Spottedleaf is a beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes, a black, brown, and amber dappled pelt, white paws, and a golden-and-black striped tail. She has played some minor and slightly major roles in series to date despite her early death in Into the Wild, after which she usually appeared in Firestar's dreams. Originally Spottedleaf was ThunderClan's medicine cat at the start of Into the Wild and foretold the Original series prophecy "Fire alone can save our Clan". Firestar, when first introduced into the camp, immediately takes a liking to her and it is implied that she begins to return his feelings. Unfortunately, she is killed by Clawface during a raid by ShadowClan.
Spottedleaf is perhaps the most prominent member of StarClan, often serving as a spiritual guide to the protagonists of each series, most notably Firestar, whom she falls in love with over the course of his adventures in the Original series. She is often seen as a source of comfort, and presents cryptic warnings and messages to cats notifying them of impending events. Being dead, she cannot serve any more prominent roles in the lives of the cats she watches over, a fact that is frequently a source of frustration to her regarding Firestar's budding relationship with Sandstorm. It is revealed that she does indeed wish things were different between them, and continues to love Firestar despite their differences of existence.[3] She accepts her position, however, and acknowledges Sandstorm in a dream of her own in order to reassure the living cat of Firestar's loyalty.
Spottedleaf's relationships are relatively unknown, given her early death. Her mother is listed as being Dappletail, her sister is Willowpelt so her nephew is Graystripe. Tigerstar is known to be her cousin. Having not found an apprentice by the time of her death, Yellowfang succeeds her when she joins ThunderClan. It is revealed in Firestar's Quest that Spottedleaf is a direct descendant of the kits of Birdflight, a SkyClan she-cat who stayed with ThunderClan during SkyClan's exile. Thus, she is part-SkyClan, along with her apparent cousin Tigerstar, and permitted to walk in the skies of SkyClan's warrior ancestors as well as StarClan.
Spottedleaf walks in the dreams of Firestar, Leafpool, and sometimes Jayfeather.
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