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The second series, called ''Warriors: The New Prophecy'', centers around six cats from the four different Clans: [[Brambleclaw]] (ThunderClan), [[List of ShadowClan cats (Warriors)#Tawnypelt|Tawnypelt]] (Brambleclaw's sister, ShadowClan), [[List of WindClan cats (Warriors)#Crowfeather|Crowpaw]] (later Crowfeather, WindClan), and [[List of RiverClan cats (Warriors)#Feathertail|Feathertail]] (RiverClan)are sent on a mission by StarClan, the four are sent to the ''sun-drown place'' (the ocean), with Feathertail's brother, [[List of RiverClan cats (Warriors)#Stormfur|Stormfur]] (RiverClan) and a ThunderClan apprentice, [[List of ThunderClan cats (Warriors)#Squirrelflight|Squirrelpaw]] (Firestar's daughter, later Squirrelflight), tagging along.<ref name=midnight>{{cite book|title=[[Midnight (Warriors)|Midnight]]|last=Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074449-6}}</ref> The series was released from 2006 to 2007, and consists of six books: ''[[Midnight (Warriors)|Midnight]]'', ''[[Moonrise (Warriors)|Moonrise]]'', ''[[Dawn (Warriors)|Dawn]]'', ''[[Starlight (Warriors)|Starlight]]'', ''[[Twilight (Warriors)|Twilight]]'', and ''[[Sunset (Warriors)|Sunset]]''. |
The second series, called ''Warriors: The New Prophecy'', centers around six cats from the four different Clans: [[Brambleclaw]] (ThunderClan), [[List of ShadowClan cats (Warriors)#Tawnypelt|Tawnypelt]] (Brambleclaw's sister, ShadowClan), [[List of WindClan cats (Warriors)#Crowfeather|Crowpaw]] (later Crowfeather, WindClan), and [[List of RiverClan cats (Warriors)#Feathertail|Feathertail]] (RiverClan) are sent on a mission by StarClan, the four are sent to the ''sun-drown place'' (the ocean), with Feathertail's brother, [[List of RiverClan cats (Warriors)#Stormfur|Stormfur]] (RiverClan) and a ThunderClan apprentice, [[List of ThunderClan cats (Warriors)#Squirrelflight|Squirrelpaw]] (Firestar's daughter, later Squirrelflight), tagging along.<ref name=midnight>{{cite book|title=[[Midnight (Warriors)|Midnight]]|last=Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074449-6}}</ref> The series was released from 2006 to 2007, and consists of six books: ''[[Midnight (Warriors)|Midnight]]'', ''[[Moonrise (Warriors)|Moonrise]]'', ''[[Dawn (Warriors)|Dawn]]'', ''[[Starlight (Warriors)|Starlight]]'', ''[[Twilight (Warriors)|Twilight]]'', and ''[[Sunset (Warriors)|Sunset]]''. |
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A badger named [[List of Characters outside Clans (Warriors)#Midnight|Midnight]] tells the six that Twolegs will be making a ''Thunderpath'' (road) that cuts across the Clans' territories forcing the Clans to leave. On the way back to the forest, they meet a group of cats called the [[List of characters in the Warriors novel series#The Tribe of Rushing Water|Tribe of Rushing Water]] who were being terrorized by a mountain lion called [[List of Characters outside Clans (Warriors)#Sharptooth|Sharptooth]]. Feathertail gives her life to kill him as well as to save Crowpaw (they had grown very close) and her friends.<ref name=moonrise>{{cite book|title=[[Moonrise (Warriors)|Moonrise]]|last-Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074452-6}}</ref> |
A badger named [[List of Characters outside Clans (Warriors)#Midnight|Midnight]] tells the six that ''Twolegs'' (humans) will be making a ''Thunderpath'' (road) that cuts across the Clans' territories forcing the Clans to leave. On the way back to the forest, they meet a group of cats called the [[List of characters in the Warriors novel series#The Tribe of Rushing Water|Tribe of Rushing Water]] who were being terrorized by a mountain lion called [[List of Characters outside Clans (Warriors)#Sharptooth|Sharptooth]]. Feathertail gives her life to kill him as well as to save Crowpaw (they had grown very close) and her friends.<ref name=moonrise>{{cite book|title=[[Moonrise (Warriors)|Moonrise]]|last-Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074452-6}}</ref> |
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The remaining five then return to the Clans, and report the danger to them. Just as they are about to leave, Graystripe is captured by Twolegs while trying to rescue cats from various Clans that had been captured. Firestar hears of this, but it would be impossible to rescue him and agrees to leave without Graystripe. The original adventurers then lead the Clans through the mountains in order to find a new territory meeting the Tribe of Rushing Water again. While with the Tribe, Stormfur falls in love with a Tribe cat named [[List of cats in the Tribe of Rushing Water and Ancient cats (Warriors)#Brook Where Small Fish Swim|Brook Where Small Fish Swim]] (often shortened to "Brook").<ref name=dawn>{{cite book|title=[[Dawn (Warriors)|Dawn]]|last=Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074455-7}}</ref> |
The remaining five then return to the Clans, and report the danger to them. Just as they are about to leave, Graystripe is captured by Twolegs while trying to rescue cats from various Clans that had been captured. Firestar hears of this, but it would be impossible to rescue him and agrees to leave without Graystripe. The original adventurers then lead the Clans through the mountains in order to find a new territory meeting the Tribe of Rushing Water again. While with the Tribe, Stormfur falls in love with a Tribe cat named [[List of cats in the Tribe of Rushing Water and Ancient cats (Warriors)#Brook Where Small Fish Swim|Brook Where Small Fish Swim]] (often shortened to "Brook").<ref name=dawn>{{cite book|title=[[Dawn (Warriors)|Dawn]]|last=Hunter|first=Erin|authorlink=Erin Hunter|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-074455-7}}</ref> |
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Warriors Warriors: The New Prophecy Warriors: Power of Three Warriors: Omen of the Stars | |
Author | Erin Hunter |
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Illustrator | Wayne McLoughlin |
Cover artist | Wayne McLoughlin |
Country | United Kingdom/United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's literature Fantasy |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Published | 2003–present |
Warriors is a series of children's novels published by HarperCollins.[1] Published under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, writing alternates between authors Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland, with plot ideas by editor Victoria Holmes.[2]
The series follows the adventures of four Clans (ThunderClan, ShadowClan, WindClan and RiverClan), large groups of wild cats in their forest homes.
There are currently four series, each containing six books. The first, Warriors (often called "Original Series" to differentiate it from the later series), was published from 2003 to 2004, beginning with Into the Wild, and ending with The Darkest Hour. This was followed by Warriors: The New Prophecy, beginning with Midnight, and ending with Sunset, published from 2005 to 2006.
The third story arc, Warriors: Power of Three, began with The Sight, and ended with Sunrise; it was published from 2007 to 2009. The Fourth Apprentice, the first book in Warriors: Omen of the Stars, was released on November 24, 2009. The series was on the New York Times Bestseller List of children's books for 71 weeks starting May 19, 2008.
Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including two lengthier, individual books entitled Firestar's Quest and Bluestar's Prophecy. Three field guides and several volumes of original English-language manga, produced as a collaboration between HarperCollins and TOKYOPOP, have been published as well. The series has also been released for Amazon's Kindle and translated into several languages.
Series
Warriors (original series)
The first series takes place in the New Forest, which is located in southern England.[3] The books in the series are: Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm, A Dangerous Path, and The Darkest Hour.
The series follows a single protagonist: a flame-colored kitten named Rusty who has recently been plagued by strange dreams about the forest that lies beyond the neighborhood which he lives in. He later discovers that the dreams are from StarClan, the spirits of the ancestors of the wild cats in the forest.
Against the warnings of his friend, Smudge, Rusty ventures into the forest, where he is attacked, and then befriended by a gray kitten, identified as Graypaw (later known as Graystripe), who becomes Rusty's best friend and confidante throughout the rest of the subsequent books. During the encounter, Rusty is invited to join ThunderClan, one of the four Clans of cats inhabiting the forest, by its current leader, an older, blue-gray female cat known as Bluestar.
Rusty accepts the offer, leaving his owners. Rusty immediately gets into a fight with an older pale tabby tom named Longtail who was mocking him, in which Rusty's collar is torn off, symbolizing his departure from his kittypet (house cat) life. He is then given his apprentice name, Firepaw, in honor of his flame-colored coat, which reflects the rays of the sun. Sandpaw and Dustpaw, two of the other apprentices, tease him about his kittypet life. Ironically however, Sandpaw later falls in love with Firepaw.
Later, Fireheart (Firepaw's warrior name, given to him at the end of Into the Wild) discovers a plot by Tigerclaw (the deputy of ThunderClan, appointed after the former deputy Lionheart's death in a battle with ShadowClan) to kill Bluestar, in order to succeed her and become leader himself.
Tigerclaw, a large, dark brown tabby with long front claws, had killed the former ThunderClan deputy, Redtail, in a battle with RiverClan in hope being chosen as the new deputy, a secret that Fireheart learned from Ravenpaw (Tigerclaw's apprentice, whom Fireheart led away from the Clan in order to protect him from Tigerclaw in the first installment).[4]
In Fire and Ice, the second book, Tigerclaw sets a trap by the Thunderpath (a road) to rid Bluestar of one of her lives. However, Fireheart's apprentice, Cinderpaw, falls into the trap instead and breaks her leg, which prevents her from becoming a warrior. Instead, she begins training as a medicine cat apprentice.[5]
When Tigerclaw moves his plot into action in Forest of Secrets, Fireheart manages to prevent him from killing Bluestar during a planned attack on the Clan by cats who were former ShadowClan warriors. They serve Tigerclaw for the rest of the series.[6] The badly wounded Tigerclaw is banished from ThunderClan, and Bluestar selects Fireheart as the new deputy. However, from that point in the series up until her death in A Dangerous Path, Bluestar becomes distant and effectively insane, having been shaken by Tigerclaw's betrayal, and her weakness causes numerous difficulties in the Clan.
By the end of the fourth installment, Rising Storm, Tigerclaw ends his exile by appointing himself as the new leader of the weakened and leaderless ShadowClan, receiving nine lives from StarClan and taking the name Tigerstar.[7]
He then plots his revenge against ThunderClan, which involves setting a pack of large, aggressively-bred human-owned dogs loose in ThunderClan territory. His plan is revealed at the end of the fifth installment, A Dangerous Path, when Tigerstar is detected in ThunderClan territory. He is discovered to have laid a trail of dead rabbits (ending at the body of Brindleface, a tabby queen Tigerstar killed to "give them a taste for cat blood"), to lead the pack into the ThunderClan camp. Fireheart concocts a plan to evacuate the camp and gets ThunderClan's warriors to lure the dog pack over the edge of the gorge that separates RiverClan and WindClan territory.
Tigerstar interferes with the plan, so Bluestar joins in the effort and helps push the pack leader and two of the other dogs over the edge, falling over herself, but saving the Clan and Fireheart. Having rediscovered her strength and faith in both her Clan's warriors and StarClan, she then finally loses her ninth and final life, and leaves Fireheart to become Firestar, leader of ThunderClan.[8]
Tigerstar then, in the following book, attempts to take over all four Clans, telling them that the leaders will rule together. Leopardstar agrees to combine ShadowClan and RiverClan to form TigerClan.
He tries to persuade ThunderClan and WindClan to join as well, but they eventually refuse during a confrontation between both groups. Tigerstar, at this time, reveals his alliance with BloodClan, a group of vicious, battle-trained, stray cats from the nearby neighborhood (known to the cats as Twolegplace), led by Scourge, a small black cat whose claws are reinforced by dogs' teeth.
During this confrontation, Firestar manages to alienate Scourge from Tigerstar. Scourge then kills Tigerstar by slicing open his stomach with his reinforced claws, leaving StarClan unable to heal Tigerstar's wound, who subsequently loses all of his nine lives at once.
The series draws to a climax as Firestar persuades all of the forest Clans to join together to form LionClan and fight and banish BloodClan, who have threatened to take the forest for themselves for shelter and food.
The final book ends with Firestar killing Scourge in battle (Firestar loses the first of his nine lives in the process), thus defeating BloodClan and saving the forest.[9]
Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, called Warriors: The New Prophecy, centers around six cats from the four different Clans: Brambleclaw (ThunderClan), Tawnypelt (Brambleclaw's sister, ShadowClan), Crowpaw (later Crowfeather, WindClan), and Feathertail (RiverClan) are sent on a mission by StarClan, the four are sent to the sun-drown place (the ocean), with Feathertail's brother, Stormfur (RiverClan) and a ThunderClan apprentice, Squirrelpaw (Firestar's daughter, later Squirrelflight), tagging along.[10] The series was released from 2006 to 2007, and consists of six books: Midnight, Moonrise, Dawn, Starlight, Twilight, and Sunset.
A badger named Midnight tells the six that Twolegs (humans) will be making a Thunderpath (road) that cuts across the Clans' territories forcing the Clans to leave. On the way back to the forest, they meet a group of cats called the Tribe of Rushing Water who were being terrorized by a mountain lion called Sharptooth. Feathertail gives her life to kill him as well as to save Crowpaw (they had grown very close) and her friends.[11]
The remaining five then return to the Clans, and report the danger to them. Just as they are about to leave, Graystripe is captured by Twolegs while trying to rescue cats from various Clans that had been captured. Firestar hears of this, but it would be impossible to rescue him and agrees to leave without Graystripe. The original adventurers then lead the Clans through the mountains in order to find a new territory meeting the Tribe of Rushing Water again. While with the Tribe, Stormfur falls in love with a Tribe cat named Brook Where Small Fish Swim (often shortened to "Brook").[12]
Leaving Stormfur with the Tribe of Rushing Water, the rest of the cats find a lake which has terrain suitable for each Clan. However, Brambleclaw's friendship with Squirrelflight comes close to breaking when she sees how much time he spends with his half-brother, Hawkfrost, whom she does not trust.[13]
In Starlight and Twilight, Leafpool and Crowfeather start to share romantic feelings for each other, which is forbidden, as not only are they from different Clans, but Leafpool is a medicine cat; she is not allowed to have kits.
They eventually run away together, but soon come back due to a badger attack during which Cinderpelt, the medicine cat, gets killed by a badger while helping Sorreltail give birth.
Crowfeather and Leafpool realize that they need to be with their Clans after the badger attack.[13][14]
The series then centers around the prophecy "Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red" given to only Leafpool from StarClan. Tigerstar's sons, Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw, have been meeting with their father in their dreams, and he teaches them how to gain the position of leader. Leafpool sees the three cats together after she accidentally enters Brambleclaw's dream and grows suspicious of Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost.
Hawkfrost follows Tigerstar every step of the way, but Brambleclaw is split between loyalty to Firestar, his leader, and his own ambition. Then, Firestar appoints Brambleclaw deputy after finally accepting the possibility that Graystripe might never return.
The series reaches its climax when Hawkfrost traps Firestar, and tells Brambleclaw to kill him. Brambleclaw decides that he does not want to become leader by force, and refuses to kill Firestar; instead, he frees him. Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, calling him a "coward", but Brambleclaw wins the fight that follows. Hawkfrost's blood makes the lake run red, fulfilling Leafpool's prophecy.[15]
Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, titled Warriors: Power of Three, follows three young cats named Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze. This series was released from 2008 to 2009. The books in the series are: The Sight, Dark River, Outcast, Eclipse, Long Shadows, and Sunrise.
Jayfeather is the most stubborn of three. He is often looked upon differently by his Clanmates due to his blindness, but soon discovers he has a unique power, as do his siblings.
The series centers around the prophecy, "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."[16]
During the series, it is revealed that Jayfeather has the power to feel emotions and memories coming off of other cats and walk in their dreams,[16] while Lionblaze has the power to never get hurt in a fight.[17]
Hollyleaf is revealed not to have a power, as she is later discovered to not be the third cat foretold in the prophecy.[18]
As the young cats learn about the Clans and the world around them, they feel increasing pressure to use their abilities – for good or evil, they do not know. It is also revealed in this series that Cinderheart is the reincarnation of Cinderpelt.[19]
Lionpaw falls in love with Heatherpaw of WindClan in Dark River. They find a network of tunnels that run underground and connect WindClan and ThunderClan territories through which an underground river runs into the lake.[19]
In the third book – Outcast – two cats from the Tribe of Rushing Water come to ThunderClan and ask for help because they are being invaded by a group of rogues. Stormfur and Brook, who had returned to the Clans at the end of Twilight, reluctantly agree to help, and Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight ask to go as well. Firestar agrees, and Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Jaypaw convince them that they should be allowed to go along.
When the older cats agree, they leave for the mountains with Tawnypelt of ShadowClan and Crowfeather of WindClan, as well as Breezepaw, Crowfeather's son, going with them. When they get to the mountains, they are first turned away, but the leader, Stoneteller, eventually sees sense and accepts their help. Jaypaw later finds out that the Tribe's ancestors – the Tribe of Endless Hunting – have already given up.
The Clan cats teach the Tribe cats how to fight, and they mark a border. Because that did not help, they decide to fight the rogues and make them respect their borders. After the battle, Lionpaw comes back coated in layers of blood, but when Jaypaw examines him, he does not have any scratches; all the blood had come from other cats. Jaypaw knows that it must have something to do with the prophecy, which he had found out about in Firestar's dream, so he tells Lionpaw and Hollypaw about it.[20]
As soon as the Clan cats see that the Tribe is safe, they head back home. Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw are excited about the prophecy, but they have to stay focused on the events in the forest.
In Eclipse, a cat named Sol visits ThunderClan telling Leafpool and Jaypaw the sun will disappear.
Later, WindClan uses the tunnels Lionpaw and Heatherpaw found to attack ThunderClan. WindClan asks RiverClan for backup, so Brambleclaw has Hollyleaf ask Blackstar for help.
All four Clans are fighting on ThunderClan territory, but the battle stops when the sun vanishes, as the cats believe that StarClan is angry with them. Sol had revealed that the vanishing sun had nothing to do with StarClan even though it stopped the battle. At the end of the book, Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Cinderpaw get their warrior names: Hollyleaf, Lionblaze and Cinderheart.[17]
In Long Shadows, Sol makes ShadowClan lose their belief in StarClan. Tawnypelt and her kits, Flamepaw, Tigerpaw, and Dawnpaw, go to ThunderClan for a while because Sol was destroying their traditions and the way of Clan life.
Hollyleaf, Jaypaw, and Lionblaze, along with the help of Tawnypelt's kits, fake a sign from StarClan to get ShadowClan back to believing in their warrior ancestors. The fake sign turns into a real one when two StarClan cats appear to tell Blackstar and Littlecloud that Sol's time in ShadowClan had to come to an end. Later, greencough (a contagious respiratory infection) infects most of ThunderClan; however, the Clan's supply of catmint, the "only" cure for greencough, was destroyed in the battle with WindClan. Jaypaw receives a dream from StarClan (specifically, from Brightspirit) on where the catmint in WindClan is located and persuades Lionblaze to retrieve the catmint. Jaypaw gives the catmint to Leafpool without telling her where he got it, and was able to heal the Clan. Jaypaw then gets his full medicine cat name, Jayfeather.
Afterward, the three young cats learn that Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight are not their birth parents. Ashfur had always been bitter over losing Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw, so he traps the four cats (Squirrelflight, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze and Jayfeather) between a burning bush and a sheer plummet to death over the top of the hollow in an effort to get revenge.
To save them, Squirrelflight tells Ashfur her secret. Ashfur decides that he will tell every cat at the Gathering. He is stopped when, on the night of the Gathering, the ThunderClan cats find Ashfur's dead body floating in the stream.[21]
In Sunrise, it is revealed that Leafpool and Crowfeather are the kits' real parents. In the final addition to the third series, it is revealed that Hollyleaf murdered Ashfur. She announces to every cat at the Gathering who her real parents are, and mentions all the cats who had lied to her Clanmates about them.
Hollyleaf is later trapped while running away by a rock slide in the tunnels where Lionblaze and Heathertail used to meet. It is unknown if Hollyleaf is alive. It is also revealed that the actual third cat in the Three is not Hollyleaf, but a new character to be introduced in Omen Of The Stars. This is one of Birchfall's and Whitewing's kits, Dovekit.[18]
Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, originally announced as being called Warriors: The Fourth Apprentice, is titled Warriors: Omen of the Stars.[22]. This series is a direct continuation of the previous series.[23]
In The Fourth Apprentice, Dovepaw, Birchfall and Whitewing's daughter, hears Berrynose complaining after he steps on a thistle while he is on patrol near the WindClan border, and she is in the camp. She also sees unknown brown animals (later revealed to be beavers) being watched by Twolegs and building something (a beaver dam) that is blocking the river upstream. This leads Jayfeather and Lionblaze to realize that she is the third cat in the prophecy.
The beavers' dam causes the lake to dry up, which leads RiverClan to lay claim to the entire lakebed. After Dovepaw reveals why the river is blocked, a patrol consisting of two cats from each of the four Clans goes to check out the animals. The ThunderClan representatives are Dovepaw and Lionblaze; the ShadowClan cats Toadfoot and Tigerheart; for RiverClan, Rippletail and Petalfur, and for WindClan, Whitetail and Sedgewhisker. Rippletail eventually dies while fighting the beavers; however, they manage to break the dam and restore the river flow to the lake.
Firestar loses a life in this book after being attacked by a fox. Jayfeather arrived after being informed by Briarpaw, a ThunderClan apprentice, but was too late to do anything.
Like the three series before, this series will have six books. The first book is called The Fourth Apprentice and was released on November 24, 2009.[24]. The second book is called Fading Echoes and was released on March 23, 2010. In this book, Hawkfrost comes to Ivypaw in a dream, pretending to be her friend. Jayfeather goes to the Dark Forest with Yellowfang and Spottedleaf, and discovers two things: that Yellowfang is Brokenstar's mother and that the Dark Forest cats are doing battle training. Ivypaw and Dovepaw sneak all the way to the WindClan camp, are caught and brought back to their Clan. Firestar admits to the three that he knows about the prophecy and is surprised to find they already knew. A tree falls on the camp and ThunderClan manages to evacuate in time, thanks to Dovepaw's far-reaching senses. However, Longtail goes back to get Mousefur's mouse and ends up dying. Briarlight goes after him and her hind legs get crushed, causing her to never be able to walk again. The book ends in a battle between ShadowClan and ThunderClan. Russetfur is killed and Firestar loses a life. After the battle, Lionblaze and Jayfeather are sure that the battle should not have happened and suspect the Dark Forest caused it.[25] The third book's title has been revealed as Night Whispers as revealed in an Author Tracker e-mail. This book will be released on November 23 , 2010.[26] The fourth book in the series is said to feature the Tribe of Rushing Water, and is currently called The Sign of the Moon, as revealed on Victoria Holmes' Facebook page.
Super Editions
Super Editions are a collection of currently two books that are approximately double the length of a normal Warriors book. They are standalone stories; one features Firestar, and the other Bluestar.
Firestar's Quest, the first Warriors super edition, was released on August 25, 2007. It covers the time between The Darkest Hour and Midnight, and answers many questions as to what happened in between the books, such as Longtail's blindness, Willowpelt's death, the birth of Leafpool and Squirrelflight, and the origins of the prophecy "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws." The book follows Firestar and Sandstorm, who go on a journey to restore SkyClan, the fifth Clan of the forest that had been driven out when a Twolegplace (town) was built, and were scattered when it was attacked by rats in its new home.[27]
Bluestar's Prophecy was released July 28, 2009. It covers Bluestar's life from her birth until the beginning of Into the Wild. It explains Bluestar's constant and unfailing trust of Whitestorm, her kits and secret mate (Rising Storm and A Dangerous Path), and tells about her struggle between her Clan and her heart. The book describes a prophecy given to Bluestar by her uncle, Goosefeather, the medicine cat at the time. However, Goosefeather eventually becomes insane, pushing Bluestar to follow the prophecy at all costs. Goosefeather was also the only cat who saw what Tigerkit (Tigerstar) would become at the time, and other characters thought he was being rude to an innocent kit. It also reveals Halftail and One-eye's birth names, Sparrowpelt and White-eye.[28]
Two other books are to be released under the Super Edition name. The first will feature the modern-day SkyClan and the second will feature the early days of the Clans. SkyClan's Destiny will be released August 3, 2010 [29], and is about Leafstar dealing with something similar to a civil war in SkyClan. Early Clan Days will be the other Super Edition, and will be released sometime in 2011.[30] It is also has been said there will be a Super Edition about Crookedstar, possibly being called Crookedstar's Secret; this was revealed on Victoria Holmes' Facebook page.
Field Guides
Three field guides have also been published for the series. They offer extra information, usually in the form of short stories, and are usually about 150 pages long. Two more are also planned for publication.
Secrets of the Clans is the first field guide to be released for Warriors. This book gives more details about the Clans never before revealed in the books.[31]
Cats of the Clans, featuring illustrations and descriptions of the cats, was released on June 24, 2008.[32]
Code of the Clans, which describes the warrior code's origins, was released on June 9, 2009.[33]
Allegiances of the Clans, which is about the "tangled romantic, political and platonic relationships in the Clans’ history",and will be released on an unknown date in 2010.[30][34]
Battles of the Clans, presumably about past battles, will be released June 1, 2010 [35]
OEL manga series
Several series of original English-language manga have been produced by HarperCollins with TOKYOPOP.[36] Most consist of 3 volumes, however, The Rise of Scourge is a standalone book.
Graystripe's Trilogy
This is a three volume original English-language manga series following Graystripe, from the time that he was taken by Twolegs in Dawn until he returned to ThunderClan in The Sight. It was published as the first part of a partnership between TOKYOPOP and HarperCollins.[37] It consists of 3 books: The Lost Warrior, Warrior's Refuge, and Warrior's Return. The final volume was published on April 22, 2008.[38] These books tell how Graystripe and Millie found their way back to ThunderClan.
The Rise of Scourge
The Rise of Scourge was released on June 24, 2008. It is a single volume, and is not part of a trilogy. The story follows Scourge, the leader of BloodClan, one of the antagonists in The Darkest Hour. It centers around his early years, when he was bullied as a kit, until he challenges Tigerstar, his life-long enemy, who, as a ThunderClan apprentice, attacked him when he ventured into the forest.[39] The book was published after participants in an online poll were able to submit what they wanted to see in a new Warriors book.
Tigerstar and Sasha
A manga trilogy about Tigerstar and Sasha has also been published. The first volume is called Into the Woods, and was released on September 2, 2008.[40] The second volume, Escape From the Forest, was released on December 23, 2008.[41] The third volume, Return to the Clans, was released on June 9, 2009.[42]
Ravenpaw's Path
Another trilogy, centered around Ravenpaw and his life on the farm with Barley after the BloodClan battles, is currently being published. James L. Barry is confirmed to be the artist.[43]
Book one was originally titled Strangers in the Snow, but the name was changed to Shattered Peace and was released on November 24, 2009.[44] Book two is titled A Clan in Need and was released on March 23, 2010.[45] Book three will be titled The Heart of a Warrior, and it will be released on August 3, 2010 [46]
Setting and characters
There are four Clans of cats: ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan. StarClan is a group made up of the Clans' spiritual ancestors who give guidance and even prophecies to the Clans. As well, SkyClan is a fifth Clan that had been driven out when their territory was destroyed by humans building a town. Also, BloodClan was a group of stray city cats; however, they are not a true Clan, as they do not believe in StarClan.
ThunderClan is the Clan which the majority of protagonists belong to. ThunderClan territory is made up mostly of deciduous forest, with thick undergrowth. Their diet consists mainly of squirrels, rabbits, small to medium sized birds, shrews and rodents, such as mice. Their name is taken from their first leader's name, Thunder, and the fact that their old territory was bounded on one side by a Thunderpath (road).
RiverClan cats are the only Clan cats who enjoy swimming. They live near water, as their main source of prey is fish. RiverClan cats generally have sleek fur that dries quickly and slimmer bodies that allow them to swim easily. Their name comes from their first leader's name, River, and the fact that their originally camp was located near a river.
WindClan is a Clan of cats who live on moors and hills. WindClan cats are most at home in wide open spaces. They are known for their quickness, a trait which they use to chase rabbits, their main source of prey. WindClan's name comes from the name of its first leader, Wind.
ShadowClan cats live in territory dominated by swamps, marshes, and pine forest. They have often served as the antagonists of the series. ShadowClan is the only Clan known to regularly eat rats and frogs, in addition to regular prey. ShadowClan's name derives from its original leader, Shadow.
SkyClan was the fifth Clan. However, their territory was destroyed when humans destroyed it in order to build a town. The other Clans decided that the remaining territory could not support SkyClan; they were not willing to redraw boundary lines, and did not think there would be enough prey if SkyClan split apart and joined the other Clans. Driven out of their home, SkyClan eventually found a gorge suitable for them to live in. However, they were soon attacked by an army of rats, and SkyClan scattered. SkyClan's descendants were eventually brought back together by Firestar in Firestar's Quest. SkyClan cats are capable of jumping much higher than other Clan cats.
After death, most spirits of Clan cats join StarClan. StarClan is said to be represented by Silverpelt (the Milky Way), and each individual star represents a signle dead warrior. When a cat dies, he or she is led to StarClan by a spirit, usually that of a cat they were close to. Once a cat dies, he or she joins StarClan in a form in which he or she was most comfortable in; for example, blindness and deafness would be cured, unless the cat had been happier being deaf/blind. StarClan's territory is a forest that is perpetually in summer conditions. There are no conflicts, nor is disease present.
StarClan warriors keep watch over the Clans, usually watching their own Clan. They provide guidance to the Clans, often in dreams and other signs and omens. Often, this occurs with medicine cats at the Moonpool/Moonstone. StarClan cannot influence events in the real world, however, in Firestar's Quest, Spottedleaf visited Firestar and Sandstorm, and treated an injured warrior.
The Clans' origin has been described in Secrets of the Clans. It stated that there were originally many small groups of wild cats who lived in the forest. Without a code of honor to follow, or ancestors to provide guidance, they constantly fought for food and territory. One night, at Fourtrees, a large battle occurred, and many cats died. The spirits of the cats killed in battle returned and told the cats to "unite or die." Thus, four cats, Thunder, River, Shadow, Wind (and possibly a fifth cat, Sky), came forward to become the leaders of the first Clans, ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, WindClan, and SkyClan. The dead spirits became StarClan, and slowly, the warrior code was created as described in Code of the Clans.
The warrior code is a code of honor that all warriors are taught as apprentices, and must follow. The warrior code is understood to contain many individual rules, however, they have never been all mentioned. The warrior code includes rules on loyalty, territory, prey, processes involving specific members of the Clan (ex. "a kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice"), and battles.
Clan hierarchy
All Clans have a leader. He or she is granted nine lives during a special ceremony. Each time he or she dies, StarClan will heal the wound or illness that caused the death; however, sometimes, the wound may be too grievous to be healed, as is the case with Tigerstar, who lost all of his nine lives at once when Scourge sliced his belly from nose to tail-tip. A new leader can only receive his or her nine lives once the previous leader has lost all nine lives, or retires. In the case of the latter, StarClan will return the previous leader to a state such that he or she only has one life. Otherwise, if a leader is still alive when a new leader is chosen (as in the case of Nightstar of ShadowClan), the new leader does not receive nine lives.
The leader appoints a deputy who is second in command. The deputy will usually succeed the leader unless another warrior objects to this, such as in the case of Onewhisker and Mudclaw. Deputies often organise patrols and other everyday tasks. However, they do not get a den to themselves; rather, they reside in the warriors' den as well.
To be chosen as deputy, a warrior must have mentored at least one apprentice. As well, female deputies may not have kits, as this would interfere with their performing of duties. Deputies may retire; the usual cause for retirement is old age or illness. After the death or retirement of a deputy, the leader must choose a new one before moonhigh (midnight) of the night. The reasoning behind this was explained in Code of the Clans: if the leader were to take a long time to choose a deputy, the leader, could possibly die before the new deputy is selected, leaving no one to succeed him or her. Deputies are usually chosen for their experience, as well as qualities that leaders think will make them a good successor. StarClan has also given signs indicating who should become deputy, as in the case of Brambleclaw. Most of the time StarClan does not indicate who should become deputy.
Every Clan has a medicine cat, who communicates with StarClan and heals injured or sick cats with the use of herbs found in the forest. Medicine cats are considered of high importance to the Clan, almost as important as the leader. Medicine cats meet every half moon to share dreams with StarClan at the Moonstone (a special stone in an abandoned mine in their forest home) or Moonpool (a special pool at their lake home). Clan rivalries do not apply to medicine cats, and often help one another. Medicine cats communicate with StarClan, receiving messages, prophecies, and omens. Also, should there be no deputy to succeed a dead leader, medicine cats may ask Starclan for a sign indicating who the new leader should be.
Although medicine cats usually do not need to fight, they are still trained in basic fighting moves, to defend themselves against rogues, and other animals. Medicine cats may not have kits. In a question-and-answer session on the official Warriors forum, Erin Hunter explained that this was because not only would having a mate and kits distract the medicine cat, but medicine cats are expected to treat all of their Clanmates equally, something that would be difficult if they were to have kits.
A medicine cat apprentice is an apprentice training to be a medicine cat. There is only one medicine cat apprentice at one time, who is usually chosen because he or she shows an interest in becoming a medicine cat. However, warriors who are injured too badly to continue as a warrior or decide they want to become a medicine cat may train to become a medicine cat. This is rare; however, examples include Cinderpelt, because she injured her leg, and Jayfeather, because he is blind. Medicine cat apprentices learn basic fighting skills for defensive purposes, and must learn how to identify, collect, and use herbs to treat illness and injury. They also learn to interpret signs from StarClan. Medicine cat apprentices are given their medicine cat names at the Moonpool or Moonstone. Although an apprentice can earn their full name before their mentor dies, they are still considered an apprentice until they succeed their mentor.
Those kits who do not become medicine cat apprentices become a regular apprentice. After a kit reaches the age of six moons, he or she can become an apprentice. Apprentices are usually trained by warriors; however, the deputy or leader may choose to take an apprentice. Apprentices learn to hunt and fight, as well as the warrior code, which they must learn and follow. Apprentices also must take care of the elders by bringing them moss for bedding and freshkill to eat, a task which most apprentices detest.
Apprentices become warriors when their training is complete, and they have traveled to the Moonstone/Moonpool. The leader then gives him/her a warrior name, and the newly-made warrior must stand silent vigil, guarding the camp that night. On average, apprenticeships last about six moons.
Most of each Clan is made up of warriors. They are the cats who fight in battles, patrol the borders, hunt for prey, train apprentices, and generally make up the lifeblood of the Clan. Warriors are expected to follow the warrior code, a set of rules which must be followed; should a warrior break the warrior code, the leader or deputy may punish the warrior. In extreme cases, they may be exiled from the Clan, as when Tigerclaw was exiled from ThunderClan for attempting to kill Bluestar, killing Redtail, and sending rogues to attack ThunderClan. Warriors are given only one apprentice at a time. However, warriors often help one another train their apprentices. Warriors must not only teach their apprentice how to hunt and fight, but must also teach the warrior code to their apprentice. Warriors retire to become elders when they are either too old to continue their duties, if they have been injured or otherwise handicapped in a way that makes them unable to perform their duties.
Elders are retired warriors, deputies, and medicine cats who are too old or injured to continue with their duties. Elders are respected due to their wisdom and experience. They are often cared for by apprentices, who perform tasks such as fetching moss for their nests, getting them fresh-kill, and other similar tasks. Elders do not usually have duties to perform; the only duty mentioned is burial of dead Clanmates. Elders will often tell stories of the past to apprentices and kits. The elders also provide the Clan leader with advice.
A queen is a she-cat expecting or nursing kits. Most queens stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices, then return to being warriors. Although most queens prefer to remain in the nursery, they are not restricted to being within the camp. Queens have been known to leave the camp to stretch their legs, hunt, or take their kits outside. Queens are not obligated to disclose the identity of the kit(s)'s father, as has been done by Bluestar and Silverstream. Some warriors may decide to stay permanently in the nursery to help other queens take care of their kits. Ferncloud of ThunderClan is one such cat.
Kits are newborn kittens who stay in the nursery most of the time with their mothers. Because of their young age, they are not allowed to leave camp without supervision. Kits do not have any duties within the Clan, and so spend most of their time sleeping and feeding on their mothers' milk (at a younger age), or having play fights (such as pretending to be a Clan leader and another kit a rival Clan leader), playing with moss balls, feathers, etc. (at an older age). They also visit the elders, who tell them stories sometimes. Kits are generally younger than the age of six moons (months), as after this age, they are apprenticed.
The cats in the Clans also have a special naming system. When a kit is given his/her name, it will end in "-kit," for example, Bramblekit. When a kit becomes an apprentice, during the ceremony, the leader will change the word "-kit" to "-paw" for example, Bramblepaw. When an apprentice becomes a warrior, the leader, with the help of StarClan, chooses a permanent ending of the name (-heart, -stripe, -pelt, -fur, -claw, -foot, -tail, -talon, -storm, etc.,)for example, Brambleclaw. When a deputy becomes the leader, StarClan performs a ceremony, in which the new leader must travel to Highstones (an abandoned mine at their forest home) or the Moonpool (a small pond at their lake home) to share dreams with StarClan. During the ceremony, the leader receives nine lives from StarClan and the name ending of "-star". An example of this is when Fireheart becomes Firestar in the first series, or Leafdapple of SkyClan becoming Leafstar in Firestar's Quest. Any cat in the Clan has the right to become the deputy, as long as he/she is a warrior, is not nursing kits, and has had at least one apprentice.[27]
In the forest, the cats must live together with the world of humans around them. This allows interaction between the two species. One notable example occurred in the New Prophecy series, when humans, called twolegs by most of the cats, begin constructing a new road and houses, and the four Clans are forced to leave and find a new home.
Beyond the Clans' territories lies a mountain range, inhabited by the Tribe of Rushing Water. The Tribe is shown to be similar to the Clans, yet it follows a different set of ancestors, the Tribe of Endless Hunting.[11] In a town near the Clans' old home lived a vicious group of cats called BloodClan, led by a cat called Scourge.[9] Also living in the surrounding areas are cats without owners or Clans, known as loners and rogues, and house cats, called kittypets.[6]
Critical reception
The first book of the series, Into the Wild, was generally received well, with reviewers calling it a "spine-tingling",[47] "thoroughly engrossing"[48] and "exciting ... action-packed adventure."[49] One reviewer praised the authors for "creating an intriguing world ... and an engaging young hero,"[50] but another criticised the characters and imagined world as being "neither ... consistent nor compelling."[51]
The large number of characters involved in the series has often been seen as a negative point; though one reviewer compared the "huge cast" to that of a Greek drama,[52] others wrote that it was "hard to follow"[53] and "a little confusing."[50] The characters have also been criticised as being "somewhat flat"[53] and "limited essentially to each individual's function within the clan."[51]
As one reviewer put it, the cats in the series are "true to their feline nature,"[47] leading some critics to jokingly comment that the books will "leave readers eyeing Puss a bit nervously"[54] and "[wonder] what dreams of grandeur may haunt the family cat."[49] However, this realism also means that the series contains a relatively large amount of violence,[50] with one critic stating that it is "not for the faint of heart."[52]
Several critics have compared Warriors to Brian Jacques' Redwall series,[47][51] though one commented that it was "not as elegantly written."[50] The New York Times called the series a "hit with young readers," specifically because of its "sprawling universe,"[55] and indeed, many of the books in the series have appeared on the newspaper's best-seller list.
Awards
Into the Wild was nominated for the 2006 YRCA (Young Reader's Choice Awards) Awards,[56] but lost to Christopher Paolini's Eragon.[57] The Sight was nominated as the best Middle Readers book at Amazon.com's Best Book of 2007, and placed sixth out of the ten nominees, with six percent of the total votes.[58] The Sight was also nominated for the Children's Choice Book Awards.[59]
Themes
The most common theme in the series is forbidden love. Another theme featured in the novel is the reactions of different faiths when meeting each other, which was inspired by the events of the September 11, 2001 attacks. To show this, the Tribe of Rushing Water was introduced in Moonrise. In an author chat, Holmes explained that the books never say that the Clans or the Tribe of Rushing Water are right about faith, because both are "equally valid." This leads to fear and suspicion between them because they are afraid of things they do not understand. Holmes said that "ignorance is a very scary thing!"[60] Non-belief is also featured in the storyline.[61] Another theme shown in the books shows how characters can be a mix of good and evil. Holmes has said she is fascinated by these "shades of gray" in personalities. Her example of this was when Bluestar, a "lovely" cat, gave up her kits for her own ambitions. A third major theme, often referred to as nature versus nurture, relates to whether a person is born the way he or she will be, or if other things shape that, as in the example of Brambleclaw. This theme ties into the "shades of gray" theme. Other themes that have been pointed out include family, loss, honor, bravery and death, loyalty, and following rules.[60]
Inspirations and influences
Authors
The authors have named several other authors as a source of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[2]
Other
The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest, a forest in southern England, was the base for the forest where the original series took place.[3] Other influential locations include the Scottish Highlands and the Forest of Dean.[62] Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, has also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper's Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the herbal remedies that the cats use in the books.[2]
Editions
Other formats
All of the Warriors books in the main series have been published as hardcovers, and the majority of them have also been published as paperbacks. Starlight, Twilight, and Sunset are available in an audiobook format,[63] spoken by Nanette Savard, whose performance has been praised.[64] The Fourth Apprentice is available in audiobook format as well.[65] The books in the main series have also been released in an eBook format.[66]
Foreign editions
The Warriors books were first published in USA, then the United Kingdom.[3] Warriors is also sold in New Zealand[67] and Australia.[68] Translations from English into other languages such as Czech, Lithuanian, Finnish, and Japanese, French, Russian, Chinese and Korean have been published more recently.[62][69] The Korean publisher, Kim-yeoung-sa, has only published the first six books.[2] Fandom even exists in Trinidad[62] and Singapore.[70] The first two books have been printed in Poland, and the first six have been published in Germany.[71]
Other media
Website
HarperCollins created a video to promote the Cats of the Clans book. It was made available on the Warriors website. Warriors screen savers and E-cards are also available there, along with videos on "How To Draw Graystripe", the process of writing a manga book, and a "How To Draw Manga" page.[1]
Movie
According to a July 2009 author chat with Victoria Holmes, there are currently no planned Warriors movies, and none under consideration:
Oh, the fickle world of movie making, well, there are currently no Warriors movies in production or even under consideration. The economy is not in a state to invest in a rather dark animation about feral cats, apparently. I promise I'll let you know if there are any changes.[30]
Short stories
A short story called Spottedleaf's Honest Answer was released on the "Reading Warriors" website (the website for the "Reading Warriors" reading challenge, which encourages children to read more books). In it, Spottedleaf talks about her love for Firestar. It gives information on what happened in the Warriors series from Into the Wild to Firestar's Quest.[72] On January 20, 2009, another short story, called The Clans Decide, was released on the Warriors Ultimate Leader Election site, starring Firestar, who won the election through an online vote. It is about the four Clans voting for a way to survive a tough leaf-bare, and is probably set between the Power of Three and the Omen of the Stars series. This was in recognition of Inauguration Day.[73]
Plays
Written by Victoria Holmes for a tour, a play entitled After Sunset: We Need to Talk was first premiered on April 28, 2007 at the Secret Garden bookstore in Seattle, Washington. It details a meeting between Leafpool of ThunderClan and Crowfeather of WindClan after the events of Sunset, confirming Crowfeather's mate as being Nightcloud. It was thought by many that the kits in Power of Three were Leafpool and Crowfeather's, and this play supported that theory, which eventually proved to be correct. The script was released to the public at the official site for the Warriors series.[74]
Also, during a fundraising event in Russellville, Arkansas, an original play, Brightspirit's Mercy was performed by various high school drama students. The second of the two plays by Erin Hunter, Brightspirt's Mercy is about Jayfeather, along with his brother Lionblaze and sister Hollyleaf. After going to a Gathering, where it is obvious all of the Clans except for ThunderClan are starving, three cats from StarClan appear: Brightspirit, and her parents, Shiningheart and Braveheart (characters created on Wands and Worlds, a fantasy fiction forum, in memory of a 10 year old Warriors fan, Emmy Grace Cherry, and her parents, Dana and Jimmy Cherry, who were killed in a tornado in February 2007[75]). They come with a message: the three young cats must help feed the other Clans. Jayfeather is easily convinced, but Hollyleaf and Lionblaze are harder to win over, especially the latter. Eventually, they both concede, so they hunt, then wait at the WindClan border for a patrol. Ashfoot, WindClan's deputy, accepts the gift, but Breezepelt, the three ThunderClan cats' enemy (and, as revealed in Sunrise, their half-brother through Crowfeather), refuses to eat it. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf then head towards another Clan's territory.[76]
Trading cards
In the Chinese translation of the series, "3-D trading cards" are packaged in each book. These feature pictures of the cats on the center of the cover. These cards are stereoscopic lenticular prints. They feature a picture on the front with the Chinese and English names, and biographical information on the back.
Current cards feature Firestar, Bluestar, Tallstar, Graystripe, Tigerstar, a collage of the 5 previous cats, Brambleclaw, Feathertail, Leafpool, Onewhisker, Crowfeather, Hawkfrost, Hollypaw, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Blackstar, Squirrelflight and Breezepelt.[77]
Games
Games can be found on the official Warriors website. There are quizzes, a warrior name generator and a quiz that can determine what Clan a person belongs to, as well as the games New Prophecy Adventure and Warriors Hunting Game. There is also a newly released Warriors Adventure game, a paper-and-pencil-based role-playing game. However, during an updating of the site's look, several features were orphaned, and the name generator, Clan quiz, and a few other features can now only be accessed through the sitemap.[1]
Many fans have also created their own forum-based role-playing games, as no official game of this sort has yet been created. Erin Hunter has stated on the official Warriors website that there is still no plan for an official video game, but if there was it would probably be based on a movie version of the Warriors series, which is not under consideration.
On the Q&A section of the site, Erin Hunter said that they are working on a online game that will be released in late 2010. Whether that will be a role playing game is undetermined.
Also, there are matching and anagram games on the HarperCollins site.
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