The sandy hollow,[2] also known informally as the training hollow,[3] is a hollow surrounded by trees in the forest territories.[2] It is used as a training location for ThunderClan apprentices due to the soft ground.[2][4]
Description[]
- The sandy hollow is located in the forest territory of ThunderClan, a short distance from the ThunderClan camp.[2][5] A trail runs along the edge of the ravine towards the sandy hollow.[1]
- The shallow[6] hollow is lined with bushes[7] and trees, including pine.[5] The area is sheltered from the surrounding trees during the seasons, most notably during leaf-bare.[8] The earth is a mixture of golden[9] and reddish[1] sand[4] and dirt.[3] During the time of the early settlers, a stream ran through the sandy hollow from the the four trees,[10] but it disappeared by the time of Bluestar, remaining only as a stream beyond a rise in the surrounding area.[1] A jutting slab of rock overlooks the hollow.[4]
- The primary use of the sandy hollow is for ThunderClan's warriors and their apprentices to practice their battle moves,[1] due to it being a soft and flat area to train safely.[11] ThunderClan warriors also use the hollow as a meeting place before their apprentice's assessments.[2] Before the battle with BloodClan, ThunderClan initiates a training program for every ThunderClan cat at the sandy hollow.[4]
Book mentions[]
- The Sun Trail
- Bluestar's Prophecy
- Spottedleaf's Heart (Mentioned only)
- Redtail's Debt
- Into the Wild (First appearance)
- The Prophecies Begin, volume 1
- Fire and Ice
- The Darkest Hour
- A Thief in ThunderClan
- Firestar's Quest (Mentioned only)
- Graystripe's Vow (Then)
- Midnight
- Moonrise
- Twilight (Mentioned only)
- Graystripe's Vow (Now) (Mentioned only)
- Secrets of the Clans (Retconned)
Gallery[]
Map art[]
The sandy hollow on the original map
The sandy hollow on the reprinted map
Official art[]
The sandy hollow in The Prophecies Begin, volume 1
The sandy hollow in The Prophecies Begin, volume 1
The sandy hollow in A Thief in ThunderClan
Trivia[]
Continuity[]
The following information is from sources considered non-canon, retconned, or from adapted material.
- In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, the sandy hollow is introduces as a training hollow surrounded by trees where apprentices are unlike to hurt themselves on the soft ground.[12]
See also[]
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Revealed in Fire and Ice, chapter 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Revealed in Into the Wild, chapter 5
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in Into the Wild, chapter 19
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Revealed in The Darkest Hour, chapter 24
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Revealed in Into the Wild, chapter 10
- ↑ Revealed in A Thief in ThunderClan, page 23
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, chapter 32
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, chapter 12
- ↑ Revealed in Spottedleaf's Heart, chapter 6
- ↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail, chapter 20
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, chapter 1
- ↑ Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 11
| Locations in the Warriors series | |
|---|---|
| The lake territories | Moonpool • Horseplace • River Alba • The lake • The mossy clearing • The island • The Sky Oak • Silverpath • The tunnels |
| The forest territories | Barley's farm • Moonstone • Bonehill • Sunningrocks • Highstones • Fourtrees • Carrionplace • River Chell • The Owl Tree • The Great Sycamore • Tallpines • The broken nest • Snakerocks • Beech copse • The sandy hollow |
| Other locations | Cave of Pointed Stones • Deepsands Gorge • Camp • Twolegplace • Thunderpath • The mountains • Sun-drown-place • Whispering Cave • Skyrock • Star Tree |
| Afterlives | StarClan • The Place of No Stars • Ghost residence • The Tribe of Endless Hunting • The ancestors • River of Spirits • Unnamed afterlife |