Rat leader

The Rat Leader is an unnamed manipulating brown rat that possesses the ability to speak in the language of cats. He is described as being bigger than most other rats, with a wiry, muscular body and curving yellow teeth. His eyes are bright, gleaming red.

Firestar's Quest

 * While Firestar and Sandstorm are rebuilding SkyClan, the leader of the rats appears and tells the cats that the rats had killed SkyClan before and will kill them again. He and his group of rats attack SkyClan several times, but the leader doesn't fight like the others do; he just gives commands from inside the protection of a mass of rats. When the SkyClan cats begin to gain the upper hand in the battle, the rats retreat.


 * SkyClan attack the rats' home in response to the rats' ambush on their camp. Unable to tell which rat is the leader, Firestar tries to trick him into talking. He remains silent so as not to give himself away. Spottedleaf tells Firestar, "Not many, but one," meaning that the mass of rats is taking commands from the leader through small movements, such as a twitch of the tail. Firestar traces the movements to the center of the pack and, identifying the real rat leader, kills him. Without their leader to guide them, the remaining rats flee.