Darkstripe

Darkstripe is a large, lean, sleek, and thin-furred dark gray tabby tom with black stripes and yellow eyes.
Darkstripe was a former ThunderClan warrior who served under Bluestar's and Firestar's leaderships in the forest territories. He was born to Willowpelt as Darkkit and later apprenticed to Tigerclaw as Darkpaw. As a warrior, Darkstripe mentored Longtail, Dustpelt, and Ferncloud. Darkstripe was a staunch supporter of Tigerstar, eventually joining him in TigerClan after being exiled for attempting to poison Sorrelkit with deathberries after she accidentally followed him while he was going to meet Blackfoot in secret. He assisted in killing Stonefur with Blackfoot under Tigerstar's orders when Stonefur refused to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw to prove his loyalty to TigerClan. During the battle against BloodClan, Darkstripe was killed by Graystripe and descended to the Dark Forest. 
He helped train many cats in preparation for the Great Battle; however, after their defeat, he returned to the Dark Forest. Many seasons later, Darkstripe worked under Ashfur to guard the many spirits of fallen warriors trapped in the Dark Forest under Ashfur's control. When Bramblestar and Rootspring rescued Squirrelflight from the island, Rootspring flung Darkstripe into the dark waters. He managed to escape, but Rootspring later killed him while Firestar possessed his body.
==History==
===The Prophecies Begin===
:When a former kittypet, Firepaw, is accepted into ThunderClan, Darkstripe is less than enthusiastic. He shares this opinion with Dustpaw, who is apprenticed to him after the death of his former mentor, Redtail. Darkstripe and Longtail are assigned to guard Bluestar by Tigerclaw after the camp is attacked by ShadowClan. He further spreads rumors, along with Tigerclaw and Longtail, about Ravenpaw being a traitor.
:When Tigerclaw is exiled for attempting to kill Bluestar, Darkstripe declines to follow his friend, having finding out that Tigerclaw plotted with Brokentail without telling him. Despite staying, his faith in ThunderClan weakens, even more when Fireheart is appointed as the new deputy, but Darkstripe is chosen by Fireheart to mentor Fernpaw in a display of trust. However, this wavers after Darkstripe takes Bramblekit and Tawnykit to visit their father, now the ShadowClan leader, in secret. He further spreads news of the Clan to Tigerstar, and when Darkstripe attempts to kill Sorrelkit with deathberries after she finds him meeting with Blackfoot, the ShadowClan deputy, he is exiled by Firestar. 
:Darkstripe joins TigerClan, Tigerstar's union of ShadowClan and RiverClan. He is ordered by Tigerstar to kill Stonefur, the half-Clan son of Bluestar. However, he is unable to overpower the RiverClan warrior and must be assisted by Blackfoot. When Tigerstar is killed by Scourge, Darkstripe refuses to fight with LionClan in the battle against BloodClan. Instead, he attempts to kill Firestar, but Graystripe slays the dark tabby warrior.
===The New Prophecy===
:Darkstripe encounters Tigerstar in the Dark Forest, explaining to his friend how he was unsuccessful in finding a way out. He requests to travel with Tigerstar, but is denied, as the deceased ShadowClan leader insists they must walk alone.
===Omen of the Stars===
:Darkstripe trains in the Dark Forest alongside the other Dark Forest warriors and Clan recruits, although the other cats do not value him very much, his words often falling on deaf or unlistening ears. During the Great Battle, Darkstripe ambushes Cloudtail and Dovewing, and fighting alongside Sparrowfeather. He later fights against Sorreltail, the very cat he tried to kill while he was alive. After Brokenstar and other Dark Forest cats are killed and their spirits gone, Darkstripe, among one of the few remaining survivors, retreats to the Dark Forest to lick his wounds, having failed in their plan to overthrow the living Clans.
===The Broken Code===
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===Field Guides===
:In Code of the Clans, Darkstripe and Longtail are assigned to a hunting patrol during a very harsh leaf-bare. Longtail catches a squirrel, and Darkstripe, instead of leaving the prey for the elders, eats the squirrel and convinces Longtail to join him. When they return to camp, they find that the elder, Poppydawn, has died because she did not have the strength to fight off her sickness.
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==Killed victims==
*Stonefur (Alongside Blackstar)
==Family==
:Darkstripe's mother is Willowpelt and his half-siblings are Graystripe, Sorreltail, Sootfur, and Rainwhisker. For more of Darkstripe's family, click here!
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====Bluestar & Darkstripe - Mini Collector Figures====
*Series 4
*These two ThunderClan cats from The Prophecies Begin arc represent two radically different paths that cats from the same Clan can take. Bluestar overcame countless losses and overpowering grief in order to become the noble leader her Clan needed her to be. Darkstripe chose loyalty to his dark-hearted mentor over loyalty to his Clan, ultimately leading to his ruin.
*Also included in a three-pack bundle with the rest of Series 4: Hawkfrost, Mothwing, Crookedstar, and Mapleshade.
*Approximate individual price is $12.99 USD, and the three-pack bundle is $38.97 USD.
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*Darkstripe is from one of the few known single-kit litters in the series.
===Author statements===
*Cherith's favorite death to write was Darkstripe's.
===Mistakes===
*Darkstripe has been mistakenly described as black, a black tabby, black-and-silver, and with silver stripes.
*He has been mistakenly described with amber eyes and with pale blue eyes.
*Bluestar mentions that Dustpaw will be his first apprentice in Into the Wild, but in Fire and Ice it is revealed that Longtail was his apprentice before Dustpaw.
===Continuity===
*In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, Darkstripe does not appear on Tigerstar's apprentice list, despite it being mentioned that he had mentored him in Into the Wild. Lionheart mentions Darkstripe, Tigerstar, Brokenstar, and Clawface as cats in the Dark Forest.
*Vicky had previously stated that Tawnyspots and Willowpelt are the parents of Darkstripe.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook However, Tawnyspots is deputy when Willowpaw is a new apprentice, and had died by the time Willowpelt was named a warrior.
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