Windstar

Windstar, also known as Wind or Wind Runner, is a wiry brown she-cat with narrow tabby stripes, a thin, striped face, and yellow eyes.
Windstar was the founder and first leader of WindClan. Originally a rogue named Wind, she learned to become independent living on the moor and befriended Gorse after Branch left her to fend for herself, and the former later became her mate. Not long after Wind met Gray Wing, and she and Gorse joined Tall Shadow's group. Wind's devotion to lead did not go unnoticed, and she was welcomed to the group as Wind Runner. She later gave birth to Gorse Fur's kits, Emberkit, Morning Whisker, Moth Flight, and Dust Muzzle. However, two of her kits died, and Wind Runner decided to form her own group on the moor, where she stayed to raise her two surviving kits, Dust Muzzle and Moth Flight. Her group was later renamed WindClan.
When tensions rose between WindClan and SkyClan when Willow Tail accused them of stealing prey, this resulted in a battle that severely wounded Wind Runner and blinded Willow Tail indefinitely. Moth Flight took her to the Moonstone in hopes of healing her injury, and there Wind Runner became the first leader to receive her nine lives, and earned the name Windstar. She was later succeeded by her mate, Gorsestar, after her final death. Windstar is remembered by her fierce determination and resilience to keep her Clan safe. In StarClan, Windstar granted Onestar and Harestar one of their nine lives. Her descendants continue to live in WindClan.
==History==
===Dawn of the Clans===
:As a young cat, Wind hunts with her companion and caretaker, Branch. She is resilient and determined, two traits that help her survive the challenging environment of the moor. After she becomes injured, Branch abandons her and Wind is left alone to fend for herself. Fueled by her strong desire to survive, Wind manages to build a successful life on the moor. She meets a young tom named Gorse, and, despite her initial wariness, she grows to enjoy his company. 
:Wind and Gorse live on the moor for many moons until they meet Gray Wing, a cat from the mountains, along with the other former Tribe cats. She teaches Gray Wing how to hunt rabbits and to tunnel underground. Gray Wing wants to invite them to their camp, but both Wind and Tall Shadow are hesitant. Wind prefers her freedom on the moor, but she and Gorse become regular visitors to the camp. Her leadership skills shine when a fire rages through the forest, and when she saves Jagged Peak from suffocating in a tunnel collapse. She is later renamed Wind Runner and officially becomes a member of the group. 
:While living in the hollow, Wind Runner gives birth to her and Gorse Fur's kits, Emberkit, Morning Whisker, Dust Muzzle, and Moth Flight. Shortly after, Emberkit dies and Wind Runner mourns heavily. She participates in the deadly fight between Clear Sky and the moor cats at Fourtrees. After the fight, she and the other leaders are visited by spirit cats of their fallen friends, including Emberkit, who warns the cats to unite or die. During a sickness that spreads throughout the groups, Morning Whisker falls ill and dies as well. 
:After Morning Whisker's death, she and Gorse Fur start their own amp on the moor, wanting to utilize everything she learned about living in a group and create safe haven for their family. There, she and her mate raise their two surviving kits. She welcomes several other cats such as Slate, Spotted Fur, and Gray Wing, but grows distrustful of Slash's former companions, including Bee. Her group is renamed to WindClan by Gray Wing and his kits shortly before he dies. 
===Super Editions===
:In Moth Flight's Vision, Wind Runner gets frustrated with Moth Flight's fumbling antics and banishes her when she accidentally strays on a Thunderpath. When Moth Flight comes back with news from StarClan about being the first medicine cat, Wind Runner is hesitant about this news, but trusts her ancestors. Tensions between WindClan and SkyClan rise, and Wind Runner sides with Willow Tail, her Clanmate, about SkyClan stealing prey. The conflict leads to a fight in SkyClan's camp and Wind Runner is critically injured. Following her intuition, Moth Flight carries her mother to the Moonstone where she receives her nine lives and the name Windstar.
:In Onestar's Confession, Windstar grants Onewhisker a life for survival and gives Harespring an unknown life.
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==Relationships==
===Branch===
:Branch and Wind stuck together as loners, hunting and fighting for each other. After Wind was injured, Branch ran away, and Wind was left alone. While receiving her nine lives, Wind Runner expressed anger at Branch for leaving her, but also gratitude because she would not have found Gorse Fur, and received a life for trust from him.
===Gorse Fur===
:Gorse Fur and Wind Runner, then Gorse and Wind are companions living on the moor when the mountain cats arrive. Wind formerly was accompanied by Branch, who unexpectedly left her before she could hunt for herself, and later met Gorse. After they both joined the moor cats in the hollow, they gained new names and even ended up becoming mates having four kits together: Emberkit, Morning Whisker, Dust Muzzle, and Moth Flight, although Emberkit and Morning Whisker untimely died due to the sickness spread by the rotten prey. Wind Runner and Gorse Fur eventually gathered cats in another moor group, this time WindClan, and Wind Runner set herself forward as leader with her mate as deputy under the name of Windstar. After her death, Gorse Fur took over as leader.
===Emberkit and Morning Whisker===
:Emberkit dies during Wind Runner's kitting, and Morning Whisker is later claimed by the sickness. Wind Runner is scared for her remaining kits, and this causes her to take her family and the group to start her own camp on the moor. During her nine lives ceremony, Wind Runner sees her kits in StarClan. Morning Whisker gives Wind Runner a life for resilience.
==Kin==
===Members===
Mate:
:Gorsestar: 
Mother:
:Unnamed she-cat: 
Sister:
:Unnamed she-cat: 
Daughters:
:Moth Flight: 
:Morning Whisker: 
Sons:
:Emberkit: 
:Dust Muzzle: 
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===Interesting facts===
*While originally stated to have not taken -star as a suffix of her name, this is later contradicted by Moth Flight's Vision.
*She is the first Clan leader ever to receive nine lives and also the first to lose one.
*On the Warriors website family tree, Windstar's descendants live on through Mistmouse.
===Mistakes===
*She was mistakenly described with amber eyes.
*She was mistakenly called Wind Runner despite receiving her leader name.
*She was mistakenly called Windstar before receiving her leader name.
*She was mistakenly called Gorse Fur.
===Continuity===
*In Secrets of the Clans, a 2007 field guide, Wind was the founder and first leader of WindClan. She worked with the other founders to develop the warrior code. She is described as proud, wily, and stubborn. Wind is also described as one of the fastest cats in the forest. Her mate was Gorsefur, who became her deputy, and later the second leader of WindClan, Gorsestar. Her descendants live on in WindClan through Ashfoot and Crowfeather.
**Later, Windstar banished Mothflight after she almost got killed when she was chasing a feather onto the Thunderpath. When Mothflight discovers the Moonstone, Mothflight protests that Windstar wouldn't let her return. One of the StarClan cats asks Windstar if that was true, and, turning around, Mothflight sees her leader. Another StarClan cat tells Windstar that Mothflight is to be her new medicine cat. Windstar merely nods before vanishing.
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==Notes and references==
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