hailstar decides to let them have it.
• Bluefur and Oakheart meet at Fourtrees.
• Brokentail becomes a warrior despite not finishing his training
• Hailstar loses his ninth life and Crookedstar becomes leader.
• Bluefur decides to give her kits to Oakheart.
• Graypool takes in Oakheart's kits after the deaths of her own kits.
• Foxheart is killed during an attack on rats. Cloudpelt becomes deputy, despite Brokentail's anger.
• Bluefur becomes deputy, saving ThunderClan from Thistleclaw.
• Brokentail harshly punishes Stumpypaw, his apprentice.
• Runningnose becomes a medicine cat.
• Cloudpelt dies and Brokentail is made deputy.
• Raggedstar realizes he should not have made Brokentail deputy.
• Raggedstar loses all his nine lives and Brokenstar is made leader.
• Brokenstar begins breaking the warrior code.

The Rise of Firestar

• Oakheart leads a patrol that reclaims Sunningrocks for RiverClan.
• Spottedleaf receives the prophecy, "Fire Alone Can Save Our Clan."
• Meanwhile, a kittypet named Rusty begins having dreams of running through the wild. Venturing out of his owner's backyard in time, he encounters the apprentice Graypaw, along with Lionheart and Bluestar. Promising to return to that spot if he decides to join the clans, Rusty returns to his house to think about what future he wants to have.
  • Deciding to join ThunderClan, Rusty has his own initiation ceremony when he gets into a fight with the warrior Longtail. Breaking his collar as a symbolic gesture, Rusty is given a new apprentice name: Firepaw.
    • However, as he grows in knowing the Clan, he discovers new allies, new friends, but also dark secrets underneath several clan warriors.
• Firepaw begins to feel attraction toward the medicine cat Spottedleaf.
• Firepaw rescues an exiled medicine cat named Yellowfang. Besting her in combat but taking mercy, she becomes a ward of Spottedleaf.
• Tigerclaw becomes deputy of ThunderClan.
• Spottedleaf tells Firepaw the "Fire alone can save our Clan" prophecy.
• Spottedleaf is killed.
• To protect Tigerclaw's apprentice Ravenpaw from being killed for knowing the truth of his actions at the sunning rocks, Ravenpaw is moved into the protection of the farm cat Barley.
• Firepaw helps lead a revolt in ShadowClan, spurned on by news of its leader Brokenstar's cruel practices.
  • For his bravery and nobility, he's made a warrior alongside Graypaw: they take the names Fireheart and Graystripe.
• Yellowfang becomes the new medicine cat of ThunderClan.
• Fireheart becomes deputy of ThunderClan.
• Making his way to the moonstone, Fireheart convenes with StarClan. Meeting with 9 cats from his past: Lionheart, Redtail, Silverstream, Runningwind, Brindleface, Swiftpaw, Yellowfang, Spottedleaf and Bluestar, he receives his 9 lives, and is reborn as Firestar.
  • With Tigerstar plotting to take over the other clans, he calls upon the neighboring "BloodClan" from around the Twoleg place to intimidate the other clans to join his TigerClan. In response, Firestar allies with WindClan to form the temporary LionClan to stand against Tigerstar.
  • During a confrontation, BloodClan's leader Scourge decides to postpone battle after hearing Tigerstar's long list of misdeeds. Attacking Scourge, Tigerstar's entire lower section is ripped open, and due to the severity of his injuries, he dies 9 times, ending his threat for now.
• Reuniting the clans under 1 banner to ensure survival against blood clan, Firestar leads the clans to battle at Four Trees, and after sustained conflict, drive BloodClan off thanks to killing Scourge. Firestar loses his first life in the battle.
  • LionClan then disbands back into the 4 clans, though with stronger ties than before the war.

The Rebirth of SkyClan

• Firestar is granted a vision to rebuild SkyClan.
  • Deciding to follow StarClan's wishes, he takes Sandstorm with him and sets out on his long journey.
• Firestar is given a prophecy by Skywatcher: There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.
• Firestar loses his second life fighting rats.
• SkyClan is re-established, with Leafstar as it's new leader.

The Fall of the Forest and finding the new home

• Cats from all four Clans are sent by StarClan to travel to the sun-drown-place and listen to what Midnight has to tell them.
• Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Feathertail, Crowpaw, Squirrelpaw and Stormfur reach the sun-drown-place and meet Midnight, who is a talking badger.
  • Midnight tells the cats that Twolegs will destroy the forest; the Clans must band together and find a new home.
• The Clan cats on StarClan's mission return home though the mountains.
  • They meet the Tribe of Rushing Water.
• Feathertail is killed saving the Tribe from Sharptooth, a mountain lion.
• Leafpaw is captured by Twolegs.
• A ThunderClan patrol rescues Leafpaw and the other Clan cats who were captured by Twolegs.
  • Graystripe is caught and taken away in a monster.
• ThunderClan, RiverClan and WindClan save ShadowClan from the Twolegs who are destroying ShadowClan's camp.
  • Firestar loses his fourth life.
• The four Clans begin their journey to find a new home.
• The four Clans travel through the mountains and meet the Tribe of Rushing Water.
  • Stormfur decides to stay with the Tribe.
• Crowpaw receives his warrior name. He requests to be called Crowfeather, in honor of Feathertail.
• Leafpaw sees Silverpelt reflected in a lake, a sign from StarClan that points to the Clans new home.
• Yellowfang delivers a new prophecy: Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.
• Squirrelpaw becomes a warrior and is given her new name: Squirrelflight.
• Tallstar, leader of WindClan, dies. Just before he joins StarClan, he names Onewhisker as WindClan deputy.
• Tigerstar visits Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost in their dreams.
• Leafpaw finds the Moonpool, the place where medicine cats will go to share tongues with StarClan.
  • Leafpaw is given her true medicine cat name: Leafpool.
• Mudclaw and Hawkfrost plot an attack on WindClan to kill Onewhisker.
  • Mudclaw is killed by a falling tree, a sign from StarClan that Onewhisker is WindClan's true leader.
• Leafpool and Crowfeather confess their love for each other.
• Leafpool and Crowfeather run away together.
  • Midnight the badger finds them and tells them that a group of vicious badgers are attacking ThunderClan.
    • Leafpool decides to go back to save her Clan.
• ThunderClan drives the badgers out with WindClan's help. Cinderpelt and Sootfur are killed.
• Stormfur and Brook arrive in ThunderClan.
• Stormfur and Brook decide to join RiverClan.
• Stormfur and Brook are driven out of RiverClan by Hawkfrost. They return to ThunderClan.
• Firestar accepts that Graystripe will never return.
  • He names Brambleclaw the new ThunderClan deputy.
• Tigerstar reveals his ultimate plan to Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw: They will become leaders of their Clans, then take over the other two Clans.
• Leafpool sees that Cinderpelt's spirit has been reborn in Cinderkit, daughter of Sorreltail and Brackenfur.
• Hawkfrost captures Firestar in a fox trap. Brambleclaw saves Firestar and kills Hawkfrost.

The Era of the Three

• Firestar's grandchildren, Hollykit, Lionkit and Jaykit, are born.
• Hollypaw, Lionpaw and Jaypaw become apprentices.
  • While Lionpaw and Jaypaw want to train as warriors, Hollypaw becomes the medicine cat apprentice.
• Tigerstar and Hawkfrost visit Jaypaw in a dream; Jaypaw escapes their claws and follows Spottedleaf to where StarClan dwells.
  • Spottedleaf shows Jaypaw it is his destiny to be a medicine cat.
• Hollypaw asks to train as a warrior instead of a medicine cat; Jaypaw tells Firestar of his decision to train as the apprentice medicine cat.
• Graystripe returns to ThunderClan with former kittypet Millie as his mate.
• Jaypaw walks in Firestar's dream as Skywatcher speaks to him: "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."
• Jaypaw finds a mysterious stick with lines notched in it.
• Tigerstar and Hawkfrost begin to visit Lionpaw.
  • Tigerstar teaches Lionpaw fighting moves.
• Jaypaw enters the dreams of Fallen Leaves, an ancient cat, as he travels endlessly throughout the underground tunnels.
  • He also meets Rock, another ancient cat who lives underground.
• Talon of the Swooping Eagle and Night of No Stars from the Tribe of Rushing Water arrive in ThunderClan territory, seeking help for the Tribe.
• Jaypaw tells Lionpaw and Hollypaw that the three of them are prophesied to hold more power than any cat before them.
• A strange tom-cat named Sol tells Leafpool and Jaypaw that a time of great darkness is coming.
• There is a battle between all Clans. As the warriors fight, a great black disk covers the sun, plunging the forest into night.
• Blackstar declares that ShadowClan will no longer honor StarClan.
• Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Cinderpaw are given their warrior names: Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Cinderheart.
• ThunderClan suffers an outbreak of greencough.
  • Firestar loses a life.
• Jaypaw, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze creates a sign from StarClan for Blackstar to convince him to honor StarClan once more.
  • Blackstar throws Sol out of ShadowClan.
• Jaypaw receives his true medicine cat name: Jayfeather.
• A fire devours ThunderClan's camp, and Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather are trapped. Ashfur threatens to let them burn, in order to make Squirrelflight feel immeasurable pain.
  • Squirrelflight must tell him the truth: The three are not her kits.
• Ashfur is murdered.
• Jayfeather realizes that Leafpool is his (and Lionblaze's and Hollyleaf's) mother.
• Leafpool tells Hollyleaf that she knows the truth: Hollyleaf killed Ashfur.
• Whitewing gives birth to two kits: Dovekit and Ivykit.
• Hollyleaf announces to all the Clans that Leafpool and Crowfeather are the true parents of her and her littermates.
  • Leafpool steps down from her post as ThunderClan medicine cat.
• Hollyleaf runs into an underground tunnel and the tunnel collapses on her.
• Dovekit and Ivykit are made ThunderClan apprentices.
• A vicious drought had dried up the lake.
• Lionblaze and Jayfeather realize that Dovepaw is the third cat prophesied to hold the power of the stars in her paws.
• Dovepaw tells Lionblaze that she can sense animals blocking the stream.
  • Lionblaze passes the message to Firestar but claims that StarClan revealed this to Dovepaw in a dream.
• The Clan agrees to send two delegates from each Clan on a mission to unblock the water so that the lake will thrive once more.
• Yellowfang tells Jayfeather in a dream that the spirits of the Dark Forest are rising.
• Leopardstar dies and Mistyfoot becomes the new leader of RiverClan.
• Hawkfrost appears to Ivypaw in a dream and teaches her special hunting and battle techniques. She does not realize that he is from the Dark Forest.
• A tree falls on the ThunderClan camp, killing Longtail and paralyzing Briarpaw.
• Briarpaw becomes a warrior called Briarlight, a reflection of her fierce-burning spirit.
• At Tigerstar's urging, Ivypaw claims that she had a dream about ShadowClan stealing territory from ThunderClan.
  • ThunderClan attacks ShadowClan. In the battle Firestar loses one of his lives.
• Ivypaw realizes that Tigerstar is evil and is plotting against the Clans. Jayfeather and Lionblaze tell Ivypaw that she must go back into the Dark Forest as a spy for ThunderClan.
• Dovepaw and Ivypaw are given their warrior names: Dovewing and Ivypool.
• In a dream, Jayfeather is summoned to the mountains to aid the Tribe of Rushing Water.
• Ivypool and Blossomfall get lost while exploring the tunnels that run between WindClan and ThunderClan territory, and a mysterious cat leads them out of the tunnels.
• Jayfeather is given a haunting new prophecy: "The end of the stars draws near. Three must become four to challenge the darkness that lasts forever."
• Stoneteller, the leader of the Tribe of Rushing Water, dies and Jayfeather appoints Crag Where Eagles Nest as the new Teller of the Pointed Stones.
• Hollyleaf, who has long been thought dead, reappears in ThunderClan territory.
• Dawnpelt accuses Jayfeather of murdering Flametail. The Clan leaders suspend Jayfeather's medicine cat duties until he can prove his innocence.
• Jayfeather informs Lionblaze and Dovewing of the new prophecy that states there is a fourth cat who holds the power of the stars.
• In a dream, Jayfeather summons the medicine cats from all four Clans and tells them of the battle to come. All the cats of StarClan unite to help the Clans.
• Bluestar reveals that Firestar is the fourth cat in the prophecy.
• In the great battle, many cats are killed, including Hollyleaf.
  • Firestar faces Tigerstar and defeats him, ensuring victory for the Clans.
    • Firestar loses his ninth life in the struggle and joins StarClan.
• Brambleclaw receives his nine lives and is renamed Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan. He names Squirrelflight as his deputy.

After the Great Battle

• Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Dovewing lose their powers now that the battle is finished.
• In StarClan, Firestar receives a prophecy to send to his Clanmates: "When water meets blood, blood will rise."
• Bramblestar struggles with his leadership, feeling that he will never live up to Firestar.
• A flood breaks, causing ThunderClan to shelter in the tunnels. Blackstar also loses his ninth life, and Rowanclaw assumes the leader position.
• ThunderClan takes in Minty, Frankie and Jessy, three kittypets.
• Seedpaw dies rescuing her sister Lilypaw from drowning.
• Jessy and Bramblestar spend lots of time together, which makes Squirrelflight jealous.
• ShadowClan gets invaded by badgers. ThunderClan helps fight them.
  • Dustpelt is killed by badgers.
• ThunderClan returns to their camp.
• Frankie joins the Clan, feeling like there's nowhere else to go after his brother died.
• Minty and Jessy leave the Clan and return to their homes.
• Graystripe and Millie are made elders.
• Cinderheart and Lionblaze have three kits, Fernkit, Sorrelkit, and Hollykit. They get apprenticed.
• Squirrelflight finds out that she's pregnant.

The Return of SkyClan

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