Cinderheart

Cinderheart is a fluffy gray tabby she-cat with ice-blue eyes.

Twilight

 * Cinderkit and her siblings, Molekit, Honeykit and Poppykit, are born to Sorreltail and Brackenfur during the badger attack on ThunderClan's camp. While Sorreltail is kitting, Cinderpelt is helping her, but later dies when she is struck down by a badger.

Sunset

 * Cinderkit is named after Cinderpelt, who died during her mother's kitting. Leafpool thinks it's a wonderful name. Cinderkit was said to look hauntingly familiar to Cinderpelt. When Squirrelflight saw Cinderkit for the first time, she let out a squeak of alarm because of the resemblance. Cinderkit does not appear very often in this book, except when she is seen padding out of the nursery, followed by Brightheart. It was revealed to Leafpool by Spottedleaf that Cinderkit is a reincarnation of Cinderpelt. As Spottedleaf shows Cinderkit to Leafpool, Leafpool looks into Cinderkit's blue eyes and watches her yawn.

The Sight

 * In The Sight, the newly apprenticed Cinderpaw is one of Hollypaw's closest friends. She is Cloudtail's apprentice. Several cats, particularly Leafpool and Brackenfur, notice that she shares several personality traits and tendencies with the old Cinderpelt; such as the way she flicks her paw over her ear while grooming herself.

Dark River

 * When she and Hollypaw went looking for Lionpaw one night, she remarks that Lionpaw may be doing something he will live to regret, and that he is making a mistake that has been made before, referring to the numerous forbidden relationships in the series.
 * Later, she climbs up a tree to save Mousepaw, who chased a squirrel up a tree and got stuck, who was about to fall, but Cinderpaw falls instead, and breaks her hind leg. Furthermore, Cinderpaw tells Hollypaw she is afraid of badgers and hopes she will never have to meet one again, despite never seeing one before this point.


 * While she is recovering in Leafpool's den, she talks about the old ThunderClan camp, telling Jaypaw what was where and how she remembered it in Leafpool's den, so Jaypaw enters her dreams. Here, Cinderpaw is walking around the camp, and Jaypaw wonders how she can remember this camp so much. She then suddenly appears much older and wiser, and tells Jaypaw to tell Leafpool that Cinderpaw will recover this time, and that Leafpool is doing a good job and has learned more than Cinderpelt could have taught her.


 * When Cinderpaw wakes up the next morning she vaguely recalls Jaypaw being in a dream with her in a forest (the old ThunderClan camp), but Jaypaw reassures her that it was just a dream. Cinderpaw, despite being confined to the medicine cat den, was constantly asking Hollypaw and Jaypaw to play catch with her, much to Leafpool's despair.

Outcast

 * She continues to train with Cloudtail, who shows concern about her injured leg, fearing that it is not completely healed. She does not like the concerns, because she feels that it is healed, though it obviously pains her at times. Hollypaw tells Cinderpaw her plan about concentrating on one part of training at a time so she could be a better warrior. Cinderpaw said that it was mouse-brained, but then apologized, yet advised her friend not to do it.

Eclipse

 * Cinderpaw has her assessment to finally become a warrior. While leaping for a squirrel, her injured leg buckles and is hurt again. This time, Cinderpaw is very discouraged because her sisters, Honeypaw and Poppypaw, get to become warriors before her, becoming Honeyfern and Poppyfrost, and she wanted to do the warriors vigil with them. She stays in Leafpool's den for a while, not wanting to move the leg. When Jaypaw comes up with the idea of swimming, she says it might help, so she tries it. The swimming helped with her pain, enough for her to walk easily. The swimming helped her leg because she could move the muscle without having to put weight on it. Before Millie gives birth, Cinderpaw and Hollypaw talk about her and the future kits. Hollypaw asks Cinderpaw if she knows if Millie had names in mind for them. Cinderpaw said that she hadn't, and that Leafpool didn't want her to have any names in mind.


 * She gossips with Hollypaw that she has been seeing Whitewing and Birchfall starting to share tongues together.


 * When WindClan attacked, she stayed back in the medicine cat den, but would attack if she had to. At the end of the battle, Cinderpaw gains her warrior name, Cinderheart, in honor of those who have been lost, along with Hollypaw and Lionpaw, who become Hollyleaf and Lionblaze. It appeared that, when Cinderheart was getting her warrior name, Cinderpelt's spirit was watching her, glad she was finally getting to become a warrior. Cinderheart is happy that she's finally getting her warrior name after her long wait.

Long Shadows

 * Cinderheart is mentioned only briefly throughout this book. Near the beginning, Hollyleaf joins her on a border patrol led by Ashfur. While they are on it Cinderheart confesses to her that she does not like going this way because of the recent battle (in Eclipse). When the patrol finds Tawnypelt and her three kits, Tigerpaw, Flamepaw, and Dawnpaw, Cinderheart is amused when the three apprentices chant Hollyleaf’s name, and jokes with her friend that she has three new apprentices.


 * Much later in the book, she is seen coming into camp with a hunting patrol, and her weariness, caused by the growing number of sick cats, is sensed by Jaypaw.


 * Later, when Firestar has suggested all the sick cats shelter in the abandoned Twoleg nest, Cinderheart is one cat to agree with him, willing to try it. The last time she is mentioned is when she is seen working on the Twoleg nest, stuffing gaps with twigs to keep out the cold, along with Brackenfur.

Sunrise

 * Cinderheart isn't mentioned much in Sunrise. She expressed disbelief when Purdy sticks up for Sol, saying that he was seen near the WindClan border. Later, when her sister Honeyfern is bitten by a snake, she runs to her and is horrified when she dies. Leafpool stares at her desperately, as if expecting help from Cinderpelt in her, while Honeyfern is dying.


 * When Hollyleaf announces who her real parents are, Cinderheart shows disappointment in her friend, saying that she had only caused more pain. She is shown to be more like Cinderpelt in this moment.

The Fourth Apprentice

 * Cinderheart gets her first apprentice, Ivypaw. When she, Ivypaw, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw go to the lake to get water, Ivypaw starts sniffing at a dead fish, making Rainstorm, a RiverClan warrior, think that she killed it and was going to take it back to camp. He starts to attack Ivypaw, but to only get stuck in some loose mud. Cinderheart watches the apprentices while Lionblaze and the others take Rainstorm back to the ThunderClan camp for him to get looked after. When her apprentice is upset that they weren't going on the patrol to take Rainstorm home, she told her that they would go to the training clearing to practice battle moves. She also expresses concern for her sister, Poppyfrost, who is heavily pregnant with Berrynose's kits. Cinderheart tells Jayfeather that she's worried about her sister, for Poppyfrost was still mourning for Honeyfern, but Jayfeather, who doesn't know what to say, tells Poppyfrost there's no cure for grief or heart-break.
 * Through the book, Cinderheart still appears to miss Hollyleaf.

Fading Echoes

 * Cinderheart and Lionblaze are seen teaching Dovepaw and Ivypaw how to fight in trees and how to hop from tree to tree. Cinderheart tells the two apprentices that Longtail swore that, in the old territory, he made it from the Great Sycamore to the camp without touching the forest floor. Dovepaw asks how far it was, and when Cinderheart says "About the same as from here to the hollow," Lionblaze gets annoyed that she knows this, yet she never saw the old territory. This is another sign that shows Cinderheart is really Cinderpelt.


 * In the middle of the night, she and Lionblaze go for a walk in the forest after she notices he can't sleep. They wind up playing and Lionblaze has a brief memory of playing with Heathertail. Cinderheart expresses her concern to Lionblaze about Ivypaw and Dovepaw's worsening relationship, but Lionblaze brushes it aside without concern. It is hinted that Lionblaze likes Cinderheart, but it is unknown whether she likes him back, because the following day, Cinderheart is brisk to Lionblaze. This is most likely because Lionblaze didn't seem to care about Ivypaw and Dovepaw's relationship.

Members
Father:
 * Brackenfur :

Mother:
 * Sorreltail :

Brother:
 * Molepaw : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Sisters:
 * Poppyfrost :
 * Honeyfern : Deceased, Verified StarClan Member

Grandfather:
 * Whitestorm : Deceased, Verified StarClan Member

Grandmothers:
 * Willowpelt : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member
 * Frostfur : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Great-Grandfathers:
 * Thistleclaw Deceased, Suspected Place of No Stars Member
 * Fuzzypelt : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Great-Grandmothers:
 * Snowfur : Deceased, Verified StarClan Member
 * Robinwing : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Great-Great-Grandfather:
 * Stormtail : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Great-Great-Grandmother:
 * Moonflower : Deceased, Verified StarClan Member

Uncles:
 * Thornclaw :
 * Rainwhisker : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member
 * Sootfur : Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Aunts:
 * Cinderpelt : Deceased, Reincarnated as Cinderheart
 * Brightheart :

Great-Uncles:
 * Ravenpaw : Status Unknown
 * Dustpelt :

Great Aunt:
 * Brindleface : Deceased, Verified StarClan member

Great-Great-Aunt:
 * Bluestar : Deceased, Verified StarClan Member

Cousins:
 * Whitewing :
 * Dovepaw :
 * Ivypaw :
 * Ashfur : Deceased, Residence Unknown
 * Ferncloud :
 * Two Unnamed Kits: Deceased, Suspected StarClan members

Nephew:
 * Molekit:

Niece:
 * Cherrykit: