| "I tried as long as I could, licking and licking her, but her breathing only got shallower and shallower, until finally it stopped altogether. [...] I buried my nose in her fur, feeling grief crash down on me. It was a clear sign from StarClan. These kits should never have been born." |
| — Yellowfang's feeling after her kits are born in Secrets of the Clans, page 68 |
Hopekit is a tiny,[1] cream and gray[4] she-cat.[2]
![[4]](#cite_note-familytreeHopekit.Icon.png-4){kind=link}
History[]
In The Prophecies Begin arc[]
Fire and Ice[]
- Yellowfang confesses to Fireheart she had kits. She explains there were three kits in her litter, and all but Brokenstar died. She believed her punishment was losing her two kits for breaking the warrior code, but in the end, her punishment was not that her two kits died, it was that Brokenstar survived.
In the Super Editions[]
Yellowfang's Secret[]
- «These are the kits I saw in the pool, when I was in StarClan with Silverflame. But they should never have been born.»
- —Yellowfang thoughts Yellowfang's Secret, page 321
- At the half-moon gathering of the medicine cats, Silverflame comes to Yellowfang. Yellowfang asks if she knew about the kits, and Silverflame replies that she did, on the night Yellowfang was made a medicine cat, three kits appeared behind her. As Silverflame is about to leave, Yellowfang asks about her daughters and looks around, finally spotting them. She tries to run towards them, but her legs are useless, and she soon wakes up back at the Moonstone.
The Ultimate Guide[]
- Although not mentioned by name, Hopekit appears briefly on Raggedstar's page. Yellowfang decided to become a medicine cat, which means she had to separate her relationship with Raggedpelt. It was too late to untangle their paths though, as Yellowfang soon found out she was expecting kits. Raggedpelt was overjoyed at the prospect at becoming a father but outraged when Yellowfang said their kits will never know who their mother was. Only one kit survived.
- She is also mentioned not by name on Sagewhisker's page. Sagewhisker realized that Yellowfang was expecting Raggedstar’s kits and wondered if she made a terrible mistake. She persuaded Yellowfang to tell Raggedstar that their kits will have at least one parent in the Clan and Yellowfang took her mentor's advice.
Character pixels[]
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.  Kit Version  StarClan Version |
Official art[]
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Please do not edit this gallery  Hopekit's icon on the Warriors family tree |
Ceremonies[]
Lives granted[]
The following is a list of gifts Hopekit has granted during nine lives ceremonies:
| Lives granted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kin[]
Members[]
Mother:
- Yellowfang:[2] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Father:
- Raggedstar:[6] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Sister:
Brother:
- Brokenstar:[2] Deceased, no residence
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Grandmothers:
- Brightflower:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Featherstorm:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Grandfathers:
- Brackenfoot:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Hal:[8] Deceased, residence unknown
Great-grandmother:
- Silverflame:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Uncles:
- Nutwhisker:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Mintkit:[9] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Scorchwind:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Half-uncles:
- Mosspaw:[10] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Volewhisper:[10] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Aunts:
- Rowanberry:[7] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Marigoldkit:[9] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Half-aunts:
First cousins:
- Cinderfur:[12] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Stumpytail:[12] Deceased, verified the Place of No Stars member
- Rowanclaw:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Cedarheart:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Lavenderkit:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Blossomkit:[14] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Swampkit:[14] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Unnamed kits:[15] Status unknown
![[13]](#cite_note-familytreeScorchwind.family.png-13){kind=link}
![[14]](#cite_note-familytreeFinchflight.family.png-14){kind=link}
Tree[]
= Tom
= She-cat
= Gender unknown
Appearances[]
- Yellowfang's Secret †
- Fire and Ice (Indirect mention only)
- Squirrelflight's Hope (Indirect mention only)
- Secrets of the Clans (First appearance; retconned)
- The Ultimate Guide
Trivia[]
Author statements[]
Interesting facts[]
Continuity[]
The following information is from sources considered non-canon, retconned, or from adapted material.
- In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, Yellowfang gives birth to three kits, with their father being Raggedstar. One of the kits is stillborn, and the other barely takes a breath before succumbing to death. Yellowfang is remorseful, musing that the kits should never have been born and recalls that their birth breaks the warrior code. Yellowfang soon buries her daughters deep into the ground where no cat could ever find them.[17]
External links[]
- Top five medicine cats of The Prophecies Begin on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 339
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 320
- ↑ Revealed in a letter from Victoria Holmes
- ↑ Revealed on the Warriors website family tree (screenshot)
- ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 447
- ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 316
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, allegiances
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 197
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 473
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 418
- ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 205
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 396
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Revealed on the Warriors website family tree (screenshot)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Revealed on the Warriors website family tree (screenshot)
- ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 255
- ↑ Revealed on Victoria Holmes Letter 2
- ↑ Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, pages 67-69
