/ full summary /
"It is forbidden for a reason, young one. Love makes you weak, a fraction of yourself. It keeps you from being the best you can be and that is why we must mask it. Ambition, intelligence, strength - now those are qualities that will get you through this harsh life. But being loving, compassionate, kind? Those are the best ways to get yourself killed."
Generations after the Masked Uprising and the fall of StarClan, DarkClan's way of life is no less harsh. Emotions are strictly forbidden and any talk of the Old Life is considered treasonous and punishable by death. It is in this cruel setting that Nightpaw finds himself apprenticed to the only cat with an ounce of freedom: the truth-teller, a cat specifically chosen by the Masked to remember the history of DarkClan.
Yet, Nightpaw doubts the truth in the truth-teller's stories and finds them even harder to reconcile when he is visited by someone he'd been taught no longer exists. Caught between fear and curiosity, the truth-teller's apprentice finds himself stuck between two versions of the Clan's history - two truths where there should only be one.
And he will stop at nothing until the truth is unmasked.
/ allegiances /
leader / Dawnstar / blue and cream tortoiseshell she-cat with cold amber eyes
deputy / Sleetfur / pale grey tabby tom with amber eyes; apprentice: Snailpaw
healer / Cedarheart / brown tabby tom with amber eyes
truth-teller / Hailwatcher / massive white tom with black markings; blue eyes
guardians of truth / Spiderthorn / black tom with amber eyes
Lionmask / large cream tabby tom with amber eyes
Newtfang / ginger tabby tom with hazel eyes
Goosepelt / grey and white tom with green eyes
Pebblefur / grey she-cat with big copper eyes
Mousetail / brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Shadowpelt / black she-cat with green eyes
Birchfrost / grey and white she-cat with one blue and one gold eye
warriors / Rowanstorm / brown tabby tom with green eyes
Whitenose / white she-cat with amber eyes
Skunknose / black and white tom with hazel eyes; apprentice: Minkpaw
Flintmask / dark grey tom with green eyes; apprentice: Dapplepaw
Willowtail / white she-cat with hazel eyes; apprentice: Cherrypaw
Marshclaw / tortoiseshell she-cat with copper eyes
Swallowstorm / black and white she-cat with green eyes
Oakshade / brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Pigeonfang / grey and white she-cat with amber eyes
Blackstrike / black tom with golden eyes
Darkwhisker / black tom with hazel eyes
Sprucetail / black she-cat with green eyes
Thistleshade / dark grey she-cat with copper eyes
Smoketalon / dark grey tom with hazel eyes
Jaystrike / dark grey tom with amber eyes
apprentices / Minkpaw / brown tabby she-cat with copper eyes
Snailpaw / brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Cherrypaw / tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Dapplepaw / tortoiseshell she-cat with hazel eyes
caretakers / Snowdapple / white she-cat with brown flecks; green eyes
Sedgecloud / brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Maplefeather / tortoiseshell she-cat with hazel eyes
kits / Nightkit / black tom with golden eyes; white markings around eyes
Flamekit / ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Cinderkit / grey she-cat with hazel eyes
Bramblekit / brown tabby tom with green eyes
Mothkit / grey tabby she-cat with green eyes
Shadekit / black tom with green eyes
Wrenkit / brown tabby and white she-cat with copper eyes