StormClan

"Can these cats find the way forward without StarClan, or are they doomed to a grim fate that will echo for generations to come?" This article contains major spoilers for the upcoming book, StormClan's Folly. Please proceed at your own discretion.

"We wanted the original two Clans to feel proud of being together, and so we made the image of lightning that comes with thunder, and cloud that scuds across the sky when the wind blows, all bound together by vines. The symbol means two Clans have become one."

— Galestar about StormClan in Ivypool's Heart, page 221

StormClan
Habitat
Unknown
Clan information
Founder: Galestar and Stripestar Current leader: None Rank succession Births and deaths List of all cats
Unique skills
Hunting Fighting Combination of WindClan and ThunderClan

StormClan was the combination of ThunderClan and WindClan when their leaders Stripestar and Galestar fell in love. StormClan eventually left the forest territories in search of a new home, though the apparent death of Galestar and her kits resulted in StormClan fading away from Clan memory. Galestar and her family were rescued by the wildcats, and her descendants live on through them.

Description

StormClan was created by Galestar of WindClan and Stripestar of ThunderClan, who fell in love and decided to unify their Clans so they could be together. However, SkyClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan opposed the idea since they were hesitant that a large Clan might overpower the others. Despite this, Stripestar and Galestar united their Clans into StormClan and devised a symbol to unify them both. However, the other Clans blamed StormClan for the scarcity of prey caused by Twolegs. As a result, StormClan left the forest in newleaf.

StormClan faced numerous hardships during their journey to find a new home; they faced predators, Twolegs, floods, and disease, causing some cats to die and others to return to the forest. These cats eventually reformed WindClan and ThunderClan. Near the sun-drown-place, StormClan set up a temporary camp so Galestar could give birth to her kits, though the former ThunderClan cats urged her to continue moving before leaf-bare arrived. StormClan left their sheltered camp towards the mountain, though Galestar and her three kits were accidentally left behind in a storm. She and her kits were eventually rescued by a group of wildcats, and Galestar and her family had kits with the wildcats.

Seasons later, Galestar's descendants lived on through the wildcats. Galestar's story became legend, and some wildcats left to find the Clans, but to no avail. At some point, Stripestar and the rest of StormClan died, and their spirits faded when no one was left to remember them. After Galestar returned briefly to StarClan and remembered the lost StormClan cats, their spirits returned to StarClan.

History of ranks

Leaders
Name	Gained rank in...	Left rank in...
Stripestar and Galestar	Unknown	Unknown

StarClan residents

Rosebush

Stripestar

Swiftwing

Whitebreeze

Unnamed cats

Former residents

Galestar (joined the wildcats)

Galestar and Stripestar's kits (joined the wildcats)

Unnamed cats (rejoined ThunderClan and WindClan)

Trivia

Interesting facts

• StormClan is the first in-universe reference to a Clan having a Clan symbol, as all of the known symbols have existed out-of-universe and have never been acknowledged in the series.
• On September 17th, 2024, the Warrior Cats website hinted that they might explore the StormClan era of the series in the near future, which would later be StormClan's Folly.
• StormClan was first conceptualized as a combination of ThunderClan and WindClan to face a "great threat" during a Shadowstar's Life brainstorming session.

See also

• List of StormClan cats
• List of other Clans

External links

• Filling in the blanks: an insight into the creative process on Ivypool's Heart on the Warriors official website (backup link)
• Exclusive title and cover reveal: StormClan's Folly on the Warriors official website (backup link)