Hello everyone, and welcome to Twilight, the fifth book in the second arc of the TB AU series!

By now, if you haven't caught up with the rest of the series, you'll be very lost. I recommend reading at least this arc - starting at Midnight, then Moonrise, Dawn, and Starlight - before coming into this story.

This series features LGBTQ+ characters. If you are uncomfortable with that at this point, in 2023, I don't even feel sorry for you. Any hate speech will be ignored, then deleted or reported as I am able.

ALLEGIANCES: (characters marked with a * are trans and are described with their preferred gender/pronouns)

THUNDERCLAN

Leader: Tinystar – very small black tom with ice-blue eyes and one white paw (Sandstorm's mate, father of Nightfrost and Shadepool)

Deputy: n/a

Medicine Cats:

Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom

Shadepool – very dark tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws

Warriors:

Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat (Spiderpaw)

Longtail – pale tabby tom with dark black stripes and a long tail, blind *

Graystripe – long-furred gray tom with a dark stripe of fur down his spine (Silverstream's mate)

Silverstream – sleek-furred silver tabby she-cat, formerly of RiverClan (Graystripe's mate, mother of Feathertail and Stormfur)

Dustpelt – dark brown tabby tom (Cinderpelt's mate)

Cinderpelt – smoky dark gray she-cat (Dustpelt's mate, mother of Spiderpaw)

Cloudtail – white she-cat with ginger tabby patches and a fluffy white tail (Swiftfoot and Brightheart's mate)

Brightheart – pretty white she-cat with ginger patches, missing an eye and ear (Swiftfoot and Cloudtail's mate, mother of Whitewing)

Swiftfoot – stocky black-and-white tom, missing his tail (Cloudtail and Brightheart's mate)

Ashfur – pale gray tom with darker flecks, dark blue eyes (Larchpaw)

Snowstep – snowy white tom, very blue eyes; deaf (Ferncloud's mate)

Sootfur – light gray tabby tom, amber eyes

Rainwhisker – dark gray tom

Sorreltail – thick-furred tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Mistyfoot – long-furred dark blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes

Nightfrost – very small black tom with a thick, plumy tail and white paws

Whitewing – white she-cat with a ginger tabby rump and a ginger tail

Sun That Scatters on Water (Sun) – pale ginger tabby she-cat with white dappling and sharp yellow eyes, formerly of the Tribe of Rushing Water *

Apprentices:

Spiderpaw – leggy smoky gray she-cat *

Larchpaw – white tom with gray tabby patches, bi-colored eyes, half deaf

Queens:

Ferncloud – pale gray she-cat with darker flecks, green eyes (Snowstep's mate, mother of Larchpaw)

Elders:

n/a

WINDCLAN

Leader: Mudstar– mottled dark brown tabby tom with a limp

Deputy: Crowflight – smoky gray, almost black, tom, blue eyes

Medicine Cat: Ryewhisper – very small brown-and-white tabby tom with bright green eyes

Warriors:

Webfoot – dark gray tabby tom * (Weaselpaw)

Tornear – tabby tom with a ripped ear (Thistlepaw)

Poppyfoot – tortoiseshell she-cat

Softbreeze – very pale gray she-cat, former loner (mother of Weaselpaw and Thistlepaw)

Smokewillow – lean pale gray-and-white tabby tom (Robinwing's mate)

Whitetail – small white she-cat

Emberstep – smoky black she-cat

Duskwhisker – sleek black she-cat

Thorndusk – golden-brown she-cat

Apprentices:

Weaselpaw – pale gray tom with a dark stripe down his spine

Thistlepaw – gray tabby tom

Queens:

Bramblefur – pale brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes (mother of Thorndusk)

Robinwing – light brown she-cat with blue eyes (Smokewillow's mate, mother of Blizzardkit, Galekit, Sleetkit, and Ashkit)

Elders:

n/a

RIVERCLAN

Leader: Leopardstar – dappled golden tabby she-cat with a scarred muzzle (mother of Falcontail and Mothwing)

Deputy: Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with broad shoulders, green eyes (mother of Goldenpaw, Reedpaw and Rosepaw)

Medicine Cat: Mothwing – lovely golden-brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Warriors:

Ripplecloud – gray tabby tom with white paws (Goldenpaw)

Brackenflight – golden brown tabby she-cat

Heronleap – lean smoky gray-black tom *

Heavystep – thickset tabby tom (Reedpaw)

Leafwhisker – small brown tabby tom (Rosepaw)

Falcontail – smoky tabby tom with yellow eyes

Frostsplash – white tom, former loner

Mackerelshine – tabby-and-white she-cat, former kittypet

Apprentices:

Goldenpaw – broad-shouldered golden tabby tom

Reedpaw – black tom

Rosepaw – ginger-patched white she-cat

Queens:

Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat (mother of Willowkit)

Dawnflower – pale gray she-cat (mother of Frostsplash's kits – Minnowkit, Pebblekit, and Tumblekit)

Elders:

Blackclaw – smoky black tom

SHADOWCLAN

Leader: Russetstar – dark ginger she-cat with scarred shoulders (Pansytail's mate)

Deputy: Blackfoot – large, sturdy white tom with black face, paws, and tail

Medicine Cat: Littlecloud – very small brown tabby tom

Warriors:

Oakfur – small brown tom

Cedarheart – dark gray tom (Finchsong's mate)

Orre – golden-brown tom (Tallpoppy's mate)

Pansytail – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat, brilliant green eyes, former BloodClan cat (Russetstar's mate)

Wolftooth – thick-furred gray tom, former BloodClan cat (father of Finchsong)

Rowanclaw – ginger tabby tom * (Stoneheart's mate)

Stoneheart – thick-furred pale blue-gray tom, blue eyes (Rowanclaw's mate) (Rushpaw)

Pinewhisker – scarred dark brown tabby tom, former loner (Nightwing's mate) (Willowpaw)

Skipnose – black-and-white tom with a black tail, former kittypet

Talonstripe – dark brown tabby tom

Smokeflower – a dark gray tom

Redclaw – ginger she-cat, former kittypet

Apprentices:

Willowpaw – dark gray tom with faint tabby stripes

Rushpaw – pale gray tom

Queens:

Tallpoppy – long-legged light brown tabby she-cat (mother of Orre's kits – Talonstripe, Applekit, Toadkit, and Marshkit)

Finchsong – very pale gray she-cat, former BloodClan cat (mother of Willowpaw and Rushpaw)

Nightwing – black she-cat (Pinewhisker's mate, expecting)

Elders:

n/a

CATS (AND OTHER CREATURES) OUTSIDE THE CLANS:

Midnight – stargazing badger that lives by the sea

Smoky – bulky gray-and-white tom, barn cat (Floss and Daisy's mate)

Daisy – long-haired cream-colored she-cat, barn cat (Smoky's mate, mother of Berry, Hazel, and Goose)

Floss – very small white she-cat with a gray-spotted nose, barn cat (Smoky's mate)

Root – golden tabby tom (father of Goldenpaw, Rosepaw, and Reedpaw)

Jaques – large, scarred, black-and-white tom, kittypet

Susan – lean light brown tabby she-cat, kittypet