Thursday, January 29, 2009

Warriors: Cats of the Clans: Cinderpelt

Cinderpelt

Cinderpelt, a fluffy gray she-cat with blue eyes, is ThunderClan's medicine cat for a large part of the Original and The New Prophecy series. Originally she trains to be a warrior as an apprentice under Fireheart's mentoring, but she is critically injured by a monster (car) when she stumbles into a trap laid supposedly by Tigerstar. Soon after she begins training as a medicine cat apprentice under Yellowfang. Cinderpelt is one of Firestar's closest friends throughout the series, and remains his trusted advisor whenever he needs spiritual guidance. Initially overexcited and bouncy, she often overwhelms Firestar as an apprentice and frequently dashes off on her own. After she begins training as a medicine cat, her personality greatly matures and she appears to possess the wisdom of a much older cat. She was in love with Firestar, though Firestar himself never realizes this and Cinderpelt never tells him. Though she always wanted to be a warrior, she accepts her new destiny and dedicates her life to becoming a legendary medicine cat. She is killed in Twilight of The New Prophecy series while defending Sorreltail in the nursery while she is saving her kits from a marauding badger. StarClan had originally destined Cinderpelt to be a warrior, but they did not plan on her being caught in Tigerstar's trap on the Thunderpath.

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As a test of her loyalty, StarClan told Cinderpelt of her impending death before it happened, a secret which Cinderpelt kept hidden even when her apprentice, Leafpool, pledged to leave the Clan. As a reward, Cinderpelt was reincarnated after her death into Cinderheart in the Power of Three series. Cinderheart herself is not aware of this consciously, however she unknowingly exhibits behaviors and insights similar to that of the old medicine cat. The implications of this "second life", as well as Cinderpelt's true destiny, have yet to be realized. Cinderpelt was mentored by Yellowfang, and mentored Leafpool as her successor. Her mother is Frostfur, which makes Thornclaw and Brightheart her siblings. Her brother, Brackenfur, is the father of Cinderheart, a situation which is slightly confusing given Cinderpelt's reincarnation. This would imply, then, that Cinderpelt's brother is now her father, though the new Cinderheart is still very much an individual cat in her own right. Though she is dead her spirit lives on in the hearts of the Clan, especially Leafpool's.

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