Stripes

Stripes is a pale, large silver tabby tom with dark stripes and amber eyes.

Outcast

 * Stripes and his group of rogues invade the Tribe of Rushing Water's territory and start to steal their prey.


 * Although unnamed, Stripes gives Crag an insolent stare, and inquires why their territory had no border markings, and claims that the prey belonged to every cat. A black she-cat retorts that it was not true, and they knew it, then commands him and his group of rogues to leave. More cats appear, filling the narrow space behind Stripes, and Crag informs Sheer to get to the cave. Crag then states that this was the furthest the rogues could go, and suggests for them to turn back and find someplace elsewhere to hunt, but Stripes questions who would make them.


 * After Stoneteller informs the rogues that they were not welcome, Stripes retorts that territory only belonged to those who could defend it. Stoneteller reminds Stripes that they would drive them out, as they did before the time of frozen water, and Stripes narrows his eyes, questioning in disbelief, then commenting that it was not how they remembered it. A brown-and-white she-cat notes that they chose to leave, and Stripes lashes his tail, adding that they chose to return. He claims that what he thought to be a few scrawny, flea-ridden excuses for cats would not stop him, and he flexes his claws, scraping the stones.


 * As they retreat, Stripes bounds to a boulder, and jeers at the Tribe cats, telling them that they could run and not come back. When Hollypaw accidentally gives away the location of the group, Brambleclaw urgently meows that they need to flee, but Night yowls that there is no time and yells at the other warriors to protect the apprentices by surrounding them in a circle. Jaypaw hears the aggressive hisses of the group of intruders as the scents of four cats surround them. Stripes, at their head, carefully examines the twelve cats in the group.


 * Stripes then asks what they had there, and he is noted to be a large tom, stripes rippling on his fur, and his eyes lazily travel from cat to cat. Stripes's three companions - Flick, Flora, and Twist - press up close behind him. He recognizes Talon, and asks him, tauntingly, why he was so far from the waterfall, assuming his Tribe no longer hunted in these parts due to Stripes' hunting party. Flick, a member of his party, nudges Stripes, and suggests that the Tribe and Clan cats are very scared. Stripes supports that theory by licking his lips mockingly as he remembers out loud about the rabbit he had that morning that was almost too much for him to eat. Crowfeather snaps at him for his lack of respect for his prey.


 * Flick then asks Stripes what he plans to do with them, but before he can answer, Night informs them that they had nothing to do with them. When tempers start rising again, Brambleclaw steps in to remind everyone that their group is not looking for a fight. Stripes and Flick glance at each other, and Stripes steps back a pace, gesturing up the valley with his tail, stating that they were not trying to stop them, and lets the Clan Clan lets them go by unharmed. As he notices some tribe cats, Lionpaw's fur feels hot with anger as he remembers the mocking looks of Stripes and Flick, and their insolent way of speaking. He then thinks that they thought they could do what they desired, and no cat could stop them.


 * During the battle with the rogues, Lionpaw spots a pale pelt inside the cleft, and Stripes, who is noted to have met with the Clan cats when they first reached the mountains, steps out of it and faces Brambleclaw. More trespassers creep out behind him, and Lionpaw notices that they looked then, and can tell that they weren't finding mountain life easy. However, he does not ignore the glow of determination in their eyes, and Stripes inquires what they wanted. Brambleclaw flicks his ears at Crag, and the latter explains that they wanted to end their conflict. He then pauses, as if he expects Stripes to comment, but he jerks his head, and insists for him to go on.


 * Before Crag can finish, the tresspassers' fur bristle, and their eyes blaze with anger. Stripes takes a pace forward until he is barely a tail-length away from Crag, and he informs them that they had no right to any part of the mountains, and they had no right to set borders, and any cat could take prey from where it desired. Tawnypelt protests that it wasn't fair, but Stripes interrupts her, claws sliding out, and states that it was about life or death, and if necessary, their life and the Tribe cats' death.



Trivia

 * He has been mentioned as black several times.