Name: Firestar's Quest – Trip Through Time | Warriors Analysis
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Firestar's Quest is a landmark book in the Warriors series, not just as the introduction

of a new and very interesting group away from the four clans, or even as a bridge between

the first and second arcs that tells part of the story we skipped over, but as the first

These longer form books have since become staples of the series, so it will be very

interesting to see where the tradition started, even if this isn't the most loved or hated

Firestar's Quest was released on August 21st of 2007, about 3 months after Secrets

of the Clans, and that difference along with the new lore given out in this book explains

the noticeable omissions from the first field guide.

This is yet another first for the series, the first super edition, which is a type of

supplemental material defined mostly by its length, significantly longer than a regular

These super editions will most always have a single point of view character for the entirety

of their book times, and often focus on characters or time periods that didn't get explored

None of these, save for the length, are hard and fast rules, but they are things that came

to be expected from super editions over the years.

Firestar's Quest specifically was written by Cherith Baldry, and it must have been a

daunting task to take on the longest single piece of Warriors content so far, with 38

Because Firestar's Quest takes place in the space between the original series and

the New Prophecy, rather than comparing its allegiances to The Sight, I will compare them

to the allegiances from The Darkest Hour.

On that front, Graystripe replaced Whitestorm as deputy, Darkstripe left Thunderclan and

was killed, and Thornclaw and Ashfur were made warriors, with those changes, along with

a couple of she-cats joining the elders, Thunderclan has 9 warriors instead of 10.

Also, Mousefur is, for some reason, now listed above Longtail in the allegiances, as the

Remember, she was a new, young warrior in the first book.

With Thornclaw, Brightheart, Ashfur, and Ferncloud being promoted and Tawnypaw leaving to join

Shadowclan, Bramblepaw is now the only apprentice remaining from The Darkest Hour's group,

but Sorrelpaw, Rainpaw, and Sootpaw have joined him, apprenticed to Sandstorm, Cloudtail,

and Thornclaw respectively, though technically Longtail is mentoring Sootpaw for the first

Willowpelt has moved out of the nursery but Ferncloud and Brightheart have both moved

in, so there are two queens, and Frostfur and Goldenflower moved to the elders' den,

but Smallear passed away, so there are now five elders rather than four in Thunderclan.

In the other clans, Blackstar has taken over for Tigerstar as Shadowclan's leader with

Russetfur as his deputy, and Littlecloud took over for Runningnose as their medicine cat

Mudclaw became Windclan's deputy since Deadfoot passed away, and Mistyfoot became Riverclan's

deputy after Stonefur was murdered and Leopardstar back control of her clan.

There is also a curious addition to the allegiances of this book, clan listings for both the modern

and ancient versions of something called “Skyclan” along with ancient versions for the four clans

I'll spare you the trouble of listening to every one of them in list format, since

they are all new characters that we'll be introduced to over the course of the book.

The cast size for this book was 75 cats, which is actually a pretty average size as far as

That said, it feels like a much smaller cast since only half of the book is spent with

each smaller cast, half in Thunderclan and half in the gorge.

The top ten characters here have 79% of the lines, and aside from Firestar having a massive

percentage of that, the rest of the lines are split pretty evenly across Sandstorm,

Cinderpelt, and a bunch of the new and prominent cats in the group this book introduces. 44%

of the cast is she-cats, and they get 34% of the lines, which is actually one of the

highest percentages that a tom-led super edition ever gets.

But a lot of the cast are cats we have never met before, so let's begin with the story,

The prologue opens with a scene from ancient times when Redstar led Thunderclan, Birchstar

led Riverclan, Swiftstar led Windclan, and Dawnstar led Shadowclan.

A gathering occurred at Fourtrees and the fifth clan, Skyclan, was late.

When they, led by Cloudstar, did arrive, it turns out that they brought their entire clan

because twolegs have taken over too much of their territory and they can't live in it

Cloudstar begs the other leaders to give up some of their own territories, but one by

one, they all refuse, Redstar especially, and Skyclan is instead driven out of the forest.

Cloudstar is forced to leave his mate Birdflight and his kits behind since they are too young

to travel, and he declares that Skyclan will never forget what the other clans, or Starclan

have done to them by ignoring them in their most desperate moment.

Back in the present-ish day, we meet Firestar once again, three seasons after he became

He is giving Bramplepaw his assessment and despite…somehow, still having lingering

worries about his parentage, Firestar agrees that he has passed.

On their way back to the ravine, though, he witnesses the pale shape of a gray cat who

disappears before Firestar can discern any details.

After a poor night of sleep, both Sandstorm and Graystripe are worried about him, especially

considering no one else has seen the cat that he did.

Firestar brushes it off, though, and makes Bramplepaw a warrior, naming him Brambleclaw

and choosing to honor his courage and loyalty.

But yet again, Firestar sees the gray cat, this time as a silhouette in the clouds, and

soon starts getting visions of a large group of cats in a territory he's never seen.

While he tries to track down a reason for this, we learn that Brightheart is expecting

kits, see Longtail's eyes scratched and swollen by a rabbit, and see Brambleclaw and

Firestar sees the whole group of cats again at the gathering and decides to go to the

Moonstone and ask Starclan directly about what's going on.

He visits Ravenpaw and Barley on the way, and then makes his way into Mothermouth.

Meeting with Bluestar, he is first asked if he would be willing to walk away without any

But it turns out that, out of shame, Starclan has been hiding this information for generations:

the existence and exile of the fifth clan: Skyclan.

Firestar assumes that this must mean Skyclan has been appearing to him because they want

him to save them, but Bluestar argues against this.

Skyclan's territory is still gone, there isn't any room for them, and he couldn't,

as Thunderclan's leader, abandon his clan for a moon or more to chase after a long-dead

Bluestar tries to use the “four trees four clans” argument again, this time in favor

of keeping one of the clans away, and Firestar gets even angrier than he was before, definitively

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