Stripestar

"The longer this quest takes, the more time I’ll have to set myself straight...and try to figure out how to move on in a world without Bristlefrost." This article contains major spoilers for the recently released book, Ivypool's Heart. Please proceed at your own discretion.

"I loved you, Galestar. I still love you, and I would never have done anything to harm you. I would have given anything to have saved you and our kits. But the storm would have swept us all away if I had stayed. I had to lead the other StormClan cats to safety. We never wanted to leave you. We came back as soon as the storm died down, but by then you were gone. I knew you were dead, and I couldn't bear for you to have died that way. For the rest of my life...For the rest of my life I mourned for you and our family. All of us, all of StormClan, tried so hard to find you."

— Stripestar to Galestar in Ivypool's Heart, pages 353-354

Stripestar
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	StarClan
Past:	ThunderClan StormClan None
Names
Apprentice:	Unknown
Warrior:	Unknown
Deputy:	Unknown
Leader:	Stripestar
StarClan resident:	Stripestar
Kin
Former mate:	Galestar
Kits:	Three unnamed kits
Book appearances
Dead	Ivypool's Heart
Dead	Ivypool's Heart

Stripestar is a brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

History

In the Super Editions

Ivypool's Heart

"We almost hadn't existed. We've been part of everything, but barely ourselves."

―Stripestar ^{Ivypool's Heart, chapter 32}

Galestar sends Whistlepaw a dream of Stripestar attempting to find their three kits near the sun-drown-place. Unable to find the kits, the tom stares at Whistlepaw and asks her to make things right.

After entering the Star Tree, Galestar tells Whistlepaw, Ivypool, Icewing, and Rootspring about her history with Stripestar. Stripestar was the leader of ThunderClan, and he and Galestar, the leader of WindClan, fell in love. They decided to unite their Clans into StormClan so they could be together. Eventually, StormClan left the forest after the other Clans blamed them for the shortage of prey, though Stripestar and Galestar began arguing more and more as tensions in the group rose. Galestar gave birth to their three kits by the sun-drown-place, but Stripestar's Clanmates encouraged him that they must find a permanent camp before leaf-bare. However, Galestar and her kits became separated from the others in a storm, and Galestar blames Stripestar for abandoning them. Whistlepaw explains how she saw this in her vision, and that Stripestar only left because his Clanmates convinced him to. Galestar, however, is bitter why Stripestar did not come back to find them. Galestar and her kits were eventually rescued by the wildcats. At some point, Stripestar and the rest of StormClan died, leaving their spirits to be forgotten forever.

Later, Icewing and Ivypool convince Galestar to return to StarClan to find Stripestar to force StarClan to remember StormClan. As Galestar begins to tell her story to the StarClan cats, Stripestar and the others' spirits begin to manifest, and Galestar angrily confronts Stripestar for abandoning her and their kits. Stripestar insists how StormClan returned to the sun-drown-place after the storm to search for them, and Stripestar mourned for his family for the rest of his life. He and Galestar reconcile, and Stripestar hopes that StormClan's memories in StarClan will help save all the Clans.

Character pixels

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

Kin

Members

Former mate:

Galestar: Deceased, verified StarClan visitor

Kits:

Three unnamed kits: Status unknown

Tree

Bound Hunt ♂

Galestar ♀

Stripestar ♂

Unnamed wildcats

Unnamed kits

Three unnamed kits

Unnamed wildcats

Missing Generations

    = Tom

    = She-cat

    = Gender unknown

Appearances

• Ivypool's Heart (First appearance)

Quotes

"I've never lost my sense of guilt. Our cats had trusted us, and they followed us to their death, all because Stripestar and I wanted to be together. Besides, I have to admit that Stripestar and I weren't handling things well. With the extra stress of the journey, and the number of decisions we had to make every day, we found ourselves arguing more and more, in private at first, and then in front of our Clanmates. With all the tension, I started to wonder if we'd made a mistake when we left the forest. But then something happened that made it impossible to turn back: I found I was expecting kits."

―Galestar about StormClan's journey ^{Ivypool's Heart, chapter 18}

Icewing: "You sound angry."

Galestar: "And why shouldn't I be angry? Then and now? Stripestar had sided with his Clan over me, even though I knew better, and because I didn't want to fight about it, I gave in. But in the end, Stripestar's decision led to disaster, and he left me and my kits behind to suffer for his mistake."

^{Ivypool's Heart, chapter 18}

"It's hard to know that you loved another cat. I loved you so much, and I never got to see my kits grow up. But I'm glad, too. I couldn't bear the thought that you and our kits had suffered and died because I couldn't save you. None of StormClan could."

―Stripestar to Galestar ^{Ivypool's Heart, chapter 32}

External links

• Filling in the blanks: an insight into the creative process on Ivypool's Heart on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Mentioned only)

Fan content

• A collection of Galestar and Stripestar artwork on the Warriors official website (backup link)

Notes and references