ALLEGIANCES:

AshClan

Leader Foxstar- ginger and dark brown tom with dark amber eyes

Deputy Storm- small gray she-cat with black zigzags and bright yellow eyes (formally a rogue)

Medicine Cat Pinenettle- night-black tabby she-cat with very dark gray eyes

Warriors:

Rushwater- black tom with white streaks

Apprentice, Icepaw

Sparrowfeather- light brown tabby tom with curved claws

Apprentice, Stormpaw

Swooptalon- dark ginger she-cat

Stoneclaw- pale gray tom with black stripes across his face

Apprentice, Lynxpaw

Larksong- pretty bluish-gray-and-white she-cat with pretty bronze eyes

Snowstone- white tom with gray speckled in his fur

Apprentice, Sheerpaw

Raccoon- handsome dark brown tom with black stripes

Bravelion- big, golden tabby tom with unblinking twilight eyes

Apprentices:

Icepaw- long-haired white she-cat with black paws, black ear tips, and black tail and dark amber eyes

Stormpaw- very dark gray tabby she-cat with white paws

Lynxpaw- spotted golden-and-black tom

Sheerpaw- dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes

Queens:

Swiftheart- black and white she-cat with green eyes; foster mother of Fogkit (gray-and-white she-cat with dark amber eyes) and Flamekit (ginger and brown tom with icy blue eyes)

Dewshine- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat; mother of Darkkit (black tom) Fishkit (dark tortoiseshell she-cat) and Robinkit (long-furred brown tabby she-cat)

Elders:

Smokefeather- once-pretty dark gray she-cat, missing one eye

Riverwater- gray-and-black tom, mate to Smokefeather

BlizzardClan

Leader Flashstar- long-furred black she-cat with bright ginger patches over her body and dark amber eyes (mother of Stormpaw)

Deputy Falcontalon- large brown tom and white/black markings over him with bright green eyes

Apprentice, Eclipsepaw (black-and-white tom, mostly black, tom with ice blue eyes)

Medicine Cat Furzewing- silver-and-gray tabby she-cat

Warriors:

Snowpelt- long-haired white she-cat with black spots and black feet

Brackenfang- black tom with strange yellow streaks over his paws

Apprentice, Dawnpaw (young dawn-colored she-cat with black underbelly and amber eyes)

Twilightbird- gray tom

Apprentice, Daisypaw (pale-gray-and-cream she-cat with green eyes)

Crowbeak- black she-cat with dark gray stripes and very pale blue eyes

Minnowclaw- sleek gray-and-white she-cat

Apprentice, Owlpaw (handsome dark brown tabby tom with uneven patches of white covering his body)

Queens:

Shadowheart- big-pawed black-and-white she-cat with icy blue eyes; mate to Foxstar; mother of all of the kits; raising Snowkit (white-and-black she-cat with icy blue eyes) and Sunkit (ginger tom with dark amber eyes)

Steel- mottled brown she-cat, former kittypet (expecting Twilightbird and her kits)

Elders:

Olivespirit- cream-furred she-cat with a very long tail

ReedClan

Leader Starlingstar- massive dusky brown tom

Apprentice, Leafpaw (pure-white she-cat)

Deputy Fawnsoul- beautiful she-cat with tawny fur and moss-colored eyes

Medicine Cat Mossheart- pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with long, sparkling fur

Warriors:

Poppystem- tabby she-cat

Skytooth- large gray tom with two black paws and a black stripe down his back

Apprentice, Whiskerpaw (brown tabby tom)

Jet- black tom, formally a loner

Dapplescar- gray tabby tom

DarkClan

Leader Graystar- light gray tabby tom with wise blue eyes

Deputy Silverstorm- dark gray, almost black, she-cat with black stripes that blend into her pelt

Apprentice, Harepaw (handsome ginger tom with white splashes)

Medicine Cat Petalfur- gray-and-white she-cat

Apprentice, Nightshade (pretty black-and-white she-cat with luminous green eyes)

Warriors:

Darkclaw- black tom with amber eyes (Silverstorm's mate)

Oakwhisker- reddish brown tom with a board head and shoulders

Apprentice, Specklepaw (speckled brown, white, and black tom)

Prologue

In the darkest night, Flashstar padded out of the nursery, the bundle of dark gray tabby fur dangling in her jaws. As she slid out of BlizzardClan's camp, she heard her kit wail. This kit was unable to hear or see, but Flashstar knew that the kit could feel the blistering cold winds slice her fur and bare skin. Flashstar licked her kit's head, and whispered, "Its ok, my sweet kit. Your father will take better care of you." Her kit squealed suddenly, and Flashstar turned, hissing as a dark gray tom walked out of the snow, blue eyes narrowed. "Flashstar," he said. Flashstar held her kit, and gasped, "Stonetooth, thank StarClan I found you." Purring, Stonetooth meowed, "I found you. Why is our daughter out in this weather?" "I-I must give her to you," Flashstar confessed, "That murderous cat is planning to kill her. Its for her own good." Stonetooth walked towards Flashstar and narrowed his eyes, but he licked her ear. A brief flash of warmth, snatched away from the wind. Flashstar whispered, "You'll take care of her, won't you?" Stonetooth touched his mate's shoulder with his muzzle and told her softly, "What should I call her?" "I have been calling her Stormkit," Flashstar told him. Then Stonetooth grasped Stormkit in his jaws, looked back once, and disappeared into the cold shadows of night, Flashstar staring at the shadows were Flashstar's only family had left. "Please, StarClan," Flashstar muttered, "Guide my daughter's path."