There are currently four sub-series, each containing six books. The first, Warriors, was published from 2003 to 2004. Warriors: The New Prophecy, published from 2005 to 2006, follows the first sub-series, chronicling the Clans as they move to a new home. The third story arc, Warriors: Power of Three, was published from 2007 to 2009. The fourth sub-series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars was published from 2009 to 2012 and continues where the third story arc left off. A fifth sub-series has been requested by HarperCollins and is entitled Warriors: Dawn of the Clans.[3] The first book of this upcoming continuation is titled "The Sun Trail", and the cover image is now released.
Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including five lengthier stand-alone novels entitled Firestar's Quest, Bluestar's Prophecy, SkyClan's Destiny, Crookedstar's Promise, and Yellowfang's Secret with a sixth upcoming title called Tallstar's Revenge, and e-book-only titles called Hollyleaf's Story, Mistystar's Omen and the upcoming Cloudstar's Journey. Four field guides and several volumes of original English-language manga, produced as a collaboration between HarperCollins and TOKYOPOP, have been published as well. Manga published after TOKYOPOP's shutdown is published by HarperCollins on its own. In addition to the books, the authors have also written several short stories and two plays. The Warriors series, with the exception of the manga, has been released in e-book format for popular e-readers such as the Barnes & Noble Nook and Amazon Kindle. The series has also been translated into several languages. In addition the series has a website, which features games, promotional videos, quizzes, a message board, and news.
Major themes in the series deal with forbidden love, the concept of nature versus nurture, the reactions of different faiths meeting each other, and characters being a mix of good and bad. The authors draw inspiration from several natural locations and other authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and William Shakespeare.
n the Warriors universe, there are four Clans of feral cats that live in a forest: ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan. A fifth Clan, SkyClan, is driven out by the other Clans when its territory is destroyed by humans building a town, and scatters shortly after arriving at a new home in a gorge. SkyClan is later rebuilt in Firestar's Quest. Cats in each Clan live and hunt in their own territory, which they defend from other cats. Each Clan is adapted to its own types of prey and members usually possess (or are taught) special skills which suit the territory's terrain. BloodClan is a group of stray city cats introduced in The Darkest Hour. However, they are not considered to be a true Clan because they do not believe in the warriors' spiritual ancestors, StarClan, or the warrior code, a set of rules followed by all Clan cats. BloodClan is considered to be a group of rogues (non-Clan cats who do not respect the Clan cats' rules).[4] StarClan is a group of the Clans' deceased ancestors who give guidance to the Clans. After death, most Clan cats join StarClan. StarClan is said to be represented by Silverpelt (the Milky Way), and each individual star represents the spirit of a single dead warrior. Upon joining StarClan, the cats' spirits take the form in which they were most happy while living (i.e. blindness and deafness can be cured, and wounds can be healed). StarClan warriors keep watch over the Clans, usually watching the Clan they lived in while alive. They provide guidance to the Clans, often through dreams and other signs or omens. Often, this occurs when medicine cats go to the Moonstone, a large piece of quartz in an abandoned mine, which is used in the forest territory to communicate with the medicine cats' ancestors every half-moon. When the Clans live by the lake, the medicine cats gather at the Moonpool, a pool used as the replacement for the Moonstone. In an author chat, Hunter said that StarClan can "just get glimpses of" the future, which they occasionally pass on.[5]
In addition to StarClan, there also exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars. The spirits of cats who cause great pain and suffering to others during their lives reside there instead of in StarClan. Dark Forest cats eventually gain the ability to walk in dreams like StarClan.
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 follows a different set of ancestors: the Tribe of Endless Hunting. The Tribe has a Healer, cave-guards, and prey-hunters, who each serve a different function in the Tribe. The Healer leads the Tribe, heals the ill and wounded, and communicates with the Tribe of Endless Hunting, while the cave-guards defend the Tribe and the prey-hunters hunt.[6]
[edit] Origins of the Clans
The Clans' origin is described in Secrets of the Clans. Originally, many small groups of wild cats live in the forest. Without a code of honour to follow or ancestors to provide guidance, they fight constantly for food and territory. One night, a large battle occurs and many cats die. The spirits of the cats killed in battle return and tell the remaining cats to "unite or die". In this way, the Clans are formed from the previous multitude of small groups.[7] The dead spirits become StarClan, and the code of honour that the cats follow is gradually created, as described in Code of the Clans. After a little while later, the cats of the Clan's fight somewhat all the time, especially ShadowClan who get the less territory.[edit] Clan hierarchy
The Clans have a hierarchical system, with different cats having different positions within the Clan. The leader receives his or her nine lives and leader name ending with the suffix -star from StarClan after he or she goes to the Moonstone/pool. The leader conducts important ceremonies, such as promoting warriors and making kits into apprentices. The deputy is second in command and succeeds the leader when the leader loses his or her last life. The deputy's job is mainly to organise patrols and other everyday tasks. In order to be appointed deputy by the leader, a cat must already be a warrior and have mentored at least one apprentice. There is also a medicine cat in each Clan, who receives messages from StarClan and uses herbs to heal sick or injured cats. Medicine cats are not allowed to have kits or mates, as it would distract them from their duties. At each half-moon, the medicine cats from each Clan meet at the Moonpool to talk with StarClan. In a Clan, there is never more than one medicine cat apprentice at any one time: a medicine cat apprentice helps gather herbs and learns medicinal knowledge, but is considered an apprentice until the current medicine cat dies or retires, even if he or she has already received a full medicine cat name. There are also warrior apprentices (usually referred to simply as apprentices) who train to hunt for and defend their Clan, the duties of a warrior. All apprentices' names end with the suffix -paw. These apprentices are mentored by warriors who pass down knowledge and skills they have learned from their own mentors. Apprenticeships usually last approximately six months. Apprentices occasionally undergo assessments, and become warriors when their mentors deem them ready. Warrior name suffixes (e.g. -claw, -heart, -pelt) are selected by the leader during the warrior ceremony. When a cat becomes old or permanently ill or disabled, he or she retires to become an elder. Elders share their knowledge with the Clan and are cared for by the apprentices. The only task they carry out is burying dead Clanmates. Clans also have queens, who are she-cats expecting or caring for their kits, but who return to warrior duties when no longer expecting or nursing kits. A queen is not obligated to reveal the identity of her mate. A kit's name always ends with the suffix -kit. Kits become apprentices after they are six months old.[edit] Clan terminology
The characters have their own words for certain objects and ideas. Examples of these are the terms twoleg (person), horseplace (stable), and halfbridge (dock). The cats also use ways of measuring time and distance related to the natural world: sunhigh and moonhigh refer to the positions of celestial bodies as an indication of time. A moon is a used to indicate a month. The seasons have their own names as well, with newleaf meaning spring, greenleaf meaning summer, leaf-fall meaning autumn, and leaf-bare meaning winter. Distance terms vary, from a kittenstep (1.25–2.5 centimetres (0.49–0.98 in)) to a tree-length (15 metres (49 ft)), but the most common examples are fox-length (80 centimetres (2.6 ft)), tail-length (30 centimetres (12 in)), and mouse-length (5–7.5 centimetres (2.0–3.0 in)). Insults, exclamations, and phrases are also used. Mouse-brain, mouse dung, and fox dung are common expressions; mouse-brain is used as an insult, whereas mouse dung and fox dung are exclamations, usually used in frustration and anger. There are other examples of common phrases: a mouse-hearted cat is cowardly, while a fox-hearted cat is cruel or sly. Those are used by ThunderClan. The term fish-face is used by ThunderClan to refer to RiverClan cats. Great StarClan, and What in StarClan's name? are used as exclamations of surprise and shock. Thank StarClan! is used as an exclamation of gratitude.[edit] Main series
[edit] Warriors
The original Warriors series, released from 2003 to 2004, consists of six books: Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm, A Dangerous Path, and The Darkest Hour. The series follows a pet cat named Rusty who dreams about the forest that lies beyond the neighbourhood he lives in. One day, he ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. He accepts the invitation and receives the apprentice name Firepaw. Later, Firepaw receives his warrior name, Fireheart, and discovers that Tigerclaw, the deputy of ThunderClan, wishes to kill ThunderClan leader Bluestar in order to succeed her and become leader himself. In the third book, Forest of Secrets, Fireheart becomes deputy of the Clan after Tigerclaw tries to kill Bluestar, fails, and is banished from ThunderClan. Bluestar dies in A Dangerous Path, sacrificing her life to protect the Clan from dogs sent by Tigerstar, who becomes the leader of ShadowClan after his banishment. Fireheart then becomes the leader, receiving nine lives and the name Firestar. Tigerstar then, in The Darkest Hour, attempts to take over all four Clans, telling them that the leaders will rule together. Leopardstar, leader of RiverClan, agrees, but Firestar and Tallstar, leader of WindClan, refuse. Tigerstar tries to use BloodClan, a vicious group of city cats, to take over the Clans, but BloodClan leader Scourge kills Tigerstar (taking all nine of Tigerstar's lives at once by slicing him from neck to tail) and decides to take over the forest for himself. The four Clans unite and fight BloodClan. Firestar loses the first of his nine lives in battle against Scourge, but kills Scourge after returning to life, defeating BloodClan and saving the forest.[edit] Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, was released from 2005 to 2006, and contains six books: Midnight, Moonrise, Dawn, Starlight, Twilight, and Sunset. In the series, four cats, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Crowpaw, and Feathertail, are sent on a mission by StarClan to the ocean, with Feathertail's brother Stormfur and ThunderClan apprentice Squirrelpaw accompanying them. There, a badger named Midnight tells the six cats that all four of the Clans are in danger from humans and must leave for a new home.On the way back to the forest, the travelling cats meet a group of cats called the Tribe of Rushing Water who are being terrorised by a mountain lion called Sharptooth. The Clan cats stay with the Tribe but later run away after realising that they are being held prisoner and expected to kill Sharptooth. However, before having gone far, they have a change of heart and return to help the Tribe. After luring Sharptooth into the cave where the Tribe lives, a plan to poison Sharptooth fails, and the cats are forced to attempt to fight him off. Feathertail jumps onto a stalactite on the roof of the cave and plummets to the cave floor with it, falling on and crushing Sharptooth, sacrificing her life to save the Tribe.
In Starlight and Twilight, ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice Leafpool and Crowfeather (formerly Crowpaw) fall in love with each other. However, the warrior code says that Leafpool, as a medicine cat, cannot have a mate; in addition, Clan cats may not be mates with cats from other Clans. They eventually abscond, but return when Midnight warns them that a large group of badgers plans to attack ThunderClan. Upon returning, they find that a badger has killed Cinderpelt, the ThunderClan medicine cat, while she was helping Sorreltail give birth. Shortly after, Leafpool discovers that Cinderpelt is reincarnated as Cinderkit, one of Sorreltail's kits.
The series then centres around the prophecy "before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red". Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw have been meeting with the spirit of their dead father Tigerstar in dreams, in which he is teaching them how to become Clan leader by force. Hawkfrost follows Tigerstar every step of the way, but Brambleclaw is split between loyalty to his leader and his own ambition. Firestar appoints Brambleclaw deputy after finally accepting the possibility that Graystripe might never return. The series reaches its climax when Hawkfrost traps Firestar in a fox trap 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 from the trap. Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, but Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost with the sharp stick that kept the fox trap into the ground. Hawkfrost's blood runs into the lake, dying it red, explaining the "blood will spill blood" prophecy as Brambleclaw is Hawkfrost's kin.
[edit] Warriors: Power of Three
[edit] Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series is titled Warriors: Omen of the Stars and is a direct continuation of the previous series.[8] Like the three series before, the series consists of six books. All six books have been published, entitled The Fourth Apprentice, Fading Echoes, Night Whispers, Sign of the Moon, The Forgotten Warrior, and The Last Hope.[9]In The Fourth Apprentice, ThunderClan apprentice Dovepaw finds out that she has a special power, which is to hear and see things even from extreme distances. Dovepaw sees beavers building a beaver dam that is blocking the river upstream far away, causing the lake to dry up. When Dovepaw reveals this, Jayfeather and Lionblaze both realise that she is the third cat in the prophecy, as the beavers are in fact very far away. In Fading Echoes, Jayfeather goes to the Dark Forest with Yellowfang and Spottedleaf and discovers that the Dark Forest cats are doing battle training. Later on, a tree falls on the camp and ThunderClan manages to evacuate in time thanks to Dovepaw's senses. Ivypaw becomes envious of the attention that Dovepaw receives from Firestar due to her special power, and demands to know why she is spending time with the older warriors and visiting Firestar often. Hawkfrost visits Ivypaw in a dream pretending to be her friend, playing on her envy of her sister. The book ends in a battle between ShadowClan and ThunderClan after Ivypaw claims to receive a sign from StarClan, although it is actually a ploy concocted by Hawkfrost.
In Night Whispers Ivypaw continues to meet with the Dark Forest in her dreams and Jayfeather finds out. After he finds out, he tells Lionblaze. Dovepaw overhears this. She confronts Lionblaze and Jayfeather and demands that they ask Ivypaw to stop; however, Jayfeather thinks they should use Ivypaw to learn how the Dark Forest warriors are training their recruits. Dovepaw tries to convince Ivypaw not to go to the Dark Forest, but the Ivypaw is oblivious to the dangers. Eventually, Ivypaw becomes increasingly nervous as she goes into the Dark Forest, then finds out the truth: that Tigerstar is training her and others to fight against the Clans. She agrees to spy on the Dark Forest for Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw. In The Sign of the Moon, Ivypaw and Dovepaw get their warrior names: Ivypool and Dovewing. Jayfeather and Lionblaze find signs that indicate the possibility that Hollyleaf might not be dead when a tunnel close to the spot where rocks supposedly buried Hollyleaf is discovered. Ivypool and Blossomfall go exploring in this tunnel get lost, but a mysterious cat leads them out after the spirit of Fallen Leaves, a dead ancient cat, tells them to follow a path out. Jayfeather is told a new prophecy at the end of the novel: "The end of the stars draws near, three must become four, to battle the darkness that lasts forever".
The Forgotten Warrior begins with Briarlight telling Jayfeather how she finds a tuft of black fur in the back of the herb store, and Jayfeather recognises it as Hollyleaf's. Birchfall reveals to Ivypool that he is training in the Dark Forest, to Ivypool's horror, though she hides it. Ivypool is still visiting the Dark Forest at nights. When she tells Brokenstar that she wants to teach the cats, he tells her to kill Antpelt, a Dark Forest spirit. Ivypool wins and kills Antpelt, who fades and disappears, showing that Dark Forest cats can be killed. Molepaw and Cherrypaw announce that they are attacked by foxes, but that a stranger scares the fox off before any serious injuries are inflicted. The rest of the Clan thinks that the new apprentices are making it up, but Jayfeather and Lionblaze thinks that it might be Hollyleaf's doing. Lionblaze convinces Firestar to let him track down the stranger so he does. He discovers Sol and brings him back to camp. While on a walk, Dovewing and Ivypool go into the tunnels underground. They hear Sol discussing an attack on ThunderClan with WindClan. Dovewing and Ivypool are overheard by the cats and they try to escape. Hollyleaf appears and helps them get out. Lionblaze sees her and brings her back to the Clan. Hollyleaf tells everyone that she saves the apprentices from the fox attack, not Sol. Everyone welcomes her except for only a few. Hollyleaf begins tunnel training to help with the fight with WindClan. In the end, ThunderClan wins the battle with WindClan by pushing them into the tunnels.
In The Last Hope, Ivypool eavesdrops on a senior Dark Forest warriors' meeting; she listens as Brokenstar explains the Dark Forest's master plan, using his claws to create a diagram: they agree to attack at the very heart of the Clans. After all of the cats leave, Ivypool sneaks forward to take a peek at the diagram, but is awakened by her sister, Dovewing. At the Moonpool, Yellowfang tells Jayfeather that he must tell Dovewing and Lionblaze about the new prophecy he was told in Sign of the Moon. Later in his dream at the Moonpool, former RiverClan medicine cat Brambleberry tells him that they must unite all the Clans together as one to fight the Dark Forest. After that, he has another dream, but in the Dark Forest. Brokenstar appears and shows Jayfeather the training warriors and apprentices. Jayfeather is horrified as he realises that so many cats from all Clans are secretly training at night while their Clanmates are sleeping. In the climax of the series, the Dark Forest cats attack the Clans. Firestar is confronted by Tigerstar, and after a fight, kills Tigerstar. Afterwards, lightning strikes a tree next to Firestar, and ThunderClan discovers that Firestar has died as well, the flash of flame marking the end of his life. As the deputy at the time, Brambleclaw becomes leader, then names Squirrelflight as his new deputy.
[edit] Warriors: Dawn of the Clans
The fifth series is titled Warriors: Dawn of the Clans and goes back to the beginning of the Clans. The first book is called The Sun Trail and is set to be released on 5 March 2013. The second book is called Thunder Rising and is set to be released on 5 November 2013.[10][edit] Other books
[edit] Super Editions
Super Editions are books in the Warriors series that are approximately double the length of a normal Warriors book. There are five Super Editions as of October 2012: Firestar's Quest, Bluestar's Prophecy, SkyClan's Destiny, Crookedstar's Promise, and Yellowfang's Secret. Another Super Edition, Tallstar's Revenge, is set to be released on 2 July 2013. Super Editions are standalone stories and as the titles imply, the first features Firestar, the second features Bluestar, the third features the modern SkyClan a few months after Firestar's Quest, the fourth features Crookedstar, leader of RiverClan, and the fifth features the former ShadowClan and ThunderClan medicine cat Yellowfang. The sixth will feature the former WindClan leader, Tallstar. Victoria Holmes has hinted that the seventh Super Edition will feature Bramblestar.[edit] Firestar's Quest
Firestar's Quest, the first Warriors Super Edition, was released on 25 August 2007.[11] It covers the time between The Darkest Hour and Midnight, and fills many plot gaps between the books, explaining Longtail's blindness, Willowpelt's death, and the births of Leafkit, Squirrelkit, Spiderkit, and Shrewkit. The book details Firestar and Sandstorm's journey to restore SkyClan, the fifth Clan of the forest that is driven out when a town is built, and is scattered when it is attacked by rats in its new home.[edit] Bluestar's Prophecy
Bluestar's Prophecy was released 28 July 2009.[12] It covers Bluestar's life from her birth to the beginning of Into the Wild. It explains Bluestar's constant and unfailing trust of Whitestorm, the backstory of her kits Stonekit, Mistykit, and Mosskit and her secret mate Oakheart, 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. The prophecy is "like fire you will blaze through the forest, but beware: even the most powerful flames can be quenched by water".[edit] SkyClan's Destiny
SkyClan's Destiny was released on 3 August 2010.[13] The book follows Leafstar and her struggle to rebuild the once-lost Clan. The book takes place several months after Firestar's Quest. The Clan's members are split over whether or not "daylight-warriors", kittypets who join the Clan in the day and return to their owners at night, should be allowed to be part of the Clan. As well, a group of visiting rogues create challenges for the Clan.[edit] Crookedstar's Promise
Crookedstar's Promise was released on 5 July 2011. It takes place during the same time as Bluestar's Prophecy and explains how Stormkit became Crookedkit. The book describes the promise that Crookedkit made to a Dark Forest cat, whom he believes is a StarClan cat, named Mapleshade. She tells him that she can give him anything he wants as long as he is faithful to his Clan and puts all other things aside. As a young warrior, Crookedjaw pledges his undying loyalty to RiverClan in exchange for the promise of power, not realising that his pledge will haunt him when he becomes the leader of his Clan.[edit] Yellowfang's Secret
Yellowfang's Secret was released on 9 October 2012. It is a Super Edition about the former ThunderClan medicine cat Yellowfang and her life in ShadowClan. It follows Yellowfang as she first trains to be a warrior, then later realizes her paws are not meant for shedding blood and her decision to switch to the role of medicine cat instead. However, she breaks the code of medicine cats when she gives birth and can only watch as she and her whole Clan are punished by her disloyalty to the code. In the end, she herself is cast out of ShadowClan by her own kit Brokenstar.[edit] Tallstar's Revenge
Tallstar's Revenge, the sixth volume in the Super Edition arc, is to be released on 2 July 2013, and will feature Tallstar.[14][edit] Field guides
Four field guides have also been published. They offer extra information, usually in the form of short stories, and are usually about 150 pages long.[15] Secrets of the Clans is the first field guide to be released for Warriors. It gives more details about the Clans previously unrevealed in the main series. Cats of the Clans, featuring illustrations and descriptions of the cats, was released on 24 June 2008.[16] Code of the Clans, which describes the warrior code's origins, was released on 9 June 2009.[17]" Battles of the Clans, released on 1 June 2010,[18] is about past battles and each Clan's special battle tactics.[edit] Omnibus field guide
Enter the Clans is an omnibus field guide released on 26 June 2012.[19] It is a collective work of the field guides Secrets of the Clans and Code of the Clans, although four pages of color artwork and the double foldout map inserts in the middle of Secrets of the Clans, as well as five pieces of color artwork in Code of the Clans, are not included in Enter the Clans.[edit] Warriors: The Ultimate Guide
In November 2013, a field guide titled Warriors: The Ultimate Guide will be released. HarperCollins is currently holding a contest in which ten fans will have their names appear on the dedication page.[20][edit] OEL manga series
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