Loner

> "*A loner is a cat that isn't part of a Clan or cared for by Twolegs.*"
> ― Graypaw to Firepaw[source]
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**Loners** are cats living on their own who do not belong in any Clan, are not looked after by Twolegs, and are passive to the Clans.

## Definition

There is controversy about the definition of loners and rogues:

* Most books imply that loners are cats living close to Twolegs,

but aren't part of a Clan and don't eat Twoleg food such as cats living
on a farm, like Barley.

* *The Prophecies Begin* arc and *Secrets of the Clans* call every cat living on its own a loner.
* In *Cats of the Clans*, Rock states that loners are cats who live on their own, away from

Twolegs, and don't cause trouble. A rogue also lives on his or her own,
but causes trouble.

## Description

Loners often stake a claim on an area around Clan territory.
 These places are often near places where Twolegs often inhabit, such as
 on farms, abandoned homes, barns, or any sheltered area. They tend to keep to themselves and stay off Clan territories, and are known more for their independence and friendliness.
Some Clan members find them untrustworthy, but others befriend
loners on the off chance that they might be useful allies in the future. Even though most Clan members find them inferior to Clanborns, some clan cats descended from three loners: Thunder, River, and Wind, who were the original leaders of ThunderClan, RiverClan, and WindClan.

## In the books

Loners are less common than kittypets and rogues, but are less likely to experience violence from Clan cats than either of the other classifications.

### In the *Dawn of the Clans* arc

#### *The Sun Trail*

**Storm:** Storm is a loner who Gray Wing fell
 in love with when he saw her, who is not so welcoming of the newcomers
who had arrived to the forest. When Gray Wing introduces her to Clear
Sky, she immediately falls in love with him and she chooses to live with
 him. However, she soon realizes that Clear Sky was too controlling for
her, and had witnessed firsthand the trouble he caused with the
boundaries he established and how ruthlessly he had guarded them. Storm,
 disgusted with Clear Sky, chose to leave him and his group. She made
her home in an abandoned Twoleg nest, which gave her and her unborn kits
 shelter from the weather. Soon after she gives birth to those kits,
however, the Twoleg nest collapses, killing Storm and all but one of her
 kits. The sole surviving kit is given the name Thunder, and is taken in
 by Gray Wing.

#### *Thunder Rising*

**Bumble**: Bumble is a former kittypet, who willingly left after Tom turned on her. However, she slowly starves, and is later attacked by an unknown creature, and dies from blood loss as a result of her multiple
wounds. She was one of Turtle Tail's good friends.

**Night**: Night is a loner who lives in the forest with her brother. One day, when she finds Ripple in the river, she points him out, and the two talk. They agree to teach each other new hunting skills, and Night offers for her brother to come
 along on their planned hunt.

#### *The First Battle*

**Tansy**, **Frog**, and **Willow**:
 Tansy is the mother of Frog and Willow, and the father of the kits is
never shown. She lives on the moor with her kits, but eventually runs
out of milk to give them. Once Wind finds her, she orders her kits to go hunt. Eventually, Wind saves her and her kits from a fire with Gorse.

#### *The Blazing Star*

**River Ripple**: River Ripple is a wise and knowledgeable cat who often converses with the other groups who have moved into the forest. He lives on his own little island, accompanied by Night. He was a former member of the group of cats living in the park, but after their disbanding, he has taken to living by the river.
#### *A Forest Divided*

**Star Flower**: Star Flower is a former rogue who at first resided with her father, One Eye.
 After he is killed, she feels lament for him and begs Thunder to let
her grieve for him. Thunder feels that she is a traitor. When she
returns in A Forest Divided, Thunder is furious and tells her to get
out. However, Clear Sky allows her to join his group.

#### *Path of Stars*

**Red Claw**: Red Claw is one of Slash's former cats. He currently resides in SkyClan.
**Blossom**: Blossom is an early settler who was a former rogue. She joined the Clans.
### In the *Super Editions*

#### *Crookedstar's Promise*

**Mitzi**, **Fleck**, **Domino**, **Soot**, **Mist**, **Magpie**, and **Piper**:
 Mitzi is the mother of Soot, Mist, Magpie, and Piper. Fleck is her
brother and Domino is her deceased kin. The kits' father is never
mentioned or shown. This group of cats lives on a farm north of WindClan territory. Crookedkit joins them on his way to the Moonstone and stays with them for a time. He grows attached to them, but has to go back to his Clan. However, on a
 real trip to the Moonstone, he meets Soot again.

**Mapleshade**:
 ThunderClan had cast her away for taking a RiverClan mate. She tried to
 take her kits to RiverClan, but they drowned by falling in the river.
The father blamed her, and they exiled her from RiverClan as well. In
this period of time, she became a loner, and it is unknown how or where
she spent the rest of her life. After dying, she became a warrior of the
 Dark Forest.

#### *Firestar's Quest*

**Skywatcher**:
 Skywatcher is an old cat, who, before Firestar is sent, is the last cat
 who knew about SkyClan. His grandmother is revealed to have been
warrior of SkyClan. He is taught the secrets of SkyClan by his mentor,
Pricklenose, a friend of Lowbranch, his mother. Eventually he starts to
give up on SkyClan, thinking there is nothing that can bring it back,
though he still holds vigil at the Skyrock. However, he helped Firestar
rebuild the Clan when the time came. Twig is his brother. When they were
 young, a Twoleg left out kittypet food for them. Twig ate the Twoleg
food and decided it was a lot easier than hunting, and left the loner
life to become a kittypet and live with the Twolegs. Skywatcher claims
that he never saw his brother again.

**Lichenfur**:
 Lichen is a loner who is friends with Scratch. After Scratch and
Firestar tell her about a meeting where cats could learn about Clan
life, she agrees to go. Lichen goes to the meeting, but is too shy to
join SkyClan. She refuses politely but firmly, and wishes them well
saying that she doesn't feel comfortable around a large group of cats.
However, about three moons after Firestar and Sandstorm left Lichenfur
joins SkyClan and moves into the elders' den, making her no longer a
loner.

#### *SkyClan's Destiny*

**Egg**:
 He is a loner scented hunting around SkyClan territory, and later the
warriors find him. Leafstar notices his strong legs and haunches, and
asks if he wants to join SkyClan, but he runs away. Later, he is spotted
 past the scent marks and confronted by Cherrytail. He tells the cats
that he changed his mind and wishes to join the Clan. Leafstar accepts
willingly.

**Stick**, **Coal**, **Cora**, and **Shorty**:
 They are rogues that live in Twolegplace. However, when other rogues
threaten them, they band as loners and ask for help from SkyClan. After
the rogues are defeated, they go back to being rogues.

#### *Tallstar's Revenge*

**Jake**: Jake is a kittypet, but he traveled with Tallstar to search for Sparrow,
 making both of them loners as they left their previous lives. After
Talltail rejoined his Clan, Jake returns to his kittypet life, stating
that he couldn't live as a Clan cat.

**Tallstar**:
 Tallstar was Talltail when he left his Clan. Before he left, he turned
restless because he believed that his father, Sandgorse was murdered by
Sparrow, a rogue. He became a loner and sought revenge. However, he soon
 realized that Sparrow really didn't kill Sandgorse, as Sandgorse saved
him. Talltail returned to WindClan afterwards.

#### *Sparkpelt's Omen*

**Hare**: A loner the help ThunderClan fight off a couple of foxes in their new territory and in return Thornstar offers him a place in the Clan, which Hare accpets. Later he become Hareflight and Sparkpelt's mate.

### In *The Prophecies Begin* arc

**Barley** and **Ravenpaw**: Barley lives on a farm near the edge of WindClan territory that Clan cats often pass by on their way to Highstones. After Tigerclaw begins accusing Ravenpaw of numerous crimes, his friends Firepaw and Graypaw take him there to hide and then later on live with Barley in the Twoleg barn, and then tell ThunderClan that he is dead, slain by a ShadowClan patrol.
Barley and Ravenpaw help Fireheart and Graystripe as they work to return WindClan from exile during *Fire and Ice*. Ravenpaw gets interrogated at Oakheart's death and helps bring Cloudpaw back from the Twolegs. Ravenpaw also helps to negotiate peace between ThunderClan and WindClan during *A Dangerous Path*. Both Ravenpaw and Barley end up fighting side-by-side with the Clans against BloodClan in *The Darkest Hour*. Long after Ravenpaw and Firestar's death, Princess and Barley leave to find the clans. Barley become ThunderClan's first medicator.
### In *The New Prophecy* arc

**Barley** and **Ravenpaw**: Ravenpaw makes a brief appearance in *Midnight*, advising Brambleclaw, Feathertail, Tawnypelt, Crowpaw, Stormfur and Squirrelpaw to go to the sun-drown-place by confirming the existence of the dream-place in the real world. In *Dawn*, They allow the Clans to shelter in the old cow shed before they leave
on the Great Journey, and Ravenpaw says his final sad goodbyes to his
friends.

**Purdy**: Purdy used to be a kittypet who used to live with a Twoleg. When his
Twoleg died, Purdy became a loner, though he continued to beg for food
from Twolegs. He lead the six questing cats through the maze of a
Twolegplace. He succeeds in getting them lost a few times, but
eventually gets them to the sun-drown-place to see Midnight, a badger.
It is presumed that he didn't know how he reached the sun-drown-place.
When Midnight tells them to go through the mountains, he wants to stop
them because he knows of the dangers they hold. At first, he threatens
Midnight, but the warriors stop him. He then watches the cats leave.

**Smoky**, **Daisy**, **Floss**, **Berry**, **Mouse**, and **Hazel**: In *Starlight*, once the Clan cats reach the lake, they meet three loners called Smoky, Floss, and Daisy who live at Horseplace.
They appear to want to have little to do with the Clan cats. After
Firestar reassures him that the Clans would never harm kits, Smoky
relaxes and introduces himself, Daisy, and Floss. In *Twilight*, Daisy and her newborn kits, Mouse, Berry, and Hazel, run away from the horseplace
 right after the kits are born, so they would not get taken by Twolegs,
or Nofurs, as they call them, like all of Floss's kits were. They are
soon taken in by ThunderClan, with Daisy living in the nursery with the
queens, and Berry, Mouse, and Hazel train as apprentices with the suffix
 -paw added to their names.

#### *Twilight*

**Leafpool** and **Crowfeather**: Leafpool and Crowfeather run away together to become loners as they feel their love for each other is more important than their Clans,
though Leafpool despairs at leaving her sister, parents, and friends.
While they are running away, they meet Midnight the badger, and she
warns Leafpool and Crowfeather that her kin are planning an attack on
ThunderClan for revenge after ThunderClan drove badgers off their
territory. When they return, ThunderClan had already been ambushed by
the badgers, and are engaged in a desperate battle to save their lives.
After the battle ends, Crowfeather ends his relationship with Leafpool,
saying that her heart is with her Clan. Leafpool thinks that she loves
Crowfeather more than he will ever know, but lets him go anyway, and
they are initiated back into their own Clans.

### In the *Power of Three* arc

**Purdy**: In *Outcast*, Purdy leads the group of cats going to the Tribe of Rushing Water's mountain territory across the Twolegplace and to the edge of the forest by the mountains. He saves Breezepaw, Lionpaw, and Hollypaw from being killed by a pack of dogs. In thanks for that, Hollypaw gives him her food and removes his ticks with mouse bile. In *Sunrise*, he comes back with ThunderClan to live as an elder.
#### *Outcast*

**Stormfur** and **Brook**: A group of rogues invaded the Tribe of Rushing Water's hunting grounds. Stormfur creates a plan so the Tribe can defeat the rogues, so Stormfur
 tries to train the Tribe to fight. He leads them into battle, but they
are badly defeated, losing Jag and many other cats. Furious, Stoneteller
 blames and exiles Stormfur, telling him to never come back. Stormfur is
 angry at this, and retorts that Feathertail had died for the Tribe.
Brook decides to leave with him, and so they turn into loners to seek
refuge at the Clans. They arrive during the badger attack, and become a
part of ThunderClan.

#### *Eclipse*

**Sol**:[41] Sol shows up and tells ThunderClan about a solar eclipse, which even StarClan had not known about. He talks to ThunderClan but moves on to ShadowClan to be "leader". Sol convinces Blackstar to let him into ShadowClan and tells all of ShadowClan to turn their
backs on StarClan because they are just a bunch of dead cats. For a
short time ShadowClan goes along with this, but then Hollyleaf,
Lionblaze, Jaypaw, Flamepaw, Dawnpaw, and Tigerpaw create a fake sign from StarClan which brings Blackstar to his senses. He drives Sol out and he becomes a loner again.

#### *Sunrise*

**Smoky** and **Floss**: Hazeltail goes with Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Birchfall, Brackenfur, and Brambleclaw to the sun-drown-place, so that Hazeltail gets the
chance to meet her father, Smoky, for the second time she can remember.
Smoky is surprised and proud to see her, and asks about Daisy, Berry,
and Mouse. He is happy to hear that they have become warriors. He is
impressed with Hazeltail's fighting skills when she and Birchfall spar
playfully to show off to him, and comments that ThunderClan has taught
its warriors well. He tells Hazeltail that she could come visit any time
 she wanted, and Hazeltail agrees.

**Jingo** and her group: comprised of **Hussar**, **Jet**, **Chirp**, **Merry**, **Pod**, **Fritz**, **Speckle**, **Frisk**, and three unnamed kits. Jingo finds the cats sent from ThunderClan to find Sol when they are being attacked by wild dogs. She helps distract the dogs and leads the
Clan cats to an abandoned Twoleg nest where she acts leader of a group
of loners. She explains all the pain that Sol put her and her friends
through She, along with Hussar, seems to be unafraid at the prospect of
the dogs entering the cats' hiding place. She also mentions that she was
 once a kittypet. She also leads them to Purdy and Sol by leading them
along many rooftops and jumps, not once touching the ground in fear of
dogs.

**Flower,** **Jester**, **Pepper**, and **Frosty**: Loners that were once part of Jingo's and Sol's group. However, Sol made them battle the dogs, and they all died.
### In the *Omen of the Stars* arc

#### *The Fourth Apprentice*

**Woody**: Woody is a loner who lives near the area where the beavers built a dam, blocking the stream. He tells the traveling Clan cats, about the
beavers and the nearby Twolegs. He also tells them not to worry because
the Twolegs are looking for the beavers, not cats. He explains to the
Clan cats about beaver dams and lodges, and when they say they need to
battle the beavers, he says that he wouldn't fight with them because it
was too dangerous for him. After the first battle against the beavers,
when Rippletail dies, Woody feels guilty and says he should have stopped
 them from attacking the beavers. Later, he helps dismantle the beaver
dam on the second try, without fighting the beavers, and with his help,
the Clan cats manage to separate the dam and free the water.

### In the *A Vision of Shadows* arc

#### *Thunder and Shadow: Bonus Scene*

**Tree:** is a loner who travels with no intention of staying in one spot. Tree has six toes on one of his paws, and has the supernatural ability to
bring back the spirits of dead cats so the living can see them. He joins
 SkyClan, and becomes a mediator.

#### *River of Fire*

**Tigerheart:** Tigerheart, after being told by Dovewing that she was expecting his kits, reluctantly leaves ShadowClan to be with her, inadvertently
causing it's downfall. Tigerheart travels and he eventually meets up
with Dovewing, and bears witness to the birth of their kits. Eventually,
 he, Dovewing, Blaze, Spire, Ant, Cinnamon and their kits decide to
return back to ShadowClan. During the journey, he discovers Berryheart,
Sparrowtail, Slatefur, and Cloverfoot hiding inside an old twoleg nest.
He reprimands them for abandoning their Clan, although realizes the
hypocrisy in his words as he left his Clan and his position as the deputy.
 Tigerheart convinces the four ex-ShadowClan cats to join him on their
journey back, and they go along their way back to ShadowClan. During the
 journey, Tigerheart takes on the position of unofficial leader, and
leads the cats through many dangers. However, when Spire is killed saving his daughter Pouncekit,
 Tigerheart honors Spire by giving him a warrior name: Spiresight.
Spire's death makes Tigerheart lose confidence in himself, but Dovewing
and Blaze help him restore it. After stopping for a moon to let
Berryheart and Sparrowtail's newborn kits wean off milk, Tigerheart
connects with Cloverfoot, Slatefur and Sparrowtail, and begins to
understand why the former ShadowClan cats left, and admits that he left
because he felt he was undermining Rowanstar. When starting their
journey again, Hollowkit
 is taken by an owl. Tigerheart attacks the owl, and it drops Hollowkit,
 but instead, the owl picks up Tigerheart and begins to fly away with
him. Tigerheart manages to fight his way out of the owl's grasp, and he
is dropped. However, the impact when Tigerheart hit the ground causes
massive internal injuries to himself, and he cannot walk. Sparrowtail,
Ant, Slatefur, and Cinnamon carry him while Dovewing and Berryheart lead
 the way to ShadowClan, while Cloverfoot and Blaze distract the six
kits, who were very worried for Tigerheart. Despite the patrol's best
attempts to get Tigerheart to Puddleshine, Tigerheart dies of his
injuries. Unwilling to give up, the patrol reaches The lake territories
 and Puddleshine tries to revive Tigerheart. Tigerheart, in StarClan, is
 informed by his now deceased father Rowanclaw, and Dawnpelt that
StarClan has other plans for him. Tigerheart, confused, asks what they
mean, but he does not get an answer. After seeing out of StarClan, he
sees Puddleshine place is corpse beside the Moonpool,
 and Rowanclaw tells his son that he is being brought back to reunite
ShadowClan. Tigerheart is given nine lives, his first life replacing the
 one he lost, and is revived by StarClan to become Tigerstar.
Tigerstar's revival is met with joy from the former ShadowClan cats,
whom Tigerstar warmly welcomes into ShadowClan, along with his patrol.
However, Bramblestar, Tigerstar's uncle, and Graystripe,
 a ThunderClan elder, make note that Tigerstar shares the same name and
leadership position of his maternal grandfather, the infamous Tigerstar.

**Dovewing:***Coming Soon*
**Shadowkit**, **Pouncekit**, and **Lightkit:** *Coming Soon*
**Berryheart:** After Darktail unsuccessfully drowns her, Berryheart escapes the Kin and seeks refuge
inside an old log. Her mate, Sparrowtail, eventually finds her and
informs her that their only daughter, Needletail, was one of Darktail's
most devoted followers. He tells her that they need to leave, but
Berryheart is reluctant as she has family still in the Kin. However,
Sparrowtail convinces her otherwise, and the two eventually meet Cloverfoot, Berryheart's sister, and Slatefur,
 a younger ShadowClan tom who despised Darktail. The four cats escape
and decide to take refuge in an old Twoleg den, where Berryheart and
Sparrowtail decide to have a new litter of kits. However, while hunting
with Slatefur, they run into Tigerheart, the former ShadowClan deputy,
and Spire, a guardian cat. Tigerheart informs her that the Kin has been
disbanded, and Darktail is dead. Berryheart joins them on their trek
back to ShadowClan, although her pregnancy slows them down. She does
however, connect with Dovewing
 during the journey. She eventually gives birth to hers and
Sparrowtail's second litter consisting of Sunkit, Hollowkit, and
Spirekit, naming the latter kit after Spiresight, who died saving Pouncekit.
 Hollowkit is taken by an owl, and Tigerheart saves him, but this
results in Tigerheart being dropped and resulting in massive internal
injuries. Despite the patrol's best attempts to get him to Puddleshine,
 Tigerheart dies due to his injuries. The patrol eventually comes back
to ShadowClan, and Berryheart witnesses Tigerheart get resurrected as Tigerstar, and rejoins ShadowClan once more.

**Sparrowtail:** After losing his mother Kinkfur during the yellowcough outbreak, and losing his sister Mistcloud during the Kin's reign, Sparrowtail escapes the Kin and meets up with Berryheart. He informs Berryheart that their daughter, Needletail, was one of Darktail's most devoted followers, much to Berryheart's
dismay. He leaves with her and the two eventually meet up with
Cloverfoot and Slatefur, and they decide to live in an old Twoleg nest.
The four continue with their lives, and Sparrowtail and Berryheart
decide to have a new litter of kits. They are relatively content until
they are discovered by Tigerheart's patrol. Tigerheart reprimands them
for betraying their Clan, but Sparrowtail points out to him that
Tigerheart left as well. Sparrowtail eventually joins the patrol in
going back to ShadowClan. During the journey, his sons and daughter,
Spirekit, Hollowkit, and Sunkit are born, and he witnesses Tigerheart
being dropped by an owl after saving Hollowkit. Sparrowtail helps carry
the former deputy back to ShadowClan, but Tigerheart dies due to his
internal injuries. Sparrowtail and the patrol reach the lake, and he is
informed of ShadowClan's demise. Sparrowtail also witnesses Tigerheart
get revived to become Tigerstar, and unites ShadowClan. Sparrowtail
rejoins his Clan once again.

**Cloverfoot:** Cloverfoot escapes the Kin along with her littermate, Berryheart, Berryheart's mate Sparrowtail, and Slatefur, and the four
cats manage to escape to an abandoned Twoleg den, where they decide to
live out the rest of their lives. Tigerheart discovers them on his way
back to ShadowClan, and he informs them that hers and Berryheart's
parents, Scorchfur and Snowbird,
 were worried sick about them, and Darktail was dead. Cloverfoot joins
them in going back to ShadowClan, and assists in taking care of
Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit. During the journey, she becomes an
aunt to Spirekit, Hollowkit and Sunkit.
 Cloverfoot witnesses Tigerheart's death, and attempts to get him back
to ShadowClan. When the patrol arrives, she learns of Rowanclaw's demise
 and ShadowClan's desolation. However, Tigerheart is revived by StarClan
 to become Tigerstar, and she rejoins her parents and younger siblings
in the newly reformed ShadowClan.

**Slatefur:** Slatefur was a young apprentice when ShadowClan became the Kin, and like many other former ShadowClan cats, developed a fear and hatred
 of Darktail soon afterwards. After escaping The Kin
 with Berryheart, Sparrowtail and Cloverfoot, Slatefur joins them in
becoming a loner and living in a disheveled Twoleg nest. While hunting
with the heavily pregnant Berryheart, Slatefur comes across Tigerheart
and Spire, and Tigerheart informs them that ShadowClan needs them and
Darktail is dead. Slatefur joins his patrol back to the lake, and
witnesses Tigerheart's death after saving Hollowkit. He assists in
getting the former deputy back to ShadowClan, and witnesses Tigerheart
get revived by StarClan to become Tigerstar. He is also reunited with his sole remaining family member; Puddleshine, his brother. Tigerstar reunites ShadowClan, and Slatefur joins them in going back home.

**Hollowkit**, **Sunkit**, and **Spirekit:** The second litter born to Berryheart and Sparrowtail, the kits were born on the trek back to ShadowClan. After Spire, a
guardian cat, died saving Pouncekit, Berryheart chose to name Spirekit
after him. The kits are looked after primarily by Cinnamon, Dovewing and Blaze
 while Berryheart rests. Once they grow old enough, the patrol continues
 on back to ShadowClan. However, an owl spots the patrol and snatches up
 Hollowkit. Tigerheart leaps onto the owl and causes it to drop the tiny
 kit, where he is caught by Ant and Cloverfoot.
 The owl instead takes Tigerheart, and after struggling to free himself,
 Tigerheart is dropped as well, and it causes him to suffer severe
internal injuries. The kits try to help the former deputy, but are
distracted by Blaze, Cloverfoot, and Slatefur. Eventually, they make it
back to the lake territories, and are witnesses to Tigerheart's revival.
 They then join ShadowClan.

**Blaze:** A lost kit found by Spire, Blaze looked up to Spire as a father and was his best friend, although Spire could argue on the fact, but
nonetheless enjoyed having the kit around. Blaze meets Tigerheart and
Dovewing when they join the guardian cats, and the two take an immediate
 liking to him, admiring his cheeriness. He helps Dovewing with her
newborn kits, Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit, and often tries to get
 in on the guardian cats' plans to drive out the foxes in their
territory. When Tigerheart and Dovewing inform the guardian cats that
they must leave, Blaze immediately wishes to join to become a warrior
like Tigerheart and Dovewing have told him about, and the two allow him
to come, and he is joined by Spire, Ant, and Cinnamon. Blaze serves as a
 playmate for the younger kits, much to Tigerheart's content. Blaze
eventually meets Berryheart, Sparrowtail, Cloverfoot and Slatefur, and
is astonished to meet more warriors. However, Spire is killed saving
Pouncekit, and Blaze is distraught at the loss of his caretaker, but
firmly believes that Spire's directions would lead them in the way back
to ShadowClan. Blaze also helps take care of Berryheart's and
Sparrowtail's newest litter of kits, and he witnesses Tigerheart be
dropped by an owl. Blaze attempts to help Tigerheart, but he is asked by
 the dark brown tabby to distract the kits from seeing him. Blaze
reluctantly obliges, and is saddened when Tigerheart succumbs to his
injuries. However, due to the persistence of Dovewing, Berryheart,
Sparrowtail, Cloverfoot, and Slatefur, they make it back to ShadowClan.
Blaze is noted to be old enough to be an apprentice by Violetshine, and he witnesses Tigerheart's resurrection by StarClan, where he becomes Tigerstar and accepts Blaze into the Clan.

**Cinnamon:** Cinnamon joined Tigerheart's patrol back to the lake along with Blaze and Ant, and sparks a friendship with Dovewing and helps take
care of their kits. She serves as the unofficial medicine cat, as her
knowledge of herbs surpassed Ant's. She eventually meets Berryheart,
Sparrowtail, Cloverfoot, and Slatefur and learns that they were
ShadowClan warriors, like Tigerheart. Cinnamon and Dovewing help
Berryheart with her kitting, and helps the queen take care of her newest
 litter. After Tigerheart is dropped by an owl after saving Hollowkit,
Cinnamon looks over him, and deduces that his injuries are internal, not
 external, and explains that they need to get him to someone who can do a
 better job then her. She distracts all of the kits along with Ant and Blaze
 from Tigerheart, but their efforts are in vain as Tigerheart dies due
to his injuries. Cinnamon eventually makes it back to ShadowClan with
the patrol, and sees Tigerheart come back to life as Tigerstar, where
the new leader reunites ShadowClan and accepts Cinnamon into the Clan.

**Ant:** A former guardian cat, Ant joined Tigerheart and Dovewing on their way back to the lake to become a ShadowClan warrior along with
Cinnamon and Blaze. Although quiet, he helps in taking care of
Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit. He then meets four former ShadowClan
 warriors, and befriends them as they join the patrol back. He
eventually sees his friend, Spire, fall to his death after saving
Pouncekit, and helps take care of Berryheart and Sparrowtail's newest
litter of kits. Ant sees Tigerheart's death after being dropped by an
owl, and helps carry him back to ShadowClan. After seeing Tigerheart get
 resurrected by StarClan, he joins ShadowClan along with the rest of the patrol, where he is warmly welcomed by Tigerstar.

### In the The Rise of Scourge

#### *The Rise of Scourge*

**Ruby** and **Socks**: Socks' and Ruby's Twolegs move, and abandon them on the streets. They become extremely skinny and underfed, but manage to find their brother.
They beg Scourge for food, and he asks them why he should, and says it
isn't his fault if they are too stupid or weak to find food, and that
his own cats hardly have food. He lets them have some food before he
orders his cats to chase them off BloodClan land.

### In the *Tigerstar and Sasha* arc

**Sasha**, **Hawk**, **Moth**, **Tadpole**: After Sasha's Twolegs leave, she becomes a loner in the forest. She soon meets Tigerstar and gives birth to Hawk, Moth, and Tadpole with
him. However, when Tigerstar asks whether or not she wants to join
ShadowClan, she refuses, and leaves the Clans. In the end, they go to
RiverClan where Sasha leaves her kits.

### In the *Ravenpaw's Path* arc

**Minty**, **Cloudy**, **Snowflake**, **Sniff**, **Icicle**: Minty, along with her mate, Willie, and some other cats, Pounce, Tess, and Snapper, arrive at Barley's farm. She is heavily pregnant at that
time, and soon after Ravenpaw and Barley invite them in, she gives birth
 to four kits. She names them Snowflake, Icicle, Cloudy, and Sniff. She
is one of the few cats that don't want to seem to hurt Barley and
Ravenpaw very much, and doesn't feel the need to take over her barn.

#### *The Heart of a Warrior*

**Snake** and **Ice**: They stay at Barley's and Ravenpaw's farm after the small fight with the remnants of BloodClan. However, they make Ravenpaw do all the work
and blame everything bad on him. They order him around and live
contently as loners for the next few days. However, after a while, they
get yowled at by Barley, who is furious on how they are treating
Ravenpaw, and tells them to get out. Astonished, they tell them that
they are kin, but Barley says that blood isn't everything. At first,
they refuse, and say that they could take Barley down in a second. But
then Barley slashes him across the face, making them realize they have
lost the battle. They leave by saying Barley is pathetic, and how they
would have never wanted to stay there anyway.

### Canon loners in the *Graystripe's Adventure* arc

**Graystripe** and **Millie**: Graystripe is a kittypet until he meets Millie. He tells her about ThunderClan and she is eager to learn everything she can about hunting
and fighting. This makes Graystripe homesick so he leaves his kittypet
life to become a loner. He asks Millie to come with him, but she is
taken aback. Graystripe continues the journey, but when he gets hurt,
Millie leaves her life a kittypet, too, and the two set off on their
journey to find ThunderClan. It takes many moons, but finally, with the
help of Diesel, they get to the Clan territories and meet Firestar at a Gathering. He takes the two back to ThunderClan to become warriors.

#### *Warrior's Refuge*

**Husker**, **Moss**, **Splash**, **Raindrop**, **Pad**, **Little Mew**, and **Birdy**: Moss is the mate of Husker, the sister of Splash, and the mother of Raindrop, Pad, Little Mew, and Birdy. She lives with them in a barn next
 to some Twoleg dens. The group of cats take Graystripe and Millie in
after Millie's eyes are scratched by corn plants. They let them stay
until her eyes are healed. They stay for longer, teaching them dog
language and warming up to the Twolegs. After Graystripe and Millie save
 a Twoleg kit, the family takes them in to live at the house and they
become kittypets.

### In the *Field Guides*

#### *Secrets of the Clans*

**Moth Flight**: She was a warrior from WindClan exiled for being too easily distracted and for risking the lives of her Clanmates. During her time of exile,
she became a loner and wandered around all day. She soon saw a large
hole in the ground, which she climbed down, leading to the Moonstone. As
 she dreams, StarClan appears and she is told to take the knowledge of
the sacred stone back to the forest cats. She replies that she cannot,
since she was exiled. StarClan tells her that she was exiled for this
reason, so that she would find the Moonstone. She claims that Wind will
never let her return, but StarClan brings the dreaming Wind into
Mothflight's dream, where they tell her to welcome her new medicine cat.
 Wind nods and disappears. She is then accepted back into WindClan as a
medicine cat.

## See also

* Rogue
* Kittypet
* List of loners