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Tigerstar is a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

He is born as Tigerkit to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw, along with his brother and sister, Flamekit and Dawnkit. Although never confirmed by Tawnypelt herself, it was implied that he was named after his grandfather, Tigerstar. Eventually, he is apprenticed as Tigerpaw to Oakfur, who also mentored Tawnypelt. During his apprenticeship, ShadowClan loses faith in StarClan, making Tawnypelt take her kits to ThunderClan, where Tigerpaw is apprenticed to Brackenfur for the time being, with Brackenfur also being his mother's original mentor when she was in ThunderClan. He also meets his uncle, the ThunderClan deputy Brambleclaw. He, his siblings, and Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jaypaw create a fake sign to make Blackstar believe in StarClan again, which is successful and Tigerpaw goes back home with his family soon afterwards.

He becomes a warrior with the name Tigerheart, and is chosen by Blackstar to go with Toadfoot to investigate why the lake was drying up along with six other warriors from the other Clans. During this time, he forms a relationship with the ThunderClan apprentice Dovepaw, and she falls for him. After returning to the Clans, he sneaks out of camp at night to meet Dovepaw, and is eventually revealed that he is training in the Place of No Stars, under training of Brokenstar and Tigerstar, and forms an uneasy relationship with Ivypaw, Dovepaw's sister. His brother, Flametail, drowns in the lake, and Tigerheart stands with Dawnpelt as she believes Jayfeather drowned their littermate. Eventually, the Dark Forest attacks the Clans, and Tigerheart chooses to side with his Clan rather then the undead, and fights his former allies along with Ivypaw, now Ivypool. During this, Dovepaw, now Dovewing says their relationship cannot continue due to them being of different Clans. The Clans win the fight, and Tigerheart sadly accepts the future.

Eventually, his father becomes the leader of ShadowClan, and Tigerheart becomes the uncle to Dawnpelt's kits, Strikepaw, Juniperpaw and Sleekpaw, the latter of which he is the appointed mentor to. Upon the death of Crowfrost to yellowcough, Tigerheart is appointed deputy in his place, although he, Tawnypelt, and Rowanstar leave for ThunderClan when Darktail takes over ShadowClan. He plays a pivotal part in driving out the rogues, and when ShadowClan is reinstated, he feels torn between supporting Rowanstar, and trying to lead his Clanmates, as they had only seemed to take orders from him. Eventually, he leaves ShadowClan to be with Dovewing, who he had reconciled with and also expecting his kits. His departure causes Rowanstar to disband ShadowClan. Tigerheart then becomes the father to Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit, and takes on a more leadership role during his experience away from ShadowClan. Eventually, on their way back, Tigerheart discovers Rippletail, Berryheart, Cloverfoot and Sparrowtail hiding in a Twoleg nest, and he convinces them to return to ShadowClan with his patrol. Along the way, Tigerheart is killed by an owl after saving Hollowkit by suffering critical internal injuries, and he joins StarClan. However, Rowanclaw, now dead, informs his son that he is still needed in the living world, and after the patrol carries Tigerheart's body to the Moonpool, Tigerheart is resurrected with eight lives to reinstate ShadowClan, becoming Tigerstar. After being revived, Tigerstar is reunited with his family and Clanmates and brings ShadowClan back together, and leads them home.

His new leadership mantle is not well accepted by the other Clans, who believe that Tigerstar is too young and will suffer the same fate as Rowanclaw. Tigerstar instead aggressively tells the other Clans that they do not tell ShadowClan what to do, and with his leadership, ShadowClan will thrive, and he is heavily supported by the ShadowClan cats. He forms bitter resentment towards SkyClan, and becomes much more headstrong and affirming his leadership. He dismisses the claims on Juniperclaw poisoning SkyClan as pure rumor, and becomes the driving force for the conflict with SkyClan. After Juniperclaw's death, and SkyClan's return to the lake, he admits that he was so focused on making ShadowClan whole again that he forgot that there needs to be five Clans by the lake, and helps readjust territories so each Clan is equal.

Super Editions

 * In Tigerheart's Shadow,

Detailed description

 * Tigerstar is a big, sleek and thick-furred, dark brown tiger-striped tabby tom. He has a torn ear, broad shoulders, a long tail, and dark amber eyes.