Elsi: Alright! New story! Get excited! Welcome to ELEMENTAL: WAR OF SHADOWS! My name is Elsi, and this is my guardian, Trek!
Trek: Hey. Technically, I'm your ex-guardian. I'm just in town because you got really sick.
Elsi: You'll always be my guardian, silly. Anyways, Welcome! If you're new, this is a prequel to my Elemental series, which is about five young cats with extraooooordinary powers, who have to save StarClan and all of this exciting stuff. You should go check it out, if you haven't already. But this story does stand on its own! So, if you HAVEN'T read Elemental, well, no loss!
Trek: The story takes place right after Fading Echoes ends. Why then? Well, because it had just come out when Elsi started writing Elemental, so everything in Elemental is AU after Fading Echoes. Thus, this prequel should begin there!
Elsi: Exactly. The main characters are Lionblaze, Jayfeather, Dovepaw, and Ivypaw. Majorish characters are Icecloud, Bumblestripe, Briarlight, Leafpool, Brambleclaw, Tigerheart, Cinderheart, and Hawkfrost. I'd consider Rosepetal, Brightheart, and Breezepelt minor characters. Yes, that sounds right. I guess Firestar is important, too. Sorta.
Trek: Sigh. Well, enjoy! And Elsi doesn't own Warriors. This is just a figment of her imagination.
Elsi: Oh, hush up. So are you.
ALLEGIANCES
THUNDERCLAN
Leader Firestar – ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt (Lives: 2)
Deputy Brambleclaw – dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat Jayfeather – gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes
Warriors
Graystripe – long-haired gray tom
Dustpelt – dark brown tabby tom
Sandstorm – pale ginger she-cat with green eyes
Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom
Sorreltail – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes
Cloudtail – long-haired white tom with blue eyes
Brightheart – white she-cat with ginger patches
Millie – striped gray tabby she-cat
Thornclaw – golden brown tabby tom
Squirrelflight – dark ginger she-cat with green eyes
Leafpool – light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat
Spiderleg – long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
Birchfall – light brown tabby tom
Berrynose – cream-colored tom
Hazeltail – small gray-and-white she-cat
Mousewhisker – gray-and-white tom
Cinderheart – gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Ivypaw
Lionblaze – golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Dovepaw
Foxleap – reddish tabby tom
Icecloud – white she-cat
Toadstep – black-and-white tom
Rosepetal – dark cream she-cat
Briarlight – dark brown she-cat
Blossomfall – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Bumblestripe – very pale gray tom with black stripes
Apprentices
Dovepaw – pale gray she-cat with amber eyes
Ivypaw – silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
Queens
Ferncloud – pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes, expecting Dustpelt's kits
Daisy – cream long-furred she-cat from the horseplace
Poppyfrost – tortoiseshell she-cat, mother to Berrynose's kits: Cherrykit (ginger she-cat) and Molekit (brown-and-cream tom)
Whitewing – white she-cat with green eyes, expecting Birchfall's kits
Elders
Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat
Purdy – plump tabby former loner with a grey muzzle
SHADOWCLAN
Leader Blackstar – large white tom with huge jet-black paws (Lives: 6)
Deputy Oakfur – small brown tom
Medicine Cat Littlecloud – very small tabby tom
Apprentice: Flametail (ginger tom)
Warriors
Smokefoot – black tom
Rowanclaw – ginger tom
Toadfoot – dark brown tom
Applefur – mottled brown she-cat
Crowfrost – black-and-white tom
Ratscar – brown tom with long scar across his back
Apprentice: Pinepaw (black she-cat)
Snowbird – pure-white she-cat
Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Olivenose- tortoiseshell she-cat
Owlclaw – light brown tabby tom
Shrewfoot – gray she-cat with black feet
Scorchfur – dark grey tom
Redwillow – mottled brown-and-ginger tom
Tigerheart – dark brown tabby tom
Dawnpelt – cream-furred she-cat
Ferretpelt – grey-and-cream tom
Queens
Kinkfur – tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles, mother of Crowfrost's kit: Bearkit (dark brown tom)
Ivytail – black, white, and tortoishell she-cat, expecting Toadfoot's kits
WINDCLAN
Leader Onestar – brown tabby tom (Lives: 5)
Deputy Ashfoot – gray she-cat
Medicine Cat Kestrelflight – mottled gray tom
Warriors
Crowfeather – dark grey tom
Owlwhisker – light brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Whiskerpaw (light brown tom)
Whitetail – small white she-cat
Nightcloud - black she-cat
Gorsetail – very pale grey-and-white she-cat with blue eyes
Weaselfur – ginger tom with white paws
Harespring – brown-and-white tom
Leaftail – dark tabby tom with amber eyes
Antpelt – brown tom with one black ear
Emberfoot – gray tom with two dark paws
Heathertail – light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Furzepaw (grey and white she-cat)
Breezepelt – black tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Boulderpaw (large pale gray tom)
Sedgewhisker – light brown tabby she-cat
Swallowtail – dark grey she-cat
Sunstrike – tortoiseshell she-cat with a large white mark on her forehead
RIVERCLAN
Leader Mistystar – gray she-cat with blue eyes (Lives: 9)
Deputy Reedwhisker – black tom
Medicine Cat Mothwing – dappled golden she-cat
Apprentice: Willowshine (gray tabby she-cat
Warriors
Graymist – pale gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Troutpaw (pale gray tabby she-cat)
Mintfur – light gray tabby tom
Minnowtail – dark grey she-cat
Apprentice: Mossypaw (brown and white she-cat)
Pebblefoot – mottled gray tom
Apprentice: Rushpaw (light brown tabby tom)
Mallownose – light brown tabby tom
Robinwing – tortoiseshell-and-white tom
Beetlewhisker – brown-and-white tabby tom
Petalfur – gray-and-white she-cat
Grasspelt – light brown tom
Hollowstep – dark brown tabby tom
Queens
Duskfur – brown tabby she-cat, mother of Mintfur's kit: Swallowkit (brown and cream she-cat with green eyes)
Icewing – white she-cat with blue eyes, expecting Mallownose's kits
Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
CATS OUTSIDE CLANS
Bounce – long-furred white she-cat with blue-violet eyes
Crouch – fluffy white she-cat
Elsi: My story-telling skills are AWESOME.
Trek: You listed a bunch of names.
Elsi: Hush, you. Read on for actual stuff!