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Tigerstar is a dark brown tabby tom with unusually long claws, and amber eyes.

Tigerkit is born to Leopardfoot and Pinestar of ThunderClan, along with his sisters Mistkit and Nightkit. The entire litter is extremely frail and sickly, and both of Tigerkit's sisters die shortly after birth. However, he grows strong and survives. Goosefeather receives a prophecy about the young kit and how dangerous he would become later in life, and after telling Pinestar, his father wishes he was never born. Pinestar later leaves his Clan to become a kittypet, causing Tigerkit to develop a bitter hatred for kittypets.

Tigerkit is apprenticed to Thistleclaw and is given the name Tigerpaw. As an apprentice, he is very aggressive and enjoys fighting. Thistleclaw nurtures the young tom's ambitions and hunger for power because he desires to become deputy himself. He even encourages Tigerpaw to attack a defenseless kit on ThunderClan territory. That kit would later grow up to be the fearsome BloodClan leader, Scourge.

Tigerpaw is given his warrior name, Tigerclaw, and appears as a senior warrior when Rusty is brought to ThunderClan to become an apprentice. He has an apprentice named Ravenpaw. Tigerclaw is also mates with Goldenflower, who bore him two kits named Bramblekit and Tawnykit. Tigerclaw is extremely scornful of Firepaw and constantly taunts him about his kittypet roots. Firepaw initially respects Tigerclaw, but quickly realizes that he cannot trust him. It is revealed to Firepaw and Graypaw by Ravenpaw that Tigerclaw murdered Redtail, the ThunderClan deputy, in battle. To keep his terrible secret, Tigerclaw threatens to "quiet" Ravenpaw so that the truth will never be revealed. Firepaw and Graypaw bring Ravenpaw to Barley, a loner, so that he will be safe from Tigerclaw. Tigerclaw appears to mourn for Ravenpaw after he thinks he is dead, but is secretly relieved that the apprentice is gone.

Tigerclaw becomes Bluestar's deputy after Lionheart dies in battle. However, this position of power isn't enough to satisfy him, and he schemes to kill Bluestar so that he can become leader. He plots with Brokenstar, a ThunderClan prisoner at the time, and gets rogues to attack the camp. His treachery is finally revealed when he attempts to murder Bluestar himself, but Fireheart stops him. He is exiled by Bluestar and Fireheart reveals that he also killed Redtail. He asks his allies, Darkstripe, Longtail, and Dustpelt if they will join him in exile, but they refuse. He swears vengeance against Fireheart and leaves ThunderClan behind.

After leaving ThunderClan, Tigerclaw becomes a rogue and befriends several other rogues including Snag and Mowgli. With their help, he takes over as leader of ShadowClan since they are left without a leader after Nightstar suddenly dies. He appoints the former rogue, Blackfoot, as his deputy. Although he is pleased with his leadership position, his quest for revenge is still unfulfilled. Tigerstar then begins to think about how he will get his revenge on ThunderClan.

Tigerstar leads a vicious dog pack to Sunningrocks and plans to use them to wipe out ThunderClan. He feeds them and eventually slaughters the queen Brindleface to give the dogs a taste of cat blood. However, his plan is thwarted after ThunderClan finds out about the dogs and they lead the dogs over the edge of the gorge to drown.

Still unsatisfied, Tigerstar goes to Scourge and BloodClan to help him take over the whole forest and force every Clan into submission. They agree to help in exchange for territory and prey. ShadowClan unites with RiverClan during this time, becoming TigerClan, with Leopardstar and Tigerstar as co-leaders. During this time, Tigerstar becomes mates with a rogue named Sasha, and unknown to Tigerstar, she bears him three kits named Tadpole, Hawk, and Moth. Before the Great Battle, Tigerstar is killed by Scourge with a devastating blow that rips all nine lives away from him at once. Even Firestar is horrified by his death. Scourge, satisfied with his revenge against Tigerstar, decides to fight the Clans himself. Tigerstar joins the Dark Forest for his treachery.

As he spends his afterlife in the Dark Forest, Tigerstar figures out a way to train other cats in their dreams, starting with his sons, Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost. Originally, he portrays himself as the father who had found redemption, but eventually shows his true nature by coaching them to take over the Clans. He orders Hawkfrost to help Brambleclaw kill Firestar, but Brambleclaw refuses and saves Firestar's life, turning his back on Tigerstar and his ways. Hawkfrost is killed by Brambleclaw, and joins Tigerstar in the Dark Forest.

However, Tigerstar refuses to give up as he continues to walk in the Dark Forest, this time, with his equally ambitious son for company. He attempts to train Jaypaw, Brambleclaw's son, but when he fails, he turns to train Lionpaw. This time, he succeeds, guiding Lionpaw through his training and preparing him for battle until Lionblaze also turns his back on Tigerstar after realizing that he knew his true parentage all along.

As time passes, the Dark Forest recruits more trainees and they plot to take over the Clans, seeking revenge on the cats who had wronged them. Tigerstar is shown to be a head figure of the Dark Forest army. The final conflict takes place during the Great Battle, Tigerstar against Firestar, which had been brewing ever since Firestar stepped into the forest as a kittypet. Tigerstar's main aim is to kill Firestar, but Firestar snaps Tigerstar's neck before he can get the chance. Tigerstar then fades from existence, unable to harm anyone ever again, although he still leaves his bloody pawprint in Clan history.

Detailed description
Tigerstar is a massive, tall, sturdy, heavy, thick-furred, dark brown tabby tom. He has unusually long, sharp front claws, a broad chest and shoulders, and wide, pale amber eyes. One of his ears is split in a deep "V" shape near the top, along with a scar on the bridge of his nose, and his pelt is criss-crossed with long battle scars.

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