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| “ | I don't believe the spirits of our warrior ancestors come back to speak with us. Stars are just unseeing specks of light in the sky, not dead cats looking down on us. We can keep our old friends alive with memories, but if they're not here, they're nowhere. That's what I believe. | „ |
| ~ Mothwing telling Leafpool that she doesn't believe in StarClan |
Mothwing is one of the tritagonists of Erin Hunter's Warriors books franchise.
Born to the former leader of ShadowClan Tigerstar and a loner named Sasha, Moth and her brother Hawk were brought to RiverClan after their brother Tadpole's untimely death. There, Mothwing aspired to become a medicine cat, but loses her faith in StarClan due to her bother's increasing cruelty.
Appearance
Mothwing is a large tabby she-cat with fluffy golden fur. She has speckles and stripes of darker fur, and wide amber eyes.
Personality
Quotes
| “ | Mothwing: What are you doing awake? Hawkfrost: I wanted to see you. How was it? Did StarClan accept you? Mothwing: I think so. I'm an official medicine-cat apprentice now. All the medicine cats were so nice to me. Especially Leafpaw, the ThunderClan apprentice. We're the only two apprentices. Hawkfrost: And now we really belong. Mothwing: Of course we do. Hawkfrost, what's going on? Hawkfrost: I put the moth's wing outside Mudfur's den. Mothwing: What? Hawkfrost: Shh. You were meant to be a medicine cat. Any cat could see it. But just because we weren't born in the Clan, Mudfur insisted on waiting for some kind of sign. You already proved yourself, so why should we wait for something that might never happen? Mothwing: But... StarClan didn't approve of me? I should tell Mudfur. Hawkfrost: StarClan let it happen. if StarClan in real, they must think it's okay. Maybe they don't care. or maybe they don't exist. Mothwing: Maybe. I should tell Mudfur. Hawkfrost: But you won't. You know RiverClan will be better off with you as a medicine cat. |
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| ~ Mothwing finding out the moth's wing sign was fake |
| “ | I can't! I couldn't lie about that. Being a medicine cat means I have to be trustworthy. The way that it happened - that you tricked Mudfur into thinking he'd gotten a sign about me from StarClan - I've always been ashamed of that. I've been afraid of any cat finding out I'm not a proper medicine cat. It's like heavy paws pushing me down sometimes, knowing that the whole Clan would turn on me if they knew. I can't lie again. Being a medicine cat is the most important thing in my life. | „ |
| ~ Mothwing refusing to fake a sign to get Stormfur and Brook exiled |
| “ | Mudfur: Mothwing. Mothwing: I've missed you. Mudfur: You've done very well. I'm proud of you. Mothwing: Where were you? Where was StarClan? Mudfur: What do you mean? Mothwing: When the Dark Forest attacked us! Or earlier, when they were planning to invade! if StarClan exists, why didn't you stop all this from happening? You told the medicine cats to keep the Clans apart, when what we needed was to band together! Mudfur: We can not always see the future. And when we do, sometimes we can't act. StarClan could help in this battle, but it was the living Clans that had to come together to defeat the Dark Forest. What happened today will determine the Clans' future, their unity and harmony, for many moons. Mothwing: Cats had to die for unity and harmony? All I see is StarClan's numbers growing. Mudfur: No cat ever has to die for things to get better. But sometimes it seems to be the only way for the Clans to truly see their path. Mothwing: After all this time not being able to reach StarClan, you'll turn away from us now? You know the worst thing for any medicine cat is to see so many of her Clanmates suffering. Why can't StarClan settle the battles between Clans without all this bloodshed? It's like everything I do is useless. Mudfur: Don't think that way. You're a fine medicine cat. Mothwing: I shouldn't even be a medicine cat! Hawkfrost tricked you. He planted the moth's wing outside your den. Doesn't that bother you? You made a mistake. I wasn't the apprentice you wanted. Mudfur: I might have been deceived then, but StarClan wasn't. If I had to be tricked into taking you as an apprentice, I'm glad of it. You've done your duty for your Clan. StarClan makes no mistakes. |
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| ~ Mothwing confronting Mudfur about StarClan's influence on the living |
| “ | Mothwing: Now that you asked, but with time to reflect on what happened in the Great Battle, and everything that happened with Darktail and the cats we lost... I no longer deny that StarClan exists. Kestrelflight: What? Jayfeather: You're serious? Mothwing: Let me finish. I believe StarClan exists, but I don't know that their intentions are good, or that we always benefit from their guidance. Alderheart: How can you say that? Their advice about SkyClan returning- Mothwing: Led to Darktail's reign. And how many cats died? Jayfeather: How many more would have died, if they hadn't warned us? Mothwing: That's neither here nor there. We'll never know. Anyway, every cat can believe what he or she wants. I just think we don't need to panic. |
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| ~ Mothwing revealing that she knows StarClan exists, but doesn't have faith in them |
| “ | No, Mistystar. I will never feel welcome in a Clan where warriors are exiled unjustly. Icewing and Harelight risked their safety and their lives to oppose the evil presence inside Bramblestar. We should be thanking them, not sending them into exile. Besides, I chose to be a RiverClan cat, and I have served my Clan faithfully, and yet you drove me away because of my birth, whish I had no control over. It will be hard for me to forget that. | „ |
| ~ Mothwing refusing to return to RiverClan and moving to ShadowClan |
| “ | I'm so sorry I was hard on you. I was grieving for my place in RiverClan and needed some cat to blame. And I suppose, in a way, you represented my worst fear- that living cats would go against their own instincts to follow dangerous instructions of some long-dead cat. But Ashfur could have used any cat. It wasn't your fault he chose you, and I shouldn't have acted like it was. If he'd chosen me, I might have been fooled too. But I don't think I would have been brave enough to follow him into the Dark Forest. Even when you were injured, you went back there to help defeat him once and for all. How could any cat be angry with you? | „ |
| ~ Mothwing apologizing to Shadowsight for her harsh treatment of him |
Gallery
Trivia
- Authors Kate Cary, Victoria Holmes and Cherith Bauldry all state that Mothwing will go to StarClan when she dies despite not believing in them, as she is a true Clan cat, though she will be very surprised when she does.
- Kate and Victoria doubt that Mothwing would have gotten a sign from StarClan to become a medicine cat naturally, but Cherith believes she would have due to her already proficient knowledge of herbs.
- Mothwing is repeatedly describes as having blue eyes on accident. She is also depicted with blue eyes on the cover of Return to the Clans.
External links
Mothwing on the Warriors Wiki
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