Midnight (character)

Midnight is an elderly female badger.
Midnight is a mysterious ancient badger that has been alive since the beginning of time. Capable of speaking in many animal tongues, Midnight has guided both Clan and Tribe cats and safeguarded many prophecies. She forewarned the destruction of the forest and led the traveling cats onward through the mountains to meet the Tribe. She and Rock long awaited for the Three to be born, and fought alongside the Clans in the Great Battle. 
==History==
===The New Prophecy===
:StarClan sends Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Feathertail, and Crowpaw on a journey to the sun-drown-place and explains that Midnight will speak to them. After nearly drowning, the Clan cats discover Midnight to be a talking badger. She delivers them a message from StarClan: Twolegs will destroy the forest and the Clans must flee and find a home elsewhere. Midnight also says that a dying warrior will show them the way to their new home.
:Midnight leads them to the Twolegplace and suggest they travel through the mountains as it would be quicker than their original path. Later, she encounters the runaway Leafpool and Crowfeather, and convinces them to return to the Clans, explaining that her kin plan to attack ThunderClan. To help, she sends reinforcements from WindClan during the badger attack. Afterwards, she is thanked for her help, though she blames herself for the devastation caused by her angry kin.
===Power of Three===
:At some point, Midnight met Sol and told him how the sun would go out. Sol later uses this knowledge to manipulate and take control of ShadowClan by questioning Blackstar's faith in StarClan. The original Clan leaders meet in StarClan with Midnight and demand to know why she betrayed their trust with a rogue. She later appears in Jayfeather's dreams affirming that Sol did not kill Ashfur. 
===Omen of the Stars===
:She and Rock speak with Half Moon and the Ancients about how they've been waiting for the coming battle and vow to fight alongside the Clans. She appears to Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Dovewing and guides them with her wisdom, insisting they have been waiting for their birth for a very long time. She helps Lionblaze rally ShadowClan to join the fight against the Dark Forest, and welcomes Brambleclaw as their new leader.
===Novellas===
:In Dovewing's Silence, she and Rock appear to the Three at the Moonpool wishing to know why their powers disappeared after the Great Battle. The two confirm that they have lost their powers and do not need them anymore. Midnight calls upon the three cats to use what they already have, their wisdom, strength, and faith in the warrior code.
==Detailed description==
:Midnight is a huge, bulky, female badger with small, round, berry-bright, beady black eyes. She has broad, heavy shoulders, a broad, white stripe running down her face, a wide head, and broad, flat, massive, heavy paws. Her muzzle is narrow and pointed, and her face has a long, striped nose. She has thick fur, and broad, muscular limbs.
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==Personality==
:Midnight is an ancient being who is a spirit, but can appear physically in the living world. She gives prophecies and signs to cats in the Clans, for example telling them to leave the forest, and can speak their language despite being a different species. She could also speak fox and rabbit. She seems to actually want to help the Clans, as she warns them of the badger attack and even fights against her own kind on the side of ThunderClan. However, she stops appearing soon after the battle with the Dark Forest.
==Relationships==
===Rock===
:Midnight and Rock seem to be related in some way, as they both are ancient ghosts who can appear physically and give prophecies and omens. They often confer together in StarClan about the Three. However, Midnight is much less vague and bloody in her visions than Rock, and is more helpful to the Clans as she seems to care for them more, whereas Rock gets easily angered and frustrated with cats, and his visions are of fear and violence.
==Appearances==
==Merchandise==
===Toys and Plush===
====Rock & Midnight - Mini Collector Figures====
*Series 8
*These two ancient beings have watched the history of the Clans together for countless seasons, waiting for the arrival of the Three and the great battle between darkness and light. Midnight first showed herself to the Clans when six warriors came to her home at the sun-drown place looking for answers to a project from the stars, while Rock appeared to a young Jaypaw to help lead him to his destiny.
*Sturdy mini figure of Rock and Midnight, approximately 7cm in height.
*Also included in a three-pack bundle with the rest of Series 8: Needletail and Violetshine, and Sol and Brokenstar.
*Approximate individual price is $12.99 USD, and the three-pack bundle is $38.97 USD.
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*According to the e-book exclusive information in The Last Hope, Midnight is a ghost.Revealed in Erin Hunter's Confidential Notes 3: The Truth About Midnight
*Midnight was originally meant to be the villain in Omen of the Stars who plotted against the Clans since the battle against the badgers in Twilight with Sol as her spy, but Erica Sussman convinced Vicky otherwise.Revealed in the The Last Hope: Enhanced Edition
*Midnight possesses the ability to speak to cats, foxes, and rabbits.
===Mistakes===
*She was mistakenly shown with brown eyes.
*She was mistakenly called black.
==Quotes==
==See also==
*Badger
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==Notes and references==
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