Rosetail

Rosetail is a gray tabby she-cat with a bushy reddish tail.
Rosetail was a ThunderClan elder who has lived under the leaderships of Pinestar, Sunstar, and Bluestar in the forest territories. She was born to Poppydawn and Windflight alongside Thistlekit and Sweetkit as Rosekit and was apprenticed to Tawnyspots as Rosepaw. She earned her warrior name, Rosetail, and served her Clan for many moons until becoming an elder. Rosetail was killed by Blackfoot while defending the ThunderClan nursery from a ShadowClan attack, and joined StarClan, bitterly giving the same cat who killed her a life of compassion moons later.
==History==
===In The Prophecies Begin arc===
====Into the Wild====
:Firepaw spots Rosetail during a battle against ShadowClan. Being an elder, her role in the battle is to guard the nursery, where Frostfur and Goldenflower's kits are sheltering. Firepaw sees that she was killed by the ShadowClan deputy, Blackfoot, and dragged viciously from the nursery, and the former ShadowClan medicine cat, Yellowfang, takes her place fighting off the strong ShadowClan deputy.
===In the Super Editions===
====Crookedstar's Promise====
:At a Gathering, Crookedjaw asks Poppydawn and Windflight where she, Sweetpaw, and Thistlepaw were. Poppydawn says that Thistlepaw had gotten into trouble with Smallear again, and Windflight says that she and Sweetpaw had stayed behind to comfort him. Crookedjaw says they sound loyal, and Poppydawn proudly replies that they are. At another Gathering, Crookedjaw spots her sitting beside Bluefur in the crowd. Rosetail stares at Oakheart as though she was watching a StarClan warrior speak.
====Bluestar's Prophecy====
:Rosekit is the daughter of Poppydawn and Windflight, along with her littermates Sweetkit and Thistlekit. Snowkit names her because of her pinkish-orange tail. Bluekit states that she and her littermates are growing very fast. When Bluekit and Snowkit are made apprentices, she, Sweetkit, and Thistlekit come dashing up to them, excited that they are apprentices. Rosekit mentions that she'll miss them in the nursery. She and Thistlekit play beside the fallen tree.
:Rosekit plays with a moss ball as Thistlekit asks her to play outside. She complains that it is cold and windy. She mentions that when Featherwhisker brought a mouse into the camp, he said that rain was coming. When Speckletail tells all the kits to go outside and get some fresh-air, Rosekit worries if the rain is coming. She stops playing with her moss ball, and Thistlekit nudges the kits outside and promises to protect them from the rain.
:When Moonflower dies during the battle with WindClan, she is carried back and Rosekit sees her and asks what's wrong with her. She finds out from the other Clan cats that she is dead. She and her littermates are stunned at the sight of a dead cat. She becomes a new apprentice with Tawnyspots as her mentor with her littermates, although her ceremony is not shown. When Lionpaw moves into the apprentices den, Bluepaw remarks that Rosepaw, Thistlepaw, and Sweetpaw always purr and fidget when he is in the den.
:Rosepaw teases Sweetpaw about a battle move when she bumps into Bluepaw, when she and Smallear catch up to her. Tawnyspots takes Rosepaw to collect the thick, waxy leaves on the bush near the ShadowClan border to help keep the nests dry. The patrol later returns with a huge pile of the leaves, and Rosepaw passes the leaves to Snowpaw to block the leaks of water.
:Pinestar calls Rosepaw and some other warriors to wait at the top of the ravine when ThunderClan tries to take back Sunningrocks. Rosepaw and her group of warriors see no sign of invasion while the rest of the Clan was fighting RiverClan. Later, she and Sweetpaw practice their battle moves on each other, beyond the undergrowth. She is later sent out on a hunting patrol by Sunfall with Tawnyspots, Bluefur, and Thrushpelt. Bluefur is later delayed to the hunting patrol by Pinestar though.
:During Leopardfoot's kitting, she shares a bad mouse with Sweetpaw, and her friend Bluefur. All three of them suffer from bellyaches the next sunrise. Rosepaw makes a lot of dirt while she is sick. Poppydawn worries about her kits when they are ill. When Bluefur checks on them, Rosepaw tells her that she feels better, but Sweetpaw stays sick and dies. Rosepaw, Poppydawn, and Thistleclaw sit vigil for her in grief.
:Rosepaw patrols the RiverClan border with Sunfall, Swiftbreeze, Tawnyspots, Lionpaw, and Bluefur. They find RiverClan warriors crossing the border, and Lionpaw is sent to get help. When he returns with more warriors, ThunderClan attacks. Rosepaw is directed to go with some other cats and strike the flank of the enemy's ranks. Rosepaw is cornered by two RiverClan warriors, but Bluefur and Snowfur help her fight them off.
:Her mentor, Tawnyspots, becomes the deputy after Pinestar leaves the Clan to become a kittypet and Sunstar becomes Clan leader. Rosepaw is shown to be very proud of her mentor. During the same meeting, Rosepaw is awarded her warrior name, Rosetail. Rosetail teases Bluefur about how Thrushpelt is in love with her, and how she thinks that Bluefur is mooning over him, like when Snowfur moons over Thistleclaw, after she falls into the river during her encounter with Oakheart. She goes to fetch moss for Whitekit, and tells Bluefur that he was chasing Snowfur's tail all morning. She states that Tigerkit might have a bad influence on him, but Leopardfoot wouldn't stop his dirty little tricks because she thinks Tigerkit can do no wrong.
:Rosetail sits beside Bluefur at the Gathering. She mentions that WindClan is looking plump. When Oakheart speaks for RiverClan, instead of reflecting Bluefur's disgust with him, she sighs dreamily, and asks why there couldn't be such handsome toms in ThunderClan too.
:Rosetail keeps on teasing Bluefur about Thrushpelt's love for her, and states that she and him make a good couple, although Bluefur keeps on reminding her they're just friends. Rosetail gossips with Bluefur who the new deputy could be after Tawnyspots steps down from his deputy position due to sickness. Rosetail suggests Adderfang and her brother Thistleclaw. Although Bluefur thinks he is too blood-thirsty and young, Rosetail thinks he would be a good deputy, just that he would lead ThunderClan into too many unnecessary battles. Bluefur sits beside Rosetail during the Clan meeting when Tigerkit is made an apprentice. Rosetail says to Bluefur that now that Thistleclaw had got Tigerpaw as an apprentice, he would think he has more of a chance to believe he will be the next deputy.
:Bluefur eats a piece of fresh-kill with Rosetail. Rosetail mentions that she wishes she had a cat mooning over her like Thrushpelt does to Bluefur. She also tells Bluefur that she can see she has her eye on the deputy position. Bluefur gets snappy with Rosetail, saying that she is not mooning over him and it doesn't matter if she wants to become deputy. Rosetail is surprised when she hears that Bluefur will be having kits. She thinks that Thrushpelt is the father. She and Leopardfoot sleep beside Bluefur, supporting her. Rosetail later congratulates Thrushpelt on becoming a father, even after Bluefur told her not to tell him. She uses Rosetail as an excuse to get away from Thrushpelt when he tells her what a good mother she'd make.
===In the Novellas===
====Pinestar's Choice====
:Although not mentioned, she would be sitting next to Bluefur and Lionpaw when Pinestar announces to the Clan that he is leaving to become a kittypet.
====Spottedleaf's Heart====
:Featherwhisker mentions that Rosetail gathered tansy and marigold for him the previous day but she let the leaves get mixed up. When Spottedpaw is looking for Stormtail, Bluefur suggests he stopped to check the scent marker beside the Thunderpath, but Rosetail pops out from the grass and explains she just did that one. They find Stormtail collapsed so Speckletail orders Rosetail to take his haunch weight so they can get him to camp.
:As the Clan talks about Bluefur's pregnancy, Rosetail asks if they will know who the father is by the time her kits become warriors. Fuzzypelt believes that Thrushpelt is the father and Rosetail agrees she cannot see who else it could be. Keeping her voice quiet, she asks Fuzzypelt if he has seen the two together. Later, Rosetail is seen talking to Bluefur around a tree stump.
====Redtail's Debt====
:While Redpaw ruminates on how Tigerclaw had changed from when he was an apprentice, he sees Rosetail sharing a vole with her mother Poppydawn, talking quietly about something as they eat.
====Blackfoot's Reckoning====
:During Blackfoot's leadership ceremony, Rosetail approaches him, and she does not appear happy to be there. In his flashback, Blackfoot leads a patrol to attack ThunderClan and steal their kits, and when he tries to collect the kits, Rosetail attacks him. He tells her to leave, but she refuses, and he kills her. When he returns to the present, Rosetail asks if he wants her life, and she gives him a life for compassion.
===In the Field Guides===
====Code of the Clans====
:In "A Dark Path Chosen", she is next to her dead mother, Poppydawn, when she dies of greencough, and is clearly distraught at her mother's death, wailing for Poppydawn to not leave her. In "Pinestar's Secret", she is seen sitting next to Bluefur and Lionpaw, when Pinestar announces to the Clan that he is leaving to become a kittypet.
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==Personality==
:Rosetail is loyal, intelligent, and gossipy. She shows a lot of interest in romance, especially in the case of others, despite never getting a mate herself.
==Relationships==
===Bluestar===
:Rostail is very interested in Bluefur and Thrushpelt's relationship. She pushes Bluefur to think less about becoming deputy and more about becoming mates with him.
==Family==
:Rosetail's parents are Poppydawn and Windflight. Her siblings are Thistleclaw and Sweetpaw, and her half-siblings are Dappletail, Tawnyspots, and Thrushpelt. For more of Rosetail's family, click here!
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===Interesting facts===
*Rosetail has WindClan blood through Windflight.
*She was named for her tail.
*Her tail has been described as pinky-orange and orangish.
===Mistakes===
*Despite appearing in Into the Wild as an elder, Rosetail is not listed in the allegiances.
*In Leopardstar's Honor, Rosetail is listed as an apprentice, but she should be a warrior since Whitestorm has been born. This is fixed in the paperback edition.
===Continuity===
*In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, Rosetail was mentioned by Goldenflower when the latter remarks she would have done the same thing if she were in the elder's position, fighting Blackfoot and protecting the nursery.
*On Vicky's Facebook, Rosetail has amber eyes.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
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