Dawnpelt

Dawnpelt is a cream-furred she-cat.

Dark River

 * Dawnkit, and her two brothers, Flamekit and Tigerkit, don't make an appearance, but she and her siblings are mentioned by Blackstar at a Gathering as Tawnypelt's new litter of kits. The senior warriors are moved about Tawnypelt naming her son Tigerkit after her father, Tigerstar, because they remember who he was and what he did.

Outcast

 * She is with her brothers, Tigerkit and Flamekit, in the ShadowClan nursery, when Lionpaw and Brambleclaw of ThunderClan arrive, asking Tawnypelt to go to the mountains with them. Dawnkit leads a play attack on Lionpaw, which he mistakes for an actual attack, until he realizes that they are only playing. Tawnypelt refers to her as the one asking for a cuff around the ear.


 * When their mother tells them she will be leaving, they somber up and beg her not to go, or to at least take them with her. Tawnypelt tells Snowbird, another ShadowClan queen, to watch them very carefully, and she flicks Dawnkit over the ear on her way out.


 * Tawnypelt comments to Squirrelflight on the journey that Dawnkit looks to be the best fighter out of her kits, but doesn't listen to what any cat tells her to do. Squirrelflight counsels Tawnypelt that Dawnkit will learn to listen, because all kits do when they get a mentor.

Eclipse

 * When Hollypaw goes to ask Blackstar for help against the battle with WindClan, she almost trips over Dawnkit and her siblings. Hollypaw purrs at the sight of the kits' fluffy tails. Dawnkit is brought to a yew bush, the ShadowClan nursery, by her mother along with Tigerkit and Flamekit and given to Snowbird while Tawnypelt goes to help ThunderClan. Dawnkit is heard giving a muffled goodbye to her mother, who says she'll be back if StarClan wills it.


 * When Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw get taken to the camp, she takes interest in the visitors. She seems to be more interested in Hollypaw than the other two apprentices. She wrestles with Tigerkit when they first arrive until she notices Sol. She asks who he is, but Tawnypelt sends them off to the nursery, ignoring Dawnkit's protest.

Long Shadows

 * Dawnkit is now an apprentice and goes by the name of Dawnpaw. Her mentor is Ivytail.


 * She, Flamepaw, and Tigerpaw are taken to ThunderClan with Tawnypelt after ShadowClan stops believing in StarClan because Tawnypelt doesn't want her kits to be raised in a Clan that doesn't believe in StarClan. She is reluctant to be a part of ThunderClan, but accepts it. She expresses the ideas Sol has been teaching ShadowClan when she and her siblings take the best prey for themselves and leave the other pieces lying on the muddy ground. Her reluctance is shown by wishing they were back sleeping on nice soft pine needles instead of moss and bracken. Her temporary ThunderClan mentor is Spiderleg. She, like her siblings, does not understand ThunderClan fighting and hunting techniques and constantly asks questions that other cats find ignorant.


 * Dawnpaw, Flamepaw, and Tigerpaw help Jaypaw, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf send a fake sign to Blackstar and Littlecloud. She is reluctant, but the others ask her whether she wants to save ShadowClan or not. After the fake sign, which became real when both Raggedstar and Runningnose from StarClan showed up, is finished, Blackstar drives Sol out from ShadowClan, and she, her brothers, and mother return to ShadowClan.

Sunrise
Upon returning to ShadowClan, Dawnpaw receives Ivytail for her mentor.

The Fourth Apprentice

 * Dawnpaw is now a warrior newly named Dawnpelt. Her brother's new warrior name is Tigerheart and her other brother's full medicine cat name is Flametail.


 * She is seen at the Gathering, volunteering to go see what has blocked the water from the lake. Dawnpelt is later seen congratulating her brother, Tigerheart, when he returns from unblocking the water. She mentioned that she had just been down to the lake, and saw that it was refilling. At the end of the book it is thought by Lionblaze and Jayfeather that her brother, Tigerheart, is to be a chosen cat from the Dark Forest to fight in the battle between StarClan and the Dark Forest.

Fading Echoes

 * Dawnpelt is in the battle against ThunderClan. She begins to fight Dovepaw. She easily beats her because she is distracted by Ivypaw, and pins her to sink her teeth into her neck. Lionblaze comes to help and the two of them finish her. She leaves with the rest of ShadowClan after Russetfur dies and Blackstar gives ThunderClan back the clearing.

Night Whispers

 * Dawnpelt and Tigerheart are play-fighting about who will be deputy when Rowanclaw becomes leader. They both declare themselves as the next deputy. Rowanclaw playfully comments on how he already has rivals, while Tawnypelt tries to break them up. When ShadowClan discusses the loss and comes to a conclusion, she is the first cat to say to try out what they're doing.


 * Dawnpelt helps Flametail go out for herbs and she discovers them hidden beneath the snow. Flametail gets a vision of her drowning. He tries to save her, only to find that she is okay. He notes how it is one of the same visions he'd been getting, and later drowns.

The Forgotten Warrior

 * Tigerheart talks with Dovewing near the border, and tells her Dawnpelt thought that Jayfeather deliberately let Flametail drown because they might have had a quarrel. He warns she might try to cause trouble for ThunderClan as a result. When Dovewing doesn't understand how Dawnpelt could think such a thing and is appalled, Tigerheart says that she didn't know what it was like to lose a sibling; you wanted to blame anyone, anything.


 * Dawnpelt is on a border patrol when they run into a ThunderClan patrol. Dawnpelt is surprised to see Hollyleaf before snarling about borders being correct. Finally Redwillow tells her off and the patrol pads away with Dawnpelt.


 * During a Gathering, Dawnpelt speaks up, announcing they had a murderer in their midst. She then openly accuses Jayfeather of killing Flametail. As outrage breaks out, she appears to regret this. Tigerheart stands and backs up her claim. Arguments ensue among the Clans, especially between ThunderClan and ShadowClan. Mistystar suggests that Jayfeather should be kept from his medicine cat duties until he can prove that he is innocent, and the leaders agree on this. While the Clans are leaving the Gathering, Squirrelflight tells Jayfeather that Dawnpelt was only mad with grief.

The Last Hope

 * At the Gathering, Dawnpelt is seen pacing around the medicine cats, looking for Jayfeather. Dovewing states that it looks like Dawnpelt wanted Jayfeather to come so she could start a fight.


 * During the battle, she is seen being dragged from the camp by Redwillow. When he lets her go she leaps to her paws and snarls at him telling that she isn't the enemy.

Trivia

 * She was first described as a gray she-cat, but this is later changed to her current cream color.
 * She has SkyClan blood, because her great-grandmother, Leopardfoot, is Spottedleaf's sister and because her grandfather, Tigerstar, is a descendent of Gorseclaw.
 * She has ThunderClan blood, because her mother was born in ThunderClan.

Members
Father:
 * Rowanclaw:

Mother:
 * Tawnypelt:

Brothers:
 * Flametail:
 * Tigerheart:

Grandfather:
 * Tigerstar:

Grandmother:
 * Goldenflower:

Great-Grandfathers:
 * Pinestar:
 * Smallear:

Great-Grandmothers:
 * Leopardfoot:
 * Speckletail:

Great-Great-Grandfather:
 * Adderfang:

Great-Great-Grandmothers:
 * Swiftbreeze:
 * Sweetbriar:

Uncle:
 * Bramblestar:

Half-Uncles:
 * Hawkfrost:
 * Tadpole:
 * Swiftpaw:
 * Unnamed tabby kit: Status Unknown, Most Likely Deceased

Half-Aunt:
 * Mothwing:

Great-Aunts:
 * Nightkit:
 * Mistkit:

Great-Uncles:
 * Lionheart:
 * Snowkit:

Great-Great-Uncles:
 * Patchpelt:
 * Redtail:

Great-Great-Aunts:
 * Spottedleaf:
 * Willowpelt:

Cousins:
 * Sandstorm:
 * Darkstripe:
 * Sootfur:
 * Rainwhisker:
 * Sorreltail:
 * Graystripe:
 * Squirrelflight:
 * Leafpool:
 * Molepaw:
 * Cinderheart:
 * Honeyfern:
 * Poppyfrost:
 * Lilykit:
 * Seedkit:
 * Stormfur:
 * Feathertail:
 * Briarlight:
 * Blossomfall:
 * Bumblestripe:
 * Lionblaze:
 * Jayfeather:
 * Hollyleaf:
 * Molepaw:
 * Cherrypaw:

Distant Ancestors:
 * Cloudstar:
 * Gorseclaw:
 * Birdflight:
 * Spottedpelt: