Erin Hunter Chat 2

On August 19, 2006, Wands and Worlds members had the opportunity to chat with the three amazing people behind the Warriors series: Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary, who write the series under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, and Vicky Holmes, who created the concept, develops the plot outlines, and edits the books.

The chat was scheduled for the evening, but members started checking into the chat room early in the afternoon. The excitement started building as Vicky Holmes popped into the chat room to test it out several hours before the chat, surprising several lucky members who were in the chat room.

Information Revealed

 * Vicky's favorite Warriors book is The Darkest Hour, as is Cherith's.
 * Vicky's favorite characters are Ravenpaw, Cloudtail, and Brambleclaw, Kate's is Yellowfang, and Cherith's are Brambleclaw, Dustpelt, and Leafpool.
 * The title for Twilight refers to one cat's life drawing to an end.
 * Vicky things Rowanclaw should have always been female.
 * Only ThunderClan has a full Clan in the allegiances.
 * False: Starting with Eclipse, each Clan is fully listed.
 * Rainwhisker's and Sootfur's mentors were Cloudtail and Longtail then Thornclaw, respectively.
 * If the authors were Clan cats, Vicky would be WindClan, Kate RiverClan, and Cherith ThunderClan.
 * There are no plans for a Warriors movie.
 * Graystripe will return to the Clans and have a trilogy of manga about his journey.
 * Cherith wrote Forest of Secrets, A Dangerous Path, The Darkest Hour, all of the The New Prophecy but Dawn, which was written by Kate, and Firestar's Quest.
 * There is going to be a new prophecy for The Power of Three.
 * The Power of Three features the new generation of ThunderClan cats, and the first book was written by Kate.
 * There will be a list of herbs and ceremonies in Secrets of the Clans.
 * Vicky chose the name Erin Hunter so Warriors could be placed near the Redwall series, written by Brian Jacques.
 * We will find out in the first book of The Power of Three if Firestar decides a new deputy.
 * False: A new deputy is decided in Sunset.
 * Secrets of the Clans will not be longer than the regular novels.
 * Firestar's Quest is set between The New Prophecy and the Original Series.
 * Secrets of the Clans will be a field guide for the world of Warriors, and will feature history that hasn't been mentioned in the main series.
 * Secrets of the Clans will have black-and-white pictures of the cats and fold out maps.
 * It was hard for Cherith to write the ending for Moonrise.
 * If Kate were a Clan cat, she would want to be a leader.
 * Squirrelflight wasn't using Ashfur to make Brambleclaw jealous.
 * The Power of Three will be from the perspective of a new generation of cats.
 * Frostfur and Speckletail have probably died and gone to StarClan.
 * There is a female main character in The Power of Three.
 * The Tribe of Rushing Water will return in later books.
 * BloodClan will most likely not reappear.
 * False: They are featured in Ravenpaw's Path.
 * Kate's favorite books to write and read are The Sight and Twilight, respectively, and Cherith's are either The Darkest Hour or Firestar's Quest and Into the Wild, respectively.
 * The animals on Twilight that aren't cats are badgers.
 * Dustpelt wanted to be in a relationship with Sandstorm before he chose Ferncloud.
 * If Vicky could be a Warriors character, she would be Ravenpaw, Squirrelflight, or Leafpool.
 * Cherith and Kate have never met.
 * There are no plans for a Warriors video game.
 * False: There will be an online game released Late 2010.
 * Vicky believes that the first book of The Power of Three will come out May 2007.
 * False: The Sight came out in April 2007.
 * In the first drafts of the series, Bluestar was named Bluestone.
 * There will be another series of books by Erin Hunter.
 * When Bluestar said "blood will rule the Forest", she meant that the forest would be overwhelmed by a terrible battle, and everything would be settled by claws and bloodshed, just for a time.
 * Firestar's mother probably does not know about him becoming a wild cat.
 * BloodClan had always lived in the Twolegplace.
 * False: BloodClan was founded by Scourge, Bone, and Brick.
 * Tigerstar's death was the most fun part of Warriors for Vicky to write.
 * Leafpool is on the cover of Starlight.
 * Graystripe has a stripe of darker fur going down his spine.
 * StarClan does not have a specific hierarchy.
 * Feathertail is on the cover of Moonrise.
 * If Cherith could bring a cat back to life, it might be Whitestorm or Yellowfang.
 * Cloudtail still does not believe in StarClan.
 * Firestar may have six lives left at the time of of the chat.
 * Unsure: The Heart of a Warrior has not been released yet.
 * Ravenpaw will never rejoin ThunderClan.
 * Brightheart respects Cloudtail's lack of faith in StarClan.
 * Cloudtail and Brightheart are Vicky and Cherith's favorite shipping.
 * Approximately twelve months passed between The Darkest Hour and Midnight.
 * False: Eighteen moons passed between them.
 * No one but Kate and Cherith will write any books in The Power of Three.
 * Longtail plays a significant role in The Sight.
 * There will be Siamese kittypets in Firestar's Quest.
 * Originally, queens meant any female cat, but this was later changed to she-cats and queens were defined as nursing or expecting kits.
 * Barley and Ravenpaw were still alive at the time of the chat.
 * The Tribe of Rushing Water will appear in The Power of Three.