Brokenstar's name, as the name of his Clan, hangs over the forest like a storm cloud. Sinister things are happening within ShadowClan border, and the cruel
Brokenstar is the cause. Before Into The Wild and during it,
Brokenstar ravages ShadowClan by training underage warriors, abandoning elders, banishing WindClan, demanding more territory, and turning his Clan into an instrument of war.
Among his admitted crimes in this book is the murder of his father,
Raggedstar, and the murder of
Brightflower's two kits
Mosspaw and
Volepaw: a crime which he frames
Yellowfang, ShadowClan's medicine cat with.
Yellowfang joins ThunderClan, and in the end assists in the liberation of ShadowClan.
Brokenstar is banished with his comrades, but promises revenge.