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Barkface is a dark brown tom with a short tail.

He is born as Barkkit to Brackenwing and Redclaw, along with Shrewkit. While his brother often teases Tallkit, Barkkit tries to be friends with him. Barkkit also takes interest in becoming a medicine cat apprentice, and eventually becomes Barkpaw, his mentor being Hawkheart. Barkpaw learns a lot about being a medicine cat and is very friendly to other cats, and he becomes friends with Runningpaw, the ShadowClan medicine cat apprentice. Eventually, he receives his medicine cat name, Barkface. When he feels that Talltail may leave WindClan, Barkface tells him of the windswept tuft of black-and-white fur that he thinks to be a sign from StarClan. However, Barkface is saddened when Talltail leaves to get revenge on Sparrow, and is overjoyed to see his friend once Talltail returns.

Barkface continues to serve WindClan as a medicine cat for many moons. Along with the rest of his Clan, he is driven out of their territory by ShadowClan. On the way back, Barkface sees red clouds, and says that unnecessary blood will be spilled that day, predicting Whiteclaw’s death. He and the rest of his Clan join with ThunderClan to form LionClan and helps heal injured cats during the battle with BloodClan. When Twolegs begin to destroy the forest, he is shown to starve with the rest of WindClan when the Twolegs poison the rabbits. Barkface makes the Great Journey with the rest of the Clans and helps Tallstar in his final days. He mentors Kestrelpaw, and dies moons after Kestrelflight becomes a full medicine cat. He continues to guide his Clan from StarClan, cautioning Kestrelflight before the battle with Dark Forest as well as delivering the prophecy telling the Clans to “embrace the shadows” in Tallstar’s place.

Mistakes

 * In Yellowfang's Secret, Barkpaw is said to have been training with Runningpaw, even though he is older than Runningpaw's mentor, Yellowfang.
 * In Sunset, Barkface tells Leafpool about a clump of watermint by stepping stones. But the stepping stones were in the Clan's old home and it was the border between ThunderClan and RiverClan.