Firetail

A legend among Dawn Clan.

Firetail was a big cat with a big heart, but sometimes he would cause a scene without thinking of the consequences. His big, stoic stature is juxtaposed with his kind and selfless heart. He is a family man who loved Tumbleseed deeply and was never too busy to spend time with his son.

When a pack of foxes was threatening Dawn Clan and their only option was to evacuate the camp, Firetail had refused to leave his home and wanted to stay and fight for his home. Many cats agreed, prepared to fight and defend Dawn Clan but Mothstar had declared that it was too dangerous. Firetail had eventually agreed (after being coaxed by Tumbleseed) to leave the camp until it was safe. However, while the cats were leaving their camp, the foxes were close to the vulnerable cats. Even though the cats were strong in numbers, these foxes were out for blood. Without hesitating, Firetail had rushed into the direction that the foxes were in, Tumbleseed and Sunpaw crying out for him. He was never seen again after that.

Mothstar had ordered no one to go after Firetail as it was too dangerous and that Firetail would catch up to them. The other cats argued that they should help their clanmate but it was clear that it was impossible to help their beloved deputy and the only thing to do was to keep moving forward.

After a few days of being homeless, they couldn't smell any foxes near them, so Mothstar had sent a patrol of some of their best warriors to check if the foxes were gone or not. After the patrol came back confirming it was safe to return, they had sent out a searching party to find their Deputy. However, the only thing they found was his striking, fire coloured tail.

After that, many legends were spread around the clans about how Firetail saved Dawn Clan, some say that the foxes had ripped him up into so many shreds while fighting them that there was no piece of him left except for his tail, others say that he distracted them, letting the foxes chase him to unknown territory, but the most famous one was that he led them to an unstable cliff where rocks crushed both him and the foxes. Medicine cats had tried to reach to Star Clan, asking for Firetail and how he had saved Dawn Clan, however, the Star Clan ancestors had said that Firetail had never even appeared in Star Clan. His being remains a mystery.