Exile from ShadowClan/Part 1

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

## Chronology

Below contains in-depth information for chapter one of *Exile from ShadowClan*. If you are looking for a shorter summary of the entire book, please check the main article.
Chapter Number: 1 (of 3)
Page Numbers: 1-75

## Chapter description

Nightpelt, a ShadowClan elder, returns to camp with prey for Poolcloud. He reflects how his insistent coughing forced him to retire early to the elders' den and how ShadowClan has prioritized fighting over hunting. Brokenstar, the Clan's leader, calls for the elders to be exiled from the camp as to not take up room or prey from the strong warriors. Nightpelt realizes they don't have a choice and agrees with Brokenstar, vowing to his fellow elders to protect them. With Yellowfang and Runningnose's help, Nightpelt finds a suitable location for the elders to make camp within ShadowClan's territory underneath a hill. The cats create a den within the hillside, and Yellowfang and Runningnose promise to visit to bring herbs.
Clawface, Nightpelt's brother, visits that night while Nightpelt is standing guard. Nightpelt questions his brother if he truly believes in Brokenstar's leadership: naming kits to be apprentices before they are six moons old, leading them to attack the other Clans, and exiling the elders. Clawface agrees with Brokenstar and insists his brother should just be patient. As the elders prepare for the coming leaf-bare, Nightpelt finds reassurance for his persistent cough from his fellow elders who insist he can still be useful. When Archeye and Nightpelt return from hunting, they run into Featherstorm with news of Mosspaw's death. Featherstorm explains how Brokenstar said it was a training accident and he sentenced her to join the elders after he named her other kits apprentices.
While Featherstorm grieves, Nightpelt asks Runningnose if he can talk some sense into Brokenstar, but the medicine cat insists Brokenstar won't listen to them and ShadowClan's strongest warriors support their leader. As leaf-bare approaches, Nightpelt and the elders continue to support each other and fortify their camp. While hunting, Nightpelt runs into a battle patrol and Clawface reveals that they're going to drive WindClan from their territory to support ShadowClan's growing numbers. Nightpelt attempts to argue with his brother, especially when he sees kits in the battle patrol, but Clawface dismisses him.
When he arrives back in the elders' camp, Nightpelt admits he didn't see any of Featherstorm's kits in the battle patrol, but agrees to wait with Featherstorm until morning. Ashfur arrives with news that the apprentices all survived and that Brokenstar exiled him after Ashfur questioned Brokenstar's motives to prioritize fighting over hunting. Nightpelt welcomes him into the group, and as leaf-bare drags on, more cats join the elders' camp. While on a hunting patrol with Poolcloud, Ashfur, and Nightpelt, Poolcloud is attacked by a fox, and Nightpelt rushes back to ShadowClan's camp for the medicine cats. However, Poolcloud has died by the time Yellowfang and Nightpelt return to camp, though Yellowfang insists it was not Nightpelt's fault as Brokenstar was the one who exiled the elders from the safety of the camp. That morning, the cats hold a vigil for Poolcloud, and Nightpelt realizes the others look to him to lead.
## Characters

### Minor

* Poolcloud
* Archeye
* Crowtail
* Hollyflower
* Brokenstar
* Blackfoot
* Volekit/Volepaw (*Unnamed*)
* Mosspaw (*Unnamed*)
* Dawnkit/Dawnpaw (*Unnamed*)
* Littlekit/Littlepaw (*Unnamed*)
* Yellowfang
* Runningnose
* Clawface
* Featherstorm
* Ashfur
* Brightflower (*Unnamed*)
* Cinderfur (*Unnamed*)

## Important events

* Poolcloud has died due to a fox attack.
* The elders accept Nightpelt as their leader.

## Errors

* Nightpelt's line to Featherstorm is missing a connector indicating that it's him replying to her when he says he'll wait with her until sunrise.

*End of spoiler warning*
## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 4
3. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 6
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 7
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 8
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 11
7. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 20
8. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 32
9. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 53
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 69
11. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 12
12. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 72
13. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 75
14. ↑ Revealed in *Exile from ShadowClan*, page 52

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