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Alderheart is a dark ginger tabby tom with a white-tipped tail.

He is a ThunderClan medicine cat, born as Alderkit to Squirrelflight and Bramblestar. At six moons he becomes an apprentice called Alderpaw, and is apprenticed to Molewhisker, later becoming a medicine cat apprentice to Jayfeather after a vision. He goes on a quest to find SkyClan with Sparkpaw and they find Darktail and his cats, but are unsuccessful in finding the true SkyClan. Alderpaw and Needlepaw find Twigkit and Violetkit and take them back to the Clans.

Alderpaw takes on a fatherly role to Twigkit, often taking her to visit her sister. He helps in several crises, such as helping gather lungwort for ShadowClan's yellowcough epidemic, afterwards earning the name Alderheart. He serves his Clan well with compassion and empathy. After SkyClan returns, Alderheart strongly believes that they should have a place among the other Clans by the lake.

Detailed description
Alderheart is a short-furred, dark ginger tabby tom with a white-tipped tail, and amber eyes.

Personality

 * Alderheart is a kind, loving, loyal and nervous tom. He tends to become anxious when he is put in difficult situations and often doubts his own abilities when he compares himself to other cats. He is deeply compassionate and naive, and he shares a strong connection with StarClan.

Author statements

 * Kate said that she liked Alderheart better than Sparkpelt, because she prefers a worrier.
 * Kate has said that Alderheart does have feelings for Needletail.

Interesting facts

 * He has kittypet blood through Firestar, and SkyClan blood through his grandfather Tigerstar.

Mistakes

 * He was mistakenly called Alderpaw before his apprentice ceremony, and called by his apprentice name after receiving his full medicine cat name.