"I can't leave. I have sworn to protect my Clanmates." |
— Puddleshine reluctantly staying with Darktail's rogues in Thunder and Shadow, page 347 |
Puddleshine is a sleek-furred,[16] brown tom with white splotches,[1] pale blue eyes,[19] and scars hidden under his thick pelt.[16]
Puddleshine is the medicine cat of ShadowClan who has served under Rowanstar's, briefly Leafstar's, and Tigerstar's leaderships in the lake territories. Puddlekit was born to Pinenose and Spikefur alongside his siblings, Lionkit, Birchkit, and Slatekit, and had Violetkit as a foster sister. When Littlecloud died without having an apprentice, Rowanstar chose Puddlekit to become ShadowClan's new medicine cat. Puddlepaw soon trained under Leafpool, who expediently mentors him, and with little training, he earned his full medicine cat name of Puddleshine. Shortly afterward, he had to deal with the yellowcough sickness. He reluctantly joined Darktail and became part of the Kin as their medicine cat; however, he was barely able to help his injured Clanmates.
After he rejoined ShadowClan, Puddleshine gave an omen to Tigerheart as the deputy is struggling with Rowanstar leading the Clan. He supported Rowanstar until the whole of ShadowClan joined SkyClan where he became a medicine cat alongside Frecklewish and Fidgetflake. When Tigerheart returned to the Clans, Puddleshine took the deceased tom to the Moonpool where StarClan resurrected him as Tigerstar. While he was gathering herbs, Puddleshine was scratched by barbed wire and developed an infection. Alderheart, the medicine cat of ThunderClan, was able to heal him with seedless deathberries, and the two became close friends. Puddleshine later mentored Shadowsight and served as one of Tigerstar's advisers during a harsh leaf-bare.
History[]
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A Vision of Shadows[]
- "Rowanstar is making the wisest decision. Without Tigerheart, we are no more than a bickering mob of starlings. We need the security of a Clan and the safety of Clanmates who hold the warrior code close to their hearts."
- ―Puddleshine Darkest Night, page 268
- He eventually rejoins ShadowClan, and struggles to support Rowanstar, but Rowanstar steps down as leader and merges ShadowClan with SkyClan. Puddleshine struggles to work with Frecklewish due to their conflicting methods. He eventually rejoins ShadowClan under Tigerstar, but when trying to gather herbs, he is caught in barbed wire and develops a severe infection, and Alderheart seeks to cure him using seedless deathberries. Alderheart's plan is successful, and Puddleshine fully recovers.
The Broken Code[]
- "Fix it? Bramblestar lost a life because of Shadowsight’s visions. The Clans are turning on one another because of the codebreakers. What will they say if they find out Shadowsight’s been mistaken all along? They won’t just blame him—they’ll blame all of ShadowClan."
- ―Puddleshine to Tigerstar and Shadowsight The Silent Thaw, pages 249-250
Super Editions[]
This section summarizes Puddleshine's significant Super Editions appearances. If you're looking for a full list, find one here!
- In Tigerheart's Shadow, Puddleshine tries to help Rowanstar keep the peace in ShadowClan, but agrees with the rest of the Clan that he is not a strong leader. He receives a vision about shadows and tells Rowanstar and Tigerheart about it, which Tigerheart interprets as himself standing in the way of Rowanstar's leadership. Moons later, when Tigerheart's corpse is brought back to ShadowClan, Puddleshine tries to revive him, and when that fails, he decides to take him to the Moonpool and have StarClan revive him. Puddleshine's plan is successful, and Tigerheart is resurrected as Tigerstar.
Detailed description[]
Scars gained[]
The following is a chronological list of scars and/or major injuries that Puddleshine has gained:
- Numerous scars caused by being trapped in silverthorn in The Raging Storm.[20][16]
Character pixels[]
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Official art[]
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Kin[]
Members[]
Mother:
Father:
Brothers:
Sister:
Half-sibling:
Foster sister:
- Violetshine [23] Living (As of Ivypool's Heart)
Nephews:
- Firkit:[24] Living (As of Ivypool's Heart)
- Whisperkit[24] Living (As of Ivypool's Heart)
Nieces:
Trees[]
Genetic[]
Pinenose ♀ | Spikefur ♂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weaselkit | Birchbark ♂ | Lioneye ♀ | Puddleshine ♂ | Slatefur ♂ | Cinnamontail ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomkit ♀ | Firkit ♂ | Whisperkit ♂ | Streamkit ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
= Tom
= She-cat
= Gender unknown
Foster[]
Pinenose ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Violetshine ♀ | Birchbark ♂ | Lioneye ♀ | Puddleshine ♂ | Slatefur ♂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
= Tom
= She-cat
= Gender unknown
Appearances[]
- Onestar's Confession
- The Apprentice's Quest (First appearance; allegiance only)
- Thunder and Shadow
- Shattered Sky
- Darkest Night
- Tigerheart's Shadow
- River of Fire
- Tawnypelt's Clan
- Spotfur's Rebellion (Allegiance only)
- The Raging Storm
- Squirrelflight's Hope
- Lost Stars
- The Silent Thaw
- Veil of Shadows
- Darkness Within
- Graystripe's Vow (Allegiance only)
- Daisy's Kin (Allegiance only)
- The Place of No Stars
- A Light in the Mist
- River
- Sky
- Shadow
- Thunder
- Wind
- Ivypool's Heart
- The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition
Trivia[]
Interesting facts[]
- In an earlier draft of the allegiances for The Apprentice's Quest, Puddleshine was originally the son of Stonewing and Wasptail along with Needletail, Beenose, and Yarrowleaf.[blog 1]
- Puddleshine was picked to become a medicine cat despite wanting to become a warrior, and without Rowanstar or Littlecloud receiving a sign from StarClan.[8]
- Furthermore, Puddleshine only trained for two moons before receiving his name, which is much shorter than a usual medicine cat apprenticeship.[9]
Author statements[]
- Kate has said around the time of Tigerheart's Shadow that the only cat she really liked from ShadowClan was Puddleshine, since the rest of the Clan seemed "self-serving and disloyal."[blog 2]
Quotes[]
- Alderpaw: "Were you hoping that StarClan would tell you if Rowanstar has made the right choice in Puddlepaw?"
- Leafpool: "Puddlepaw is quick to learn and has sympathy for his patients. He's going to make a fine medicine cat."
- Thunder and Shadow, chapter 7
- «He was always friendly, although he seemed anxious in his role as the Clan's medicine cat, and a little overwhelmed by the daily worries of keeping his Clan healthy.»
- —Violetpaw's thoughts about Puddleshine Thunder and Shadow, chapter 14
- "I did my best, and StarClan guided my paws. But it's dangerous for them not to have their own medicine cat, and I don't have time to check on them everyday. Tinycloud's kits are very overdue. A medicine cat should be in their camp. Her kitting will be hard."
- ―Puddleshine to the other medicine cats about SkyClan not having a medicine cat Darkest Night, page 78
- "That's not fair! You can't let him say that. StarClan gave you those lives because they believed in you."
- ―Puddleshine to Rowanstar Darkest Night, page 160
- Puddleshine: "Rowanstar is making the wisest decision. Without Tigerheart, we are no more than a bickering mob of starlings. We need the security of a Clan and the safety of Clanmates who hold the warrior code close to their hearts."
- Scorchfur: "I've always stayed true to the warrior code."
- Darkest Night, page 268
- "No, of course not. StarClan is always with us. It must be the Moonpool—I've never seen it iced over before, so it must be affecting our connection with our ancestors. Once it warms up again, things should get better."
- ―Puddleshine Lost Stars, page 42
- "I don't want to believe that Splashtail is a fake leader, or that Podlight is a fake medicine cat. I've seen enough of what happens when cats take over a Clan by force, or through lies. It will end in bloodshed or worse, if one side has a medicine cat who truly can't connect to StarClan and receive their guidance but still pretends that he can. That can be more dangerous than no medicine cat at all."
- ―Puddleshine to Frostpaw Wind, page 147
External links[]
- Erin Hunter opinion: We need to talk about Snowtuft on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Darkness to balance the light on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Codebreakers: Brainstorming The Broken Code on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- The Journey So Far: Lost Stars on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Exclusive! Veil of Shadows: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- The Journey So Far: The Silent Thaw on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Exclusive! Graystripe's Vow: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Allegiance only)
- Exclusive! Darkness Within: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Exclusive! The Place of No Stars Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Exclusive! A Warrior's Choice Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- The Journey So Far: Darkness Within on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Exclusive! A Light in the Mist: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Allegiance only)
- Exclusive! River: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Exclusive! Sky: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Exclusive! Shadow: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Exclusive! Thunder: Excerpt on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Allegiance only)
- Exclusive: Wind chapters on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Thunder recap: the story so far on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Exclusive! Ivypool's Heart chapters on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Grief and hope in Ivypool's Heart on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Exclusive! Star chapters on the Warriors official website (backup link)
- Wind recap: the story so far on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Nothing But Stories on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Character spotlight: Whistlepaw - an ally and a friend on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Revealed in The Apprentice's Quest, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in River of Fire, chapter 20
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Revealed in Shattered Sky, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in Darkest Night, chapter 21
- ↑ Revealed in The Raging Storm, chapter 3
- ↑ Revealed in Veil of Shadows, page 74
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, chapter 1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 90
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 217
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 356
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 89
- ↑ Revealed in Shattered Sky, page 121
- ↑ Revealed in Lost Stars, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 220
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Revealed in River of Fire, allegiances
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Revealed in The Raging Storm, chapter 25
- ↑ Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in River of Fire, page 252
- ↑ Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow, page 26
- ↑ Revealed in The Raging Storm, chapter 1
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, page 347
- ↑ Revealed in The Last Hope, page 272
- ↑ Revealed in Thunder and Shadow, allegiances
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Revealed in River, allegiances
Author references
ShadowClan cats | |
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Leader | Tigerstar |
Deputy | Cloverfoot |
Medicine cats | Puddleshine • Shadowsight • Frostpaw |
Warriors | Snowbird • Tawnypelt • Scorchfur • Dovewing • Grassheart • Stonewing • Yarrowleaf • Slatefur (Birchpaw) • Whorlpelt • Snaketooth • Flowerstem • Blazefire • Gullswoop • Pouncestep • Lightleap • Spireclaw • Flaxfoot • Hopwhisker • Fringewhisker |
Apprentices | Birchpaw |
Queen | Cinnamontail |
Kits | Firkit • Streamkit • Bloomkit • Whisperkit |
Elders | Oakfur |
Kin cats | |
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Leaders | Darktail |
Members | Rain • Raven • Nettle • Roach • Dragonfly • Flame • Silt • Thistle |
ShadowClan defectors | Needletail • Juniperclaw • Sleekwhisker • Violetshine • Berryheart • Cloverfoot • Beenose • Sparrowtail • Mistcloud • Buster • Birchbark • Lioneye • Slatefur • Puddleshine • Strikestone • Dawnpelt • Stonewing • Grassheart • Whorlpelt • Snaketooth • Flowerstem • Snowbird • Scorchfur • Yarrowleaf • Conefoot • Frondwhisker • Gullswoop • Ratscar • Oakfur • Pinenose • Spikefur |
Kittypet recruits | Max • Zelda • Loki |
RiverClan prisoners | Reedwhisker • Mintfur • Icewing • Brackenpelt |