“StarClan may go where they please. They have betrayed SkyClan. From this day on, I will have nothing more to do with our warrior ancestors. StarClan allowed the Twolegs to destroy our home! They look down on us now, and let the moon go on shining while you drive us out! They said there would always be five Clans in the forest, but they lied. SkyClan will never look to the stars again!” —Cloudstar to the other Clan leaders.
Cloudstar is a small, lithe, pale gray tom with very pale water-blue eyes. He has white patches that resemble clouds, and broad shoulders.
Cloudstar was the leader of SkyClan during the destruction of the SkyClan forest territory. He was born as Cloudkit and was later apprenticed as Cloudpaw. After earning his warrior name, Cloudstorm, he later became Flystar’s deputy and succeeded him as Cloudstar. Cloudstar became Birdflight’s mate, and she bore his kits, Spottedkit and Gorsekit. After Twolegs destroyed the entirety of SkyClan territory, Cloudstar pleaded with the other Clans to share their land. However, the other leaders refused and forced SkyClan to leave, causing Cloudstar to turn his back on StarClan. He led SkyClan to the gorge but had to leave his family behind since his kits were too young to travel. Cloudstar died at the gorge and was succeeded by Buzzardstar as the leader of SkyClan. He joined SkyClan’s ancestors, separated from the rest of StarClan, and urged Firestar to rebuild his Clan. He granted Leafstar one of her nine lives. Only then was he reunited with Birdflight and his kits, who were now warriors named Spottedpelt and Gorseclaw. Cloudstar’s faith in his Clan never wavered, and he continued to watch over his Clan even when they were forced out of the gorge by Darktail and his rogues.
Cloudstar in Firestar’s Quest
Cloudstar sends Firestar, ThunderClan’s leader, unexplained visions of his Clan wandering to find a new home. Firestar is troubled by the visions, and after hearing that Smudge had seen the strange cat too, Firestar sleeps in Smudge’s yard. Cloudstar finally appears to Firestar and explains how SkyClan was driven out by the other Clans many moons ago. He asks Firestar, a cat who was not a descendant of those who betrayed him, to rebuild his Clan in their old home. Firestar accepts his quest. After successfully revitalizing SkyClan, Cloudstar appears at Leafstar’s leadership ceremony to give her a life for endurance. He is also finally reunited with his mate, Birdflight, and children, Spottedpelt and Gorseclaw.
Cloudstar in Hawkwing’s Journey
Cloudstar and Brackenheart meet with Skystar in StarClan to discuss SkyClan’s impending doom. Cloudstar is insistent SkyClan will endure the coming trials, but Skystar replies it won’t be enough and the Clan needs to find a spark that remains.
Cloudstar in Cloudstar’s Journey
Cloudstar is the leader of SkyClan with Buzzardtail as his deputy. Maplestar, Darkstar, and Rowanstar visit him in his dreams and insist SkyClan will endure any challenge. Fawnstep begins to have troubling dreams, but Cloudstar brushes aside her worries. While training with the apprentices, a Twoleg monster uproots the tree they were in and reassures his Clanmates’ worries that StarClan won’t let anything happen to them. He orders his warriors to avoid the territory the Twolegs have commandeered and denies any problems at the Gathering despite the lack of prey.
Cloudstar prepares his Clanmates for battle against ThunderClan in hopes of regaining territory Darkstar had given them moons ago. They lose the fight, however, and Fawnstep confides she had a dream of SkyClan leaving the forest. As Twolegs have taken the majority of their territory, Birdflight gives birth to his kits, Gorsekit and Spottedkit. At the next Gathering, Cloudstar begs the other Clans to give up land, but they refuse to help. Without another option, Cloudstar leads his Clan away and leaves behind his family to ThunderClan, the kits too young to travel.
Cloudstar in Battles of the Clans
Cloudstorm is a young warrior and comes up with a strategy to drive away kittypets from their territory. Petalfall, the deputy, agrees to this plan with Flystar away. SkyClan attacks the Twolegplace, and they successfully terrorize the kittypets away from SkyClan land. Cloudstorm is confident SkyClan’s destiny lies within their own paws and not StarClan.
Source: Cloudstar—Warriors Wiki
