Ashfur, a pale gray tom with darker flecks and dark blue eyes, was a ThunderClan warrior who was introduced in the Original series as Ashkit and later Ashpaw along with his sister, Ferncloud. During the Original series, he and Ferncloud willingly served as bait for the pack of dogs threatening ThunderClan's camp and ran ahead of them in order to lead them off course. In the first book of the first series, there is a ShadowClan elder named Ashfur. He died in Rising Storm, but since ThunderClan's Ashfur was still Ashpaw at the time, there was no colliding of names.
Ashfur is shown to be deeply committed to the warrior code, and, like other warriors such as Dustpelt and Thornclaw, has concerns about the increasing amount of half-Clan and rogue cats that have been allowed to join ThunderClan. During the events of The New Prophecy, he falls in love with Squirrelflight, and attempts to get closer to her while she struggles with Brambleclaw. He is dismayed when Squirrelflight eventually chooses Brambleclaw over him, and as a result he resents Brambleclaw thereafter. Ashfur's resentment of Brambleclaw is also subconsciously motivated; he has never been able to forgive Brambleclaw for his father Tigerstar's actions, mainly his killing of Brindleface, Ashfur's mother.
In the Power of Three series, Ashfur has exhibited strange behavior. For example, during a sparring match between him and his apprentice, Lionblaze, Brambleclaw's apparent son, he turns ferociously hostile. However, it is revealed in Long Shadows that he has never been angry with Brambleclaw, just Squirrelflight. It was he who helped Hawkfrost and Tigerstar to try and kill Firestar to "show her what pain really was." He tries to do this again by attempting to kill Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf in a forest fire, but he released them when Squirrelflight reveals they aren't her kits, so hurting her in that way would not work. He vows to tell all of the cats at the Gathering, which will destroy Squirrelflight, claiming that she will lose Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Hollyleaf, Brambleclaw will want nothing to do with her, and no cat in any Clan would respect her. At the end of Long Shadows, before he gets the chance, he is mysteriously killed and his body was found floating in the stream of WindClan territory, while Squirrelflight happened to be away from the camp. Most of the cats of ThunderClan suspect it was a WindClan patrol, but it seems to be implied that Squirrelflight killed him. The fact that Firestar did not mention the death of Ashfur at the Gathering could be significant. Many people feel that Squirrelflight did not kill Ashfur, and the Erins are instead trying to surprise the readers.
Ashfur's mentor was Dustpelt. He has mentored his nephew Birchfall and Lionblaze. His parents were Brindleface and possibly Whitestorm. Whitestorm was killed during the battle with BloodClan in The Darkest Hour, while Brindleface was killed by Tigerstar in A Dangerous Path. He has one sister, Ferncloud, and as such is the uncle of Ferncloud's kits including Larchkit, Hollykit, Icepaw, Foxpaw, Shrewpaw, Spiderleg, and Birchfall.
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