Doestar

"StarClan, watch over Doestar. She has suffered so much. Let her live to see her Clan grow well again."

— Goosefeather praying for Doestar in Goosefeather's Curse, chapter 10

Doestar
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	StarClan
Past:	ThunderClan
Biographical information
Cause of death:	Sickness
Names
Name:	Unknown Doefeather Doefeather Doestar Doestar
Education
Apprentices:	Daisytoe
Deputy position
Preceded by:	Beetail
Succeeded by:	Pineheart
Leader position
Preceded by:	Oakstar
Succeeded by:	Pinestar
Book appearances
Living	Goosefeather's Curse, Pinestar's Choice
Living	Goosefeather's Curse, Pinestar's Choice
Dead	Pinestar's Choice
Dead	Pinestar's Choice

Doestar is a tall pale cream, fawn, and white she-cat with amber eyes, a cream-colored tail, and a creamy ruff.

History

In the Novellas

Goosefeather's Curse

Doestar is first mentioned when Moonkit swoons over Stormpaw, saying that when he's a warrior, he'll be even better than Doestar. When Goosekit ponders over his mentor, he comments that he doesn't want Stormpaw, but he'd like a great warrior like Doestar or Rooktail. While Goosekit and the others are playing hide and seek, Rabbitkit hides next to Doestar's den. Doestar and Pineheart bring back their patrol to camp, when they find out that Swiftpaw is missing, and her face is darkened when she is told this. Doestar tells Pineheart to send a patrol to the treecutplace and around the border of Twolegplace. When Flashnose brings her patrol back to camp with no luck of finding Swiftpaw, Doestar reminds her that there are warriors spread throughout the entire forest, and reassures her that they will indeed find Swiftpaw.

When Doestar hears about how Goosekit had known where Swiftpaw was, but was told by a mysterious stranger. Cloudberry brings Goosekit over to Doestar and asks him to explain who he saw. Goosekit describes a long-legged tom - but not as tall as Doestar - with dark fur and almost black stripes. Doestar stares at Cloudberry, thinking Goosekit might be wrong. Cloudberry tells Doestar that she would think so, and Doestar asks if it might be a sign. Cloudberry thinks it is, and says she should talk to him. Doestar allows this, and walks away.

Doestar performs a warrior ceremony, giving Swiftpaw the name of Swiftbreeze, Adderpaw the name of Adderfang, and Stormpaw the name of Stormtail. Doestar shocks the cats by announcing that she has another apprentice to make, despite the fact that none of the kits are six moons old. The ThunderClan cats are shocked to see that it is Goosekit, who is training to be a medicine cat apprentice. Doestar gives him the name of Goosepaw. The cats are all outraged and shocked, but Cloudberry explains to them that she had a sign, and Doestar goes back to her den.

Goosepaw, frightened from receiving a vision about battling cats, reports his findings to Doestar, Pineheart, and Cloudberry. Doestar orders Pineheart to bring a patrol to track down Squirrelwhisker, as his patrol may be the one fighting. Goosepaw is afraid that the kittypets fighting with Squirrelwhisker's patrol may come into camp and invade Doestar's camp. Doestar tells Pineheart to go quickly, ordering him to say nothing about the possibility of danger to the other cats. Doestar tells Goosepaw that she hopes she was right to trust him. When Pineheart comes back with Squirrelwhisker's patrol, it is indeed true that they had been ambushed by kittypets. Rainfur comments on how lucky they were that Pineheart had gone looking for them, in which Doestar replies that it had nothing to do with luck. Doestar calls a Clan meeting, thanking StarClan that Squirrelwhisker's patrol is safe. She tells her Clan about Goosepaw's vision, and how it led Pineheart to Squirrelwhisker's patrol. She calls Goosepaw a powerful medicine cat, and asks Cloudberry to give Goosepaw his full name. The other cats are shocked, saying that Goosepaw had only been training for three moons. Cloudberry tells Doestar that she is very generous, and she will give him his name at the next half-moon, but he will still be her apprentice. Goosepaw is given the name of Goosefeather. When Larksong has her kits, Goosefeather sees that one of them will become a leader, while the other one will become a medicine cat. He tells Cloudberry that they need to let Doestar know.

Moons later, during the start of leaf-bare, Doestar asks if every cat has eaten. Cloudberry tells her that almost everyone has eaten, and offers her the remains of a squirrel. Doestar refuses, telling Cloudberry to save it for the queens, as she is not hungry. Cloudberry tells her that she needs to eat, and that her warriors don't want to see her hungry. Doestar frets over feeding three litters at the start of leaf-bare, and Cloudberry reminds her about ThunderClan's clever hunting, reassuring her that they'll feed them as they have done all years prior. When Goosefeather has a vision of cats dying from starvation, he rushes to Doestar's den and wakes her up. Doestar calms him down, asking if he had a sign. Goosefeather explains about how he saw hungry cats in the bitter cold, and Doestar calls Pineheart. Pineheart asks Goosefeather if his vision showed him how to survive, and Doestar orders Pineheart to fetch Cloudberry. Doestar realizes that they need to find a new source of prey, and suggests expanding their territory to the Twolegplace. Pineheart disagrees, saying he can't imagine their warriors happy with that. When Cloudberry suggests a way of storing their prey, Doestar expands on it - saying that they can dig fresh-kill in the frozen ground, and when they bring it back up, it would still be frozen. Pineheart says that he'll cut the dawn patrol in half, and that instead of battle practicing apprentices can focus on hunting. Doestar warns Pineheart that they don't want to risk the strength of their Clan in battle. Pineheart tells her that the greatest risk is starving to death. Doestar orders Goosefeather to tell no cat about his vision, as she doesn't want any cat to worry.

At the Gathering, Doestar announces three litters of kits. When Houndstar comments about the kits being born so close to leaf-bare, he adds that the warriors won't be happy hunting for those many mouths. Doestar overhears this, saying that ThunderClan is well prepared for the cold season. She states that her Clan will grow strong during the coldest moon, and when the warm weather returns, she will announce their new apprentices. When rain invades ThunderClan's camp, the warriors dig up the prey they had stored in the ground, and they find a vole full with maggots and slime. Doestar has her eyes dark with worry. 

When the first day of sunshine arrives, Doestar gives four apprentices their warrior names, stating that they have fought hunger alongside the warriors with the courage of lions and loyalty of true warriors. She names them Moonflower, Poppydawn, Heronwing, and Rabbitleap. While Cloudberry is talking to Goosefeather, she sees Doestar. Goosefeather notes that she looks as thin as her Clanmates, with ragged fur and rasping breathing. Her eyes are sore and oozing, and she smells like the dirtplace, as if she had visited it too often. Goosefeather asks Cloudberry if Doestar is sick, and Cloudberry replies that she will care for her herself. She warns Goosefeather not to tell any cat that Doestar is ill, saying that it is her last life and she doesn't want any cat to panic at the thought of losing their leader. When Goosefeather asks Moonflower to gather moss for Doestar, Moonflower is shocked by the urgency in his voice, and Goosefeather reassures her that Doestar was just exhausted and needed to rest to get back her strength. Before Goosefeather goes to sleep, he prays for StarClan to watch over Doestar, telling them that she had suffered so much and asks that she lives to see her Clan grow well again. The next morning, Cloudberry sadly tells Goosefeather that Doestar is gone. Goosefeather asks if he should help her wash her. Cloudberry tells Goosefeather that she'll do it herself, and no cat should go near Doestar during her vigil, so they don't catch her illness. When Cloudberry brings her out for her vigil, she warns the cats to stay away, telling them that they can honor Doestar without putting themselves in danger at the possibility of catching her sickness. Cloudberry orders Goosefeather to go to the Moonstone without her, so she can bury Doestar.

Pineheart confides in Goosefeather, saying that he never thought Doestar's death would occur so soon. He is worried that he won't be half the leader she was, and Goosefeather tells him that she will be watching over him from StarClan. At the Moonstone, Goosefeather has a vision of Pineheart visiting Twolegs, relishing the kittypet life. Goosefeather realizes that Pineheart, now Pinestar, will betray Doestar, ThunderClan, and the warrior code by becoming a kittypet.

Pinestar's Choice

Doefeather joins Oakstar as he is praising Pinepaw, warning that he might even have to fight ShadowClan warriors before then, and how the Twolegs will finish the tunnel soon, so Shadowclan will have direct access to their territory. Oakstar nods, saying that she's right. He then asks her if she can make sure that the dawn patrol will renew the scent markers there every day. Doefeather nods.

Flashpaw, Daisypaw, and Littlepaw burst into the camp, closely being followed by their mentors. Daisypaw meows about how they had a great battle practice, which Doefeather points out that she looked like she had lost. Flashpaw declares that she did, and that Littlepaw and her had nearly squashed her. Squirrelwhisker then joins the conversation, saying that it wasn't necessarily a move to take in battle, and tells Doefeather that her apprentice, Daisypaw, fought very well, even when the two apprentices joined against her. Doefeather purrs to that and thanks Squirrelwhisker for taking her apprentice for training.

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Trivia

Interesting Facts

• Doestar's warrior name, Doefeather, was revealed on Vicky's Facebook.
• Vicky revealed that Doestar succeeded Oakstar.
• Vicky likes the idea of Doestar having a sister called Deerpaw, who died as an apprentice. She later makes this idea canon.

Character Pixels

The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation. Kit Version Warrior Version Deputy Version Leader Version StarClan Version

Kin

Members

Sister:

Deerpaw: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Tree

Unknown

Doestar ♀

Deerpaw ♀

    = Tom

    = She-cat

    = Gender unknown

Quotes

"There are warriors spread through the whole forest. We'll find Swiftpaw, I promise."

―Doestar comforting Flashnose ^{Goosefeather's Curse}

"No, Goosekit wanted to learn from ThunderClan's best warriors, like Rooktail or Doestar herself."

―Goosekit about Doestar ^{Goosefeather's Curse}

Doestar: "We don't want to risk the strength of our Clan in battle."

Pineheart: "The greatest risk is starving to death, wouldn't you say?"

^{Goosefeather's Curse}

"I hope I was right to trust you."

―Doestar to Goosepaw ^{Goosefeather's Curse}

"ThunderClan is well prepared for leaf-bare. My Clan will grow strong during the coldest moons, and I will bring you our new apprentices when the warm weather returns!"

―Doestar at the Gathering ^{Goosefeather's Curse}

Pineheart: "I never thought this would happen so soon. I don't know if I'll be half the leader she was."

Goosefeather: "Doestar will watch over you from StarClan. You'll be fine."

^{Goosefeather's Curse}