Juniperclaw/Main article

Juniperclaw is a sleek, skinny lithe, black tom.

He is the son of Dawnpelt and Crowfrost, and the brother of Strikestone and Sleekwhisker. When he is introduced, he is a young ShadowClan apprentice under the name of Juniperpaw, his mentor being Stonewing. He, along with the other apprentices, feels ShadowClan was no longer feared, and eventually, he leaves with Sleekpaw, Needlepaw and Violetkit to become one of Darktail's rogues, giving himself the name of Juniperclaw. Eventually, he realizes that Darktail is cruel and dishonorable, and regrets leaving ShadowClan. He escapes with Strikestone for ThunderClan, but their mother Dawnpelt is killed before she can get there.

After the Kin are driven out, Juniperclaw formally becomes a ShadowClan warrior, and is given his own apprentice, Whorlpaw. After his uncle and deputy, Tigerheart disappears, Juniperclaw, along with the rest of ShadowClan, is annexed into SkyClan. During this time, his sister Sleekwhisker and his Clanmate Yarrowleaf return, and he is convinced they intend to redeem themselves, although Sleekwhisker is later revealed to have lied to both him and Strikestone, and his grandfather and former leader, Rowanclaw, is murdered. Juniperclaw eventually rejoins ShadowClan when Tigerheart returns, becoming Tigerstar, and is the first cat to shout his new name. He rejoins his former Clan along with Tigerheart's patrol and the former ShadowClan cats.

His apprentice Whorlpaw is made a warrior; Whorlpelt. When Tawnypelt steps down as deputy, Juniperclaw takes her place, although this causes an outburst among the Clans as Juniperclaw had previously left ShadowClan to become a rogue, but he is heavily defended by ShadowClan. He becomes increasingly arrogant towards SkyClan and his aggression towards Leafstar is unmatched by the other ShadowClan cats. As a last-ditch effort to rid the lake territories of SkyClan, he sneaks in and poisons their fresh-kill, nearly killing Sparrowpelt. He admits to what he did, but tries to affirm that he only did it so ShadowClan would stop getting pushed around by the other Clans. Tigerstar and Strikestone effectively disown him, and Tigerstar demotes him back to a warrior as a punishment, telling him that he isn't even sure if Juniperclaw is worthy of being a warrior. Juniperclaw escapes from confinement and is spotted by Violetshine and Tree. Juniperclaw saves Shadowkit from drowning, and helps Violetshine cross a river, and he manages to save her, but decides to allow himself to drown as atonement for his actions, asking Violetshine to apologize to Tigerstar for him, and is swept away by the river. He is replaced as deputy by Cloverfoot.

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