Poppycloud

Poppycloud is a tortoiseshell she-cat.

Code of the Clans

 * Poppycloud is an ancient SkyClan warrior.


 * She, and her apprentice, who is also her son, Mottlepaw, are patrolling the ThunderClan border. She tries to teach her young apprentice to listen, but he fails and asks Poppycloud if she could hear anything. She replies that she could hear him, and that they need to practice some more. She explains to Mottlepaw why Rowanstar makes them patrol so near ThunderClan's boundary, which is because he wants to know if anything happens in SkyClan territory. Mottlepaw plays around and accidentally crosses the border, which is hard to tell, as it had not been scent marked for a long time. She tells Mottlepaw to be quiet, but two ThunderClan cats have already spotted them, and are angry that SkyClan keep showing up and crossing the border. Poppycloud raises her hackles and tells Oatwhisker that SkyClan has the right to go anywhere inside their borders, and tells Mottlepaw to come back. Mottlepaw obeyed and explains that his border crossing was a mistake. She rebukes the ThunderClan cats when they persist, and Poppycloud leaves quietly with her apprentice. She scolds Mottlepaw and tells him that they must tell Rowanstar what happened in case ThunderClan makes a fuss. Seeing his dismay, she assures Mottlepaw that she would say it was an honest mistake, but warns him to not get into any more trouble on the way back to camp.


 * Later, the ThunderClan leader, Lionstar, and his deputy, Greeneyes, show up to demand why SkyClan keep appearing at the border. Poppycloud reassures Mottlepaw but adds that she was glad they told Rowanstar what happened at the border, but becomes defensive and speaks out, saying there should be a law that borders are always patrolled, to see that no cat crosses them and to check if there is anything out of the ordinary. Lionstar thinks that it is ridiculous. However, the SkyClan leader thinks that this should be taken into account at the next Gathering with the other Clans. Lionstar and Greeneyes leave, noticeably hostile. Poppycloud wonders, if the law was approved, if she'd live forever as part of the warrior code.

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Mottlepaw is not only her apprentice, but her son, which leaves many baffled, as it was mentioned in later books that mothers never really mentor their own children.

Members
Son:
 * Mottlepaw: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member