Crookedstar/Trivia

Author statements

 * When asked why Crookedstar's disfigurements aren't shown very clearly in illustrations, Vicky responded that she thinks that the illustrator struggled with disfigurements in illustrations because he wanted to make the cats look more noble and beautiful.
 * Vicky said that Crookedstar probably didn't have speech problems after his accident because he was so young when it happened that he quickly learned how to speak with his crooked jaw.

Mistakes

 * He mistakenly been described with amber eyes, and called a stocky gray tabby.
 * His mother was once listed as Lilystem. This was changed to prevent an inconsistency in a scene in Crookedstar's Promise.
 * He has been mistakenly said to have been Shellheart's apprentice.
 * In Secrets of the Clans and The Warriors Guide, Graypool was said to be Crookedstar's apprentice. This was false, for Graypool's mentors were Brightsky and Piketooth.
 * In Crookedstar's Promise he is mistakenly called Crookedpaw and Crookedstar, even though he did not have those names at the time.
 * The sign that was sent to signify Crookedjaw as RiverClan's deputy was mistakenly said to be a pike with a crooked jaw, not a squirrel.