Ravenpaw
Ravenpaw, a sleek black tom, is a current loner, introduced as a ThunderClan apprentice in Into the Wild. After Firestar's introduction to the forest, he trains along with Graystripe and Ravenpaw and the three become good friends. Ravenpaw is nervous and shy around his Clanmates, largely due to the fact that his mentor, Tigerstar, treats him harshly and often belittles him in front of the other warriors. Part of this is due to the fact that Ravenpaw witnessed Tigerstar murdering Redtail, the former ThunderClan deputy. Eventually Tigerstar decides that Ravenpaw's storytelling abilities are too dangerous, and plots to have him killed to preserve his secret. Firepaw discovers this, and along with Graypaw escorts Ravenpaw across the WindClan border to shelter in Barley's barn, while telling the rest of the Clan that he is dead. Following his exodus, Ravenpaw seems to greatly enjoy his new life with Barley. He loses his old nervousness and becomes much more confident and outgoing, while retaining a loyal debt of gratitude towards his former Clanmates. His situation reflects an interesting motif present throughout the series: while some outsiders such as kittypets appear to have been born to live in a Clan, there are also Clan-born cats whose destinies lie elsewhere. Ravenpaw returns at various times throughout the series to lend assistance or shelter to cats traveling across his territory, most notably helping to comfort the entirety of the forest Clans during their relocation in Dawn of The New Prophecy series. Ravenpaw also assists Firestar and Graystripe in retrieving Graystripe's kits from RiverClan during Tigerstar's cruel leadership of the Clan in The Darkest Hour. He then returns to the Clan along with Barley to fight alongside ThunderClan and WindClan in the battle with BloodClan. While sheltering the forest cats in Dawn, Firestar asks Ravenpaw to rejoin ThunderClan and travel with them to the lake. Ravenpaw rejects, stating that he is happier being a rogue than he ever would be in a Clan.
In the manga series depicting Graystripe's journey back to the forest Clans, he and Barley help him and Millie over the Moonstone, leading them toward the Clan's new lake home.
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