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In The Prophecies Begin arc

Into the Wild

"Thank you, Bluestar. ShadowClan is not the Clan I once knew. ThunderClan is my Clan now."

―Yellowfang to Bluestar ^{Into the Wild, page 268}

Yellowfang fights with a young Firepaw, who finds her on ThunderClan territory. The two engage in a quick fight, with the apprentice almost killing her. She asks him to finish her off, but he instead shows her mercy and catches her some fresh-kill. From there, a ThunderClan patrol finds the two, and she is escorted back to their camp as a prisoner. Yellowfang is revealed to be ShadowClan's medicine cat and a former warrior, but she states she had decided to leave her Clan behind and decided to travel alone.

Named as their prisoner, Yellowfang is kept in camp to both heal and in the hopes, she might give up information about ShadowClan. Firepaw is assigned to care for her as his punishment, and the two slowly tolerate each other as time passes. When a kit accidentally rolls into her, she snaps at them and Firepaw is both surprised and confused by her action. At a Gathering, ShadowClan's leader, Brokenstar, tells the Clans about Yellowfang indirectly. He mentions that she is a danger to kits and as ThunderClan returns from Fourtrees, they accuse her of the crimes and question her. However, Yellowfang is allowed to stay by Bluestar's word as the ThunderClan leader prepares to protect their territory from Brokenstar's demands.

When ThunderClan's camp is attacked by Brokenstar and his warriors, Yellowfang helps defend the nursery from Blackfoot. She stands protectively over the kits he had tried to steal, much to the relief of Firepaw and the ThunderClan queens. Frostfur thanks the gray she-cat for her actions to the rest of the gathered Clan. The following night, Yellowfang is formally asked by Bluestar if she wishes to join ThunderClan. The blue leader states that her actions during the battle proved her loyalty and bravery. Yellowfang humbly accepts the offer, much to Bluestar's pleasure. Firepaw checks on her afterwards, asking how she is faring following her fight with Blackfoot. She tells him their fight had been harder and that her injured leg was also acting up. The two cats share brief words, the young apprentice asking her if she misses ShadowClan. Yellowfang tells him that she misses the old ShadowClan that had been led before Brokenstar's leadership and that his rule had changed the Clan too much.

Yellowfang is blamed for Frostfur's stolen kits and Spottedleaf's death after fleeing camp. Firepaw and Graypaw manage to track her down and learn the truth. The old she-cat tells the two that Clawface had taken them, as Brokenstar wants to use them as warriors, much to the disbelief of the two young cats. With the help of the apprentices, she manages to rally her old friends in ShadowClan and combine their forces with a ThunderClan patrol. The group leads an attack on ShadowClan in order to rescue the litter and in the process drive out Brokenstar and his elite warriors. During the fight, she learns that Brokenstar had killed the previous leader, Raggedstar, who had also been his father. Yellowfang returns to ThunderClan with the rescued kits and the patrol and is proven to not have been involved in the plot. Following the death of Spottedleaf, she becomes ThunderClan's new medicine cat following the offer from Bluestar.

Fire and Ice

"I never intended to have kits. But then I fell in love with Raggedstar. [...] I thought losing two of my kits was punishment from StarClan for breaking the warrior code. But I was wrong. My punishment wasn't that two of my kits died. It was that this one survived!"

―Yellowfang to Fireheart about Brokenstar ^{Fire and Ice, pages 268-269}

At a Gathering, Yellowfang is introduced to the other Clans as ThunderClan's new medicine cat. She gives Fireheart and Graystripe traveling herbs when they are sent to locate the missing Clan, WindClan. The she-cat wishes them good luck on their mission, as she sees them off.

She treats Graystripe for the chills after he falls into the river. Fireheart later visits her while she is busy mixing herbs. Yellowfang tells him that there is whitecough in the camp, as Speckletail's kit and Patchpelt have it. She tells him that while isn't serious it could develop into greencough and asks if he needs anything. The orange warrior mentions his bellyache, and she tells him to come back if it becomes worse. Yellowfang also gets him to remind Graystripe to stay in camp to recover from his own cough. Fireheart later returns to her den with some fresh-kill and helps her with a kit, much to her thanks. The gray she-cat thanks him and regretfully informs him that Bluestar has whitecough and that it has hit her quickly and badly.

Yellowfang confirms later that Bluestar's sickness has developed further into greencough. She also defends Fireheart's opinion that Bluestar cannot leave camp to see Tigerclaw's claims of ShadowClan invading their territory. She snaps at the incessant Dustpaw, and tells him that with most of the Clan's warriors out of camp, they can't spare anyone in case ShadowClan does attack. She takes charge of the situation, sending Fireheart to quickly get her some catmint and then to the Thunderpath to see the evidence.

She finds Fireheart curled up with the injured Cinderpaw and tells him that while the apprentice is hurt badly, she might be able to save her. Yellowfang states that she can't promise anything, but can try her best. She sends him off to see Bluestar while she works with Cinderpaw. In the following days, Fireheart comes to see her to report that Bluestar had lost a life. As he does, Yellowfang delivers the news that while Cinderpaw is slowly healing, she would never be a warrior. She tries her best to reassure him about both cats, and offers poppy seeds to help him sleep. However, he refuses and lets her get back to her work. Fireheart finds her more catnip, much to her thanks. Yellowfang tells him that she needs it as Patchpelt's cough had worsened and gives him a brief update on Cinderpaw's condition. The medicine cat feels unsure of the young cat's future as Fireheart attempts to comfort her doubts. However, Cinderpaw soon gets back on her paws as she continues to recover. Yellowfang develops a soft spot for the young as Fireheart continues to check in on the pair. She tells him to help Cinderpaw with her exercises, joking that if she complains about it then she's doing them right.

When prey bones are found with ShadowClan scent, Yellowfang recognizes the scent as Brokenstar's. She, Fireheart, Dustpaw, and Sandpaw remain in ThunderClan camp and defend from the invading tom and his group of rogues. Yellowfang takes one of Brokenstar's lives, but hesitates to take anymore. Fireheart sees this and questions her. The medicine cat reveals that the former ShadowClan leader is her son and that she had bore him in secret. She tends to his wounds in the medicine den, much to the shock of her Clanmates. Meanwhile, she has Cinderpaw help her with their Clanmate's injuries. Yellowfang defends him partially, reasoning to Bluestar that if they exile him in his current state, he would die, and then they would be no better than him. Bluestar sees her reasoning and allows her to treat him and for him to remain as the Clan's prisoner.

Forest of Secrets

"I fed you deathberries. I know this is your last life, Brokentail. Medicine cats always know. Now no cat will ever be hurt again because of you."

―Yellowfang to Brokentail ^{Forest of Secrets, page 294}

Yellowfang teaches Cinderpaw herbs and sends her to treat One-eye's cracked paw pads with marigold when Fireheart visits. She tells the orange warrior that the young cat is doing fine and to stop worrying about her. Later on, she takes Brokentail of the gorse tunnel and snaps at Longtail and Darkstripe when they assume the former leader will escape. Yellowfang clears away some snow for her son to sit comfortably in the sun and snarks back at the two warriors' attitude. She turns her attention back to Brokentail and grooms him as a mother would a kit, much to Fireheart's dismay.

The gray she-cat spends her time teaching Cinderpaw basic poultices and is impressed by her quick learning. Yellowfang decides to officially take the young cat on as her apprentice and is proud when she accepts the offer. She tends to the battered ThunderClan cats after WindClan attacks their camp, seeking Brokentail. Yellowfang thanks Bluestar for protecting the prisoner and apologizes on his behalf for the danger he has brought by being there. Following Silverstream's death whilst kitting, Yellowfang attempts to make Cinderpaw feel less guilty about it. She tells the young cat that sometimes cats die and there was nothing to do about it. Adding on that while she has learned that the hard way, she would have to live with it. Yellowfang reassures a worried Fireheart that Cinderpaw will be fine, and will once again be back to her usual self. The gray medicine cat later takes Cinderpaw to Mouthermouth to be announced as a proper apprentice before StarClan.

Yellowfang drags Brokentail towards her den, following Tigerclaw and the rogues' attack. There, in her den she reveals the truth of his mother to him, speaking to him gently as he recovers from losing a life. There, she feeds him deathberries, killing him as he is taken by the shock of the truth and by the pain of the poison. When Fireheart enters the den, the medicine cat tells him that she had tried to save him, unknowing that he had witnessed the scene as well.

Rising Storm

"You're a brave warrior, Fireheart. I could not be prouder of you if you were my own son. And StarClan knows how many times I have wished that you were, instead of Brokentail."

―Yellowfang to Fireheart ^{Rising Storm, page 280}

Yellowfang interrupts Fireheart and Cinderpelt, when the former seeks the medicine cats out for advice regarding mentors for Brindleface's kits. She sends Cinderpelt back to her duties and helps the ginger deputy with his task, while confiding in him that she wishes her apprentice would return to her normal self. The gray she-cat hisses at Cinderpelt when she asks which herb is chamomile, which makes Fireheart question its addition to Bluestar's travelling herbs. Yellowfang corrects her apprentice and then tells the tom that it was to soothe the leader's heart and give her some strength, having wanted to keep it a secret from the camp.

When Littlecloud and Whitethroat show signs of a mysterious illness, Yellowfang is the first to identify. She tells Cinderpelt to stay away from them as it's a sickness carried by rats from the Carrionplace. Yellowfang questions them when they ask for help, wondering if Runningnose was performing his role properly. She iterates that they cannot stay on ThunderClan territory and must leave otherwise they run the risk of their illness killing cats. The medicine cat asks Littlecloud if the elders had told them not to take prey from the Carrionplace, but he reveals to her it had been an apprentice that had done so. Eventually, Bluestar concedes with Yellowfang's advice and the two ShadowClan toms are escorted from ThunderClan territory. Unbeknownst to her, Cinderpelt manages to cure the pair and nurse them back to full health.

She and Cinderpelt once again work together as a team as Cinderpelt finally recovers from Silverstream's death. The pair tend to an injured Thornpaw following Tigerclaw's attack on a ThunderClan patrol. Cinderpelt remarks that Tigerclaw will never become a Clan leader, but the older medicine cat states that he has the ambition to become whatever he wants to. As they continue treating the injured cats, Yellowfang makes small talk with Fireheart as she tends to his wounds.

Later, a fire spreads through ThunderClan's territory and camp. Yellowfang, along with Fireheart, return back to the evacuated camp in search of the missing elders, Halftail, Patchpelt, and kit, Bramblekit. She becomes trapped in the burning camp with Halftail and attempts to shelter in the medicine cat den, but lacks the strength to save them both. After the fire settles, Fireheart returns to the badly damaged camp to find her succumbing to the smoke. Yellowfang confesses that she had killed Brokentail with deathberries to Fireheart and tells him that she wished she had bore a son like him. She adds that she is not afraid of death, and StarClan can punish her for giving birth to Brokentail if they think they should. Yellowfang tells Fireheart she was only sorry that she wouldn't be able to live to see what great things he was destined for. After that, Yellowfang dies from smoke inhalation. A few moments after Yellowfang dies, Spottedleaf appears to take her to StarClan.

Fireheart returns to the safe ThunderClan cats and tells them of Yellowfang's death. Cinderpelt is distraught at the news of her mentor's death and grieves heavily. The deputy attempts to have Bluestar hold a proper vigil for her and the deceased elders, but Bluestar refuses due to her own war with their ancestors. Instead, Yellowfang's vigil is held by Whitestorm who holds the ceremony for the anxious Clan. Fireheart later gives Runningnose news of Yellowfang's death and he is visibly upset by the news as well.

A Dangerous Path

Fireheart addresses the other Clans at a Gathering, mentioning the fire that had destroyed ThunderClan's camp. He states that they honor Yellowfang, who had gone back to rescue Halftail and had perished as a result. Both Cinderpelt and Fireheart find themselves thinking of the old gray she-cat often, missing her and wishing she was still there to guide them. Later, Fireheart dreams, and while he does he scents Spottedleaf with another cat. Though he is unable to figure out the other cat, he thinks of them as Yellowfang as he faintly hears her purr.

The Darkest Hour

Yellowfang grants Fireheart one of his nine lives at his leadership ceremony. She gives him a life of compassion, guiding him to use it well for the elders of his Clan and those sick and weaker than himself. As Fireheart receives it, he finds himself feeling closer than ever to her. She later reappears after Firestar loses the first of his nine lives to Scourge, BloodClan's leader. Yellowfang and the other cats that had granted the ginger tom his lives, and Whitestorm, gather around him and fight by his side as he unleashes his final attack on the Twolegplace rogue.

In the New Prophecy arc

Midnight

Leafpaw recalls Cinderpelt's mentor, Yellowfang as a forest-born medicine cat when she overhears Mistyfoot and Graystripe talk about Mothwing's rogue birth. The young apprentice also recalls the old gray she-cat when thinking about Cinderpelt's injured leg, mentioning that Yellowfang had taken her on as an apprentice after declaring she would never be a warrior.

Moonrise

Cinderpelt tells Leafpaw that Yellowfang had never followed rules while being a medicine cat, but was still regarded as one of the best the forest had ever seen. Leafpaw murmurs that she wishes she could have met the old gray she-cat, and Cinderpelt states that she does too.

Starlight

Yellowfang, alongside other StarClan cats, discuss the prophecy, "Blood will spill blood" which leaves her peers uncertain of its meaning.

Twilight

Firestar mentions Yellowfang as he notices Cinderpelt become more like her former mentor with each passing day.

Sunset

Alongside Bluestar and Lionheart, she visits Leafpool in her dreams. She tells the young tabby that she will travel down a path that few medicine cats before her have traveled, and that they will guide her through it. Leafpool sees Yellowfang later in StarClan during a visit. Yellowfang's prophecy later comes true following Hawkfrost's death at the claws of his brother, Brambleclaw.

In the Power of Three arc

The Sight

Jaypaw meets Yellowfang as she tells him to be careful where he walks, mentioning his power to walk in other cats's dreams. She agrees with Leafpool's statement of it being special, and she continues to warn the young tom while humoring him as well. Jaypaw asks her about the other cats she shares dreams with, questioning Mothwing in particular. Yellowfang gives him a blunt response before leaving him confused. He later recalls her and Spottedleaf when ThunderClan is hit by greencough, wondering why either of them couldn't have warned them about it.

Dark River

Yellowfang catches Jaypaw spying on Willowpaw's dreams and calls him out on his behavior. He questions her about how much power he and his siblings truly hold, but she is unable to answer it completely and bluntly tells him to figure out his power's true reason before using them. When Jaypaw walks in Cinderpaw's dream about ThunderClan's camp in the forest territories. She walks him through it, showing the old medicine cat den where Yellowfang had kept her stores and mentions that she had moved there. Jaypaw states that Yellowfang is dead, to which Cinderpaw agrees and reveals that she is Cinderpelt reincarnated, showing her memories with mentions of Yellowfang to the young tom.

Eclipse

Yellowfang discusses the prophecy and powers of Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw, with Bluestar, Spottedleaf, and Whitestorm. She holds the opinion that they should know more of the truth, despite Bluestar's thoughts on the matter. Yellowfang remains firm that the Three have too much of the truth kept from them already, but doesn't push it as Bluestar takes her leave. Spottedleaf asks why the old she-cat is worried as anxiety fills her gaze and Yellowfang states that she isn't sure but has a feeling something is wrong.

Jaypaw relives Cinderpelt's memories and spots Yellowfang and Bluestar speaking in hushed voices in the fern tunnel. Yellowfang finds Jaypaw after he tries finding answers and tells him to be patient. She continues to give him excuses, much to his own annoyance. Yellowfang tells him to serve ThunderClan and trust in StarClan for everything to be revealed eventually. Jaypaw comes to learn that StarClan has surrendered when Yellowfang visits him following the eclipse.

Long Shadows

Jaypaw compares Mousefur's sharp tongue to Yellowfang after complaining about a tick. Later on, he overhears her in StarClan talking with Whitestorm and Spottedleaf in regards to the greencough outbreak in ThunderClan. She states what good are medicine cats if they don't have the herbs to save sick cats. Yellowfang mentions that she would offer her own pelt if it could help, but that it won't serve any good for them.

Sunrise

Yellowfang attacks Bluestar for withholding the secret of the Three's parentage. She states that the secret has festered through ThunderClan and that more blood will be spilt before the truth is revealed. Yellowfang notes that Midnight had revealed everything to Sol and that the betrayal wasn't from her but instead the fact that the Three had been lied to.

Yellowfang later visits Jayfeather in his dreams, stating that StarClan was wrong to lie to him and his siblings. She brings him a crow's feather, revealing that his father is Crowfeather, the WindClan tom.

In the Omen of the Stars arc

The Fourth Apprentice

Yellowfang takes Bluestar, Lionheart, and Spottedleaf to a loud marshy place to discuss the prophecy. When Bluestar says that it's too loud and wet, Yellowfang replies that she meant it to be loud so no other cat could hear them speak. Bluestar demands Yellowfang what she wants to discuss, in which Yellowfang says that the prophecy was not fulfilled. She continues by saying that the Three were together, though the two probably wouldn't identify the third. After Bluestar and Spottedleaf have a minor debate, Yellowfang twitches her ears, claiming that if Jayfeather and Lionblaze didn't know who the third was, there could be more trouble. She then proceeds to say that she wishes to send a sign. Shocked by this, Bluestar asks Yellowfang if she has forgotten that the prophecy doesn't belong to StarClan, then adds that it could be dangerous to interfere with and it should be left alone. As Lionheart speaks of Hollyleaf, Yellowfang says that they wouldn't be wrong again. Continuing, Yellowfang says that they had to trust their Clanmates that lived beside the lake, as well as the prophecy, no matter where it came from.

Feathertail arrives, causing Yellowfang to point out that the discussion was ThunderClan's business, showing her teeth slightly. After Spottedleaf convinces the meeting cats to allow Feathertail to stay, Yellowfang shrugs, gently saying that they weren't Feathertail's sons. She says that StarClan could warn them as well as guide them, but in the end, the kits will go their own way. Bluestar comments that all sons and daughters do the same thing. Yellowfang's eyes darken as she stares into the sky. When asked by Lionheart about the sign, Bluestar jumps in before Yellowfang could speak. After a minor debate, Bluestar gives in. Yellowfang bows her head, revealing the depths of her wisdom, confessing that she would send an Omen. Bluestar asks Yellowfang if she would send the sign to Jayfeather or Lionblaze, but Yellowfang replies that she wouldn't send it to either, but the third cat.

She then appears in a dream to Dovepaw, telling her that she is part of the prophecy. Jayfeather remarks how she isn't as scary as she looks after Dovepaw complains. When Breezepelt attacks Jayfeather with Brokenstar, Yellowfang tells Jayfeather that she knows the cat that helped Breezepelt, but doesn't tell him who it was. She hints that there will be a battle with StarClan and the Dark Forest.

Fading Echoes

Yellowfang appears to Jayfeather when he tries to walk in Flametail's dream and shows him part of StarClan's hunting grounds. She tells him about life in StarClan, how they have all the prey they want, and are quite content, except when they see living cats suffering. When Jayfeather inquires about ghostlike spirits he sees, she explains that they are spirits of cats who are forgotten, and have earned their peace. She adds that she doesn't have to worry because no one will forget a "cantankerous old badger" like her. Jayfeather then shares with her his suspicions that the Dark Forest is planning something evil. She suggests that they go to the Dark Forest to talk to Tigerstar, and Spottedleaf joins them as they go.

Yellowfang seems unusually nervous as they enter the Dark Forest, which Jayfeather doesn't understand, and soon they run into Brokenstar. Yellowfang is incredibly uneasy around him, due to their history, and Spottedleaf kindly orders her to go back to where she is loved, StarClan, while she and Jayfeather stay. Yellowfang is last seen walking back to StarClan with Jayfeather.

Night Whispers

Yellowfang sits in a glade with her shoulders hunched. As Sagewhisker and Fernshade approach Yellowfang, the old she-cat flattens her ears. She begins to argue with Fernshade and Sagewhisker, who think Yellowfang could have prevented the battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan. She is seen when Fernshade decides to go get Russetfur and bring her to StarClan asking Fernshade to tell Russetfur she is sorry, and with that, Fernshade leaves.

Jayfeather sees Yellowfang's spirit sitting in the entrance of the medicine cat den. Fed up, Jayfeather demands her to speak. She tells him that Lionblaze beating a fox on his own is a sign that ThunderClan must fight the Dark Forest alone. She states that if the other Clans fight, they will perish. Jayfeather argues by saying that the Dark Forest is everyone's problem, but Yellowfang fades too quickly for Jayfeather to press the issue further.

After Jayfeather travels through Kestrelflight and Willowshine's dreams, Yellowfang hisses at him, saying that all four Clans must stand alone or they will perish. She knocks him over before he has the chance to tell the other medicine cats about the Dark Forest. She tells him that if he doesn't keep quiet, all the other Clans will disappear into the darkness. When Mothwing is visiting Jayfeather and talking to him, Yellowfang appears and tells him not to listen, saying that Mothwing was born an idiot and would die an idiot.

Sign of the Moon

Yellowfang summons Jayfeather to tell him not to go to the mountains. Jayfeather finds out that Ashfur is in StarClan, so he questions her. Even though Yellowfang tells him not to go and disagrees with him, he goes. She also shows him StarClan in peace, telling him that he must protect it all.

The Forgotten Warrior

Yellowfang meets Jayfeather on the crest of a hill with cold winds blowing. When he complains, she tells him that she needed a place where she would not be overheard. Introductions aside, Yellowfang tells Jayfeather that he must recruit another fully trained medicine cat in ThunderClan. When Jayfeather points out Leafpool and her training, Yellowfang retorts that when comparing Leafpool's crimes to the code of medicine cats, it was like she was never a medicine cat. Yellowfang, then, tells Jayfeather that perhaps it is time that Cinderheart realizes her past life as Cinderpelt.

Yellowfang visits Jayfeather in a dream one more time. This time, she asks him angrily about why he told Cinderheart about her past. Jayfeather tells her that she told him to tell Cinderheart, but Yellowfang admits that she was distracted when she told him to tell Cinderheart.

The Last Hope

Yellowfang appears to tell Jayfeather that he is not important. Jayfeather is angry and starts a fight. Jayfeather asks if she can relay a message to Flametail, noting that Yellowfang was once ShadowClan. Yellowfang refuses, stating angrily that she is a ThunderClan cat.

When Jayfeather and the other medicine cats come to reunite the factions of StarClan, Yellowfang is present in the group, though speaks out against the Clans working together. However, Sunstar snaps at her. saying that she can leave if she wants to, but Yellowfang quiets her protests and remains in the group.

During the battle with the Dark Forest, after she sees her son kill Ferncloud, she runs to him and bites down hard on his neck, snapping bone and killing him once more, causing Brokenstar to fade away. Yellowfang is seen later trying to comfort Firestar about Spottedleaf's second death. She is mentioned when Jayfeather recaps Firestar's nine lives.

In the A Vision of Shadows arc

Thunder and Shadow

Yellowfang appears to Alderpaw in a dream he receives from StarClan at the Moonpool. He doesn't recognize her, but when she introduces herself to him, he recalls stories about the brave she-cat and how she killed her own son, Brokenstar, in order to save ThunderClan. Alderpaw asks her if she has come to tell him if Twigpaw and Violetpaw are what he was meant to find in the shadows. Yellowfang is amused and refuses to confirm or deny the young tom's suspicions. When the medicine cat apprentice growls in frustration at this, Yellowfang comments that she had forgotten the impatience of youth.

Yellowfang explains that she has come to praise him for standing up for his beliefs, referencing how Alderpaw had spoken out moments earlier at the half-moon Gathering about how the Clans ought to stand up to Onestar and force the WindClan leader to give ShadowClan the herbs they need. Yellowfang states that he has proven that he has what it takes to be a medicine cat, and that she has seen that StarClan has made the right choice. She remarks that StarClan doesn't always speak with one voice, to which Alderpaw growls that they sometimes don't speak at all. Purring in amusement, Yellowfang asks if he wanted the starry-warriors to guide the living cats' every paw step, and whether he would rather walk his own path. Considering this idea, the ginger tom asks her why StarClan told Puddleshine about the lungwort without telling Onestar to let ShadowClan gather it. Yellowfang questions what lesson anyone would learn if that had been done. Alderpaw wants to ask her how he can help ShadowClan, but the dark gray she-cat begins to fade. As she does, she reminds him again to speak out for what he believes in.

Shattered Sky

When Alderheart and Mothwing go to Kin territory to retrieve the RiverClan medicine cat's herbs, Puddleshine mentions that Yellowfang has been teaching him the herbs in his dreams.

During a medicine cat half-moon meeting vision, Firestar points to a five-pointed leaf. Yellowfang explains that it means that there are five Clans that must live peacefully on shared territory. She notes that ShadowClan needs to reclaim their land, and asks the medicine cats if they understand. They all nod, knowing this is the next step for them to take.

River of Fire

Yellowfang rebukes Needletail's statement that Rowanclaw is solely responsible for ShadowClan's dissolution, asserting that Rowanclaw misunderstood Darktail's evil intentions and reminding Needletail that she and the other ShadowClan cats chose to join Darktail and his Kin. Needletail retorts sarcastically, saying Yellowfang knows everything and continues to criticize Rowanclaw. Yellowfang admits that she thought that Brokenstar's leadership was bad enough, to which Blackstar admits that he believed Rowanclaw would make a good leader but asks what he could possibly have done after his Clan betrayed him. Eventually, Shadowstar, the original leader of ShadowClan, appears, much to the other cats' surprise, as they have never seen her before. Shadowstar tells them that ShadowClan must be saved, or it will mean the end of all the other Clans and eventually, the end of StarClan.

Yellowfang is then briefly mentioned by Puddleshine when Frecklewish is teaching him how to lay herbs in the SkyClan way. Puddleshine says how Yellowfang had taught him differently, and that she is a StarClan cat. Frecklewish then snaps that he doesn't always know better just because he was taught by Yellowfang. She adds that Puddleshine is a SkyClan cat and he will do the things the SkyClan way.

In the Super Editions

Moth Flight's Vision

Although unnamed, in a dream Moth Flight sees her giving Firestar one of his nine lives.

Yellowfang's Secret

Yellowkit is born to Brightflower and Brackenfoot of ShadowClan, along with her siblings Nutkit and Rowankit. Her grandmother is Silverflame, who is Brightflower's mother. The siblings like to play games and pretend that the elders are invading WindClan cats. The strong ShadowClan "warriors" frighten the "WindClan" cats, and the kits win the game. Raggedkit and his littermate, Scorchkit, tease Nutkit, Yellowkit, and Rowankit. As a result, Nutkit teases Raggedkit and calls him a kittypet. This seriously offends Raggedkit, since no cat knows who Raggedkit's father is, although Nutkit, Yellowkit, and Rowankit had heard the elders gossiping about Raggedkit's and Scorchkit's father being a kittypet. While Yellowkit doesn't like the larger kits' bullying, she vows to stick up for her siblings.

Yellowkit notices that her stomach aches, and her sibling's, Nutkit, does too. Nutkit ate a tainted piece of crow-food, and Sagewhisker gives the kits yarrow to induce vomiting. Yellowkit insists that she didn't eat the crow-food, and she's hurt when her mother thinks she is a liar.

She notices that Silverflame is becoming finicky about food and hasn't eaten much. She tries to get her grandmother to eat a frog, but the elder hardly takes a bite. Yellowkit starts to feel the sickness that Silverflame feels.

Several moons later, Yellowkit, along with her siblings, become apprentices. Yellowpaw gets Deerleap for a mentor, and she's satisfied with that. When Yellowpaw and Deerleap are about to go explore the territory, Yellowpaw feels pain in her chest. Yellowpaw dismisses her aches and views the territory with her new mentor, but worries about Silverflame. When she comes back, her mother tells her that Silverflame is dying. Yellowpaw cannot believe this and goes in to say goodbye to her grandmother. She is grief-stricken and angry at the medicine cat Sagewhisker, thinking that she could have done something to save Silverflame.

Littlebird then takes Yellowpaw out for a walk, though she is reluctant. However, Brightflower urges her and she is forced to go. Yellowpaw complains to Littlebird and says that Sagewhisker should have done something more, and Littlebird just tells her that death is part of life.

Yellowpaw and Deerleap go hunting near the big ash tree. Deerleap teaches Yellowpaw to look, listen, and scent. Yellowpaw sees a blackbird and tries to catch it, but she steps on a leaf. Deerleap asks what she did wrong, and Yellowpaw said she wasn't aware of the leaf. Afterward, Yellowpaw sees the bird on a tree root and catches it.

She and her siblings have a joint training session with Raggedpaw and Scorchpaw. Yellowpaw begins to get closer to Raggedpaw, and she vows to help him find who his father is. She takes him to Twolegplace, and they run into the kittypets Marmalade, Red, and Pixie. The cats challenge the ShadowClan apprentices, then agree to help them. Raggedpaw finds out that his father is a kittypet named Hal. However, Hal rejects his son; Raggedpaw goes into denial and becomes angry with Yellowpaw.

Yellowpaw also goes with Stonetooth's patrol to attack WindClan. Yellowpaw is fighting with a WindClan warrior twice her size. The WindClan warrior pins her to the ground, but Raggedpaw saves her. Yellowpaw is angry at Raggedpaw for saving her because she knows she can fight her battles herself.

The ShadowClan patrol wins the fight and heads back to camp. When they get there, Cedarstar is very pleased. After Stonetooth tells Cedarstar what happened, Raggedpaw is made a warrior. Raggedpelt then apologizes to Yellowpaw for saving her. As Raggedpelt walks away, Yellowpaw thinks that she and Raggedpelt could actually be friends.

Sometime later, Yellowpaw earns her warrior name, Yellowfang. She becomes very close to Raggedpelt, wanting to be with him forever. Sagewhisker talks to Yellowfang about her ability to feel other cats' pains and says she should be a medicine cat, but Yellowfang disagrees. Over time, Yellowfang realizes that she can't focus in battle when she feels her own pain plus everyone else's. She later reluctantly decides to become Sagewhisker's apprentice and train to become a medicine cat. Raggedpelt isn't happy with her decision and thinks she is making a mistake.

Later, Yellowfang tells Raggedpelt that instead of being his deputy, she'll be his medicine cat, but they both want more than that. They agree to meet in secret in parts of the territory, though Yellowfang knows she is breaking the medicine cat code. When she goes from apprentice to full medicine cat, they are forced to stop being together, much to Raggedpelt's frustration.

At a Gathering, while Yellowfang is sitting with the other medicine cats, she feels a strange movement in her belly and wonders which of the queens is expecting kits. With horror, she realizes that the feeling is her own and she is the one carrying kits. She scuffles around uncomfortably in the leaves until Sagewhisker asks her if she'd eaten a piece of crow-food.

She continues her medicine cat duties, but on a walk one morning, Sagewhisker eventually uncovers her secret. The medicine cat lets her apprentice keep her status, but confesses that she is a little mad. Sagewhisker reminds Yellowfang they had taken vows and that the Clan needed her.

Yellowfang sneaks out one night, feeling that the kits are coming. She finds a hollow log and tries to settle down. The birth is painful and she gives birth to two she-cats and a tom. One of the she-kits is stillborn, while the other is very weak. Yellowfang desperately tries to keep her alive, but the other she-kit dies as well. In the end, only the brown tabby tom is left. She carries him home, where Raggedpelt fusses over him and calls him his son. Lizardstripe, a queen at the time, nurses him reluctantly. Yellowfang says that his name is Brokenkit. Lizardstripe thinks he was named for the broken tail, but Yellowfang thinks to herself that it is really because of her broken heart. Sagewhisker then gives Yellowfang parsley to stop her milk. Yellowfang says to StarClan that Brokenkit is no longer her son.

Yellowfang notices Nightpaw coughing during a training session, claiming to Foxheart that the apprentice is sick. Yellowfang says he doesn't have whitecough or greencough and suggests he may have a furball, but Nightpaw says he can't get furballs because his pelt is too thin. Foxheart gets angry when she sees Nightpaw helping Yellowfang carry stuff, and afterward, Yellowfang says he can go back to training.

Soon after Yellowfang's son become a warrior named Brokentail, he is made ShadowClan's deputy. Raggedstar is found dead some time later, supposedly killed by WindClan, and Brokentail is horrified by his father's death. He refuses to go to the Moonstone to receive his nine lives, still grieving. He carries Raggedstar's body to camp, and Yellowfang isn't so certain Raggedstar got killed in battle. She then later feels grief for her mate, even though they argued every time Brokentail was mentioned. Later on, Yellowfang and Brokentail head to the Moonstone to receive his nine lives. Yellowfang is watching, concerned by the pain Brokenstar was feeling.

Yellowfang's mother, Brightflower, gives birth to a she-kit and a tom, Marigoldkit and Mintkit, and Yellowfang is very proud of her mother. Later on, Brightflower's kits go missing, and they search for them to find them dead, killed by a fox. Brokenstar finds Yellowfang and the dead kits and takes them back to camp. Brightflower accuses Yellowfang of killing them, as she saw Yellowfang curled around them. Brokenstar then convinces most of the Clan that Yellowfang had killed the two kits, since her scent covered the fox scent, and exiles Yellowfang.

Yellowfang struggles out of ShadowClan territory and rests, thinking of past events. She falls asleep, losing track of time. She wanders into ThunderClan territory and finds an orange apprentice hunting. She shows herself and fights the apprentice, losing the fight and injuring her leg. She waits as the apprentice fetches his Clanmates, and silently vows to StarClan that one day she will do something to rid the Clans of Brokenstar.

Bluestar's Prophecy

At a Gathering, Yellowfang is seen cheering loudly for Raggedpelt when he is announced as ShadowClan's new deputy.

At another Gathering, many moons later, Yellowfang is announced as Sagewhisker's new apprentice, beginning her training as a medicine cat. It is noted that she does not look like other ShadowClan cats due to her flat face. Bluefur notices that Yellowfang and Raggedpelt seem to be angry with each other, and wonders if they had quarreled recently.

Firestar's Quest

Yellowfang does not formally appear but is mentioned by Sandstorm when Sky gobbles up a vole she had given him to eat, and the old cat's mannerisms remind her and Firestar of the old medicine cat.

Bramblestar's Storm

During a dream, Bramblestar sees a giant cat on the other side of the lake. Taller than trees and broader than Twoleg dens and ears reaching the clouds, the figure grows solid and Bramblestar recognizes it as Yellowfang. She stands at the edge of the lake, paws in the water, turning it blood red. Yellowfang explains that blood does not mean death, her meow echoing on the hills. She says that it will bring more strength than Bramblestar can imagine. The tom protests he doesn’t understand, but Yellowfang doesn’t answer. She fades and Bramblestar wakes up. He explains to Jayfeather about the dream and asks if Yellowfang means that another terrible battle is coming, but Jayfeather doesn’t think so. Bramblestar eventually does figure out Yellowfang’s vision. He sees the lake turning red from the sun, and remembers Yellowfang’s dream.

In the comic, Squirrelflight recalls the dream she had of Yellowfang. She remembers that Yellowfang explained she wished StarClan did not send her to pass on a message but it is her duty. Yellowfang told Squirrelflight that she will never have kits of her own. As Squirrelflight and Bramblestar go out to talk, Yellowfang appears. Bramblestar recognizes her and Squirrelflight asks what she is doing here before asking if she is fatally sick. Yellowfang reassures that this is not what she needs to be told. Yellowfang apologizes, explaining she should have told Squirrelflight something long ago. Squirrelflight asks what she means, and Yellowfang admits she lied. She says she thought it was best as Squirrelflight had to take in Leafpool’s kits. Yellowfang admits she thought it was the only way to persuade Squirrelflight. The ginger she-cat asks why Yellowfang is telling her now, and Yellowfang replies that she is not sick. The StarClan cat explains that she is, in fact, the opposite. Yellowfang leaves, wishing Squirrelflight well with the she-cat thanking her. Bramblestar asks Squirrelflight when Yellowfang lied to her and what she thought she needed to do. Squirrelflight reveals that she is not sick; she is having kits.

Tigerheart's Shadow

While Tigerheart is having his nine lives ceremony, Yellowfang gives him the life of forgiveness, which she said was more powerful than vengeance.

Squirrelflight's Hope

Yellowfang is one of the cats to judge whether or not Leafpool and Squirrelflight are worthy of being accepted into StarClan. Out of all the judges, Yellowfang is the most sympathetic toward the two sisters, pointing out Bluestar and Moth Flight's hypocrisy in reprimanding them for breaking the warrior code and arguing that since she herself ended up in StarClan despite her violation of the code, Leafpool and Squirrelflight shouldn't be any different. Ultimately, Yellowfang's arguments prevail and Squirrelflight and Leafpool are judged worthy of being in StarClan.

Graystripe's Vow

While climbing through Highstones, Graystripe is overcome by memory and longing for Yellowfang and Cinderpelt. Later, in the past, Cinderpelt tells Graystripe that she can't get used to seeing Yellowfang in StarClan. Graystripe understands, and recalls how Yellowfang had died from a fire seasons ago.

Leopardstar's Honor

Leopardfur watches as her Clanmates join the other cats at the Gathering. She notices her father, Mudfur, join Yellowfang and Runningnose beneath some trees. Later, Fireheart and Graystripe return to the ThunderClan camp after the fire and bury the cats who did not escape.

In the Novellas

Tigerclaw's Fury

A forest fire rages in ThunderClan territory and cats have been left behind. As cats argue over who goes back, Yellowfang lurches over to them and says she may be old, but she’s steadier on her paws than Cinderpelt. She tells her apprentice the Clan will need her skills and offers to go with Fireheart to rescue left-behind cats, telling Cinderpelt to stay with the Clan. Tigerclaw is disgusted that Fireheart and an ancient medicine cat will be rescuing his son. Time is running out so Fireheart tells Yellowfang to come with him, and Yellowfang lumbers after the deputy. They reach the camp to find Halftail and Patchpelt. Yellowfang grabs Halftail and starts dragging him across the clearing, but is too slow as the trees around them explode into flame. The flames take over, blocking any sight of the medicine cat and elder.

Blackfoot's Reckoning

Blackfoot relives the memory of finding out that Blizzardwing is his father, recalling that he was sick in the medicine den and scented the tom after recognizing it was neither Sagewhisker or Yellowfang's. As the tom is forced to recall Rosetail's death, he dreams of his attempt of stealing ThunderClan's kits. After he kills the elder, Yellowfang stops him and the two confront each other. Blackfoot calls her a traitor and a murderer, but the gray she-cat tells him that she hadn't killed the kits and that she would still be loyal ShadowClan. As the vision fades and the tom is faced with the StarClan spirits he comes to realize that Yellowfang had in fact, not killed the ShadowClan kits.

Leafpool's Wish

When Leafpool dreams of StarClan cats, Yellowfang appears with Bluestar and Lionheart, grunting she took her time. She tells Leafpool that she will tread a path few medicine cats have tread before. She sounds tense as if she wants to tell more but some secret promise stops her. Half a moon later, Leafpool finds out what the three StarClan cats meant.

In the Stand-Alone Graphic Novels

Exile from ShadowClan

After the elders are exiled from the camp by Brokenstar, Yellowfang and Runningnose escort them to their new camp by a hillside. They help dig out a den and Yellowfang encourages Nightpelt to go hunting when he breaks off into a coughing fit. Yellowfang and Runningnose promise to visit regularly with fresh herbs. Later, the two medicine cats arrive with fresh herbs, and Yellowfang brings news of Brokenstar declaring war on WindClan to revenge his father's death. When Poolcloud is gravely injured by a fox, Nightpelt rushes to ShadowClan's camp to fetch a medicine cat. Brokenstar refuses to help but Yellowfang insists she'll help. However, by the time she and Nightpelt arrive, Poolcloud is already dead. Yellowfang believes her wound was too serious and blames Brokenstar for her death.

When Runningnose and Clawface bring Volepaw to Nightpelt's camp, Runningnose explains how Yellowfang has been gone for a few days gathering herbs. The medicine cat adds that he'll tell the whole Clan, including Yellowfang, that Volepaw is dead to protect him. Later, Nightpelt spots Yellowfang watching ShadowClan's latest battle against WindClan, and she vows she'll stop Brokenstar somehow. Nightpelt and Volepaw run into Brightflower who claims that Brokenstar exiled Yellowfang for killing her kits, though Nightpelt is dubious about that. Later, Nightpelt believes Brokenstar must be overthrown in order to save ShadowClan. While trying to convince his fellow elders, Yellowfang bursts into their camp asking for them to help ThunderClan rescue their stolen kits and overthrow Brokenstar. Some of Nightpelt's cats are skeptical of Yellowfang, but Ashfur and Dawncloud agree to help.

Yellowfang leads Nightpelt, Ashfur, and Dawncloud to meet Whitestorm's patrol. To trick Blackfoot into letting them into camp, the ShadowClan cats pretend that Yellowfang is their prisoner. Brokenstar confronts Yellowfang for returning but she attacks him. A battle breaks out in ShadowClan's camp and ThunderClan's patrol arrives to help them. When Yellowfang corners Brokenstar, he reveals that he had killed Raggedstar and Brightflower's kits, much to the dismay of the Clan. The rest of the Clan turns on Brokenstar and he flees. Nightpelt asks if Yellowfang will stay in ShadowClan, but she reveals her place is in ThunderClan now.

In the Field Guides

Cats of the Clans

Rock, the narrator throughout this field guide, scolds Mosskit's complaining, saying that if Yellowfang is grumpy then it's her own fault for disturbing her. Yellowfang's troubled life took her from being a ShadowClan medicine cat to ThunderClan's medicine cat. She died in a fire, helping her Clanmates escape. Rock admits that Yellowfang was stubborn, cranky, and impatient - and the most loyal cat you could meet. She bore a great secret during her life - she had, against the warrior code, taken Raggedstar as her mate and had kits.

When her son, Brokenstar, became leader of ShadowClan and made kits far too young to be apprentices fight for him, she was exiled for supposedly killing two kits - though Brokenstar was the culprit. She ended up fleeing to ThunderClan. There, she ended up becoming their own medicine cat and a mentor to Cinderpelt.

Rock says that Yellowfang blamed herself for Brokenstar's brutality, and that is the reason she asked Bluestar to keep him in the ThunderClan camp as a prisoner. He also says that he can't imagine how much agony Yellowfang must have felt when she found out her own son had plotted against the Clan that had agreed to let him live --- enough agony to kill her ungrateful son. Yellowfang kills Brokenstar to save her new Clan and also to prove she was loyal to ThunderClan.

The Ultimate Guide

Yellowfang has her own page.

Exiled from ShadowClan, Yellowfang was found by Firepaw. Because he broke the warrior code by feeding her, Bluestar makes him care for her. During this time, the two formed a close friendship, despite Yellowfang's discomfort at being considered a prisoner. A very loyal cat, Yellowfang had to find loyalty in many different aspects: ShadowClan, medicine cat position, Brokenstar, and ThunderClan. Yellowfang had once been in love with Raggedstar, even though she wasn't supposed to. She was exiled by Brokenstar because of Yellowfang's sense of what was right. Placing the blame on herself for Brokenstar's actions, Yellowfang wanted him to stay in ThunderClan after the raid. After finding that he had planned an attack on her adopted Clan with Tigerclaw and his band of rogues, Yellowfang gave him deathberries. Her loyalty to ThunderClan was proved when she attempted to rescue her Clanmates during the fire, with Fireheart grieving sincerely.

On Cinderpelt's page, Yellowfang is mentioned briefly to have become her mentor after Cinderpaw was struck on the Thunderpath and could not become a warrior. She is again brought up very briefly on Leafpool's page, where it is mentioned she had done the same thing Yellowfang had, breaking the warrior code and having kits.

On Raggedstar's page, she is said to have encouraged him to find his father in Twolegplace. He didn't understand why Yellowfang had decided to become a medicine cat instead of remaining his mate. She ended up having his kits, and while he was happy about it at first, it went away when she said they could not have him as a father. Raggedstar later told Yellowfang he should not have made Brokentail his deputy.

Yellowfang plays a large part on Sagewhisker's page. Sagewhisker had sensed that Yellowpaw belonged as a medicine cat and tried to encourage her to become her apprentice. However, Yellowfang soon became a full warrior, and Sagewhisker's suspicions of her destiny were proven during a battle with Twolegplace cats when Yellowfang knew where her Clanmates were wounded and had not a scratch. Sagewhisker waited until Yellowfang finally gave in and became her apprentice. After she became a full medicine cat, Sagewhisker saw that Yellowfang was carrying Raggedstar's kits, and questioned her decision. In the end, she told her apprentice to let Raggedstar know, and she did, handing Brokenkit over to Lizardstripe while Sagewhisker prevented her from going into the nursery. Sagewhisker trusted Yellowfang to fulfill her destiny.

On the page shared between Runningnose and Littlecloud, it is said that Yellowfang took Runningnose as her medicine cat apprentice, though she never taught him to rid himself of his illness, and was later exiled from ShadowClan.

Yellowfang next appears on Brokenstar's page. He had been born to her in secrecy. She spoke out against his cruelty, and he exiled her. She later took care of him when he was taken as a prisoner by ThunderClan and killed him after finding out that he had plotted with the rogues and Tigerclaw to attack her Clan, telling him the truth at the same time. She later killed him for the second time in the battle with the Dark Forest. She is lastly mentioned on Boulder's page. Boulder first encountered cats from the forest when Yellowpaw and Raggedpelt visited Twolegplace for Raggedpelt's father.