Jayfeather

*"This will not be the end of the Clans. As long as I have breath in my body, the Clans will be safe."*

— Jayfeather vowing to protect the Clans in *The Forgotten Warrior*, page 204

**Jayfeather** is a lean,[9] mottled,[10] pale[11] gray tabby[12] tom[13] with blind,[14] pale[15] blue eyes like a jay's wing.[16] He has thin[17] and silky fur,[18] and a scar running down one side.[19]

## HistoryEdit

### In the Super Edition ArcEdit

#### *Bramblestar's Storm*Edit

Jayfeather is first mentioned by Leafpool as she is nipping off the stems from the coltsfoot plant in the camp. She says that he wants them gathered before the sun burns off the dew. Millie then runs up to Leafpool, thanking her for helping Briarlight with her exercises, as they were helping clear her chest of the greencough that ran through the camp, claiming the lives of Toadstep, Icecloud, and Hazeltail.
 Leafpool then tells the silver tabby to thank Jayfeather, as he was the
 one who never stopped finding out ways to help Briarlight. Millie then
asks if they still have catmint, after Leafpool mentions it. She then
says yes, that Jayfeather planted a new patch by the abandoned Twoleg den.

As Bramblestar recalls the events of the Great Battle,
 he remembers Jayfeather planting a bark-stripped branch below the
Highledge, scoring claw marks across for each life taken. Jayfeather had
 remarked that it would remind them all of the debts that they owed to
their former Clanmates. After Dewpaw is remembering all the names of the claw marks on the branch, at the mention of Firestar,
 Jayfeather pads up and says he misses him too. Bramblestar wonders if
he could still tell what's in his mind, but Jayfeather tells him those
days are passed now. He then says that it wasn't hard to figure out that
 he was missing the great leader, as he said he heard him sigh after
Dewpaw said Firestar's name. Bramblestar then asks if he had walked in
his dreams yet, to which Jayfeather replies no, and that it was a good
omen in itself.

As Bramblestar takes a patrol to ShadowClan, the leader spots Leafpool tending to the catmint patch that Jayfeather had planted. Jayfeather is also mentioned again when Brackenfur is grieving his lost mate, Sorreltail, saying that if only Jayfeather had tended to her wounds, she'd still be with them. Inside the ShadowClan camp, Littlecloud, the ShadowClan medicine cat, asks Squirrelflight
 how Leafpool and Jayfeather are doing, to which she tries to reply, but
 Bramblestar stops her mid-sentence. As they walk away, Littlecloud
watches them go with a disappointed expression.

After the patrol returns, Jayfeather pads out of his den,
followed closely by Briarlight. Leafpool then returns and heads over to
Jayfeather, telling him that everything is tidy at the old Twoleg den
and that a little rain would be good for the catmint to grow. Briarlight
 then complains that she's tired and she wants to go back into the den.
Jayfeather objects that she's only been out for a couple heartbeats, to
which Briarlight insists that she go back now. As Jayfeather opens his
jaws to argue, Purdy
 interjects by bringing his mouse over to them and plops down in front
of the injured she-cat. He insists that she help him finish the mouse
while he tells her a story. Briarlight scolds him for hardly eating any
of the mice and tells him she'll share the mouse and listen to the
story. As Jayfeather listens to Briarlight's movements, he then remarks
that it's the full moon tonight and that they missed the last Gathering
because the sky had been covered with clouds. After Bramblestar decides
which cats to take, Jayfeather announces that Leafpool volunteered to
stay behind so that he could go.

At the Horseplace, Bramblestar remembers when he had been the foster father to Lionblaze, Hollyleaf,
 and Jayfeather. Jayfeather, as a young kit, remarks that a vole smells
like the dirtplace, to which Squirrelflight scolds him that it does not
smell like the dirtplace.

When Bramblestar has a dream about the sun-drown-place,
 he is awoken by Jayfeather prodding a paw in his side. Bramblestar
notes that he was wide-eyed and looked agitated. He asks if he woke the
tom, to which he shakes his head and says no. Jayfeather then begins to
tell Bramblestar that he went out to check on the new plants because he
was worried about the wind and says he found something awful and that
Bramblestar should follow him. The leader follows Jayfeather to the
abandoned Twoleg nest to find the catmint plants that Jayfeather and
Leafpool had planted were crushed by a branch from a nearby tree. As
Bramblestar takes it somewhat calmly, saying that they could replant it
again, Jayfeather shakes his head, telling him he doesn't understand,
and that this is an omen. Jayfeather then says something terrible is
going to happen; something different from the Great Battle, and he could
 feel it coming on the wind.

*More Coming Soon*

#### *Tigerheart's Shadow*Edit

Jayfeather does not formally appear in *Tigerheart's Shadow*, but is listed in the allegiances.
When Dovewing confesses to Tigerheart
 that she is having strange dreams, Tigerheart asks Dovewing if she has
talked to Jayfeather or Alderheart about them. Dovewing says no, as that
 would be confessing to the two medicine cats that she is having kits,
although she worries that they have already guessed, due to her swelling
 belly.

After Dovewing and Tigerheart's kits are born, Dovewing tells them about Jayfeather. When one of the kits, Lightkit, asks if they can eat a red bud
 that she found, Dovewing says no, but that Jayfeather might be able to
use it to make medicine. Lightkit asks who Jayfeather is, and Pouncekit replies that Jayfeather is the blind healer cat that Dovewing had told Lightkit, Pouncekit, and Shadowkit about. Spire hears this, and Tigerheart explains that Jayfeather had learned to become a medicine cat from a young age.

### In the Power of Three ArcEdit

#### *The Sight*Edit

Jaykit, along with his littermates, Hollykit and Lionkit, are born some time between *Sunset* and *The Sight*, and are raised as the kits of Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight. He is constantly being put down because of his small size and blindness. He, Hollykit, and Lionkit dream of leaving the camp to explore the territory before they become apprentices. While playing with a mouse with his littermates, Jaykit accidentally lands on Ferncloud's kits. Ferncloud orders them to play outside, where Jaykit discovers that a wren's belly is alive with maggots.
When a patrol reports a dead mother fox
 on their territory, Jaykit and his siblings beg to help and drive the
cubs away, but Brambleclaw tells them that they are too young, and that
they can guard the camp while the patrols are away. Lionkit convinces
his siblings to sneak out, hoping to find the cubs and drive them away
on their own. They manage to find the fox cubs quicker than the warriors
 due to Jaykit's terrific sense of smell, but the cubs are bigger than
the kits expected, so they flee back to camp. As Jaykit is running, he
falls off the edge of the stone hollow and falls to the floor. He is
knocked out from the impact and has a short dream where Spottedleaf appears from StarClan
 and prods him with her nose, soothing the ache in his limbs. She also
gives him a drink of water before he wakes up in Leafpool's den.
Leafpool offers him a drink, but he refuses, telling Leafpool about the
cat he visited in his dream. Leafpool says that Jaykit would make an
excellent medicine cat
 after making him recite the herbs she used and his description of
Spottedleaf, and that he could be her apprentice, but he is appalled by
the idea of being surrounded by sick cats and old herbs. He exclaims
that he hates being blind, and that he wishes he had never been born.

Firestar allows Jaykit to train as an apprentice; his mentor is Brightheart, with Longtail
 assisting her, since both of them know the difficulties of Clan life
with impaired eyesight. Jaypaw is furious that Firestar gave him a
"useless mentor" just because he is blind, and he often disobeys
Brightheart simply based on his stubbornness and anger. His attitude
with Brightheart is very short-tempered. The same day Brightheart and he
 find one of the fox cubs. A patrol quickly arrives and helps them.
Jaypaw is embarrassed because he got stuck in brambles during the
incident.

During the night, he dreams of a mountain path in a valley with a
 stream, sparkling in the moonlight. The next day, Brightheart is
nowhere to be found in camp so Jaypaw is expected to stay in camp,
however he sneaks out anyway, and wanders onto WindClan territory. He falls from a cliff into the lake, but luckily, a WindClan patrol consisting of Crowfeather, Breezepaw, Whitetail, and Heatherpaw,
 see him and pull him out. Crowfeather takes him back to camp, and
Jaypaw notices tension between Leafpool and Crowfeather, not knowing the
 history between them.

Leafpool goes to the Moonpool to speak with StarClan about Graystripe's
 return to the Clan and his former deputyship. Jaypaw sneaks out of camp
 and follows her to the Moonpool, entering Leafpool's dream and
concealing himself, and watching her speak to StarClan. When Leafpool
wakes up, she is furious that Jaypaw followed her. Jaypaw tells Leafpool
 that he saw her in the dream and describes what StarClan told her.
Leafpool is amazed that Jaypaw can enter other cat's dreams and also
asks him how he managed to follow her, but Jaypaw says it isn't a big
deal and that he had already dreamed of the path leading to the
Moonpool. She tells him he should become a medicine cat, but he refuses.

As his apprenticeship continues, he realizes that being blind
effects the thought of him being able to fight decently. When ShadowClan
 attacks ThunderClan and Jaypaw tries to take on Owlpaw,
 he can't see where Owlpaw is attacking from, and he struggles. Lionpaw
arrives and helps by calling out where Owlpaw is coming from, and they
eventually beat him. Jaypaw then wonders if he can ever be a warrior
without someone there to help him.

That night, Jaypaw, troubled by his blindness, decides to go alone to the Moonpool. There, he dreams that he is in the Dark Forest. Tigerstar and Hawkfrost
 appear, and tell him that they can teach him to be a great warrior
despite his blindness. Jaypaw is briefly tempted, but Spottedleaf
appears from StarClan, and takes Jaypaw away from the Dark Forest. She
then tells him that he wasn't destined to be a warrior, but a medicine
cat. Jaypaw argues with her, but then realizes that she is right.
Luckily, his sister had already decided that she would make a better
warrior, rather than a medicine cat, for she was far better at the
fighting moves than the memory of herbs. After telling Leafpool, he becomes the she-cat's new apprentice.

Leafpool takes Jaypaw on as her apprentice, even though Jaypaw
still seems mad about it. Brightheart was devastated and ignored Jaypaw
for some time.

During a greencough epidemic, he manages to save Poppypaw
 from death by entering her dream and leading her away from StarClan's
hunting grounds. Sorreltail is seen thanking him, and Leafpool tells him
 that he is learning to be a medicine cat. He is unable to go to the Gathering, as he needs to take care of the cats who are recovering.

During the special daytime Gathering, he is angry that he can't
participate at the games, due to his blindness, and stays at camp.
However, he soon receives a vision of dirt pressing on him, suffocating
him, and he realizes that he is looking through Lionpaw's eyes. He runs
off to find that Breezepaw and Lionpaw had fallen into an old badger den
 while having a hunting contest. Jaypaw tries to dig them out, but he
makes little progress until Crowfeather arrives and helps him pull out
the two apprentices. Nightcloud is seen thanking Jaypaw greatly, and later when the Gathering is over, Onestar and Firestar announce that Jaypaw has earned the gratitude of every cat and that he was a hero.

Jaypaw uses his powers to see into the dream of Firestar, and learns of a prophecy an old cat had made to Firestar, stating, "*There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."* Jaypaw realizes that the three kin of Firestar must be him, Lionpaw and Hollypaw.
#### *Dark River*Edit

When Jaypaw is chosen to go to his first Gathering, he is more grumpy rather than excited.
As he is out collecting herbs with Leafpool one day, he finds a stick
 which has been stripped of bark and has sleek perfect straight
markings. He is intrigued by it, but Leafpool doesn't share his
curiosity when he shows it to her. Still, he tucks it neatly in the
roots of a tree so he can come back and examine it later. In a dream, he
 follows an ancient cat named Fallen Leaves
 as he journeys through the tunnels to become a sharpclaw. Fallen Leaves
 is trapped in the tunnels forever after he drowned inside them.

When his sister, Hollypaw, goes missing, he dreams that she went to RiverClan to find out what was wrong. He also shares dreams with Cinderpaw, and finds out that she is the reincarnation of Cinderpelt,
 and that she has no clue that she is. He tries many times to see if she
 remembers, but is stopped by his mentor, Leafpool. While Cinderpaw is
stuck inside the medicine cats' den, he plays with her from time to time
 though he only says to keep her quiet. He is happy that she was honest
about wondering about his blindness. Soon, he is happy to find that
being a medicine cat can be more of a job when Firestar sends him and
Leafpool to WindClan to find out if they were really going to have a
battle.

Later on, he goes on a mission to WindClan with Leafpool to see
if RiverClan had invaded them. He then goes with Hollypaw and Lionpaw to
 find missing WindClan kits who had wandered in the tunnels: Sedgekit, Thistlekit, and Swallowkit.
 In the tunnels they meet up with Heatherpaw and Breezepaw who are also
looking for the kits; they then join together in a mission to find the
kits, who are hiding behind a boulder in one tunnel. They receive help
from Fallen Leaves in escaping before the tunnels flood. Then Rock shows
 Jaypaw the stick he made, with eight new scratches: five long, three
short. He realizes they stand for them. He thinks they'll all die, but
then Rock scratches out the marks, meaning they'll make it. Everyone
survives, and the kits are returned to WindClan while WindClan and
ThunderClan are arguing by the border. They lie about finding the kits
on the shore near the lake and were making a camp there. The kits play
along, thinking that they were just playing.

#### *Outcast*Edit

Jaypaw is out with Leafpool finding herbs and tries to contact Rock through the stick, but it doesn't work. Jaypaw runs into Hazelpaw and Berrypaw.
 Berrypaw complains that Jaypaw couldn't see that he was hunting the
bird that flew off. Jaypaw replies that he is blind, and cannot see
anything. Jaypaw hears Berrypaw talking with Mousepaw
 and Poppypaw. Berrypaw is expressing concern that Firestar will use his
 stumpy tail to give him his warrior name. Poppypaw asks if he thinks it
 will be something like Berrystumpytail. Berrypaw is concerned until
Brightheart comes and tells him that when Bluestar
 named her Lostface, and after Bluestar dies, Firestar changed her name
to Brightheart, and that she doesn't think Firestar would give any cat a
 cruel name. Jaypaw tells Hollypaw that he is worried that Leafpool will
 use his blindness to give him his medicine cat name. Hollypaw jokes
that his name might be something like Jayno-eyes, saying that would be
as stupid as Berrystumpytail.

At Hazelpaw, Mousepaw and Berrypaw's warrior ceremony, he hears
Brambleclaw's hiss of annoyance at Berrypaw, now Berrynose's, reaction
to his warrior name when Firestar doesn't give him a name that includes
something about his tail. Along with Berrynose, Mousepaw becomes
Mousewhisker, and Hazelpaw becomes Hazeltail. When Jaypaw goes to the
Moonpool, he saw Rock, and when Jaypaw asks Rock where he came from, he
tells him the answer would lie in the Mountains.

At the Moonpool, Leafpool and Jaypaw see Feathertail in StarClan, who was taking prey for the Tribe of Rushing Water. Leafpool comments that there might be some trouble with the tribe. When Talon and Night, two Tribe cats, visit ThunderClan, Jaypaw goes into Brook's thoughts and finds the memory of Stoneteller exiling Stormfur and Brook
 for leading the Tribe into a battle they lost many cats over, although
it wasn't Stormfur's fault. Brook chose to go with him, though, in her
own decision. To help the Tribe of Rushing Water from trespassing cats, a
 patrol goes to the mountains: Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Jaypaw and
his siblings, Stormfur, Brook, Tawnypelt, Crowfeather and Breezepaw.

On the way there the old loner
 Purdy joins them. Jaypaw was worried (and upset) about Hollypaw and
Lionpaw when they had left him behind when they went to hunt for
fresh-kill in a barn.

When they reach the Tribe, Jaypaw seems to be the most sensitive
 about how the Tribe cats felt about the Clan cats changing their lives.
 Jaypaw also finds out that Stoneteller, the cat who acts as leader and medicine cat, is telling lies about what the Tribe of Endless Hunting is telling him.

A while later Jaypaw finds out that the Tribe of Endless Hunting
 actually has given up on the Tribe of Rushing Water and that the Tribe
had come from another location. Jaypaw thinks they might be from the
lake. He also meets the Tribe of Endless Hunting in a dream.

Later in the series he finds out that this is true, that the
Tribe did, in fact, come from the lake. Jaypaw also learns some new
healing herbs from Stoneteller. He discovers that the Tribe received a
prophecy not unlike the one Firestar received, "*There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."* He tells Lionpaw and Hollypaw of the prophecy, and they are very shocked.

#### *Eclipse*Edit

When Toadkit gets scratched by some nettles, Jaypaw makes an ointment out of dock leaves,
 but as he is putting it on, Toadkit sends it flying in to the pool of
water in the medicine cat's den. Jaypaw begins to make a new one, and as
 he is getting some more leaves he trips over Daisy.
 He then senses that Toadkit is about to grab his tail, maybe thinking
that Jaypaw will not see it coming, being blind, but Jaypaw stops him
and snaps at him. This causes Toadkit to get a bit frightened and he
doesn't bother Jaypaw again. Although when Toadkit leaves he is grateful
 to Jaypaw and seems to have a new-found respect for him.

Leafpool tells Cloudtail that Cinderpaw is ready for her
assessment despite her broken leg which seemed to be bothering her
sometimes. Jaypaw wants to make sure Cinderpaw is actually alright so he
 decides to call Hollypaw and Lionpaw. They start following Cinderpaw
when they find her tracking down a squirrel. Cinderpaw mistimes the jump
 and crashes over the fallen tree. Jaypaw races forward to help, and
helps Leafpool fashion a splint for Cinderpaw's leg.

When Rock's stick floats out into the lake, Jaypaw tries to swim
 out and grab it, but he nearly drowns. Firestar happened to be walking
by, and he rescued Jaypaw, and at Jaypaw's request, the stick as well.

After thinking about the stick that had not sunk to the bottom
of the lake, Jaypaw has an idea to get Cinderpaw to swim. This helped
her leg because she can move the muscles without needing to put any
weight on it. Jaypaw still doesn't like water though, due to his recent
experience where he nearly drowned.

He helps Leafpool with Millie's kitting, which was also his
first kitting, and is genuinely happy about the experience. He then
receives a vision of choking, deep blackness, which isn't remembered by
the other cats. When Sol,
 a traveler, comes to the camp, Leafpool asked him to talk outside of
the camp so that not all the cats would know what he had to say, he
tells them that the sun will disappear. StarClan had given them no
warning about this, though.

During the battle, Jaypaw tells Leafpool that he's going to get
the injured cats back to the camp, and she reluctantly allows him to go
into the forest. Jaypaw then helps his fallen Clanmates, and warns
Lionpaw that several RiverClan warriors were nearby, ready to attack.

After the battle, Jaypaw and his siblings chase down Sol because
 they wanted help with the prophecy, and Jaypaw was sure Sol knew about
it. Sol offered to help, but would not join the Clan, so Jaypaw, Lionpaw
 and Hollypaw said he could stay just outside of ThunderClan territory
and they would give him food, in exchange for training their powers. He
agrees to this, but on the way back to their camp they were captured by
ShadowClan. Jaypaw, Lionpaw and Hollypaw had not crossed the border
though, they were taken back to ShadowClan's camp anyway, where Blackstar
 said that he thought StarClan had given up on the Clans, and they
should not have come to the lake at all, which was odd that he was
willing to voice his doubts so openly in front of cats of another Clan.
Sol seems to think he is right and chooses to stay with ShadowClan and
not help with the prophecy.

He then witnesses his siblings and Cinderpaw gain their warrior names - Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Cinderheart.
#### *Long Shadows*Edit

Jaypaw continues his training as a medicine cat apprentice. He
realizes that Briarkit has the same cough as her mother, Millie. He knew
 that Hollyleaf and Lionblaze received their warrior names, but he
didn't know when Leafpool was going to give him his medicine cat name.
Since ShadowClan have lost faith in StarClan, because of Sol; Jaypaw,
Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze spy on ShadowClan activity. Jaypaw has a vision
 of a badger when they are spying and he tells Hollyleaf and Lionblaze
that it is not safe to be here, so they go back to camp. Runningnose and Raggedstar ask him to help them persuade ShadowClan to return faith in StarClan. He, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Flamepaw, Tigerpaw, and Dawnpaw create a fake sign from StarClan. Then Blackstar and Littlecloud
 come to see the sign that the cats left. It turns out to be a real sign
 when Raggedstar and Runningnose appear in front of them.

In a dream, he enters the tunnels but as he emerges, he gets whisked back in time to become Jay's Wing,
 a sharpclaw of the Ancients. While in the past, he influences the tribe
 to leave the lake and travel to the mountains. He also meets Half Moon—a
 she-cat who was in love with Jay's Wing. Jaypaw realizes that this
group of cats would become the Tribe of Rushing Water, and is the one to
 make the deciding vote on whether to go to the mountains or not.

When Leafpool sends out Poppyfrost and Jaypaw to look for
catmint, they find it all squashed, probably from the fights that have
been going on, so they have to find as many new stems as they can. He
also receives a message from Brightspirit,
 who tells him to seek for the wind. He figures out that this means that
 there is catmint in WindClan, which ThunderClan needs to help several
sick cats, including Firestar and Millie. He confirms this in Kestrelpaw's
 dream in WindClan. After Lionblaze successfully gains the catmint,
Leafpool gives Jaypaw his medicine cat name, Jayfeather. He is relieved
that Leafpool chose that name, because he is dreading the point Leafpool
 might have called him Jaywing, as he could never forget the real Jay's
Wing. During the ceremony, Jayfeather feels an overwhelming emotion
coming from Leafpool.

When a fire breaks out in camp Ashfur
 corners Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather and tries to kill them. In
 order to save their lives, Squirrelflight admits they are not her kits,
 and Ashfur lets them go across. When Squirrelflight is admitting that
they are not her kits, Jayfeather can't pick out any answers among her
scrambled mind when she refuses to tell him and his denmates who their
true parents are.

Jayfeather tries to convince Ashfur not to tell all the cats at
the Gathering that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw are not his parents by
 trying to scare him in a dream. Ashfur is shaken, but Jayfeather's
efforts are wasted. After Ashfur's body is found, Jayfeather is
surprised to see Leafpool grooming Ashfur's body with great care, and
wonders if they were in love, but he quickly denies it to himself.

#### *Sunrise*Edit

The day that the Sol patrol leaves, Leafpool fusses over
Jayfeather after running into the brambles of the medicine den, and he
wondered why she cares because he thought that they weren't kin.
Jayfeather still investigates who his real parents are while the patrol
that is looking for Sol is away. He questioned Mousefur
 about his birth. When she says that Leafpool gave her the wrong herb
once, a strange one with a crisp smell like grass, he gives her samples
of different herbs. When he goes back, Mousefur tells him that a herb
stuck on his pelt was the herb Leafpool had given her. He then takes a
walk with his grandmother, Sandstorm,
 during which they talk about Sandstorm's concerns about Leafpool
thinking that she is acting jumpy and odd. Sandstorm hypothesizes that
it may be due to Whitewing's pregnancy in leaf-bare or the death of
Ashfur, in which Jayfeather responds saying he thinks that it is a
possibility, despite his reservations.

While the other two were finding Sol, he found out through
Mousefur and Longtail, and Littlecloud's help that Leafpool gave herself
 a special herb called parsley that stops queens from having milk if the
 kits die; she took it because she gave her kits to Squirrelflight.

Later on, he found out that Crowfeather was his father by Yellowfang coming to him in a dream and giving him a crow's feather after she told him she could tell him who his father was.
Hollyleaf had just led Leafpool out of her den when she tried to
 force her to eat deathberries. Jayfeather tries to talk to her, but she
 attacked him. Near the end he and his brother, Lionblaze, tried to stop
 Hollyleaf from leaving the Clans after she announced their secret at
the Gathering. She reveals that she killed Ashfur and Jayfeather went in
 her memories and saw her kill him. She goes to the tunnels and they
collapse when she runs inside. Jayfeather cries out her name and tries
to go in after her, but Lionblaze stops him, and Jayfeather pictures the
 tunnels crushing and burying his sister. They decide to make up that
Hollyleaf was killed chasing a squirrel for her Clan. He worries that
since Hollyleaf vanished that maybe he and Lionblaze weren't part of the
 prophecy after all, now that there were only two of them. But when Whitewing's kits first came out of the nursery, he figured out that either Dovekit or Ivykit will be the third one in the prophecy, since Whitewing is Cloudtail's daughter and Cloudtail is Firestar's nephew.

### In the Omen of the Stars ArcEdit

#### *The Fourth Apprentice*Edit

In the six moon time-skip between *Sunrise* and this book,
Firestar lost a life from being attacked by a fox; Jayfeather tried to
save his leader but was unable, and realized how nervous he was as the
only medicine cat since Leafpool was now a warrior.

On the way back from a Gathering, Jayfeather expresses his opinion to Lionblaze about Leopardstar's demands about the drought and RiverClan's claims to the lake, adding that Leopardstar had lost two of her lives recently.
Soon, Lionblaze discovers that his apprentice, Dovepaw, is the
one from the prophecy, and gets Jayfeather to tell her. After quickly
testing her skills, Jayfeather agrees that she is likely the one.
Overwhelmed, Dovepaw protests to being special, but Jayfeather tells her
 that no matter what she thinks, she has to step up and work on her
powers so she can fulfill the prophecy and save the Clans.

He is constantly checking the rocks where the snake bit Honeyfern, even being bothered by Purdy at times to help him out.
He is troubled once Lionblaze leaves with the patrol to head up
stream, hating the fact that they are separated for once, and it wasn't a
 true prophecy from StarClan. Leafpool gives him her memory when
Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw were preparing to leave the Clans to
journey to find Midnight
 and followed them to give them traveling herbs. Jayfeather is angered
as he doesn't want her sympathy. He later sympathizes for Ivypaw when he
 notices her in a bad mood around camp since Dovepaw left her alone and
he can completely understand how she feels.

He checks on Mousefur after Ivypaw accidentally hits her with a
pebble. He finds nothing wrong but is forced to stay in the elders den
to listen to one of Purdy's stories, but later escapes. He also promises
 Longtail that he will tell him of any information he finds out about
patrol that is out of camp.

He goes to the lake shore to find the stick and see if the
ancient cats could offer him some guidance, but like most times, he's
unable to understand their voices. While he is there, he over hears
Berrynose sending Poppyfrost back to camp to rest, though Squirrelflight
 reassures him that it's safe for her to take a walk. He also listens in
 on a ShadowClan patrol until he hears his own Clan arguing with
Breezepelt. He goes to stop the fighting only to be taunted by the
WindClan tom. Breezepelt tells them that they are on the WindClan side
of the border. Breezepelt also reveals that he blames Leafpool for all
the trouble he has been receiving from his Clanmates; he says that if
Leafpool hadn't left Crowfeather, and hadn't kept this secret, things
would be different. Berrynose offers to attack him in responds for
Jayfeather, as he almost had done earlier before the medicine cat
appeared. Before he can respond, Ashfoot appears and stops the fighting, but tells Jayfeather to keep his warriors on the right side of the border. Icecloud
 and Berrynose are angered at how Breezepelt had treated their Clanmate,
 while Brightheart goes on more quietly that it was wrong, but
Jayfeather could sense her shock, but doesn't respond. Suddenly, the
ancient cats speak to him, calling him by the name he had when he was
with them, Jay's Wing. He is constantly bothered by the incident with
Breezepelt afterwards, wishing to talk to Lionblaze.

He is once again angered by Leafpool watching him, only this time feeling her gazing at him with a look of pride after noticing Dustpelt's
 back pain and convincing him to take herbs. Later on he speaks with
Cinderheart, as she's worried about Poppyfrost. He responds saying that
the kits and Poppyfrost are doing fine, only to learn it's really grief
that's troubling the she-cat, causing him to feel the loss of Hollyleaf
all over again. He reveals he tries his best to never think of the
she-cat everyday, but fails. He decides to check in on Poppyfrost,
finding that she's trying to get to the Moonpool in her dream. He's
unable to stop her and the dream finally vanishes from him. Jayfeather
concludes that he will continue to watch her, knowing no herb can cure
sadness.

The next morning, Jayfeather discovers that Poppyfrost isn't
anywhere to be found in territory thanks to Daisy and Ferncloud.
Jayfeather follows her scent trail out of camp to the Moonpool, but he
also scents Breezepelt, as if he were following her. Jayfeather reaches
Poppyfrost, and she admits she was trying to get into StarClan somehow
to talk to Honeyfern. He tells her how she was nearly in StarClan
before, but he brought her back, and that there's no way to visit again
without getting hurt or sick. Breezepelt confronts then them, revealing
that he has held a hatred against Jayfeather and Lionblaze ever since
their true parents were revealed. Jayfeather tells Poppyfrost to run,
however Poppyfrost tries to help fight but her belly is too swollen to
do anything and retreats to the bushes. Breezepelt gives Jayfeather a
long scar down one side. As Jayfeather is about to be killed, Honeyfern
comes from StarClan and helps to fight off Breezepelt and the second cat
 who was with him, which is suspected to be Brokenstar. After the
battle, Yellowfang appears and tells Jayfeather that she can't reveal
the unknown cat's identity yet, although she knows it. Yellowfang
explains to Jayfeather that the forces of the Dark Forest cats are
rising, wanting revenge. Yellowfang fears that StarClan will not be able
 to withstand the darkness of a war that is looming.

Confused and frustrated, he once again returns to Rock's
messaging stick. Rock appears to him, and reveals that he knew
Jayfeather's true parents all along. Feeling betrayed, Jayfeather breaks
 the stick in two. When Lionblaze and Dovepaw, his apprentice, return,
Jayfeather explains to Lionblaze what happened with Breezepelt.
Lionblaze does not inform Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. Soon, Poppyfrost's
kits come, and Jayfeather helps her give birth to a son and daughter.
After the kits are born, Jayfeather sees Tigerstar, Hawkfrost and a
third cat, which he identifies by scent to be the one who fought him
with Breezepelt. Jayfeather and Lionblaze begin to suspect that the
boundaries between the dead ancestors and the real world are breaking,
because the unknown cat and Honeyfern were able to appear physically -
and that there will soon be an all out war between the Dark Forest and
StarClan. They share what happened to them on their times away from each
 other and realize that Tigerheart *and* Breezepelt were being trained in the Dark Forest against StarClan.

#### *Fading Echoes*Edit

Jayfeather is mentioned in the prologue by Hawkfrost when Brokenstar
 mutters harshly about Breezepelt's training, as well as Hawkfrost's.
Hawkfrost asks Brokenstar if he should take advice from the cat who
failed to kill Jayfeather, in which Brokenstar says that he didn't
expect StarClan
 to fight so hard to save him. Shortly after, Tigerstar tells Breezepelt
 that Jayfeather, Hollyleaf and Lionblaze should have never been born,
though not by name.

Dovepaw awakens Jayfeather after she senses cats on the lakeshore. After she describes them, he recognizes them as Mistyfoot and Mothwing,
 feeling their grief for Leopardstar. He tells her that she must not
tell of their powers as Firestar doesn't even know that they are the
three. During this, he is busy sorting through herbs. He can detect
Dovepaw's depression and worry after Rippletail's
 death as he's sure this is what had awakened her from her sleep. When
Dovepaw is worried that he is reading her thoughts, he explains he can
feel it off of her and to not worry; Rippletail's destiny was to go to
fight the beavers and die, as it was the path that StarClan laid out for
 him. He finally gets rid of the apprentice by telling her to go do
patrols as Brambleclaw would be looking for her.

Jayfeather is heard by Dovepaw while she is at the lake with a
border patrol. She sees him claw furiously at his flank as he lets out a
 wail of pain. Jayfeather is confused what could have possibly stabbed
him in his side, as he didn't see anything. He thinks it could possibly
have to do with his powers and he could feel what Mistyfoot was going
through as she received her lives. This comforted him and the pain began
 to ease away.

He sees a little into Firestar's dream and knows that he had
been out at night, hunting with his mate, Sandstorm. He is comfortable
with the fact Molekit and Cherrykit
 don't trip over their words, especially when they constantly tell him
to watch what they do. He is glad when Mothwing and Mistystar show up in
 camp to give their news on Leopardstar's death. By Firestar's orders,
he gives the cats strengthening herbs.

When Dovepaw and Ivypaw go to WindClan, he is asked by Firestar
to remain with Lionblaze and Dovepaw after Cinderheart and Ivypaw are
dismissed. Firestar begins to tell them about the prophecy about the
Three, and Jayfeather cuts in and says that they already knew, and had
known since they were apprentices. He is frustrated when Firestar says
that he knows no more than they do, since he thought that Firestar would
 know more. Jayfeather feels hopeless about finding out what their
destinies are. Firestar assures him by saying that he will give them his
 full support.

Later, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are discussing which cats may
join the Dark Forest, and he decides to spy on Flametail at the next
visit to the Moonpool. Yellowfang catches him, and when he explains,
they venture into the Dark Forest with Spottedleaf. They run into
Brokenstar, and Jayfeather goes into Yellowfang's memories. When he
exclaims that Brokenstar is her son, she just replies that, mistakes
happen. Later, once Brokenstar leaves, Spottedleaf tells Yellowfang to
go back to StarClan, where she's loved, and later they see Tigerstar, Shredtail and Snowtuft.
 He tries to fight Tigerstar, then finally stops and allows Spottedleaf
to do the talking. As they leave, he feels sick when he hears Snowtuft
yowling.

When the tree falls on the camp, he tells Rosepetal
 what herbs he needed her to get from his stores and he begins to treat
the cats. When Briarlight is hurt by the falling tree, he goes to
ShadowClan to seek help from Littlecloud, after Leafpool suggests it.
When Briarlight was in critical state, he hissed at Leafpool, asking
whether or not she was going to help. Immediately, she expertly jumps
onto the job, and Jayfeather notes that she looks more focused than she
has in moons. Later, he admits to Lionblaze that he wishes that she was
still a medicine cat, that the Clan needs her more than she knows, and
that he won't take on an apprentice until she's died. When he goes to
Littlecloud, Squirrelflight is his escort, and they both flare up at
each other when she tries to share a story with him about his kithood,
and she tells him that his pain is not the hardest to bear. He then
decides to follow Littlecloud's advice, and Briarlight appears to
recover, though her legs remain nonfunctional. He tries to keep
Briarlight positive, but is often pestered by the over-protective
Millie.

He and Lionblaze try to tell Dovepaw about the Dark Forest and
to make her spy on cats, but Dovepaw doesn't respond well to that
information. She runs off, and he wonders why Hollyleaf couldn't have
been the third cat.

When he first hears about Ivypaw's dream, he begins to mentally go through the herb store, remembering what herbs he would need.
After the battle with ShadowClan, he is distraught at the mass
of injuries, and along with Lionblaze, realizes that the battle never
should have happened. The two brothers then wonder whether the Dark
Forest had something to do with it.

#### *Night Whispers*Edit

Jayfeather thinks that the Dark Forest is rising and he suspects
 that Ivypaw is being trained by Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. Jayfeather
goes to the Place of No Stars to find that his suspicions were right.
Ivypaw was being trained by Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. Yellowfang tells
Jayfeather that all Clans must stay loyal to their own Clan and not help
 any others.

Later, when Ivypaw is taken hostage at the ShadowClan camp for
crossing the border, the only way ThunderClan can get her back is to
exchange her for catmint. Jayfeather is reluctant because the herb is
scarce, but agrees to get the catmint for Ivypaw.

Briarlight is also not getting better and still has a cough.
Millie blames Jayfeather for her suffering. Briarlight thinks that she
shouldn't eat the prey that's caught since she can't hunt for her Clan.
Jayfeather tells her that she might be able to fool Millie but not him;
she needs to be eating to get stronger and to get better. He later gives
 her a job as his assistant where she would sort through the moss that
was brought in by patrols, pluck out all the thorns, and then pile it by
 the pool, as well as to stack the herbs and sweep out the dust on the
den floor.

Ivypaw finally comes to terms with the evil of the Dark Forest
and turns to her sister Dovepaw for help. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Dovepaw
 and Ivypaw meet and discuss the situation. Jayfeather wants Ivypaw to
remain in the Dark Forest and gain their trust so that they can spy on
them. Ivypaw accepts, as she doesn't want the Clans to be destroyed.
Later, when Flametail falls through the ice, Jayfeather tries to save
his life but an ugly, hairless cat, Rock, tells Jayfeather that it was
Flametail's time to die, not his. Jayfeather lets go of Flametail,
letting him drown.

Jayfeather is seen walking to the medicine cat den with Leafpool at his side.
He also finds a tuft of Hollyleaf's fur in his den, which he assumes was left there from when she was a medicine cat apprentice.
#### *Sign of the Moon*Edit

Jayfeather is at the scene of Icecloud's accident. She had
fallen into a tunnel and dislocated her shoulder. Realizing that she
fell in the same tunnel that Hollyleaf got trapped in, he takes care of
Icecloud and puts her dislocated shoulder back into place. After
searching the tunnel again with Lionblaze, they find proof that
Hollyleaf may still be alive after finding a snag of black fur against
the fallen rocks, but do not discover her body. He returns to camp
shortly afterwards due to the start of the rain. When he finds out
Icecloud had told Briarlight she was to sleep in the warriors' den, he
is quite angered.Then Briarlight talks about how he is wet and muddy and
 he agrees to let her smooth his fur and he falls asleep and wonders if
his mother ever did this, but which mother.

Rock visits his dreams once more when he returns, telling him
his destiny is in the Tribe and Jayfeather agrees to go. When Firestar
says Leafpool and Brightheart will fill in his duty while he's away,
Jayfeather bristles with anger at the mention of his mother's name,
showing that he is still angry with Leafpool for the lies. However,
Firestar snaps at him to leave the past behind, so he grudgingly admits
her skills will be useful for the job. Jayfeather journeys to the Tribe
along with Dovewing, Foxleap,
 and Squirrelflight to the mountains. Jayfeather did not seem pleased
that Squirrelflight had to come with him, but he doesn't try to argue.

During his visit, he is taken back to the ancient Tribe times.
He begins to show more and more affection to Half Moon, at one point
falling in love with her, but when he is told by Rock to appoint her the
 first Stoneteller, he grows pleading with Rock and tells him he wants
to stay, grow old with Half Moon, maybe raise kits, live the life of his
 other Clanmates before he goes back. However, Rock refuses his request,
 stating that his destiny isn't here with her. Jayfeather becomes
furious with this, hissing that he can't make him. After more convincing
 by Rock and some thinking on his part, he becomes resigned with what he
 says. He meets up with Half Moon again, and tells her that they can't
be together. She is then hurt and angry at this and he attempts to calm
her. Soon after, he later does appoint Half Moon as the first Teller of
the Pointed Stones, and returns back to his time, sadly saying goodbye
to her. He is visited by the Tribe of Endless Hunting, and they tell him
 to appoint the next Stoneteller who also tell him about a fourth cat in
 the prophecy. He wakes up and calls a Tribe meeting, where he appoints Crag
 as the current Stoneteller, sensing Half Moon beside him as he does so.
 When Jayfeather and his Clanmates leave, he hears Half Moon call, "I
will wait for you forever, Jay's Wing!"

#### *The Forgotten Warrior*Edit

Jayfeather first appears waking up in the medicine cat's den. Briarlight is with him.
He thinks of her as a problem, and remembers Lionblaze telling
him how Briarlight was so frustrated being stuck in the hollow. He
remembers the conversation he and Lionblaze had, and how he didn't agree
 to take her as his apprentice. Briarlight discovers a small tuft of
black fur in the herb storage. She asks if Jayfeather could throw it out
 when he passes the dirtplace, and wonders who would put a bit of fur in
 the herbs. Jayfeather recognizes it as belonging to Hollyleaf, his
sister. Jayfeather then buries the piece of fur deep in the moss of his
nest, after Briarlight turns away.

He notes that the air is hotter than usual for late newleaf.
Hearing the murmuring of excited cats gathering for the first patrols,
he thinks to himself that he cannot share his Clanmate's excitement,
because he feels empty and his head is filled with images of the
mountains, and especially Half Moon.

Yellowfang comes to him in a dream and informs him that
ThunderClan needs a second medicine cat, and that Cinderheart needs to
know of her past life as Cinderpelt. She also says that Leafpool is
forbidden from using her medicine cat skills to help her Clan, which
angers Jayfeather, since she is skilled at what she does.

When Dovewing hears Sorreltail struggling to give birth by the
lake, Jayfeather rushes to her side. He sends Dovewing to gather herbs
from Briarlight, and he guides her through her birth.

Finally, Jayfeather breaks down and decides to tell Cinderheart
that she is a reincarnated Cinderpelt. He comes to the confused she-cat
in her dream and shows her memories from Cinderpelt's medicine cat
duties in the old forest, the Great Journey, and getting killed by
badgers as Cinderheart is born.

Jayfeather is wrongly accused by Dawnpelt of murdering Flametail
 when he fell through the frozen-over lake. When he hears of this, he is
 first confused, then becomes depressed because all the other Clans
think he should step down as medicine cat until he can prove his
innocence. The medicine cats, not counting Jayfeather, decide to make
Jayfeather step down from his duty. He refuses, and the Gathering almost
 starts to fight when StarClan sends down a bolt of lightning, followed
by heavy rain. Jayfeather gets lost in the confusion until his foster
mother, Squirrelflight, lets him lean on her shoulder; her presence
comforts him.

#### *The Last Hope*Edit

Jayfeather is seen going to the fresh-kill pile to have a mouse
by a bramble. He knows that the half-moon is here and wonders if the
other medicine cats will go to the Moonpool, and if he should go. Ever
since Dawnpelt accused him of Flametail's murder, he has been ordered to
 do his duties inside camp only. The blind tom tells himself he is
innocent, as he was the one who tried to save the drowning medicine cat,
 and no one else did. In his anger he rips a big chunk of flesh off the
mouse. The brambles swish, and Briarlight drags herself in. Jayfeather
asks the she-cat if she wants any of the mouse, and she declines, saying
 she prefers vole. The tom feels her sleek fur brush past her, and knows
 she is the cleanest cat in ThunderClan. He can sense the crippled cat's
 excitement as she searches through the fresh-kill pile and finds a
vole.

Briarlight settles down next to Jayfeather and asks him if he is
 hungry. She tells him it is half-moon and he should keep his strength
up so he can travel to the Moonpool. The tabby growls that he has been
banned, and she asks whether that has ever stopped him. Brightheart
walks in and asks ever stopped what. The blind tabby growls that it is
none of their business.

Firestar is seen in front of him knowing that it must be
frustrating for him. Jayfeather snarls and tells him the bad facts about
 his life and has Firestar frozen with shock. He gets him to have
Firestar say that he doesn't think about it and Jayfeather stares and
blinks in surprise. Jayfeather begins to think about himself and begins
to grow more furious. Firestar reaches in to say that he is one of the
Three in the prophecy and his birth was supposed to happen. Then he
walks closer to him and asks him if his birth even mattered. Jayfeather
is stunned and angered with rage as his leader didn't care if his
daughter broke two codes. He added that the other Clans would accuse him
 of murdering Flametail because he is half-Clan, unnatural, and not
blessed from StarClan. Firestar objects saying that he is and is one of
the most important cats in any of the Clans. Then they start a full out
argument on how important Jayfeather is to the prophecy. He rakes the
leaves on the top of the earth with his claws spitting to why he can't
think about himself for once.

Yellowfang blocks his path while he storms out of an argument
with Firestar, ThunderClan's leader. She mocks his words and Jayfeather
backs away wanting her to leave him alone, but her rotten smelling
muzzle follows him anyway. She hisses behind him that he isn't important
 and only the survival of the Clans matter. He spits back at the older
ThunderClan medicine cat.

He is seen going to RiverClan territory to speak with Mothwing
as he believes she could be the fourth cat in the prophecy, yet he
doesn't see any signs that it could be her. He is then escorted out of
camp with what seems like too many cats for a blind medicine cat in his
mind. Soon after Brokenstar, Hawkfrost, and Tigerstar begin to block his
 path, preventing him from getting back to camp. He swipes at them yet
they cut deep into his fur. They disappear eventually and his peers ask
if he fell in a thorn bush, which he lies and says yes.

Mothwing calls him to RiverClan to interpret what she believes
to be an omen from StarClan, which is a smoldering reed that has not
stopped burning even in rain. He believes it is a sign saying that he
needs to find Flametail. Mothwing thanks him and he is escorted out of
RiverClan territory.

He is later seen in StarClan talking to Spottedleaf in hopes to
find Flametail since he found an omen relating to him. She tells him
that StarClan has for the first time experienced leaf-bare and she
cannot take him since StarClan now has borders. She also tells him that
StarClan did not send an omen that she knows of. He convinces her to
come with him to ShadowClan territory.

Once they find Flametail, they soon find out that he has bitter
feelings towards Jayfeather and ThunderClan. Soon after finding the
former medicine cat, Jayfeather begins to sink into mud. He pleads to
Flametail for help, but he refuses, still upset about his death.
Spottedleaf scolds the younger cat for it, and the two attempt to free
Jayfeather. Afterwards, he convinces Flametail to tell the other
medicine cats that Jayfeather did not murder him. After doing so,
Littlecloud tells him that Flametail fulfilled his destiny even though
he had already died.

Soon, a horrified Ivypool, accompanied by Tigerheart, drags an
injured Hollyleaf into camp. Jayfeather is begged to save her but
Hollyleaf dies shortly after Jayfeather begins. He says he couldn’t have
 done anything to save her. When a rustling in the bushes alerts the
camp to more cats arriving, Jayfeather sprints to the medicine cat den
yowling at Briarlight to get inside, thinking it's more Dark Forest
warriors, when actually it's Birchfall, Blossomfall and Mousewhisker
warning the Clan of more invaders.

During the battle he sees and reunites with Half Moon, although
the meeting is short lived as the ancient cat needs to join the fray to
defend the Clans.

After the battle, he is present for Firestar's death. He
introduces to the Clan each of the cats that gave Firestar his nine
lives, excluding Spottedleaf who had lost her life in the battle. He
comforts a distraught Dovewing, telling her that Firestar had died for
the sake of what mattered most to him, his Clanmates, and that she'd see
 him again one day.

### In the A Vision of Shadows ArcEdit

#### *The Apprentice's Quest*Edit

He narrates the prologue. He and Leafpool are walking to the
Moonpool. Leafpool is anxious about finding catmint to which Jayfeather
retorts that they have plenty of catmint and Leafpool worries too much,
resulting in a friendly swat. Mothwing and Willowshine hear and offer to
 help ThunderClan with catmint. Leafpool thanks them, Jayfeather biting
back a sharp retort. He thinks that ThunderClan does not need any help
from RiverClan. When they reach the Moonpool, Jayfeather rests his head
on the pool and begins his dream.

He and the others find themselves in the same dream. They are
all surprised but are thankful when their ancestors meet them.
Jayfeather and Leafpool are overjoyed to see their departed kin,
Firestar. The StarClan cats deliver the prophecy. Jayfeather is
frustrated and snaps at them to be more clear. Firestar is noted to seem
 amused and annoyed at the same time, but they have disappeared already.
 Jayfeather turns and sees a cat with a white-tipped tail and
ThunderClan scent. Before Jayfeather can make out who the cat is,
however, the cat flees from StarClan's territory.

*More Coming Soon*
#### *Thunder and Shadow*Edit

Jayfeather snaps Alderpaw
 out of his thoughts and says he needs to be sorting herbs. Jayfeather
tells Leafpool they need more catmint and that if they had had more, Spiderleg
 might not have died. Jayfeather tells Briarlight they already have
enough cats when she offers to help them sort herbs. Jayfeather huffs
that Twigkit
 should be playing outside, not in the medicine den. He frowns when
Alderpaw suggests Twigkit could play with Briarlight but Leafpool
agrees. Jayfeather grumbles that he only trips over her only three or
four times a day, which makes Alderpaw think that sometimes, it seemed
Jayfeather enjoyed being grumpy. Alderpaw guiltily wonders if he can
read his mind when he snaps at him. Graystripe comes in and says that
Bramblestar wants to see all of the medicine cats. Jayfeather asks why
Graystripe didn't tell them before that Rowanstar was there and
Graystripe replies that he just did. Jayfeather is already at Highledge
when Alderpaw comes. Jayfeather growls that ShadowClan wouldn't be left
without a medicine cat if Littlecloud had chosen an apprentice earlier.
Bramblestar warns Jayfeather that it's no time for a fight. Jayfeather
flicks away Alderpaw when he offers to go help ShadowClan and tells
Rowanstar they're not using his apprentice. Jayfeather crossly asks if
he has to take care of every cat himself when Leafpool tells Alderpaw to
 come with them.

Jayfeather tells Fernsong that they knew everything when he was talking. Jayfeather tells the tom that Honeykit
 will be alright. Jayfeather asks Alderpaw a series of questions before
asking how they should treat her bellyache. Jayfeather is said to make
Alderpaw nervous. Jayfeather sounds satisfied when Alderpaw answers
correctly. Jayfeather is impatient. Jayfeather asks what Alderpaw is
doing, and when he says he's ripping up leaves for Honeykit, Jayfeather
snaps that it's the roots, not the leaves and grabs a root for Honeykit.
 Jayfeather tells Honeykit it doesn't matter what it tastes like.
Jayfeather frowns as Twigkit comes in with food for Briarlight.
Jayfeather glares at Alderpaw when he suggests that Twigkit should come
by later and help. Alderpaw makes the mistake of snapping at Jayfeather,
 which makes Jayfeather freeze and hiss that he knows how to behave and
that Alderpaw should stop worrying about Twigkit, and also that there
was more to being a medicine cat than interpreting messages from
StarClan when Alderpaw says he was the one with the prophecy. Jayfeather
 races out of the den when Mousewhisker yowls for help.

*More Coming Soon*
#### *Shattered Sky*Edit

Leafpool calls to Jayfeather while she and Alderheart are
treating injuries from the previous fight, and he emerges from the cleft
 in the rock at the back of the medicine den. He replies to her with in
an unenthusiastic voice, adding that as long as Leafpool can cope by
herself. When the brown tabby explains why she wants to stay, Jayfeather
 agrees, and beckons to Alderheart before leaving the den for the
Gathering, adding that they'll see what excuse Onestar has for what he
did in the battle. Alderheart follows Jayfeather out into the clearing
before Bramblestar leads the ThunderClan warriors to the Gathering.

Leafpool asks Alderheart if he can go find Jayfeather, as the
blind tom has left to get something to eat, but it's been a while. The
ginger tom privately doubts that he or any other cat can make the gray
tabby do anything he doesn't want to. As Bramblestar and Rowanstar argue
 about the rogues, he notices Jayfeather sitting nearby, along with his
brother and Cinderheart. Both Jayfeather and Cinderheart are listening
intently, while Lionblaze is pretending to groom himself, though
Alderheart can tell he is listening as well.

Bramblestar spins around to face his medicine cats, and hisses
for them to tell Rowanstar that ThunderClan is too hurt to attack the
rogues again. Jayfeather informs the ShadowClan leader that if the
warriors attack while their wounds are not yet healed, there will be
dead cats. The ginger tom meows to Jayfeather that Leafpool wants him,
and that he'll see the gray tom later.

When Alderheart announces that he has seen what might be
Twigpaw's kin, Cloudtail points out that there is a lot of uncertainty,
and that he might just have had a dream. Jayfeather snaps that medicine
cats know the difference between visions and dreams. The white tom
mutters that he's a starling, but the words do not carry up to
Highledge.

He is helping Briarlight do her exercises when his apprentice
bursts in. The medicine cat instructs the brown she-cat to do one more,
and then she can rest. After she does, he turns to face Alderheart,
asking him what happened and if the rogues were here. The dark ginger
tom replies that it's about Twigpaw, because she isn't in her nest, and
he wonders if she was in the medicine cat den. Jayfeather shakes his
head, saying he hasn't seen her, and maybe he should ask Leafpool. As
Alderheart is departing, he tells him that Twigpaw will turn up.

When Purdy is in pain, Alderheart orders Berrynose to go fetch
Jayfeather, and the cream tom instantly runs to the medicine cat den.
After the elder lies still, the blind tom runs over to Alderheart's
side, while Leafpool asks what happened. The dark ginger tom responds
that Purdy complained of indigestion earlier, and just now he said his
foreleg hurt. Then he collapsed. Anguished, the tom says that Purdy has
to be okay; he can't be dead. Jayfeather bends over the brown tabby,
sniffing him carefully. Afterwards, he shakes his head and starts to
close Purdy's eyes. Alderheart wails that there must be something they
can do, suggesting stuffing chamomile into his throat, or maybe push his
 chest to make his heart pump. However, Jayfeather tells the tom that
Purdy is truly gone, and he lived a long, good life. Part of being a
medicine cat is knowing when you must let go. The younger tom whispers
that he didn't help the elder, and his mentor replies that sometimes you
 can't.

He inspects the warriors injuries when they attacked by rogues.
After SkyClan
 appears, there is commotion and questions among the Clan cats.
Jayfeather steps forward, asking what the point of chatting is. He says
it is obvious what they need to do. Bramblestar meows that it might be
obvious to him, and the blind tom responds that if the tabby weren't
Clan leader, he'd call the tom a mouse-brain. They need to seek the
advice of StarClan. He travels with his fellow medicine cats to the
Moonpool, with the other medicine cats follow behind him. StarClan tells
 them that they must find the one Clan that is missing from their group,
 and after Alderheart explains the dream to Mothwing, Jayfeather meows
reluctantly that they know what they must do.

WindClan agrees to join the fight, and now that all five Clans
are reunited, they will fight. At the Moonpool, Firestar and Yellowfang
appear to tell them that all five Clans are together, but ShadowClan's
land must be restored. Alderheart meows that he understands, and
Firestar replies that to do that, the Clans must remember their names.
The other medicine cats are as surprised as he is, and as they fade,
Jayfeather snarls that they've done it again. He demands why StarClan
must be so vague.

As the Clans prepare for battle, Alderheart calls over the
medicine cats to explain what StarClan meant when they said to remember
their names.

### In the Field Guide ArcEdit

#### *Cats of the Clans*Edit

The narrator of this guide, Rock, says that Firestar has waited a
 long time for the birth of Jaypaw and his siblings, although he waited
in dread. Jaypaw ,Lionpaw, and Hollypaw are destined to carry the power
of the stars in their paws.

Jaypaw is the blind medicine cat apprentice who can see in his
dreams and walk in other cat's dreams also. He is destined to be a
medicine cat, although he started out training to be a warrior, with his
 knowledge for herbs and his unique gift for being able to walk in cats'
 dreams. Rock adds that dreams are private, however, and would hate to
be disturbed while he was sleeping.

#### *Battles of the Clans*Edit

Jayfeather does not make an appearance, but he is noted as being
 ThunderClan's full-time medicine cat in the ThunderClan facts.
Heathertail also mentions that Jayfeather is among the cats in the Clans
 that knew about the underground tunnels; the other three cats being
Breezepelt, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf.

#### *The Ultimate Guide*Edit

It is mentioned on Sandstorm's page that when the truth came out
 about Lionblaze, Hollyleaf and Jayfeather, Sandstorm stood by her kits.

It is mentioned on Leafpool’s page that Leafpool fell in love
with Crowfeather and bore his kits. Since she was a medicine cat and
cannot have kits, she gave up her kits to Squirrelflight, who convinced
even her mate that they are hers. When her secret was discovered by
Hollyleaf who blurted it out at a Gathering, Leafpool was forced to give
 up her role as a medicine cat and to add to her agony, her kits hated
her to lying, especially Jayfeather who become the only medicine cat of
ThunderClan. Leafpool never judged and was always proud. Jayfeather soon
 realized that Leafpool’s skills are too precious to lose and invited
her into back to the medicine den.

He is mentioned twice on Squirrelflight’s page. Squirrelflight
was incapable of doing anything but what she believed was right, even
taking Leafpool’s kits and making her clanmates believe they were her
own. Squirrelflight watched Brambleclaw raise the kits and when the
truth came out of their real mother, Brambleclaw couldn’t forgive
Squirrelflight for lying to him.

He appears on Brambleclaw’s page. Brambleclaw’s greatest
challenge was becoming father to Jayfeather and his siblings. He
relished the challenge as he watched the kits grow into strong, loyal
ThunderClan cats, and his heart broke when he learned he was not the
real father. It is mentioned on Ashfur's page that Ashfur's bitterness
to Squirrelflight led to Ashfur threatening to kill Squirrelflight's
kits, which made her reveal who their true mother is.

He appears on Hollyleaf’s page. Jayfeather had sight in his
dreams and the ability to walk in StarClan whenever he likes. Hollyleaf
was broken when they found out Squirrelflight is not their mother and
when Hollyleaf and her brothers discovered who their real mother and
father was, Hollyleaf was overwhelmed by the size of the secret.

Jayfeather has his own page in The Ultimate Guide. It first says
 that he shared his littermates curiosity, and it led to an adventure
with fox cubs that almost took them all to StarClan prematurely. It also
 says that he was very frustrated when Firestar apprenticed him to
Brightheart. He realized it was his destiny to become a medicine cat
after a disastrous first battle and a dream visit from Spottedleaf. His
connection with StarClan and memory for herbs made him unusually gifted
from the start. He still thought it was a second-best future, limited to
 the territory. He found freedom by walking in other cat's dreams and
that in how he learned about the prophecy Firestar had received. It gave
 him confidence to challenge his warrior ancestors and interfere with
the destiny of the Tribe of Rushing Water. He learned from their
ancestors, the Tribe of Endless Hunting, that something dark and
terrible loomed for all the clans and chances of survival depended on
him and his littermates. After receiving the medicine cat name,
Jayfeather, his destiny became entangled with that of the mountain cats.
 He walked with them as a long ago Sharpclaw named Jay's Wing. He fell
in love with Half Moon and helped guide the mountain cats to their new
home by the lake. Knowing he had to return to his own time, he made Half
 Moon first ever Teller of the Pointed Stones for the mountain cats. As
he left he heard Half Moon calling to him, saying "I will wait for you
forever, Jay's Wing!"

It is mentioned on Cinderheart’s page that Cinderheart tried to
ignore dreams of walking in a forest she didn’t recognize but knew and
knew faces and herbs until Jayfeather walked with her in their dreams
and gently showed they were memories. It is also mentioned on Dovewing’s
 page that Jayfeather instantly recognized the potential of Dovewing’s
powers and told her to pretend what she saw of the beavers were a dream,
 which is something Firestar would understand.

He appears on Ivypool’s page. Unknown to Ivypool, Jayfeather
followed her into her dreams and discovered her involvement in the Dark
Forest. He and Lionblaze saw the potential of recruiting Ivypool as a
spy and she agreed. He also appears on Briarlight’s page. Briarlight had
 a healthy curiosity about Jayfeather’s skills as a medicine cat. When
Briarlight broke her spine and believed her future was bleak, even
refusing fresh-kill, only Jayfeather’s stern words reminded her that a
Clan cares for all cats, so Briarlight helped Jayfeather by sorting and
storing herbs among other things.

Jayfeather appears in “Bramblestar’s Nine Lives: The Return of The Heroes”.
Jayfeather tells Brambleclaw that he’ll get used to the coldness
 of the Moonpool or his nose will go numb. Jayfeather tells Brambleclaw
for him to stop wriggling and close his eyes and wait for StarClan to
come. When they both fall asleep, Brambleclaw is surprised to see that
Jayfeather can see in his dreams.

Brambleclaw notes that Jayfeather seems to calm, as if being
among the spirits was at natural as being among living Clanmates.
Brambleclaw feels a flash of pride, and notes he raised him as his own
son, and Jayfeather has done well. Later, when he is receiving a life
from Goldenflower, he thinks of Jayfeather and his siblings, and notes
he would still still give his life in a moment to protect them.

He is mentioned twice on Runningnose’s and Littlecloud’s page.
Littlecloud watched out for Jayfeather on his first independent journeys
 to the Moonpool. Littlecloud also did not blame Jayfeather for failing
to save Flametail. It is also mentioned on Blackstar’s page that
Lionblaze, Hollyleaf and Jaypaw schemed with Tigerpaw and Dawnpaw to
create a false message from StarClan. They dug up saplings to fall onto
Blackstar and trap him while Jaypaw pretended to be a StarClan cat with a
 dire warning. He was soon joined by Runningnose and Raggedstar.

He appears on Flametail’s page. Flamepaw and his siblings were
intrigued to see Jaypaw and his siblings. When Jaypaw came up with the
idea to make a fake sign from StarClan, Flamepaw and his siblings were
keen to help. When Flametail falls the sheet of ice covering the lake,
Jayfeather tries to save him but is nudged away by Rock.

He is mentioned twice on Crowfeather’s page. Crowfeather was
horrified to learn that Jayfeather and his siblings are his kits, and
refused to acknowledge them as his own. Later, alone with Leafpool,
Crowfeather admitted he regretted nothing, the closest he will ever go
to accepting his ThunderClan kits as his own. He is mentioned on
Nightcloud’s and Breezepelt’s page. When Breezepelt learned that
Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf are Crowfeather’s kits, his horror
is not hard to imagine.

It is mentioned on Heathertail's page that Heatherpaw first met
 Lionpaw when she and her mentor Crowfeather took Jaypaw back to
ThunderClan after a mishap at the edge of the lake. When three WindClan
kits went missing, Lionpaw and Heatherpaw guessed they went into the
tunnels and went to search with Jaypaw and Hollypaw. Torrential rain
flooded underground, washing the cats out into the lake and narrowly
escaping with their lives.

It is mentioned on Stoneteller’s page that he watched gratefully
 as Jayfeather named Crag as the next Stoneteller. This is also
reflected on Crag’s page, and that Jayfeather knew he needed to choose a
 cat with experience and with great courage and faith in his tribe and
was selfless enough to put his tribe first and will work hard for the
rest of their life. Crag was that cat.

Jayfeather appears on Half Moon’s page. She loved Jayfeather,
who she knew as Jay’s Wing, and was heart-broken when he didn’t come to
the mountains with the rest of the Ancient cats. Unknown to her,
Jayfeather was forced to return to his own time through the tunnels by
Rock. Half Moon was delighted when Jayfeather returned, but was
devastated when he told her destiny is to become a Stoneteller when Half
 Moon just wants to be his mate and raise his kits. Jayfeather wanted
that too, but he knew that fate did not guide their paw steps side by
side. Half Moon finally accepted what Jayfeather told her and became
Stoneteller. Throughout her life, she remembered Jayfeather’s advice and
 when he left the mountains for the last time, he heard Half Moon
calling to him, telling that she will wait forever.

He appears on Sol’s page. Sol went to ThunderClan and told
Jaypaw and Leafpool that a terrible darkness is coming, this concided
with Jaypaw’s own vision of darkness coming to the Dark Forest. Jaypaw’s
 fake sign from StarClan restored Blackstar’s faith after it was wavered
 by Sol, and it led to Sol’s banishment.

He is mentioned on Rock's page. Rock blamed the existence of the
 three, if Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing did not come, the
prophecy that involved the Dark Forest rising would not have been
fulfilled. He is lastly mentioned on Midnight’s page. When Sol had come
to the lake and did his best to cause trouble, Jayfeather met Midnight
and asked why she told the loner about the Clans.

### In The Short Stories and PlaysEdit

#### *After Sunset: The Right Choice?*Edit

Leafpool briefly worries about what will happen once Jayfeather
and his siblings are born, but she quickly pushes the thought away.

#### *Brightspirit's Mercy*Edit

Brightspirit, Braveheart, and Shiningheart
 appear to Jaypaw to tell him to share some of ThunderClan's plentiful
prey with the other Clans, who are starving during leaf-bare. Although
his brother Lionblaze is skeptical of the idea of helping the Clans,
Brightspirit tells Jaypaw to listen to his heart and show mercy to
others. He convinces his siblings to help him and they save the other
Clans. Later, although Jaypaw doesn't hear, Braveheart says that the
apprentice has a difficult path ahead of him, to which Brightspirit
replies that she will stay with him every step of the way.

#### *Ultimate Leader Election: Firestar*Edit

He is the one to suggest casting the stones to pick who the
leader of the four united Clans will be; this is something he got from
his experience as Jay's Wing in *Long Shadows*. Through the vote involving every cat in all the Clans, Firestar is chosen as the leader of all the Clans for that time.

He also measures the length of the lines on each side of the stick, with the other medicine cats.
### In the NovellasEdit

#### *Leafpool's Wish*Edit

Once Leafpool learns that she is expecting Crowfeather's kits,
she worries about what will happen to them. She remains determined to
uphold her position as a medicine cat, despite the fact she is breaking
the medicine cats' code by having these kits. A few days before she is
set to give birth, she travels away from the Clan with Squirrelflight.

When Leafpool delivers, Jayfeather is born last, and described
as a pale gray tabby even smaller than his littermates. He is named a
little while after his littermates, Hollykit and Lionkit. He also opens
his eyes a bit after them, and when he does open his eyes, Leafpool is
stunned by a flash of blue, and gasps that his eyes are like a jay's
wing. This leads Squirrelflight to suggest the name Jaykit, and his
mother agrees, noting to herself that he will one day be named
Jayfeather after his father.

Leafpool knows that there is a special place in her heart for
him, and notices that he seems strangely vulnerable compared to his
littermates. Half a moon later, the kits are playing around when Jaykit
accidentally falls into a hole. He is rescued by Leafpool, and she
finally begins to suspect that something might be different about him.
She asks him to fetch a big leaf for her, the biggest one there. He uses
 his whiskers to examine the leaves, and eventually brings one back to
her that is not the biggest leaf. This confirms Leafpool's theory that
Jaykit is blind. Leafpool is upset at her son's vulnerability, quietly
swearing to herself she will always walk beside him. When Squirrelflight
 is troubled and suggests that Jaykit will not be able to become a
warrior, Leafpool hisses that he will have the same life as his
littermates, blind or not.

When the sisters and kits head back to ThunderClan, Jaykit is
full of questions for Leafpool. He asks her why she isn't walking with
them anymore, and why Squirrelflight, who they will now believe to be
their mother, didn't stay in the Clan to have the kits. He also asks
Leafpool why he can't see like Hollykit and Lionkit can. Leafpool sadly
answers to his last question that she will not ever be able to make him
see, but he just says okay and scampers back to his littermates. When
the kits enter the ThunderClan camp for the first time, Lionkit and
Hollykit support Jaykit on either side to guide him through the thorns.

#### *Hollyleaf's Story*Edit

He is with his littermates, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze, in the
ThunderClan camp when the fire spreads through the hollow. Along with
his littermates, he witnesses Ashfur's angry threats toward them, and
Squirrelflight reveals a secret; that Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and
Jayfeather are not her kits.

When Hollyleaf runs into the tunnels, she remembers that her
littermates know that she killed Ashfur, and believes that it's best for
 her littermates to believe that she died in the rockfall.

Several moons later, Hollyleaf snuck into ThunderClan territory
to see how her Clanmates were doing and, while hidden, spotted
Jayfeather waking up and calling to Briarlight. He offers to get her prey so she won't have to drag herself over more than she had to, but she declines.

#### *Mistystar's Omen*Edit

While Mothwing and newly-named Mistystar are visiting the
ThunderClan camp, they recount the recent deaths of three RiverClan
elders due to starvation. Both Firestar and Jayfeather are listening and
 are sympathetic. Jayfeather offers Mothwing some of his herbs to
replenish the rapidly dwindling RiverClan supply, specifically giving
her a generous amount of watermint.

Afterward, when Mistystar and Mothwing begin traveling again and
 have reached the edge of the woods, Mistystar asks Mothwing if
Jayfeather knows about her disbelief of StarClan. Mothwing nods, and
Mistystar continues, asking what he thinks about it. Mothwing says that
Jayfeather accepts her because he knows she is a good medicine cat and
will do anything to help her Clan.

#### *Dovewing's Silence*Edit

When Brambleclaw leaves the camp to receive his nine lives from
StarClan, Jayfeather follows him out. After the burial, he returns with
the newly-named Bramblestar.

Dovewing enters the medicine den after she is prompted to by her
 mother when she admits that her ears are buzzing. Jayfeather appears to
 be very stressed, and snaps that Leafpool is asleep, and that he is in
the middle of changing Foxleap's dressings. Dovewing asks how the
injured warrior is, and he tells her that Foxleap is not good. Dovewing
says that her problem can wait, and that she will return tomorrow if she
 needs to. Jayfeather disappears back into the den, and Dovewing finds
herself concerned about him, noticing that he almost seems frightened.

When Bramblestar goes to meet with the other Clan
representatives about the fate of the cats who had trained in the Dark
Forest, Jayfeather goes along, as well as Dovewing and Lionblaze.

Dovewing is concerned that she and the other two cats in the
Power of Three have lost their powers. She tries unsuccessfully a number
 of times to speak with Jayfeather about this. She finally manages to
get into the medicine den again, after a brisk conversation with
Lionblaze, and finds him treating Foxleap's nasty wound. The medicine
cat is on edge and anxious, and wonders in frustration why StarClan
keeps punishing ThunderClan. He insists that Foxleap must not die. When
Dovewing brings up the subject of their powers, Jayfeather freezes but
then dismisses it, saying that he cannot help her if she is not in pain.
 Soon she stumbles from the den, and now knows that something is
definitely wrong with Jayfeather.

A short while later, Dovewing heads back toward his den only to
hear him yowling grief, demanding to know why StarClan won't let him
save the injured warriors. It is clear Foxleap has died, and when
Leafpool pushes past Dovewing into the den and wails sadly, this fact is
 confirmed to Dovewing. Jayfeather growls that StarClan wanted Foxleap
more than they did, and Leafpool murmurs comforting words to him.

Cats start to fall ill, and when Dovewing sees Jayfeather
leaping down the rocks leading to the Highledge, she is worried that
Bramblestar is now sick. Jayfeather tells her that he is fine, and that
it is Hazeltail who might have greencough. Later on, he is seen asking a
 patrol if they found any catmint, but they have only found fennel.
Jayfeather nods and adds that hawkweed could be helpful too for the sick
 cats.

Lionblaze and Dovewing meet up with Jayfeather, and they discuss
 how they can no longer use their powers. Jayfeather takes them to the
Moonpool, where they hope that StarClan will be able to provide an
answer for them. In their dreams, they meet Midnight and Rock, who tell
them that they have lost their powers because their gifts are no longer
needed. Midnight tells Jayfeather that he is a wise medicine cat and
doesn't need in see cats' thoughts in order to treat them effectively.
When they wake up, Jayfeather impatiently tells the others to get up so
that they can return to camp, because he has sick cats to tend to.

## TriviaEdit

### Interesting FactsEdit

* Jayfeather had the power to appear in other cats' dreams and read their emotions, thoughts, and memories,[20] but his power was revoked from him after his prophecy had been fulfilled.[21]
* He has WindClan blood through Crowfeather,[22] kittypet blood through Firestar,[23] and SkyClan blood through Redtail.[24]
* Jayfeather is a distant descendant of Windstar via Mistmouse.[25]
* Jayfeather is the second cat to be referred by the prefix of his name only.[26] Vicky has said that this is a nickname, and it shows Lionblaze's affection for his brother.[27]
* He was born blind due to genetic reasons.[28] This is also confirmed in *Leafpool's Wish*.[29][30]
* Jayfeather was named after his eyes, as the color of them are like a jay's wing.[16]
* Leafpool named Jayfeather after his father, Crowfeather.[31] This is also confirmed in *Leafpool's Wish*.[16]
* Jayfeather is the reincarnation of Jay's Wing.[32]
	+ Vicky has confirmed that when Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and

Dovewing die they will be their own selves, not the cats that they were
reincarnated from.[33]

* Kate doesn't think that Jayfeather will be blind in StarClan.[34]
* It was heavily implied in *The Confidential Notes #2: Unhappily Ever After?* Ending the Doomed Romances that Jayfeather and Half Moon would walk together in StarClan.[35]
* Kate stated that she loved the shipping of "Jay and Stick", and that she "adored her fans' sense of humor."[36]

### MistakesEdit

* Jayfeather has been mistakenly called black.[37]
* He is once mistakenly called Jaypaw before Firestar assigns him his apprentice name.[2]
* Jayfeather describes Dustpelt as a dark tabby despite not being able to see him.[38]
* Jayfeather mentions that "every time he saw Leafpool,

Squirrelflight, or Brambleclaw, he felt the prick of betrayal", despite
being blind and not being able to *see* any of them, and Brambleclaw not knowing any of the lies about Jayfeather's birth prior to Hollyleaf revealing the secret.[39]

* Stone Song refers to Jay's Wing as Jayfeather despite not knowing Jayfeather's Clan name.[40]
* The Three did not lose their powers after the events of *The Last Hope*.[41] However, this is contradicted by the fact the Three are seen without their powers in *Bramblestar's Storm*[42] and *Dovewing's Silence*.[43]
* Jayfeather's eyes are shown without pupils in *The Ultimate Guide*.[44]

## KinEdit

### MembersEdit

**Mother:**

Leafpool:[45] Living (As of *Tigerheart's Shadow*)
**Father:**

Crowfeather:[45] Living (As of *Tigerheart's Shadow*)
**Brother:**

Lionblaze:[45] Living (As of *Tigerheart's Shadow*)
**Sister:**

Hollyleaf:[45] Deceased, Verified StarClan member
**Half-Brother:**

Breezepelt:[46] Living (As of *Tigerheart's Shadow*)
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### TreeEdit

    = **Male**

= **Female**

= **Gender Unknown**

## QuotesEdit

**Jaypaw**: "*I might not be able to see what you see, but I*
 can tell a lot from what I can hear and smell and feel. I know
ShadowClan is over there, not just because the stench of them is enough
to scare a rabbit, but because the tang of the pines tells me there
can't be much undergrowth, so the cats who hunt there must be cunning
and good at stalking. And over there I can smell the moorland. The wind
comes in a great unbroken sweep, undisturbed by trees. The WindClan cats
 who live there must be fast and small to hunt in such open country. I
know RiverClan live across the lake, though I can't smell their scent.
It's hidden by the scents from the lake, which are stronger today
because of the wind. But I know RiverClan will feel the coming rain
first because the wind is driving the waves this way- I can hear them
slapping against the shore.*"*

**Brightheart**: "*You can tell all that without seeing it?*"

**Jaypaw**: "*Yes, of course.*"

—Jaypaw and Brightheart *The Sight*, pages 100-101

**Spottedleaf**: "*Jaypaw, you have power enough to shape the destiny of your entire Clan.*"

**Jaypaw**: "*But I want to be a warrior!*"

**Spottedleaf**: "*Accept your destiny!*"

**Jaypaw**: "*It's not fair!*"
**Spottedleaf**: "*I know... Your gift is not a burden... But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw....*"

—Spottedleaf and Jaypaw *The Sight*, pages 232-233

"*Rely on your instincts, Jaypaw. They are sharper than any cat's.*"
—Leafpool when Jaypaw will be responsible for the sick cats *The Sight*, page 315

"*One day we will be so powerful we shall command even StarClan!*"
—Jaypaw's thoughts about the Three *The Sight*, page 363

**Birchfall**: "*You're not very sympathetic for a medicine cat.*"

**Jaypaw**: "*I'm here to* heal *you. If you want sympathy, go to the nursery.*"

—Birchfall and Jaypaw after he pulls out a thorn from Birchfall's paw *Dark River*, page 99

**Cinderpaw**: "*Wow! Impressive. What's it like?*"

**Jaypaw**: "*What's* what *like?*"

**Cinderpaw**: "*Being blind.*"

**Jaypaw**: "*What does it feel like being able to see?*"
**Cinderpaw**: "*I don't know, I guess it feels normal.*"
**Jaypaw**: "*Well, being blind feels normal to me.*"
**Cinderpaw**: "*But isn't it hard not being able to tell where everything is?*"
**Jaypaw**: "*But I* can *tell. Everything smells or makes a sound, and sometimes I get a- a* sense *of things.*"
**Cinderpaw**: "*So you never get frustrated?*"
**Jaypaw**: "*Only when I get treated like I'm different. I don't* feel

```
any different, so it's really annoying when anyone makes a fuss about

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my blindness. It's like they feel sorry for me when there's nothing to
feel sorry about.*"*

—Jaypaw and Cinderpaw *Dark River*, pages 149-150

**Jaypaw**: "*Now do you believe that I don't need eyes to see?*"

**Leafpool**: "*Oh, Jaypaw. I have* always *believed in you.*"

—Jaypaw and Leafpool *Dark River*, page 153

"*The time for lies and secrets is over. The truth must come out. StarClan was wrong not to tell you who you were a long time ago.*"
—Yellowfang to Jayfeather *Sunrise*, page 286

**Rock**: "*So much is the same...You can't stay here. You know that, don't you?*"

**Jayfeather**: "*Why not?*"

**Rock**: "*You are too powerful to be lost in the past.*"

**Jayfeather**: "*I*
 can be powerful here! I could raise kits, teach them everything I know,
 and then go back to the Clans. I...I don't want to leave.*"*

—Rock and Jayfeather *Sign of the Moon*, page 242

**Jayfeather**: "*From this moment on, you will be known as*
 the Teller of the Pointed Stones. Others will come after you, moon upon
 moon upon moon. Choose them well, train them well, and trust the future
 of your Tribe to them.*"*

**Half Moon**: "*Tribe?*"

**Jayfeather**: "*Yes.*
 You are a Tribe now, united in loyalty to everything you represent. It
won't be easy, but the other cats will understand what needs to be done
to keep you safe here forever.*"*

**Half Moon**: "*I'll miss you.*"
**Jayfeather**: "*And I you. I won't ever forget you, I promise.*"

—Jayfeather talking to Half Moon *Sign of the Moon*, page 268

"*There are no herbs that can take away memories. You just have to learn to live with them.*"
—Jayfeather to Bumblestripe *The Forgotten Warrior*, page 9

**Lionblaze**: "*Is Jayfeather back?*"

**Bumblestripe**: "*He got back just after you left.*"

**Lionblaze**: "*Was he okay?*"

**Bumblestripe**: "*He*
 snapped at Hazeltail for getting in the way, hissed at Cherrypaw for
trampling on Ferncloud's moss and ordered Foxleap and Toadstep to fetch
comfrey. So I guess he's fine.*"*

—Lionblaze and Bumblestripe about Jayfeather *The Last Hope*, pages 40-41

"*You'll never win! You can kill me! But that won't stop me! I´ll find you beyond my death, and I'll stop you!*"
—Jayfeather to Tigerstar *The Last Hope*, page 79

"*You! When all cats have closed eyes, we gave the gift*
of sight to the cat who is blind. You see more than most, but look
inside, too. See you own strength.*"*

—Midnight to Jayfeather *The Last Hope*, page 127

"*What does* that *mean? If you try really hard, do you think you could be a bit more obscure?*"
—Jayfeather's annoyance with StarClan's vague prophecy *The Apprentice's Quest*, page prologue

**Jayfeather**: "*Leafpool?*"

**Leafpool**: "*Are you okay? Firestar was flustered when*
he came back to camp. I was worried about you. I know how it feels, to
lose your place as a medicine cat.*"*

**Jayfeather**: "*Firestar says I can keep treating my Clanmates.*"

**Leafpool**: "*Brightheart*
 could treat the Clan, but that doesn't make her a medicine cat. You
need to be able to visit StarClan and share with other the medicine
cats and our ancestors.*"*

**Jayfeather**: "*I don't care.*"
**Leafpool**: "*Go to the Moonpool. Share your dreams with StarClan. Find Flametail and make him tell the truth to his Clanmates.*"
**Jayfeather**: "*How can I go? I'm not allowed to be a medicine cat outside ThunderClan!*"
**Leafpool**: "*No*
 one can stop you from visiting the Moonpool, do you think any cat would
 risk displeasing StarClan by standing in your way? Go to them and make
Flametail tell the truth!*"*

—Leafpool to Jayfeather *The Last Hope*, page 22

**Jayfeather**: "*Don't, Alderheart. Purdy's gone. He was*
very old and lived a long life, and now that life is done. Part of being
 a medicine cat is knowing when to let go.*"*

**Alderheart**: "*I didn't help him.*"

**Jayfeather**: "*Sometimes you can't.*"

—Jayfeather and Alderheart after Purdy dies *Shattered Sky*, page chapter 7