Driftpaw

## Deputy position

**Driftpaw** is a small, cream she-cat with a dark ginger face, neck, ear, fore paws and tail with a pale muzzle, belly, legs and hind paws. She has yellow eyes.

**Driftpaw** was an apprentice of Thunderclan. Her parents, Sunstar and Greystorm, gave birth to **Driftpaw** and Pumpkinpaw.

When Greystorm scolds **Driftpaw** for not listening to her mentor, Jayflight, Laugher helps **Driftpaw** kill Greystorm. She then kills Jayflight. Later, **Driftpaw** finds Applefire beside the lake. She attacks him, then drowns the tom. During chapter nine, she sets a trap that could kill Sunstar, when the trap fails, she attempts to kill him by herself. It is unknown if Sunstar killed her or not.

## History

### In the Novellas

#### *Driftpaw's Rage*

**Driftpaw** is first seen in the prologue as **Driftkit**. Yellowfang goes into her dream to tell the kit that she's got unnatural powers.

In chapter one, **Driftkit** is awake before the other cats in the nursery. Rabbitbreeze asks her why she's awake, **Driftkit** replies with saying that she's got many things to do. **Driftkit** then thinks about how Rabbitbreeze always tries to treat her like a warrior when they talk. The two of them go grab some prey from the fresh-kill pile, when there, they have a chat with Applefire and Jayflight. When she gets back to the nursery, Pumpkinpaw is awake, **Driftkit** gives him his meal. Then the two of them play with a moss ball together. While playing, Greystorm comes out of the nursery, then scolds the kits. When **Driftkit** goes to sleep, she is transported to the Dark Forest, where she meets Stalker and Laugher. Stalker gives her a deal, which **Driftkit** accepts.

The next day, Sunstar makes **Driftkit** and Pumpkinkit apprentices. He makes **Driftpaw**'s mentor Jayflight. Applefire and Jayflight take their apprentices around their territory. When **Driftpaw** says that she knows all of the landmarks in their territory, Jayflight snaps at her. Once they get back to camp, Greystorm yells at **Driftpaw**.

That night, **Driftpaw** visits the Dark Forest. She tells Laugher that she wants revenge on Greystorm. Laugher tells her how she can kill Greystorm.

That morning, **Driftpaw** takes Greystorm and Pumpkinpaw to the tunnels, where she shoves Greystorm into the tunnels, then Laugher drops some stones onto the queen, crushing her. Afterwards, Pumpkinpaw asks why **Driftpaw** did it, she tells him it'll make them happier, and not to tell any other cat about what happened. When the two get back to camp, Jayflight asks why they were out of camp without a warrior, but **Driftpaw** ignores her. When the clan starts to discuss what happened to Greystorm, **Driftpaw** sees Jayflight leave camp, so she follows. When Jayflight starts to clean the training hollow, Driftpaw attacks her, then swiftly kills her, leaving her body in the hollow.

When she gets back to camp, Sunstar tells her he wants to talk to her privately in his den. The two of them begin to argue, where Sunstar tells her he doesn't consider her his daughter anymore. Afterwards she goes to the apprentices' den, when she sees Boulderpaw, she attempts to stay away from him. Mumblepaw asks if **Driftpaw** can go grab Rosespots, when **Driftpaw** declines, Mumblepaw leaves **Driftpaw** and Boulderpaw. The two apprentices talk for a bit, until Rosespots and Mumblepaw come back and take Boulderpaw to the medicine cat den.

In her third visit to the Dark Forest, she spies on Laugher, Lurker and Stalker's discussion.

**Driftpaw** mentions that Cinderspring took over her mentorship.

**Driftpaw** then notices that Applefire isn't in camp. She goes out to find him, then finds him beside the lake, crying. She swiftly kills him by drowning him in the lake. When she gets back to camp, she finds out that Boulderpaw died. Afterwards, **Driftpaw** takes Pumpkinpaw out of camp, she tells him about her plan to kill Sunstar. When she mentions she might use Rockpaw as a test run, Pumpkinpaw tells her she can't do that, and the two begin to argue. When they get back to camp, **Driftpaw** tries to find Rockpaw, when she can't find him, she goes to rest. When she makes it to the Dark Forest, she tells Stalker and Laugher about her plan to kill Sunstar.

The next day, Cinderspring and Larkmist take **Driftpaw** and Pumpkinpaw out to train.

After they finish training, **Driftpaw** and Pumpkinpaw set the plan into motion. When Pumpkinpaw goes to get Sunstar, **Driftpaw** goes and catches a mouse for the adder. When Sunstar and Pumpkinpaw arrive, **Driftpaw** tells him to enjoy the mouse. When the adder trap fails, she decides to attack Sunstar herself. The two of them fight for a bit. The fight ends with Sunstar slashing **Driftpaw**'s throat. It is unclear if Driftpaw kept fighting until Sunstar was killed or if she died.

## Official art

Driftpaw's official artDriftpaw in Novella Collection 1

## Kin

### Members

**Mother:**
Greystorm: Deceased

**Father:**
Sunstar: Unknown

**Brother:**

Pumpkinpaw: Living (As of *Driftpaw's Rage*)