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Firestar is a flame-colored tabby tom with emerald-green eyes.

Character description
Firestar is a large, dark flame-colored tabby tom with a pale orange belly. He has short, sleek, and thick fur, large ears, a long tail, and bright, emerald-green eyes.

He is born to two kittypets: Jake and Nutmeg. His siblings are Princess, and other unnamed kits. He is adopted by Twolegs and is named Rusty. Rusty lives as a kittypet, but he is very curious about the forest and the wild cats who live there. He wanders into the forest and is ambushed by Graypaw. Bluestar and Lionheart are also on the patrol, and Bluestar invites him to join ThunderClan. Rusty comes to the ThunderClan camp, and several warriors sneer at him for being a kittypet, especially Longtail. Rusty fights Longtail for his honor and Longtail tears Rusty's collar off.

After witnessing this, Bluestar accepts the broken collar as a sign that Rusty should be a Clan cat, and Rusty joins ThunderClan as an apprentice and is named Firepaw by Bluestar after his flame-colored pelt. Bluestar gets Tigerclaw and Lionheart to be temporary mentors for Firepaw initially, but later Bluestar eventually decides to mentor Firepaw herself. He, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw become good friends and train to be warriors together. Firepaw and Graypaw discover Tigerclaw's terrible secret that he murdered Redtail, the Clan deputy, so that he may be deputy himself. Ravenpaw was a witness to Redtail's murder and Tigerclaw threatens to kill him to keep him quiet. Firepaw and Graypaw take Ravenpaw away from ThunderClan to live with Barley in order to save him from Tigerclaw.

After bravely fighting against ShadowClan, Firepaw receives the warrior name of Fireheart. Fireheart and Graystripe do several brave things as young warriors that were against the warrior code, such as feeding RiverClan when they were starving due to their fish being poisoned. They also bring WindClan home after Brokenstar drives them away to steal their territory. Fireheart tries several times to expose Tigerclaw as a murderer and a traitor, and they grow to hate one another. Tigerclaw reveals his treacherous ambitions once and for all when he leads an attack against ThunderClan to kill Bluestar with the help of Brokenstar and his rogues. After he is exiled, Tigerclaw swears revenge against Fireheart after the ginger warrior tells the full story about Redtail's death to the Clan. Bluestar makes Fireheart her deputy after Tigerclaw's exile, but the ceremony takes place after moonhigh, so the elders are concerned whether StarClan will accept the young tom as the new deputy.

When Bluestar dies saving Fireheart from Tigerstar's dog pack, Fireheart becomes ThunderClan's leader, receiving his leader name of Firestar, and his nine lives. He appoints Whitestorm as his first deputy, but he dies in the battle against BloodClan. During this battle, Firestar kills Scourge and saves the forest from Scourge's savage rule. His next deputy is Graystripe, his loyal best friend.

Firestar and his mate, Sandstorm, go on a journey to find the long lost SkyClan and re-establish the Clan with its descendents. With the guidance of StarClan, they bring rogues, kittypets, and loners together to form the modern SkyClan with Leafstar as its new leader. Sandstorm later gives birth to Squirrelkit and Leafkit.

Firestar leads ThunderClan on the Great Journey to the Clans' new home by the lake. Firestar leads ThunderClan wisely and generously and he is very respected by all of the Clans. He appoints Brambleclaw as his new deputy after Graystripe is taken by Twolegs. Firestar dies when he sacrifices his last life to save ThunderClan from Tigerstar in the battle against the Dark Forest. Firestar now rests in StarClan with his mate, Sandstorm, and continues to guide the Clan he had loved so much.

Interesting facts

 * Firestar's "love" relationship with Spottedleaf was never shown that often when she was alive because he was only a new apprentice at the time. Their relationship wouldn't have gotten much farther due to the fact medicine cats can't have mates.
 * Firestar's mother, Nutmeg, probably does not know about him becoming a wild cat.
 * He is not related to the ThunderClan founder, Thunderstar.
 * In an Erin Hunter Chat, it is revealed that he loses a life helping Ravenpaw and Barley.
 * One of Leafstar's kits, Firefern, is named after him.
 * He has an unusually strong connection with StarClan.
 * As a leader, one of his favorite duties was holding apprentice ceremonies.
 * Firestar is said to take a lot of time preparing when he's about to speak.
 * On the Warriors official website, Firestar is described as courageous, loyal, brave, and kind.

Author statements

 * He may be based on a cat Kate knew.
 * The Erins believed that after the first arc, Firestar's story was pretty much over, so they started the next arc from a fresh viewpoint.
 * The Erins confirmed that he has never had feelings for Cinderpelt.
 * Kate stated that Firestar was not killed by the burning tree, but instead died of his wounds from the battle. Dovewing only imagined she saw him get up and walk away, and the lightning striking the tree snapped her back into reality.
 * In response to a question about why Firestar wasn't just killed by Tigerstar, Kate Cary stated that they couldn't let Firestar be killed by the evil, but that it was essential for him to die due to "destiny and stuff".
 * Although Firestar is confirmed to be on both the cover of Into the Wild and The Last Hope, his design changed on the latter cover with additional white markings and stripes.
 * If Kate could give him a human name, she would name him Colin.
 * Kate thinks that when he died "some of the leaders were quite jealous of Firestar and might have been glad to have outlived him or relieved to not have been measured against him anymore or miss the possibility of ever outdoing him." She states that "there would have been a lot of subtle and conflicted feelings going on for the other leaders when they heard about his death, as well as a sense of great loss. Firestar became a touchstone for all of the Clans at the end. He would have been terribly missed."
 * Vicky has said Firestar, as Rusty, was the first character to be created for Warriors because he inspired the whole story.

Mistakes

 * He was mistakenly called Firepaw despite already having received his warrior name, mistakenly called Firestar before receiving his leader name, mistakenly called Firestorm, and called Fireheart after receiving his leader name.
 * Tigerstar was mistakenly called Firestar once in Eclipse.
 * He has been mistakenly depicted with amber eyes on several occasions, and is said to have amber eyes in Dark River.
 * He is mentioned to have seven lives despite only having five at the time, and as having six, even though he had eight lives.
 * Fireheart was said to be the deputy after Lionheart died in The Elders' Concern, even though Tigerclaw became deputy after Lionheart.
 * He has been mistakenly described as golden, and shown as a ginger non-tabby on the cover of Into the Wild, and in the manga of Bluestar's Prophecy, Yellowfang's Secret, and Tallstar's Revenge.

Members
Mate:
 * Sandstorm:

Daughters:
 * Squirrelflight:
 * Leafpool:

Father:
 * Jake:

Mother:
 * Nutmeg:

Sister:
 * Princess:

Siblings:
 * Filou:
 * Tommy:
 * Luna:

Half-brothers:
 * Scourge:
 * Socks:

Half-sister:
 * Ruby: