2. I really like your analysis! "He loved too much". However, Mapleshade ended up breaking the Warrior Code by falling in love with Appledusk, a cat from RiverClan. The two other kits nodded, and Appledusk chuckled. that he did actually feel bad after his death. When this is revealed, she is exiled and attempts to go to Riverclan. The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's, This section summarizes Mapleshade's significant. So what? I should have had all that!.Mapleshade attempting to murder Sandstorm. The irony in this is that Birchface was killed (albeit accidentally) by Appledusk, the real father of Mapleshade's kits, during a battle between ThunderClan and RiverClan at the Sunningrocks. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. He took a vole from the fresh-kill pile and left. -mother to three kits After Frecklewish leaves, Ravenwing tells Mapleshade that she has made Frecklewish feel like life is worth living again with the birth of her kits. The group arrived at the river. Long before she troubled the dreams of Crookedstar or Tigerclaw, Mapleshade was a warrior of ThunderClan. Tigerstar | Blackfoot | Darkstripe | Jaggedtooth, Rogues Crookedstar's Promise, The Ultimate Guide, and Mapleshade's Vengeance state that she was rejected, the second book of which also states that she wasn't even allowed to stay the night in RiverClan's camp. I blinked. The Blog Monthly is back written by Lil, fresh off the printing press Hello, everyone! Mapleshade Leader: Oakstar sturdy brown tom with amber eyes Apprentice, Petalpaw, Deputy: Beetail dark brown striped tabby tom, Medicine cat: Ravenwingsmall black tom with blue eyes Apprentice, Patchpaw, Mapleshadethick-furred tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice, Wasppaw, Deerdapplesilver and black tabby she-cat, Frecklewishspeckled golden-furred she-cat with dark amber eyes Apprentice, Larchpaw, Nettlebreezeginger tabby tom with light blue eyes, Seedpeltlight brown-and-white tom with green eyes, Thrushtalonbrown tabby tom with dark blue eyes, Flintfurginger tabby tom with light blue eyes, Crimsonwishdark ginger tabby she-cat with blueish-purple eyes, Watersparka dark blue-gray she-cat with red-amber eyes, Dewspecklelight brown-and-white tabby she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice, Rushpaw, Patchpawthick-furred calico tom with green eyes, Petalpawlight brown she-cat with light green eyes, Larchpawdark brown tom with dark amber eyes, Wasppawblack-and-white tom with blue eyes, Rushpawblack she-cat with heather-colored eyes, Rabbitfurlight gray tabby tom with amber eyes, Barkhollydark brown she-cat with crimson eyes, Leader: Darkstarblack she-cat with green-blue eyes, Medicine cat: Dewsplashlight brown she-cat with blue eyes Apprentice, Rainpaw, Appleduskpale brown tom with green eyes Apprentice: Perchpaw, Milkfurwhite she-cat with gray-green eyes, MudgashOrange tabby she-cat with amber eyes, Perchtailgolden tabby tom with torn ears, Birchwishgolden-brown she-cat with green eyes, Rainpawblue-gray tom with dark blue eyes, Reedshine (Mother of Lightkitorange tabby she-kit; Applekitpale brown tom). Go eat it while your mother and I talk.. Then, maybe it isnt a question about action, but rather about motive. Momma, whos that? Patchkit asked quietly. Mapleshade is a sturdy, large, matted, sleek, tortoiseshell she-cat with a scar on the bridge of her nose, a fluffy white tail, and amber eyes. The fading part I got, thought was cool, until StarClan warriors in living memory were "faded" after death. She had three kits, Patchkit, Petalkit, and Larchkit, and everyone was asking, "Why didn't you name one after Birchface? Well, Mapleshade died after she killed Appledusk, whom she had blamed for the death of her kits as well as blaming Ravenwing and Frecklewish. Having lost everything she'd cared about, Mapleshade had nothing left to live for and heronly goal was taking revenge on those who had ruined her life. Mapleshade to Crookedstar in in Crookedstar's Promise. to be fair more than half of arc 4 suffers from continuity errors and really badly inserted plot devices (looking at you, fourth cat and hollyleaf). So th kits grow up in Thunderclan. Nothing, remember? Your disloyalty makes me sick. Hm I just think "evil" is so subjective though haha. Hes been spending alot of time in the medicine cat den, and I really need an apprentice. honestly, I'll never understand why Ashfur wasn't in the Dark Forest. He rejected her in front of RiverClan, who then refused to let her stay. Plus, to add to the confusion, Hollyleaf is in StarClan, but she did actually murder someone: Ashfur. Ashfur still attempted to murder kitties. Yes. Appledusk nodded quickly. Mapleshade could never make the Clans suffer enough for what had been done to her. Mapleshade tries to stop them talking, but Ravenwing reveals he had a omen, and thinks it's about the kits, that the kits do not belong in ThunderClan. Yes,her mate deserved to die, but I didnt think her kits did. Bewildered, I set the mouse down and padded up to him. I decide who eats it. He growled indignantly. Petalpaw smiled back. We have all night, after all. You have betrayed me and my kits. I have walked beside you from the day you were born, guiding your paw steps, laying out your destiny before you. She was a brave and skillful warrior, willing to fightany enemy she encountered. But then the Clans cast her out as a traitorand she vowed to seek her revenge. To be a loner when all you tried to do was love? Or, I think the case could also be made that she killed Ashfur out of self-defense/ to protect the clan because he was clearly unhinged and a threat. Later on, Mapleshade delivers two toms and a she-cat and names them Larchkit, Patchkit, and Petalkit, respectively. Would the clan find out? They have no right to be treated like this!! I guess Im not his favorite. Thistleclaw was absolutely insane and he let his insanity take him over the edge. Id first like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated anyone who Ivywish shares their opinion on the warrior code. -her only meeting up with Appledusk at night. Created by Meks. After his death, Tigerstar joined Mapleshade in the Dark Forest. You have everything that I wanted, Sandstorm! Tigerstar | Brokenstar | Hawkfrost | Thistleclaw | Mapleshade | Darkstripe | Shredtail | Snowtuft | Antpelt | Breezepelt | Clawface | Redwillow | Silverhawk | Juniperclaw | Darktail | Houndleap | Sparrowfeather | Rushtooth | Maggottail, The Kin But its for the best. Just as she had promised to Reedshine, Mapleshade's desire for vengeance would never sleep. Ravenwing figures out that Mapleshade's kits are Appledusk's kits too. The Official Warrior Cats Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. We never actually see her say or think anything about feeling bad for killing Ashfur. A more likely explanation I think is that she and Ashfur pretended to feel bad about their actions to get into StarClan. In the eyes of StarClan, though, what Mapleshade did was nothing worth banning her to the Dark Forest - she loved a cat from another Clan, and the kits died accidentally. The Wishful Nights - Book 1: Assassin's Oath. Hawkfrost especially since he found it easy to manipulate Mothwing and make fake signs.). Are you from Riverclan? Alternately, maybe it has to do with your connections in StarClan. She pretends that shes done nothing wrong, and might have had a chance to stay if she at least pretended she was remorseful, and if it were a recent enough battle, she could have said that she mated with Appledusk in secret, and when hed killed Birchface, shed seen his true colors. She goes to the Place Of No Stars and promises revenge on the Clans. I nodded, trying not to drop the herb. In this separate timeline, Mapleshades kits lived and Mapleshade proves Ravenwing wrong about the prophecy of the 3 reeds. She was apprenticed to Bloomheart and later became a warrior known as Mapleshade. From here, she could cause more suffering than when she had been alive, and fighting her battles alone. What is going on here? My mother sounded confused, anxious, and concerned at the same time. He was only foiled first when Brambleclaw killed Hawkfrost to save Firestar, and second when Squirrelflight revealed that the kits werent hers biologically and tricked Ashfur into thinking their deaths wouldnt hurt her. I went through the agony of bearing your kits! -kept it a secret Mapleshade, however, bested him in single combat and made an impression upon him by revealing her tragic past. There is no reason hed know and she wouldnt, but she didnt care. Mapleshadeshe's a really old Dark Forest cat, and all of the others seem afraid of her, even Tigerstarwell, Mapleshade is taking a special interest in me. No! Mapleshade vowed to the pregnant Reedshine that she would haunt Appledusk's descendants forever for what he did to her. Imagine that! Crookedstar spent much of his life being swayed by Mapleshade's vengeful spirit, but once he realized the darkness behind her words, he turned away from her and focused on leading his Clan. Mapleshadewas a female she-cat born in ThunderClan, one of the fivewarrior Clans, during the time that Oakstar was leader. While he fell in love with Snowfur, Thistleclaw despised her sister, Bluestar. Ashfurs motives were clearly bad, even though he never actually killed anyone. Warrior cats is about clans of feral cats surviving in the wild. That place is full of weak-willed cowards who clung to the warrior code like ants to a leaf in a puddle. Hawkfrost almost destroyed an enetire clan and was on the same path as tigerstar, he was ready to kill without mercy.I feel like thats enough to go to hell, 2)Hollyleaf didnt go to the dark forest because she was able to make up for what she did, and she faught to the death for her clan instead of the dark forest, 3)Ashfur didnt pretend to feel bad but starclan gives us the reason he went there.he did what he did out of love.I dont think that justifys anything but thats the reason, 4)Crowfeathers sidequest kind of shows us that you dont choose, he was almost killed and woke up in the dark forest, but he didnt choose to go there and was afraid until ashfur came and asked what the heck was going on with him, All in all i think the concept of starclan and the darkforest are pretty akin to our own, if your evil you go to hell, if your good you go to heaven, About your 1) point, my intention was never to argue that any cat in the Dark Forest was a good cat, who didn't deserve to be in the Dark Forest, just to point out there is no defined metric as to why cats go to the Dark Forest, beyond a nebulous sense of "oh, well they're bad.". . Yeah, I think that they(dead cats) can make up rules as they go. That place is full of weak-willed cowards who clung to the warrior code like ants to a leaf in a puddle. I killed him for you! You have everything that I wanted, Sandstorm! Your Clanmates are lying injured in camp yet you sneak off and risk your life to save a warrior who can't even outrun a Twoleg! You will see that soon enough!!!!!. Tell me, does this have to do with your kits? TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Mapleshade watched them, amused and satisfied. And we know that, after their death, Mapleshade was haunted by their cries and kills three people to free them. Appledusk tries to save them, but cannot. Meanwhile, Mapleshade was also targeting cats in ThunderClan. Sol | One Eye | Slash's Group (Slash, Bee, Snake) | Stripes's Group (Stripes) | Jacques and Susan | Darktail | Rain | Dodge's Group (Dodge) | Jaggedtooth | Willie's Group (Willie), Non-Cats Can you imagine what that feels like? Your loyalty should be to your Clan, not her! But, I still dont feel like this theory is very strong. Ravenwing scents me behind him. Mapleshades heart beat quickly. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Mapleshade goes for her instead, but Appledusk jumps in the way, and he takes the fatal hit. Frecklewish hoped that Mapleshade would name one of her kits after Birchface. Yes, it WAS Mapleshade's Fault that her Kits Drowned by HollyleafTheGreat Fan Articles November 2, 2020 59 comments 4 min read HollyleafTheGreat takes a look at Mapleshade's involvement in the death of her kits. It means that really StarClan has little or no power to stop cats from joining them. Momma, where are we going? Petalkit squeaked. Why do you think I'm here?.Mapleshade to Crookedstar. She finds herself in a dark place and wonders aloud if it's StarClan; a voice tells her that it's the Dark Forest, and she feels glad, not upset, that she ended up there. Their lives didn't matter to her, even though she spent so much time with them. "Huh," Larchkit says. Why would you want to go to StarClan? Crimsonwish lay in another wide hole in the den, sleeping away peacefully. Birchface is rightfully their father, and they are Thunderclan cats through and through! Second, the stepping stones are not the safest way to cross, and the map shows two perfectly good bridges that she could have used to cross. I added Birchface and Flowerpaw for fun :) Materials I used : Strathmore Drawing, Recycled drawing paper. HollyleafTheGreat takes a look at Mapleshades involvement in the death of her kits. Frequently, the blame falls on everyone but Mapleshade. Mapleshade is a large, thick-furred,tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes, anda long, thick, fluffy, white tail. He insists that the Clan needs to know the truth, and tells them. Mapleshade was once a good-hearted cat,bent on serving her Clan to her last breath. Welcome to r/WarriorCats! Mapleshade is a sturdy, large, matted, sleek, tortoiseshell she-cat with a scar on the bridge of her nose, a fluffy white tail, and amber eyes. Mapleshade gives her news to the Clan the next day, and when asked about the father she says only that she's raising the kits alone. Tigerstar | Thistleclaw | Mapleshade | Goosefeather | Ashfur | Darkstripe | Hollyleaf, RiverClan Can you imagine what that feels like? Warrior of the Week Gallery #30 - Mapleshade, The Journey So Far: The Place of No Stars. Mapleshade is listed under RiverClan's character list in the table of contents, just after Crookedstar. Good theory! You get rejected from StarClan if you truly are evil. Yeah, agreed Mapleshade, pretending to be wistful. Caliart alcohol markers. She also killed Frecklewish, who watched her kits drown, and Ravenwing, who revealed her secret as a result of an omen from StarClan, killing three cats in total. She was proven to be right, as Goosefeather's ability slowly overwhelmed him and drove him mad, without the need for her input. Appledusk confesses to the Clan about what happened, and he vows that his loyalty is only to his Clan; he blames Mapleshade for the kits' death, and RiverClan has no interest in letting her stay. Needless to say, the Clan does not take this well, and Mapleshade and her kits are exiled. Not wishing she were in StarClan. Mapleshade's kits survive the journey to RiverClan and grow up in the new Clan. Does Frecklewish really belong in the Dark Forest? If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. To be rejected twice? She then kills Frecklewish using adders. Oh Appledusk. You must promise me that you will be loyal to your Clan above all other things. Pigma Micron Archival Ink pens. Of course. I dashed outside, nodding to Crimsonwish. Once she left, I grabbed the mouse and took it back to Crimsonwish. Afterwards, she gets pregnant with his kits. But on the contrary, Mapleshade just said, Go ahead., A stream somehow flowed into my den and brought along three water reeds with it. Ravenwing stated. Honestly, Mapleshade's actions make more sense than Ashfur's in that context because she actually killed the cats that had a direct hand in causing her exile/the kits' death, while Ashfur intended to murder Firestar, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze, all cats who never did anything to cause direct harm to him. Cats like Tigerstar, Thistleclaw, and Brokenstar who viewed StarClan and stupid and weak simply did not want to go there after their deaths. Same thing goes for Hollyleaf. I went through the agony of bearing your kits! Mapleshade watched them elatedly, her heart about to bust with love. Shes not like Rainflower (Crookedstars mother) or Onestar, who abandoned her kits because of choice! Blinded by rage and jealousy, Mapleshade attacked Reedshine, but Appledusk jumped in the way and was killed instead. So, how do you like Appledusk?. Ready to build her army. -mother to three kits When her secret was unveiled prematurely by Ravenwing, however, she and her kits wereexiled from ThunderClanas traitors. Momma, She whispered, do you think I will be as tall as the trees one day?, Mapleshade purred. Spottedpaw is bewildered, and when Mapleshade orders Thistleclaw to get rid of her, he leads her away from the scene. Winners of the July 2022 fan challenge + new challenge announcement. They can kill a cat in seconds. He looked at me, reassurance in his eyes. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/WarriorCatsMapleshadesVengeance. Hmm. -kept it a secret Deathberries come from the dark-leaved yew bush and can be characterized by their bright red color. I thought I would examine some examples of cats who we know what their lives were like, and why they went to the Dark Forest or not after they died, and show how there seems to be no consistent rule about who goes there. and I could go on with Hawkfrost but you get the point only one that can't be justified under this ruling is Thistleclaw which yes he was manipulative to a minor he didn't actually break the warrior code there (Despite it being all types of wrong) and we can make the argument that he wanted to make himself stronger for his clan by going to the dark forest. But you have not won, Mapleshade. You will live to regret this day forever, ThunderClan, and that is a promise.Mapleshade when she is exiled from ThunderClan. They are so young and full of potential. Mapleshade teaches Goosefeather how to fight. Mapleshade was a ThunderClan warrior that served under Oakstar's leadership in the forest territories and a Dark Forest member. When Stormkit's jaw was permanently disfigured, resulting in him being rejected and renamed "Crookedkit" by his mother, and leaving him restless with unfocused ambition, Mapleshade seized the opportunity to turn him down a dark path. Patchkit interrupts crossly that he did not, he was just resting. Ravenwing. Me too! Larchkit exclaimed. Narrator about Mapleshade's failed accomplishment. Dog Pack | Rats (Rat Leader) | Sharptooth. I feel frozen with excitement! And, while its a little bit fuzzier with Thistleclaw, he did tell Tigerpaw to attack Tiny, and may have had him killed if Bluefur hadnt stepped in, and also the whole Spottedleafs Heart thing, which is controversial and problematic and I dont want to get too into it here, but overall we can agree was gross and bad. Another reason why she shouldve not gone to the dark forest was when she was training Crookedstar. We don't know how magic and stuff works in this world. You will find much better company in the cats here, Tigerclaw. Point 2) you might be right that Hollyleaf made up for what she did through heroic action. Petalkit wrapped her paws around Patchkit's body,while Larchkit leaned his head as to follow his mother. This is where my issue with the Dark Forest is since who is sent to the Dark Forest or not seems rather arbitrary. No one messes with any of us.. You will find much better company in the cats here, Tigerclaw.Mapleshade's changed opinion on StarClan. Appledusk's apprentice jumps on Mapleshade and bites her neck, badly wounding her; she vows to take revenge on Reedshine and Appledusk's bloodline before crawling away. Patchkit had to be carried for too . Maybe it's just a matter of how many times you broke the warrior code and how serious these breaks are?Like with Mapleshade, she broke the code like 5 times in the novella I believe and 3 of those times were murder one of which is a medicine cat at the High Stones a place where cats really shouldn't be fighting and especially not killing. Yes, it WAS Mapleshade's Fault that her Kits Drowned by HollyleafTheGreat Fan Articles November 2, 2020 59 comments 4 min read HollyleafTheGreat takes a look at Mapleshade's involvement in the death of her kits. The reasons why she didnt go to the bridge was Mapleshade decides her third cat to kill will be Appledusk. To be a loner when all you tried to do was love? Then, she finds out that Frecklewish watched her kits drown. Mapleshade doesnt say anything, and everyone assumes she doesnt like talking about her dead mate, and that they are Birchfaces. Once he was gone, I turned to my littermates. She suddenly heard someone approaching. Because she didnt blame one cat entirely, her mind created the visions to be one kit less with each kill. So tell me, is Birchface really the father of this litter?, Mapleshade suddenly felt anger surge through her. But with Firestar it's more indirect so I doubt it would count against him that much considering that's the worse he actually did. My name is Mapleshade. Cats like Tigerstar, Thistleclaw, and Brokenstar who viewed StarClan and stupid and weak simply did not want to go there after their deaths. What if her kits didnt live up to Birchface? You told me you loved me! I dont want your fat, greedy self eating this precious piece of prey.. She has a breakdown before she ran into the tunnels, but I think that was less about guilt about murdering Ashfur, and more about just general guilt surrounding breaking the warrior code and having everything she thought to be true collapsing around her. According to one of the authors, Vicky Holmes these were actually hallucinations caused by Mapleshade's grief and feelings of betrayal, which drove her mad. I dont remember if it was raining, or if it were flooding season for the river, but many people say Oakstar would have known, and to that I say so would Mapleshade. She was apprenticed to Bloomheart and later became a warrior known as Mapleshade. Nettlebreeze says that Mapleshade deserves to go to the Dark Forest. Mapleshade tries to stop them talking, but Ravenwing reveals he had a omen, and thinks it's about the kits, that the kits do not belong in ThunderClan. She stumbles to the barn where she'd slept before, and falls unconscious for the last time. Upon taking her and the kit's bodies to RiverClan camp, Appledusk blamed Mapleshade for crossing the river which resulted in the kit's deaths, and rejected her in front of his Clan. Of c-course! However, Mapleshade also had a hidden arrogant, naive and selfish side to her, as seen when she acted possessive over Appledusk and disregarded his concerns regarding their relationship, and at one point resisted the urge to attack Frecklewish when the other she-cat attempted to bond with who she thinks are her brother's kits. Mapleshade swears to get revenge on Appledusk. Under Mapleshade's influence, Tigerstar killed many Clan cats in his quest to rule the entire forest, eventually uniting ShadowClan and RiverClan as TigerClan briefly.
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