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Code of the Clans

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
"As you've heard, we are not always perfect, but we have a great deal of faith in our warrior ancestors. The code lives in us in our heartbeat, the blood pulsing beneath our fur. When we die, the code carries on in our kits, and their kits, for all the moons to come. StarClan willing, the code of the Clans will live forever, until the forest and the lake have turned to dust and our hunting grounds are no more."
— Leafpool concluding the reader's time with her in Code of the Clans, page 156



Code of the Clans is the third Warriors Field Guide. It features exclusive short stories about the creation of the warrior code.

Dedication[]

For Mr. Pugh, with love
Special Thanks to Victoria Holmes

Bookjacket[]

The front flap[]

The secrets behind the warrior code will finally be revealed....
  • An ominous sign from StarClan that signaled the need to patrol borders.
  • The unexpected help from a warrior ancestor that cemented the importance of elders.
  • A secret coup that led to a deputy's new role.
  • A medicine cat's pleas that stopped a spree of interClan bloodshed.
- And many more never-before-told stories!

Back cover[]

LIVE BY THE WARRIOR CODE...
The warrior Clans have embraced the warrior code for as long as any living cat can remember. Now, for the first time, discover the secrets behind the code: What was the origin of the code? Which cats decreed the legendary laws? Which laws failed to become part of the code? All this and more will be revealed in CODE OF THE CLANS!

Detailed plot description[]

Though it has no real plot, Code of the Clans contains a lot of information that is not revealed in the main arc books. It starts with the story of the dawn of the Clans, and goes on to explain how in the beginning, the cats divided themselves up based on their prey preferences. During the early times of the Clans, there were no borders. Each of the Clans respective hunting grounds contained suitable prey that would satisfy their tastes. They rarely ever meet, only if they happened to be tracking the same piece of prey.
Leafpool narrates the story which includes explanations of how all the laws of the warrior code were created, why they were created, laws that were not accepted as part of the code, examples of cats breaking the warrior code or following it, and short stories from different cats who narrate on what they think of the different Codes.
There are also short stories from other cats who talk on subjects close to them such as Sandstorm confessing her love for Firestar, Tallstar explaining his choosing of Onewhisker for leader of WindClan, Cloudstar and the exiled SkyClan, and Whitestorm teaching a group of young apprentices about guarding the ThunderClan border. There is also a story explaining how to act during a warrior vigil, narrated by Squirrelflight.
For a comprehensive list of events from each story, see the cliffnotes.

Trivia[]

Author statements[]

  • When asked why she made Leafpool the narrator, Victoria Holmes stated that she is calm and wise and "seemed like the kind of cat with connections to all the ancestors who were involved in the making of the code."[3]

Mistakes[]

  • Squirrelflight's Words of Wisdom has Squirrelflight telling of when she had her warrior vigil. However, this cannot be true, because Squirrelflight never had a vigil, due to her being given her warrior name while all four Clans were gathered up on the hill during Starlight.[4]
  • Although The Vanishing Moon states that Finchstar created the tenth code, where there must be a truce at the full moon Gathering, there is a full-moon truce at the Gathering in Moth Flight's Vision,[5] which took place before Finchstar's time.
End of spoiler warning

Publication history[]

  • Code of the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (hardcover), 9 June 2009[2]
  • Code of the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (library binding), 9 June 2009[6]
  • Code of the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (e-book), 9 June 2009[7]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (audiobook), 26 July 2011, translated by Friederike Levin and narrated by Marlen Diekhoff[8]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (audio cd), 26 July 2011, translated by Friederike Levin and narrated by Marlen Diekhoff and Katja Danowski[9]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (hardcover), 30 July 2011, translated by Friederike Levin[10]
  • Закон племён (RU), OLMA Media Group (hardcover), 2013, translated by Veronica Alekseevna Maksimova[11]
  • 守則解密 (TW), Morning Star (paperback), 1 May 2014, translated by Gu Lun (古倫)[12]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (paperback), 1 December 2016, translated by Friederike Levin and narrated by Marlen Diekhoff[13]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (abridged audiobook), 21 February 2017, translated by Friederike Levin and narrated by Marlen Diekhoff[14]
  • Klanenes krigerkodeks (NO), Juritzen Jr. (hardcover), 24 April 2017, translated by Tora Larsen Morset[15]
  • Klaanien laki (FI), Art House (hardcover), 25 July 2019, translated by Nana Sironen[16]
  • Klaanien laki (FI), Art House (e-book), 16 December 2019, translated by Nana Sironen[17]
  • De krijgscode (NL), Pelckmans (hardcover), 24 November 2020, translated by Ans van der Graaff[18]
  • Klaanien laki (FI), WSOY (audiobook), 22 November 2021, translated by Nana Sironen, narrated by Hanna Mönkäre[19]
  • 族群的守则 (CN), China Children's Publishing House (paperback; reprint), April 2022[20]
  • Klaanien laki (FI), WSOY (e-book), 1 January 2023, translated by Nana Sironen[19]
  • Klaanien laki (FI), WSOY (hardcover; reprint), 12 January 2023, translated by Nana Sironen[19]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (hardcover; illustrated reprint), 20 March 2025, translated by Friederike Levin[21]
  • Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Julius Beltz GmbH & Co KG (e-book; reissue), 20 March 2025, translated by Friederike Levin[22]

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External links[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Revealed on the inside right flap of Code of the Clans
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revealed on amazon.com
  3. ↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Chat 6
  4. ↑ Revealed in Starlight, pages 26-27
  5. ↑ Revealed in Moth Flight's Vision, page 341
  6. ↑ Revealed on a publisher curated sheet
  7. ↑ Revealed on amazon.com
  8. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  9. ↑ Revealed on amazon.de
  10. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  11. ↑ Revealed on loveread.ec
  12. ↑ Revealed on iread.com.tw
  13. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  14. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  15. ↑ Revealed on juritzen.no
  16. ↑ Revealed on risingshadow.fi
  17. ↑ Revealed on arthouse.fi
  18. ↑ Revelead on bol.com
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Revealed on WSOY.fi
  20. ↑ Revealed on taobao.com
  21. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  22. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de (backup link)
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