Cats of the Clans/ShadowClan

==Chapter description==
:Rock recounts the descriptions made by the other Clans of how cold-hearted and fierce ShadowClan is, but he also says that they are like this because they have the territory with the least prey. ShadowClan hunts at night because they do not have undergrowth to cover them. Even though they have caused the most bloodshed in recent moons, Rock says that the warriors follow the leader's decisions, and they are also feared because they are truly a formidable enemy. He continues that even StarClan seems to be biased against ShadowClan, and they will have to work hard to change this.
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:Rock wonders if Tigerstar would consider himself a ThunderClan or a ShadowClan cat but tells the kits that they should not wander to where he dwells now. He lists the cats who died because of Tigerstar: Redtail, Runningwind, Brindleface, Swiftpaw, Bluestar, and Stonefur. He now lives in the Dark Forest with his son Hawkfrost, and they still try to influence cats like Lionpaw.
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:Brokenstar was the result of a forbidden relationship between Yellowfang and Raggedstar. He was raised by Lizardstripe, who treated him harshly, and later, he killed his father. During his leadership, he drove WindClan out and raided ThunderClan, and even after ThunderClan took him in, he plotted against them. In the end, he was killed by his mother, Yellowfang, who avenged the deaths of the kits made to fight as warriors.
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:Rock begins that it will be a long time before ShadowClan grows out of the leaderships of Brokenstar, Nightstar, and Tigerstar. Blackstar no longer mentions the old times of ShadowClan's victories, but he has made his Clan come together once more. He concludes that Blackstar will still have to go a long way, but it is natural that he has pride in his Clan.
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:Rock states that Tawnypelt never followed Tigerstar, and unlike Brambleclaw, she preferred ShadowClan's ways. When she was chosen on the journey to find Midnight, she recognized Crowfeather's strengths before anyone else. Tawnypelt knows that she can be a ShadowClan cat without being evil: she refuses to listen to Tigerstar and respects others while being loyal.
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:Rock says that Boulder was born as a BloodClan cat who was blinded by his ambition of being a Clan warrior—he was never evil himself. After he joined the Clan, he gradually forgot about BloodClan's battle-hungry lifestyle, and he paid a high price for bringing Tigerstar to Scourge.
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:Runningnose tried saving kits from Brokenstar's tyranny while also trying to avoid Yellowfang's fate. The biggest secret he knew was Nightstar's lack of nine lives. Littlecloud became a medicine cat because of Cinderpelt saving his life from ShadowClan's Great Sickness, and he will never forget the debt he owes to her.
==Characters==
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==Errors==
*Brokenstar is shown as short-furred and without a flat muzzle.
*Blackstar is incorrectly said to have been Nightstar's deputy.
*Boulder is shown as a tabby.
==Notes and references==
de:Von Helden und Verrätern/SchattenClan
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