Stonefur/History

==History==
===In The Prophecies Begin arc===
====Into the Wild====
:He is indirectly mentioned by Dappletail when One-eye asks if she remembers when Bluestar became deputy, to which Dappletail replies that it was not long after she lost her kits. Later, Graypaw mentions Stonefur's name to Firepaw as one of the "great warriors" they'd see at the Gathering.
====Fire and Ice====
:Stonefur fights with Fireheart when RiverClan and ShadowClan attack WindClan. Fireheart manages to throw his attacker off, but just as Stonefur is about to strike back, Whitestorm grapples him from behind. However, Fireheart leaves them both, so it is unknown who won the battle.
====Forest of Secrets====
:As a young warrior, Stonefur fights in the battle against ThunderClan over Sunningrocks, and is pinned down by Redtail, but is freed by Oakheart. Oakheart warns Redtail that no ThunderClan cat shall ever harm that warrior before Oakheart dies.
:Stonefur and his apprentice, Shadepaw, are sent off by Silverstream when she goes to meet Graystripe and Fireheart while patrolling. When Bluestar walks beside Stonefur and Mistyfoot, his sister, Fireheart notes how similar the three cats look. It is revealed by Bluestar to Fireheart that Stonefur is one of her kits, along with his sister Mistyfoot, and that his other sister, Mosskit, had died when she took them to RiverClan.
====Rising Storm====
:At a Gathering, he is by his leader, Crookedstar's, side, and is slightly mentioned when Fireheart and Bluestar are traveling to Highstones so Bluestar may share dreams with StarClan. When Bluestar starts traveling close to the RiverClan border, Fireheart wonders if she was hoping to see Stonefur, her son.
====A Dangerous Path====
:Leopardstar, the new RiverClan leader, appoints Stonefur as her deputy. During a battle over Sunningrocks between ThunderClan and RiverClan, he and Mistyfoot attack Bluestar. Fireheart then tells them how Bluestar is their mother, and they spit that she is no mother of theirs. Mistyfoot and Stonefur are with their mother in her final moments, and they both tell her that they forgive her for giving them up to RiverClan. They later mourn her in ThunderClan's camp.
:He mentors one of Graystripe and Silverstream's kits, Stormpaw.
====The Darkest Hour====
:Mistyfoot and Stonefur are discovered in the leader's den by ThunderClan cats, who are very suspicious. Mistyfoot then tells ThunderClan that she and her brother are Bluestar's kits.
:Later, after Tigerstar convinces Leopardstar to join TigerClan, he attempts to force Stonefur to prove his loyalty by killing the half-Clan apprentices, Featherpaw and Stormpaw, who are half-ThunderClan. Stonefur refuses to slay the two, even after Leopardstar agrees with the orders, and Tigerstar orders him to be killed. Darkstripe is the first to attack Stonefur, but although Stonefur is half-starved and weakened from his imprisonment, his skills as a warrior have not evaded him. After a few minutes of fighting, Stonefur overpowers Darkstripe, and Tigerstar sends Blackfoot to finish Stonefur off. Blackfoot knocks Stonefur to the ground, and Darkstripe holds his hindquarters down. Blackfoot slashes Stonefur's throat open with his claws, and he dies. After the cats leave the meeting, a shocked and regretful Leopardstar briefly nuzzles Stonefur's corpse.
:When Firestar, Graystripe, and Ravenpaw free Mistyfoot and the two apprentices, they tell Mistyfoot about her brother's death. They then allow Mistyfoot to share tongues with her brother for the last time before crossing the river.
:He and Gorsepaw are later seen among StarClan in Firestar's dream the day before the battle with BloodClan.
===In The New Prophecy arc===
====Dawn====
:Stonefur is mentioned when Stormfur tells Squirrelpaw that he is staying in the mountains with the Tribe as he had no kin left in the Clans. Stormfur says that other than Feathertail, Stonefur was the closest thing to kin he had in RiverClan.
===In the A Starless Clan arc===
====Star====
:After giving Icestar a life, Mistystar pulls away to stand next to her brother, Stonefur. 
===In the Super Editions===
====Crookedstar's Promise====
:When Stonekit and his sister, Mistykit, are 'found' on the RiverClan border, Graypool says that a rogue must have left them and decides to keep them as her own, since her own kits had recently died of sickness.
:He later complains about Mistykit to Graypool about a fish Oakheart brought them, because he thought it smelled fishy. He asks for a mouse, and everyone is shocked.
:As a warrior, Stonefur's patrol chases off a Twoleg, and as other cats congratulate him, Graypool says that he should be careful around them and not do such dangerous things. Mistyfoot defends him, saying that he only hissed at it, and the Twoleg ran away.
====Bluestar's Prophecy====
:Stonekit is born to Bluefur, a ThunderClan queen, along with his two sisters, Mistykit and Mosskit. His father is Oakheart of RiverClan, but Bluefur hides this from her Clan, him, and his sisters since it is against the warrior code. She lets Thrushpelt, a young warrior who has been in love with her for a very long time, pose as their father. However, when the Clan's deputy, Tawnyspots, is forced to retire, Bluefur decides she must become deputy herself, instead of Thistleclaw, who is too violent and will lead the Clan to endless bloodshed. But to do so, she must give up her kits to Oakheart in RiverClan where they will be safe.
:She sneaks out in the middle of the night with her kits, telling them they are just playing a game called "Secret Escape." While they walk, Stonekit shows that he has learned the hunting crouch. Bluefur starts to show Mosskit and Mistykit how to do it, but the kits are too cold to concentrate. Bluefur decides to stop trying to teach them and takes them to the border with RiverClan, where Oakheart is waiting to take them. During the journey, Mosskit dies from the cold, but Stonekit and Mistykit survive and are taken to RiverClan.
:On the journey, Stonekit seems to be the strongest, but even he is skeptical as to why their mother is doing this. When Bluefur tells him that his father is Oakheart of RiverClan, he is shocked, because Runningkit told him that Thrushpelt was their father. His sister asks how they can be ThunderClan and RiverClan, but Bluefur doesn't answer. They then are taken across the river by Oakheart near Sunningrocks.
:Later, it is announced at a Gathering that he and his sister received their warrior names, Stonefur and Mistyfoot.
====Leopardstar's Honor====
:Leopardstar watches as Tigerstar commands Stonefur to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw to prove his worthiness and loyalty. Stonefur turns to Leopardstar, whose blood had turned cold at Tigerstar's statement. The TigerClan prisoner states that he only takes orders from Leopardstar, who turns away as she orders her warrior to do as Tigerstar commands. Stonefur refuses, causing Tigerstar to order Darkstripe and later Blackfoot onto him. As she watches, Leopardstar can't believe what she has done, and more importantly can't understand how cruel Tigerstar must have been to do that.
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====Onestar's Confession====
:Stonepaw is now an apprentice and his mentor is Softwing.
===In the Novellas===
====Spottedleaf's Heart====
:Bluefur gives birth to Stonekit, Mosskit, and Mistykit. Mistykit tells Stonekit to come over to see what Spottedpaw brought. He sticks his muzzle in the wet moss and says it's a yucky treat. Thrushpelt then gives the three a squirrel, and the gray tom-kit meows that it's a real treat. Later, Stonekit and his siblings play pounce with a dead leaf. They destroy the leaf, and the three kits start to stalk Mumblefoot's tail tip.
:Bluefur asks Spottedpaw to look over her kits so she can go to the Gathering. The blue-gray queen says that she wore them out by playing hide-and-seek so they will sleep until dawn. Spottedpaw checks on the kits, who are asleep. Bluefur gives her kits away after the Gathering to go to RiverClan, and Spottedpaw asks StarClan to take care of them.
====Redtail's Debt====
:After Redtail's warrior ceremony, he reflects how the long leaf-bare killed Bluefur and Thrushpelt's kits and how Bluefur seemed more dedicated to her Clan following their deaths. Seasons later, Stonefur participates in the raid on Sunningrocks with Oakheart, Loudbelly, and two other warriors. Stonefur grabbles with Tigerclaw, though after Oakheart dies, Redtail yanks him by the tail, and Stonefur flees.
====Blackfoot's Reckoning====
:Firestar warns Blackfoot to not make the same mistakes the previous leaders of ShadowClan have done, revealing to the new leader that he saw what happened to Stonefur at the Bonehill. Blackfoot silently tries to justify what he has done, thinking that he was following his leader's orders, because that is what a loyal deputy is supposed to do.
:During Blackfoot's leader ceremony, Stonefur is one of the cats present. Blackfoot notes that Stonefur no longer looks half-starved, and that his pelt was now sleek and had the faint glimmer of stars, like all StarClan cats do. Stonefur does not look like he wants to be present at Blackfoot's leadership ceremony, and Blackfoot does not blame the former RiverClan deputy for feeling this way, because Blackfoot is responsible for his death.
:Blackfoot recalls the events that lead to Stonefur's death, and remembers how the blue-gray tom had given his life to protect Featherpaw and Stormpaw. Blackfoot watches Stonefur, and thinks that he had respected the RiverClan deputy, having sat side-by-side with Stonefur at the bottom of the Great Rock during Gatherings. Blackfoot tries to dismiss those feelings, saying that he had to protect ShadowClan and TigerClan, and that all half-Clan cats could not be trusted, even if Stonefur was a good warrior.
:Tigerstar scolds Leopardstar for picking Stonefur as her deputy, and despite his parentage, gives Stonefur a chance to show his loyalty to TigerClan. Blackfoot wonders if Stonefur will actually go through with killing Featherpaw and Stormpaw, and his heart races as Stonefur faces Leopardstar. The RiverClan leader says that there is no room for divided loyalties, and orders Stonefur to do as Tigerstar orders. Stonefur looks at Leopardstar for a moment longer, and turns his gaze to the two young apprentices. Stonefur nods at them, and turns to face Tigerstar, saying that the TigerClan leader will have to kill Stonefur. Blackfoot thinks that Stonefur is a fool for trying to defy Tigerstar, having lost his one chance at redemption. Blackfoot watches in disgust as Stonefur takes on Darkstripe in a battle, more shocked at Darkstripe's clumsy way of fighting.
:Blackfoot hisses at Darkstripe, who is clearly being beat by Stonefur, a cat who is half-starved. Blackfoot wonders if Stonefur's passion is fueled by the tom fighting for his life and for the life of Featherpaw and Stormpaw. Stonefur sinks his teeth into Darkstripe's neck, and the dark tabby is soon joined by Blackfoot, who sends the killing blow straight to Stonefur's neck.
:Back in StarClan, Blackfoot admits that Stonefur would have made a better Clanmate than Darkstripe, calling him loyal and brave despite the circumstances of his birth. Blackfoot drags his gaze to meet Stonefur, and he aches to ask Stonefur for forgiveness. He does not, though, thinking that anything he could say to Stonefur now would seem empty, due to Blackfoot not showing any hesitation in attacking and killing the RiverClan cat.
:Stonefur approaches Blackfoot, and asks if Blackfoot wants the life that Stonefur has to offer. Blackfoot says that he wants this life, with barely any energy left. Stonefur's muzzle brushes against Blackfoot's, and Stonefur reveals that his life is for integrity. The StarClan cat goes on to say that Blackfoot needs to use his judgement well and make sure that he and ShadowClan are taken down the right path for the future. Stonefur jerks his head away, and walks away without a glance back at Blackfoot. Stonefur disappears into the crow of cats, and Blackfoot realizes later that Stonefur had not given him a favor from StarClan, but a curse instead.
====Mistystar's Omen====
:Mistyfoot and Leopardstar are speaking right before the latter's death, and Mistyfoot exclaims that she doesn't want to lose her leader. Leopardstar questions her, asking if she really needs her after what she did to Stonefur and all the other half-Clan cats. Mistyfoot recalls the horrible memories in her mind. Leopardstar objects by whispering that she doesn't deserve Mistyfoot's forgiveness. Mistyfoot growls that Tigerstar and Blackfoot were responsible for her brother's death, and she states she was always loyal to Leopardstar and RiverClan.
:Leopardstar softens and mews that Mistyfoot's life has been harder than she wished, losing her only brother, as well as three of her kits, and compliments her, saying that she coped well, despite these hardships. Leopardstar talks about kits, and her last words are telling Mistyfoot that she would have been proud to be Mistyfoot's mother. Mistyfoot is stunned and remembers when Bluestar, her real mother, had confessed that she was the mother of Mistyfoot and Stonefur. Mistyfoot gently tells Leopardstar to sleep, and stays with her leader.
:When Mistyfoot and Mothwing talk for the first time since Leopardstar's death, Mothwing encourages Mistyfoot that she'll be a good leader because she's walked a more difficult path than most cats ever do. Mistyfoot replies dejectedly that this is because she is old and that sometimes she feels as if she should be in StarClan now, walking with Stonefur.
:Later, after the vigil for Leopardstar's death, Mistyfoot and the elders are alone in the RiverClan camp clearing with Leopardstar's body. Mistyfoot leans down to pay her respects to Leopardstar, saying a parting phrase to his late leader. Pouncetail tells her that he hasn't heard that saying since the Clans left the old forest. Mistyfoot tells him that Graypool used to tell it to Stonefur and her when they were kits, as her way of wishing them good dreams. Pouncetail reminisces about Stonefur, saying that he still misses him.
:Immediately after this conversation, Stonefur speaks to Mistyfoot from the shadows in RiverClan's camp. Mistyfoot jumps and spins around. Stonefur hears her startled cry and then asks her if she really thought he would miss this night. He tells her that he's been watching her all this time and is very proud that she is going to lead their Clan. Mistyfoot's tail droops, and she dejectedly says that it should be Stonefur, not her. Stonefur shakes his head and tells her that it was not his destiny to become leader. He wishes her well and tells that that she will need to have courage for what lies ahead and to remember that he will always be at her side. He tells her that they will meet again soon. He begins to fade, and Mistyfoot calls for him to wait, that she needs to know what he means and what she needs courage for, but he vanishes. Mistyfoot immediately rushes to the medicine cats' den and calls Mothwing out. Mistyfoot tells a sleepy Mothwing that she needs to go to the Moonpool now because Stonefur had just visited her in a dream, and she had questions to ask him. Mothwing is bewildered and asks her what he said. Mistyfoot says that she's not sure what Stonefur meant, but she needed to go and talk to him immediately. Mothwing convinces her to wait for one more day, so that she can remain with her Clan throughout their first night without Leopardstar.
:During Mistyfoot's nine lives ceremony, when Mistyfoot first sees Graypool, she mistakes her for Stonefur. Later in the ceremony, Stonefur really does come, and he gives Mistyfoot her second life. It is a life for equality of all cats and to fight against oppression and cruelty wherever it goes. Mistyfoot receives her life and notes that it is not as severely painful as her first, but instead feels like a massive wave of strength building within her.
:Stonefur is mentioned shortly after. Mistystar doesn't think she will ever consider allying herself with Blackstar, because she cannot forgive him for killing Stonefur.
:Later, Mistystar feels Stonefur's breath on her ear, and he whispers that there are more sources of prey than the lake.
:After Reedwhisker is injured by a dog, Stonefur appears beside Mistystar, and she wonders if he's going to take her son to StarClan. Stonefur leans close and whispers that Reedwhisker's life is hanging by the thinnest fish scale, and he needs all the help he can get. Mistystar begs him to speak to Willowshine, but he shakes his head, mewing the lake is not the only source of prey, and RiverClan has another medicine cat. Mistystar argues that Mothwing doesn't believe in StarClan, and Stonefur asks if StarClan told her how to give birth to her kits. Mistystar gazes at him with astonishment, and he goes on to wonder if she trusted her instinct alone. Mistystar admits that she guesses her instincts told her what to do. Stonefur begins to fade, and before he vanishes, he whispers that perhaps she should trust Mothwing to act alone. Mistystar watches as moth emerge from its cocoon and flies away. She realizes it must be an omen sent by Stonefur to trust Mothwing.
===In the Stand-Alone Manga===
====A Shadow in RiverClan====
:After their warrior ceremonies, Mistyfoot comments how Stonefur would've been so proud of Stormfur, and the three take a moment to silently mourn him. During their vigil, Feathertail reflects how Stonefur and Mistyfoot had mentored them well. When it was revealed their mentors were also half-Clan, Featherpaw and Stormpaw felt a deeper connection with them. However, when Tigerstar merged ShadowClan and RiverClan to form TigerClan, he despised half-Clan cats and ordered Stonefur to kill Featherpaw and Stormpaw. Stonefur refused and was killed by Blackfoot and Darkstripe.
:Later, Feathertail explains to Sasha how Tigerstar ordered Stonefur's death. When Sasha reveals that Tigerstar is the father of Hawkpaw and Mothpaw, Feathertail feels betrayed and questions how Sasha could still love Tigerstar after everything that had happened to her, Stormfur, and Stonefur.
===In the Field Guides===
====Cats of the Clans====
:Rock tells the StarClan kits about how Oakheart brought Stonefur and Mistyfoot to Graypool to be nursed and trusted her to keep his secret that they were part ThunderClan. He says that Stonefur was a great warrior, and that he inherited Oakheart's courage and strength, as well as Bluestar's good sense and fighting skills. He mentored Stormfur, but was killed by Blackfoot while protecting Featherpaw and Stormpaw when Tigerstar sentenced them to death.
====The Ultimate Guide====
:Stonefur is briefly mentioned on Bluestar's page to have been raised by his father, Oakheart, alongside his sister, Mistyfoot, and again on Oakheart's page, where it states he and Mistyfoot survived the journey to RiverClan.
:He and Mistyfoot share their own profile. They are first said to have been born to Bluefur in ThunderClan before being taken to RiverClan. Stonefur mentored Stormfur. The two siblings became half-Clan cats once Bluestar told them that she was their mother, and they spoke with their mother at the gorge when she saved ThunderClan from the dog pack. Darkstripe and Blackfoot killed Stonefur, commanded to do so by Tigerstar.
:He is once again brought up on Feathertail's page, where she is mistakenly called his apprentice. In the hole, she and her brother, Stormfur, watched Darkstripe and Blackfoot kill Stonefur.
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