BLUESTAR
NAMES
KIT: Bluekit
APPRENTICE: Bluepaw
WARRIOR: Bluefur*
LEADER: Bluestar
APPRENTICESHIPS
MENTOR: Stonepelt
APPRENTICES: Frostfur, Runningwind, Fireheart
KNOWN FAMILY
MOTHER: Moonflower
SISTER(S): Snowfur
MATE(S): Oakheart
SON(S): Stonefur, Mosskit
DAUGHTER(S): Mistyfoot
NEPHEW(S): Whitestorm
*Bluestar's warrior name was originally planned to be "Bluestone" (her original leader name being Moonstar) but it sounded too similar to Moonstone, so it was changed in the books.



PHYSICAL
Bluestar is a muscular blue-gray she-cat with icy blue eyes and short fur. Her muzzle is tinged with silver and she is lithe, but old.

PERSONALITY
When the Warriors series first started, Bluestar was a noble, brave, and just leader. But after Tigerstar's crimes were revealed to the whole Clan, she seemed more vulnerable. After discovering Tigerclaw's treachery she lost much of her sanity and had no trust in any of her warriors, paranoid of more traitors. Although she was devastated at the fact that her deputy was trying to take over the Clan, before she died at the end of A Dangerous Path, her strength and bravery came back to her.

HISTORY

INTO THE WILD
Listed as ThunderClan leader: Bluestar
In the prologue of this book, Bluestar is the witness to the prophecy, "Fire Alone Will Save Our Clan" when Spottedleaf interprets it [ITW0]. Based on those words, Bluestar makes the decision to invite a kittypet into ThunderClan [ITW1]. Soon after she looses her deputy Redtail and must appoint Lionheart as deputy [ITW2], and after his death, Tigerclaw. She takes on Firepaw as an apprentice, and refuses to give in to Brokenstar's demands for territory. Bluestar also makes many merciful decisions in this book -- she does not allow Yellowfang to be killed, despite her Clan's wishes, and in the end sends Firepaw to find out if Yellowfang is truly innocent. This action results in the liberation of ShadowClan [ITW24] and ThunderClan receiving it's new medicine cat, Yellowfang.


GENERAL
Bluefur, a ThunderClan she-cat, fell in love with a RiverClan tom, Oakheart. Keeping this secret, Bluefur had two kits. But when the ThunderClan deputy was ready to retire from their position, Bluefur knew she had to become deputy. For the good of the Clan, she had to make sure that Thistleclaw, the wild and arrogant warrior, did not succeed the deputy. So Bluefur made the desicion to give her kits to Oakheart, to be raised in RiverClan. And, in a tragic fasion, Bluefur became Bluestar, watched her kits grew up, and let the pain fade to the back of her memory.

Later, after a prophecy she received from StarClan, Bluestar invited Rusty, a young kitty-pet to ThunderClan. She became his mentor. Tigerclaw then tried to kill Bluestar is Forest Of Secrets, only to be saved by her former apprentice. Shocked and horrified by Tigerclaw's betrayal, Bluestar abandoned her faith in StarClan, her warriors, and the warrior code, deeply regretting her decision to give up her kits. Her insanity grew to the point that she revealed her secret to her kits, Stonefur and Mistyfoot. Both were in denial and shock, and plainly told the ThunderClan leader that she was crazy, and that Graypool was their mother. Only in A Dangerous Path did they truly believe her story, and by then it was too late, as they told Bluestar she was forgiven in her dying moments.


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