Sunstar

Sunstar is a bright ginger tom with long fur, yellow eyes, and a torn ear.

Crookedstar's Promise

 * He reprimands Bluepaw and Crookedpaw at a Gathering for talking too much, telling them that he is the ThunderClan deputy and that he'll pin their whiskers back if they don't be quiet. Later, Sunfall, now Sunstar, goes with a patrol to RiverClan to politely demand Sunningrocks back without fighting for them.

Bluestar's Prophecy

 * Sunfall is ThunderClan's deputy under Pinestar's leadership.


 * When Bluekit is awake, she goes and asks Sunfall if he can take her outside. He then takes Bluekit out to explore the camp and takes her up to the ravine. He becomes Bluepaw's mentor after Stonepelt, her previous mentor, became an elder early due to injuries from the battle with WindClan. Bluepaw is slightly irritated by this change, and Poppydawn and Speckletail tell her she should be proud to have the ThunderClan deputy as her mentor. Sunfall becomes slightly irritated with Bluepaw after Moonflower died, and tells her not to mope around and to be a credit to her Clan. He also says, "I wish Moonflower were still alive too," taking Bluepaw with surprise when he sounds sad.


 * After the battle at Sunningrocks, he is seen congratulating Bluepaw and Snowpaw on successfully fighting off Crookedpaw, and mentions that Crookedpaw is big for an apprentice.


 * After Bluepaw has received her warrior name, Bluefur, he sends her and Snowfur to go leaf gathering with Featherwhisker, as his "warrior escorts."


 * When they return, he asks them how they did on their first warrior assignments. Later, he goes on a patrol with Bluefur to Sunningrocks to check if RiverClan are invading again. After Pinestar leaves for a new life as a kittypet, Sunfall becomes Sunstar, and appoints Tawnyspots as his deputy. After Snowfur, Bluefur's sister, dies from being run over by a Twoleg monster, Sunstar is very sympathetic to his former apprentice, but he chides her for not giving Snowfur's kit, Whitekit, more attention. He also tells her that he understands that she has lost a lot but needs to be strong for the Clan. When she finally does take over as a foster mother for Whitekit, he seems quite relieved and happy.


 * Not long after, Tawnyspots starts to become very ill, and Sunstar is pressured to choose a new deputy. He comes close to appointing Thistleclaw before Bluefur secretly gave her kits to Oakheart of RiverClan, allowing her to become deputy. Sunstar later reveals that he shared some of Bluefur's worries about Thistleclaw's violent nature, but was not as worried about it as Bluefur. He also then tells Bluefur that he had only been given eight lives because Pinestar left with his ninth and became a kittypet, never surrendering his ninth life and leader position. Sunstar was killed by a dog after being weakened by sickness and was unable to run away from it, and he gave Bluefur one of her nine lives, along with the gift of courage, saying that she would know how to use it.

Secrets of the Clans

 * Sunstar's name is listed in the ThunderClan leaders section.


 * Sunstar fought against RiverClan to keep Sunningrocks part of ThunderClan territory. His brother, Featherwhisker, served as his medicine cat, who mentored the later ThunderClan medicine cat after him, Spottedleaf. Sunstar had two known apprentices, one was Lionheart, (however this was a mistake because in Bluestar's Prophecy, Lionheart was Swiftbreeze's apprentice), and the other, Bluestar, then Bluepaw, would go on to serve as his deputy and then leader after him. He was described as fair minded, even tempered, and wise.

Code of the Clans

 * Sunstar, whose warrior name is Sunfall, is the deputy under ThunderClan's leader, Pinestar. When the two young warriors, Dappletail and White-eye, are caught stealing fish, he teases them gently when they say the fish is disgusting.


 * Sunfall is the one who leads ThunderClan into battle against RiverClan when Pinestar is absent. When his leader tells him that he will become a kittypet, Sunfall is full of understanding but points out that Pinestar will never be able to come back. Pinestar accepts it, and names Sunfall his successor as his last act of leader.

Battles of the Clans

 * Sunstar appears as Sunfall in "Mousefur Speaks: The Deserter". He is seen on a border patrol with Lionpaw, Swiftbreeze, and Bluepaw. He leads the patrol to the ShadowClan border where they are confronted by Foxheart, Cloudpaw, and Crowtail. He asks why they are on ThunderClan territory, to which Crowtail replies that they are hunting prey. Sunfall tells the ShadowClan cats that if they leave, the matter would be forgotten, but they end up fighting each other. Sunfall is first to attack, springing out at Foxheart.

Trivia

 * He has been described as bright orange.
 * He has been mistakenly called the ShadowClan deputy.
 * He has been mistakenly described with orange eyes.
 * He has been mistakenly described with amber eyes.

Members
Brother:
 * Featherwhisker: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member