Dawnstar

Dawnstar is a slender, creamy brown she-cat with green eyes.

Firestar's Quest

 * Dawnstar is an ancient leader of ShadowClan.


 * Dawnstar tells Swiftstar that the Gathering cannot start, because SkyClan wasn't there yet. When Cloudstar asks for territory, Dawnstar refuses, saying that ShadowClan is the biggest Clan than any other, so they need every paw step of ground they have.


 * Much later, Dawnstar appears at Leafstar's leadership ceremony with the other leaders at the time of SkyClan's departure: Swiftstar, Redstar, and Birchstar. She tells Cloudstar that ShadowClan is sorry for their actions. Dawnstar states that the Clans had good reason for what they did, but she regrets that the Clans caused so much suffering for Cloudstar and his Clanmates. Firestar (who is slightly biased against ShadowClan) is astonished that such a graceful she-cat could be leader of ShadowClan, the Clan who seems to be the most troublesome in the forest. He believes that perhaps ShadowClan was different back then, and could change again. Dawnstar gives Leafstar a life for determination, to use to set her paws on the path of what she knows to be right. Dawnstar tells Firestar that the leaders thought they had to drive SkyClan away for the sake of their own Clans, but admits that this idea was a mistake.