Patchpelt

Patchpelt is a small black-and-white tom with smooth fur, and amber eyes.
Patchpelt was a ThunderClan elder who served as a warrior under Pinestar's, Sunstar's and Bluestar's leaderships in the forest territories. He was born as Patchkit to Adderfang and Swiftbreeze alongside his sister Leopardkit. As an apprentice, Patchpaw was mentored by Fuzzypelt. He earned his warrior name, Patchpelt and mentored Whitestorm. He fathered Longtail through Robinwing and became an older brother to his parents' second litter, Redtail, Spottedleaf and Willowpelt. He later fathered Lynxkit and Swiftpaw through Goldenflower. Patchpelt retired to the elders' den, and during a fire that ravaged ThunderClan's camp, Patchpelt was trapped with Halftail. Fireheart rescued him, only to die from smoke inhalation and joined StarClan.
==History==
===In The Prophecies Begin arc===
====Into the Wild====
:Patchpelt is an elder of ThunderClan. He fights with a tortoiseshell she-cat during ShadowClan's attack on ThunderClan.
====Fire and Ice====
:Yellowfang explains to Fireheart that both Speckletail's kit and Patchpelt have whitecough. She tells him that it isn't serious, but they need to concentrate on getting the Clan strong. Later, when greencough starts to spread through the camp, Yellowfang confirms that Patchpelt has caught it.
====Forest of Secrets====
:He, along with the rest of the elders, develops a close bond with Fireheart's kin Cloudkit. When Crowfur, a WindClan elder, snaps at Fireheart during a Gathering, Patchpelt reassures the young warrior, saying that Crowfur would find fault with StarClan.
====Rising Storm====
:Patchpelt, along with the other elders, is worried that Fireheart's corrupted deputy ceremony is a bad omen. Later, during the drought of greenleaf, he comes up with the idea of soaking moss in the stream to bring back water for the queens, Willowpelt and Goldenflower. During the fire, Patchpelt tries to get Halftail out of the burning camp, but collapses. Fireheart pulls him out of camp, dragging him all the way to Sunningrocks; however, he dies from smoke inhalation shortly after. Leopardfur asks if he is dead, and Fireheart tells her he had breathed in too much smoke. She pulls his dead body across the river so his Clan could grieve for him. Cloudpaw seems to be the most struck by Patchpelt's death, as he was close to all the elders. He is buried in RiverClan's territory, to most of ThunderClan's displeasure.
===In the Super Editions===
====Crookedstar's Promise====
:At a Gathering, Ottersplash approaches Patchpelt and asks if Leopardfoot, his sister, has kitted yet.
====Bluestar's Prophecy====
:Patchkit and his sister, Leopardkit, are Swiftbreeze and Adderfang's kits. When Swiftbreeze asks Moonflower why her daughter Bluekit's eyes have not opened yet, she says that Leopardkit and Patchkit's eyes were open the minute they were born and that her kits are true warriors. When Bluekit wakes up in the nursery, she hears Patchkit and Leopardkit playing outside. They later show Bluekit and her sister, Snowkit, around camp, only being able to show them the apprentices' den. They visit Dapplepaw before Bluekit convinces Snowkit to sneak off with her. Patchkit then reminds Dapplepaw that she promised to take them to the sandy hollow, but she denies it. Instead, she takes them to the ravine, despite the rule that kits are not allowed to leave camp.
:When Adderfang, Patchkit's father, comes back from a patrol, he plays with him and Leopardkit. The next day, Patchkit receives his apprentice name, Patchpaw, and his mentor is Fuzzypelt. During his apprentice ceremony, Pinestar mentions that he can see the courage in his eyes, just like his father's.
:Dappletail pushes past Patchpaw to go talk about WindClan, causing White-eye to shrug apologetically at him. After helping the elders, Bluepaw sits beside Patchpaw to eat a mouse, and Patchpaw comments on why elders are grumpy. When ThunderClan prepares to invade WindClan, Patchpaw is dismayed when Pinestar chooses Leopardpaw to fight instead of him. He is ordered to stay and help guard camp, even though he was worriedly practicing his defense moves while Leopardpaw remained calm. Leopardpaw tells him the hardest thing he will have to worry about is keeping Thistlekit quiet. As the cats who will fight leave, Patchpaw guards the camp with Fuzzypelt, Tawnyspots, and a few others. 
:Patchpaw later becomes a warrior, Patchpelt, and his sister becomes Leopardfoot, and Bluepaw envies them. When Pinestar announces Patchpelt and Leopardfoot's warrior names at the Gathering, the Clans coldly keep silent. Patchpelt just stares ahead with his shoulders stiff. Later, Patchpelt enters the camp with Adderfang, Sparrowpelt and Thistlepaw with two plump mice in each of their jaws, much to the Clan's delight.
:When there is a RiverClan invasion, Pinestar calls out for Patchpelt, Poppydawn, Rosepaw, and Goldenpaw to stay at the top of the ravine in case RiverClan tries to attack the camp. When Pinestar and the rest of the warriors return from battle, Patchpelt is ready for a fight, but there is no invasion.
:When Bluefur sleeps in the warriors den for the first time, Patchpelt and Thrushpelt are farther out inside the den. As Bluefur and Snowfur wonder if there is any more space, Patchpelt calls the two warriors to come over to where he is and take Leopardfoot's and White-eye's nests. At the next Gathering, Bluefur hopes that she will not get the same response from the other Clans that Leopardfoot and Patchpelt did for their warrior names.
:When Leopardfoot's kits come early, Patchpelt asks if she is alright. Snowfur asks why Goosefeather is looking through the prey pile, and Patchpelt thinks the medicine cat is looking for omens. Patchpelt is part of the backup patrol to drive RiverClan off ThunderClan territory. He and Swiftbreeze go with Stormtail's patrol to the rise. After the fight, he says that Ottersplash bit him and complains that he will smell of fish for days.
:Patchpelt later receives Whitepaw as an apprentice, and Bluefur approves of Sunstar's choice. Moons later, he moves to the elders' den along with many of his Clanmates, including Sparrowpelt, Dappletail, White-eye, Rosetail, and Smallear.
====Leopardstar's Honor====
:As ThunderClan flees from the fire, Leopardfur crosses the river to retrieve Patchpelt's body. She asks Fireheart if RiverClan should bury him, but he refuses her offer.
===In the Novellas===
====Pinestar's Choice====
:Patchpelt is seen sitting beside the fresh-kill pile with Pinestar. When Leopardfoot is giving birth to her kits a half-moon early, her brother asks if she is okay.
====Spottedleaf's Heart====
:Whitepaw mentions that Patchpelt is out on border patrol. Later, Thistleclaw mentions that he is taking Whitepaw with him and Tigerpaw to train, since Patchpelt has a bellyache. He ate a mouse with maggots in it so Thistleclaw calls him a bee-brain. During the training, Thistleclaw mentions to Whitepaw that he is sure Patchpelt has already taught him the same moves as he has taught Tigerpaw. After Bluefur gives birth to her kits, Spottedpaw notes she and Thrushpelt weren't affectionate in front of other cats like Robinwing and Patchpelt.
====Redtail's Debt====
:Patchpelt is chosen to go on a patrol to damage WindClan's camp, along with Sunstar, Redtail, Thrushpelt, Thistleclaw, and Tigerclaw. As they travel to WindClan's camp, Redtail asks Patchpelt and Thrushpelt if they've ever been there before. Patchpelt says he went to their camp a few moons before with Featherwhisker, describing it as weird that they sleep right out in the open. They climb boulders up a slope, and Patchpelt asks Redtail if he's all right, saying it's a tough climb for smaller cats like them. He points out WindClan's camp in a dip on the moorland, and as Redtail helps Thrushpelt tear the nursery apart, he sees Patchpelt and Thistleclaw doing the same to the elders den. Patchpelt hesitantly approaches Barkface and the medicine den, but Bluefur orders him not to touch it, and he is later seen falling beneath two WindClan warriors. As they return home, Patchpelt and Thistleclaw help support the injured Bluefur.
====Tigerclaw's Fury====
:Cloudpaw asks of Patchpelt and Halftail's location, and Smallear replies that they are not with him. Fireheart then hauls Patchpelt through a gorse tunnel, and manages to get him to the cliff's top.
===In the Short stories and plays===
====The Elders' Concern====
:Patchpelt complains about the other elders arguing over Fireheart's deputyship, questioning if they are going to get any sleep. Halftail replies that they will not, as they must discuss what Bluestar has done. Patchpelt states that they cannot change Bluestar's decision when Halftail asks what they should do about Fireheart. Dappletail and Smallear fret over the fact that Fireheart was born a kittypet, and Halftail points out that the warrior code was broken, as he was not appointed before moonhigh. This makes the two worry more, despite Halftail's efforts to calm them by saying that the code would be broken again, and that they have worse things to worry about. Smallear compares the young warrior to Sandstorm and Tigerclaw, questioning Fireheart's specialty.
:Dappletail says that Bluestar chose him for a reason, and Patchpelt comments how Fireheart did not seem to approve of being picked to be deputy. While Halftail tries to reassure them, Smallear and Dappletail continue expressing their displeasure. Patchpelt agrees with Smallear and Dappletail, saying that Bluestar has turned her back on StarClan, and that Lionheart must not approve. He finishes saying that, as elders, they can do nothing. Smallear and Dappletail claim that they won't forgive Bluestar nor will they accept Fireheart, and Patchpelt nods his agreement, to Halftail's dismay.
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==Ceremonies==
==Family==
:Patchpelt's parents are Swiftbreeze and Adderfang, and his mate is Robinwing and former mate is Goldenflower. For more on Patchpelt's family, click here!
==Appearances==
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*Patchpelt has SkyClan blood, because he and his sisters, Spottedleaf and Willowpelt, are SkyClan descendants.
===Author statements===
*Patchpelt's residency in StarClan was first revealed on Vicky's Facebook.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
*Patchpelt being the father of SwiftpawRevealed on Vicky's Facebook and LongtailRevealed on Vicky's Facebook was originally revealed on Vicky's Facebook before it was confirmed on the Warriors website's family tree.
===Mistakes===
*In the allegiances of Yellowfang's Secret, and Tallstar's Revenge he and his sister are listed as apprentices, while in Bluestar's Prophecy, which begins after Yellowfang's Secret, they are still kits.
===Continuity===
*Vicky has previously stated that Patchpelt and Willowpelt are Graystripe's parents. However, she was unaware at the time that they were closely related.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook Currently, only Willowpelt is listed as Graystripe's mother on the Warriors website family tree, and recently revealed in Graystripe's Vow.
*Patchpelt's kit, Lynxkit, was originally introduced on Vicky's Facebook. Lynxkit was identified as one of the kits in Into the Wild who died of weakness.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
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==Notes and references==
cs:Záplata
de:Flickenpelz (S1)
es:Centón
fi:Laikkuturkki
fr:Pomme de Pin
it:MantoPezzato
nl:Lappenpels
pl:Łaciata Skóra (KP)
pt-br:Retalho
ru:Лоскут
sv:Lappfläcke
uk:Плямошкур
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