Heathertail/Main article

Heathertail is a sleek, soft and thick-furred, lithe, light brown tabby she-cat with smoky, heather-blue eyes.

Heathertail is a warrior of WindClan at the lake territories. She was born to Onestar and Whitetail, and became an apprentice with the name Heatherpaw and having Crowfeather as her mentor. She formed a friendship with Lionpaw and they met in the tunnels in secret, but Lionpaw eventually ended the meetings.

She, Breezepaw, Lionpaw, and his siblings rescued Gorsetail's kits from the flooding tunnels, preventing a battle between their Clans. After WindClan used the tunnels to invade ThunderClan, Lionpaw blamed Heatherpaw, believing she revealed their existence to her Clanmates. She eventually became a warrior now named Heathertail and Breezepelt's mate, having two daughters named Smokehaze and Brindlewing.

Interesting facts

 * Prior to the release of The Fourth Apprentice, Heathertail was still in love with Lionblaze. At the time, she harbored no romantic feelings towards Breezepelt, but their relationship was more complex than just friends. However, after Fading Echoes was released, it was revealed that Heathertail no longer cares for Lionblaze.
 * Her temporary mentor was Whitetail, her mother, despite kin not usually mentoring kin.

Author statements

 * After the release of Bramblestar's Storm, it was revealed that during the gap between that book and The Apprentice's Quest, Heathertail and Breezepelt had become mates, and Kate Cary believes that it is because they wanted to redeem Breezepelt, and help him become the happy, loyal, and true warrior that he should have been.
 * Kate thinks that Heathertail was lying about Sedgekit boasting about the tunnels, although Vicky believes she was telling the truth.

Mistakes

 * She was mistakenly described as gray.