Moonfur

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Moonfur is the AirTribe patrol leader who passed away in battle.

## Fate

Slain in battle

**Moonfur** is a male cat with an unknown description from Bloodshed: Within the Blood. He is the first cat introduced into the series. He is the patrol leader for AirTribe.

## History

### Bloodshed: Within the Blood

Moonfur and Golden Eyes are on patrol in the middle of the night. Golden Eyes warns him of Shadow Spirits, but he laughs this off. He watches an owl hunt and complains about his problems to Golden Eyes. Then, two large cats approach Moonfur and Golden Eyes, and she sounds the alarm. A hundred cats come to their aid, but the two aggressive toms also call for backup. A massive battle commences. Moonfur leaps for the tomcat who called for help and slices his foot open. He bites down on the tomcat's neck but rips Moonfur's foot open and gets thrown off. He crashes into a boulder, breaks his nose, and has the wind knocked out of him. Moonfur leaps back up, slashes at the tomcat's foot and leg, and puts his paw on the tomcat's neck, but then one of his Tribemates throws him off and shoves him into the sea. The tomcat's Tribemate cuts Moonfur's tail and face and drowns him.

After the battle, Dusty lies out Moonfur and Golden Eye's bodies under a high rock while the Tribe gathers around them. Dusty calls HeavenTribe to take their souls, and their bodies crumble, and their spirits stand beside the leader. Moonfur chooses Boulder as the new patrol leader, and Frost becomes infuriated. When he asks Moonfur why he chose his brother, Moonfur explains that HeavenTribe has many prophecies and that Boulder, now Rockfur, is part of one. Later in the BloodTribe camp, Fang has a dream where Moonfur and his mother approach him in the BloodTribe camp. Moonfur picks up Fang by the scruff and carries him back to the AirTribe camp. Fang thinks Moonfur and his mother kidnapped him.

## Trivia

### Interesting facts

* Moonfur is one of the few cats in Bloodshed: Within the Blood to have a Warrior's name. He mentions that a cat's name ending in "-fur" means they are essential to the Tribe.

### Author statements

* Adira imagines Moonfur as a silvery-gray tabby tomcat with a dash of white fur on his chest and big, green eyes.
* Moonfur did not steal Fang. Fang just dreamed he did. His mother is his biological mother, and Moonfur isn't part of Fang's family.

## Additional quotes

"*The patrol leader is dead. An innocent one is dead too. We shall be thankful for the many things they have done for us. They both risked their lives to save us from the EarthTribe. HeavenTribe! Take our heroes’ spirits into the heavens above! Let them rest in peace up there!*"
―Dusty calling HeavenTribe to take Moonfur and Golden Eye's spirits *Bloodshed: Within the Blood*, chapter 1, page 2

**Moonfur**: "*Boulder, from this day on. You will be named Rockfur.*"

**Boulder**: "*Rockfur?*"

**Moonfur**: "*A special name.*"

**Boulder**: "*I’m the new patrol leader of the AirTribe!*"
**Frost**: "*Why him?*"
**Moonfur**: "*The heaven above us has extraordinary prophecies. Your brother is part of the prophecy.*"

—Moonfur giving Rockfur the title of patrol leader *Bloodshed: Within the Blood*, chapter 1, page 2
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