Brightheart

Brightheart is a white she-cat with ginger splotches all over her body and one green eye. She also has a large scar on one side of her face, leaving her with one empty eye socket and a badly shredded ear on that side.

Into the Wild

 * Brightkit, Thornkit, Brackenkit, and Cinderkit are captured by Clawface. They are later fetched back by a group of ShadowClan cats, Yellowfang, Ashfur, Nightpelt and Dawncloud, plus a ThunderClan patrol. The kits were found by Graypaw and Firepaw. When searching for the kits, Firepaw and Graypaw follow a scent trail, and then smell the kits' blood and stop.

Fire and Ice

 * Brightkit is not shown much in this book, not even mentioned in the allegiances.

Forest of Secrets

 * She, along with her brother Thornpaw, is made an apprentice. Her mentor is Whitestorm. Fireheart remarks on her hunting skills, saying how great a hunter she is.

Rising Storm

 * Fireheart notices that Brightpaw has hunted well, and he asks her whether she took her catch straight to the elders. Brightpaw assures him that she did.


 * When at the Gathering, she is talking to some ShadowClan apprentices about Brokentail, but she does not give anything away.


 * Brightpaw meets Ravenpaw when he comes to tell Fireheart where Cloudpaw was. She goes back to tell Whitestorm where Fireheart and Sandstorm went. She flees the fire to RiverClan territory along with the rest of the Clan.

A Dangerous Path

 * Since Bluestar only made Cloudtail a warrior she and the other apprentices were jealous. She and Swiftpaw thought they could find and drive out the dog pack Tigerstar had brought into the forest. They found the dog pack but they couldn't take them on.
 * Swiftpaw died and Brightpaw was seriously injured; she lost an eye and a good part of her ear came off. Before Cinderpelt nursed her back to health, Bluestar gave her the cruel name of Lostface. After that Cloudtail never left her side.


 * She also lived with the elders for a short amount of time, and forged a close bond with them.


 * She went to meet Cloudtail's mother, Princess, later in the book and feels bad because Princess was scared of her. This caused her to ask to see her reflection. Then, Cloudtail trained her to be a warrior using a special fighting style that meant she only needed one eye.

The Darkest Hour

 * After Bluestar died and Fireheart became leader, Cloudtail kept asking Firestar to change Lostface's name. After questioning One-eye, he performed a rarely used ceremony to change Lostface's name to Brightheart. Firestar allowed her to battle against BloodClan, and soon after let her sleep in the warrior's den, as she was a full warrior.

Firestar's Quest

 * She is seen as a pregnant queen and later gives birth to Cloudtail's kit, Whitekit.

Midnight

 * She is seen in the beginning of the book, on a hunting patrol with Cloudtail and Brambleclaw. Her daughter Whitepaw, is shown as an apprentice along with Squirrelpaw, Leafpaw, Shrewpaw, Spiderpaw, and Sorrelpaw. She is also one of the first cats to notice that Brambleclaw is not in the warrior's den, and is not in camp. However, she doesn't think anything of it, and assumes that he has just gone hunting on his own.

Moonrise

 * She and Cloudtail go missing. Whitepaw is extremely worried because no cat knows what happened to them. It is later revealed that Brightheart and Cloudtail were captured by Twolegs along with Leafpaw, Mistyfoot, and other Clan cats, rogues, and kittypets.

Dawn

 * She and Cloudtail are still being held in the Twoleg cages along with Mistyfoot, Gorsetail, Leafpaw, and some rouges, including Sasha. Whitepaw is still very worried about her mother and father. They are all later rescued by a ThunderClan patrol.

Starlight

 * She moved into the Clan's new home, and helped ThunderClan establish their new camp.

Twilight

 * She was jealous of Daisy because Cloudtail, her mate, spends more time with Daisy than her. She is also hurt when Daisy is startled by her injury. During the book, she argues with Cloudtail repeatedly.


 * She helps Cinderpelt with the medicine cat jobs and Leafpool thinks she was taking her place. When Leafpool leaves, she thinks it was her fault because she was taking up a lot of medicine cat jobs and made Leafpool jealous, but is later reasurred that she did not drive Leafpool away.

Sunset

 * Brightheart decides to help Leafpool with the medicine cat duties after Cinderpelt's death. She later tells Leafpool that she will return to her warrior duties. Leafpool, who was earlier annoyed by Brightheart's help, wishes she would have stayed around to help longer.

The Sight

 * In between the the books The Sight and Sunset, her daughter earns her warrior name, Whitewing. She mentors Jaypaw for a short time before he becomes a medicine cat. Brightheart doesn't take him in the forest much, mainly keeping him in camp to tend to the elders.


 * When Jaypaw becomes a medicine cat she is promised by Firestar that she would get to train one of Ferncloud's kits, but it seems he didn't stay true to his word. It is mentioned that whenever Jaypaw tried to make her understand his new decision, she always changed the subject or made an excuse to leave.


 * When Whitewing tells the Clan of the dogs on WindClan territory, she is asked if they should really go and help out with the dogs. Brightheart thinks about it, but replies saying though they lost much in the past with the dog pack, they can't let that happen again to another Clan. Also when there is a greencough epidemic she helps Jaypaw while Leafpool is fetching catmint from RiverClan.

Dark River

 * When WindClan battles with ThunderClan, she fights with Whitetail.

Outcast

 * When Foxkit and Icekit are going to become apprentices, she is seen discussing the matter with Cloudtail. She also tells Berrypaw that Firestar would never give a cat a mean name, when Berrypaw is worrying that Firestar will name him in regard to his tail by naming him 'Berrystumpytail.'

Eclipse

 * She helps Leafpool with her medicine cat duties, because of all the injured from the battle against WindClan and RiverClan.

Long Shadows

 * Brightheart catches greencough and moves into the abandoned Twoleg nest with the other sick cats. She is one of the cats that watch Firestar lose one of his lives.

Sunrise

 * Brightheart is not mentioned very much in Sunrise, but it is shown she was full of grief for Honeyfern and that she wishes the medicine cats knew a herb for a snakebite. Also her daughter Whitewing gives birth to Birchfall's kits Dovekit and Ivypaw (OTS)Ivykit.

The Fourth Apprentice

 * Since Leafpool left her post of medicine cat, Brightheart had taken to helping Jayfeather with basic injuries and gathering herbs. She is one of the few cats who are sympathetic towards Rainstorm when the RiverClan warrior came to ThunderClan to rest after getting stuck in the mud. She volunteers to collect traveling herbs for Lionblaze and Dovepaw, and waits for Jayfeather to tell her what herbs she would need to find, but then remembers from when she ate them in the old forest.

Secrets of the Clans

 * Brightheart speaks in this book, giving us some insight on what happened when the dogs attacked her and Swiftpaw. She says that when she woke up after she fainted, her face felt frozen on one side.

Cats of the Clans

 * Rock states that Brightheart is truly beautiful on the inside, even if the dogs ripped her face apart.

Members
Mother:
 * Frostfur - Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Brothers:
 * Thornclaw - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Brackenfur - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Sister:
 * Cinderpelt - Deceased (Reincarnated as Cinderheart)

Mate:
 * Cloudtail - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Daughter:
 * Whitewing - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Granddaughters:
 * Dovepaw - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Ivypaw - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Grandmother:
 * Robinwing: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Grandfather:
 * Fuzzypelt: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Aunt:
 * Brindleface - Deceased, Verified StarClan member

Uncles:
 * Ravenpaw Status Unknown
 * Dustpelt : Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Cousins:
 * Ferncloud - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Ashfur - Deceased, Residence Unknown
 * Spiderleg: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Shrewpaw: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Larchkit: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Hollykit: Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Birchfall: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Foxleap: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Icecloud: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Second Cousins:
 * Toadstep: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Rosepetal: Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Nieces:
 * Poppyfrost - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)
 * Honeyfern - Deceased, Verified StarClan member
 * Cinderheart - Living (As of The Fourth Apprentice)

Nephew:
 * Molepaw - Deceased, Suspected StarClan member