Brokenstar

"StarClan will do nothing to stop me, old cat. I have made their Clan glorious! Let them try!"

— Brokenstar taunting Yellowfang in Yellowfang's Secret, page 476

Brokenstar is a lean,^[25] massive,^[26] scarred,^[27] dark brown tabby^[4] tom^[23] with orange eyes.^{[28][note 1]} He has unusually long,^[30] thick,^[31] patchy,^[32] matted,^[33] ragged fur,^[34] a long spine,^[35] broad shoulders,^[36] a scarred,^[32] broad, flat face,^[18] and torn ears.^[25] His tail is bent in the middle like a broken branch.^[18]

He is born as Brokenkit to Yellowfang and Raggedstar, and was named after the bend in his tail, as well as the feeling Yellowfang felt in her heart at the time of his birth. He is the only surviving kit of his litter and is surrendered by his biological mother and fostered by the only queen in the nursery, Lizardstripe. The young kit suffers emotional neglect from Lizardstripe, and is constantly bullied by his foster siblings, Tanglekit, Deerkit, and Runningkit, but the latter stops when Yellowfang reprimands the three siblings for doing so. He is also spoiled by his father, Raggedstar. He becomes an apprentice named Brokenpaw and is under the mentorship of Nightpelt, but often refuses to listen to his mentor, who is frail and sickly, and instigates fights with other cats, including those of his own Clan. He is promoted to a warrior, Brokentail early and becomes the Clan deputy after Cloudpelt dies in battle, despite his young age. He is given his own apprentice, Stumpypaw. Brokentail proceeds to murder his own father to become the leader of ShadowClan, taking the name Brokenstar.

Brokenstar apprentices kits before the age of six moons and forces them to train for battle, and excludes elders from the "safety" of the camp. He exiles his biological mother, Yellowfang, after accusing her of killing Marigoldkit and Mintkit, most likely because he saw her as a threat to his reign as well. After the death of Badgerfang, a tiny apprentice who was killed unnecessarily in battle, various ShadowClan cats begin questioning Brokenstar's leadership.

Yellowfang joins ThunderClan and recruits ShadowClan elders who were ousted by their leader, eventually attacking and driving Brokenstar out of the Clan. The exiled rogue and his followers launch an attack on ThunderClan in revenge, but they are defeated and Brokenstar is blinded by Yellowfang and kept prisoner in ThunderClan, demoted to Brokentail. Even as a blind and injured prisoner, he plots with Tigerclaw and takes part in a battle when Tigerclaw leads Brokentail's rogues to attack ThunderClan's camp in an attempt to kill Bluestar. Eventually, Brokentail is tricked into eating deathberries by his biological mother, who reveals her identity to him at last. He doesn't believe her, but loses his last life regardless.

He becomes one of the unofficial leaders of the Dark Forest, organizing The Great Battle. He assists Breezepelt in attempting to kill Poppyfrost and Jayfeather, but are driven back by Honeyfern. During this time, he mentors Tigerheart within the Place of No Stars, and eventually mentors Blossomfall as well. During the great battle, he murders Ferncloud while raiding the nursery. Afterwards, Yellowfang kills him a second time and wipes out his existence. After Brokenstar's second death, the Dark Forest cats flee, giving the Clans the victory.

History

In the Super Editions

Yellowfang's Secret

Brokenkit is born in secret to the medicine cat of ShadowClan, Yellowfang, and the Clan deputy, Raggedpelt. Due to the fact that his mother is a medicine cat and it is forbidden for them to have mates or kits, Yellowfang breaks those rules and is forced to give birth alone out into the forest. After a long and tough birth, three kits are born, two she-kits and a tom. One she-kit is born dead, and the other dies shortly after birth, though Yellowfang desperately tries to keep her alive, leaving Brokenkit as the only survivor. Since Yellowfang is unable to keep him, she notifies her former mate, Raggedpelt, of the birth of the kit, and they decide to give him to Lizardstripe, the only nursing queen at the time. Lizardstripe gives the two a hard time at first, saying that she doesn't want another mouth to feed, but eventually gives in as she thinks about the place she might have within her Clan if she nurses the Clan deputy's kit.

When Yellowfang tells Lizardstripe her kit's name is Brokenkit, the cats think the name makes sense because Brokenkit has a kink in his tail, making it appear broken. Yellowfang confesses to herself the true reason she named her kit, Brokenkit; that it was the feeling in her chest when she left her other two kits back at the ground, the feeling of her heart being torn into two. As Yellowfang leaves the nursery, she tells StarClan that things will be different - and that Brokenkit is no longer her son. As Yellowfang returns to her duties, Brokenkit usually clouds her mind, and she spends a lot of time worrying about him and how Lizardstripe will treat him. A little while later, Lizardstripe allows her kits to venture out of the nursery for the first time. A majority of the Clan gathers around to watch them, including Brokenkit's real mother. The Clan comments on how Brokenkit is a fine kit, but Yellowfang notices that there isn't any warmth in the praise, assuming that they might not like the fact that they don't know who the real mother of Brokenkit is, although many cats suspect that his true mother is Foxheart, who is in love with Raggedpelt, and others think his mother is a kittypet.

Brokenkit is playing by the boulders with his foster littermates, Deerkit, Tanglekit, and Runningkit. They say that they don't want to play with him because he smells funny and mock him because of his unknown heritage. The kits start to call him badger-stinky, and Yellowfang intervenes, taking Brokenkit with her. Brokenkit complains about his littermates, and Yellowfang tells her kit that she'll inform Lizardstripe of the happenings. Brokenkit pleads her not to, saying that Lizardstripe will only blame her because Lizardstripe dislikes him. Yellowfang thinks this is malarkey, but Brokenkit insists that Lizardstripe does think so, and that he overheard her saying so to Amberleaf. Yellowfang feels bad, and has Brokenkit help her with medicine cat duties. As Brokenkit has moss fall on him and Yellowfang reminds him that a squirrel might think he's a tree, Brokenkit hops up and down, exclaiming that he's a tree. Yellowfang feels happy as they draw to the end of the work needing to be done, wondering if Brokenkit could possibly be her apprentice. However, when she tries to get her son interested in herbs, he scoffs, telling her that the information she's teaching him is useless for a warrior.

Sagewhisker, the medicine cat of ShadowClan, gets mad at Brokenkit for taking her moss, and expects Yellowfang to punish him, but Yellowfang refrains from doing so. His littermates come back and taunt him once more, and Brokenkit, fed up, hits Deerkit in the face and then turns on Yellowfang. She is shocked as Brokenkit tells her that this is all her fault and to leave him alone, then runs off. It is noted that the days afterwards, he avoids the medicine den. Amberleaf and Blizzardwing both share their thoughts on Brokenkit. Blizzardwing thinks that even though he's unlike the other kits, he'll be a fine apprentice, and Yellowfang finds him right. As Yellowfang watches the activity in the camp, she notices Raggedpelt aiding Brokenkit in his fighting moves. She walks over and tells Raggedpelt that Brokenkit is too young to be learning battle moves so early, Raggedpelt snarls at Yellowfang. Yellowfang is stunned.

A couple moons later, after Sagewhisker's death, Brokenkit is apprenticed to Nightpelt, and now called Brokenpaw. The young tabby is resentful of the fact that he is apprenticed to a sickly mentor and often shows contempt for Nightpelt. As an apprentice, Brokenpaw often trains with his claws out and disobeys his mentor. After their first tour of the territory, Brokenpaw demands that Nightpelt show him some battle moves and allow him to train with the warriors. Nightpelt turns him down and Yellowfang implores him to allow Brokenpaw some battle training. Nightpelt refuses her and explains that the tour of the territory had tired him out, and Yellowfang worries that his illness will impede Brokenpaw's training, which would be unfair to Brokenpaw.

Yellowfang confronts Cedarstar about his decision to make Nightpelt Brokenpaw's mentor, but the leader stands by his choice, informing her that he'd deliberately chosen Nightpelt for Brokenpaw's mentor as the young cat needed to learn patience and selflessness. As ShadowClan prepares to depart to Brokenpaw's first Gathering, Yellowfang notes that her son is sitting apart from his mentor, unlike the other apprentices, and is instead standing by Raggedpelt. As the Clan travels to the Gathering, the young apprentice darts away from the group towards the border with ThunderClan, and when called back he explains that he was only checking to make sure no enemies were taking advantage of the gathering to sneak into ShadowClan. This earns him some admiration from the other warriors, though his father tells him to ask before running off next time.

At the hollow, Brokenpaw is the first to run in, completely exploring it before the Clan descends down the slope and attempting to jump onto the Great Rock. This earns a reprimand from Nightpelt. During the gathering, Brokenpaw starts a fight with two WindClan apprentices after accusing them of sneaking into ShadowClan territory via the tunnel under the Thunderpath. He is reprimanded by Cedarstar, who apologizes to Heatherstar for the young cat's actions. When the Gathering ends, Cedarstar ushers the Clan away immediately, stating that Brokenpaw has lost the right to interact with the other Clans for now. This causes Raggedpelt to argue with him, but Cedarstar stands firm in his decision. A few moons later, Tanglepaw comes into Yellowfang's den with claw marks all over her. She tells the medicine cat that Brokenpaw had them training with claws out, which horrifies Yellowfang. Tanglepaw isn't bothered by it, though, explaining that the wounds made her learn faster. Yellowfang asks Nightpelt to try to stop Brokenpaw, but the black cat stiltedly explains that his apprentice would never listen to him.

When Cedarstar passes away and Raggedpelt informs the Clan of this, Brokenpaw is overjoyed, calling out his father's leader name. Raggedpelt allows him to do so for a moment before telling him that he needed to go to the Moonstone before he could be called Raggedstar. When they get back, Deerpaw congratulates Brokenpaw on his father becoming leader. Brokenpaw then boasts that Raggedstar probably wishes he was a warrior so that he could be his deputy. Tanglepaw doubts him, and Fernshade comes up, brushes the tip of her tail over Tanglepaw's shoulder and says that it won't be long if she keeps training like she does.  

Cloudpelt is later named as Raggedstar's deputy. Brokentail is indignant at the news, but Raggedstar states that if anything were to happen to Cloudpelt, Brokentail would be his next deputy. Cloudpelt later dies from wounds inflicted by a border dispute. As promised, Brokentail is made ShadowClan's deputy. Both of his parents have visions of kits fighting, and Raggedstar says that he should have never made Brokentail his deputy. When Raggedstar asks Yellowfang what to do, Yellowfang snarls that he made it very clear that Brokentail was never her son.

Brokentail rushes to camp, claiming that their leader had been killed by WindClan. Yellowfang investigates, and finds that all of his lives had been drained at once. Brokentail mourns him, saying that he would not go to the moonstone and leave his father's body in the cold. He later agrees to go, however, for the sake of the Clan. 

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Bluestar's Prophecy

Brokenpaw is mentioned as a new ShadowClan apprentice at a Gathering by Bluestar of ThunderClan. She also says that he got in a fight with two RiverClan apprentices, breaking the truce, until Oakheart, a RiverClan warrior, broke it up. When Cedarstar orders Brokenpaw to help the elders for the next moon, Raggedpelt was said to have been be furious, and Leopardfoot shakes her head, stating that ShadowClan cats are turning into a bunch of fox-hearts.

Bramblestar's Storm

Brokenstar is mentioned by Dewpaw to have killed Ferncloud in the battle against the Dark Forest. Dustpelt is seen trying to save Ferncloud from Brokenstar's claws in his dreams.

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In The Prophecies Begin arc

Into the Wild

Brokenstar is first seen at a Gathering with the rest of his Clan. During the Gathering, ThunderClan cats notice how small the ShadowClan apprentices are, which later turns out to be because Brokenstar forced kits as young as three moons into their apprenticeship, and sent them out as warriors at five moons, a whole moon earlier than they should even begin their apprenticeship.

When it is time for the leaders to speak, Brokenstar tells the other present Clans, ThunderClan and RiverClan, that ShadowClan needs more territory to feed their hungry kits. He tells them how WindClan declined this and in the end they had no choice but to drive them out of their land, and threatens to do the same to the others. He asks Crookedstar and Bluestar for hunting rights on their land. Crookedstar has already allowed ShadowClan rights to the river in RiverClan territory without consulting his Clanmates, while Bluestar decides to discuss it with her Clan first. Brokenstar tells the other Clans that he had exiled a dangerous cat who attacked ShadowClan apprentices. Some ThunderClan cats believed this to be Yellowfang, who was currently a prisoner of ThunderClan, and was ShadowClan's former medicine cat.

Brokenstar later sends out Clawface to ThunderClan, who steals Frostfur's four kits and kills Spottedleaf, the ThunderClan medicine cat, when she tries to stop him. Shortly after, Yellowfang also disappears from camp, making ThunderClan believe she took the kits and ran back to ShadowClan. Firepaw and Graypaw go looking for Yellowfang on Bluestar's orders. They find Yellowfang alone on ShadowClan territory, trying to find the stolen kits and return them. Yellowfang tells them that Brokenstar brought her two dead kits, who bore the wounds of full warriors; he had killed them during training. When their mother, Brightflower, came looking for them, Brokenstar told her he had found Yellowfang standing over their bodies, and exiled the medicine cat.

When Firepaw, Graypaw, and Yellowfang lead a ThunderClan patrol, and the other ShadowClan cats in a rebellion against him, Brokenstar reveals in a fight with Yellowfang that he killed his father Raggedstar to gain control of ShadowClan, and falsely blamed it on a patrol from a rival Clan. Yellowfang is devastated. He tells Yellowfang that Raggedstar was soft, like she was. The rebelling cats drive Brokenstar and the warriors that were loyal to him out of the Clan, before they leave, Brokenstar hisses threats at Firepaw, telling him that it isn't over.

Fire and Ice

Brokenstar and his gang of rogues are mentioned at a Gathering, where Tigerclaw accuses ShadowClan of invading their territory. Nightstar is furious at the accusation, he tells Tigerclaw that it was Brokenstar's rogues who have been scented, not their warriors. Tigerclaw does not believe him.

Later on, Brokenstar and the other rogues who fled with him come back to ThunderClan camp to ambush them again, trying to lure the ThunderClan cats away by using prey bones to make it seem as if ShadowClan cats stole their prey. Fireheart, the only full warrior there at the time, quickly organizes a defense against them, and a battle ensues.

All of the rogues flee except for Clawface, who is killed by Graystripe, and Brokenstar, whose eyes are clawed by Yellowfang, blinding him. He is seen wailing pitifully, struggling on the floor in agony. Fireheart asks Yellowfang why she hadn't killed Brokentail when she had the chance, and she admits to having a forbidden relationship with Raggedstar, which, as a result, produced three kits, two of which died soon after their birth. She also said she thought her punishment was not that two of her kits died, but that Brokentail had survived, she tells Fireheart that she must accept what StarClan has done to her as a punishment, and that she cannot kill him.

The warriors return from their battle patrol, firing questions at Bluestar about the attack. Tigerclaw asks Bluestar if Brokenstar was dead, and she explains that Yellowfang is tending to his wounds. Tigerclaw is shocked, and he snarls that they shouldn't waste time tending to his wounds, when she should kill him now. Yellowfang walks out of the den and tells the two senior warriors that they can discuss about the blind warrior now. Yellowfang tells Bluestar that they shouldn't kill Brokenstar, or StarClan might view them as low as Brokenstar is. Bluestar asks Yellowfang if Brokenstar really was blind, and if he was injured badly. When she receives the answer, she then decides to keep him prisoner and to call him by his warrior name, Brokentail, stating that he is no longer a leader in the sight of StarClan.

Forest of Secrets

After his defeat, Brokentail remains a prisoner of ThunderClan, much to the fury of the other Clans, who believe that Brokentail should have been killed for his crimes against them. In spite of the political unrest caused by this, Bluestar's decision that Brokentail be treated with compassion is unwavering. Although Bluestar intends to keep Brokentail's presence in ThunderClan a secret from the other Clans, Swiftpaw unwisely tells several ShadowClan apprentices during a Gathering, and word soon spreads among the enemy Clan. Furious, Nightstar and Tallstar demand that Bluestar either kill or abandon Brokentail at once. Nightstar reminds the others of what atrocities Brokentail had committed before.

When ThunderClan refuses to comply, WindClan and ShadowClan launch an attack on ThunderClan, intending to infiltrate the camp and try to kill Brokentail themselves. ThunderClan fight back fiercely, and drive the attacking cats from their territory, saving an ungrateful Brokentail from their wrath.

Not long after, Tigerclaw attempts to murder Bluestar and attack ThunderClan with the help of Brokentail and his old followers. It is apparent that he had been planning this attack with Brokentail, and Yellowfang comes to the sad realization that as long as her son is alive, ThunderClan could never be safe. After the attack, she tells him that she was giving him herbs for his pain, which are actually deathberries. When he is rude to her, she tells him to have more respect for his kin, and he laughs and says he has none. Yellowfang tells him she is his mother when he is eating the deathberries.

When he receives this news, Brokentail panics and, within moments, dies, losing his final life. Yellowfang does not know that Fireheart witnessed this murder, and he pretends to believe her when she tells him that Brokentail had died from his wounds.

Rising Storm

Runningnose tells Fireheart that Nightstar never received his nine lives from StarClan. Runningnose thinks it was because Brokenstar was still alive as a prisoner in ThunderClan and by the time Nightstar found out Brokenstar was dead, he was too weak to travel to Highstones.

In The New Prophecy arc

Sunset

It is revealed that Brokenstar lives in the Place of No Stars when Darkstripe scents him among the trees. Tigerstar tells Darkstripe that Brokenstar won't answer him, as all the cats who live in the Dark Forest walk alone.

In the Omen of the Stars arc

The Fourth Apprentice

A warrior from the Dark Forest is present at the Moonpool when Jayfeather confronts Poppyfrost. His name is not mentioned, but it is suggested that it was Brokenstar, because the cat was dark brown with a crooked tail. This is later confirmed when he is taunted, later on, for failing to silence Jayfeather. He fights alongside Breezepelt when the WindClan warrior attempts to kill Jayfeather and Poppyfrost, and they bat him back and forth. He is fought off when Honeyfern appears from StarClan to help Jayfeather.

Later, he is seen with Tigerstar and Hawkfrost by Lionblaze and Jayfeather, looking at Poppyfrost's kits after they are born.

Fading Echoes

Brokenstar harshly criticizes Hawkfrost and Breezepelt while they are training. In return, he gets sneered at by Hawkfrost for his failed attempt to silence Jayfeather. Brokenstar defends himself by saying he did not expect StarClan to fight so hard to save the medicine cat. In response, Hawkfrost tells him to never underestimate his enemy. As the cats discuss Crowfeather, Brokenstar swishes his tail in the air, demanding Breezepelt what his father ever did to defend him. While he does so, his voice is laced with bitterness from his possible memories. After Tigerstar feeds Breezepelt's hunger for vengeance, Brokenstar pushes forward and tells Breezepelt that he was a noble warrior and couldn't live a life spawned on lies.

When Spottedleaf, Jayfeather, and Yellowfang are traveling through the Dark Forest, Brokenstar spots them. He clearly holds contempt for his mother, Yellowfang, and glares icily at her. Spottedleaf steps forwards and questions him about training the Clan cats by the lake. He acts as though he doesn't know what they are talking about.

He offers that they have a look around his home, once they accept that no cats were being trained there. Spottedleaf accepts, and starts to step forward, but Brokenstar blocks her way. He refuses her entry unless he is also able to visit StarClan's hunting grounds. Yellowfang refuses, and he turns away, saying they cannot come farther in to the Dark Forest. As the StarClan cats began to walk back, he fades into the mist, not stopping them when they proceed.

Night Whispers

During a Dark Forest Gathering, Ivypaw notices Brokenstar, shadowy and still beneath a boulder.

After Tigerstar has made his announcement, Brokenstar comes over to her, seeming to single her out of the crowd. He says he has a special mission for her, and tells her to follow him. When Ivypaw does so, Brokenstar sees Darkstripe is too, he snaps at the dark tabby to go away.

When he skulks away, Brokenstar tests Ivypaw on her climbing skills and fighting skills. He comments on how fast she is, and compliments her defensive moves. A confused Flametail then appears as Ivypaw wonders about her special mission. Suddenly, Brokenstar orders her to kill him. When she hesitates, he sneers, calling her naive because she thinks she cannot kill Flametail for he is already dead. Ivypaw is alarmed, and tells Brokenstar she won’t kill him. He then threatens her with taunts about her loyalty to the Dark Forest. Conflicted, Ivypaw decides to defend her loyalty and she leaps towards Flametail just when Tigerheart appears to stop her. Tigerstar skulks from the shadows, unexpectedly ending the scene. He soothes Brokenstar’s blood-rage, telling him that Flametail is harmless. Brokenstar asks about Ivypaw’s loyalty, questioning her devotion to the Dark Forest, but Tigerstar says that Ivypaw is loyal, and will fight with the Dark Forest when the time comes.

Sign of the Moon

Brokenstar interrupts one of Hawkfrost's training bouts by bringing another cat as a new recruit with him and to Ivypool's shock, it is Blossomfall, Graystripe's daughter and a warrior of ThunderClan. Brokenstar welcomes her as a new apprentice of the Dark Forest.

The Forgotten Warrior

During one of Ivypool's visits to the Dark Forest, Brokenstar calls together the cats in the Dark Forest. Ivypool emerges into a clearing filled with tree trunks and sees Brokenstar standing on the topmost trunk, with Tigerstar and Mapleshade standing on two lower trunks, as well as a few cats that Ivypool doesn't recognize. Brokenstar informs the cats of the Dark Forest that the final battle is coming soon and tells them to wait for his signal.

Ivypool goes to see Brokenstar to ask him about becoming a Dark Forest warrior. Maggottail calls Ivypool small, but Brokenstar tells him to be quiet. Then Brokenstar summons Antpelt. He tells Ivypool that if she kills him, she will be a warrior of the Dark Forest. When Ivypool does as she is told, he calls her a true Dark Forest cat. However, he refuses to tell her when the final battle will be after he is asked. When Ivypool says she just proved her loyalty, he says she should have been loyal already.

The Last Hope

As the Dark Forest cats reveal the final battle to some of the chosen Clan cats in the Dark Forest, Beetlewhisker appears horrified and politely states that he would like leave the Dark Forest, for his heart belongs to his Clan. Brokenstar, enraged, kills him as an example to the other cats what would happen if they wanted to leave.

During the final battle, he drags Ferncloud out of the nursery by her neck and sinks his teeth into her throat, thus killing her. When Firestar notices, he turns and snarls at the leader, saying that he's too late. He then growls that he would shred Firestar until there was nothing left of him to join StarClan.

Yellowfang runs to Brokenstar and sinks her teeth into his throat, snapping the bone in his neck, killing him for the second and final time, and causing him to fade away. Brokenstar's death causes the majority of the Dark Forest to retreat.

In the A Vision of Shadows arc

Thunder and Shadow

When Yellowfang visits Alderpaw at the Moonpool, the apprentice recognizes the StarClan she-cat from the stories he had heard of her, as the brave she-cat who had killed her own son to save her Clan.

River of Fire

Brokenstar is briefly mentioned by his mother, Yellowfang, when she compares the aforementioned leader's leadership to Rowanclaw's.

In the Field Guides

Secrets of the Clans

Brokenkit is the only surviving kit of Yellowfang and Raggedstar's litter. He has two littermates, but when they both die soon after their birth she thinks it is a punishment from StarClan. They are buried near the dead log that the three of them were born in. Yellowfang says that she sees rage and hatred in Brokenkit's face, even though he is only a kit. Yellowfang thinks it is a punishment from StarClan, because she broke the warrior code by having kits when she is a medicine cat. Since Yellowfang is a medicine cat, she can't reveal that she is Brokenkit's mother. For that reason, she gives him to a nursing queen named Lizardstripe. Lizardstripe tries to turn her down, but Raggedstar forces her to nurse Brokenkit, reminding her that it is a huge honor to raise the Clan leader's kit. Yellowfang had hoped to steer his paws in the right direction as he grew, but becomes worried when she realizes that such an ambitious queen would be raising him. Every ShadowClan cat suspects that Raggedstar's deputy at the time, Foxheart, is Brokenkit's mother because of her secrecy and closeness to Raggedstar. Foxheart dies without confirming or denying that Brokenkit was her kit. Brokenkit's tail is bent down the middle, like a broken branch. Yellowfang says every cat would think that that was where he got his name, but she actually named him that because her heart "felt like it was being torn in two" when she had to give him up.

When Brokentail becomes a warrior, Raggedstar chooses him as his third deputy after Foxheart's successor, Cloudpelt, died. Brokentail killed Raggedstar and became the leader of ShadowClan, while claiming that his father was killed in an ambush from another Clan when he went out at night alone. Brokenstar weakened the Clan by concentrating on battle, apprenticing kits as early as three moons old, and making the Clan eat crow-food instead of fresh-kill because warriors were used for fighting, not hunting. Brokenstar was listed as a significant leader of ShadowClan and was described as a cold, ambitious, cruel, ruthless, heartless, and murderous tom.

Cats of the Clans

Rock senses Blossomkit flinch at the mere mention of Brokenstar's name, since he was the leader that forced her into early apprenticeship and got her killed in battle. Rock mentions that queens aren't exaggerating for once when they frighten kits with his stories. Even his birth was forbidden by the warrior code, and Rock says that StarClan's hearts must have sunk when Yellowfang fell in love with Raggedstar. He says that Brokenstar saw aggressiveness as the only way to prove himself, because after his birth, he had been nursed by Lizardstripe, who never failed to make sure he knew he was not one of her kits and clearly her least favorite. He killed Raggedstar, thinking he could become leader and prove he was the greatest warrior that had ever lived. But as leader, his reign was filled with blood. He was jealous of ThunderClan's prey-rich territory, so after driving WindClan from their home he ambushed ThunderClan, hoping to take over ThunderClan territory. Even when he was blinded and a prisoner, he continued to plot with Tigerstar, then Tigerclaw, until his mother Yellowfang was forced to kill him by feeding him three deathberries, which Fireheart secretly witnessed. Rock says it is fitting that he did not get to die a warrior's death and Yellowfang avenged Blossomkit and all the other cats that were hurt by his evil actions.

Code of the Clans

He is not seen in this book, only mentioned in The Smallest Warrior by Flintfang when he is thinking about the upcoming battle with WindClan. He is also mentioned when Flintfang knows he had failed his leader by letting his apprentice die. Brokenstar would make sure every cat in ShadowClan knew about his failure.

When Badgerpaw is dying, he hopes that Brokenstar and Fernshade, his mother, are proud of him.

Battles of the Clans

Tigerstar mentions him when he talks of how WindClan was driven out; Brokenstar was able to defeat them with a single patrol by rushing down into the hollow and trapping the warriors in their dens before they knew what was happening.

Nightwhisper spots Brokenstar attacking his guard, Dustpelt, when Tigerclaw's rogues attacked the ThunderClan camp. He had heard about him earlier from Tigerclaw, and had mistaken him to be a noble and brave cat.

The Ultimate Guide

He plays a major role on Yellowfang's page. Yellowfang’s life was a quest of loyalty, to ShadowClan, her medicine cat duties, to Brokenstar she bore in secret then to ThunderClan. When Brokenstar became ShadowClan’s leader and made kits fight at a young age, Yellowfang’s loyalty to what she knew was right led Brokenstar to exile her and force her to ThunderClan. Yellowfang blamed herself for Brokenstar’s brutality and when he was finally defeated during a raid Yellowfang persuaded Bluestar to let Brokenstar stay, blinded and captive. When Yellowfang discovered that Brokenstar had plotted with Tigerstar and rogues against the Clan, she fed him deathberries.

He appears on Raggedstar's page. Only one of Raggedstar’s kits survived, an angry tom with a crooked tail who soon became Brokenstar. Raggedstar raised him to be fierce to fight back against the teasing of having no mother. He was desperately proud and made Brokentail deputy as soon as possible but even Raggedstar’s ambition paled beside Brokentail’s desire for power. Raggedstar realized his son was training cats to kill. He confessed he made a terrible mistake appointing Brokentail as deputy and tried to stop his violent training. He was ambushed and killed by Brokentail, blaming WindClan trespassers for his death.

It is mentioned on Sagewhisker’s page that she died before she had to witness Brokenstar’s cruel rule. Yellowfang gave Brokenkit up to Lizardstripe to raise him. Sagewhisker kept Yellowfang distracted so she doesn’t have to see her son. He appears on Runningnose’s and Littlecloud’s page. Runningnose’s life became much harder when Yellowfang was forced out of the clan, leaving him in the grip of Brokenstar’s rule. Runningnose’s heart broke for every life lost in Brokenstar’s quest to conquer his enemies. Even when he was captured by ThunderClan, he still made Runningnose’s life hard. He still had his final life despite not being in ShadowClan so StarClan would not accept Nightstar as leader. Littlecloud was born during Brokenstar’s rule.

Brokenstar has his own page. He was born in secret to Yellowfang, ShadowClan medicine cat and raised by Lizardstripe. Brokenstar walked a twisted path from birth. He was determined to prove he was the strongest, bravest and most ferocious since he opened his eyes. He quickly became deputy to his father, Raggedstar and then killed him so he could become leader himself, knowing he is sending his own father to StarClan. At the head of ShadowClan, he oversaw a reign of terror, attacking WindClan and training kits too young. After Yellowfang’s exile, he continued his bloodthirsty rule, driving out WindClan and planning to take over ThunderClan too. He overextended himself and underestimated them, ending up blind and captive in ThunderClan camp. Yellowfang grudgingly took care of him. When Brokenstar plotted to launch an attack on ThunderClan camp, Yellowfang herself took it upon herself to end his life. Being fed with deathberries, Brokenstar was told who kitted him, and how he brought destruction upon himself. Brokenstar continued to rage against the clans from the Dark Forest. In the final battle, he was killed once again by Yellowfang, breaking his neck and sending him away from the Clans forever.

He appears on Nightstar’s page. Nightpelt is appointed as his mentor but Brokenpaw had no patience and saw him as weak and cowardly and sought training from Raggedpelt instead. Nightpelt became an elder soon after Brokentail became a warrior. Brokenstar’s bloodthirsty rule stirred Nightpelt into action. When Brokenstar was captured, Nightpelt put himself forward as leader. He was dismayed that StarClan still recognized Brokenstar as ShadowClan’s leader and won’t give Nightstar the nine lives. It is mentioned on Tigerstar’s page that he plotted with Brokenstar to launch a direct attack on ThunderClan’s camp. He is mentioned on Tigerstar’s nine lives that Nightstar was refused nine lives because Brokenstar was still alive. Tigerclaw responded that they know Brokenstar is no longer alive.

In the Novellas

Dovewing's Silence

Dustpelt angrily, after the Dark Forest battle, says Ferncloud should never have been left to fight Brokenstar alone, which resulted in her death.

Trivia

Interesting facts

• His mother, Yellowfang, named him Brokenkit because of the way she felt having left him, but also knowing that every cat would think it is because of his broken-like tail.^[37]
• He has kittypet blood through his grandfather, Hal.^[38]
• Brokenstar's greatest fear is a lack of respect for him from other cats.^[39]
• Both times Brokenstar died, Yellowfang was responsible for his death.^[8][1]

Mistakes

• He is mistakenly described with a black pelt multiple times.^{[40][34][41][42]}
• He has been mistakenly called Brokentail instead of Brokenstar.^[43][44]
• In Cats of the Clans, Rock stated that Brokenstar was unaware of the fact that Raggedstar was his father.^[5] However, in Yellowfang's Secret, Brokenstar is raised knowing who his father is.^[45] Oddly, the dialogue in the manga at the end of Yellowfang's Secret, when Brokenstar is killed remains the same as it was in Forest of Secrets, with Yellowfang revealing to him that he killed his own father as if he is unaware of his paternal heritage.^[46]
• He was mistakenly called a female on the Warrior Cats website family tree.^[47]
• In Secrets of the Clans, Raggedstar is the ShadowClan leader when Brokenkit is born,^[37] but he is the deputy in Yellowfang's Secret at the time.^[source?]
• There are a few inconsistencies with his first Gathering during Bluestar's Prophecy and Yellowfang's Secret.
  • In Bluestar's Prophecy, Brokenpaw starts a fight with two RiverClan apprentices,^[48] but in Yellowfang's Secret, he starts a fight between two WindClan apprentices.^[49]
  • Leopardfoot said that Cedarstar assigned Brokenpaw to clean the elders' den for the next moon in Bluestar's Prophecy,^[7] but Yellowfang's Secret doesn't show that happening; even if it did happen, it would have been away from Fourtrees, where she couldn't have heard the punishment, as ShadowClan left as soon as the Gathering was over.^[50]
• His mentor is mistakenly said to have been Raggedstar,^[21] when it was actually Nightpelt.^[11]

Character pixels

Please do not edit this gallery Apprentice Version Deputy Version Rogue Version Elder Version Alternate Elder Version Dark Forest Resident Version Alternate Dark Forest Resident Version

Official art

Please do not edit this gallery Brokenstar in The Ultimate Guide

Kin

Members

Mother:

Yellowfang:^[37] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Father:

Raggedstar:^[51] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Sisters:

Hopekit:^[37] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Wishkit:^[37] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Foster mother:

Lizardstripe:^[52] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Foster brothers:

Runningnose:^[53] Deceased, verified StarClan member

Deerfoot:^[53] Living (As of Tigerclaw's Fury)

Foster sister:

Tangleburr:^[53] Living (As of Tigerclaw's Fury)

Trees

Genetic

    = Male

    = Female

    = Gender Unknown

Foster

    = Male

    = Female

    = Gender Unknown

Quotes

Ceremonies

Brokenpaw's apprentice ceremony
Cedarstar: Nightpelt, you are an intelligent and dedicated warrior. I know that you will do your best to pass on these qualities to Brokenpaw. Everyone: Brokenpaw! Brokenpaw! Reference: Yellowfang's Secret, page 354

Brokentail's warrior ceremony

Raggedstar: I am proud of my Clan. You are all I could have hoped for as a leader. With warriors like these, I could fight any battle! And there will be a new warrior today. Brokenpaw, step forward. Nightpelt: Raggedstar, Brokenpaw hasn't completed his final assessments yet. Raggedstar: I know a cat who is ready to be a warrior when I see one. I, Raggedstar, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Brokenpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your own life? Brokenpaw: I do. Raggedstar: Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Brokenpaw, from this moment you will be known as Brokentail - but let no cat see this as a sign of weakness. You are one of the strongest cats I have ever known, and I look forward to fighting alongside you! StarClan honors your courage and your fighting skills, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan. Everyone: Brokentail! Brokentail! Reference: Yellowfang's Secret, pages 382-383

Brokentail's deputy ceremony

Raggedstar: Cats of ShadowClan! We have lost Cloudpelt and we grieve for him. But the life of the Clan must continue. It is time to appoint a new deputy. I say these words before the body of Cloudpelt, and in the presence of the spirits of my ancestors, that they may hear and approve my choice. Brokentail will be the new deputy of ShadowClan. True, Brokentail is still younger than most of you, but ShadowClan has never had a braver or more skillful warrior. He is an example to us all, and it will be a great honor to lead the Clan with him. Reference: Yellowfang's Secret, page 416

Brokenstar's leader ceremony
Cedarstar: I give you a life to live by the warrior code. Remember it well, Brokentail, and let it be your guide. Wiser cats than you or I have lost their way without it. Stonetooth: I give you a life for duty. Remember what you owe your Clan as well as what your Clan owes to you. Dawnstar: I give you a life for honor. Honor is expected from all cats, but most of all, from a Clan leader. Use the honor of leadership carefully. Skinny gray tom: I give you a life for truth. Without it, kin is set against kin, Clan against Clan. Hold fast to truth in all your dealings and let it guide your words. Lizardfang: I give you a life for judgement. ShadowClan stands at a place where the path ahead divides. choose to follow the right path, for the good of your Clan. Brokentail's sister: I give you the life for love of kin. And as a Clan leader, remember that every Clan cat is your kin. Small brown tabby she-cat: I give you a life for clear sight. Brokentail, know yourself and your destiny, but know too that destiny can be changed if you choose the right path. Plump black-and-white tom: I give you a life for strength. This is the time you and your Clan will stand or fall. You need to be stronger than ever. Sagewhisker: Brokentail, I give you a life for compassion. Use it to shelter the weakest in your Clan, the kits and the elders and the sick. Use it to show mercy to your enemies and to choose the path your paw steps will follow. StarClan: Brokenstar! Brokenstar!
Reference: Yellowfang's Secret, pages 445-449

Leader info

v • d • e Leader info

v • d • e Nine Lives Life Given by Gift How it was lost Cedarstar Stonetooth Dawnstar Skinny gray tom Lizardfang Brokenstar's sister Small brown tabby she-cat Plump black-and-white tom Sagewhisker Living by the warrior code Duty Honor Truth Judgement Love of kin Clear sight Strength Compassion Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Killed by Yellowfang in Fire and Ice Died of wounds received in the battle against ThunderClan in Forest of Secrets Died from deathberry poisoning in Forest of Secrets v • d • e Deputies Name From To Blackfoot Yellowfang's Secret Into the Wild

Notes

1. ↑ Brokenstar was blinded prior to his death, and regained his sight in the Dark Forest.^[29]

References and citations

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Revealed in The Last Hope, page 318
2. ↑ Revealed on Kate's official blog
3. ↑ Revealed in Sunset, page 3
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Revealed in Into the Wild, allegiances
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Revealed in Cats of the Clans, page 34
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Revealed in Fire and Ice, allegiances
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 447
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 294
9. ↑ Revealed in The Last Hope, chapter 26
10. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 324
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 354
12. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, pages 382-383
13. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 416
14. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 449
15. ↑ Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 276
16. ↑ Revealed in The Last Hope, page 10
17. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 399
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3} Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 64
19. ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 17
20. ↑ Revealed in Sign of the Moon, page 131
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1} Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 63
22. ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 141
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1} Revealed in Into the Wild, page 98
24. ↑ Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 238
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1} Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 263
26. ↑ Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 229
27. ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 290
28. ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, chapter 12
29. ↑ Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 269
30. ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 140
31. ↑ Revealed in The Last Hope, page 11
32. ↑ ^{32.0 32.1} Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 80
33. ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 262
34. ↑ ^{34.0 34.1} Revealed in Fading Echoes, page 3
35. ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 18
36. ↑ Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 265
37. ↑ ^{37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4} Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 71
38. ↑ ^{38.0 38.1} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, pages 100-101
39. ↑ Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
40. ↑ Revealed in Fading Echoes, page 225
41. ↑ Revealed in Battles of the Clans, page 110
42. ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 19
43. ↑ Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 220
44. ↑ Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 227
45. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 341
46. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page manga
47. ↑ http://www.warriorcats.com/meet-the-warriors/family-trees/new-prophecy
48. ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 477
49. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 368
50. ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 369
51. ↑ Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 67
52. ↑ Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 70
53. ↑ ^{53.0 53.1 53.2} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, pages 341-342
54. ↑ ^{54.0 54.1} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 467
55. ↑ ^{55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, allegiances
56. ↑ ^{56.0 56.1} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 473
57. ↑ ^{57.0 57.1 57.2} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 418
58. ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 205
59. ↑ ^{59.0 59.1} Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 396
60. ↑ ^{60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.5 60.6 60.7} Revealed on the Warriors website family tree
61. ↑ ^{61.0 61.1 61.2} Revealed in Dark River, page 21
62. ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, pages 347-348
63. ↑ ^{63.0 63.1} Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow, pages 185-186
64. ↑ ^{64.0 64.1} Revealed in Shattered Sky, pages 114-115
65. ↑ Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow, page 186