Firepaw is impressed by Tigerclaw’s strength and battle-scarred physique yet can’t help but note the harshness and condescension with which Tigerclaw treats Ravenpaw and often Firepaw himself. Redtail was killed by Oakheart, RiverClan’s deputy, and out of vengeance, Tigerclaw killed Oakheart. Tigerclaw, Ravenpaw’s mentor, appears with Redtail’s body and explains that the deputy perished in a territory dispute with the neighboring RiverClan. Once in ThunderClan, Rusty must dispel the prejudice the other cats have against him because of his house cat blood after proving himself in a fight against a particularly outspoken Clanmate, Rusty is granted apprentice status and given a new name: Firepaw.Īt that moment, Ravenpaw, another apprentice in ThunderClan, appears and announces that Redtail, ThunderClan’s deputy and second-in-command to Bluestar, is dead.
Bluestar invites Rusty to join ThunderClan, and he accepts, leaving his ordinary life behind. When Rusty ventures into the woods one day, he meets Bluestar and ThunderClan warrior Lionheart, along with Lionheart’s apprentice Graypaw. Bluestar, leader of ThunderClan, worries about his Clan’s dwindling ranks and scarcity of resources Spottedleaf, the Clan’s medicine cat, receives a prophecy from StarClan, the four Clans’ tribe of spiritual ancestors: Fire alone can save our Clan.Ĭhapter 1 opens on the protagonist, Rusty, an ordinary house cat who is bored with his domestic life and called to adventure in the woods beyond his home. The novel’s prologue depicts the territorial disputes and survival challenges facing ThunderClan, one of the four feral cat clans that dwell in the forest and surrounding swamps and moorlands. Page citations in this guide refer to the First Avon, 2004 edition. At first, Firepaw faces discrimination from his new Clanmates because of his house cat roots, but he ultimately learns that loyalty is determined by choice, not origin, a lesson reinforced by the discovery of treachery within his very own Clan. Into the Wild follows Firepaw, a house cat-turned-warrior who discovers the difficulties of survival and the rewards of fellowship after he leaves his domestic life behind to become a warrior of ThunderClan. It was published by HarperCollins in 2003 to largely positive critical reviews the novel was later nominated for the Young Reader’s Choice Award in 2006. Into the Wild is the first novel in the first Warriors saga, The Prophecies Begin.
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