Redstripe

## Appearances

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Redstripe is a WindClan warrior currently serving under the leadership of Goldenstar, having previously served under Birchstar's.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Redstripe is a brown tabby she-cat with red stripes that fades down her tail and paws. She has a lighter tan-pinkish chest and muzzle, she also has a long tail and orange-yellow eyes. She has a large scar across her neck/chest.
### Scars Sustained

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

* Large scar on the chest caused by Birchstar.

## Family

Redstripe's parents were Snowfoot and Speckleear.
She has had kits with her mate, Thorntail, two daughters named Sparklepaw and Willowpaw, and three sons named Bubblepaw, Forestkit, and Puddlepaw. Out of all of her kits, Puddlepaw is the only one left alive.
## Comic Involvement

Redpaw is first seen being given her warrior name, Redstripe, by Birchstar. She seems to be ecstatic afterwards, rushing over to her soon-to-be mate, Thorntail, with a big smile and heavy blushing.
Moons later, she gives birth to her and Thorntail's first litter, Bubblekit, Sparklekit, and Willowkit. She greets Thorntail as he and Blackrain visit her in the den. She tells them what she's named the kits, to which the two cats agree that the names she's picked are beautiful.
   Redstripe is then seen comforting her daughter, Sparklepaw, since she and her siblings are forced by Birchstar to stay home from the gathering. Sparklepaw is upset that she will be unable to see Silverpaw, her friend in ThunderClan who she was supposed to meet. Sparklepaw mentions that Silverpaw had broken her ankle, and she needed to see her. Redstripe consoles her, promising to say hi to her friend for her at the gathering. Redstripe then leaves the den, telling Thorntail about their daughter's problem as they leave for the gatherin
Redstripe is then seen walking next to Thorntail on the way to the gathering.
Once arriving at the gathering, she looks around for and finds Silverpaw, taking note of the ThunderClan apprentice's appearance. Redstripe slowly trots over to the young she-cat having a conversation with Poppyclaw. She speaks to Silverpaw for a short while, mentioning Sparklepaw beforehand. During the conversation, she notices a ghostly apparition in the bushes that resembles Sparklepaw.
Once the clan returns to camp, Goldentail is the first to spot the bodies of the three apprentices. Once she hears of Goldentail's startled yell, she immediately rushes over, to the front, pushing the deputy aside. The warrior gasps in shock and horror, tears starting to run down her face.
    Moons later, after Redstripe and Thorntail have had another litter of kits to cope with the loss of their first, Redstripe is seen in the nursery with Puddlekit as Thorntail enters to see her. Redstripe hides Puddlekit's face, attempting to keep secret the fact that Puddlekit's eyes haven't opened yet, despite his brother Forestkit having opened his already. Thorntail confronts Redstripe about this, and tears come to her eyes as she dismisses Puddlekit from the den to have a private conversation with her mate. She is heard telling Thorntail that she kept this a secret since she didn't want to worry him, and she was intending on going to Deerheart about it, but was too scared to do so.
Later in the conversation, she is heard admitting she feels like the apprentice's deaths were her fault, and Thorntail comforts her by telling her if anyone was to blame, it's Birchstar. Redstripe tells him it's not right to blame Birchstar (the use of dramatic irony is utilized here, where us, the audience, knows it was Birchstar who killed the apprentices, but the characters don't), and that, really, nobody in the clan is to blame. The two exit the den and find Puddlekit, and go to take him to the medicine den to address his eyes. She exits the den and greets her sons, as well as Coldpaw, and tells Puddlekit that they're going to the medicine den.
The two, now both worried, take their son to Deerheart to see what the problem is. After both the medicine cat and Honeypaw fail to open Puddlekit's eyes manually, Deerheart concludes that the kit is most likely permanently blind. The couple is horrified by the news, but Deerheart reassures them that Puddlekit still has a shot at becoming a warrior. Redstripe and Thorntail, grateful for the help, thank the medicine cat as they leave the den.

Redstripe is then shown asleep beside Puddlekit and Forestkit as Coldpaw walks past the nursery.

Redstripe is then shown asleep, from inside the nursery this time, beside Puddlekit and Forestkit. She continues to sleep even after Forestkit gets up and leaves the den, being lured out by Birchstar.

    She is then woken up by Puddlekit, who heard Forestkit leave the den. He tells her what he heard, and Redstripe runs out, after remembering the massacre and telling Puddlekit to hide. Offscreen, she runs to the thunderpath, and arrives just in time to see Forestkit be hit and killed by a car, or monster. Redstripe bursts out of the bushes in tears, stumbling up to the body of her son. Redstripe turns to Birchstar, horrified, then connects the dots: that Birchstar was the one who killed her first litter, and now Forestkit. She leaps at Birchstar, knocking her to the ground and biting her throat. Blood sprays out, and Birchstar loses a life, going from six lives to five. Birchstar comes to and kicks Redstripe off of her. Redstripe hits the ground hard, scraping her cheek, then gets back up, demanding why Birchstar is killing her family, tears in her eyes. Birchstar then launches into a monologue, telling Redstripe that her father, Snowfoot, killed Icesplash in front of her, and Birchstar then killed Snowfoot after she caught him in the act. She then tells her that she learned from Eaglestar that Snowfoot's mate, Speckleear, was expecting a kit, Redstripe. She tells her that ever since then, she's hated Redstripe, and her *"big, happy face."* She says then that she'd intended to kill all of Redstripe's kits before finally killing Redstripe, but killing Puddlekit would be easy, and she couldn't possibly let Redstripe live now. Redstripe listens to this, horrified. She yells that she won't let Birchstar anywhere near her family, whether she's alive or dead. Birchstar then attacks Redstripe, spraying blood and leaving Redstripe lying on the ground.
Redstripe is then seen entering camp, alive, after Birchstar has called a clan meeting that same night, announcing her and Forestkit's deaths. She is supported on either side by Coldpaw and Honeypaw, who found her by the thunderpath, with Honeypaw holding a wad of moss to her neck/chest wound. As the clan gasps in shock upon seeing her, Redstripe looks weakly and triumphantly up at Birchstar, saying "***Hello,** Birchstar. **Miss me?***" After Thorntail runs up to her and nuzzles her, she reveals to the clan that Birchstar was the one who killed Forestkit, Willowpaw, Bubblepaw, and Sparklepaw. This leads to Birchstar leaving the clan.
    Six moons later the clan is organizing patrols to hunt down Birchstar, Redstripe is assigned to the same patrol as Robinclaw, Blackrain and Bushberry, the latter being soon switched with Thorntail. She is approached by Puddlepaw, and soon panicks, believing him to be hurt. She checks her son for injuries while accidentally calls him "Puddlekit". This angers Puddlepaw, who accuses her of still thinking of him as a weak kit, she tries to explain herself, but he storms off before she can speak, she watches him leave in tears while Blackrain checks up on her. Redstripe soon realizes that along with Coldpool and Robinclaw, Puddlepaw is also missing. She concludes that they left camp alone and urges the clan to look for them.
Redstripe and her patrol eventually find Puddlepaw and Robinclaw on top of a cliff, she and Thorntail call out his name, accidentally startling him and making him slip. He manages to avoid falling while Redstripe finds a way to get up the cliff. She runs up to Puddlepaw and hugs him, apologizing for everything, she expresses how much she loves him and Puddlepaw expresses the same before they all go back to camp.

    The following gathering Redstripe finds Silvertail alone by the Great Oak, clearly upset. Redstripe walks up to her and starts a conversation, she checks up on her and attempts to cheer her up by talking about Sparklepaw, not realizing that the topic is making Silvertail feel worse. Silvertail dismisses her and Redstripe walks away sadly.

The next morning, while memorizing the names of everyone in the clan, Cloverpaw sees Thorntail comforting Redstripe. Silvertail breaks into camp and desperately calls out to Redstripe, and to Redstripe's horror she announces that ThunderClan is launching an attack. Batstar leaves his hiding spot to attack Silvertail for giving them away, and is then tackled by Poppyclaw. Redstripe quickly holds Silvertail back as Poppyclaw has their throat slashed, and protects her during the fight while Silvertail cries over Poppyclaw's body.
## Killed Victims

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

* Birchstar (Fourth life)

## Personality

Redstripe is kind, forgiving, trusting, and generally selfless. She loved and loves all her kits dearly, being absolutely devastated when her first litter died--she also loves her mate, Thorntail, enough that she hid the fact Puddlekit's eyes didn't open for a while before he found out, not wanting to worry him. She is also shown to be generally honest and a good mother, actually finding Silverpaw and talking to her instead of only telling Sparklepaw she would. She is also forgiving, perhaps too much so--when Thorntail told her he blames Birchstar for the deaths of their kits (because she left them alone in camp), Redstripe insists on not throwing around blame, and that Birchstar probably feels as bad about it as the rest of them. She tends to see the best in everyone, even if she shouldn't. She is also fiercely protective.
## Relationships

Birchstar: Birchstar is Redstripe’s rival and the cat she hates the most. Redstripe was always unaware of just how much her leader disliked her until she witnessed Birchstar leading Forestkit to the road and watching him get hit a car. Redstripe soon realizes it was Birchstar who killed her previous three children and takes one of her nine lives.

Thorntail: Redstripe and Thorntail are mates and have been hopelessly in love ever since they were apprentices. The 2 were absolutely devastated after the massacre and still depend on each others comfort after the trauma of losing 4 out of 5 of their children.

Bubblepaw: Like of her kits, Redstripe loved Bubblepaw and often was the one to calm him down. She was completely devastated when he was killed.

Willowpaw: Like all of her kits, Redstripe loved Willowpaw and was heavily devastated when she was killed.

Sparklepaw: Like all of kits, Redstripe loved Sparklepaw and had even promised her to tell Silverpaw about her concerns and worries when she and her siblings are forced to stay in camp. She was devastated when she was killed.

Forestkit: Forestkit was apart of Redstripe’s second litter. Forestkit’s death deeply impacted Redstripe as she finds out it was her own leader who had been killing her children.

Puddlepaw: Since Puddlepaw is the only surviving kit of Redstripe and Thorntail’s 2 litter they are very overprotective of him much to his annoyance, it doesn’t help that he was born blind. Redstripe has even mistakenly called Puddlepaw, “Puddlekit” which irritated him.

Snowfoot: Redstripe has very mixed feelings on her father, she understands what he did was horrible but he is still her father.

Blackrain: Blackrain is Redstripe’s closest friend and the two she-cats hang around each other often.

Silvertail: Silvertail was Sparklepaw’s girlfriend and as a result, Redstripe is very fond and motherly towards her. During gatherings, Redstripe has made many attempts to talk to her but Silvertail always seems to cut their conversations short, especially if they’re about Sparklepaw.

## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* Redstripe's original design showed her having green eyes and bright red stripes, instead of amber eyes and darker red stripes.
* It is confirmed that she is friends with Blackrain.

### Mistakes

* She is mistakenly portrayed without her chest scar in page 103.