Brightheart

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### Aliases

Brightkit (kit)
Brightpaw (apprentice)
Lostface (former warrior name)

### Relatives

Frostfur (mother)
Lionheart (father)
Cinderpelt (sister)
Thornclaw (brother)
Brackenfur (brother)
Whitewing (daughter)
Ambermoon (daughter)
Dewnose (son)
Snowbush (son)
Lilyheart (foster daughter)
Seedpaw (foster daughter)

### Affiliation

ThunderClan (currently)
LionClan (formerly)

### Occupation

Warrior (formerly)
Medicie Cat (briefly)
Elder (currently)

## Appearances

### Debut

"Into the Wild"

**Brightheart** is a major character from the book series *Warriors*. She appeared for the first time in the first arc of the series named *The Prophecies Begin*.

## Background

**Brightheart** is a ThunderClan elder under Bramblestar's, the impostor's, Lionblaze's, Graystripe's and Squirrelstar's leaderships in the lake territories and previously served as a warrior under Firestar and Bramblestar in the forest and the lake territories. She was born to Lionheart and Frostfur as **Brightkit** alongside her siblings, Brackenfur, Cinderpelt, and Thornclaw. She and her siblings were captured by ShadowClan, but they were later rescued by a ThunderClan patrol and ShadowClan's elders. As an apprentice, **Brightpaw** was mentored by Whitestorm. When Bluestar refused to give Brightpaw and Swiftpaw their warrior names, she and Swiftpaw went to look for the dogs that tormented Snakerocks in an attempt to prove themselves. Consequently, Swiftpaw was killed and half of Brightpaw's face was mauled, causing life-lasting scars on her face. Because of this, Bluestar gave her the name **Lostface** as a reminder that StarClan had allowed the tragedy to occur, much to the dismay of some of her Clanmates.

However, after Firestar became leader, she was renamed to **Brightheart**, to show that she was no longer Lostface, and to honor her courage and growth. Brightheart's mate, Cloudtail, rekindled her broken spirit, and they had two litters of kits, Whitekit, and Snowkit, Dewkit, and Amberkit. Brightheart briefly mentored Jayfeather before he decided to train as a medicine cat and later fostered Lilyheart and Seedpaw after their mother was killed in battle. Many moons later, she retired to the elders' den with Cloudtail and Brackenfur, and was later joined by her other brother Thornclaw.

## Appearance

Brightheart is a white she-cat with ginger patches along her back, a ginger tail, and thick, soft fur. She has one shredded ear, huge claw marks scored across her muzzle, a single blue eye and fur torn away from the right side of her face.

## Personality

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## Disability

Brightheart lost one of her eyes in a battle against the dogs that tormented Snakerocks.

After this Brightpaw recovers in the medicine cat's den for quite a while, having many nightmares. She continues to repeat 'pack, pack' and 'kill, kill' in her sleep, while Cloudtail never leaves her side, showing an affectionate side.

When she fully recovers Cloudtail begs for Firestar to make Brightheart a full warrior, but Firestar questions this act because she can't hunt alone, and can't fight with only one eye. Cloudtail tells Firestar that he has trained Brightheart to fight with only one eye, but Firestar still is unsure. However, Cloudtail continues to bother Firestar until he finally approves.
With Cloudtail's training, she is soon able to beat other cats in practice fights using fighting techniques Cloudtail made especially for her and her condition.

### Reception

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## Notes and trivia

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## Gallery

Brightheart's look through different stages of her life. (*The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.*)

Kit VersionApprentice VersionAlternate Apprentice VersionWarrior VersionQueen VersionMedicie Cat VersionElder Version