Tigerstar (AVoS)

Tigerstar, previously known as Tigerheart, is one of the tritagonists in the Warriors book series by Erin Hunter.
He is the current leader of ShadowClan, and was born to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw alongside his littermates Flametail and Dawnpelt. As a warrior, Tigerheart served his Clan with great dedication and protectiveness and was eventually appointed deputy by his father Rowanstar. After Darktail’s takeover of ShadowClan and the Clans’ disapproval of Rowanstar’s leadership, Tigerheart assumed his father’s leadership as Tigerstar. He also reunites with Dovewing as she gives birth to their kits. 
== Biography ==
=== The Power of Three ===
Tigerkit is born to Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw, along with his brother Flamekit and his sister Dawnkit in ShadowClan. He is apprenticed as Tigerpaw to Oakfur. 
During his apprenticeship, ShadowClan is taken over by Sol and the Clan begins to lose faith in StarClan, forcing Tawnypelt take Tigerpaw and his littermates to ThunderClan, where Tigerpaw is apprenticed to Brackenfur. He also meets his uncle, the ThunderClan deputy, Brambleclaw. Tigerpaw, his siblings, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jaypaw all create a fake sign to make Blackstar believe in StarClan again, which is successful, allowing Tigerpaw to return to ShadowClan soon afterwards.
=== Omen of the Stars ===
Tigerpaw is now Tigerheart, and is chosen by Blackstar to go with Toadfoot to investigate the cause of the drought along with six other warriors from the other Clans. During this time, he forms a relationship with the ThunderClan apprentice Dovepaw, and she falls for him. 
After returning to the Clans, he sneaks out of camp at night to meet Dovepaw and is eventually revealed to be training in the Place of No Stars under the guidance of Brokenstar and Tigerstar, his grandfather. Tigerheart forms an uneasy relationship with Ivypaw, Dovepaw's sister, who is also training in the Dark Forest. 
His brother, Flametail, drowns in the lake, and Tigerheart stands with Dawnpelt as she believes Jayfeather drowned their littermate. Eventually, the Dark Forest attacks the Clans, and Tigerheart chooses to side with his Clan. Dovewing says their relationship cannot continue due to them being of different Clans, and Tigerheart sadly accepts this.
=== A Vision of Shadows ===
His father Rowanclaw becomes the leader of ShadowClan, and Tigerheart trains an apprentice, Sleekpaw. Upon the death of Crowfrost to yellowcough, Tigerheart is appointed deputy in his place. 
Later, he Tawnypelt, and Rowanstar leave for ThunderClan when Darktail takes over ShadowClan, while the rest of the Clans begin to lose faith in Rowanstar. He help drive out the Kin. Although when ShadowClan is restored, he leaves to be with Dovewing, who he had reconciled with and is expecting his kits. His departure causes Rowanstar to disband ShadowClan to join SkyClan and give back his nine lives for Tigerheart.
=== Tigerheart’s Shadow ===
After ShadowClan is restored after the Kin's rule, Tigerheart feels torn between supporting Rowanstar and trying to lead his Clanmates, as they had only seemed to take orders from him. The reveal of Dovewing's plight to give birth to their kits away from the Clans and Puddleshine’s terrible visions forces Tigerheart to leave ShadowClan. He finds Dovewing with the guardian cats in a Twolegplace church where she gives birth to Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit. Tigerheart works with guardian cat Fierce and takes on a more leadership role during his experience away from ShadowClan.
Tigerheart realizes that Puddleshine's visions were foresighting him as the true leader of ShadowClan and decides to take his family back to the Clans. Some of the guardian cats, Spire, Blaze, Ant, and Cinnamon, join him. 
On their way back, Tigerheart discovers Rippletail, Berryheart, Cloverfoot, and Sparrowtail hiding in a Twoleg nest, and he convinces them to return to ShadowClan with his patrol. Along the way, Tigerheart is killed by an owl after saving Hollowkit by suffering critical internal injuries, and he joins StarClan. However, Rowanclaw, now dead, informs his son that he is still needed in the living world, and after the patrol carries Tigerheart's body to the Moonpool, Tigerheart is resurrected with eight lives to lead ShadowClan, becoming Tigerstar. After being revived, Tigerstar is reunited with his family and Clanmates and leads them home.
=== The Broken Code ===
During a harsh leaf-bare, Shadowpaw receives terrible visions about codebreakers and is troubled when his mother is accused of being one. Tigerstar reveals to his son that Dovewing did break the code to be with him, but insists Dovewing's true place is in ShadowClan. He grows angry when the other Clans refuse to allow ShadowClan to take part in freeing the Moonpool because of Shadowpaw, and Tigerstar often confides with Puddleshine, Cloverfoot, and Tawnypelt. His son also receives a vision about the Clans fighting with Tigerstar and ‘Bramblestar’ viciously attacking each other.
He is proud of his son when he receives his warrior name and becomes annoyed and angry when ‘Bramblestar’ demands Tigerstar punish his codebreakers. Tigerstar refuses to conform to Bramblestar's bullying and later learns from Squirrelflight that Bramblestar is an impostor and is shown the true Bramblestar's ghost from Rootpaw. 
Convinced, Tigerstar rallies ShadowClan against the impostor and gives Squirrelflight a place in ShadowClan. After more and more cats are exiled, Tigerstar finds an ally in Leafstar and helps her and Squirrelflight spearhead the resistance. During a battle instigated by the impostor, Tigerstar publicly exposes him and fights him one-on-one, nearly killing him before having him imprisoned in ShadowClan. 
After the impostor is revealed to be Ashfur, Tigerstar advocates for the dark warrior's death, insisting that killing him would help bring StarClan back. Squirrelflight fights against his decision until the Sisters fail to summon Bramblestar's ghost, proving to many that the leader is lost forever. The Clan leaders hold a vote on whether to kill Ashfur or not, and Tigerstar, Harestar, and Leafstar vote to kill him. However, when they arrive at Ashfur's den, Ashfur manages to escape before they can kill him. Tigerstar begrudgingly allows Shadowsight to enter the Dark Forest to defeat Ashfur and save his friends, and after Bramblestar's return and Ashfur's defeat, Bramblestar thanks Tigerstar for his dedication.
=== A Starless Clan ===
He and Dovewing have a new litter of kits, Rowankit and Birchkit. When Rowankit falls ill with greencough and ShadowClan's supply of catmint dangerously low, Tigerstar sends patrols to the other four Clans for catmint. However, the other Clans also don't have enough catmint to spare, so the medicine cats organize a patrol to fetch some beyond the Clans' borders. 
Rowankit dies shortly after Sunbeam and Lightleap arrive with catmint, and Tigerstar and Dovewing mourn the loss of their son. When Tigerstar learns of Mistystar's and Reedwhisker's deaths and Owlnose's failure to receive nine lives from StarClan, he offers to lead the Clan temporarily until they can find their footing, though his offer is greatly unpopular and controversial with the other Clans. Tigerstar then eventually takes RiverClan by force, insisting it is for their own good.
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