Pinestar

"I have been honored to serve you this long. The rest of my life will be spent as a kittypet, where I have no battles to fight, no lives depending on me for food and safety."

— Pinestar announcing that he's leaving ThunderClan in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 308

Pinestar
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	Kittypet
Past:	ThunderClan
Names
Name:	Unknown Unknown Pinestar Unknown
Leader position
Preceded by:	Oakstar
Succeeded by:	Sunstar
Book appearances
Living	Tallstar's Revenge, Crookedstar's Promise, Yellowfang's Secret, Bluestar's Prophecy, Code of the Clans
Living	Tallstar's Revenge, Crookedstar's Promise, Yellowfang's Secret, Bluestar's Prophecy, Code of the Clans
Dead	Bluestar's Prophecy, The Ultimate Guide
Dead	Bluestar's Prophecy, The Ultimate Guide

Pinestar is a massive, tall, reddish-brown tom with green eyes, a broad head, soft belly fur, a muzzle crisscrossed with scars, powerful shoulders, a smooth pelt, and a torn ear.

History

In the Super Edition Arc

Tallstar's Revenge

At a Gathering, Pinestar, along with the rest of his Clan, bounds down the far slope. He greets Heatherstar, and dips his head to her. Heatherstar responds to him that it was good to see him. As Stagleap points out Cedarstar, he joins Heatherstar and Pinestar at the foot of the Great Rock. When RiverClan arrives, Heatherstar jumps up to the top of the Great Rock, with Cedarstar, Pinestar, and Hailstar close behind. After Cedarstar announces news for ShadowClan, signaling to Pinestar, Pinestar begins to speak, and his Clanmates shift below. Tallpaw wonders why they were pleased, and Pinestar begins that greenleaf had been kind to ThunderClan as well, as the woods were prey-rich, and he believes StarClan blesses them that moon. His gaze darkens, and he adds that there had been dogs in the forest, but their patrols had driven them back into Twoleg territory. Tallpaw asks if the other Clans were ever hungry, and Cloudrunner points out that Pinestar did not mention that the dogs had put up a fight. Afterwards, Pinestar is seen talking with Heatherstar in low murmurs, heads close.

Crookedstar's Promise

When ThunderClan cats take Sunningrocks from RiverClan, he is seen by Stormkit and Oakkit basking on the rocks. Shellheart is infuriated, saying that Pinestar's stretched out in the sunshine like it's his own territory. Stormkit tells Oakkit that Volekit said that Pinestar had a reddish brown pelt. When the patrol from RiverClan comes to warn them, Pinestar narrows his eyes, and Shellheart addresses him by saying they can have Sunningrocks for now, and they can help themselves to any fresh-kill found there as RiverClan doesn't need mice. However, he should be warned that RiverClan will take back Sunningrocks when they want.

He is later seen on the Great Rock at Crookedpaw's second Gathering. When the Clans start talking about kittypets invading their territory, he says that he will add border patrols to keep off any invaders, and glares at Hailstar. The cats wonder why he is accusing RiverClan, when they hadn't even crossed the border in moons. They think that Pinestar is just stirring up trouble for his own benefit.

Bluestar's Prophecy

Pinestar is ThunderClan's leader when Bluekit and Snowkit are born.

He is first mentioned by the medicine cat apprentice, Featherwhisker, when Bluekit sneaks into the leader's den with Snowkit to explore. Featherwhisker tells Bluekit, to her dismay, that he would report her to Pinestar, because he would smell her scent anyway. Featherwhisker also tells her that Pinestar would more likely admire her curiosity than be angry.

When Stormtail visits Bluekit, Snowkit, and their mother, Moonflower, he has to cut his visit with them short because he was supposed to share prey with Pinestar. Bluekit says that Stormtail must be very important in the Clan if the Clan leader wants to share prey with him and asks if she can come. Stormtail looks shocked, and says that Pinestar won't want to have kits come.

Poppydawn names one of her kits, Sweetkit, after Pinestar's mother, Sweetbriar. Pinestar gives Patchkit and Leopardkit their apprentice names and their new mentors.

A few days later, a patrol consisting of Thrushpelt, Sparrowpelt, Adderfang, and Windflight report to Pinestar that WindClan scent has been found all over some squirrel blood inside ThunderClan territory. He refuses to battle because there is not enough evidence to prove it was WindClan, but he promises to warn all the Clans at the Gathering the next night and to organize extra patrols along the Fourtrees border.

Before the meeting concludes, Pinestar makes Bluekit and Snowkit apprentices. The timing of this act is questioned by many cats. Some, such as Adderfang, believe that Pinestar made the two cats apprentices only to distract the Clan from itching to battle with WindClan. He soon leads his Clan into a battle with WindClan. Moonflower is killed in this battle by Hawkheart, the WindClan medicine cat, in a failed attempt to destroy their medicine supply.

Pinestar is revealed to now have a mate, Leopardfoot. He is shown to be wary around her, and doesn't show much more concern than any of her other Clanmates when she starts kitting. Many cats seem to think that he should show more concern for his mate and kits, the elder Larksong among them.

Leopardfoot finally gives birth to three kits, Tigerkit, Mistkit, and Nightkit. Pinestar doesn't seem to care much for the kits, and doesn't go to the nursery to visit them. Mistkit and Nightkit later die from sickness.

Later in the book, Pinestar chooses to leave the Clan to become a kittypet. He says that he only has one life left, and he doesn't want to lose it in battle. He says good-bye to every one of his Clanmates, even though Thistleclaw flinches away. When Leopardfoot questions him about their kits, Pinestar tells her that he could not be more proud of them, especially Tigerkit. Lionpaw is the first one who knew he was going to become a kittypet, and Pinestar tells Lionpaw the warrior name he would have given him is Lionheart.

During Bluefur's leader ceremony, Bluefur notices Pinestar among the cats. She is surprised Pinestar was allowed into StarClan, due to the fact that Pinestar betrayed the Clan by leaving them to be a kittypet. He gives Bluefur her first life, the life of compassion.

Yellowfang's Secret

At a Gathering, Pinestar is seen scrabbling up the Great Rock following Cedarstar. At a later one, Pinestar announces the beginning of the Gathering. At a third Gathering, he is spotted arriving in the hollow. Pinestar appears emotionless yet distracted, just before he decides to leave the Clans.

In the Field Guide Arc

Code of the Clans

Pinestar is first seen when Dappletail and White-eye try to catch fish to see what they taste like. He and Sunfall show up after the leader of RiverClan, Hailstar, and a few RiverClan warriors catch Dappletail and White-eye trying to catch fish. Pinestar and Hailstar then make Dappletail and White-eye eat the fish. They both dislike the taste and Pinestar explains that ThunderClan is not meant to eat fish.

Pinestar is the leader of ThunderClan and his mate is Leopardfoot. They have three kits named Tigerkit, Nightkit, and Mistkit. Trying to get his leader's attention, Lionpaw follows him one day, only to find his leader with a Twoleg. Pinestar sees him and makes up an excuse that he was watching out for a kittypet, and because the kittypet wasn't there and the Twolegs were coming, he pretended to be another kittypet. When Lionpaw sees Pinestar do this once more, Pinestar finally announces to the apprentice that he is leaving ThunderClan. He tells Lionpaw to tell the Clan that he is dead, but Lionpaw refuses and tells him he should just tell the Clan himself that he is leaving. Pinestar does so right after a battle against RiverClan. Leopardfoot asks about their kits, and Pinestar says he will not be a father for them to be proud of, but he will always be proud of them. He leaves, letting his deputy, Sunfall, take over the leadership of ThunderClan. Before he left he told Lionpaw that when it is time for him to receive his warrior name, to tell Sunfall he would have named him Lionheart, heart for the courage he had.

The Ultimate Guide

Pinestar has his own page. Leader of ThunderClan during Bluekit's birth, he preferred proving his Clan's strength in patrols and words rather than fighting. He did battle with RiverClan over Sunningrocks many times and had confidence in Sunfall to keep ThunderClan in order. He agreed to attack WindClan when Goosefeather warned that WindClan would destroy them otherwise, despite knowing how much this act would cost his cats. The battle was as bad as he had thought it would be, resulting in Bluepaw's mother, Moonflower's death, killed by the WindClan medicine cat, Hawkheart. Disillusioned with Clan life, he paid Twolegplace a visit many times, watching kittypets go about their easy lives. One particular kittypet, Jake, befriended him, as he had an interest in the forest cats after having traveled with Talltail. He became more and more intrigued with kittypet life as he took food from Twolegs before being found by one of his apprentices, Lionpaw. Trying to hide what he had been doing, the leader lied that he was acting as a kittypet to avoid fights after going through one beforehand. The next invasion by RiverClan caused Pinestar to leave his Clan, his mate, Leopardfoot, and his kits behind and become a kittypet after he granted Sunfall leadership of his Clan.

He is next referred to on the page shared between Goosefeather and Featherwhisker. He had been leader of ThunderClan while the two were medicine cats. Goosefeather's warning of ThunderClan's destruction made Pinestar attack WindClan before WindClan could do so to them. It is last said that Tigerkit is Pinestar and Leopardfoot's last remaining son.

Pinestar is mentioned briefly on his son, Tigerstar's page to have been Tigerstar's father and left ThunderClan to become a kittypet, shaming Tigerstar.

He last appears during Tigerclaw's leader ceremony. He gives his son his third life, the life for being aware of what goes on beyond Clan borders. Before leaving, Pinestar praises Tigerclaw's loyalty to ShadowClan and expresses his pride in him. Tigerclaw is angered that his father, who had become a kittypet, was permitted to give him one of his nine lives.

In the Novellas

Tigerclaw's Fury

Pinestar is not seen, but Tigerclaw mentions him in his thoughts. Tigerclaw is thinking he could have been the best leader of ThunderClan ever. The voice in his ear purrs that he would have been better than his father, who was a traitor to his Clan, and to Tigerclaw, leaving to be a kittypet. The voice states that Tigerclaw would never walk away from his Clanmates if he was their leader.

Trivia

• Vicky has mentioned on her Facebook that Poppydawn might be Pinestar's daughter.
  • Vicky has also mentioned on her Facebook that Poppydawn and Pinestar may instead be littermates.
• Pinestar has been mistakenly described as tawny.
• Pinestar has also been mistakenly described as fox-red.
• He has been described as fox-furred two times.
• He is shown as ThunderClan's leader in Yellowfang's Secret, despite having becoming a kittypet long before in Bluestar's Prophecy.
• He was described as ginger and then red right after in The Ultimate Guide.
• In The Ultimate Guide, Pinestar confirms that he was not called Pinestar when he died.
• Pinestar will feature in his own novella.

Character Pixels

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Family

Members

Mate:

Leopardfoot: (formerly) Deceased, verified StarClan member

Son:

Tigerstar: Status unknown

Daughters:

Nightkit: Status unknown

Mistkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Mother:

Sweetbriar: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Grandsons:

Bramblestar: Status unknown

Hawkfrost: Deceased, no residence

Tadpole: Deceased, unknown residence

Granddaughters:

Tawnypelt: Living (As of Wind)

Mothwing: Living (As of Wind)

Great Grandsons:

Tigerheart: Status unknown

Flametail: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Great Granddaughters:

Dawnpelt: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Distant Relatives:

Cloudstar: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Birdflight: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Spottedpelt: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Gorseclaw: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Tree

Cloudstar ♂

Birdflight ♀

Spottedpelt ♀

Gorseclaw ♂

Missing Generations

Unknown

Flashnose ♀

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Oakstar ♂

Sweetbriar ♀

Fallowsong ♀

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Swiftbreeze ♀

Adderfang ♂

Frecklewish ♀

Birchface ♂

Pinestar ♂

Leopardfoot ♀

Redtail ♂

Patchpelt ♂

Spottedleaf ♀

Willowpelt ♀

Nightkit ♀

Sasha ♀

Tigerstar ♂

Goldenflower ♀

Mistkit ♀

Longtail ♂

Graystripe ♂

Darkstripe ♂

Rainwhisker ♂

Sorreltail ♀

Sootfur ♂

Tadpole ♂

Mothwing ♀

Hawkfrost ♂

Brambleclaw ♂

Tawnypelt ♀

Briarlight ♀

Bumblestripe ♂

Feathertail ♀

Stormfur ♂

Blossomfall ♀

Molepaw ♂

Poppyfrost ♀

Honeyfern ♀

Cinderheart ♀

Lilyheart ♀

Seedpaw ♀

Alderheart ♂

Sparkpelt ♀

Juniperkit ♂

Dandelionkit ♀

Dawnpelt ♀

Flametail ♂

Tigerstar ♂

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Finchlight ♀

Nightheart ♂

Juniperclaw ♂

Sleekwhisker ♀

Strikestone ♂

Pouncestep ♀

Shadowsight ♂

Lightleap ♀

Rowankit ♂

Birchpaw ♂

    = Tom

    = She-cat

    = Gender unknown

Quotes

"Pinestar's a wily old cat. He's up to something, but no cat's crossed his borders. He's just stirring up trouble for his own reasons."

―Shellheart ^{Crookedstar's Promise}

"I remember my first battle. Sweetbriar insisted I eat a shrew, but I hid it when her back was turned and then told her it was delicious."

―Pinestar to Bluepaw ^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

"The four Clans will be enemies until the end. And yet we all want the same things: prey to hunt, a safe territory to raise our kits, and peace to share dreams with our ancestors. Why must we hate one another over such simple desires?"

―Pinestar to Bluefur ^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

"The warrior code exists for a reason. ThunderClan cats don't eat fish, don't catch fish, don't swim, don't have anything to do with the river at all."

―Pinestar to White-eye and Dappletail ^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

Poppydawn: "About time, too... If his kits had died in the night, they'd have gone to StarClan without ever meeting their father."

Swiftbreeze: "Poor Leopardfoot. She kept asking for him. What must she think?"

^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

"Do we really want a leader who no longer wishes to lead?"

―Lionpaw to ThunderClan about Pinestar's choice to leave ^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

Leopardfoot: "Pinestar, what about your kits? Won't you stay to watch them grow up?"

Pinestar: "They'll be fine with you, Leopardfoot. I'm not a father they could be proud of, but I will always be proud of them. Especially you, little warrior. Be strong, my precious son. Serve your Clan well."

^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

"With this life I give you compassion. Judge as much with your heart as with your mind."

―Pinestar giving Bluefur a life ^{Bluestar's Prophecy}

Tigerclaw: "Pinestar!"

Pinestar: "Yes, although that is not the name I had when I died."

^{The Ultimate Guide}

Leader info
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