Shadowsight (Warriors)

Shadowsight is the main protagonist along with Rootspring and Bristlefrost and sometimes deuteragonist of The Broken Code arc in the Warriors book series by Erin Hunter. He is a young ShadowClan medicine cat under Tigerstar's (AVoS-present) leadership in the lake territories, alongside Puddleshine and Mothwing. He is prone to seizures. He is one of the main protagonists in The Place of No Stars. 
== Personality ==
Shadowsight is nervous, anxious, emotional and insecure. He is hardworking and dedicated, and although he has little faith in himself, normally sticks to the choices he's made. He also hates being treated like a kit or apprentice. 
== History ==
=== Tigerheart’s Shadow/ Tawnypelt’s Clan ===
Shadowkit was born to Tigerstar and Dovewing alongside his sisters Lightkit and Pouncekit in a large Twolegplace with the guardian cats. Once he and his littermates are old enough, he and his family travel back to the Clans. During the journey, Shadowkit dreams of the way to lake. 
Shadowkit continues to suffer violent seizures. When his vision depicts a tree destroying a cave, Tawnypelt believes he is meant to go to the Tribe of Rushing Water. Tigerstar disagrees sending his young son on a journey to the mountains, but Dovewing and Tawnypelt do so anyway. When they reach the Tribe, Stoneteller teaches Shadowkit how to control his seizures, and is impressed that Shadowkit's powers can reach both the Tribe of Endless Hunting and StarClan, and beyond. After Shadowkit successfully saves the Tribe's home, the three head back home.
His parents are unsure of how he knows this, but trusts him to lead the way after Tigerheart is mortally injured. He witnesses his father's revival as Tigerstar, and joins ShadowClan.
=== A Vision of Shadows ===
While staying in ShadowClan temporarily, Alderheart treats Shadowkit during his seizure, which usually signifies him receiving a vision. Alderheart interprets the kit's vision of him drowning. After he heals, Shadowkit spends time in the medicine cat's den which solidifies his ambitions to become a medicine cat. In order to fulfill his vision, Shadowkit throws himself into the flood so the Clans could work together to rescue him. Juniperclaw sacrifices himself to save Shadowkit, and the young kit excitedly exclaims he did what his visions told him to do.
=== The Broken Code ===
Shadowpaw is now a medicine cat apprentice mentored by Puddleshine. During a harsh leaf-bare, StarClan's connection is severed, and Shadowpaw believes his unusual visions are to blame. He receives a vision of Tigerstar and Bramblestar viciously fighting in a blaze. 
An unidentified spirit warns Shadowpaw about codebreakers and provides Shadowpaw instructions to heal Bramblestar's illness. However, Bramblestar dies, and Shadowpaw blames himself. Luckily, the ThunderClan leader is revived, and ShadowClan begins to trust Shadowpaw. He earns his warrior name, Shadowsight. 
After ShadowClan is plagued by numerous injuries, Shadowsight decides to tell the other Clans about his vision of the codebreakers. Bramblestar, whose body is now inhabited by an impostor, uses this knowledge to severely punish the codebreakers. Shadowsight realizes that the voice he heard before tricked him, and Rootpaw and Tree reveal the true Bramblestar's spirit to ShadowClan.
Shadowsight is attacked by the impostor while on the way to the Moonpool, and is on the brink of death. Spiresight's ghost fetches Rootpaw to save Shadowsight, and Shadowsight's ghost confronts the impostor in ThunderClan's camp where he is threatened by the his true form. 
After he regains consciousness, Shadowsight uses deathberries to travel to the Dark Forest and rescue Bramblestar's ghost. He recovers and the impostor is taken prisoner following a battle between the Clans. However, the impostor warns Shadowsight that his plans aren't foiled yet. Shadowsight is demoted to a medicine cat apprentice since Mothwing believes he is too inexperienced and he became a full medicine cat because he saved Bramblestar. He is entrusted to take care of Ashfur, the real identity of the impostor, who weaves doubts of Shadowsight's place in ShadowClan, and praises his special abilities. Shadowsight protects Ashfur from Tigerstar, Lionblaze, and others who wish to kill him because he wishes to protect Bramblestar's body, wanting to prove he's not a murderer. When the Clan leaders decide to execute Ashfur for the good of the Clans, Ashfur pressures Shadowsight to help him escape in order to save Bramblestar, warning about his power over spirit cats.
Several cats wish for Shadowsight to see justice after he lets Ashfur escape, and Shadowsight, having realized his mistake in letting the dark warrior go, volunteers to go into the Dark Forest to atone, an idea which is heavily debated amongst the leaders. After Willowshine is killed by Ashfur, Shadowsight convinces Mothwing to let him venture into the Dark Forest, which she agrees to. In the Place of No Stars, 
In the Dark Forest, Shadowsight meets a former ShadowClan warrior named Snowtuft, who explains that portions of the Dark Forest are vanishing behind a thick mist, including the cats who lived there, and Snowtuft agrees to help Shadowsight to rid the Dark Forest of Ashfur and save his home. They locate Ashfur and Squirrelflight with Squirrelflight aggressively hissing at Ashfur's attempts to convince her to stay with him. When Squirrelflight once again denies his affection, Ashfur shows Squirrelflight the island with the spirit cats under his control. He brings forward Bramblestar's possessed spirit and has him attack Squirrelflight under Ashfur's command. 
Bramblestar struggles to regain control of himself, but Ashfur continues to have him attack his mate. Shadowsight attacks Ashfur, distracting the dark warrior long enough for Bramblestar and Squirrelflight to escape.
Shadowsight, Bristlefrost, and Rootspring soon discover a thick bramble barrier sealing the entrance between StarClan and the Dark Forest created by Ashfur, and both afterlives are slowly disappearing. However, the barrier weakens with hope, and Shadowsight returns to the living world to bring more cats to help. A patrol of StarClan, Dark Forest, and living cats confront Ashfur in a final battle, and Ashfur attempts to convince Shadowsight that he must kill Bristlefrost to bring the peace. Shadowsight refuses, and Bristlefrost sacrifices herself to kill Ashfur and save Shadowsight. 
While StarClan and the Dark Forest are saved, Shadowsight blames himself for his friend's death, though Juniperclaw convinces him that it's not his fault. Leafpool also informs Shadowsight that he was never able to communicate with StarClan; he was always meant to see into the shadows, his connection was with Ashfur from the very beginning, and now that Ashfur is gone, that connection faded. However, Shadowsight finds his peace with his fellow medicine cats, finally feeling free. He is also named a Light in the Mist for his part in saving Bramblestar.
== Physical Appearance ==
He is a small, scrawny dark gray cat with darker stripes and amber eyes, similar to the eyes of his father. On the cover of Lost Stars, he is depicted with a white muzzle. He has a shredded ear. 
== Trivia ==
*He is named after Spiresight.
*Along with his sister Pouncestep, his favorite thing to eat is mouse.
*His significant action towards Ashfur in Darkness Within was questioned and debated by the readers.
*He is a fan favorite character, being the most popular out of all three protagonists of The Broken Code.
*He may be epileptic, as he has constant seizures.
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