Gorsetail (TNP)

"I didn't know it was a trap when I hid in it."

— Gorsetail about being captured by the Twolegs in Dawn, page 30

Gorsetail (TNP)
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Last known:	WindClan
Names
Warrior:	Gorsetail
Book appearances
Living	Onestar's Confession, Dawn
Living	Onestar's Confession, Dawn

Gorsetail is a tom with a tawny paw.

History

In The New Prophecy arc

Dawn

Mistyfoot: "I wouldn't have been caught in that fox-hearted Twoleg trap if I hadn't been chasing a thieving WindClan warrior off my territory."

Gorsetail: "I didn't know it was a trap when I hid in it."

^{Dawn, page 30}

Gorsetail is a WindClan warrior, and is one of the Clan cats who is kidnapped by the Twolegs. When Leafpaw is trying to identify the other trapped cats, Mistyfoot tells her in disgust that she wouldn't have been caught if she hadn't been chasing a WindClan thief off RiverClan territory, referring to Gorsetail. His voice quivering, Gorsetail responds that he didn't know it was a trap when he hid in it. He tells Leafpaw his name and Clan. Gorsetail meows a greeting to Sasha with Cloudtail and Brightheart when Mistyfoot tells her there were Clan cats in the cages as well as rogues and kittypets.

Later, a Twoleg shoves Coal, one of the captured rogues, against something sharp inside his cage, cutting him. As Coal's wound bleeds, he begins to panic. Leafpaw remembers her mentor, Cinderpelt, using cobwebs to stop bleeding, and Gorsetail says he saw some near his cage. He reaches toward them, snags the cobwebs on his paw, and reaches up as far as he can toward Leafpaw's cage. She grasps them, and passes them to the kittypet named Cody, who gives them to Coal. He treats himself and calms down. While trying to think of a way to escape, Leafpaw remembers how Gorsetail reached through the cage to pass her the cobwebs.

In the Super Editions

Onestar's Confession

Gorsetail hunts with Webfoot, Onewhisker, and Whitetail. The patrol splits off and Gorsetail and Webfoot return each with a large rabbit. However, the rabbits turn out to be poisoned.

Appearances

• Onestar's Confession
• Dawn (First appearance)

Trivia

Continuity

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

• In Su Susann's "Missing Kits" on Vicky's Facebook, Gorsetail and Nightcloud were the kits of Crowfur and Larksplash, and his older siblings were Whitetail and Webfoot. Gorsetail was described as a tawny tom with green eyes, and identified as the pale brown warrior in Dawn. Gorsetail and Robinwing were mates and Owlwhisker and Weaselfur were their children.