Juniperclaw

Juniperclaw is a sleek, skinny, and lithe black tom with green eyes and a thin tail.
Juniperclaw was a ShadowClan deputy under Tigerstar's leadership in the lake territories. He was born to Dawnpelt and Crowfrost alongside Strikestone and Sleekwhisker, and as an apprentice, Juniperpaw was mentored by Stonewing. He, along with the other apprentices, felt ShadowClan was no longer feared and eventually left to become one of Darktail's rogues, giving himself the name of Juniperclaw. After realizing Darktail's true sinister intentions, he fled to ThunderClan.
Following the Kin's defeat, Juniperclaw mentored Whorlpelt and still heavily spoke out against Rowanstar. When ShadowClan was annexed, Juniperclaw became part of SkyClan under Leafstar. In the wake of Tigerstar becoming leader, Juniperclaw rejoined ShadowClan and became deputy after Tawnypelt stepped down. Trying to end the fighting with SkyClan, Juniperclaw poisoned SkyClan's fresh-kill, which Alderheart discovered, thus Tigerstar stripped him from his deputy position for his crimes. Subsequently, Juniperclaw escaped ShadowClan and saved Violetshine and Shadowkit in a flood, which in atonement for his actions, he let himself drown. Afterwards, Cloverfoot succeeded him as deputy. Juniperclaw was sent to The Place of No Stars in his death, and later helped StarClan and the Lights in the Mist take down Ashfur, who had seized control of the Dark Forest. Although Juniperclaw was denied entrance into StarClan, despite his desire for redemption, he became content with guarding the tunnel between the two afterlives, ensuring that no cat would pass between. 
==History==
===A Vision of Shadows===
:Juniperpaw is a young ShadowClan apprentice with Stonewing as his mentor. His parents are Dawnpelt and Crowfrost, the ShadowClan deputy at the time. He and his littermates speak out against the warrior code, much to their parents' horror. Juniperpaw eventually leaves ShadowClan alongside Needlepaw, Sleekpaw, and Violetkit to join Darktail and his rogues, giving himself the name of Juniperclaw. While he enjoys the freedom of being a rogue, he realizes how cruel Darktail is and regrets his decision to leave ShadowClan. He manages to escape with his brother, Strikestone, with help from their mother. He participates in driving out the Kin from the lake, but still holds resentment against Rowanstar for letting ShadowClan be taken over. During this time, he is given Whorlpaw as an apprentice. 
:After Rowanstar loses confidence in his leadership and Tigerheart disappears, the entirety of ShadowClan joins SkyClan. After Leafstar turns away his sister, Sleekwhisker, and Yarrowleaf, Juniperclaw helps harbor them in ShadowClan's old camp, and begins to have feelings of spite towards Leafstar. He later rejoins ShadowClan when Tigerheart becomes leader, and Whorlpaw becomes a warrior named Whorlpelt. At the reformed ShadowClan's first Gathering, he is announced as ShadowClan's new deputy in place of Tawnypelt. This announcement sparks an uproar among the Clans, as Juniperclaw had abandoned ShadowClan in favor of being a rogue with Darktail. 
:As the fight with SkyClan reaches its peak, Juniperclaw decides to poison SkyClan with deathberry seeds to coerce them to leave the lake and nearly kills Sparrowpelt, one of SkyClan's senior warriors. However, his plot is discovered by Alderheart and the accusations are brought before ShadowClan, to which Juniperclaw admits to poisoning SkyClan. In an attempt to weasel his way out of the charges, Juniperclaw tries to affirm that he did it for the sake of ShadowClan. ShadowClan is horrified, and Strikestone and Tigerstar effectively disown him as family, with the latter demoting him from deputyship. Juniperclaw escapes the camp soon afterward and upon discovering Violetshine and Shadowkit in a flood, he sacrifices himself to save them both to atone for his actions. After his death, Cloverfoot succeeded him as deputy.
===The Broken Code===
:Juniperclaw has been in the Dark Forest since his death. Rootspring and a few others come to the Dark Forest to stop Ashfur, and Juniperclaw wants to help, but the StarClan and Dark Forest cats sharply crticize him for poisoning SkyClan's fresh-kill pile. He insists on helping Strikestone's, his littermate, trapped spirit, and Rootspring stands up for him. Juniperclaw shows clear remorse for his actions and genuinely wants to help the Clans get rid of Ashfur.
:Shadowsight thanks Juniperclaw for saving his life when he was a kit and confesses that he blames himself for everything that has happened with Ashfur. Juniperclaw firmly insists that it is not his fault, and reminds Shadowsight that death is a part of battle when the medicine cat fears that Bristlefrost's death is his fault. Juniperclaw and Shadowsight briefly bond over their shared experiences with the Dark Forest, and Juniperclaw reinforces the fact that Ashfur had a way of connecting with the Dark Forest residents that no other cat had. Firestar allows Juniperclaw to take a look into StarClan through the tunnel connecting the two sides that Ashfur made, but he must return to the Dark Forest afterward. As they return to the barrier with the Dark Forest, Juniperclaw offers to guard the tunnel between StarClan and the Place of No Stars for the rest of eternity.
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==Family==
:Juniperclaw's parents are Crowfrost and Dawnpelt, and his littermates are Strikestone and Sleekwhisker. For more of Juniperclaw's family, click here!
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===Interesting facts===
*Juniperclaw has ThunderClan blood through Tawnypelt. 
===Author statements===
*Kate believed Juniperclaw went to StarClan, claiming that "because he redeemed himself at the end, and he was only misguided, not evil."
===Mistakes===
*Juniperclaw has been mistakenly described as a she-cat.
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Category:Toms
Category:ShadowClan cats
Category:Groupless cats
Category:Rogues
Category:Warriors
Category:Darktail's cats
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Category:SkyClan cats
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Category:Deceased characters
Category:Refugees
Category:Dark Forest cats
Category:Border guardians