Codebreakers

The codebreakers are a group of seven cats named by Ashfur to have broken the code and must be punished.
==Description==
:Ashfur, posing as Bramblestar, was incredibly adamant about punishing the codebreakers, and as noted by Cloverfoot, exile and banishment appears to be his go-to punishment.
:He first forced Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Twigbranch to swear an oath of loyalty to him, with the threat of exile if they broke the code again. However, he later exiled both Lionblaze and Jayfeather on account of their half-Clan heritage, and briefly appeared to let Twigbranch atone, but later on refused to let her rejoin ThunderClan. He also forced both Mistystar and Harestar to exile their codebreakers, though both did so reluctantly. However, Ashfur strangely refused to let Squirrelflight take the oath, even though she offered and reminded him that she was a listed codebreaker. Despite this, when she informed him she was going to "atone" by herself, he tried to persuade her to take the oath, but she refused. He only ended up punishing her with exile after she realized he was an impostor of the real Bramblestar.
:Ashfur's adamancy about punishing the codebreakers brought him against the other leaders, notably Leafstar and Tigerstar, who rebuked and argued with the the severity of the punishments. Ashfur also used the term of codebreaker interchangeably; using it to reference other cats who disobeyed or objected to him, seemingly not exclusive to his designated list.
==Named cats and reason for their placement on the list==
===ThunderClan===
Cat 	Reason 	Punishment
Squirrelflight	Lying to the Clans and pretending Leafpool's kits were her own. 	Ashfur initially did not let her atone for her codebreaking, citing that StarClan had "forgiven" her when she joined them briefly. However, he ended up punishing her with exile from ThunderClan after she clued into him being a fraud, but he cited her codebreaking as to the reasoning.
Lionblaze 	Being half-WindClan 	Exile from ThunderClan.
Jayfeather 	Being half-WindClan 	Exile from ThunderClan.
Twigbranch 	Swapping between ThunderClan and SkyClan, and getting Finleap to switch Clans.	Exile from ThunderClan.
===ShadowClan===
Cat 	Reason 	Punishment
Dovewing	While unknown, ShadowClan believes it is for getting pregnant with Tigerstar's kits and leaving ThunderClan.	Unpunished.
===WindClan===
Cat 	Reason 	Punishment
Crowfeather	Unknown	Exile from WindClan.
===RiverClan===
Cat 	Reason 	Punishment
Mothwing	Her parents being non-RiverClan.	Exile from RiverClan.
==Trivia==
===Mistakes===
*Although Tree was on the Ashfur's list of codebreakers in Lost Stars, he was neglected as such throughout The Silent Thaw and Veil of Shadows.
**According to James Noble, this was a mistake, and will be fixed in reprints of the aforementioned books.
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==Notes and references==
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