Shredtail

Shredtail is a ragged, scrawny, dark brown tabby tom with criss-cross scars running across his pelt.
Shredtail was a member of the Dark Forest. He briefly helped Silverhawk in training Thistleclaw, for the latter's goal of becoming a deputy of ThunderClan. Several seasons later, he assisted in training the living cats in preparations for the Great Battle. During it, he led an attack on ShadowClan's camp, where he witnessed Redwillow's death and was killed himself by Lionblaze soon after. 
==History==
===In the Omen of the Stars arc===
====Fading Echoes====
:Shredtail is a Dark Forest spirit. When Jayfeather and Spottedleaf visit, Shredtail is in a brutal training session with Hawkfrost and several other Dark Forest cats. Hawkfrost calls him forward along with Snowtuft, and orders him to slice open his belly. As Jayfeather and Spottedleaf leave, they hear Snowtuft's agonized yowls as Shredtail carries out his orders.
====Night Whispers====
:Shredtail is introduced to Ivypaw by Hawkfrost. Ivypaw notices that he has scars criss-crossed along his pelt from older wounds. He is chosen by Thistleclaw to stand on the large black-and-white rock during training. He tells Shredtail he must try to attack the others with a blow to their heads. Once they begin, Sparrowfeather hits him hard in the face and he starts to bleed. He becomes frantic when the cats start hitting him from every side and he tries to hit them all with aimed blows. Ivypaw then hits him with both of her paws and he staggers. Shredtail turns to face her and swipes a forepaw at her eyes, and Ivypaw is shocked to realize he could have blinded her. Sparrowfeather then yanks Shredtail off the rock by his hind legs and he fights to cling on. Thistleclaw is angered by this, saying that she cheated and punishes Sparrowfeather, then tells her to take Shredtail's place. She hauls herself onto the rock and they start once again.
====The Forgotten Warrior====
:He supervises Ivypool, Breezepelt, Hollowpaw, and Minnowtail, along with his former apprentice, Antpelt. The group is racing up a tree in the Dark Forest. He orders everyone to jump into a pile of leaves, except for Minnowtail, as she had won. He praises Minnowtail, glaring at the others. He then announces that they will do battle training. When Minnowtail asked if she did well afterwards, he growls that they weren't there for praise, telling them they were there to fight.
====The Last Hope====
:Shredtail is seen by Ivypool during the battle meeting of the Dark Forest's senior warriors. Later, he participates in a meeting during which Tigerstar announces his plan of entering the Clan territories. Shredtail then follows Brokenstar and Darkstripe into the ThunderClan territory, after Tigerstar's patrol. After returning, he trains with Mapleshade just before the battle.
:During The Great Battle, Shredtail leads an assault on ShadowClan's camp, in which he pins Ratscar to a tree, and Ratscar pleads with him, begging him to let him go. Shredtail says that he's a traitor and will die like a traitor. However, before being able to kill him, Lionblaze comes over and tells Shredtail to let Ratscar go. Displeased, Shredtail reveals how Ratscar trained in the Dark Forest, to which the latter replies that he didn't know about their true intentions. The dark brown tabby then adds that he wasn't the only trainee from ShadowClan and summons Redwillow over to him, whom he asks about the report of how the battle is going. After Redwillow is killed by Blackstar, Shredtail complains that Blackstar killed a loyal warrior to the Place of No Stars; Blackstar merely retorts that he's killed a traitor and was ready to kill another. Shredtail asks if he can really kill him, before Lionblaze challenges him to a fight. At first Shredtail gains the upperhand but just as he is about to deal the killing blow, he gets distracted by the arrival of Midnight, which gives Lionblaze opportunity to strike. He emerges victorious, and Shredtail fades to nothing, prompting the rest of his patrol to flee.
===In the Super Editions===
====Crookedstar's Promise====
:In the Dark Forest, Crookedjaw overhears Shredtail and Thistleclaw fighting viciously, the dark tabby snarling at Thistleclaw to do the move again and to do it better. He attacks Thistleclaw when he fails at the move. As he hits the ground, he starts battering his apprentice's head with a flurry of swipes, causing blood to spray from the torn fur. Shredtail attacks Thistleclaw when he struggles free and attacks back. He ducks away and says that it was better. Crookedjaw thinks that his training sessions with Mapleshade were brutal, but they were never as vicious as that.
:Shredtail agrees with Thistleclaw when he says his time is coming, and snarls at Thistleclaw if he was sure Sunstar wouldn't soften and choose Bluefur instead. He warns him when he sneers that she would be grieving Snowfur, saying that grief can bring strength. Shredtail asks if he was grieving her too, to which Thistleclaw spits that Bluefur should have died instead.
:He asks about Thistleclaw's son, Whitekit, and Thistleclaw hisses that he is like his mother, with no fire in his belly or hunger for battle. Thistleclaw then asks why they were talking and demands to train again.
==Character pixels==
==Appearances==
*Crookedstar's Promise
*Fading Echoes 
*Night Whispers
*The Forgotten Warrior
*The Last Hope 
==Trivia==
===Mistakes===
*He is mistakenly referred to as one of ShadowClan's deceased cats in Bramblestar's Storm and Crowfeather's Trial.
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==Notes and references==
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Category:The Forgotten Warrior characters
Category:The Last Hope characters
Category:Omen of the Stars characters