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Skystar, also known as Clear Sky, is a light gray tom with ice-blue eyes.

The cat who would one day become the first leader of SkyClan was originally known as Clear Sky in the ancient tribe. He and his mate, Bright Stream, participated in a journey to find a new home. Once there, Clear Sky and his own group settled in the forest and fiercely defend their territory. He turned away his own orphaned son, Thunder, out of his fear of losing his loved ones, and made enemies with his former friends and family. After the Great Battle, Clear Sky promised to work with the other groups, and assisted them to defeat One Eye and Slash. He retained his fierce devotion to his group, and gained a new family with his mate, Star Flower, and their kits Tiny Branch, Flower Foot, and Dew Petal. His brother, Gray Wing, renamed his group SkyClan before he passed. He received his nine lives and was renamed Skystar. Moons later, Skystar is remembered as the first leader to have his territory marked.

Dawn of the Clans

 * Clear Sky is a member of the ancient tribe. He is a brave and bold young tom, and often cajoles his tenacious and kind-headed brother Gray Wing into his mischievous schemes. After receiving a vision, Stoneteller decides to send some of her cats on a journey following the sun to find a new home. Clear Sky is eager to participate, and he encourages his mate Bright Stream to join him. During the journey, Bright Stream is killed by an eagle, and Clear Sky is distraught about the death of her and their unborn kits.


 * When the group finally reaches their new home, Clear Sky leads a group of them to live in the forest. At first, he welcomes free passage to and from his group, but quickly grows obsessed with protecting his territory, and he and his cats attack anyone trespassing. He allows rogues to join his group, and turns away those too weak to fend for themselves, including his younger brother, Jagged Peak. This behavior only increases after the death of his second mate Storm and two of their kits. Fueled and blinded by his fear of failing to protect those he loved, he turns away his only surviving kit, Thunder, for Gray Wing to raise with the moor cats. The conflict between him and his former denmates came to a deadly battle at Fourtrees, resulting in Clear Sky killing one of his former denmates and almost killing Gray Wing. The battle ended when mysterious spirit cats of their fallen friends appear. Storm opens Clear Sky's eyes to his fear which misguided his actions, and Clear Sky blames himself.


 * He allows One Eye to join his group, believing he could help him find the Blazing Star. However, One Eye tricks Clear Sky, banishing from the camp after commandeering the group. Clear Sky helps the other groups defeat One Eye and his rogues. After allowing Star Flower, One Eye's daughter, to join the group, Thunder warns his father about her sinister intentions. He ignores his son, and becomes smitten with Star Flower, believing he has finally found a worthy mate. Finally tired of his father's refusal to listen to him, Thunder leaves and makes his own camp in the forest.


 * Quiet Rain, Clear Sky's mother, manages to find her sons in their new home. On her deathbed, the brothers visit their mother and after learning about the great battle, Quiet Rain disowns Clear Sky, furious that the son she loved and raised would murder a denmate. Star Flower is kidnapped by Slash, a former associate of One Eye, and Clear Sky enlists the help of the other groups to rescue his mate who was expecting his kits. Gray Wing rescues Star Flower, and she gives birth to Dew Petal, Flower Foot, and Tiny Branch. When Slash steals Black Ear, one of Gray Wing's kits, Clear Sky rushes across a Thunderpath to save the kit from being hit by a monster. After reuniting the kit with his father, Gray Wing, who is dying, suggests naming the groups into Clans. He names Clear Sky's group SkyClan after their leader's gaze that was always fixed on the horizon.

Super Editions

 * In Moth Flight's Vision, tensions between WindClan and SkyClan continue to flare when Willow Tail accuses SkyClan of stealing prey. In the midst of this during a Gathering, Moth Flight announces Micah, a former rogue, shall be SkyClan's medicine cat. After some motivation from StarClan, Clear Sky begrudgingly allows Micah to join the Clan to heal Tiny Branch, who later dies from his wounds. Clear Sky blames Wind Runner and the two Clans fight before it is revealed Willow Tail lied about stealing prey. Later, he personally adopts Honey Pelt, one of Micah and Moth Flight's kits, and raises him as one of his own. He eventually goes to the Moonstone and receives his nine lives, earning the name Skystar.


 * In Hawkwing's Journey, Skystar meets with Cloudstar and Brackenheart in StarClan about SkyClan's impending doom. He insists SkyClan must leave the gorge and find the other Clans, recalling how he and the other founders worked together to find the Blazing Star. He visits Echosong in her dreams, and gives her the prophecy to find the spark that remains.

Detailed description
Skystar is a thick-furred, broad-shouldered, long-legged, light gray tom with ice-blue eyes and a torn ear.

Interesting facts

 * Skystar is Quiet Rain's firstborn.

Author statements

 * Vicky has confirmed that Clear Sky and Sky are one and the same.
 * Kate stated that she paired up Skystar and Star Flower because they were a "perfect match", and that he will pick Star Flower over all of his mates in StarClan.
 * Kate thinks he deserved to get berated by Quiet Rain.
 * Kate stated that she didn't like Clear Sky and found him "wrong-headed and arrogant," but she stated that she didn't really think he was bad.
 * Kate believes that he did end up adopting Honey Pelt as his son, and this is later proven to be true.

Mistakes

 * It was originally stated that Sky, Thunder, Shadow, River, and Wind did not take "-star" on the end of their names, due to the tradition not having been established at the time. This contradicts Secrets of the Clans, which notes each founding leader has the -star suffix. However, Skystar himself was never mentioned in Secrets of the Clans. Moth Flight's Vision further confirms that the founding leaders, including Skystar, were given -star as their suffix to show they were leaders of their respective Clans.
 * It is mentioned in Cloudstar's Journey that Skystar 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.
 * His name has been misspelled as 'Claw Sky', and 'Clear Sly'.
 * He was mistakenly described as a she-cat.
 * Even after receiving his leader name, Skystar is called Clear Sky by Acorn Fur.