Cinderfur

Cinderfur is a thin gray tom with thorn-sharp teeth.

Into the Wild

 * Cinderfur is one of the several ShadowClan elders who were outcasts during Brokenstar's leadership. Like the other elders, he is slowly starving to death, only eating when he manages to find some scraps of crow-food.


 * Though Cinderfur is never mentioned by name, he is assumed to have joined in the attack against the ShadowClan leader, Brokenstar, with his Clanmates, Nightpelt, Dawncloud, Ashfur, and a ThunderClan patrol consisting of Firepaw, Graypaw, Yellowfang, Whitestorm, Darkstripe, Mousefur, and Willowpelt. They successfully drive Brokenstar and his followers out of ShadowClan territory and regain control over their Clan.

Fire and Ice

 * Cinderfur doesn't appear formally, but he is revealed to be the cat chosen to become ShadowClan's deputy when Nightpelt becomes Clan leader. This is unusual, since deputies were rarely chosen from cats as old as Cinderfur.

Forest of Secrets

 * When ThunderClan is forced to travel through a strip of ShadowClan's territory to attend a Gathering because of a flooded stream in their territory, ShadowClan stops and challenges them. Cinderfur stands near the front of his Clan's Gathering patrol, and accuses them of spying. Tigerclaw contemptuously asks how they could spy on anything when they were nowhere near their camp. Cinderfur growls, and tells Nightstar to give the word to attack. Both sides prepare to lunge at each other, but Nightstar doesn't give the order, saying that he wanted ThunderClan at this Gathering, much to their bewilderment. Cinderfur respects his leader's order, and backs down, a sign of his respect and loyalty for Nightstar.

Rising Storm

 * Whitethroat and Littlecloud tell Fireheart and Sandstorm they feared Nightstar would die from the sickness when there was no cat to take his place as leader. Fireheart prompts them about Cinderfur, but they ignore him. It's assumed by Fireheart that either Cinderfur was too old to become Clan leader, or he had already died.


 * At a Gathering, Whitestorm asks if Cinderfur was going to represent ShadowClan after Nightstar is revealed to be dead, but Runningnose tells them he had been one of the first to become ill and die.

A Dangerous Path

 * Tigerstar, ShadowClan's new leader, explains Nightstar had been too weak to appoint a new cat in Cinderfur's place and died without a deputy, leaving ShadowClan without a leader up until Tigerstar's arrival.