Erin Hunter Chat 5

On August 16, 2008, the authors who write as Erin Hunter joined us once again for an author chat. This time, Tui Sutherland, who wrote Secrets of the Clans and Seekers, Book 1: The Quest Begins, joined us for the first time, along with veteran chatters Kate Cary, Vicky Holmes, and Cherith Baldry.

Information Revealed

 * Scourge is Firestar's half-brother through their father.
 * There are talks with companies about a Warriors movie.
 * SkyClan will not appear outside of their special edition.
 * One of Talon's lines in Moonrise is a quote from First Blood ["With blood."] and Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost's battle was inspired by Gladiator.
 * Bluestar's super edition will be titled Bluestar's Prophecy and will be written by Kate.
 * Runningnose died between Sunset and The Sight, and spends time with Raggedstar in StarClan.
 * Scourge was around two or three years old when he died.
 * The fourth series will be titled The Fourth Apprentice.
 * False: It is titled Omen of the Stars.
 * Goldenflower died of old age.
 * As of Outcast, Firestar has five lives left.
 * Female leaders and deputies are not allowed to have kits while they are in their position.
 * Cherith's favorite Warriors books are Forest of Secrets and Firestar's Quest.
 * Lionpaw and Hollypaw's warrior names are Lionblaze and Hollyleaf, respectively.
 * By the end of Long Shadows, all of the Three have their full names.
 * Tawnypelt's kits will be apprentices in the fifth book of The Power of Three.
 * Sol is on the cover of Long Shadows.
 * Midnight will appear in the prologue of Long Shadows.
 * Mudclaw is in StarClan.
 * Firestar lost a life in Firestar's Quest and another helping Ravenpaw and Barley.
 * Vicky's favorite pelt color is grey and white, Cherith's tortoiseshell.
 * Brightspirit will give Jaypaw a hint on helping ThunderClan survive a bout of greencough.
 * Breezepaw's warrior name will be Breezepelt.
 * The title of Outcast refers to Stormfur and Brook.
 * Warrior names can include anything the Clans have encountered.
 * If a leader never loses a life, they will die of old age nine times.
 * The title of the last book of the Power of Three has been changed from Cruel Season to Sunrise.
 * One-eye died in her sleep.
 * Fallen Leaves will reappear in book five of The Power of Three.
 * Sunrise will be released April 2009.
 * Kestrelpaw will be named Kestrelwing.
 * False: His named Kestrelflight, and Kestrelwing is a SkyClan medicine cat.
 * Hightstones and the Moonstone were not destroyed.
 * Hawkfrost inherited his eye color from his mother, Sasha.
 * Barkface will die soon.
 * Icepaw has a crush on Lionpaw.
 * Poppypaw would have died if Jaypaw hadn't saved her.
 * Warriors takes place present day.
 * Quince, Socks, and Ruby are still alive, though Quince is getting old.
 * Firestar will lose a life soon.
 * Barley is about three years old.
 * False: Firestar is over three years old, and Barley was alive when Firestar was an apprentice.
 * Millie's kits will be named Blossomkit, Bumblekit, and Briarkit.
 * Jaypaw is on the cover of Eclipse.
 * Fallen Leaves is stuck in the tunnels because he didn't acknowledge that he's dead.
 * Thistleclaw was Tigerstar's mentor, and Tigerstar's father will be known in Bluestar's Prophecy.
 * Crookestar's warrior name was Crookedjaw, Tallstar's Talltail, and Raggedstar's Raggedpelt.
 * Lionpaw had a crush on Heatherpaw.
 * Thistleclaw could be the father of Snowfur's kit, Whitestorm.