| "The housefolk cub wants us. Not you. And you know what happens to unwanted kittens? They get thrown in the river." |
| — Ruby to Tiny about unwanted kits in The Rise of Scourge, page 25 |
Ruby is a pale gray she-cat with amber eyes.[3]
Ruby is the sister of Scourge, born a kittypet to Quince and Jake along with her brother, Socks. She and Socks bullied Scourge in their kithood, but after being abandoned by their housefolk years later, Ruby and Socks begged for their brother's help to survive. Scourge allowed them one meal before banishing them from BloodClan territory.
History[]
In the Stand-Alone Manga[]
The Rise of Scourge[]
- "You're no fun. You don't play right."
- ―Ruby complaining to Tiny The Rise of Scourge, page 9
- Tiny sees Ruby and Socks playing with a plaything, or a cat toy, when he returns from looking at a hole in the fence. He sees that Ruby and Socks are just batting at it with their paws, and wonders why they don't grab it. When he asks if he can play too, Ruby reluctantly agrees. Tiny grabs the toy and runs away with it; Ruby yells at him that he wasn't playing with it right and it is no fun to play with him. Much later, she is shown play-fighting with Socks with Quince watching them. Tiny is watching them further off in the background, thinking to himself about how Ruby and Socks always excluded him from their games, and how he thought Quince liked them more than him. Quince reminds Ruby to use her back claws.
- When Tiny asks his siblings to teach him how to fight, they mock him and run away, although they receive another scolding from Quince about it. After he journeys into the forest, Ruby listens to him tell his story, but she and Socks don't believe him. As she and her brother tease and laugh at Tiny he vows to get revenge on them for laughing, teasing, and excluding him from their games.
- Later, a group of Twolegs come to think about adopting Ruby and Socks, and their mother tells them to act cute with a ball of yarn to get the Twolegs to like them, but Tiny knows this is an act. The Twolegs only choose to take Ruby and Socks, not Tiny. Ruby then taunts Tiny cruelly, telling him that unwanted kits get thrown into the river. The next day, he promises himself that when the Twolegs come back he will act cute, but the Twoleg kit runs straight to Socks and Ruby. He remembers the light colored she-cat's lie and runs away to avoid being thrown in the river.
- Sock and Ruby, now grown cats, have been abandoned by their Twolegs, left as strays to wander the streets. They have become extremely skinny and underfed, but manage to find their brother. Tiny is now named Scourge, and is the leader of a vicious group of rogues named BloodClan. She and Socks beg Scourge for help. But Scourge snarls at them, asking why he should help them. Ruby reminds him that they were littermates, and asks if blood means anything to him. Scourge replies that blood is everything, but not the kind that Ruby speaks of—not of kinship-blood—but of the blood that flowed from the enemies that he had killed. He lets his siblings have some food before he orders his cats to chase them off BloodClan territory, saying that they are not allowed in his territory. Ruby is seen looking back at Scourge sadly, as Bone and Brick escort them away.
In the Field Guides[]
The Ultimate Guide[]
- Ruby is only briefly mentioned on her brother, Scourge's, page. Ruby and Socks both scorned their littermate, often bullying him. In an attempt to prove himself equal to Ruby and Socks, he left their home through the backyard fence and went off into the woods beyond.
Character pixels[]
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.  Kit Version  Kittypet Version  Loner Version |
Official art[]
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Kin[]
Members[]
Mother:
Father:
Brothers:
Half-brother:
Half-sister:
Half-siblings:
![[7]](#cite_note-familytreeFirestar.family.png-7){kind=link}
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Grandmother:
Uncles/Aunts:
Half-nieces:
- Leafpool:[9] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Squirrelstar:[9] Living (As of Star)
Half-nephew:
Half-nieces/nephews:
- Nami:[10][11] Status unknown
- Zack:[10][11] Status unknown
- Livy:[10][11] Status unknown
- Taylor:[10][11] Status unknown
![[11]](#cite_note-familytreeCloudtail.family.png-11){kind=link}
Half-grandnephews:
- Jayfeather:[12] Living (As of Star)
- Lionblaze:[12] Living (As of Star)
- Dewnose:[13] Living (As of Star)
- Snowbush:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Alderheart:[14] Living (As of Star)
- Juniperkit:[14] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Half-grandnieces:
- Hollyleaf:[12] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Whitewing:[9] Living (As of Star)
- Ambermoon:[13] Deceased, verified StarClan member
- Sparkpelt:[14] Living (As of Star)
- Dandelionkit:[14] Deceased, verified StarClan member
Half-great-grandnieces:
- Dovewing:[15] Living (As of Star)
- Ivypool:[15] Living (As of Star)
- Leafshade:[16] Living (As of Star)
- Honeyfur:[16] Living (As of Star)
- Hollytuft:[17] Living (As of Star)
- Sorrelstripe:[17] Living (As of Star)
- Spotfur:[18] Living (As of Star)
- Flywhisker:[18] Living (As of Graystripe's Vow)
- Myrtlebloom:[19] Living (As of Star)
Half-great-grandnephews:
Tree[]
| Crystal ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ferris | Quince ♀ | Jake ♂ | Nutmeg ♀ | Whiskers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scourge ♂ | Socks ♂ | Ruby ♀ | Princess ♀ | Filou | Tommy | Firestar ♂ | Luna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cloudtail ♂ | Nami | Livy | Zack | Taylor | Squirrelstar ♀ | Leafpool ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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= Tom
= She-cat
= Gender unknown
Appearances[]
- The Rise of Scourge (First appearance)
- The Ultimate Guide (Mentioned only)
Trivia[]
Author statements[]
- Victoria Holmes has said that Ruby was still alive at the time of Erin Hunter Chat 5.[20]
Continuity[]
The following information is from sources considered non-canon, retconned, or from adapted material.
Mistakes[]
- In The Rise of Scourge, Ruby's foreleg is miscolored as black-and-white.[22]
Quotes[]
- Ruby: "We know you're lying, Tiny."
- Socks: "Yeah. You're just a little liar."
- The Rise of Scourge, page 22
- Quince: "I thought I told you about how to treat your brother!"
- Socks: "But Mom, he's such a little pipsqueak!"
- The Rise of Scourge, page 16
- "But... but Scourge...! We're your littermates! Doesn't blood mean anything?"
- ―Ruby whining to Scourge when her and Socks are hungry The Rise of Scourge, page 73
External links[]
Fan content[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in The Rise of Scourge, page 73
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Revealed in The Rise of Scourge, page 3
- ↑ Revealed in The Rise of Scourge, full color reprint, page 3
- ↑ Revealed in The Rise of Scourge, page 4
- ↑ Revealed in The Ultimate Guide, page 197
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Revealed in Fire and Ice, pages 116-117
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Revealed on the Warriors website family tree (screenshot)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Revealed in Pinestar's Choice, chapter 5
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 509
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Revealed in Fire and Ice, page 230
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Revealed on the Warriors website family tree (screenshot)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Revealed in Sunrise, page 217
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Revealed in The Last Hope, page 216
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Revealed in The Apprentice's Quest, page 9
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Revealed in Sunset, page 317
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The allegiances of The Apprentice's Quest establish that Leafshade, Honeyfur, and Larksong are born to Lilyheart. While never outright stated that Snowbush is the father of this litter, Snowbush is confirmed to be Lilyheart's mate on page 74 of River of Fire.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Revealed in Bramblestar's Storm, page 478
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Revealed in River of Fire, allegiances
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Revealed in Thunder, page 60
- ↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Chat 5
- ↑ Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
- ↑ Revealed in The Rise of Scourge, page 14
