Greystripe

graystipe
Affiliations

current: thunderclan

past: kittypet,loner,riverclan,

lionclan



Age

appox. 98moons (8 years)





names

kit: graykit

apprentice: graypaw

warrior: graystripe

deputy: graystripe

kittypet:graystipe

loner: graystipe

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<p style="text-align: right;">mother: willowpelt

<p style="text-align: right;">father: patchpelt

<p style="text-align: right;">half-brothers: darkstripe,longtail

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<p style="text-align: right;">half-sister: sorreltail

<p style="text-align: center;">                bluestars prophecy

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 * Graypaw is seen very briefly, play-fighting with Sandpaw and Dustpaw.
 * At the end of the book, Bluestar sees Rusty sitting on his fence post, and, remembering the prophecy, she asks Whitestorm to tell Graypaw to stalk Rusty for a little while before she can decide if she wants to invite him into her Clan.

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<p style="text-align: center;">firestars qeust
 * Graystripe is the deputy of ThunderClan when this book begins. When Firestar asks if the patrols are back, Graystripe reports that the last one has come in. Graystripe tells him that the hunting patrol had caught lots of prey, and that Thornclaw was going to send the apprentices to collect it. He then asks Firestar why he wanted the patrols, and Firestar said that he wanted to know if there was anything to report. Firestar then asks Graystripe if they'd seen any rogues on their territory, and Graystripe replies, saying not a trace. He asks if something was bothering Firestar, but Firestar says he is fine. He reports that a fox had crossed over to ThunderClan territory.
 * Sandstorm tells Firestar that Brambleclaw had been hunting with Ashfur and Graystripe all afternoon. When Longtail gets his eyes scratched by a rabbit, Graystripe and Mousefur are seen coming out of the warriors' den to see what was going on. Graystripe offers to lead a hunting patrol.
 * When they are attending a Gathering, Graystripe tells Brambleclaw to calm down because he is so excited to go to his first Gathering as a warrior. Graystripe tells Brambleclaw that the Clans might not believe it if he kept on acting like an apprentice. Once the Gathering ends, Firestar tells Graystripe and Sandstorm to bring the Clan back to camp so that he can go to the Moonstone. Graystripe offers to go with Firestar, but Firestar tells him that he'll be fine on his own. He tells Firestar to tell Ravenpaw that he said hello when he passes his farm.
 * When Firestar decides to tell someone about the journey he would be embarking on, Graystripe is one of the three cats he told, along with Sandstorm and Cinderpelt. Before Firestar can finish telling the three cats, Graystripe and Sandstorm accuse him of abandoning his Clan to return to his kittypet life, as that is what they believe he is going to tell them. He wants Sandstorm to come with him and she gladly accepts, while Graystripe and Cinderpelt promise to watch over the Clan. When Firestar leaves, Graystripe is left in charge of the Clan along with Cinderpelt until Firestar and Sandstorm return from rebuilding SkyClan. When Firestar and Sandstorm are leaving, Graystripe tells Firestar that he will wait for him forever

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<p style="text-align: center;">Into the Wild
 * On Graypaw's first night out as an apprentice, he meets Rusty, a flame-colored kittypet. Rusty strayed out of the kittypet domain he lived in, which granted him to a small fight with Graypaw. Then, Graypaw tells him he fought a good fight, for a kittypet, and proceeds to tell him about the Clans. He then scents cats from his Clan and tells Rusty to go away. Rusty didn't take to the warning in time and Bluestar and Lionheart find the two, making Graypaw crouch under their presences. He is then pleased with Bluestar's praise as she tells them that they've been watching them and is glad to see how he reacted toward an intruder. Bluestar asks Rusty to join the Clan, but Rusty says he wishes to give it some thought.
 * The next day, when Rusty arrives at ThunderClan camp after deciding to accept Bluestar's offer, Graypaw watches him fight Longtail. He congratulates him on his victory along with some other cats of ThunderClan. He is interrupted, however, when Ravenpaw arrives back to camp from a battle against RiverClan alone, despite having left camp with a patrol. Graypaw is shocked along with the rest of the Clan when Ravenpaw announces Redtail's death at the paws of Oakheart. He and Firepaw visit Ravenpaw in the medicine cat's den while Spottedleaf is treating his injuries After talking to Ravenpaw, he and Firepaw are asked to leave the den by Spottedleaf and the two retire to bed in the apprentices' den as cats go to sit vigil for Redtail.
 * Two moons after Firepaw joined the Clan, Graypaw bumps into him, on his way to deliver a message to the patrol along the WindClan border from Bluestar. Graypaw hunts with Firepaw for a bit, then runs off to deliver the message. When Graypaw meets Firepaw and Yellowfang with the patrol, he was reassured his friend that Bluestar would give him a fair punishment. Later, when Bluestar calls a Clan meeting, he is in awe when Bluestar takes Firepaw on as her apprentice.
 * Once Firepaw's training is started again, Graypaw and his two friends attend the first Gathering since the disappearance of WindClan and meet all sorts of cats.
 * After returning from the Gathering, Graypaw, Firepaw and Ravenpaw accompany Bluestar and Tigerclaw to the Moonstone. When the cats return, they meet Barley. He tells them that the dogs are unleashed at night, and the safest way to get back to ThunderClan is through the fields. They are attacked by rats, and Bluestar loses a life. She says that was her fifth life, and then Tigerclaw accuses Barley of leading them into a trap. They then travel back to camp, then realize that the camp is being attacked by ShadowClan.
 * After the battle, Lionheart is seriously injured, and he dies from his injuries. Graypaw is grief-stricken, but finishes his training with Ravenpaw's mentor, Tigerclaw. While Graypaw was grieving, he let out a loud cry exactly like the one in Firepaw's dream. Firepaw shakes it off, and tells himself that he needed to be there for his friend. One day, when Firepaw returns from hunting Graypaw shows him his paw he cut on a sharp rock in the stream. Firepaw tells him to go to Spottedleaf after staring at it.
 * A few days later, Frostfur's four kits disappear and their kidnapper killed Spottedleaf. In addition to that, Yellowfang has disappeared and is accused of killing Spottedleaf and taking the kits to ShadowClan. Bluestar assigns Firepaw to find her. Firepaw then explains to Graypaw, when they're out of camp, that Tigerclaw had killed Redtail, and Redtail had killed Oakheart, then told him of Tigerclaw gossiping with Darkstripe about how Ravenpaw sneaked away and told ShadowClan that ThunderClan's strongest warriors were away and how Tigerclaw posted death threats on Ravenpaw. They take Ravenpaw to live with Barley, and look for Yellowfang afterwards.
 * They find her in ShadowClan territory and find out that Yellowfang didn't steal the kits, and she is trying to save them. Then, a patrol from ThunderClan finds them and agrees to help rescue the kits. The cats attack and manage to drive out Brokenstar and his warriors. When they get back, Graypaw is the one who points out that Spottedleaf was not attacked by Yellowfang, but Clawface, and Whitestorm tells Bluestar about Graypaw and Firepaw's courageous fighting and the two are made warriors. Graypaw receives the name Graystripe, and Firepaw becomes Fireheart.

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Fire and IceEdit

 * Graystripe and Fireheart finish their warrior vigils and go to the warriors den to sleep. Later, they attend the Gathering, in which they are extremely proud to attend their first Gathering as warriors. The next morning, Bluestar assigns them the task of finding WindClan and bringing them back. They are able to locate the WindClan camp and pick up their scents. With the WindClan scents on their noses, they follow the trail and find a tunnel and discover that a Thunderpath is right above them.
 * The next day, Graystripe and Fireheart follow cats into another tunnel and find the entire Clan sleeping in it. Once WindClan is ready to journey home, Graystripe leads them to the final Thunderpath. Once they cross, Graystripe and Fireheart meet their old friend, Ravenpaw. He and Barley welcome them to stay and hunt for the night. The next morning, Graystripe and Fireheart lead WindClan back to their camp.
 * Once they return, Graystripe and Fireheart travel to Fourtrees with Deadfoot and Onewhisker. He and Fireheart plan to take a risky route through RiverClan territory, along the gorge, to get home sooner. Unfortunately, the cats run into a RiverClan patrol. The cats leap into battle, and a ThunderClan patrol comes and assists the four cats. During the battle, Graystripe fights Whiteclaw too close to the cliff, and Whiteclaw falls to his death. Graystripe is later seen to be extremely shaken at the thought of killing an opponent, though many of his Clanmates reassure him.
 * Graystripe and Fireheart return to ThunderClan camp and they receive Brackenpaw and Cinderpaw as apprentices. Later, Graystripe is seen saying that his own apprentice, Brackenpaw, was a quick learner and that he enjoyed being a mentor. The day after that, Fireheart's mischievous apprentice, Cinderpaw, runs towards the frozen river to look at it. Then, in between two pieces of ice, Graystripe sees a water vole. He runs out to catch it, but the ice beneath him breaks under his weight and he falls in the river. As he flows downstream, Silverstream, a young RiverClan warrior, rescues him. Graystripe could barely take his eyes off of the beautiful Silverstream, and only starts to feel the effects of the icy water when she leaves, and sees Yellowfang when he returns to camp and must stay in camp because he has a chill.
 * All throughout leaf-bare, Graystripe often sneaks out of camp, even though he is sick, and begins to neglect Brackenpaw's training. Curious, Fireheart follows his scent and sees him talking with Silverstream. Later, Fireheart is spotted spying on the two and confronts them. Graystripe says good-bye to Silverstream and starts arguing with Fireheart about his loyalty as the two head back to camp. A short while after, when Bluestar and the rest of the Clan are discussing a border raid on RiverClan, he suggests that the ice might be too dangerous to cross. Tigerclaw confronts him, accompanied by Darkstripe, about being afraid to fight. After the discussion, Graystripe seems embarrassed.
 * After all, they try to raid RiverClan. Fireheart requests to be on the patrol, because he wanted to save Graystripe from making a choice. When they get to the river, they decide it's not safe to cross. So they go back to camp. When Fireheart gets back to camp, Graystripe attacks him. Graystripe yowls at Fireheart while he swats his ear, telling him that he knew Fireheart didn't trust him. The fight ends when Bluestar yells at the two best friends.
 * When Brokentail and a group of cats still loyal to him, including Clawface, attack the camp, Graystripe pulls Clawface off of Fireheart when he is attacking him, and kills him. Though he is upset for killing a cat, Fireheart comforts him by reminding him of Spottedleaf's murder. Fireheart asks him where Bluestar is and Graystripe tells him she had sent him back to fetch Tigerclaw because they found bones with rogue scent on them. The next day, Fireheart tells him that they should go hunting together. Graystripe doesn't want to hunt with Fireheart, and refuses. The ginger warrior explains that Bluestar sent them hunting. Graystripe growls that he always does whatever Bluestar tells him to, but reluctantly goes hunting with Fireheart. At the end, he catches more than Fireheart.
 * Later, Graystripe, along with the other warriors of his Clan, fight against RiverClan and ShadowClan, who were attacking the WindClan camp. Graystipe looks over and sees Silverstream attacking Fireheart.
 * Graystripe tells her to stop, and when she does, Fireheart instinctively pins her down, to the horror of his friend, but Fireheart lets her go, and Graystripe goes after the fleeing Silverstream to make sure she wasn't hurt. When he returns to camp, he is criticized by Darkstripe and Tigerclaw, and goes to Fireheart for support. The two friends make up and continue to stay friends even though Graystripe continues to see Silverstream

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Forest of SecretsEdit

 * Graystripe and Fireheart visit Ravenpaw after a Gathering to learn more about Redtail's death. They found out that Oakheart wasn't killed by Tigerclaw, he was killed accidentally by a rockfall. It was also said that Redtail had Stonefur pinned down, and Oakheart saved him, saying that no ThunderClan warrior would harm Stonefur. Graystripe later asks Silverstream about this, who doesn't know why Oakheart would protect Stonefur. Though her friend, Mistyfoot, who knows about Graystripe and Silverstream's affair, confirms her father's death, but she can't explain why no ThunderClan warrior should harm her brother. She believes her mother, Graypool, might know. When Silverstream and Mistyfoot bring the elderly she-cat to meet the two ThunderClan cats, she asks Silverstream, Mistyfoot, and Graystripe to leave so she can talk with Fireheart alone.
 * A few days later, the river starts to rise. Graystripe insists on seeing Silverstream to make sure she's alright. Fireheart goes with him. As they travel downstream, they find two small kits in the river. They manage to rescue them and are brought to RiverClan camp, and are revealed to be Mistyfoot's two missing kits. Crookedstar thanks them grudgingly, and refuses to accept any more help from ThunderClan, even though their camp is flooded and their fish are poisoned by Twoleg trash. However, thanks to Graypool, Crookedstar allows Graystripe and Fireheart to hunt for them, though it will be a challenge to hide it from their own Clan.
 * The next day, while bringing prey to RiverClan, Graystripe receives some news- Silverstream is pregnant with his kits. Graystripe and Silverstream are ecstatic about the news and Fireheart tries to tell them that it could be a bad thing, but both Silverstream and Graystripe are happy, because this would tie them together forever. He and Fireheart head back to ThunderClan, but are caught by Tigerclaw. He takes Graystripe and Fireheart to Bluestar, who punishes them by making them return to apprentice duties until they have learned their lesson to put their Clan first. Longtail teases them about this. Once their punishment is over, Graystripe returns from meeting Silverstream and finds that WindClan and ShadowClan have attacked. However, his apprentice is made a warrior, named Brackenfur.
 * The next day, Graystripe meets Silverstream on Sunningrocks. Her kits start to come early and Fireheart goes to fetch Yellowfang. She is out looking for herbs so Cinderpaw comes to help. Once the two kits are born, Silverstream is unable to be saved, and she dies on the RiverClan border due to blood loss. Graystripe is devastated by her death, and while he buries Silverstream, Fireheart and Cinderpaw take his two kits back to ThunderClan, and gives them to Goldenflower so the ginger queen can nurse them. When Fireheart comes back, Graystripe tells him that he buried Silverstream by the river because she would have liked it. Graystripe is thrilled to hear their kits are still alive, though, and is always in the nursery, to the annoyance of the queens.
 * RiverClan later demands the kits to be in RiverClan because they would have if Silverstream didn't die. ThunderClan is prepared to fight for them, but to avoid a battle, Graystripe lets RiverClan take them. After Fireheart becomes deputy, he and Fireheart take his kits to Mistyfoot, who is waiting on the RiverClan border. Fireheart says that Graystripe should be with his kits. Graystripe agrees and goes with Mistyfoot to join RiverClan, leaving Fireheart heartbroken that he shall never see his friend again.

Rising StormEdit

 * Fireheart starts thinking about what Graystripe would say when Cloudpaw goes away to find food, leaving Fireheart to take the pigeon he caught back to camp. When Fireheart goes to Bluestar about Ashkit and Fernkit's apprentice ceremonies, Bluestar suggests that Graystripe mentors one of the two, forgetting that he left the Clan for his kits, making Fireheart's worry for his odd-tempered leader and former mentor increase.
 * On their way to Highstones, Bluestar and Fireheart pass RiverClan and Fireheart gets excited that he might see Graystripe, though he is not spotted by Fireheart or Bluestar.
 * Graystripe does not appear at the next Gathering, but Fireheart asks Leopardfur about him. She says that he is getting used to the water and that his kits are very strong and clever.
 * Through the whole course of the story, Graystripe does his best to remain loyal to RiverClan, but deep down his loyalties still lie within ThunderClan. When a huge fire rages through ThunderClan's camp, driving them into RiverClan territory, Graystripe is very happy to see Fireheart again. He shows him proudly how well his kits, Featherkit and Stormkit, are doing. Graystripe hints to Bluestar that he would like to return to ThunderClan and help with the repairs, but she fiercely refuses, leaving him disappointed. He is then seen watching his former Clan travel home with a frown on his face.

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A Dangerous PathEdit

 * Now that he is a warrior of RiverClan, he needs to remain loyal, though he struggles to do so. At the Gathering, Fireheart tells Mistyfoot that he hadn't seen Graystripe, and Mistyfoot tells him that Leopardfur was furious at him for the way he acted after the fire in ThunderClan camp, and that in Graystripe's heart, he will always belong in ThunderClan. Fireheart asks her then how he was doing, and she told him that Graystripe is fine, and so are his kits.
 * While Sandstorm and Fireheart were talking, Graystripe teases Fireheart by saying to watch out for Sandstorm or she'll claw his ears off if he's not careful. When Fireheart tells Graystripe that he startled him, Graystripe tells him that he saw him from across the river, and that he never thought he would see Fireheart catch prey for Sandstorm. Then, he asks Fireheart if she's special to him, but Fireheart tells him that they are just friends. Graystripe teases him, saying if you say so, and tells him that he's lucky because Sandstorm is a very impressive cat. Fireheart asks him what's going on in RiverClan, and Graystripe says that every cat is talking about Tigerstar. Fireheart says that maybe since Tigerstar is leader now, maybe he'll act different, but Graystripe says no one can trust him, and asks what the point of the warrior code was when you just ignored it. When Fireheart tells Graystripe about how Runningnose said Tigerstar was a sign from StarClan that he was to be leader of ShadowClan, Graystripe said that he'll believe that Tigerstar was sent from StarClan when hedgehogs flew. Graystripe tells him that if he was Fireheart, he would keep a very careful watch over his borders. Sandstorm greets Graystripe and asks how his kits were doing. He says that they are doing fine, and that they will be apprenticed soon. Fireheart asks him if he'll get to mentor one of them, and Graystripe says that he doesn't know. He says that Leopardstar is still is angry at him for Whiteclaw's death, so she'll probably give them to other warriors. Before he leaves, Graystripe catches a fish for Fireheart because he knows that ThunderClan doesn't have much prey since the fire.
 * Later, he warns Fireheart about Leopardstar talking about invading Sunningrocks. Leopardstar is suspicious of him, and feels that he will betray them at some point soon. Soon, Leopardstar demands that ThunderClan repay RiverClan for shelter from the fire by giving up Sunningrocks. Naturally, ThunderClan refuses, and battle ensues. Graystripe finds that he cannot fight against ThunderClan. He warns Fireheart when Leopardstar attacks him. She then tells Graystripe to attack Fireheart or else he will have major consequences to face. Graystripe refuses, and Leopardstar, furious, starts to threaten Graystripe until reinforcements from ThunderClan show up. She takes one look and flees. In fury after the battle, Leopardstar exiles him from RiverClan. Graystripe goes back to ThunderClan, but most of the Clan members do not accept him, much to his dismay.
 * Sandstorm, who is angry at Fireheart for not choosing her to mentor Tawnykit, spends a lot of time with Graystripe, and points this out loudly as often as she can. When Fireheart wants to mentor Bramblekit to keep an eye on him, Graystripe says that he was just doing it because he didn't trust the son of Tigerstar.
 * At the end of this book, when Bluestar is dying after saving Fireheart from an attack by a dog pack, he keeps Tigerstar at bay, so Fireheart can share tongues with Bluestar one last time. When Bluestar dies, Graystripe stops fighting Tigerstar and goes over to comfort his friend.

The Darkest Hour Edit

 * Graystripe scouts the territory to make sure that there is no scent of the dog pack. He tells Fireheart that everything's fine, and there was only broken undergrowth. Fireheart tells Graystripe to go to the Clan and tell them that Bluestar is dead, but nothing else.
 * After Firestar returns from the Moonstone, Graystripe tells him he'd understand if he didn't become deputy, since the Clan didn't really trust him that much, and Firestar tells him that he's happy he understands.
 * He becomes respected when he attacks Darkstripe when he tries to feed Sorrelkit deathberries. Graystripe claims that he saw Darkstripe feed her deathberries, but Darkstripe said that he had tried to save her from eating them. Darkstripe knew that Firestar would always take Graystripe's side, but Firestar decided to make Sorrelkit say what happened when she recovered. He is one of the cats that has to stand guard for Sorrelkit while she's in Cinderpelt's den. Firestar knew that it was Graystripe who spread the news of Darkstripe through the Clan.
 * At the next Gathering, Graystripe came up to Mistyfoot and asked how his kits were doing, and she said Featherpaw was turning into a real fighter.
 * Although happy, Graystripe is desperate to get information about his kits, Featherpaw and Stormpaw. He is worried about them now that Tigerstar has taken over RiverClan. Firestar, Ravenpaw, and Graystripe go into RiverClan territory, soon seeing that Tigerstar wanted all half-Clan cats killed. Graystripe is horrified when he learns that his kits, Featherpaw, and Stormpaw, were going to be killed. They witness Stonefur's execution and Graystripe wants to help, but he helps to rescue his kits and Mistyfoot and bring them to ThunderClan camp. Graystripe temporarily mentors Stormpaw while he stays in ThunderClan. He is delighted, but when RiverClan is freed from Tigerstar's clutches, his kits return to RiverClan.
 * In the battle with BloodClan, Darkstripe attacks Firestar and tries to kill him, but Graystripe fights Darkstripe off and kills him. After he kills him, he remarks that there is one less traitor in the forest.
 * When Whitestorm is killed in battle, shortly before he dies he tells Firestar that StarClan destined Graystripe to be the deputy of ThunderClan. Listening to Whitestorm, Firestar does a quick deputy ceremony and makes Graystripe the new deputy. Graystripe asks him if he's sure Firestar wants him as deputy, and Firestar replies that he couldn't be more sure.
 * After the battle, he is seen saying farewell to his kits, and they learn that he is made deputy.

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