Carrionplace

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"Stay away from it, more rats than you can imagine live in those heaps, and even experienced warriors think twice before messing with them."

— Deerleap's warning to Yellowpaw about Carrionplace in Yellowfang's Secret, chapter 4

Carrionplace
General information
Twoleg name	North Allerton Amenity Tip
Usage	Twoleg dump, hunting
Book appearances
Books	Tallstar's Revenge,Yellowfang's Secret, Tigerclaw's Fury, Rising Storm, Moonrise, The Ultimate Guide

Carrionplace is a location in ShadowClan's territory in the forest. There Twolegs dump their crow-food, and rats live amongst the heaps of crow-food and pose a threat to warriors.

Description

Located northwest of ShadowClan camp, the Carrionplace poses as a source of prey during rough leaf-bares for the Clan. The place itself is described as downright disgusting due to the Twoleg rubbish piled in heaps. Many strange items can be found in the heaps such as strange black pelts and sharp-edged objects. Rats and white birds can be found around the area, attracted by the shelter the rubbish supplies. The putrid stench of the Carrionplace is also quite notable and is able to smelt fox-lengths away. The edge of Carrionplace is also fenced off.

ShadowClan cats often raid the area for the large rats that live there for prey. This poses a threat to the cats due to injuries they are able to sustain and the infection that often follows. Inside of Carrionplace there are also large, yellow monsters that occupy the area as well.

Known deaths

This is a list of deaths, ordered chronologically, that took place at Carrionplace.

• Cedarstar (eigth life)
• Foxheart
• Nightstar
• Cinderfur
• Unnamed ShadowClan kit

Book mentions

In the The Prophecies Begin arc

Rising Storm

Littlecloud and Whitethroat are discovered on ThunderClan territory by Whitestorm on patrol. They are brought back to ThunderClan camp where Yellowfang tells Bluestar to send them away as they carry a sickness she had seen in ShadowClan.

Yellowfang turns to the two warriors and asks why the elders hadn't warned them not to take the rats from Carrionplace as prey. Littlecloud explains that an apprentice had brought one back and was too young to remember the warning. The tabby warrior also reveals that Nightstar, his deputy, Cinderfur, and an unnamed kit had all died from the rat-bourne sickness.

In The New Prophecy arc

Moonrise

When Firestar argues that the Clans must leave the Forest because of the shortage of prey and the destruction by Twolegs, Blackstar points out that his Clan, ShadowClan, is not in danger, as they can always find food at Carrionplace. However, Cinderpelt reminds Blackstar of the disease that almost killed him and killed many of the ShadowClan cats.

In the Super Editions

Yellowfang's Secret

Shortly after Yellowpaw becomes an apprentice, her mentor, Deerleap, takes her on a tour of the territory and they pass Carrionplace on their travels. Later, a hunting patrol is sent out to hunt rats at the Carrionplace. The cats hunt in pairs and Yellowpaw and Archeye are noted to catch a particularly large one.

Tallstar's Revenge

Talltail finds a pile of stinking bundles, comparing its stench to Carrionplace.

In the Novellas

Tigerclaw's Fury

Coming Soon

In the Field Guides

The Ultimate Guide

During the introduction to ShadowClan, Blackstar mentions that Carrionplace had been a part of their territory that gave the cats rats to eat, and they had to learn to be able to detect whether the rats were tainted or not. On Raggedstar's page, it is mentioned that he had been made Cedarstar's deputy after his plan to trap the rats in Carrionplace had succeeded. On the page shared between Runningnose and his apprentice, Littlecloud, it is said that Littlecloud wanted to become a medicine cat due to Cinderpelt taking care of him and his Clanmate, Whitethroat, when ShadowClan's camp was infected with the Carrionplace Disease.

Trivia

Continuity

The following information is from sources considered non-canon or retconned.

• In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, Carrionplace is described as an evil place where rats live. In Raggedstar's description it is mentioned that due to his bravery, the rats stopped bothering ShadowClan for many moons. It is also stated his deputy, Foxheart, was killed by the rats in a raid. Pebble Heart, the first ShadowClan medicine cat, was the first to discover that the rats were a source of infection and would later himself die of those causes.

See also

• Rat