Tree

Tree is a small, thickly pelted, muscular, bright yellow tom with amber eyes, and he has six toes on one of his hind paws.
Tree is the current mediator and resides in SkyClan. He was born in the Sisters to Moonlight with his sisters Sunrise and Ice as Earth. Earth was forced to leave his kin per the Sisters' culture at six moons old. He later met his father, Root, who taught him to survive and Earth decided to rename himself Tree. He continued his life as a nomadic loner, but after learning of a six-toed cat who will help the Clans, SkyClan discovered Tree and his power to speak with ghost cats who have not crossed into StarClan yet.
He struggled to conform to a set role in Clan life, and Leafstar decided to grant him the title of mediator to settle disputes between the Clans. Tree became mates with the SkyClan warrior Violetshine, and they had two kits, Rootkit and Needlekit. He briefly reunited with Moonlight when the Sisters settled close to Clan territory, and condemned her for abandoning him. After Bramblestar's revival, he was adamant on punishing the codebreakers. Tree objected to the impostor's motivations, and he was exiled for three days from SkyClan as a punishment, becoming a loner once more. He discovered that Bramblestar was possessed via Rootpaw's ability to see the real leader as a ghost, and father and son helped convince the Clans that the current Bramblestar was an impostor. Later, when Rootspring was trapped in the Place of No Stars, Tree brought the Sisters over to help discover another route into the Dark Forest. He mediated tensions between RiverClan and ShadowClan after Tigerstar commandeered the Clan following Mistystar's death.
==History==
===A Vision of Shadows===
:Tree is nomadic loner and wanders wherever he pleases, as long as the hunting is good. He befriends the ShadowClan apprentice, Needlepaw when he encounters her alone in the forest, and eventually accompanies her back to the ShadowClan border. After the Clan medicine cats have a vision about a six-toed cat coming to save them, Tree is found by SkyClan who has six toes on one foot and a unique ability to speak to cats who are stuck between life and death as ghosts. The leaders and medicine cats gather together to see Tree's ability, and are shocked when their lost loved ones appear. The ghosts are able to explain what happened to them at the paws of Darktail and make peace with their loved ones, and eventually transcend to StarClan.
:Due to Tree's incredible abilities, he is accepted into SkyClan by Leafstar. However, he is lazy and unskilled, and finds that the warrior life is not suitable for him. Tree is then encouraged to be a medicine cat apprentice under Frecklewish, but it is obvious that he is not cut out to be a medicine cat either. Due to the fact that he is good at solving problems within the Clan, Leafstar names Tree as the first Clan mediator. After his attempts to resolve the ShadowClan-SkyClan conflict are fruitless, Tree grows frustrated by the leaders refusing to listen to his advice. When Leafstar decides to lead her Clan back to the gorge, Tree tries to dissuade her by revealing Echosong was present. When SkyClan leaves, Tree decides to remain behind. Urged by Twigbranch, Tree sets out to bring Violetshine and SkyClan back to the lake. He shows Hawkwing, Twigbranch, and Violetshine Pebbleshine, who reveals Violetshine is expecting his kits.
===The Broken Code===
:He and Violetshine now have two kits, Rootkit and Needlekit. His son is constantly frustrated by his father's lack of attempts to conform to Clan life, and constantly embarrasses him by being able to speak to ghosts. When Bramblestar mentions the idea of punishing codebreakers after his surprising revival, Tree grows concerned by his harsh words and suggests to his family they should leave, but they disagree. Tree comforts his son when Rootpaw admits he can see Bramblestar's ghost and is sharply critical of the impostor's attempts to punish the codebreakers. Tree is exiled for three days for speaking out against Bramblestar, and he and Rootpaw travel to ShadowClan to reveal the truth about Bramblestar. He later travels to the Moonpool, and remains there when Rootspring is kidnapped into the Moonpool. Afterwards, Tree goes to the Sisters for help, and realizes that his son may be lost in the Dark Forest after he does not exit alongside Squirrelflight and Bramblestar.
===A Starless Clan===
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===Super Editions===
:In Squirrelflight's Hope, he is very proud and friendly with his recently born kits, Rootkit and Needlekit. While on a rescue patrol to save Leafstar and Squirrelflight, Tree briefly reunites with his mother, Moonlight, who had abandoned him as a kit due to the Sisters' custom, and is hostile towards her. He begrudgingly agrees to help convince the Sisters to leave their camp, but fails to convince his stubborn mother. He spots Squirrelflight's ghost before she returns to StarClan.
===Novellas===
:In Tree's Roots, Earth dreads his wandering since he feels unprepared, and struggles to communicate with spirits and speak with the land as toms do. Earth is sent away despite being a poor hunter and fighter, and angrily vows to never forgive the Sisters. He discovers his father, Root, who teaches him how to survive, and Earth renames himself Tree. After his father's death, Tree runs into Pebbleshine, who was trying to find SkyClan. Root appears to Tree as a ghost to warn him about a fox, and urges his son to open his heart to others.
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==Personality and traits==
:Tree has strange strategies for hunting, such as crouching still for long periods of time pretending he is a bush. He can see ghosts, which is very off-putting to Clan cats. He is not very interested in the warrior way of life and struggles to find his place in SkyClan. However, he cares deeply for his family, always helping and comforting them when they are in need. He also has a sarcastic sense of humor.
:Tree is highly intelligent, perceptive, and insightful, as he often notices things that other cats do not and is very good at solving problems. This is shown when he came up with a solution to Sleekwhisker and Yarrowleaf, and the fact he was the first cat to recognize the danger inherent in the fake Bramblestar's accusations of codebreakers. He was also the first to recognize that the impostor was merely using StarClan's silence as a way to turn the Clans against each other.
:Despite being generally laid-back and good at staying calm when insulted or under pressure, Tree does have his limits and is not incapable of losing his temper or patience, or holding grudges. A prime example of this is his relationship with his mother Moonlight, against whom he holds a powerful grudge for abandoning him as a kit. When reuniting with Moonlight, Tree is uncharacteristically cold, angry, and bitter. When he later attempts to negotiate with her, he initially stays calm, answering her questions patiently, but eventually loses his temper and starts shouting at her after she repeatedly refuses to take his words seriously and insults him. Other notable examples of Tree's vulnerable side are shown when he was visibly hurt and frustrated by SkyClan and ShadowClan's refusal to listen to his attempts to help them compromise, and when he angrily reprimanded Finleap for accusing him of trying to take Twigbranch from him.
==Relationships==
===Violetshine===
:When Tree joined SkyClan, he and Violetshine quickly became close. Violetshine helped Tree learn the ways of a Clan, and Tree was a comforting presence for Violetshine after Needletail's death. She and Tree eventually become mates, and have kits together.
===Needleclaw and Rootspring===
:Tree is shown to trust Rootspring a lot, calling him intelligent and brave. He defends his son when others call Rootspring strange or odd. When Bristlefrost nor Shadowsight saw Rootspring in the Place of No Stars, Tree tried to stay optimistic. Tree realized that his son was stranded in the Dark Forest, so after Shadowsight suggested getting advice from the Sisters, Tree agreed, and hurried to bring the Sisters. The Sisters told Tree that they would try to help Tree recover Rootspring, but Tree was not too hopeful, as there was a good chance it would not work. Squirrelflight and Bramblestar managed to return from the Dark Forest, but after they did not have Rootspring, Tree was extremely saddened, and tried to distract himself.
===Moonlight===
:Tree has a strained relationship with his mother, Moonlight. When Tree was a kit called Earth, he loved his mother and believed the things she taught him, but was slightly resentful of her neglecting him in order to focus on leading the Sisters. His resentment was intensified by Moonlight's refusal to sing for his dead friend Stream, and by the realization that she did not love him (Earth) as much as she loved his sisters. Despite this, Earth did not wish to leave the Sisters and begged to be allowed to stay, or at least leave in his own time. Moonlight dismissed her son's feelings and pleas, and once Earth reached his sixth moon, she cast him out without a second thought. As a result, Tree developed a bitter grudge against Moonlight and the Sisters, vowing to never forgive them for casting him out.
:When they reunite many moons later, Tree is hostile towards Moonlight, angrily condemning her for abandoning him as soon as he could hunt and for letting the stars decide his fate. Moonlight is surprised by Tree's anger and nonchalantly defends her actions, showing herself to be unapologetic and unremorseful about hurting her son's feelings.
:Tree initially refused to attempt convince Moonlight and the Sisters to leave, wanting nothing to do with them, but later reluctantly agreed for the sake of peace. When Tree arrived in the Sister's camp, Moonlight initially ignored him because he was a tom and was amused when Squirrelflight revealed he had been chosen to speak for the Clans. When she finally acknowledged him, she greeted him warmly by his birth name, only for Tree to coldly remind her of his new name. As Tree attempted to reason with her, the two quickly got into a heated argument, with Moonlight accusing Tree of threatening her and of "forgetting" his "duty" as a tom to wander and protect the land, while Tree accused Moonlight of caring more for her beliefs than her kits. Ultimately, Tree's attempt to reason with Moonlight failed and mother and son parted on bad terms.
:Even after Moonlight's death, Tree remains bitter towards her and has no desire to see her ghost, arguing that since she abandoned him in life, he should not have to put up with her in death. Nevertheless, he expressed a degree of sadness over her death, though mainly on behalf of her orphaned kits.
===Root===
:Unlike his relationship with his mother, Moonlight, Tree's relationship with his father is not estranged. They were very close when Root was still alive. Root knew that Moonlight was expecting his litter when the gray she-cat broke up with him to continue her life with the Sisters. This caused Root to despise Moonlight for leaving him so coldly and for not giving him a chance to know his own kits. When Tree revealed how Moonlight banished him when he was not fully ready to hunt and fend for himself, Root was furious that his former mate abandoned their son as well especially after Tree, who at the time still had his birth name Earth, nearly got killed by a pack of dogs due to his inexperience. Root then agreed to take care of Earth until his son was fully ready to care of himself. Root also suggested that Earth should change his original name since the Sisters did not want them anymore. Earth then changed his name to Tree since he and Root slept in an oak tree the night before.
:Root then taught his son to care for himself during the next two moons, teaching him how to scavenge for food in Twoleg trash and the unattended bowls of kittypets. Tree mentally noted how difficult his life would have been without his father to guide him. Tree was devastated and guilt-ridden when Root sacrificed himself to save him from a fox, and resolved to wander alone from then on. However, Root's ghost later came to Tree and encouraged him to let other cats into his life, advice Tree heeds.
==Family==
:Tree's parents are Root and Moonlight, and his littermates are Ice and Sunrise. Violetshine is his mate, and Rootspring and Needleclaw are their children. For more of Tree's family, click here!
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===Interesting facts===
*Tree has the power to bring dead cats from the darkness so the living cats can see them, which he inherited from his mother, Moonlight.
*Tree is a polydactyl cat, meaning he has a sixth toe, along with his father Root, Blackstar, and Spider Paw.
*Tree rejected the opportunity to receive a warrior name since "[Tree] is nice and simple, like me."
*He is the first ever cat to be a mediator.
*He has the same pelt shade as his father, Root, and his sister Sunrise.
===Mistakes===
*He was mistakenly called a rogue and warrior.
*Although Tree was on the impostor's list of codebreakers in Lost Stars, he was neglected as such throughout The Silent Thaw and Veil of Shadows. According to James Noble, this was a mistake, and will be fixed in reprints of the aforementioned books.
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Category:Rogues
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