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These notes reflect a bulleted list of major and minor events in Sunset that can be easily navigated. They are intended to serve as a reference for those looking for specific events in re-reading and book discussions and include links to the relevant chapter subpages further detailing each chapter's events.
Tigerstar explains to him where they are and they talk of his plans to take over the Clans using his sons, Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost.
Darkstripe asks to accompany Tigerstar, but he refuses, telling him that every cat walks alone in the Dark Forest.
Chronologically, the prologue plays before, or at the same time with Dawn, because Firestar loses his third life in this book, while Tigerstar is saying he still has seven lives left to lose.
Firestar asks Cloudtail to take a patrol out to find him.
Daisy protests, saying she needs Cloudtail to stay to protect her other kits.
Brightheart is angered by this, and privately Brambleclaw agrees with her.
Brambleclaw offers to lead the patrol and Firestar agrees.
Squirrelflight, Stormfur and Brook accompany him.
The patrol heads towards the ShadowClanborder and finds Berrykit struggling in a fox trap with the ShadowClan cats Russetfur, Oakfur and Cedarheart watching silently without helping the kit.
When challenged, the ShadowClan cats claim they were just keeping to their borders and that they have nothing to do with kittypets in ShadowClan.
The ShadowClan cats leave, and the patrol frees Berrykit and takes him back to camp.
Leafpool cares for Berrykit.
Stormfur and Brook decide to leave for RiverClan, saying that they need to be loyal to Stormfur's home Clan.
They reveal that they plan to stay with the Clans permanently.
He asks her to take a message to Mothwing, telling her where to find catmint to treat an elder with greencough.
She wakes but decides she must stay in ThunderClan to look after Berrykit; Mothwing will have to find the herbs on her own.
She visits the Moonpool with the other medicine cats at the half-moon.
She tells the news of Cinderpelt's death.
StarClan welcome her in her dreams as a full medicine cat of ThunderClan.
She toys with the idea of visiting Mothwing after all, but refuses to go through WindClan territory to get there, telling herself that that part of her life is over.
Brambleclaw overhears Birchpaw asking Ashfur to train, but the gray warrior has reopened his wound on a rock, so Brambleclaw offers to take him on patrol.
Ashfur is about to refuse when Firestar steps in and agrees.
Brambleclaw takes Sandstorm and Thornclaw as well and they go towards ShadowClan.
ShadowClan have set their markers inside ThunderClan territories.
Brambleclaw sends Birchpaw back to camp to get help and the three warriors challenge the ShadowClan cats.
They fight with Russetfur, Oakfur, Cedarheart and Rowanclaw.
They are losing when Birchpaw brings help in the form of Firestar, Squirrelflight, Dustpelt, Spiderleg and Rainwhisker.
They chase ShadowClan off.
Back at camp Brambleclaw accuses Leafpool of betraying ThunderClan in telling Littlecloud of Cinderpelt's death and therefore ThunderClan's weakness.
He is rebuked by Squirrelflight for calling her disloyal.
Firestar agrees and says it is not Leafpool's fault ShadowClan attacked.
Mothwing reveals a sign from StarClan in front of the whole gathering, which is interpreted by Hawkfrost as being a sign to get rid of Stormfur and Brook.
Onestar reports that all is peaceful in WindClan.
Firestar reports the badger attack and thanks Onestar in public for his help. He also reports the deaths of Sootfur and Cinderpelt.
Firestar challenges Blackstar about ShadowClan's invasion of ThunderClan territory.
Blackstar excuses his behavior by claiming Twolegs are taking over ShadowClan territory.
Leopardstar and Blackstar demand more territory for their Clans.
Brambleclaw watches Berrykit and Mousekit play-fight, and gives some tips to them on fighting.
Firestar comes and asks Brambleclaw to scout out ShadowClan and RiverClan territory.
He says Dustpelt has seen Twoleg activity; they were putting up small green-pelt things on sticks. He wants to know how much Leopardstar and Blackstar will ask for at the Gathering, if anything, if the Twoleg activity is interfering with hunting.
Brambleclaw reassures Firestar he won't be caught, and sets off to scout.
He stays within two tail-lengths of the lake as he enters ShadowClan territory, and spots the Twolegs and their green pelt things. He determines that Blackstar is using the Twolegs as an excuse for more territory; everything is fine in ShadowClan.
As he reaches the RiverClan border and waits for some Twolegs to pass, he is shocked when he sees Brook race out after a squirrel, Stormfur following. She crosses barely into ShadowClan territory and kills the squirrel, while Stormfur yowls for her to come back.
She darts back across, nearly getting hit by a monster, but Hawkfrost appears, saying she stole the prey from ShadowClan and trespassed. He shows hostility, saying Brook can't behave properly, and orders them back to camp with him.
Brambleclaw follows them stealthily, and he decides to spy on what happens to make sure everything turned out alright.
He sees that most of the Clan side with Hawkfrost, and want Stormfur and Brook gone. Hawkfrost provokes Stormfur into a fight, and Blackclaw and Mistyfoot have to pull them apart. Leopardstar orders Stormfur and Brook to leave.
Brambleclaw catches up with them as they leave, apologizing that it happened. Stormfur snarls that Hawkfrost wants to be deputy, and he felt Stormfur threatened that, so he tried to get him out of RiverClan.
Brambleclaw offers them shelter in ThunderClan for the night.
Stormfur warns Brambleclaw that the path he walks can only lead to trouble.
Brambleclaw is deeply troubled as they walk on; he feels for Brook and Stormfur, yet he also believes Hawkfrost must be right in some way to have done this.
Brambleclaw takes Stormfur and Brook to see Firestar, and he invites them to stay the night, at least, and they will talk more in the morning.
Brambleclaw takes them to get something to eat, then finds them nests in the warriors' den. He also explains to Squirrelflight what happened, before they both fall asleep.
In the morning, Brambleclaw asks Sandstorm to take out Stormfur and Brook on a patrol, so they can learn the territory. Dustpelt overhears, and seems disgruntled to hear they might be staying.
When Brambleclaw comes back from a hunting patrol, he finds that Mousefur and Dustpelt have called a Clan Meeting, and he finds Stormfur and Brook distressed.
As Firestar comes out, they tell him ThunderClan is becoming too mixed; that he's taking in too many strange cats.
Firestar disagrees, saying how they need Daisy's kits, and more warriors to defend their territory.
As the Clan argues, Firestar has enough; he tells them they will make Stormfur and Brook welcome, and goes angrily back into his den.
As Squirrelflight asks Stormfur and Brook out to hunt, Brambleclaw goes to speak with Firestar in his den.
Even though Brambleclaw can hear Tigerstar screeching at him, he knows this is the right thing, and he tells Firestar he needs to appoint a deputy, so the Clan can appear strong.
Firestar cannot believe Graystripe is dead, and Sandstorm appears, gesturing to Brambleclaw to leave for a moment so she can talk to her mate.
Firestar visits Leafpool to talk to her about a new deputy.
Stormfur and Leafpool convince him that Graystripe might not ever come back.
Firestar calls a Clan Meeting, and announces Graystripe's death. The Clan immediately unites with him in grief, and he tells them he will think of a new deputy before moonhigh.
Leafpool has a dream of brambles with claws protecting the hollow, interpreting as StarClan's sign that Brambleclaw should be the next deputy.
She comes to Firestar and tells him about it. He agrees, though he had almost decided on Brackenfur.
Firestar announces Brambleclaw deputy. When some cats protest, even Brambleclaw himself in astonishment, he calls Leafpool forward and she explains her dream. The Clan accepts it, except for Ashfur.
Ashfur sneers coldly that Leafpool is lying because Squirrelflight is her sister and that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw are mates. Furious, Squirrelflight lunges at him, but Brambleclaw quickly stops her.
Firestar asks if any other cat agrees with Ashfur, but none do, and Brambleclaw is made deputy.
As Brambleclaw receives congratulations from his Clanmates, Leafpool sees the ghostly image of Tigerstar beside him.
Leafpool goes to the Moonpool to meet the other medicine cats.
Mothwing performs the ceremony to induct Willowpaw as a medicine cat apprentice.
Leafpool saw three stars on the sky. Spottedleaf says it's a sign.
Spottedleaf shows Leafpool in her dream that Cinderkit is Cinderpelt reborn.
Together, Leafpool and Spottedleaf meet Willowpaw in her dreams and they show her a vision.
Mothwing confesses to Leafpool that Hawkfrost faked the moth's wing sign and destroyed her belief in StarClan.
Leafpool feels sure that the dream she shared with Willowpaw means something bad for RiverClan and ThunderClan, and thinks this is connected to Hawkfrost.
He notices that Hawkfrost has ShadowClan scent on him, but the RiverClan cat says he must have picked it up going through their territory to get to ThunderClan.
He argues with Hawkfrost about Tigerstar's plan.
Brambleclaw hears a cat in pain and rushes towards the sound to see Firestar caught in a fox trap, saying Birchpaw sent him with news that Blackstar was on ThunderClan territory.
Hawkfrost admits that he trapped Firestar, claiming he did it for Brambleclaw so that he could become ThunderClan leader.
Leafpool is with Sorreltail and her kits when she gets a vision of blood and realizes something terrible is happening.
She tells Squirrelflight; her sister agrees to go with her to find out what.
Ashfur comes towards them, telling them that Firestar is caught in a fox trap.
When Squirrelflight asks why he didn't help him, he tells them that Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost are there too and he couldn't fight them both off so he came for help.
Brambleclaw battles internally with himself on whether to tighten the noose around Firestar's neck, causing him to lose his remaining lives, so he could become leader of ThunderClan.
Hawkfrost goads him on, saying how they could get revenge for their father.
Brambleclaw knows he wants to lead his Clan, but not like this. He refuses to kill Firestar, and starts digging up the stake, telling Firestar to keep still.
Hawkfrost attacks him, telling him it was all a test and he was a traitor to everything Tigerstar had planned. He tries to kill him, but Brambleclaw grabs the sharp stake from the ground and jabs it into Hawkfrost's throat.
Before Hawkfrost dies, he says that he didn't plan to kill Firestar alone and there is a traitor in ThunderClan. Brambleclaw begs him to tell him more, but Hawkfrost dies, his blood turning the lake red.
Brambleclaw prepares to be exiled, as Firestar had seen him struggling with the temptation to kill him, but Firestar tells him he did well; how his path had been harder than most, but he had seen it through, and won.
Firestar lets his head fall, exhausted, while Brambleclaw asks himself what his father would do to him now.
Squirrelflight tells Ashfur to go back to camp, while both sisters dash off towards the lakeshore, following Ashfur's fear scent.
Leafpool's initial mistrust of Brambleclaw has grown, and she fears that she will lose Firestar.
As they reach the site, Leafpool sees Brambleclaw standing next to Firestar with blood on his paws, but Firestar reassures that Brambleclaw saved him from Hawkfrost.
Squirrelflight thanks Brambleclaw for saving her father's life, and starts to groom Firestar.
Leafpool looks past the ferns to see Hawkfrost's body and the scarlet cloud of blood in the lake, and she realizes the prophecy has been fulfilled.
Blood had spilled blood, in the form of Brambleclaw killing Hawkfrost, his kin, and the lake had turned red with his blood.
Leafpool is convinced that peace has finally come.
