Dawn of the Clans

> "*The past is the past. The future is fresh. You must forget all you have known, no matter how much you loved it, and choose paths that will carry you to a new dawn.*"
> ― Bright Stream to the Early Settlers[source]
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## Books

The Sun Trail, Thunder Rising, The First Battle, The Blazing Star, A Forest Divided, Path of Stars

## Chronology

### Followed by:

The Prophecies Begin

***Dawn of the Clans*** is a prequel arc of the *Warriors* series. It follows the Early Settlers as they move from the mountains down to the forest and start the five Clans, ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, SkyClan, and ShadowClan.

## Books

### *The Sun Trail*

The Sun Trail begins with a group of cats known as the Tribe of Rushing Water,
led by Stoneteller (formerly Half Moon), starving due to
lack of food in their mountain home. Stoneteller receives a vision in
which she is told that there is more prey if one follows the rising Sun.
 Later, when a young kit named Fluttering Bird dies of hunger, members
of the Tribe vote to leave in search of food. A group of Tribe cats, led
 by Clear Sky, one of Fluttering Bird's elder brothers, decides to
follow the "sun trail" as described to Stoneteller in her vision.
When Jagged Peak, Clear Sky's youngest brother, who is still a kit,
sneaks out of the Tribe's cave to catch up to Clear Sky and his group,
their mother Quiet Rain becomes worried and asks Gray Wing, Clear Sky's
other younger brother, to go follow as well, to which Gray Wing
reluctantly agrees. Gray Wing finds Jagged Peak and saves him from an
eagle, after which they catch up to Clear Sky's group. One of the
journeying cats, Bright Stream, is Clear Sky's mate, and she reveals
that she is carrying Clear Sky's kits. When the group stops to rest one
night, a trio of eagles attempts to hunt the cats, forcing them to hide.
 However, while saving Gray Wing from an eagle, Bright Stream is carried
 away by an eagle; though she successfully kills, she falls to her death
 as a result. In the aftermath, a rift forms between Clear Sky and Gray
Wing because Gray Wing believes that Clear Sky blames him for Bright
Stream's death. However, later in the book, Clear Sky reveals that he
blamed himself for Bright Stream's death, to which Gray Wing replies
that perhaps it was no one's fault, and that the death was just a
terrible accident. The journeying cats leave the mountains shortly after
 Bright Stream's death. While crossing a river, Quick Water slips and
falls in, but Falling Feather saves her, revealing her swimming
abilities

### *Thunder Rising*

A few moons (months) have passed since the events of *The Sun Trail*.
 The former Tribe cats have settled in, and Thunder is being raised by
his uncle, Gray Wing. Turtle Tail returns from the twolegplace (human
town), after learning she is pregnant by an aggressive kittypet
(housecat) named Tom, and that the twolegs (humans) will take her kits
away. She shelters with Gray Wing's group, and after she asks, he agrees
 to be a father to her kits, becoming her mate. A forest fire rages
through Clear Sky's territory, forcing him and his group to temporarily
seek shelter with Gray Wing . While staying with Gray Wing, Clear Sky
notices his son, Thunder, who he abandoned as a tiny kit, as Thunder is
the son of Clear Sky and Storm, a rogue who lived in the forest before
the Tribe cats arrived. He notices how Thunder has grown, and he
eventually asks Thunder if he wants to live in the forest with Clear
Sky. Thunder accepts the offer, wanting to get to know his father, and
he stays with Clear Sky for a short while. After seeing how Clear Sky is
 power-hungry and uncaring about the needs of the individual (a fact
that was clearly shown in the first book, when Clear Sky banishes his
own brother, Jagged Peak, from the group because he has a broken leg),
Thunder leaves, returning to Gray Wing and his group.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Gray Wing
* Thunder
* Clear Sky
* Wind Runner
* Tall Shadow
* River Ripple

### Major characters

* Jagged Peak
* One Eye
* Turtle Tail
* Slate
* Star Flower
* Stoneteller
* Slash
* Gorse Fur
* Shaded Moss

### Supporting characters

* Violet Dawn
* Bright Stream
* Owl Eyes
* Sparrow Fur
* Pebble Heart
* Tom
* Lightning Tail
* Quiet Rain
* Sun Shadow
* Storm

## See also

* Arcs
* *Dawn of the Clans arc*