For many moons, the warrior cats have lived in peace in their territories around the lake. But a dark shadow looms on the horizon, and the time has come for Alderpaw—son of the ThunderClan leader, Bramblestar, and his deputy, Squirrelflight—to shape his destiny… and the fate of all the warrior Clans.
Special thanks to Cherith Baldry
BRAMBLESTAR—dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
SQUIRRELFLIGHT—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes and one white paw
LEAFPOOL—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes and white paws and chest
JAYFEATHER—gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes
BRACKENFUR—golden-brown tabby tom
CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom with blue eyes
BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches
THORNCLAW—golden-brown tabby tom
WHITEWING—white she-cat with green eyes
BIRCHFALL—light brown tabby tom
BERRYNOSE—cream-colored tom with a stump for a tail
MOUSEWHISKER—gray-and-white tom
POPPYFROST—tortoiseshell she-cat
CINDERHEART—gray tabby she-cat
LIONBLAZE—golden tabby tom with amber eyes
ROSEPETAL—dark cream she-cat
BRIARLIGHT—dark brown she-cat, paralyzed in her hindquarters
BLOSSOMFALL—tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with petal-shaped white patches
BUMBLESTRIPE—very pale gray tom with black stripes
IVYPOOL—silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
DOVEWING—pale gray she-cat with green eyes
CHERRYFALL—ginger she-cat
APPRENTICE, SPARKPAW (orange tabby she-cat)
MOLEWHISKER—brown-and-cream tom
APPRENTICE, ALDERPAW (dark ginger tom with amber eyes)
SNOWBUSH—white, fluffy tom
AMBERMOON—pale ginger she-cat
DEWNOSE—gray-and-white tom
STORMCLOUD—(formerly Frankie); gray tabby tom
HOLLYTUFT—black she-cat
FERNSONG—yellow tabby tom
SORRELSTRIPE—dark brown she-cat
DAISY—cream, long-furred cat from the horseplace
LILYHEART—tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat (mother to Leafkit, a tortoiseshell she-kit, Larkkit, a black tom-kit, and Honeykit, a white she-kit with yellow splotches)
PURDY—plump tabby, former loner with a gray muzzle
GRAYSTRIPE—long-haired gray tom
SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat with green eyes
MILLIE—striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
ROWANSTAR—ginger tom
CROWFROST—black-and-white tom
LITTLECLOUD—very small tabby tom
TAWNYPELT—tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICE, NEEDLEPAW
TIGERHEART—dark brown tabby tom
APPRENTICE, SLEEKPAW
STONEWING—white tom
APPRENTICE, JUNIPERPAW
SPIKEFUR—dark brown tom with tufty fur on his head
APPRENTICE, YARROWPAW
WASPTAIL—yellow tabby she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICE, STRIKEPAW
DAWNPELT—cream-furred she-cat
APPRENTICE, BEEPAW
SNOWBIRD—sleek, lithe, well-muscled, pure white she-cat with green eyes
SCORCHFUR—dark gray tom with slashed ears, one of which is torn
BERRYHEART—black and white she-cat
CLOVERFOOT—gray tabby she-cat
RIPPLETAIL—white tom
SPARROWTAIL—large tabby tom
MISTCLOUD—spiky-furred, pale gray she-cat
GRASSHEART—pale brown tabby she-cat
PINENOSE—black she-cat (mother to Birchkit, a beige tom-kit, Lionkit, a yellow she-kit with amber eyes, Puddlekit, a brown tom-kit with white splotches, and Slatekit, a sleek, gray tom-kit)
OAKFUR—small brown tom
KINKFUR—tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles
RATSCAR—brown tom with long scar across his back
ONESTAR—brown tabby tom
HARESPRING—brown-and-white tom
KESTRELFLIGHT—mottled gray tom with white splotches like kestrel feathers
NIGHTCLOUD—black she-cat
GORSETAIL—very pale gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes
CROWFEATHER—dark gray tom
APPRENTICE, FERNPAW (dark brown she-cat)
LEAFTAIL—dark tabby tom, amber eyes
EMBERFOOT—gray tom with two dark paws
BREEZEPELT—black tom with amber eyes
FURZEPELT—gray-and-white she-cat
LARKWING—pale brown tabby she-cat
SEDGEWHISKER—light brown tabby she-cat
SLIGHTFOOT—black tom with white flash on his chest
OATCLAW—pale brown tabby tom
FEATHERPELT—gray tabby she-cat
HOOTWHISKER—dark gray tom
HEATHERTAIL—light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes (mother to Smokekit, a gray she-kit, and Brindlekit, a mottled brown she-kit)
WHITETAIL—small white she-cat
