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Dawnpelt is a cream-furred she-cat.

Dawnpelt was ShadowClan warrior, born to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw along with Tigerstar and Flametail as Dawnkit. As Dawnpaw, she temporarily joins ThunderClan along with her mother and brothers when ShadowClan is influenced by Sol to give up StarClan, but returns following his departure. After becoming a warrior, Dawnpelt, Flametail dies suddenly, and Dawnpelt goes mad with grief, accusing Jayfeather of Flametail's murder.

Moons later, she becomes mates with Crowfrost and has three kits: Juniperclaw, Strikestone, and Sleekwhisker. Afterwards, she mentors two apprentices: Beenose and Violetshine. When Darktail takes over ShadowClan, she chooses to remain there with her kits, but later regrets this, and is killed by Darktail after attempting to escape.

Power of Three

 * Dawnkit is born to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw along with Flamekit and Tigerkit. Her mother temporarily leaves the Clans to journey to the Tribe of Rushing Water, and Snowbird takes care of Dawnkit and her littermates in her absence. She is apprenticed to Ivytail, but when Sol convinces ShadowClan to lose their faith in StarClan, Tawnypelt takes her children to ThunderClan where Dawnpaw is temporarily apprenticed to Spiderleg. Dawnpaw, along with her littermates, and Lionblaze, Hollyleaf and Jaypaw, fakes a sign for ShadowClan to regain their faith in StarClan, and is astonished when two spirits, Raggedstar and Runningnose actually appear. With ShadowClan's faith restored, Dawnpaw and her family return to ShadowClan.

Omen of the Stars

 * She is now a warrior with the name of Dawnpelt. When it is decided that two cats from each Clan will journey upstream to investigate the cause of the drought, Dawnpelt volunteers to go, though her brother, Tigerheart, is chosen instead. She further argues with Tigerheart about which of them would make a better deputy. When Flametail, drowns beneath the frozen lake, Dawnpelt is outraged, insisting that her brother had been murdered by Jayfeather. She becomes increasingly aggressive, and at a Gathering, asserts to all the Clans that Jayfeather murdered Flametail. Tigerheart supports her, and Jayfeather is barred from his medicine cat duties until he proves his innocence, confronting Flametail in StarClan. During the battle against the Dark Forest, Dawnpelt is attacked by Redwillow, a ShadowClan warrior who betrayed the Clans by swearing allegiance to the Dark Forest.

A Vision of Shadows

 * She has become mates with Crowfrost. After their kits, Juniperpaw, Strikepaw and Sleekpaw, become apprentices, she receives her first apprentice, Beepaw. However, when ShadowClan's apprentices spark a rebellion, Juniperpaw and Sleekpaw leave to join Darktail's group, though Strikepaw chooses to remain in ShadowClan. Crowfrost succumbs to yellowcough, devastating Dawnpelt, and her apprentice, Beepaw, leaves to join the rogues as well. When Violetkit returns from Darktai's camp, Dawnpelt is appointed as her mentor, and the two form a close bond. Eventually, Darktail's group arrives in the ShadowClan camp with intention of taking over ShadowClan. Dawnpelt reluctantly joins the Kin so that she can remain with her kits.


 * Dawnpelt grows to regret her decision after witnessing Darktail's true nature, and organizes cats to escape. She is successful in getting Juniperclaw and Strikestone to ThunderClan, but reveals to Violetpaw that Sleekwhisker enjoys being part of the Kin too much for Dawnpelt to even try and convince her otherwise. When Dawnpelt attempts to escape, she is caught by Darktail, who offers to escort her to the border personally. However, she is never seen again, much to the distress of her family, leading many to believe that Darktail drowned her, like he had done with many other cats. This is revealed to have been the case, and her ghost is eventually summoned from the lake by Tree. She sends a message to Puddleshine to not dispel the shadows, and moves on to StarClan.

Super Editions

 * In Tigerheart's Shadow, Dawnpelt appears in StarClan at Tigerheart's leader ceremony, giving her brother a life for hope. He is saddened to know that she is dead, but promises to lead ShadowClan well.

Novellas

 * In Tawnypelt's Clan, Dawnpelt appears in the dreams Tawnypelt has about the ShadowClan she knew before Darktail. Tawnypelt reminisces about Dawnpelt and her brothers' kithood when watching over Pouncekit, Lightkit, and Shadowkit, and thinks of her deceased daughter often.

Interesting facts

 * She has ThunderClan blood through Tawnypelt, SkyClan blood through her grandfather, Tigerstar, and kittypet blood through Hal.

Author statements

 * Vicky thinks that Dawnpelt and Jayfeather did make amends after it was revealed that he didn't kill Flametail, although Jayfeather is so grumpy that Dawnpelt might not notice a difference.

Mistakes

 * She was originally described as gray.