"These are your children. Though they were too small to make the journey with SkyClan, and grew up in ThunderClan instead, Spottedpelt and Gorseclaw have chosen to walk these skies with me in honor of their SkyClan ancestors." |
— Birdflight reuniting her kits with Cloudstar in Firestar's Quest, page 496 |
Gorseclaw is a broad-shouldered,[5] scarred[4] dark[3] tabby tom with amber eyes.[5]
History
In the Super Editions
Firestar's Quest
- When SkyClan is banished from their territory, Birdflight is worried that he and her other kit wouldn't survive their exile. When Kestrelwing, the ThunderClan medicine cat, invites Birdflight and her kits to join ThunderClan, she agrees.
- Gorseclaw, now a StarClan warrior, later appears with SkyClan's warrior ancestors during Leafdapple's leader ceremony with Spottedpelt and Birdflight, finally reunited with their father, Cloudstar. Firestar notes that he looks extremely similar to Tigerstar.
SkyClan's Destiny
- Gorseclaw is briefly mentioned when Leafstar sees the ancestors of SkyClan at a Gathering.
- Gorseclaw is seen with his family, Cloudstar, Birdflight, and Spottedpelt. Birdflight touches noses with him and his sister.
In the Field Guides
Battles of the Clans
- Fawnstep has a vision of SkyClan leaving the forest, and she mentions to Cloudstar that she saw him giving his kits to ThunderClan.
The Ultimate Guide
- Although not mentioned by name, it is mentioned on Cloudstar and Skywatcher's page that when SkyClan had to leave the forest to find a new home, Birdflight had to stay behind with their newborn kits, Spottedkit and Gorsekit.
In the Novellas
Cloudstar's Journey
- He is first seen when he and his sister are born to Birdflight and Cloudstar, the current leader of SkyClan.
- When SkyClan are driven out, he and his sister are deemed too young to make the journey to find a new territory. With much protesting, his father Cloudstar eventually agrees to let them stay behind, and he, his sister, and his mother are invited to join ThunderClan by their current medicine cat, Kestrelwing.
Trivia
Interesting facts
- He is noted to bear a striking resemblance to Tigerstar.[5]
Character pixels
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation. |
Official art
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Kin
Members
Mother:
- Birdflight:[6] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Father:
Sister:
- Spottedpelt:[5] Deceased, verified StarClan member
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Distant relatives:
- Spottedleaf:[7] Deceased, no residence
- Tigerstar:[7] Deceased, no residence
- Leopardfoot:[8] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Mistkit:[8] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Nightkit:[8] Status unknown
- Hawkfrost:[9] Deceased, no residence
- Mothwing:[9] Living (As of Wind)
- Tadpole:[9] Deceased, unknown residence
- Bramblestar:[10] Status unknown
- Tawnypelt:[10] Living (As of Wind)
- Flametail:[11] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Tigerstar:[11] Living (As of Wind)
- Dawnpelt:[11] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Redtail:[12] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Squirrelflight:[13] Status unknown
- Leafpool:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Lionblaze:[14] Living (As of Wind)
- Hollyleaf:[14] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Jayfeather:[14] Living (As of Wind)
- Patchpelt:[15] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Longtail:[16] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Willowpelt:[12] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Graystripe:[4] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Stormfur:[17] Living (As of Graystripe's Vow)
- Feathertail:[17] Deceased, verified the Tribe of Endless Hunting and StarClan member
- Briarlight:[18] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Bumblestripe:[18] Living (As of Wind)
- Blossomfall:[18] Living (As of Wind)
- Sorreltail:[19] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Sootfur:[19] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Rainwhisker:[19] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Honeyfern:[20] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Molepaw:[20] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Cinderheart:[20] Living (As of Wind)
- Poppyfrost:[20] Living (As of Wind)
- Lilyheart:[21] Living (As of Wind)
- Seedpaw:[21] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Cherryfall:[22] Living (As of Wind)
- Molewhisker:[22] Living (As of Wind)
- Lark That Sings at Dawn:[23] Status unknown
- Pine That Clings to Rock:[23] Living (As of Graystripe's Vow)
- Hollytuft:[24] Living (As of Wind)
- Sorrelstripe:[24] Living (As of Wind)
- Fernsong:[24] Living (As of Wind)
- Leafshade:[25] Living (As of Wind)
- Honeyfur:[25] Living (As of Wind)
- Larksong:[25] Status unknown
- Pouncestep:[26] Living (As of Wind)
- Lightleap:[26] Living (As of Wind)
- Shadowsight:[26] Living (As of Wind)
Tree
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Spottedpelt ♀ | Gorseclaw ♂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leopardfoot ♀ | Redtail ♂ | Patchpelt ♂ | Spottedleaf ♀ | Willowpelt ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nightkit ♀ | Tigerstar ♂ | Mistkit ♀ | Swiftpaw ♂ | Lynxkit | Longtail ♂ | Graystripe ♂ | Darkstripe ♂ | Rainwhisker ♂ | Sootfur ♂ | Sorreltail ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tadpole ♂ | Mothwing ♀ | Hawkfrost ♂ | Brambleclaw ♂ | Tawnypelt ♀ | Feathertail ♀ | Stormfur ♂ | Briarlight ♀ | Bumblestripe ♂ | Blossomfall ♀ | Molepaw ♂ | Poppyfrost ♀ | Honeyfern ♀ | Cinderheart ♀ | Lilyheart ♀ | Seedpaw ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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= Tom
= She-cat
= Gender unknown
Quotes
- "Gorseclaw was a broad-shouldered tabby tom with glowing amber eyes; Firestar's belly churned at the likeness to his old enemy, Tigerstar. Birdflight had said the two cats had grown up in Firestar's own Clan. Did that mean that SkyClan's blood ran in ThunderClan? Were Spottedleaf and Tigerstar both descended from Cloudstar?"
- ―Firestar's thoughts on Gorseclaw Firestar's Quest
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in Shattered Sky, page 265
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 496
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in Cloudstar's Journey, chapter 10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Revealed on the Warriors website family tree
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, pages 496-497
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 6
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Revealed in Spottedleaf's Honest Answer
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 266
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Revealed in Return to the Clans, pages 2-3
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Revealed in Rising Storm, pages 19-20
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Revealed in Dark River, pages 21-22
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 362
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 509
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Revealed in Sunrise, page 305
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 8
- ↑ Revealed in an unknown book, page long
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 223
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Revealed in Eclipse, page 158
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Revealed in Rising Storm, page 120
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Revealed in Sunset, page 27
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 146
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 299
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Revealed in Sign of the Moon, page 2
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Revealed in Bramblestar's Storm, manga
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Revealed in The Apprentice's Quest, allegiances
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow, chapter 18