Molepelt

"A long time ago, I was the ShadowClan medicine cat [...] My Clanmates and I did a great wrong to another Clan—a Clan that belonged in the forest as much as any of us, but was driven out through our selfishness and hard-heartedness. I knew what we did was wrong, and I have waited, my heart filled with dread, for the Clans to be punished."

— Molepelt warning Featherpaw in Yellowfang's Secret, page 5

Molepelt
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	StarClan
Past:	ShadowClan
Names
Medicine cat:	Molepelt
StarClan resident:	Molepelt
Education
Apprentice:	Hollowbelly
Book appearances
Living	Cloudstar's Journey, Firestar's Quest
Living	Cloudstar's Journey, Firestar's Quest
Dead	Yellowfang's Secret
Dead	Yellowfang's Secret

Molepelt is a small, skinny, rumpled black tom with green eyes and a gray muzzle.

Molepelt was an ancient ShadowClan medicine cat under the leadership of Dawnstar. During his lifetime, he and the other medicine cats witnessed the destruction of the SkyClan forest territory, but Molepelt believed that SkyClan deserved to be exiled. However, Molepelt was haunted by regret after joining StarClan, believing that the remaining Clans would soon be punished for their crime. He prophesied that a ShadowClan medicine cat would break the warrior code and bring chaos to the forest, alluding to Yellowfang's mothering of Brokenstar.

History

In the Super Editions

Yellowfang's Secret

"I would never gloat, Yellowfang. ShadowClan was my Clan once, just as it was once yours."

―Molepelt ^{Yellowfang's Secret, comic}

When Featherpaw, the new medicine cat apprentice of ThunderClan, visits the Moonstone for the first time, he meets Molepelt in StarClan. Molepelt tells Featherpaw that a ShadowClan medicine cat will destroy ThunderClan from its very heart soon, poisoning it. Hollowbelly, Molepelt's former apprentice, criticizes Molepelt for sharing so much information with the apprentice. While Hollowbelly claims that the medicine cat code will protect ThunderClan, Molepelt states that ThunderClan is being punished for driving out SkyClan. Afterward, Hollowbelly asks Featherpaw not to tell any cat about this omen. Featherpaw agrees, and swears on his warrior ancestors. When the two cats leave, Featherpaw is confused and thinks that if Molepelt is true, his omen makes no sense.

Molepelt appears in Yellowfang's dream. He warns her of a cat coming, one who would bring fire and blood to the forest. When Yellowfang asks if it was a prophecy, Molepelt steps back into the shadows, whispering that it is a warning. Yellowfang thinks of Molepelt when she gets back to Sagewhisker's den, wanting to be with her son, though afraid of what the black cat had mentioned. Later, when Yellowfang talks to Silverflame in a dream, she asks about the cat. Silverflame responds that he is called Molepelt, and was the ShadowClan medicine cat many seasons ago, but that he speaks little sense.

When Yellowfang takes Raggedstar to the Moonstone to receive his nine lives, Molepelt calls her over. Yellowfang snaps at him to go away, although Molepelt warns her that she cannot be blind to the truth forever. She springs at him, but instead her claws hit earth, not him. After Brokentail is made a warrior, Yellowfang has a vision of her son covered in blood, while Molepelt's voice whispers a warning. She looks around to find him, but she only sees her Clanmates. Molepelt appears once more, screeching that fire and blood will destroy the Clans in a dream Yellowfang has of kits fighting each other.

Yellowfang hisses at Molepelt in another dream, asking if he'd come to gloat. Molepelt responds that he would never gloat, and that ShadowClan was once his Clan, just as it was hers. He apologizes to Yellowfang about Brokentail, saying that she had suffered the most, but no one could have changed his destiny. Molepelt then walks off into the trees, despite Yellowfang telling him to come back.

In the Novellas

Cloudstar's Journey

"You keep saying that StarClan wants five Clans in the forest, but are you sure that’s true? There are four oaks here at Fourtrees. That could be a sign that there should be only four Clans."

―Molepelt about SkyClan ^{Cloudstar's Journey, chapter 10}

During a Gathering, when the Clans linger a bit to speak with friends from other Clans, Fawnstep pulls Cloudstar aside, and tells him that the other medicine cats have had dreams of SkyClan being swallowed up by yellow monsters and trampled easily underneath fallen trees. She also mentions that Molepelt thinks SkyClan will be obliterated by the next Gathering. Cloudstar growls that Molepelt should stay with ShadowClan and only care about their business.

At the next Gathering, when none of the Clans will spare territory for the scrawny and slowly dying SkyClan, Molepelt points out that maybe the forest wasn't destined for five Clans, as it is Fourtrees and there are only four oaks.

Character pixels

The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation. Medicine Cat Version StarClan Version

Official art

Please do not edit this gallery Molepelt in Yellowfang's Secret

Appearances

• Cloudstar's Journey
• Firestar's Quest (First appearance; allegiance only)
• Yellowfang's Secret

Quotes

Fawnstep: "Molepelt of ShadowClan is convinced we will all be dead before the next Gathering!"

Cloudstar: "Molepelt of ShadowClan should worry more about his own warriors and less about sticking his muzzle into other Clans’ business. He’s no better than a gossiping elder! He can hardly take care of his own pelt, let alone an entire Clan."

^{Cloudstar's Journey, chapter 6}

"Molepelt was the ShadowClan medicine cat many, many seasons ago. He makes little sense at the best of times. He is treated with kindness, but it doesn't always pay to listen too closely."

―Silverflame about Molepelt ^{Yellowfang's Secret, page 339}