Mistakes in the Warriors Series/A Vision of Shadows

The Warriors series is incredibly long, with each book published in a relatively short span of time. As a result, mistakes often appear in the novels, the images, and in the official website devoted to the series. This article documents many of these mistakes in the A Vision of Shadows arc.

The Apprentice's Quest

 * Beetlewhisker is listed, despite having died in The Last Hope.
 * Dustpelt is said to have died in the Great Storm, when he was actually killed by badgers.
 * Alderkit is mistakenly called by his apprentice name shortly before his apprentice ceremony.
 * A sentence is mistakenly typed to read, "Needlepaw gave her ears and impatient flick." instead of "Needlepaw gave her ears an impatient flick."

Thunder and Shadow

 * Larkwing is listed as an apprentice.
 * Once again, Beetlewhisker is listed, despite having died in The Last Hope.
 * Medicine cat is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "medicine-cat," on multiple occasions.
 * Tawnypelt is called the ShadowClan deputy.
 * The word ears is misspelled as eats.
 * Despite Cloudtail being told to guard Furzepelt's body, he is seen back at camp.
 * Juniperpaw is called a she-cat.
 * Twigpaw is called Twigkit twice after recieving her apprentice name.
 * Medicine den is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "medicine-den" on multiple occasions.
 * Wavepaw is mistakenly called a tom on multiple occasions.
 * Brindlepaw is mistakenly called a tom.
 * Twice on one page, Alderheart is called by his apprentice name after being made a full medicine cat.
 * A sentence reads looked confused he stopped when it should have read as looked confused as he stopped.
 * The word beat is misspelled as best.

Shattered Sky

 * Wasptail and Beenose are listed in the allegiances, despite dying in Thunder and Shadow.
 * When Twigpaw is listed in the allegiances, apprentice is spelled with an extra c, so that it reads "Apprenctice" instead.
 * Rain is said to have both of his eyes despite losing one.
 * Beetlewhisker is shown alive despite dying in The Last Hope.
 * Medicine cat is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "medicine-cat."
 * Dovewing is said to have green eyes.
 * Twigpaw is mistakenly called Violetpaw.
 * Snowbird is said to have two kits, despite actually having three.
 * Petalfur is said to be alive despite dying earlier.

Darkest Night

 * Beetlewhisker and Heronwing are listed in the allegiances, despite dying in earlier books.
 * Furthermore, Beetlewhisker is given is own apprentice, Harepaw, despite dying years earlier.
 * Breezepaw is called a brown-and-white she-cat.
 * Violetpaw is called a tom.
 * Showed off is misspelled showned off.
 * Beenose is said to have been pursuaded to leave the kin, despite dying of yellowcough before then.
 * Dewpaw is called a brown tabby.
 * While Rabbitleap is seen helping to free Finpaw from the fallen branch, he is said to have gone hunting, and he is soon after seen in the SkyClan camp.
 * RiverClan's territory is mistakenly said to border ThunderClan's.
 * Larksong is called a gray-and-white tom.
 * Violetpaw and Twigpaw are said to have barely opened their eyes when Pebbleshine went missing. However, when Alderpaw and Needlepaw originally found them, their eyes were still closed.
 * Cloudmist is called tortoiseshell-and-white.
 * Medicine cat is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads "medicine-cat," multiple times.
 * Harestar is called Harespring twice.
 * Hawkwing uses the term summer instead of greenleaf.
 * Ratscar was listed as a "darn brown tom", rather than a dark brown tom.
 * Needletail was mistakenly called a ShadowClan warrior, despite never earning the rank.

River of Fire

 * Shellkit is called a tortoiseshell tom-kit.
 * Millie is called a silver tabby.
 * Fringepaw is called a white she-cat with brown splotches.
 * Finpaw and Twigpaw are listed in SkyClan, despite having left already.
 * Beetlewhisker is listed, despite dying in The Last Hope.
 * Heronwing is listed, despite dying in Shattered Sky.
 * Icewing is said to have blue eyes.
 * Medicine cat is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "medicine-cat," multiple times.
 * Chervil root is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "chervil-root."
 * Blossomfall is called Blossomheart.
 * Burdock root is spelled with a hyphen, so that it reads, "burdock-root."
 * Tree is called a rogue.
 * There is a major inconsistency about what happened to Rippletail and Slatefur; In Tigerheart's Shadow Rippletail is one of the cats that return to ShadowClan, while in River of Fire, he is a kittypet called Buster. He's replaced without explanation in Tigerheart's patrol by Slatefur, whose whereabouts in Darkest Night and Tigerheart's Shadow were unknown.
 * Furthermore, the manga epilogue of Tigerheart's Shadow shows clearly that Slatefur stayed in the Lake Territories, while Rippletail escaped the Kin along Cloverfoot and manage to reunite with Berryheart and Sparrowtail.
 * Jayclaw is called Heronwing multiple times.
 * In River of Fire, he tells Twigpaw that he was an apprentice when Graystripe left to join RiverClan, although in reality he was still a kit.