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The Warriors series is incredibly long, with each book published in a relatively short span of time. As a result, mistakes often appear in the novels, the images, and in the official website devoted to the series. This article documents many of these mistakes in the Dawn of the Clans arc.
Moon Shadow and Misty are listed in the allegiances , despite both dying in Thunder Rising .[9]
Lightning Tail and Acorn Fur are listed as kits in the allegiances,[9] despite being old enough to participate in the battle at Fourtrees .[10] [11]
Birch is called brown-and-white.[9]
Leaf is called gray-and-white.[9]
Pebble Heart is called a brown tabby.[9]
Fircone is said to be mottled brown-and-white.[12]
Quick Water is called Quiet Water.[13]
Thunder is referred to as golden.[14]
Morning Whisker is called a tom.[15]
Thorn and Dew's descriptions and genders are swapped with one another (Thorn being a tom, and Dew a she-cat) in The First Battle ,[16] despite being correctly listed in the allegiances.[9]
Thorn is also mistakenly referred to as a brown tom.[17]
Acorn Fur is mistakenly called Acorn Leaf.[18]
Fircone is mistakenly called mottled gray.[19]
Pebble Heart is mistakenly called Pebble Eyes.[20]
Lightning Tail is mistakenly called Lightning.[21]
Sparrow Fur is mistakenly referred to as a tom.[22]
Despite appearing in the book, Bee , Beech , Splinter , Ember , Moss Tail , Pine Needle , Drizzle , Raven Pelt , Juniper Branch , Red Claw , Violet Dawn , Frog , Willow Tail , and Dawn Mist aren't listed in the allegiances .[37]
Slate is mistakenly described with only one missing eartip.[37]
Despite the tabby rogue who fought Lightning Tail and Leaf being a she-cat,[38] she is mentioned as a tom a few pages later.[39]
Slash is called gray.[40]
Quiet Rain is mistakenly called Quiet Water.[41]
Blossom is falsely called Leaf.[42]
Fern Leaf is mistakenly called Fern despite changing her name.[43]
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Notes and references [ ]
↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail , page 24
↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail , page 219
↑ Revealed in Thunder Rising , allegiances
↑ As revealed in the reprinted allegiances of Thunder Rising
↑ Revealed in Thunder Rising , page 9
↑ Revealed in Thunder Rising , page 250
↑ Revealed in Thunder Rising , page 251
↑ Revealed in Thunder Rising , page 212
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Revealed in The First Battle , allegiances
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 259
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 270
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 134
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 84
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 126
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 139
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 82
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 81
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 211
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 17
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 34
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 212
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 222
↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 Revealed in The Blazing Star , allegiances
↑ Revealed in The First Battle , page 269
↑ Revealed in The Blazing Star , page 9
↑ Revealed in The Blazing Star , page 33
↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Revealed in A Forest Divided , allegiances
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 1
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 51
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 58
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 76
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 184
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 200
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 263
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 331
↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided , page 128
↑ 37.0 37.1 Revealed in Path of Stars , allegiances
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 58
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 63
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 166
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 217
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 206
↑ Revealed in Path of Stars , page 266