Badgerfang

"I'd like to be called Badgerfang. Like you, because you were such a great mentor."

— Badgerpaw to Flintfang in Code of the Clans, page 56

Badgerfang
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	ShadowClan
Biographical information
Age:	Approx. 4 moons at death
Cause of death:	Killed by a WindClan warrior
Names
Name:	Badgerkit Badgerpaw Badgerfang
Education
Mentor:	Flintfang
Book appearances
Living	Code of the Clans, Yellowfang's Secret
Living	Code of the Clans, Yellowfang's Secret
Dead	The Ultimate Guide
Dead	The Ultimate Guide

Badgerfang is a very tiny, fluffy, black-and-white tom whose face is striped like a badger's.

History

In the Super Edition Arc

Yellowfang's Secret

Badgerkit is born to Fernshade and Wolfstep during Brokenstar's leadership. Yellowfang comments on how his face is striped like a badger's, and his mother calls him Badgerkit. Wolfstep comments on how his mate chose a good name for their kit. Later, Runningnose comments to Yellowfang on how well Badgerkit and Fernshade were doing.

Badgerpaw is announced as an apprentice with Flintfang as his mentor at a Gathering by Brokenstar. Many of the medicine cats of all four Clans state that he is far too young to become an apprentice, but Yellowfang tells them that Brokenstar knows what he's doing. When the Gathering is over, Badgerpaw walks beside Brokenstar, his eyes full of excitement, and Brokenstar tells him that he will fight in his first battle soon. Brokenstar says he's seen traces of WindClan on their territory, and they're going to attack at dawn, and Badgerpaw hops over to Flintfang to tell him about the battle and how he'll use the new move he taught him. Flintfang tells him to remember everything he taught him, and that there is no shame in losing a battle. Yellowfang notes that his voice is heavy, and wonders if he actually wants to bring Badgerpaw into a battle. After that, Fernshade says how she's proud of him and never thought she'd have given birth to him. Yellowfang wants to say that he shouldn't even be an apprentice yet, but keeps it to herself.

After the battle, Flintfang comes into camp with a dead Badgerpaw in his jaws. Flintfang is sad for his apprentice, and claims he'll never train a kit ever again. Meanwhile, Yellowfang murmurs to Badgerpaw that he will go to StarClan and promises he'll shine very brightly, though Flintfang corrects her and says he's not Badgerpaw anymore, but Badgerfang. Yellowfang says it's a great name, and believes that the making of kits into apprentices must stop. Flintfang then agrees to tell Fernshade what happened and assure her that he died a warrior.

Yellowfang confronts Brokenstar telling him Badgerfang is dead. Brokenstar doesn't seem to care and says it's a shame because he would've made a great warrior. Yellowfang snaps back that he would have but he was too young, and the apprenticing of kits had to stop, but Brokenstar dismisses it, saying that she wasn't leader.

Littlepaw asks Yellowfang if Badgerfang is really dead, and Yellowfang confirms it. Littlepaw exclaims that he's a true warrior now, and he hopes Badgerfang is watching him from StarClan.

In the Field Guide Arc

Code of the Clans

Badgerpaw is an underage apprentice of ShadowClan, only three moons old; he was made an apprentice early because Brokenstar was forcing kits to begin training much earlier than they were supposed to.

During the battle in which ShadowClan drives WindClan out of its territory, Badgerpaw is attacked by an enemy warrior, who wounds him fatally. He drops to the ground without making a sound. Blood is seen trickling from his ear. His mentor, Flintfang, shakes off the warrior, than carries Badgerpaw to the edge of camp, and lays him down. Badgerpaw is mentioned to smell strange; sour, like blood and crow-food while his breathing is quick and shallow. Flintfang is said to have had trained him every battle move he had known. Flintfang is about to go attack the warrior that had hurt Badgerpaw, but the young apprentice wakes up. Badgerpaw tells Flintfang that he wanted Brokenstar and his mother, Fernshade, to be proud of him, and asks Flintfang if he had done well enough. Flintfang tells him that ShadowClan would always remember him and how brave he was. Badgerpaw then asks if StarClan would make him a warrior, and what his name would be. When Flintfang says that he thought StarClan would let him pick his own name, Badgerpaw says that he wanted to be called Badgerfang after Flintfang, because he had been such a great mentor. Finally, Badgerpaw lets out a soft sigh, and dies.

Flintfang vows never to train an apprentice underage again, promising to follow the rule in the Warrior Code that doesn't allow kits under the age of six moons to train as an apprentice.

The Ultimate Guide

Badgerfang approaches Tigerclaw to give him one of his nine lives and Tigerclaw sneers, saying he's the smallest warrior he has ever seen. This angers Badgerfang, and he informs him that he died as Badgerpaw when he was three moons old after Brokenstar forced Badgerfang and his littermates to fight in battles before they should have even become apprentices. Because of that, his mentor, Flintfang, said he could choose his warrior name.

Badgerfang then gives Tigerclaw a life for training his young cats wisely, to train them when they are strong enough to survive their first battle. After giving Tigerclaw this life, Badgerfang walks away back to his StarClan Clanmates, allowing his Clanmates to give Tigerclaw the lives he needs to become leader.

Character Pixels

The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation. Kit Version Apprentice Version StarClan Version

Family

Members

Father:

Wolfstep: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Mother:

Fernshade: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Grandfather:

Toadskip: Living (As of Redtail's Debt)

Grandmothers:

Hollyflower: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Poolcloud: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Uncles:

Blackstar: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Flintfang: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Aunt:

Foxheart: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Half-Uncle:

Cloudpelt: Deceased, residence unknown

Half-Aunt:

Unnamed kit: Deceased, Suspected StarClan member

Tree

Template:Fernshade Tree

Quotes

Yellowfang: "His face is striped just like a badger."

Fernshade: "Then that’s his name. Badgerkit."

^{Yellowfang's Secret}

"You will go to StarClan, Badgerpaw. You will shine so brightly, I promise you."

―Yellowfang to Badgerpaw's dead body ^{Yellowfang's Secret}

Badgerpaw: "I hope Brokenstar is proud of me. And my mom."

Flintfang: "Fernshade will be very proud of you."

^{Code of the Clans}

"Are you proud of me?"

―Badgerpaw to Flintfang ^{Code of the Clans}

Badgerfang: "I am Badgerfang!"

Tigerclaw: "Are you sure? You’re the smallest warrior I’ve ever seen!"

^{The Ultimate Guide}