ALLEGIANCES

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER BLUESTAR— blue-gray she-cat, tinged with silver around her muzzle.

DEPUTY REDTAIL— small tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive ginger tail. APPRENTICE, DUSTPAW

MEDICINE CAT SPOTTEDLEAF— dark tortoiseshell she-cat with a distinctive dappled coat. APPRENTICE, FIREPAW

WARRIORS (toms, and she-cats without kits)

LIONHEART— magnificent golden tabby tom with thick fur like a lion's mane. APPRENTICE, GRAYPAW

TIGERCLAW— big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws. APPRENTICE, RAVENPAW

WHITESTORM— big white tom. APPRENTICE, SANDPAW

DARKSTRIPE— sleek black-and-gray tabby tom.

LONGTAIL— pale tabby tom with dark black stripes.

RUNNINGWIND— swift tabby tom.

WILLOWPELT— very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes.

MOUSEFUR— small dusky brown she-cat.

APPRENTICES (more than six moons old, in training to become warriors)

DUSTPAW— dark brown tabby tom.

GRAYPAW— long-haired solid gray tom.

RAVENPAW— small, skinny black tom with a tiny white dash on his chest, and a white-tipped tail.

SANDPAW— pale ginger she-cat.

FIREPAW— ginger tom with leaf green eyes.

QUEENS (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

BRINDLEFACE— pretty tabby.

GOLDENFLOWER— pale ginger coat.

SPECKLETAIL— pale tabby, and the oldest nursery queen.

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

HALFTAIL— big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing.

SMALLEAR— gray tom with very small ears. The oldest tom in ThunderClan.

PATCHPELT— small black-and-white tom.

ONE-EYE— pale gray she-cat, the oldest cat in ThunderClan. Virtually blind and deaf.

DAPPLETAIL— once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat.

SHADOWCLAN

LEADER BROKENSTAR— long-haired dark brown tabby.

DEPUTY BLACKFOOT— large white tom with huge jet-black paws.

MEDICINE CAT RUNNINGNOSE— small gray-and-white tom.

WARRIORS

STUMPYTAIL— brown tabby tom. APPRENTICE, BROWNPAW

BOULDER— silver tabby tom. APPRENTICE, WETPAW

CLAWFACE —battle-scarred brown tom. APPRENTICE, LITTLEPAW

NIGHTPELT— black tom.

QUEENS

DAWNCLOUD— small tabby.

BRIGHTFLOWER— black-and-white she-cat.

ELDERS

ASHFUR— thin gray tom.

WINDCLAN

LEADER TALLSTAR— a black-and-white tom with a very long tail.

RIVERCLAN

LEADER CROOKEDSTAR— a huge light-colored tabby with a twisted jaw.

DEPUTY OAKHEART— a reddish brown tom.

CATS OUTSIDE CLANS

YELLOWFANG— old dark gray she-cat with a broad, flattened face.

SMUDGE— plump, friendly black-and-white kitten who lives in a house at the edge of the forest.

BARLEY— black-and-white tom who lives on a farm close to the forest.