Skystar

Sky is a light gray tom with blue eyes.

The Sun Trail

 * Gray Wing remembers playing with Clear Sky outside the cave where the Tribe of Rushing Water lives in the last sunny season as the two are hunting. Clear Sky appears around a rocky outcropping, without prey, telling Gray Wing that he didn't even smell any before the cry of a hawk interrupts him. The tom leaps into the air, snagging his claws into the bird's feathers, as the hawk passes. It falls to the ground and the two brothers kill it. When Gray Wing compliments the catch, Clear Sky shakes his head and says that it is too scrawny, and that there won't be anything fit to eat in the mountains until the snow clears. When Gray Wing suggests they take the hawk back to the cave for the others as they settle down to eat, Clear Sky mumbles that they need strength also, but agrees when Gray Wing presses him. As they struggle to maneuver it back, Clear Sky mutters that they wouldn't have to if they had just ate it. Gray Wing thinks that the tom knows it is the right thing to do.


 * When they return to the cave, the cats about to go out hunting eat the hawk. Clear Sky tells Gray Wing that he still wished they could eat it. Bright Stream trots over to the brothers, complimenting Clear Sky on the catch. Clear Sky basks in her admiration for a moment, before admitting Gray Wing helped. Bright Stream's eyes are all for Clear Sky, and when Gray Wing backs off, Silver Frost comments that there will be kits when it gets warmer.


 * After Shaded Moss and Stoneteller announce that some of the cats would leave to find a new home, Clear Sky wishes to go instantly. He calls it the answer to all of their problems, and that it would be an adventure. He asks Bright Stream if she would go, and the she-cat asks him if he would go without her. Jagged Peak pushes his way forward before Clear Sky can reply. Later, when Turtle Tail is asking Gray Wing whether or not he is going, Clear Sky responds before he can. The tom says he is and so is Bright Stream, despite the uncertain look she gives him.


 * Gray Wing spots Clear Sky and Bright Stream as he goes out to hunt. Clear Sky is trying to convince Bright Stream to come with him out of the mountains, saying that it would be great to explore new places. Bright Stream replies that they have survived so far, and Clear Sky asks if she wants to do more than survive. He says that he wants to go, but it wouldn't be the same without her. Bright Stream replies that she has a few days to decide and Clear Sky watches her and she bounds over to Gray Wing. He calls down that he wishes them poor hunting for once, so that they'll realize they need to leave.


 * When Bright Stream and Gray Wing are hunting, Bright Stream reveals that she wanted to have kits with Clear Sky, but she had imagined she would have them in the mountains. Gray Wing is jealous by how much she would put aside for him, and feels torn in two since he and Clear Sky do everything together.


 * Clear Sky goes with Shaded Moss, Tall Shadow, Dappled Pelt, Rainswept Flower, and Turtle Tail to climb the ridge to scout a route out of the mountains. When they come back after Fluttering Bird's death, Clear Sky says that it was great and they had found a path. Gray Wing goes up to Clear Sky and pulls him aside to tell him what happened. Clear Sky rushes over to Quiet Rain's side, and, touching his nose to his sister's ear, tells her that he is sorry and will miss her. He straightens and looks to his mother, adding that this wouldn't happen when they reach their new home, asking her to join them. Quiet Rain tells him that she wouldn't leave her daughter. He helps Gray Wing scrape out a hole to bury their sister in. Jagged Peak asks them if they had been to all of the peaks, and Clear Sky tells him that he hadn't and pointed out the gap they were going to use to leave. When Quiet Rain tells Jagged Peak it is time to go inside, he nudges his brother, telling him that he can see it another day and to show them how he goes down the rocks.


 * The next morning, Clear Sky is huddled with Shaded Moss and the other leaving cats. He looks up as Gray Wing approaches, hopefully asking if his brother is going. When Stoneteller hold the vote as to whether the cats should leave or not, Clear Sky goes with Turtle Tail and Dappled Pelt after Snow Hare and Misty Water, taking his stone to the leaving side of the cave. When Bright Stream casts her vote to leave, his fur fluffs with surprise and he thanks her. When the vote is cast to allow the cats to leave, Clear Sky joins Shaded Moss to scout out the route once more.


 * When the leaving cats are waiting for Stoneteller to speak, Clear Sky breaks away from Shaded Moss's group to say goodbye to Quiet Rain, Gray Wing, and Jagged Peak. He wishes them well, saying that they might see each other again someday. He asks Gray Wing again if he'll come, and Gray Wing responds that he's sorry Clear Sky will have to go without him, but that his place is here. Clear Sky says he's glad that Gray Wing will care for them.


 * Clear Sky is one of the voices Gray Wing hears as he and Jagged Peak approach the journeying cats. When the two reach the sun trail cats, Clear Sky exclaims that he couldn’t believe it and thought that he’d never see them again. He asks if Quiet Rain is okay and Gray Wing tells them that every cat is fine. When Jagged Peak explains that he had come himself, Clear Sky is not surprised and tells him that it was luck Gray Wing found him. When Gray Wing asks him how they are, Clear Sky replies that the blizzard had slowed them down, but they were fine.


 * When they set off the next day, it is noted that Clear Sky doesn’t hesitate to give his opinion, even though Shaded Moss is clearly in charge. He walks right behind Shaded Moss, beside Bright Stream. Clear Sky is not fond of the taste of the fish that Dappled Pelt catches, but tells Bright Stream he’d give in if their kits liked it. Gray Wing asks him if Bright Stream is expecting kits, and he nods and says she is, even if the timing isn’t ideal. He also says he can’t wait to be a father. He offers to catch some small birds flying overhead, but Shaded Moss tells him not to yet.


 * Jagged Peak crosses with Clear Sky when they reach a scree. He glances uncertainly back at Bright Stream as she crosses, as if he wants to help her, but Bright Stream tells him she’s find and to watch where he puts his paws.


 * Clear Sky is the one to suggest that they catch and kill one of the eagles that are trapping them under a rock. When Shaded Moss tells him that it is impossible since there are four eagles out there, Clear Sky responds that there are more of them. Gray Wing asks Shaded Moss to hear what Clear Sky has to say, and Shaded Moss allows him to. Clear Sky explains that four cats will bring down one of the eagles, while Gray Wing and three others will lead the others away. Shaded Moss has him explain exactly what they should do, and Clear Sky uses pebbles to show his plan. When Turtle Tail suggests waiting until dark and sneaking out, Clear Sky turns and tells her that they would just follow them indefinitely and that they need to take the birds on so they could be left in peace.


 * When Shaded Moss puts Bright Stream in Gray Wing’s group, Clear Sky objects that she isn’t fast enough, worried about their kits. Shaded Moss tells him that Bright Stream is nearly as fast as Gray Wing, and the she-cat flicks Clear Sky’s ear, telling him that she would be fine.


 * Clear Sky is helping to finish off one of the eagles with bites to the neck when Bright Stream is carried away. He returns triumphantly after killing it, but then realizes that Bright Stream is gone. Turtle Tail tells him that an eagle took her and he rasps that that was impossible, since she was too fast. He turns to Gray Wing, asking him why he didn’t help her. Gray Wing stammers that he had hurt his leg and she was helping him, and Clear Sky asks in horror why he left her outside. Cloud Spots murmurs that it wasn’t anybody’s fault, and Clear Sky straightens and turns to ask which way the eagle went. Shaded Moss tells him that they wouldn’t be able to find her, and Clear Sky protest that she was going to have his kits. Shaded Moss coaxes Clear Sky back to the overhang and the others try to comfort him.


 * The next morning, Shaded Moss approaches Clear Sky, asking him if he would like to go back to the cave, since Bright Stream died in the mountains. Clear Sky shakes his head, saying that he had promised to find a better place for them to live for the sake of her and their kits. Shaded Moss tells him to honor her by carrying her in his heart, but the tom doesn’t respond. Gray Wing tries to walk with Clear Sky, but Moon Shadow steps forward to walk with him. When Quick Water catches a squirrel, Clear Sky refuses it. However, at dawn the next day, Clear Sky walks up to Shaded Moss, announcing that they would leave to mountains today and he would come for Bright Stream’s sake. Shaded Moss tells him that is good and touches him on the shoulder with his tail.


 * The cats are out of the mountains when they reach a Thunderpath. Clear Sky offers to go see what is on the other side, and Gray Wing offers to go with him. Clear Sky looks at him and glances way quickly, tersely telling him to come. As they thrust their way through the prickly pushes, Clear Sky wonders why they are in a straight line. Gray Wing responds that it must just be how things are. They make it through and Gray Wing yowls that it must be a Thunderpath that Stoneteller had talked about. Clear Sky agrees that it sounds like thunder, and that she had warned them to stay away. When Gray Wing goes to investigate on the black stone, Clear Sky drags him back as another monster appears. Shaded Moss asks if everything is okay through the bushes, and Clear Sky tells him to wait. He asks Gray Wing to keep watch for monsters as the tom pads out to the center of the Thunderpather, where there is a white line. Gray Wing asks if it is snow and Clear Sky responds that he doesn’t know what it is. Clear Sky leaps back as another monster comes, and responds to Gray Wing’s doubts that they didn’t seem to be able to see very well and they should be able to cross safely. Gray Wing tells him that that could have been an old, slow monster, and that younger ones could catch them quicker. Clear Sky responds that the journey wouldn’t be easy and they report back.


 * They describe the monsters and Shaded Moss has the group cross in twos, Clear Sky and Gray Wing supervising. Clear Sky goes to keep watch on the other side of the Thunderpath. After all of the sun trail cats cross safely, Clear Sky and Tall Shadow climb into an oak tree to see what lies ahead. When they return to the ground, Clear Sky says that the trees end soon, but when Shaded Moss asks what is beyond the trees, he says it was just misty, exchanging a glance with Tall Shadow. Gray Wing wants to press him for answers, but he realizes that their closeness was gone.


 * They reach a Twolegplace and Gray Wing realizes that it had been what Clear Sky had seen. When they are attacked by a pair of kittypets, Clear Sky helps to fight off the ginger she-cat. The ginger kittypet warns that rogues aren't welcome, and Clear Sky wonders what rogues meant, and if that’s their name for cats that don’t live with Twolegs. When Rainswept Flower suggests that they should have talked to them, Clear Sky rolls his eyes and responds that they hadn’t been in the mood for conversation.


 * Gray Wing spots Clear Sky as the cats are bedding down in the barn for the night. He is staring into the shadows, looking very alone.


 * When the sheep are led into the barn, Clear Sky grabs Hawk Swoop as the she-cat is trampled by a sheep. Once they all escape, Clear Sky suggests hunting, but no cat is hungry. Gray Wing spots Clear Sky walking away, and goes up to ask him everything is okay. Clear Sky responds that he is just going to stretch his legs and would be fine on his own. Gray Wing wishes that he would rage at him for letting Bright Stream die, and that his cold politeness was much worse. When Gray Wing returns, Turtle Tail tells him to let Clear Sky grieve and everything would be all right.


 * Clear Sky snaps at Jagged Peak when the young tom complains about the rain and that he is hungry, saying that he should have stayed home where he belonged. As Jagged Peak and Gray Wing are talking to the stranger, Clear Sky asks what is going on and leads the rest of the cats to them. He is suspicious of the stranger and the news he brought about the cats beyond Highstones. When the cats are attacked by a dog, he helps Jagged Peak to safety.


 * After Shaded Moss’s death, Clear Sky tries to urge Rainswept Flower away from her father’s body, suggesting that they keep moving. She shrieks that she isn’t leaving him to the monsters, and Clear Sky tries to tell her that she can’t do anything, but Shattered Ice interrupts him, saying that they should carry him across the Thunderpath. Clear Sky keeps watch for monsters as they carry Shaded Moss’s body across. As they are burying their leader, Gray Wing spots Clear Sky staring at nothing, likely thinking of Bright Stream, and when they say their goodbyes, Clear Sky adds her name to the reasons to continue their journey.


 * When the cats see the forest territories from Highstones, Clear Sky comments on the trees, that would have plenty of prey. After the cats climb down from the peaks and come up to a Thunderpath, Clear Sky points out to Falling Feather and Hawk Swoop that there was no prey on Highstones, and that they needed trees, bushes, and long grass to feed them. He goes to check the Thunderpath, and Shattered Ice has him lead the first group across. Clear Sky’s group makes it across safely, and he waves his tail in signal for the other groups to cross. However, another monster appears and he shrieks to them to go back. When Gray Wing’s group is crossing, Jagged Peak stops in the path of an oncoming monster and Clear Sky rushes out to rescue him. Clear Sky snarls that he is a stupid kit when they are safely across, saying that he should know by now not to stop in the middle. Gray Wing tells Clear Sky it was his fault, too, for not keeping track of him, but before Clear Sky can respond, Quick Water pushes forward and snaps at him to calm down, saying it was a scary moment for all of them.


 * The cats find a hollow on the open moorland to rest in, and Clear Sky, Dappled Pelt, Falling Feather, and Moon Shadow are the first to go explore. He reports a massive waterfall thundering into a gorge.


 * Gray Wing sees Clear Sky heading across the moor several days later, and follows him to the waterfall gorge. Clear Sky nearly falls into the gorge when Gray Wing asks him if he comes because it reminds him of the waterfall in the mountains. Gray Wing grabs his scruff before Clear Sky can fall in, and hisses that he won’t let him die. Clear Sky is confused for a moment, and Gray Wing heaves him back onto the path. Clear Sky shakes himself and snarls at his brother, saying that he was an idiot for creeping up on him. Gray Wing apologizes, and Clear Sky calms down after a moment. He asked him what he meant by not letting him die, and Gray Wing apologizes for Bright Stream’s death. Clear Sky stares at him in astonishment and chokes out that it wasn’t Gray Wing's fault. He reveals that he believes it was his fault for suggesting the plan with the eagles in the first place. Gray Wing steps forward and murmurs that it probably wasn't anybody’s fault, and that they can’t live feeling guilty. He adds that Bright Streams loved Clear Sky too much to want him to be unhappy.


 * The two brothers explore further downriver, Gray Wing feeling that he and Clear Sky had recovered some closeness. When the two come up to some stepping-stones, Clear Sky challenges him to cross. He comments that Gray Wing took his time crossing, and continues up to the top of an outcrop. When Gray Wing comments that there is a lot of cat scent, Clear Sky responds that it would be a great place to sun and catch prey. They are interrupted by a black she-cat, who tells them to get off her rocks. Clear Sky asks who said they were hers, and the she-cat says that they aren’t welcome. When the she-cat jumps into the river and swims to the other bank, Clear Sky exclaims in surprise. The brothers make it back over the stepping-stones and into the forest, Clear Sky murmuring that he could live there. When Gray Wing responds that he preferred the open sky, Clear Sky tells him he as the speed to catch rabbits. Clear Sky isn’t concerned when Gray Wing hisses that they are being watched, saying that they must be scared of them if they aren’t going to show themselves, and that he doesn’t want to be challenged for prey. When they make it to the hollow with the four oaks, Clear Sky leaps up into one, saying that there’s no reason cats couldn’t live in trees when Gray Wing calls out. After they scare off a tortoiseshell cat, Clear Sky wonders if kittypets come into the woods.


 * Clear Sky takes a hunting party into the trees, and when a loud screech echoes through the trees, he recognizes Moon Shadow, springing forward to help him. Clear Sky grabs one of the cats attacking Moon Shadow, chasing them off of him. When Moon Shadow tries to go after the squirrel one of the she-cats took, he knocks him to the group, telling him it’s not the time to start another fight. He leads the rest of the cats back toward the moor.


 * The next day Clear Sky, Moon Shadow, Jagged Peak, Quick Water, and Shattered Ice go hunting in the forest once more. They return with plenty of prey, Clear Sky with a squirrel. Jagged Peak says that Clear Sky had followed the squirrel up a tree, and he seems proud, more like his old self. Gray Wing wonders if he is finally starting to deal with Bright Stream’s death.


 * When foxes attack the hollow, Gray Wing blocks Clear Sky as the tom tries to help the other cats. Gray Wing suggests that Clear Sky and Turtle Tail attack a fox from the side, since if they split up they’ll be torn apart. The three manage to drive one fox off and move on to the other, Clear Sky insisting that he take Gray Wing’s place of leaping on it and clawing at its head. They drive the second fox off and the third one soon flees, leaving the cats in peace. He notes once they are gone that fighting together had worked well, and that they should practice it.


 * When the Tribe cats are casting a vote to see if they should leave the moors, Clear Sky immediately opts to leave, without hesitation. After all the cats have voted, a seemingly relived Tall Shadow points out that more cats have opted to stay, therefore they will all stay. But an indignant Clear Sky notes that back in the caves, the cats who wanted to leave, left. After some murmuring the cats agree and so the cats who chose to leave left.


 * A few sunrises later, a happy Gray Wing is on his way to visit Clear Sky, but is confused to find a unfamiliar tom cat, Fox, guarding the den, who then informs him that Clear Sky doesn't like strangers. A confused Gray Wing protests that he is Clear Sky's brother, and finally he begrudgingly obliges.



Code of the Clans

 * Sky is only briefly mentioned as a rogue. He is the best hunter from his hunting grounds. After a battle that was so dreadful that the ground beneath Fourtrees was red with blood, spirits of deceased cats came to him, and Thunder, River, Shadow, and Wind. The five cats promised to end the fighting and live separately in their own hunting areas.

Cloudstar's Journey

 * Clear Sky is briefly mentioned by Maplestar, when she is talking to Cloudstar, the current leader of SkyClan. Maplestar says to Cloudstar that when the Clans first started marking boundaries, Clear Sky was their leader. Maplestar continues to say that Clear Sky was the first cat who saw the usage in each Clan's territory, and how it could feed and support them.


 * Cloudstar mentions that they still mark the borders in his memory, and this brings the appearance of another ancient leader, Rowanstar. The former leader mentions that he had advanced upon the ideas and creations of Clear Sky, forming the boundaries even further.

Trivia

 * In an Erin Hunter Chat, Vicky revealed that Sky, Thunder, Shadow, River, and Wind did not take "-star" on the end of their names, because the tradition had not yet been established in their time.
 * This, however, contradicts information in Secrets of the Clans, which shows the founders of the Clans to have the "-star" suffix. However, Sky is never mentioned in Secrets of the Clans, and has never been named with the -star suffix.
 * Vicky has confirmed that Clear Sky and Sky are one in the same.
 * It is mentioned in Cloudstar's Journey that Sky was leader of SkyClan when borders began to be marked. However, in Code of the Clans, Rowanstar is the leader to propose the idea of marking and patrolling borders, and the idea is first proposed by Poppycloud.

Members
Mates:
 * Bright Stream (formerly):
 * Storm (formerly):

Mother:
 * Quiet Rain:

Brothers:
 * Jagged Peak:
 * Graywing:

Sister:
 * Fluttering Bird:

Kits:
 * Two unnamed kits: Deceased, Residence Unknown

Son:
 * Thunder: