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Strikestone is a brown tabby tom with a white belly and paws, and amber eyes.

He is born to Dawnpelt and Crowfrost, and is a ShadowClan apprentice under the name of Strikepaw, along with his siblings, Juniperpaw and Sleekpaw, with his mentor being Wasptail. Although he agrees with Needlepaw's rebellion that ShadowClan needs to be feared again, he stays in ShadowClan with his family rather then leaving with Juniperpaw, Sleekpaw, and Needlepaw. Afterwards, he completes his apprentice training and becomes a warrior, Strikestone. Eventually, Darktail takes over ShadowClan, and Strikestone reluctantly stays with him to be with Dawnpelt rather then leaving with his leader and grandfather, Rowanstar. He eventually escapes to ThunderClan with Juniperclaw, but Dawnpelt does not make it, and Sleekwhisker stays loyal to Darktail. Strikestone eventually participates in driving out the Kin, and rejoins ShadowClan once Darktail is killed. However, he, along with the majority of ShadowClan, believe that Rowanstar is not a strong leader and only takes orders from the deputy, Tigerheart, who is also his uncle. Eventually, ShadowClan is annexed into SkyClan, making Strikestone a SkyClan warrior, but rejoins ShadowClan when Tigerstar reunites them.

Strikestone is given Blazepaw as his first apprentice. When Juniperclaw, who was appointed the deputy of ShadowClan, is accused of poisoning SkyClan's fresh-kill, Strikestone leaps to his brother's defense, but is flabbergasted when Juniperclaw admits to it and effectively disowns his brother, refusing to listen to Juniperclaw's explanation of his actions. When Juniperclaw drowns, Strikestone is left as the only member of his direct family.

Novellas

 * In Tawnypelt's Clan, Tawnypelt feels empty since that despite the fact that Strikestone and Juniperclaw were her grandsons, they don't feel like kin since of how divided ShadowClan was. He also voices that ShadowClan has to be different if they're to survive.