Beautiful, capable, and fiercely independent, Gray Wing and Clear Sky both fell in love the moment they saw her. But Storm wasn’t just some vision of beauty who would fit whatever mold the brothers wanted to put her in. After living with Clear Sky’s group long enough to see the kind of bully he was turning into, she left, taking his kits that she carried with her. But when a storm of dust and stone rains down on her fresh start away from the mountain cats, will her surviving son prove to become the noble and kind leader she’d once thought his father was?
Clan: StarClan
Turtle Tail
Turtle Tail was one of the cats who left the mountains to find a new start along the Sun Trail. But while her heart lay with Gray Wing, the tom seemed determined not to notice her feelings, focusing his own affections first on Bright Stream, then on Storm. When the pain of being overlooked grew too great, she joined her new friend Bumble in Twolegplace to become a kittypet. A few moons later, she reappeared on the moor, carrying kits and determined to leave her unhappy days in Twolegplace behind her. But while she’d left because she’d felt unvalued, her return might be just what one cat needed to finally see just how special she is…
Half Moon
Half Moon was a softpaw when Jaypaw emerged from the tunnels as the ancient cat Jay’s Wing. Jaypaw was the surprised by the strength of emotions he felt from the young she-cat, but he soon found himself returning them, feeling a fiercer love for the ancient cat than he could have ever imagined. He soon had to leave her behind to return to his own Clan – but love like this is not so easily left in the past, and Jayfeather may one day learn that fate has more in store for him and the brave and loving she-cat that time divided him from.
Gray Wing
While his brother Clear Sky was bold and ambitious, Gray Wing was quiet and thoughtful. He had intended to stay in the mountains rather than venture out into places unknown – it was only his duty to protect his younger brother Jagged Peak that pulled Gray Wing away from his home and into a new life on the moorland. The tom’s deep sense of love and loyalty to his family not only had an impact on his kin, but on every cat in the forest, and on untold generations to come. While he may not be a Clan founder like his brother, there is no doubt that Gray Wing is the heart of the Clans.
Micah
Separated from his mother at an early age, Micah was raised by the barn cat Cow in the safety of a twoleg farm. But this sedentary life was not to last. When the lithe white she-cat who’d haunted his dreams suddenly appeared in his waking world, a new destiny began to unfurl before him, leading him to the Clans and the new role he would hold as SkyClan’s first medicine cat. But even as he and Moth Flight grew closer, the divisions between their Clans grew deeper, and a time loomed near where every cat must choose a place to stand. Will their love be enough to bridge the border between them?
Lightning Tail
The first deputy of ThunderClan was named for his close relationship with Thunder. From the very start the two were inseparable, Lightning Tail following in Thunder’s steps and always there to loyally back up his friend. But when a mysterious young beauty challenges the depth of that loyalty, will their friendship survive the fallout that follows? And will this pair be able to form a strong team to lead their new Clan through the challenges to come?
Sun Shadow
Born in the mountains after his father Moon Shadow left to follow the Sun Trail, Sun Shadow displayed all the courage and restless curiosity of his father before him. He set off with the elderly Quiet Rain to find the new home Stoneteller had foretold at the end of the Sun Trail. But when his father isn’t waiting for him at the journey’s end, will Sun Shadow still find his place with his remaining kin in the early Clans? Or will his restless heart lead him on to ever farther horizons?
Shadowstar
While ShadowClan these days has a reputation for coldness and greed, none of that was reflected in its founder. This clever, independent she-cat may be intimidating at first glance, but under that stoic exterior is a a noble, wise cat who cares deeply for the cats in her care. Will this dignified she-cat continue to prove a noble presence in the early Clans? Or will the dark reputation of her Clan begin with her?
Jagged Peak
When the ancient Tribe voted on whether to leave the mountains, Gray Wing chose to stay in the home he’d been born in while his littermate Clear Sky and the others set off into the unknown. If it had not been for his younger brother Jagged Peak’s foolish choice to follow after Clear Sky and the others, and Quiet Rain’s desperate plea for Gray Wing to find and protect her precious kit, Gray Wing may have never found his place among the early Clans. But Jagged Peak’s own place in the Clans was called into question some moons after arriving in the forest, when he fell from a tree and permanently injured his leg. Will this proud, stubborn tom be able to prove himself to cats who only see an injured leg and the kit too foolish to stay home with his mother where it was safe?
Skystar
From the start, the founder of SkyClan’s boldness and ambition set him up to be a uniquely transformative force in the new groups in the forest. What no cat could have guessed was the almost feverish intensity with which he began to expand his borders further and further onto the land of his fellow mountain cats. With a tight grip on the cats under his command, a cruel refusal to let the weakness of any one cat drag down the rest of the group, and increasing hostility towards his moorland kin pleading for peace, it became increasingly clear that Clear Sky’s paranoia and desperate need for control will be his downfall… unless he can rise above them to become a founder SkyClan can be proud of.