Goldenstar

## Appearances

### Comic Pages

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Goldenstar is the current leader of WindClan.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Goldenstar is a brown tabby she-cat with a torn left ear. She has pale gray-blue eyes and a golden colored tail.
### Scars Sustained

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

* Torn left ear from Batstar in an attack on WindClan.

## Comic Involvement

Goldentail is first seen taking up the rear of the gathering patrol when she notices that Birchstar has gone missing. She tries to convince the medicine cat Deerheart of the leader's absence, but is shrugged off. Then, after a moment, Birchstar reappears beside the deputy. Goldentail asks Birchstar where she had gone but is told that she didn't go anywhere. The deputy notices a new scratch on Birchstar's face, but it disappears as quickly as it was noticed.
After the gathering is over and the Clan returns to their camp, Goldentail is the first to notice the death of Redstripe's kits. She is startled by the sight and yells for the rest of the Clan to hear that the apprentices are all dead.
She is then mentioned by Fircloud as he is talking to Birchstar. Goldentail had told him about what she saw the night of the massacre, that Birchstar had disappeared as the Clan was on their way to the gathering and returned with a scratch on her face that miraculously vanished. She likely confided in Fircloud because she knew he was the only one who would believe her, as the rest of the Clan thinks she's crazy. It is also revealed in this scene that Goldentail once saw Birchstar talking to a ghost (assumed to be Icesplash), and tried to convince the Clan of what she saw. Nobody believed her once Birchstar convinced the Clan she wasn't sane.
Goldentail is next seen sitting on a rock beside tallrock, by Birchstar. It is revealed that Birchstar killed Redstripe's kits, and Goldentail connects the dots between Birchstar's disappearance and their deaths. As Birchstar runs away, Goldentail calls after her.
Goldenstar is next seen walking with Deerheart up to the moonpool to recieve her lives. Deerheart apologizes for how he treated her before Birchstar was caught, and she tells him it's okay. They arrive at the moonpool, and Goldenstar asks what StarClan is supposed to look like before touching her nose to the water. When she opens her eyes, she is met with the Dark Forest. She freaks out, calling for Deerheart, before Snowfoot manifests behind her. She asks him where she is, and where StarClan is, and he informs her that StarClan won't be giving her any lives since Birchstar is still alive, so he brought her to the Dark Forest instead. He tells Goldenstar that since Birchstar is destroying his family for what he did and now she wants to destroy Goldenstar too, they could help each other out. He then gives her a life, in addition to her original life. He tells her that she now has two lives, and that was the best he could do, before Goldenstar wakes up. He tells her to please not let him down, and to not let Birchstar succeed.
Six moons later WindClan is organizing patrols to hunt down Birchstar, Goldenstar joins the same patrol as Rainfoot, Mistfur and Sparrowfeather.
Later that night she is mourning the deaths of Deerheart, as well as Pinewhisker's and Puddlepaw's injuries, and is approached by Coldpool and Clover. Clover asks to join WindClan, as she would feel safer with a Clan. Goldenstar is surprised but allows her to join the Clan.
During the next gathering Goldenstar interrupts Batstar's announcement to report about the night that Birchstar attacked their camp. This causes Batstar to become agressive, and he accuses her of glossing over Birchstar's fourth attack. This confuses Goldenstar, who corrects him that there's only been three, and Batstar responds by becoming more agressive and insulting Goldenstar and WindClan, causing the moon to be covered with clouds.
The following morning Goldenstar looks around camp from the Tallrock. She sighs sadly and is approached by Fircloud. She asks him if she is a bad leader, revealing all of her anxieties about leadership. She says that Thorntail does everything, cats keep dying and that when she tried to fix everything with the patrols it only got Deerheart killed; as well as expressing how much the rumor that she was crazy impacted her. She also reveals what happened during her leader cerimony, believing herself to be a fraud. Fircloud reassures her that she is a good leader, and that everything that has been happening is Birchstar's fault, not hers. She begins to feel better, and their conversation is interrupted by Silvertail breaking into their camp to warn about ThunderClan leading an attack.
During the attack, Batstar attacks Goldenstar, ripping her right ear and biting the back of her neck. Thorntail throws him off of her, and Goldenstar slips into the leader's den, bleeding badly, when suddenly, Rosethorn appears at the entrance, surprising her. Rosethorn confronts her, asking why she wasn't fighting like the rest of the clan, and then proceeds to rant about her distante for Goldenstar's leadership, specifically about Thorntail being more of a leader than her as well as the disater that her idea to hunt down Birchstar was. Rosethorn expresses how much Birchstar was a stronger and better leader, which shocks Goldestar, and she reminds her that Birchstar is a murderer, this infuriates Rosethorn, who leaps at her. Rosethorn attacks Goldenstar, claiming that she's doing her clan a favor. Goldestar exclaims that she has nine lives and that she will get revived if Rosethorn kills her, Rosethorn doesn't believe her however, explaining that she *knows* that she only has one life. Rosethorn bites into her neck while muffling her screams, taking Goldenstar's first life. She is revived a few moments later as Rosethorn walks away.
## Leader Info

**Leader Info**

## Personality

Goldenstar is very dependant on others, especially when it's about leading the Clan. She's very self-conscious about not gaining StarClan's approval as leader and is quick to blame herself when things go wrong. The rumors spread that she was crazy seem to have deteriorated a lot of the confidence she had in herself, as before Birchstar's exile she seemed to occasionally consider if she was indeed crazy. She doesn't yet feel ready to lead the Clan, but all of her leadership decisions come from a place of good intentions, regardless of what comes of them. She is very excitable and freaks out easily when things go south.

## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* Goldenstar was gaslit by Birchstar, leading the Clan and herself to believe she is crazy.[*citation needed*]
* The reason Goldenstar was allowed to continue being deputy despite everyone believing she is crazy is simply because Birchstar allowed it, and everyone else is too scared of Birchstar to say anything.[*citation needed*]
* Birchstar made her deputy because Goldenstar is not leader-material, and with her as deputy Birchstar would have more full-control over the Clan.[*citation needed*]

## References and Citations

1. ↑ Revealed in page 162 of *Redbirch*
2. ↑ Revealed in page 80 of *Redbirch*
3. ↑ Revealed in page 170 of *Redbirch*