Hey everyone, and welcome to Sunset, the sixth and FINAL book in The Great Journey Arc of the TB AU!

If you're confused about this story, I recommend either starting from the beginning over on my profile, which contains a canonical reading order for the AU, or starting from Midnight! As this is the final book in the arc, it assumes you know what's gone on in the previous entries!

I'm delighted to have come this far. Thank you all so much!

This story contains LGBTQ+ characters. It's 2025. If you're not comfortable with that, I think that's your problem, so go sort that out and then come back. Any hate speech will be ignored, then reported or deleted, and I will block users 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: Mistyfoot – long-furred dark blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes

Medicine Cats:

Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom with a white-streaked muzzle and an injured leg

Shadepool – very dark tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws, very orange eyes

Warriors:

Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat with a graying muzzle (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 with a scar on his throat (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, and a missing ear; deaf (Ferncloud's mate)

Rainwhisker – dark gray tom

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

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 * (Sorreltail's mate)

Apprentices:

Spiderpaw – leggy smoky gray she-cat * (Spiderfang)

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)

Sorreltail – thick-furred tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat(mother of Sun's kits - Cricketkit, Molekit, Honeykit, and Poppykit)

Daisy – long-haired cream-colored she-cat, former barn cat (mother of Berry, Hazel, and Goose)

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 *

Tornear – tabby tom with a ripped ear

Poppyfoot – tortoiseshell she-cat

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

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

Whitetail – small white she-cat

Duskwhisker – sleek black she-cat

Thorndusk – golden-brown she-cat

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

Thistlethorn – gray tabby tom

Apprentices:

n/a

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 – dark tabby tortoiseshell she-cat with broad shoulders, green eyes (mother of Goldenclaw, Reedwhisker and Rosewillow)

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

Warriors:

Ripplecloud – gray tabby tom with white paws

Brackenflight – golden brown tabby she-cat

Heronleap – lean smoky gray-black tom with a scarred muzzle *

Heavystep – thickset tabby tom

Leafwhisker – small brown tabby tom

Falcontail – smoky tabby tom with yellow eyes

Frostsplash – white tom, former loner(Dawnflower's mate)

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

Goldenclaw – broad-shouldered golden tabby tom

Reedwhisker – black tom

Rosewillow – ginger-patched white she-cat

Apprentices:

Willowpaw – pale gray tortoiseshell she-cat; medicine cat apprentice

Queens:

Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat (mother of Willowpaw)

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:

Cedarheart – dark gray tom (Finchsong'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 with soft fur

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 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, mother of Needlekit and Mallowkit)

Elders:

Oakfur – small brown tom

CATS (AND OTHER CREATURES) OUTSIDE THE CLANS:

Midnight – stargazing badger that lives by the sea

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

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

Root – golden tabby tom (father of Goldenclaw, Rosewillow, and Reedwhisker)

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

Susan – lean light brown tabby she-cat, kittypet