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Windstar, also known as Wind, is a brown she-cat with narrow tabby stripes and yellow eyes.

As a young cat, Wind hunted with her companion and caretaker, Branch. She is resilient and determined, two traits that help her survive the challenging environment of the moor. After she becomes injured, Branch abandons her and Wind is left alone to fend for herself. Fueled by her strong desire to survive, Wind manages to have a successful life on the moor. She meets a young tom named Gorse, and, despite her initial wariness, she enjoys his company.

Wind and Gorse live on the moor for many moons until they meet Gray Wing, a cat from the mountains. She teaches Gray Wing how to hunt rabbits and how to tunnel. Gray Wing wants to invite them to their camp, but both Wind and Tall Shadow are hesitant. Wind prefers her freedom on the moor, but she and Gorse became regular visitors to the camp. Her leadership skills shine when a fire rages through the forest, and when she saves Jagged Peak from suffocating in a tunnel. She is renamed as Wind Runner and officially becomes a member of the camp.

At the camp, Wind Runner gives birth to her kits, Emberkit, Morning Whisker, Dust Muzzle, and Moth Flight. Shortly after, Emberkit dies and Wind Runner mourns. She participates in the deadly fight between Clear Sky and the moor cats at Fourtrees. After the fight, she and the other leaders are visited by spirit cats of their fallen friends, including Emberkit, who warn the cats to unite or die. During a sickness that spreads throughout the groups, Morning Whisker falls ill and dies as well.

After the death of One Eye, she and Gorse Fur start their own camp on the moor, wanting to utilize everything she learned about living in a group. There, she and her mate raise their two surviving kits. She welcomes several other cats such as Slate, Spotted Fur, and Gray Wing. Her group is renamed into WindClan by Gray Wing shortly before he dies.

As the leader of WindClan, she names Gorse Fur as her deputy. She goes frustrated with Moth Flight's fumbling antics and banishes her when she strays on a Thunderpath. When Moth Flight comes back with news from StarClan about being the first medicine cat, Wind Runner is hesitant about this news, but trusts her ancestors. Tensions between WindClan and SkyClan rise, and Wind Runner sides with Willow Tail, her Clanmate, about SkyClan stealing prey. The conflict leads to a fight in SkyClan's camp and Wind Runner is critically injured. Following her intuition, Moth Flight carries her mother's body to the Moonstone where she receives her nine lives and the name Windstar. She is later succeeded by her mate, Gorsestar, and Windstar is remembered by her fierce determination and resilience to keep her Clan safe. Her descendants continue to live in WindClan.

Super Editions

 * In Moth Flight's Vision,

Detailed description

 * Windstar, also known as Wind, is a small, and wiry, brown she-cat with narrow tabby stripes, a thin, striped face and yellow eyes.

Interesting facts

 * While originally stated to have not taken -star as a suffix of her name, this is later contradicted by Moth Flight's Vision, and further supported by Secrets of the Clans, both of which address her as Windstar.
 * She is the first Clan leader ever to receive nine lives.
 * She is also the first to lose one.

Mistakes

 * She was mistakenly described with amber eyes.
 * She was mistakenly called Wind Runner despite receiving her leader name.
 * She was mistakenly called Windstar before receiving her leader name.
 * She is listed as dark brown on the Warriors website family tree.