Tigerstar (AVoS)

Tigerheart is a handsome, sleek, thick-furred, dark brown tiger-striped tabby tom with amber eyes, a torn ear, and a long, sleek tail.

Dark River

 * Tigerkit is born to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw, along with his two littermates, Dawnkit and Flamekit.


 * He does not appear, but is mentioned by Blackstar at the Gathering, on a report of new born kits. Despite Tigerstar's death being many, many moons ago, several cats are startled by his mother's choice to name Tigerkit after his dead grandfather.

Outcast

 * In Outcast, when the traveling cats journey to the Tribe, Tawnypelt remarks to Squirrelflight that Tigerkit has already perfected his hunting crouch. Out of the three kits, Tigerkit seems to like Lionpaw the best and the most mischievous. When Tawnypelt is asked to come to the mountains, Tigerkit and his littermates ran out of the bushes, eavesdropping. She is nervous about leaving her kits, but Snowbird offers to take care of them while she's away.

Eclipse

 * When Hollypaw, Lionpaw, Jaypaw, and Sol go to the ShadowClan camp, Tigerkit goes up to Lionpaw and demands if he's grown and claims he will be even bigger next time they meet. He does not appear after this.

Long Shadows

 * Tigerpaw is newly apprenticed to Oakfur. Later, Tawnypelt takes him, Dawnpaw and Flamepaw to their mother's birth Clan, ThunderClan, where they were permitted to stay until ShadowClan was out from under Sol's control. His temporary mentor in ThunderClan is Brackenfur.


 * Dawnpaw asks if they could have a piece of fresh-kill and ThunderClan permits them to, and they tackle the fresh kill pile, eating all the dry pieces and leaving the ThunderClan cats with the wet ones. Later, Tigerpaw is guilty for his actions, and he apologizes while his littermates say nothing. Tigerpaw was part of the group of cats that made the fake sign, in order for Blackstar to believe in StarClan again.


 * Later, Tigerpaw compared his fur with Lionblaze's, saying that he outstretched his golden paw to Lionblaze's paw. This is a mistake, as Tigerpaw is a dark brown tabby tom.

Sunrise

 * Now he has returned to ShadowClan along with his family. He continues his warrior training with Oakfur, his mentor.

The Fourth Apprentice

 * Now a warrior, Tigerheart greets Lionblaze at one of the Gatherings, but he cruelly ignores him, along with Flametail and Dawnpelt.


 * Tigerheart is chosen, along with Toadfoot, to represent ShadowClan and go with two cats from each other Clan, Lionblaze and Dovepaw from ThunderClan, Whitetail and Sedgewhisker from WindClan, and Rippletail and Petalfur from RiverClan, to find out what possibly could have happened to the water in the lake.
 * During the journey, when Dovepaw gets caught in a pelt-den, he helps her out.
 * Later, when Dovepaw hears the dogs coming, he and Toadfoot climb onto the trees, but the RiverClan and WindClan cats don't, because they don't know how. With the ThunderClan and ShadowClan cats, they help the others climb on to trees.


 * When fighting the beavers, he helps dismantle the dam, and almost drowns when the logs fall into the stream.
 * It is noted he is friendlier to the other warriors than his Clanmate, Toadfoot, especially to Dovepaw. It is also hinted that he may have a liking to Dovepaw, often telling her that he will "protect her".
 * Lionblaze and Jayfeather think that Tigerheart is being trained by Tigerstar and Hawkfrost in the Dark Forest, as Lionblaze saw him use a battle move of Tigerstar's during the battle with the beavers. Jayfeather suspects that he may have been recruited by the Dark Forest.


 * When he returns to the ShadowClan camp, he is greeted by his mother, Tawnypelt, and his siblings, Flametail and Dawnpelt. When the other cats leave, he says good-bye to them.

Fading Echoes

 * When Jayfeather is out for a walk at night near the ThunderClan and ShadowClan border, he runs into Tigerheart, literally, as Tigerheart had attacked him at first, not knowing who he was. When Jayfeather asks him why he is out, he dodges the questions, not offering a direct answer.


 * Later, a ThunderClan patrol finds ShadowClan scent of a single warrior on their side of the border. They examine the scent trail, trying to find out what warrior it was, and none of them can tell who it was except Dovepaw, who recognizes it as Tigerheart's, but doesn't tell anyone. Soon a ShadowClan border patrol containing Tigerheart sees them and asks what they are doing. When ThunderClan tells them, they grow angry and say that ThunderClan is falsely accusing them. Tigerheart acts quite defiant towards the ThunderClan warriors, refusing to admit that a ShadowClan warrior would have crossed the border. Thornclaw tells them to smell the scent trail to see for themselves, but the warriors point out that if they walk over to ThunderClan's side to smell it, they would leave a new ShadowClan scent trail. However, Tigerheart steps up and declares he will go over to search for ShadowClan scent. Dovepaw realizes that he is cleverly doing this so that his old scent will be covered up by his new scent before anyone knows it was him. He then declares that he can't smell anything other than ThunderClan, and while the rest of the warriors continue to argue, Dovepaw takes him aside and asks him why he was on their side of the border. He desperately pleads her not to tell anyone that it was him, and that he can't tell her why he was there until the next Gathering. She hesitates, but agrees to keep his secret.


 * At the Gathering, Dovepaw finds him after the leaders have spoken and asks him once again why he was in ThunderClan territory. He anxiously tells her that he can't reveal why, but begs her to still keep his secret. She still agrees to not reveal it to anyone. She also comments in her thoughts that she thinks that Tigerheart is handsome.


 * At the battle between ShadowClan and ThunderClan, Tigerheart fights fiercely for his Clan. Dovepaw sees him rushing towards Ivypaw, but when the two of them near each other, they stop, give a slight nod to each other, then go find other cats to fight. Dovepaw stares at the two cats, wondering what that was about and feeling jealous because of her liking for him, but she is too busy fighting the other ShadowClan warriors to think about it. He does not appear after this in the book.

Night Whispers

 * Tigerheart meets up with Dovepaw by the border, and asks her if she cares about him more than a friend. She says that she does, and they agree to meet at night for a while. Dovepaw admits to herself that she loves Tigerheart, and she assumes that he feels the same way about her.
 * Ivypaw and Tigerheart then become friends as they see each other in the Dark Forest. When the Dark Forest cats are doing water-fighting training, Ivypaw is revealed to feel safer around Tigerheart.
 * Ivypaw scented Tigerheart on Dovepaw's fur and accuses her of being disloyal. Dovepaw gets mad at Ivypaw, saying that Ivypaw wanted Tigerheart as a mate and that she was a mate-stealer. Ivypaw then explains that Tigerheart was on the Dark Forest's side was well as her. Dovepaw refuses to believe her.


 * When Dovepaw and Tigerheart meet at night again, Ivypaw catches them. Ivypaw hisses at Tigerheart to tell the truth about him and the Dark Forest, but he remains silent. Tigerheart then shoves Dovepaw into a bush when a ShadowClan patrol approaches them, and they take Ivypaw to the ShadowClan camp. Dovepaw pleads silently to him, asking Tigerheart to protect Ivypaw.


 * Dovepaw tells Tigerheart, who is worried sick about Littlecloud's illness, about the herb patches outside of the Twoleg nest. When the ThunderClan cats come to ask if ShadowClan had Ivypaw, it is revealed that Tigerheart has betrayed Dovepaw by telling his Clan of the herb patches. She is furious with him, and challenges him about it at a Gathering. Tigerheart tells her that he is loyal to his Clanmates, and that he puts them first above anything else. Dovepaw asks him if he put them above her, and he tries to say that he didn't mean it that way, but she just walks away.
 * Tigerheart is stricken with grief when his brother, Flametail, drowns when the ice on the lake breaks. Dovepaw is worried that Tigerheart could have easily been the one who fell in. Dovepaw hears him keeping vigil for Flametail. When Ivypaw is asked to kill Flametail's spirit, which somehow wandered from StarClan into the Dark Forest, Tigerheart saves his brother at the last moment, telling Ivypaw not to destroy whatever remained of his brother. Tigerstar lets his grandson live, but Ivypaw knows that Tigerheart would possibly hurt her for almost attacking Flametail.

Sign of the Moon

 * Tigerheart argues with Dovewing at a Gathering, unsuccessfully trying to persuade her to re-start their forbidden relationship. He asks her if Ivypool has been saying things about him, and Dovewing asks, "Like what?" Tigerheart says never mind and tells her that she doesn't know her sister as well as she think she does, most likely thinking about the time that she almost killed Flametail. Tigerheart keeps insisting that he didn't mean to betray Dovewing, but whether he is telling the truth or not is still unknown.


 * In Ivypool's dreams, he appears in the Dark Forest when they are training. When Ivypool is fighting with Breezepelt, Tigerheart helps Breezepelt by attacking Ivypool from behind, and saying that he's getting revenge for when Ivypool tried to kill Flametail in the previous book.


 * He is not seen after this.

Battles of the Clans

 * He is seen teaching Olivepaw, Scorchpaw, Redpaw, Owlpaw, and Shrewpaw about the Night Ambush battle tactic. When Scorchpaw snores, he tells him it's not as funny as he thinks it is. Then, when Tigerheart tells them to listen, Scorchpaw says he hears ThunderClan snoring, but Tigerheart tells him that the day that Blackstar receives a prophecy that a cat can hear farther than other creatures, then he'll believe him. He says that they should make a sssss noise, like the wind, to disguise themselves from the other cats. Tigerheart says that they must stay hidden under the shadows, so no light can uncover their outlines. When they all attack Tigerheart, he ended up underneath them all. He then ends the story.


 * In the book, his father, Rowanclaw, is listed as ShadowClan's new deputy after Russetfur dies.

Trivia

 * Tigerheart was originally described as a golden tabby, though this was changed to his current dark brown tabby appearance.
 * Tigerheart was also described as a golden tabby in The Fourth Apprentice.
 * In the 7th Erin Hunter Chat, Vicky Holmes said that Tigerheart currently likes Dovewing.
 * He has SkyClan blood, because his great-grandmother, Leopardfoot, is Spottedleaf's sister.

Members
Father:
 * Rowanclaw:

Mother:
 * Tawnypelt:

Sister:
 * Dawnpelt:

Brother:
 * Flametail: Deceased, Verified StarClan member

Grandfather:
 * Tigerstar: Deceased, Verified Place of No Stars member

Grandmother:
 * Goldenflower: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Great-Grandfathers:
 * Pinestar: Deceased, Verified StarClan Member
 * Smallear: Deceased, Verified StarClan member

Great-Grandmothers:
 * Leopardfoot: Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member
 * Speckletail: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

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

Great-Great-Grandmothers:
 * Swiftbreeze: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Sweetbriar: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Distant Grandfathers:
 * Cloudstar: Deceased, Verified SkyClan ancestor
 * Gorseclaw: Deceased, Verified SkyClan ancestor

Distant Grandmother:
 * Birdflight: Deceased, Verified SkyClan ancestor

Uncle:
 * Brambleclaw:

Half-Uncles:
 * Hawkfrost: Deceased, Verified Place of No Stars member
 * Tadpole: Deceased, Residence Unknown
 * Swiftpaw: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Unnamed tabby kit: Status Unknown, Most Likely Deceased

Half-Aunt:
 * Mothwing:

Great-Aunts:
 * Nightkit: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Mistkit: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Great-Uncles:
 * Lionheart: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Snowkit: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Great-Great-Uncles:
 * Patchpelt: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Redtail: Deceased, Verified StarClan member

Great-Great-Aunts:
 * Spottedleaf: Deceased, Verified StarClan Member
 * Willowpelt: Deceased, Suspected StarClan Member

Distant Great-Aunt:
 * Spottedpelt: Deceased, Verified SkyClan ancestor

Cousins:
 * Sandstorm:
 * Darkstripe: Deceased, Verified Place of No Stars member
 * Sootfur: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Rainwhisker: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Sorreltail:
 * Graystripe:
 * Squirrelflight:
 * Leafpool:
 * Molepaw: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member
 * Cinderheart:
 * Honeyfern: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Poppyfrost:
 * Stormfur:
 * Feathertail: Deceased, Verified StarClan and Tribe of Endless Hunting member
 * Briarlight:
 * Blossomfall:
 * Bumblestripe:
 * Lionblaze:
 * Jayfeather:
 * Hollyleaf: Status Unknown
 * Molekit:
 * Cherrykit:

Quotes
Dovepaw: do you know Ivypaw?"

Tigerheart: you mean, did I ever bring her here and risk my life on collapsing logs to impress her? No. There's only one sister I'm interested in."

Dovepaw: It was only a tiny crack. You weren't in any real danger.

Tigerheart: But you cared. I mean, you cared if we were more than just friends, right?

Dovepaw: Yes. I shouldn't, but I do. I didn't use you, I promise I didn't. Okay, I told Blackstar about Jayfeather's herbs, but that doesn't change how I felt about you. How I still feel about you.

- Tigerheart to Dovewing in Sign of The Moon, pg. 80