Frostdawn/History

==History==
===In The Broken Code arc===
====Lost Stars====
:Frostkit is mentioned by Mistystar at a Gathering to have been born to Curlfeather, along with her two other siblings, Mistkit and Graykit.
===In the A Starless Clan arc===
====River====
:Frostpaw is eager to go to the Moonpool to be named Mothwing's official apprentice. Her mother Curlfeather dotes on her before she leaves, reminding her daughter that that she is special since she received a dream from StarClan about Jayclaw's death before he died. Mothwing leads Frostpaw to the Moonpool and begins instructing Frostpaw about the other medicine cats. Though at times Mothwing can be sharp, Frostpaw knows she is still grieving from Willowshine's death. When they arrive, Mothwing introduces her apprentice to the other medicine cats, and Mothwing names her an official medicine cat apprentice. At the Gathering, Frostpaw is introduced as RiverClan's new medicine cat apprentice. The following day, Mothwing scolds Frostpaw for dawdling while eating her prey and as they head for their den, Brackenpelt challenges Mistystar over the Clan leaders' decisions to change the warrior code the previous night. Mistystar calls a Clan meeting to properly discuss the event, and more cats begin to challenge Mistystar. While Mistystar attempts to defend herself, she suddenly collapses and dies, losing her last life. RiverClan is in shock, and Mothwing asks Frostpaw to speak with StarClan to guide Mistystar's spirit. Frostpaw envisions Willowshine guiding Mistystar's spirit to StarClan. Some of RiverClan questions Frostpaw's words, but Mothwing has faith in her apprentice. With Reedwhisker gone on a hunting patrol, they decide to wait for him until he returns to go receive his leader name and nine lives.
:However, Reedwhisker's patrol members return to camp late without their deputy, having assumed he either returned to camp without them or got lost. Mothwing orders search parties and retreats to her den, and Frostpaw follows her, finding her mentor stricken with grief. Mothwing asks Frostpaw to speak with Mistystar for her. Though Frostpaw is unsure if it will work, she hears Mistystar's voice telling her to move on, and Frostpaw interprets it as their former leader asking the Clan to continue on. Her message comforts Mothwing, and Frostpaw is pleased to have helped her mentor. After Mistystar's vigil, Reedwhisker is still missing and the Clan debates on whether or not to elect an acting leader until he is found. Duskfur and Mallownose suggest their medicine cats should lead, though Shimmerpelt questions Frostpaw's inexperience. While the argument escalates, Frostpaw retreats to her den but notices a torn up dock leaf in the shape of a star in her nest. Frostpaw wonders if it is a sign from StarClan that she should be leader, and she brings the leaf to Mothwing. The Clan agrees that it signifies that the medicine cats should lead the Clan temporarily, and Mothwing relents that she and Frostpaw will lead the Clan. Though Frostpaw is charged with communicating with StarClan for Mothwing, she worries about the pressures of leading and her mother comforts her.
:At the half-moon meeting, the RiverClan medicine cats decide not to inform the others about Mistystar and Reedwhisker. Frostpaw tries to speak with Leopardstar about approving changes to the warrior code, but instead she warns Frostpaw that Reedwhisker is trapped in a shadowy place on RiverClan territory. At camp, Mothwing tasks Frostpaw with leading a patrol to find Reedwhisker. Gorseclaw and Splashtail question Frostpaw's authority, but Mothwing insists only Frostpaw knows where Reedwhisker is. They start searching near the greenleaf Twolegplace where they had last seen Reedwhisker, and they locate his body at the bottom of a ravine. Frostpaw notices his neck is broken but also several scratches along his back. The patrol carries his body back to camp, and Curlfeather comforts her daughter.
:Frostpaw and Splashtail head to the Moonpool to speak with StarClan about their new leader, and Frostpaw is nervous about the responsibility. At the Moonpool, she is disappointed when her ancestors are silent. However, as she prepares to leave, Frostpaw notices a small curled white feather in the grass. The young she-cat interprets it as a sign from StarClan that Curlfeather should be leader. When they return to camp, Mothwing is hesitant about accepting the sign since her own brother Hawkfrost faked a sign. However, that night, Frostpaw dreams herself at the Moonpool surrounded by curled white feathers and is certain that she is right. Mothwing relents, and Frostpaw announces to the Clan that Curlfeather will be their leader as chosen by StarClan. The Clan is pleased, and Frostpaw guides Curlfeather to the Moonpool. Mother and daughter comfort each other over their self doubts, but as they leave ThunderClan's territory, three dogs attack them. They run back to the forest for shelter, but as Curlfeather boosts her daughter up on a tree she is caught by the dogs and is killed. Before she dies, Curlfeather tells her daughter to trust no cat. Frostpaw escapes through the trees and informs her Clanmates what had happened back in camp. Her Clanmates are horrified, and Frostpaw's littermates comfort her. A RiverClan patrol retrieves Curlfeather's body and Frostpaw is horrified at Mallownose's suggestion that she should return to the Moonpool to ask StarClan for another leader. Duskfur comforts Frostpaw, and Mothwing relents that they should ask the other Clans for help.
====Sky====
:Days after Curlfeather's death, Frostpaw struggles with her grief despite Splashtail's and Mothwing's attempts to cheer her up. Mothwing insists to Frostpaw that she must return to the Moonpool to speak to StarClan about who should be their leader, though Frostpaw is fearful about returning to the place of her mother's death. Later, a ShadowClan patrol arrives asking for catmint to treat Rowankit's greencough, and Frostpaw is uncertain what to do until Mothwing arrives, explaining they do not have any catmint to spare and that they should leave immediately. That night, Tigerstar calls for an emergency meeting of the medicine cats at the Moonpool to discuss the catmint shortage. Frostpaw and Mothwing are already at the Moonpool when the others arrive, having missed the messenger when they departed for the Moonpool already. The medicine cats agree to organize a patrol to find catmint beyond the Clan borders. After the others leave, Frostpaw attempts to communicate with StarClan again. She is greeted by Curlfeather's spirit, who encourages her daughter to pick RiverClan's next leader beyond the obvious choices.
:Frostpaw is anxious about selecting RiverClan's next leader on her own, though Mothwing and Splashtail have full confidence in her. After contemplating for a while, Frostpaw selects Owlnose since she cannot think of any reason why he should not be leader over her other Clanmates. Finally free of that burden, Frostpaw decides to tend her the old herb storage to clear it out. However, Owlnose, Splashtail, and Sneezecloud bring Brackenpelt and Podlight to the medicine den after they injure themselves falling into the river when the riverbank collapses. After she helps treat their injuries, Frostpaw dwells on her decision to pick Owlnose as leader, briefly doubting if she made the right choice. Duskfur even questions Frostpaw how she came to her decision, though Frostpaw remains firm on her choice, hoping Owlnose will find his footing soon. She takes Owlnose to the Moonpool that night and attempts to ease his worries by speaking with StarClan first. However, StarClan does not appear to her nor do they appear to Owlnose to grant him his nine lives. When they return to camp, their Clanmates are shocked about StarClan's silence, though Splashtail suggests StarClan is waiting for Owlnose to lead for a while before giving him their blessing. Owlnose picks Splashtail to be his deputy, and Frostpaw defends his choice.
:An emergency Gathering is called by Tigerstar to discuss the catmint shortage, though the other Clan leaders repeatedly question Owlnose and Splashtail as RiverClan's newest leader and deputy and even further when Mothwing insists that StarClan chose them through Frostpaw. When Owlnose reveals that he does not have nine lives, Leafstar sends Fidgetflake to RiverClan in hopes an experienced medicine cat would help. However, Frostpaw grows annoyed with Fidgetflake's criticisms of their poor herb stocks so close to leaf-bare and questions about Mistystar's and Reedwhisker's deaths. Frostpaw insists they have had little time to properly gather herbs with their deaths. Trying to get away from Fidgetflake momentarily, Splashtail reassures Frostpaw and the medicine cat apprentice briefly wonders if she has developed feelings for him. Fidgetflake discovers a supply of catmint shoved in the herb storage, having been forgotten by Mothwing and Frostpaw with everything going on, though Fidgetflake questions how they could have forgotten since they claimed Mistystar and Reedwhisker died of greencough. 
:On the way to the Moonpool, Frostpaw is troubled by Fidgetflake's explanation about communicating with StarClan since her visions have always been hazy compared to the SkyClan medicine cat's clearer ones. As they cross near where Curlfeather died, Fidgetflake ponders why Mothwing had not informed Harestar about the dogs since his patrols had found prey bones nearby. His speculations about whether or not the dogs were lured here sends Frostpaw's thoughts spiraling as she realizes all the cats who were about to become leader have died mysteriously. As they arrive to the Moonpool, Owlnose abruptly announces that he does not want to be leader and returns to camp. Frostpaw repeatedly fails to communicate with StarClan, wondering if she even has a connection to StarClan at all, though Mothwing insists she is still learning. However, when they arrive home, Tigerstar and his warriors have arrived to convince Owlnose to let him lead RiverClan in the meantime since they are without a leader. The standoff quickly erupts into a battle, despite Frostpaw's attempts to stop it. The battle quickly ends with Tigerstar now in charge of RiverClan.
====Shadow====
:While Frostpaw treats the injured, she is inclined to reveal to the rest of the Clan her inability to communicate with StarClan, though Mothwing prevents her. After Tigerstar leaves the camp with his deputy Cloverfoot and Icewing in charge of leadership duties, Icewing asks Frostpaw if they can talk later. The medicine cat apprentice manages to avoid her for a few days until Icewing catches her outside of camp speaking with Graypaw and Mistpaw, though Frostpaw lies that she has to bring her horsetail back to camp first. To gain some perspective, Frostpaw asks Shadowsight what it was like receiving messages that were not from StarClan. Shadowsight finds comfort in treating his Clanmates and still believing in StarClan despite not being able to communicate with them, which brings Frostpaw some comfort. Finally deciding to speak with Icewing, Frostpaw reveals that she cannot speak with StarClan, and Icewing confronts Mothwing for keeping it a secret. Icewing tells Tigerstar the next morning, who believes Frostpaw should train as a warrior apprentice while the Clan waits for another cat to receive a real vision. Despite her Clanmates' anger, Frostpaw is relieved to be free from her secret.
:The next day, Tigerstar holds Frostpaw's warrior apprentice ceremony, though numerous Clanmates speak out against her decision. Frostpaw insists her choice was hers alone, and she reiterates that she cannot speak with StarClan. Tigerstar chooses Harelight to be her mentor, though others doubt his decision to pick a cat loyal to him. Harelight is warm and encouraging with Frostpaw, and he defends her when Duskfur and Splashtail remark if she is better off being a medicine cat again. After a battle training session with her new mentor, Frostpaw is caught off guard by her littermates' disappointment in her change of careers since their mother Curlfeather always claimed she would become a medicine cat. After another training session, Frostpaw boasts to Splashtail about what she has learned so far, hoping they can become mates one day, and she abruptly reveals that she likes him. After a few moments, Splashtail reveals he likes her too but still thinks of her as a medicine cat. She asks if they can become mates when she earns her warrior name, and though Splashtail is dismissive, Frostpaw is pleased that he did not say no outright.
:Frostpaw continues to enjoy her warrior training and imagining a future with Splashtail. While hunting, Frostpaw treats Splashtail's injured paw, and the tabby tom compliments her healing abilities. Her littermates also praise her medicinal skills, but Frostpaw snaps that she is training to be a warrior now. Her Clanmates apologize, and Frostpaw fishes with Splashtail after, hopeful to be spending more time with him. However, Splashtail is distant, though he apologizes for his behavior, commenting that he still sees her as a medicine cat. During another fishing session with Harelight, Frostpaw experiences a vision while staring at her reflection in the water: she is inside another cat's body and witnesses the stranger kill Reedwhisker and dump his body down the gorge where he was later found. Reedwhisker's spirit warns her that there is a darkness in RiverClan. Frostpaw deduces the former RiverClan deputy was murdered by a RiverClan cat because Reedwhisker did not fight back. Horrified at this revelation and wondering if it was a real vision from StarClan, Frostpaw visits Mothwing but backs out on revealing her vision. 
:When Tigerstar announces Frostpaw's change in careers at the Gathering, Frostpaw stands up to Crowfeather, WindClan's deputy, when he challenges her decision. In the days after her vision, Frostpaw speculates who might have killed Reedwhisker. Her hunting patrol with Harelight is interrupted when Scorchfur yowls out in pain from camp. The ShadowClan tom accidentally ingested a mouse with a thorn in it, though Duskfur and Brackenpelt prevent Mothwing from treating him. Frostpaw slips by to help Scorchfur's mouth, though Cloverfoot and Icewing speculate a RiverClan warrior sabotoged the fresh-kill pile. Frostpaw decides to inform Splashtail about her vision, and the tabby tom is shocked to hear it. He ponders the validity of her message and prompts her to ask another medicine cat to verify it. Frostpaw decides to ask Whistlepaw, WindClan's medicine cat apprentice, and she plans to sneak into their camp later that night. However, while venturing over to WindClan, Frostpaw is viciously attacked.
====Thunder====
:Regaining her consciousness, Whistlepaw discovers Frostpaw gravely wounded on the moor. Fearing that her would be murderer will come back, Frostpaw begs Whistlepaw not to tell any cat about her. Instead, Whistlepaw takes Frostpaw to the horseplace so Smoky and his two kits can care for her. However, Frostpaw's neck wounds worsen, and Smoky alerts his Twolegs about Frostpaw. The Twolegs treat her, although they leave a strange incision on her flank as well. She dreams of Riverstar, RiverClan's founder, urging her become stronger to help her Clan. She journeys to the Moonpool, only to find that there are ThunderClan cats there, so she hides nearby and falls asleep. She is visited by Moth Flight, Mistystar, Reedwhisker, and Riverstar, who promises they will help her choose RiverClan's next leader, but she must first journey by following the sunrise, and she will have to trust in her companion.
:When she wakes up, Frostpaw finds Nightheart, who is sitting vigil while Squirrelflight receives her nine lives. Realizing he must be the cat StarClan spoke about, Frostpaw convinces him to travel with her to save RiverClan. She is distrustful of Nightheart since she is still unsure who killed Reedwhisker and who attacked her. Riverstar urges her to follow a Thunderpath with three stripes. She and Nightheart are attacked by otters, and Frostpaw treats Nightheart's wounds. She slowly begins to open up to the ThunderClan warrior. After traveling through a Twolegplace, Riverstar tells Frostpaw to search for a salmon-colored tree. Nightheart suggests uses tree branches to cross a large river, and he comforts Frostpaw as she remembers her mother's death. They finally find a group of cats near a tree covered in pink lights. Frostpaw is determined that they've reached the area that Riverstar wanted her to find.
:In the morning, Frostpaw and Nightheart introduce themselves to the Cats of the Park, who have passed down stories of Riverstar saving them from vicious rogues. The park cats teach Frostpaw how to meditate and to accept the truths that she keeps hidden from herself. She learns to relax while playing with Nightheart and the younger park cats. A half-moon later, Frostpaw admits that the cat who attacked her was Splashtail, her crush and friend. Nightheart and the park cats comfort her after this relevation. Frostpaw wants a different future for RiverClan and she hopes her chosen leader will achieve that. That night, Riverstar sends her a vision of Curlfeather and Splashtail planning Reedwhisker's demise, and Frostpaw realizes that her mother is in the Dark Forest. 
:Now learning everything she had to learn, Frostpaw and Nightheart head back to the Clans with Wasp and Waffle joining them. They arrive just in time for the Gathering and hide to spy on it. Duskfur, now RiverClan's temporary leader, announces Podlight is their new medicine cat. Podlight claims he had been visited by Riverstar, who told him who must be RiverClan's leader, though Frostpaw is sure he is making it up. Podlight declares Splashtail the Clan's new leader. Realizing that Reedwhisker's killer is now leader of RiverClan, Frostpaw fears for her Clan, but Nightheart assures her that they will make things right.
====Wind====
:Frostpaw angrily interrupts the Gathering, claiming that Splashtail and Curlfeather plotted together to kill Reedwhisker, later resulting in Splashtail turning on Curlfeather and later Frostpaw. However, the rest of the Clans, including her own Clanmates, are skeptical to believe her. Splashtail claims that he only knew that Curlfeather was plotting something and accuses Frostpaw of being confused. As RiverClan's new leader, Splashtail exiles Frostpaw, though Tigerstar agrees to take her in.
:A quarter-moon later, Frostpaw sneaks into RiverClan's camp to see if Splashtail received his nine lives. She witnesses Splashtail rigorously training his Clanmates, and Mothwing tells Frostpaw that Splashtail seems in no hurry to go to the Moonpool. Despite not being any Clan's official medicine cat, Puddleshine and Shadowsight allow Frostpaw to attend the half-moon meeting. Podlight, Mothwing's new apprentice, and Frostpaw argue about the legitimacy of their conflicting visions. She receives a dream of a shadow draining away the river, though the other medicine cats are skeptical of her vision's meaning. Later, she and Puddleshine sneak to the Moonpool to witness Splashtail's nine lives ceremony, but to their horror, Splashtail and Podlight merely mock the sanctity of StarClan's powers. Riverstar appears, though Splashtail and Podlight cannot see him, further proving that they are liars. Frostpaw and Puddleshine inform Tigerstar about what they saw, who later tells Squirrelstar.
:At the Gathering, Podlight claims that Splashtail is now Splashstar, though Frostpaw yowls that he is lying, though Leafstar and Harestar recognize him as a legitimate leader. After the Gathering, Icewing and Duskfur inform Frostpaw that they believe her and are currently working to convince more RiverClan cats to their side. She receives a dream from Reedwhisker of danger coming to WindClan's nursery during a storm. Sunbeam, Lionblaze, and Twigbranch spot Frostpaw sheltering beneath a boulder during the storm on her way to WindClan. However, Kestrelflight and Harestar are less inclined to believe her warning. Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw return to WindClan, though lightning strikes a tree and it falls into WindClan's camp just as they arrive. Along with WindClan's warriors, Frostpaw and her friends clear a path to rescue Leafkit from underneath the fallen tree. Harestar, Featherpelt, and Oatclaw thank Frostpaw for her warning.
:When Frostpaw learns that Splashtail is intending to kill Duskfur, Icewing, and Mothwing, she, Sunbeam, and Nightheart sneak into RiverClan's camp. They witness Splashtail kill Harelight when the new deputy questions his leader. He appoints Berryheart as his new deputy. Frostpaw realizes they must find Duskfur, Icewing, and Mothwing, and she vows to fight to save her Clan.
====Star====
:The three cats split up to find Duskfur, Icewing, and Mothwing near the greenleaf Twolegplace at the ShadowClan border. Frostpaw tends to Mothwing's wound, worrying that it might get worse without proper treatment. They seek refuge in ShadowClan, where Frostpaw gets into an argument with Duskfur, Mothwing, and Icewing for failing to believe her warnings about Splashtail earlier. However, Tigerstar returns from his meeting with the other Clan leaders: cats are being sent on a quest by StarClan, and Icewing volunteers for RiverClan. Frostpaw is dismayed that Icewing is leaving when her Clan might need her, but Icewing has faith in Frostpaw.
:When Berryheart and Brackenpelt arrive with news of Splashtail's defeat, Frostpaw goes with Tigerstar and his strongest warriors as backup. However, it turns out to be a ruse by RiverClan, trapping the ShadowClan cats on the island while they raid ShadowClan's camp in retribution. Frostpaw saves Whorlpelt and Stonewing from drowning. That night, Tigerstar and his warriors distract Brackenpelt and Gorseclaw while Frostpaw swims from the island to the WindClan shoreline to fetch help. Harestar promises to send patrols in the morning, much to Frostpaw's ire. In ThunderClan's camp, Frostpaw volunteers to lead a battle patrol to RiverClan's camp through the river. She takes Tigerstar, Whorlpelt, Gullswoop, Stonewing, Lightleap, Crowfeather, Heathertail, Brindlewing, and Songleap.
:During the final moments of the battle, Frostpaw spots Splashtail escaping through the river with Floatkit, one of Havenpelt's kits, in his jaws. She rushes after him, countering him at the river shore while the others hurry around the river. She struggles to fight him, but with Harelight's encouragement, Frostpaw manages to deliver a fatal blow to his belly, though Frostpaw collapses from her injuries. Frostpaw remains unconscious, prompting RiverClan to worry if she'll ever wake up and choose a new leader.
:Frostpaw ebbs through consciousness, occasionally aware of Mothwing treating her wounds. She meets her mother's spirit, and despite Frostpaw's brief relief at finally reuniting with her mother, Frostpaw berates her for Curlfeather's role in Reedwhisker's death. Curlfeather claims she was doing it all for RiverClan and refuses to take responsibility for her actions. Her mother's spirit returns to the Dark Forest, leaving Frostpaw alone in the mist. Eventually, Riverstar shows her moments of when RiverClan was nearly destroyed, urging her to return to her Clanmates. But Frostpaw is tired. She's tired of trying to get her Clanmates to listen to her, and she turns away from Tree when he searches for her spirit.
:Her condition continues to deteriorate, prompting Duskfur to fetch Nightheart and Sunbeam to say goodbye. Jayclaw arrives to guide his daughter's spirit to StarClan, but Tree's efforts to get every cat to sing motivates Frostpaw to continue living. She wakes up in her nest surrounded by her loved ones, realizing that Icewing's voice was the loudest. A quarter-moon later, Mothwing names Frostpaw Frostdawn. The following night, Frostdawn takes Icewing to the Moonpool for her nine lives. The two she-cats vow to work together to restore RiverClan, and Icestar honors Frostdawn back in camp. For the first time in a long while, Frostdawn feels happy.
===In the Changing Skies arc===
====The Elders' Quest====
:Moonpaw meets Frostdawn and the other medicine cats at the half-moon meeting. Frostdawn welcomes Moonpaw, commenting how it wasn't that long ago she was an apprentice herself. After Moonpaw slips and falls into the Moonpool, Frostdawn and Mothwing rescue her.
===In the Super Editions===
====Ivypool's Heart====
:Squirrelstar worries about Frostpaw, Nightheart, and Sunbeam when they don't return after spying on RiverClan's camp. Later, Icewing tells Ivypool how Frostpaw, Nightheart, and Sunbeam helped her, Duskfur, and Mothwing escape from RiverClan to ShadowClan. Snow from the Sisters later explains how they visited a group of park cats, and Icewing recognizes them as the group Frostpaw had visited. Ivypool, Icewing, Dovewing, Rootspring, and Whistlepaw later share a dream of RiverClan's destroyed camp with Frostpaw severely wounded. She warns that it's too late, prompting Icewing to worry about the future of her Clan while they are away.
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