Mistakes in the Warriors Series/The Broken Code

Super Editions

Dawn of the Clans

The Prophecies Begin

The New Prophecy

Power of Three

Omen of the Stars

A Vision of Shadows

The Broken Code

A Starless Clan

Field Guides

Stand-alone graphic novels

Graystripe's Adventure

Tigerstar and Sasha

Ravenpaw's Path

SkyClan and the Stranger

Novellas

Official Website

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 The Broken Code arc.

Lost Stars

• Beetlewhisker is listed in the allegiances, despite dying in The Last Hope.
• Strikestone is called white.
• Bristlefrost, Stemleaf, and Spotfur are referred to as senior warriors despite all three of them being far too young to be considered one.

The Silent Thaw

• Thornclaw is called a dark tabby, and dark.
• Shadowsight is called Shadowpaw twice after receiving his full name.
• Shadowsight refers to the big Twolegplace as a city.
• Dewnose is called Dewspring.
• Pigeonfoot is referred to as male.
• Molewhisker is called Mousewhisker.
• "Blind" is mistakenly spelled "bind."
• Finleap is described with a full tail.
• "Squirrelflight" is missing an apostrophe and an "s" after the apostrophe.
• "Bristlefrost" is mistakenly written "Bristlefrost's".
• Cinnamontail is referred to as a tom.
• Tigerstar is said to be too young to remember the Great Battle, despite taking part in it and acting as a spy against the Dark Forest.

Veil of Shadows

• Bramblestar has an "L" In front of his name in the Allegiances. This was fixed in the paperback version.
• Spiresight says that he gave his life to save Shadowsight, when it was actually his sister, Pouncestep.
• Twigbranch is unaware that Bramblestar was an impostor after she is exiled, despite being at the secret meeting where it was announced.
• Mistystar has a dash in the middle of her name, so it reads "Misty-star".
• StarClan is written as two words, so that it reads, "Star Clan."
• Berrynose is described with a full tail instead of a stump, when it says "his tail trailing in the mud".
• Thornclaw is called dark.
• Dappletuft is called a she-cat.
• Crowfeather recalls remembering what Tigerstar was like, despite not being born until after Tigerstar's death.
• The word "That's" is missing an apostrophe and an 's', so it reads "That".
• Crowfeather is referred to as the WindClan deputy despite being demoted and exiled at the time.
• Squirrelflight is called the ThunderClan deputy, despite Bristlefrost being the current deputy.

Darkness Within

• The c in ThunderClan is not capitalized, so it reads, "Thunderclan" throughout the entire book. This remains the same in the paperback edition and on Kindle.
• Sedgewhisker is mistakenly referred to as a tom.
• It is said that Conefoot died in the battle of the rebels, when he actually died beforehand.
• Shadowsight is called Rootspring.
• Whistlepaw is referred to as a tom.
• It is said that Sunrise waves Squirrelflight and Leafstar out of the clearing, but then it is stated that she noses Tigerstar and Leafstar away as well, though Leafstar is already out of the clearing.
• Larksong is shown alive, despite dying in Squirrelflight's Hope.
• It is said that Shadowsight saw the impostor’s ghost while sleeping after eating deathberries to search for Bramblestar’s ghost, when he actually saw the impostor’s ghost while unconscious for the impostor’s attack.
• Gullswoop is mistakenly referred to as a tom.
• The word "Sisters" is written once with a lowercase letter, so it reads "sisters".
• Rootspring is mistakenly described with green eyes.

The Place of No Stars

• Cherrytail appears on a patrol with Hawkwing, and a few moments later, she appears in camp with Leafstar although Hawkwing takes his patrol to the Moonpool.
• Leafstar states that Squirrelflight and Leafpool had spent time with the Sisters, but it was actually herself and Squirrelflight who spent time with the Sisters.
• Snowtuft's scar is said to begin at his neck, when it actually starts at the tip of his ear.
• Tree is called a former rogue.

A Light in the Mist

• Flipclaw is missing from the allegiances despite appearing in the book.
• It is said that Rootspring was trying to get back to the living world behind Bristlefrost and Shadowsight when Darkstripe attacked him, however, it was Squirrelflight, Bramblestar and Snowtuft he was running after.
• It is said that Spiresight saved Shadowsight's life twice, referring to the fact that he saved him when the impostor almost killed him, and when he almost fell off the bridge, but on the latter occasion it was actually Pouncestep whom Spiresight saved.
• Houndleap is called pale brown.
• Mothwing is called a RiverClan medicine cat despite not joining RiverClan until after Ashfur is gone.
• Berryheart is called a tom.
• Needletail is called a ShadowClan warrior, despite never earning the rank.
• The words "again on" are written together, so it reads "againon".
• Redwillow is called a tabby.
• A period is missing between two sentences.
• Flurry is called yellow.
• The word "Gathering" is spelled with a lowercase "g".