Deerheart

## Appearances

### Comic Pages

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### Dead

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Deerheart was WindClan's medicine cat, previously serving under the leadership of Goldenstar.

#### Appearance

Deerheart is a reddish-brown tom with blue eyes and a scar across his shoulders.

#### Comic Involvement

Deerheart walks with the rest of WindClan to the gathering. Goldentail tries to tell him that Birchstar has disappears, but he rolls his eyes and dismisses her as she protests that she isn't crazy.

Three moons later, Deerheart inspects Puddlekit's eyes (or lack thereof). Confused, he calls Honeypaw in to look at the medical anomaly. When Redstripe and Thorntail become concerned that Puddlekit may be blind, Deerheart tells them that he very well could be. Honeypaw grows concerned that Puddlekit would need to be a medicine cat if that were the case, replacing him. Deerheart comforts all three of them with an anecdote that his mentor (Jadewing)'s brother (Emeraldfoot) was a blind warrior, and he handled himself just fine.

Deerheart checks out Robinpaw's snake bite, and comes to the conclusion that the snake that bit her wasn't venomous. He recommends that Robinpaw stay the night in the medicine den just in case, though. Coldpaw volunteers to stay with her.

After Birchstar calls a clan meeting in the middle of the night, Deerheart notices that Coldpaw and Honeypaw have disappeared along with Redstripe and Forestkit. Shortly after, Coldpaw and Honeypaw arrive in camp, a wounded Redstripe pinned between them as they help her walk. Honeypaw yells to Deerheart to get cobwebs to stop Redstripe's bleeding. Deerheart rushes into the medicine den and returns with cobwebs, using them to replace the moss Honeypaw had been pressing against the wound.

Deerheart walks Goldenstar to the moonpool, looking guilty. When Goldenstar asks him what's wrong, Deerheart apologizes for treating her like she was crazy the night of the massacre, saying he never should've believed Birchstar when she gaslit the clan. Goldenstar accepts his apology and the two arrive at the moonpool. Deerheart suggests that they hurry in case Birchstar followed them. Goldenstar asks what StarClan looks like, and Deerheart tells her he's heard it described as rolling silver hills and a dark starry sky.

Six moons later, Deerheart and Honeypaw are going to check on Crowflight in the nursery, as she is about to have her kits. Deerheart tells Honeypaw to keep Gingerfur's kits, Rockkit and Fernkit, busy while he checks on Crowflight. Honeypaw does so, and Deerheart asks Crowflight how she is feeling. Honeypaw goes outside to play with the kits, then has a conversation with Rosethorn. Deerheart interrupts them, telling Honeypaw that he's finished in the nursery.

Deerheart walks past Honeypaw, who is sitting in the entrance to the medicine den, telling him he is going to check on Crowflight. Shortly after, Deerheart returns to the medicine den, Crowflight leaning up against him, looking faint. Concerned, Deerheart yells to Honeypaw to get a nest for Crowflight, that she's about to have her kits, but he thinks something's wrong. Honeypaw quickly gets a nest and Crowflight flops down on it. Honeypaw, panicked, asks what they're going to do. Deerheart tells Honeypaw to go check on Fircloud, Rockkit, and Fernkit, but to not bring them there. Honeypaw goes to do so, but he looks outside and sees Birchstar attacking Coldpool and Pinewhisker in camp. Honeypaw immediately turns around and tells Deerheart that Birchstar is in camp, which causes Deerheart to panic. He tells Honeypaw to stay with Crowflight and that he'll go get Fircloud and the kits, quickly leaving the den. However, Deerheart freezes, looking to his left, as Birchstar leaps onto him, biting his neck. Blood sprays. Birchstar call Honeypaw a traitor before running off into the bushes. Honeypaw rushes over to Deerheart, pressing his paws to the large wound on his neck, desperately telling Deerheart not to move or speak. However, Deerheart does speak, trying to push Honeypaw's paws off the wound, telling him that the wound is too deep. Honeypaw protests, frantic, but Deerheart insists that Honeypaw help Pinewhisker and Crowflight instead of him--that it's too late for him--giving him his full name in the process, Honeywhisker. Deerheart uses his last breath to tell Honeywhisker he is so proud of him before dying.

Deerheart's ghost appears as a reflection in Crowflight's eyes as she dies.

#### Personality

Deerheart's first appearance in the comic paints him as unkind to Goldentail, since he didn't believe what she was saying about Birchstar disappearing. It has been confirmed, though, that most of the clan thinks Goldentail is crazy, which explains this behavior. Later in the comic, though, he's shown to be gentle and reassuring about Puddlekit's blindness to his parents and Honeypaw, and he seems to genuinely care about his apprentice. He also apologizes to Goldenstar, and proves himself to be selfless when he tells Honeywhisker to help Pinewhisker and Crowflight instead of himself.

#### Relationships

Honeywhisker: Deerheart treats Honeywhisker like his own son, selflessly putting himself in hard situations to protect Honeywhisker.

Goldenstar: Deerheart used to treat Goldenstar like she was crazy, but later apologized for his behavior.

Blueberry: Deerheart had a crush on her when they were apprentices.

#### Fun Facts

* He is heterosexual as confirmed by the comic's creator. It is also confirmed that as a medicine apprentice, he had a crush on the RiverClan medicine cat, Blueberry.