Birchstar

## Appearances

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Birchstar is the antagonist of Redbirch. She is the previous leader of WindClan, and is currently a rogue after being exiled.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Birchstar is a tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes and a large scar on her chest.
### Scars Sustained

*The following is a chronological list of scars and/or major injuries that Birchstar has sustained:*

* Large scar on the chest caused by Snowfoot.

## Family

Birchstar is the daughter of Tortoiseleaf and Fircloud. Birchstar's previous mate was Icesplash.
## Comic Involvement

### Arc 1

"*Shhhh... Please don't take this personally. Family matters, you understand.*"
―Birchstar to Willowpaw before killing her *Redbirch*, page 20

Birchstar gives Redpaw her warrior name, Redstripe. She is angry about doing so.

Moons later, Birchstar angrily tells Bubblepaw, Willowpaw, and Sparklepaw that they will stay in camp for the gathering later that night after Bubblepaw gets in an argument with Coldkit.
Birchstar walks with the rest of WindClan to a gathering. However after a bit, Goldentail notices that Birchstar has disappeared. She calls for her, but Birchstar is nowhere to be found. Before too long, though, Birchstar reappears with scratches on her face and blood around her mouth. When Goldentail asks about Birchstar's face, the ghost of Icesplash manifests and hides the scratches and blood, making it appear as if they were never there, to Goldentail's confusion.
Birchstar announces to the Clan that they have arrived at the gathering.

Earlier that night, during the time that Birchstar was missing from the Clan walking to the gathering, Birchstar intercepts Willowpaw as she enters the warrior's den. She pounces on Willowpaw, pinning her to the ground, before ripping her throat out. She then leaps into the apprentices' den, pinning Bubblepaw to the ground like she did Willowpaw. Sparklepaw fights back, scratching Birchstar across the face, but in vain. Icesplash manifests and wraps his tail around Sparklepaw, restraining her, by Birchstar's command. Birchstar then scratches her claws into Bubblepaw's stomach, killing him. Finally, she slashes Sparklepaw across the throat, and Icesplash lets go of her. The two exit the den as Sparklepaw bleeds out. Birchstar then returns to the Clan.
After the gathering, Birchstar and the Clan return to camp. Goldentail discovers the three apprentices' dead bodies in the middle of camp, which Birchstar had dragged out of the den and put there on purpose. Birchstar steps forward, ordering the Clan to remain calm. She then begins to recite a plan of action on what to do next.
### Arc 2

"*So nobody ever **told you?** [...] That your **father, Snowfoot,** killed my mate **right in front of me.** All because **Icesplash** was **deputy,** and **he** wanted to be instead. Well, **that** plan went south pretty fast! But since I had **already** killed Snowfoot, I was left with all this despair and nowhere to **put it. That is,** until Eaglestar told me that **Speckleear, Snowfoot's mate,** was expecting **KITS. One kit, actually.** From that moment I've **hated you.** The **prey** you ate. The **air** you breathed. The **kits you had.** Each time I look at your **big, happy face,** all I see is **Icesplash,** lying **dead** in a lake of **blood.***"
―Birchstar to Redstripe *Redbirch*, page 67

Three moons later, Birchstar angrily watches Forestkit and Puddlekit play in a puddle from underneath the the tallrock. Suddenly, Fircloud approaches her and sits beside her. He tells Birchstar that he just talked to Goldentail, and that she had told him that Birchstar disappeared the night the apprentices were killed. Birchstar denies the accusation, insisting that Goldentail is crazy. Fircloud disagrees, telling his daughter that Goldentail isn't crazy, but Birchstar explodes with anger, yelling and threatening to exile Fircloud. He leaves.

Later that night, Birchstar lures Forestkit from the nursery, telling him she has something cool to show him outside camp. He follows excitedly, asking questions. At last, the two arrive at the thunderpath, where Birchstar suggests that Forestkit go out on it. He does so, when he sees a monster approaching. Suddenly, Redstripe bursts from the bushes just as the monster hits Forestkit, killing him instantly. Redstripe takes a minute to connect the dots, but once she realizes that Birchstar was behind everything, she attacks her, biting her throat and taking Birchstar's sixth life.
Birchstar kicks Redstripe off of her and proceeds to explain why she's doing what she's doing: Redstripe's father, Snowfoot, killed Icesplash in front of Birchstar because he wanted to be deputy instead of him. Birchstar killed Snowfoot in retaliation, after he gave her her large chest scar. Birchstar then later learned that Snowfoot's mate and Redstripe's mother, Speckleear, was pregnant. From that moment on, she swore to make Redstripe's life a living hell because of what her father did to Icesplash, by killing all of her kits. Birchstar then runs at Redstripe and slashes her throat, leaving her twitching by the thunderpath.
Birchstar enters a clearing, covered in blood, yelling to Icesplash, demanding to know where he was and why he didn't keep Redstripe asleep like they had planned. Icesplash then manifests, telling Birchstar hurriedly that Eaglestar found out that he had been helping Birchstar, and he was being sent to the Dark Forest. Eaglestar then manifests and drags Icesplash back to StarClan. Birchstar then leaves to wash the blood off her.

Birchstar arrives in camp and calls a Clan meeting in the middle of the night. When the Clan discovers that Redstripe, Forestkit, Coldpaw, and Honeypaw are missing, Birchstar thinks fast and lies that she had just heard four cats sneak out of camp, and that she followed them. She tells Thorntail that Redstripe and Forestkit are dead. She then tries to imply that it was Coldpaw and Honeypaw who killed them, but the Clan protests, accusing her of lying. Birchstar tries to defend herself, before Redstripe walks into camp, alive, with Coldpaw and Honeypaw supporting her on either side.
Redstripe proceeds to reveal to the Clan that Birchstar was the one who killed Willowpaw, Bubblepaw, Sparklepaw, and Forestkit. Birchstar tries to accuse Redstripe of lying, but no one believes her. Thorntail, enraged, leaps up onto the tallrock and snaps Birchstar's neck, taking her fifth life. Birchstar kicks Thorntail off the tallrock, screaming that the Clan is full of traitors, her innocent mask gone. She threatens to kill Puddlekit, Redstripe, and anyone who stands in her way. Suddenly, Fircloud steps out of his den, crying. Birchstar looks at him, a look of regret passing over her face, before she leaps into the bushes, running away.
Birchstar is seen in Silverpaw's nightmare, choking Sparklepaw to death.
### Arc 3

"***COLDPOOL!** You thought you and your little **buddy** Honeypaw could **save Redstripe** and just **get away with it?!** You thought you could **EXPOSE** me to the **entire Clan** AND GET OFF **SCOT-FREE****?!** THINK **AGAIN, TRAITOR!***"
―Birchstar attacking Coldpool *Redbirch*, page 115

Six moons later, Birchstar's paw is seen as she watches Coldpool escort Clover to WindClan's camp.
Back at WindClan's camp, Birchstar leaps out of the bushes on top of Coldpool, pinning him to the ground. She calls him and Honeypaw traitors for saving Redstripe, and raises her paw to give him a killing blow. Before she can, however, Pinewhisker drags Birchstar off of Coldpool by the scruff. She slashes at him, protesting, and just barely misses his face. Pinewhisker throws her to the ground before Birchstar stands back up, leaping at Pinewhisker and scratching her across the right eye, leaving a massive wound and damaging her eye. Birchstar taunts her before Pinewhisker runs at Birchstar and slams her into the ground, scratching her claws into her stomach and taking her fourth life.

As Birchstar comes back to life, Pinewhisker passes out, falling to the ground. Coldpool and Clover crowd around Pinewhisker as Birchstar pushes herself to her feet. Suddenly, Rosethorn approaches Birchstar from behind and speaks. Out of instinct, Birchstar raises her paw to attack the voice, but once she realizes it's Rosethorn, she puts her claws away and smiles. The two then talk, but we don't know what they say to each other. Shortly after, Birchstar leaps onto Deerheart as he exits the medicine den, biting his neck, and blood sprays. She turns to Honeypaw, who is standing in the entrance to the den, and tells him that she would kill him, but she thinks killing Deerheart will hurt him more. She then runs off and jumps into the bushes, calling Honeypaw a traitor once more.
### Arc 4

One moon later, Birchstar sits in the back of a cave as Rosethorn delivers a sparrow to her. Birchstar thanks Rosethorn, and asks for any news. Rosethorn tells Birchstar that WindClan may go to war with ThunderClan, then proceeds to ask if Birchstar killed Burrstar like Batstar had implied in the gathering the previous night. Birchstar genuinely denies the accusation, stating that she has only ever killed WindClan cats. Rosethorn then pitches an idea to Birchstar: that if ThunderClan attacks, Birchstar could use the confusion of the battle to kill again. Birchstar turns down the idea, though, stating that she needs to be careful and regain her strength. She then thanks Rosethorn for everything she's done for her, including warning her about the three patrols sent to find and kill her six moons ago. Then, she asks Rosethorn a favor: to kill someone under the cover of battle for her, instead of Birchstar doing it herself. Rosethorn agrees.
Later, she grows impatient when Rosethorn does not show up and later goes back to WindClan to figure out why she's late. She watches from the brambles and notices that some of the clanmates have been killed and Rosethorn is one of them.

Goldenstar reveals to everyone that a dark forest cat had given her an extra life since StarClan could not grant her any due to Birchstar still being alive. She reveals that the dark forest cat who gave her the life was none other than Snowfoot, much to Birchstar's horror.

Birchstar, furious and upset that Snowfoot had first taken her mate and now her pawn and says that he will pay. While she shouts out "FOXHEART!" She is then bitten by a snake and loses a life to the venom.

## Leader Info

**Leader Info**

## Killed Victims

"*YOU ARE **ALL TRAITORS!** ALL OF YOU! This is **NOT** the end. I **WILL** KILL PUDDLEKIT. I'LL KILL **YOU,** AND **ANYONE** WHO STANDS IN MY WAY.*"
―Birchstar swearing to kill WindClan *Redbirch*, page 76

*The following is a chronological list of victims that Birchstar has killed:*

* Snowfoot
* Willowpaw
* Bubblepaw
* Sparklepaw (Alongside Icesplash)
* Forestkit *(Caused)*
* Deerheart

## Personality

Birchstar is shown to be grumpy, negative, and unforgiving publicly, but shows a slightly different side of herself when killing the apprentices-- giddy about the whole situation, grinning widely and enjoying the killing. It was stated by the creator that before Icesplash died, Birchstar was a much nicer person, and not as angry all the time. Since becoming leader, though, she's gone down a path of vengeance and unfeeling, which is noticed by her father, Fircloud. He misses the way she was before, so he tries to bring the old Birchstar back, but Birchstar is too deep into her spiraling path of vengeance that she pushes him away, trying to erase any trace of the old her that's left.
## Relationships

### Redstripe and her kits

Birchstar hates Redstripe, alongside her kits for sharing Snowfoots blood. She wants all of them dead as revenge and killed Bubblepaw, Willowpaw, Sparklepaw and Forestkit for this reason.
### Fircloud

Fircloud is Birchstars father. Birchstar used to be closer to him as a kit, but they drifted apart. Birchstar now doesn't care as much for him as she used to and she was even willing to exile him.
### Goldenstar

Birchstar chose Goldentail as her deputy because she was weaker than most cats and easy to manipulate, giving her almost full control of WindClan. When Goldentail saw Birchstar talking to Icesplash, Birchstar convinced she was crazy and gaslit Goldentail to make sure she stayed in power. Birchstar wants to take revenge on Goldenstar because she was partly the reason why she was exiled.
### Icesplash

Icesplash was Birchstars mate. Birchstar loved him very much and even after death, she still loved him and wanted to be together. When Icesplash died, she became mad with grief and wanted to kill every last one of her mates killers offspring. Birchstar was shocked when Icesplash revealed that he was going to be sent to the Dark Forest, but she remained practical, saying she needed to wash away Redstripes blood, instead of dealing with the grief of losing Icesplash.
### Snowfoot

Birchstar hates Snowfoot and all his descendents for what he did to her mate and her. He was the reason why Birchstar murdered Redstripes kits, because she felt she needed to avenge her mates death.
## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* WindClan respects Birchstar but also fears her somewhat. She is grumpy a lot and many probably think she needs to tone it down a bit but nobody says anything to her out of fear.[*citation needed*]
* Birchstar hates all the other Clan leaders.[*citation needed*]
* Had Tortoiseleaf lived, Birchstar would most likely be closer to her than she is with her father.[*citation needed*]
* If Icesplash hadn't been killed by Redstripe's father, she would've went on to have three kits with him, two whom each look like one of their parents (with Birchstar's look-alike lacking the white), and another looking like Fircloud. Along with that, the entire plot of the current comic simply wouldn't exist.[*citation needed*]
* Birchstar is seen as a monster by kits and used as a story to scare them into being obedient.[*citation needed*]

## Gallery

Birchstar's original referenceBirchstar's older referenceBirchstar talking with Fircloud
## References and Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in page 76 of *Redbirch*
2. ↑ Revealed in page 13 of *Redbirch*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in page 48 of *Redbirch*
4. ↑ Revealed in page 1 of *Redbirch*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Revealed in page 67 of *Redbirch*
6. ↑ Revealed in page 10 of *Redbirch*
7. ↑ Revealed in page 80 of *Redbirch*
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9. ↑ Revealed in page 66 of *Redbirch*
10. ↑ Revealed in page 75 of *Redbirch*
11. ↑ Revealed in page 117 of *Redbirch*
12. ↑ Revealed in page 188 of *Redbirch*
13. ↑ Revealed in page 20 of *Redbirch*
14. ↑ Revealed in page 24 of *Redbirch*
15. ↑ Revealed in page 25 of *Redbirch*
16. ↑ Revealed in page 65 of *Redbirch*
17. ↑ Revealed in page 120 of *Redbirch*