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Sandynose is a stocky, light brown tabby tom with ginger legs.

Sandynose is a SkyClan warrior, born to Clovertail and Patchfoot along with his sisters, Birdwing and Honeytail. He became mates with Plumwillow; however, while Plumwillow was expecting their kits, Sandynose disappeared when SkyClan fled the gorge after Darktail's attack. During his absence, Hawkwing raised the kits as their adopted father, but upon his return, Sandynose was reunited with his family and met his kits: Finkit, Dewkit, and Reedkit.

Sandynose became the mentor to Hawkwing's daughter, Twigpaw, in the lake territories. However, he knew that Twigpaw's heart still lay with ThunderClan, supporting her decision to return. What he did not support, however, was Twigpaw's relationship with Finpaw, who chose to leave SkyClan with her.

A Vision of Shadows

 * Despite Twigpaw passing her warrior assessment in ThunderClan, Sandynose becomes her mentor upon her decision to join SkyClan, determined to train his apprentice from the ground up as a SkyClan warrior. When his son, Finpaw, is trapped under a fallen branch, Sandynose gives Puddleshine consent to severe his tail after attempts to move the branch fail.


 * As Finpaw recovers, Sandynose disapproves of his close relationship with Twigpaw, due to his suspicions that Twigpaw was loyal to ThunderClan. He confronts Twigpaw about their friendship, arguing that she was distracting him from his training. When Twigpaw chooses to return to ThunderClan at her warrior ceremony, Sandynose defends her choice to Leafstar, explaining that she would be no use as a SkyClan warrior with half her heart in ThunderClan. He later gains a new apprentice, Quailpaw.

Super Editions

 * In Hawkwing's Journey, Sandynose takes over Pebblepaw's training after Billystorm is killed on Darktail's mission to find the Clans. He chastises Hawkwing for being suspicious of Darktail, accusing him of being prejudiced against cats who were not Clan-born. When Darktail's rouges attack the camp, he and Hawkwing work together to fight off a rogue, but disappears in the retreat. Plumwillow bears his kits in his absence, while Hawkwing acts as their father. Upon Sandynose's return, he is initially suspicious of Hawkwing, but eventually thanks him for taking care of his family.


 * In Tigerheart's Shadow, a ShadowClan hunting patrol chases a rabbit over the newly established border, which Sandynose catches and decides to return to the ShadowClan cats. Though the ShadowClan warriors are hesitant, they accept the rabbit, later returning the favor by giving SkyClan a rabbit in return.

SkyClan and the Stranger

 * Sandypaw is an apprentice along with his sisters, Honeypaw and Birdpaw. When he and Nettlesplash break the warrior code by eating on patrol, Leafstar punishes them by making them search Lichenfur for ticks. Later, he sneaks out of camp to explore Twolegplace along with Nettlesplash and Birdpaw, but begins to feel guilty. He is mocked by Birdpaw when he wishes to come clean, but appears smug when she and the others are reprimanded by Leafstar.

Interesting facts

 * Finleap looks exactly like him.
 * Kate said she thinks the reason Sandynose was so strict on Finpaw is because he thought he couldn't take his training seriously.
 * He has kittypet blood through Clovertail, and rogue blood through Patchfoot.