Spottedleaf/Trivia

Interesting facts

 * She has SkyClan blood, because she is descended from Spottedpelt.
 * The family tree on the original Warriors site stated that Dappletail was the mother of Spottedleaf and Willowpelt. However, this tree was confirmed not to be canon, and Spottedleaf and Willowpelt's true mother was later revealed as Swiftbreeze.

Author statements

 * Kate revealed that Spottedleaf's destiny was to save Sandstorm.
 * Kate stated that Spottedleaf was killed so "Firestar didn't have to choose between her and Sandstorm in StarClan."
 * Vicky stated that the reason why she killed Spottedleaf in The Prophecies Begin Arc was because "she would be more interesting dead than alive, and that she wasn't confident about a medicine cat to fall in love."  
 * Kate personally believes that Spottedleaf would never have given up her duties for Firestar as she was too committed to healing and StarClan.
 * Kate felt guilty about killing off Spottedleaf.

Mistakes

 * She has been described with a white tail-tip.
 * She has been mistakenly described with green eyes.
 * She is mentioned as "young and pretty, while Darkstripe is neither young nor pretty"; however, she is older than Darkstripe.
 * Her name was mistakenly spelled Spotted leaf.
 * She is shown without white in Shattered Peace.