Shrewclaw

"Wormcat? Avenge Brackenwing for me."

— Shrewclaw to Talltail before he dies in Tallstar's Revenge, page 482

Shrewclaw
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	StarClan
Past:	WindClan
Biographical information
Age:	Approx. 15 moons (1.25 years) at death
Cause of death:	Blood loss
Names
Kit:	Shrewkit
Apprentice:	Shrewpaw
Warrior:	Shrewclaw
StarClan resident:	Shrewclaw
Kin
Mother:	Brackenwing
Father:	Redclaw
Brother:	Barkface
Mate:	Ryestalk
Sons:	Mudclaw, Tornear
Education
Mentor:	Hareflight
Book appearances
Living	Tallstar's Revenge, Yellowfang's Secret, Crookedstar's Promise, Bluestar's Prophecy
Living	Tallstar's Revenge, Yellowfang's Secret, Crookedstar's Promise, Bluestar's Prophecy
Dead	Tallstar's Revenge
Dead	Tallstar's Revenge

Shrewclaw is a dark brown tom with yellow eyes.

History

In the Super Editions

Tallstar's Revenge

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Shrewkit is first mentioned by his mother, Brackenwing, when Tallkit is going out of the nursery. Palebird calls out to Tallkit, telling him to be careful. Brackenwing soothes Palebird, promising her that Shrewkit and his brother, Barkkit, would watch out for him.

Shrewkit is later seen playing with Tallkit and Barkkit. He suggests that he and Barkkit should show Tallkit the Hunting Stones in WindClan territory. Shrewkit comes up from behind Tallkit when he's talking with Reedfeather and Hawkheart. Reedfeather asks Shrewkit where he was showing Tallkit today. Shrewkit replies that they were going to the Hunting Stones. Heatherstar tells the kits to be careful and warns them that the rocks might be icy and slippery. Hawkheart, the Clan medicine cat, calls to them, telling them not to come mewling to him if they sprained a paw.

When Shrewkit, Barkkit and Tallkit start going towards the Hunting Rocks, Barkkit tells Shrewkit that he wants to play sliding in the hollow. Shrewkit disagrees, saying he wanted to go to the Hunting Rocks. He scoops up some snow in his paw and flings it at Barkkit, but the wind snatches the flakes and tosses the snow back into Shrewkit's whiskers. He sneezes and Barkkit sarcastically says that he looked scary. Shrewkit gets angry and launches himself onto Barkkit, and the two kits roll in the grass. After the tussle, Shrewkit exclaims that Tallkit was blinking like he had just opened his eyes. Tallkit bristles and says that his father, Sandgorse, had remarked that Tallkit had opened his eyes faster than any kit in the nursery.

After that, Shrewkit says he was going to the Hunting Stones. Barkkit runs after him, and asks about sliding in the hollow. Shrewkit then says that there wasn't enough snow for real sliding. Barkkit teases him, saying he was scared. Shrewkit protests angrily.

Later, Shrewkit and Barkkit are seen at the Hunting Rocks when Tallkit joins them. Shrewkit leaps onto the highest stone and proclaims that he is the leader of the Hunting Rocks. Barkkit climbs onto the boulder beside him and says he's deputy. When Tallkit tries to climb onto one of the stones, Shrewkit teases him. He calls Tallkit "Wormkit" and says he should be tunneling underneath. When Tallkit says that wasn't his name, Shrewkit continues to taunt him, saying Tallkit would spend his life wriggling underground like a worm. Barkkit cheers Tallkit up, telling him to ignore Shrewkit.

During Tallkit's apprentice ceremony, he spots Shrewpaw sitting beside his mentor, and guesses he's going to tease him more with the name "Wormpaw" now. When Tallpaw is apprenticed as a moor runner, Shrewpaw approaches him saying that Heatherstar must be crazy, and that "Wormkit" belongs underground. Tallpaw protests, saying that he's neither a kit nor a worm, and that he's going to be a moor runner just like him. Later, while exploring the territory for the first time, Tallpaw thinks that if Shrewpaw and the other apprentices can survive basic tunnel training that surely he will as well. Shrewpaw is seen sharing prey with Ryepaw and Stagpaw when Tallpaw returns to camp. A few moments later he approaches Barkpaw and Tallpaw, taunting "Wormpaw" again, while still having feathers from his meal on his whiskers. Tallpaw tells him to stop calling him that, reminding him that's he's a moor runner. Shrewpaw snorts and says a real runner wouldn't be so tired, and that he should stick to digging.

When Dawnstripe wakes Tallpaw for training, she mentions that she didn't think any cat could sleep longer than Shrewpaw, and mentions that he's been up since dawn. Tallpaw says he's just showing off, and wonders why Shrewpaw hadn't woken him up, considering they were to be training together. Shrewpaw makes a comment about "Wormpaw" finally waking, and when Tallpaw retorts calling him "bug-breath" Dawnstripe snaps at the both of them. Tallpaw places the blame on Shrewpaw, in which he responds by calling him "tattlepaw". Tallpaw digs his claws into the ground, thinking about how he wanted to rank Shrewpaw's nose. Dawnstripe steps between them to stop the hostilities.

When Dawnstripe is telling Tallpaw about their training for the day Shrewpaw asks if he can come along as well. Cloudrunner tells him to ask his mentor, and proceeds to go on about their plans with Dawnstripe. When she tells Tallpaw he needs to warm up his muscles, Tallpaw looks towards Shrewpaw, expecting a comment. However, he gets distracted for a moment by his father. Shrewpaw's mentor Hareflight then marches forward, ready to begin. Dawnstripe and Shrewpaw follow after him. When they get to the training clearing his mentor orders Shrewpaw to run three laps. He takes off, and Tallpaw asks his mentor if he should go as well. When she orders him to do one lap he races after Shrewpaw, not wanting to lag behind him. Dawnstripe tells him to take it easy as it was just a warm up, but he protests thinking that Shrewpaw was doing the same. When he gets back to Dawnstripe she tells him to observe Shrewpaw's long strides. As he runs Hareflight gives comments on his form. Tallpaw decides to run once more after watching him, and focuses on running with the same technique he had. When he completes his lap Shrewpaw finishes just behind him, commenting that it wasn't so bad for a tunneler.

When ShadowClan attacked the camp and left his mother, Brackenwing, dead he became enraged when Tallpaw said that it was his fault and attacks him.

As he continues his training, he later meets the visitors - rogue cats who would visit WindClan every greenleaf.

He completes his training and becomes a warrior, and receives the name Shrewclaw.

When Talltail announces that he was leaving WindClan, Shrewclaw was surprised and reminded him that they trained as apprentices together. Talltail responds to Shrewclaw and reminds him about his taunt. Shrewclaw feels sympathetic and admits that it was just teasing.

When Talltail comes back to WindClan, Shrewclaw taunted that 'Wormcat' was back and how he thought he would never come back.

Shrewclaw and Ryestalk are seen when speaking to Talltail showing affection to each other by brushing their whiskers together and pressing their pelts against each other. This makes Talltail assume that Shrewclaw and Ryestalk are now mates.

When ShadowClan attacks again, Shrewclaw arrives on a patrol with Reedfeather. The dark brown warrior goes in for the attack on Cedarstar, and hauls him off Dawnstripe. Talltail glimpses hate in the brown tom's yellow eyes, and he reminds him of Brackenwing. With that, Shrewclaw jerks the ShadowClan cat around, landing a hefty blow to his cheek. Cedarstar falls, hitting the ground, and the WindClan warrior lunges at him. Talltail watches, shocked at the savagery of the attack.

Despite his shock, Talltail rushes forward, coming to aid his Clanmate. Shrewclaw glances at him in surprise, but when the black-and-white cat explains, the two return to their assualt. Newtspeck appears, bounding toward the WindClan cats, and dives at Shrewclaw. The ginger-and-black she-cat bites into the brown tom's shoulder, hauling him backwards.

When Tallstar receives his nine lives, Shrewclaw gives Tallstar one of his lives: the life of upholding the warrior code. Shrewclaw mentions that they were never really friends, but loyalty isn't rooted in friendship.

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Yellowfang's Secret

Shrewpaw participates in the border fight that ensues after Yellowfang, Amberleaf, Archeye, and Wolfstep accuse the WindClan cats of trespassing on ShadowClan territory. Shrewpaw is with his mentor Redclaw, Dawnstripe, and Talltail. Shrewpaw mocks the ShadowClan cats, saying they are weak, causing ShadowClan to form the battle line. Soon, Dawnstripe pulls Talltail back when Raggedpelt appears with a backup battle patrol, and they chase off the WindClan cats.

Crookedstar's Promise

Crookedstar's Promise does not formally appear in The Blazing Star , but is listed in the allegiances.

Bluestar's Prophecy

Bluestar's Prophecy does not formally appear in The Blazing Star , but is listed in the allegiances.

Trivia

Interesting facts

• Kate has said that Mudclaw could possibly be Shrewclaw's son.
  • This was later confirmed to be true by Vicky, who said that Mudclaw, along with Tornear, were his kits.

Mistakes

• Shrewclaw is mistakenly once called by his apprentice name after becoming a warrior.
• Though becoming a warrior at the same time as Tallstar, he was shown as an apprentice in Yellowfang's Secret when Tallstar was a warrior.
• Shrewclaw's mentor is his father in the allegiences of Bluestar's Prophecy, Crookedstar's Promise, and Yellowfang's Secret. However, in Tallstar's Revenge, Hareflight is shown as Shrewclaw's mentor.

Character pixels

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

Kin

Members

Mate:

Ryestalk: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Sons:

Mudclaw: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Tornear: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Mother:

Brackenwing: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Father:

Redclaw: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Brother:

Barkface: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Tree

Template:Redclaw Tree

Quotes

"I don't understand. How can you leave? We trained together. I thought I'd always have you to hunt alongside."

―Shrewclaw to Talltail before he leaves ^{Tallstar's Revenge}

"But loyalty isn't rooted in friendship. It is much stronger than that. It comes from being born and raised under the same sky, from walking the same path as our ancestors, and from sharing the warrior code. With this life I commit you to upholding the warrior code, whatever challenges you might face. This is the wisdom of our ancestors, all our traditions distilled. Trust the code to lead you along the right path."

―Shrewclaw giving Talltail a life ^{Tallstar's Revenge}