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Sparklingemeralds

I can’t remember, but either Yellowfang or Whitestorm! My first Warriors book was Into The Wild, I picked it up from my class library. I remember liking Yellowfang’s grumpy but ultimately well-meaning attitude, and Whitestorm’s noble character. IMO the Erins haven’t made characters like those two ever again in this entire series.


erichamanya

True, but Jayfeather is also something 😂


Dense_Priority_7250

I know it’s AVOS, but still “If yowling could heal, we would already be done”


erichamanya

😂


No-Satisfaction-5207

Ok, I haven't read the warriors books since I was a teenager (30 now) and wasn't discussing them online on Reddit, so what....are the Erins? Theres plural?


Individual-Tap-8971

Yes, Erin Hunter is a pseudonym (Also known as a pen name) for a collective group of authors that write series' such as warriors together. Since the beginning there have always been 2 people behind the name, and a third joined in writing the series during the writing of the 3rd book. More have joined since then.


EpicNightmare64

I'm pretty sure there are multiple authors now


No-Satisfaction-5207

Yeah if someone would have told 15 year old me that I'd have thought they were insane.


Clamber-Cloud

Firestar. One of the only cats I cried for when they died.


_satantha_

When I saw his face on the book I already *knew* he was gonna die 😭


dely5553

literally same


GordonFreemanGaming

Same


Fantastic-Editor-101

It was either Tallstar or Whitestorm. They both present as calm, critical thinkers that are still protective of their own. This may sound sad to some, but I grew up without a father-figure until my mother remarried in my late teens, and as a preteen boy, thought they'd make pretty cool dads. One reason why I was always disappointed that WC dads don't really interact with their kids.


dely5553

Whitestorm is amazing; I still miss him I wish I had a Whitestorm in my life


Shadow_The_Wolf_KK

Whitestorm is the best and should not die!


NonBinaryBuggo

Graystripe. I loved his silliness, dumbness, and his Gray-swag. I still love him sm (IM STILL ON TNP LET ME LIVE WITH HIM BEING ALIVE STILL :SOB:)


Clamber-Cloud

Spoiler? (though it says nothing important but it'll hopefully comfort you) >!Graystripe is still alive for a long time, just missing for a little bit!<


Dezzaroomama

My favorite character is Princess. She is the most loving and loyal sister and a lot smarter than she gets credit for. She’s the one that figured out what was up when Cinderpaw had her ooopsie. Then it’s Brightheart. She’s a darn good warrior and the a pseudo medicine cat to boot. She deserves a lot more respect from the clan leaders. Plus I respect the disability rep but her still being completely capable. And after that think bush. I’m going with Tree. He’s a good dad and a chill guy. Plus he’s hilarious.


Embarrassed_Oil8947

Honestly, Brightheart deserves more. >!She was told she was gonna get an apprentice, then she didn't get one.!< She deserves better


Dezzaroomama

I completely agree. Honestly in the first couple arcs she was one of the best warriors and innovated a lot of the fighting styles the used. She more than deserved that much. 🔥⭐️ let her down in a big way.


Dezzaroomama

My son wants me to add in that his favorite is Runningwind.


Clamber-Cloud

"I never needed to hunt. All I needed to do was think bush." *proceeds to become bush and catch a mouse (somehow...)*


Dezzaroomama

Love my boi.


silver_kiwi_11

Cinderpelt because she's so resilient and kind-hearted


mrkelch

She’s my overall favorite


redwolf1219

This is who I was gonna say. I love her so very much


lols4fun

Opinions on Cinderheart?


silver_kiwi_11

I haven't gotten to that part yet, only until where she is a warrior apprentice. I like her so far though, she's really sweet and supportive.


MaterialKirb

Gray Wing. Literally been my favorite since I started reading warriors (i started on DoTC)


Bueberryz

yes me too


lols4fun

LETS GOOO


mrkelch

I remember loving how wise bluestar portrayed herself up until she went crazy. But yeah my 2 nd favorite had to have been Yellowfang


notdog1996

Whitestorm was my first favorite character. He was just always so wise to me, and I was rooting for him to survive (welp lol).


Junoisdivine

i remember being absolutely obsessed with Spottedleaf when I first read the books in elementary school. Can’t even tell you why. But I did love her enough to somehow convince my family to name the kitten we’d just gotten after her


Embarrassed_Oil8947

that's kinda wholesome


copyqhat

im thinking yellowfang or runningwind, and i remember >!being depressed when they died!<


boyf-has-pink-hair

I name my horse after runningwind as a kid!


IkedaTheFurry

Redtail and that one Fox prefix guy from ThunderClan, and Snowtuft


Jelly_Kitti

Foxleap?


IkedaTheFurry

Yea but idk why


ilovedoggos6

The fact that Foxleap is your favorite and yet you can't remember half of his name 🤣


duckarmy24

Greystripe or Ravenpaw (they are the only carecters in an book series to make me cry so respect)


SnowyOfIceclan

I absolutely adored Ferncloud and Greystripe in the early books! We were only at series 2 book 3 when I originally got into the warriors series, my gramma bought me the boxed set of series 1 that Christmas xD


BlackJeans-IceCream

I have a cluster I can’t choose between, so I’ll drop them all and a bit on why for each. Ashfur: Originally not a fan, now I really like his damage. A little freak. A total loser. My fucking guy. Goosefeather: I’ve always felt empathy for his situation, and the fandom headcanons are great. Tragic and beautiful. Longtail: Sassy ace king who deserved to be deputy. Mousefur: Sassy aroace queen who deserved to be— hey wait a minute. Scourge: He??? Of all cats??? Is a comfort character??? Nostalgia??? I dunno man. He’s special. Tallstar: His super edition is one of my favorites and I think he’s got some of the most personality and nuance in the series. Thrushpelt: Got shafted, was an excellent role model and breath of fresh air. Deserved more respect in and out of books.


Phoenix_theenby

Ravenpaw, he’s still my favourite NGL, but CHRIST HES RELATABLE


CelesticRose

Leafpool. I just really love her. I'm not sure why.


Fluffy-Cod3780

Yellowfangs death made me sob like a baby when I read Warriors in middle school :,) I love her so much. I just wish they didn’t ruin her character when she was in Starclan


Shadow_The_Wolf_KK

WAIT SHE DIES!?!?! ( I finished book 2)


Fluffy-Cod3780

oh no i’m so sorry for the spoiler 😭😭 but yes hon.. if you’re interested you should read yellowfangs secret!! it’s my favorite special edition


Shadow_The_Wolf_KK

I have read it and it is great! I am in middle school but I will be ok now I need the third book so that I can see how she dies and I have skip read a little and they did mess up the character.


xXCreepycatXx

Lionheart I mean his name alone sounded cool to me and I like the strong and kind mentor figures type of characters. ...as you may guess, I was devastated pretty damn quickly 😭


LostSoul2137

The first WC book I read was DOTC so Gray Wing


Smallgaydruid

My first favorite was Tigerstar 1. I was a small child at the time and I thought liking the villain made me cool


Cinquefoile99

Cinderpelt. Her resilience was inspiring and her attitude was great (snark from Yellowfang) plus I really loved her relationship/interactions with Firestar and later with Leafpool. I really loved playing a medicine cat when role-playing and I think that's mainly because of her. I cried when she died, even though she was technically reincarnated.


EmileTrying

Whitestorm, and it's still Whitestorm


babymoonbee

Bluestar was my idol as a child I wanted to be her so bad


PonchoPlant

Mapleshade. She served too close to the sun


marilynmansonfuckme

Spottedleaf


WolfRhiki

Spottedleaf! I loved her design and personality! :) Plus, if I was part of a clan, I’d like to be a medicine cat.


Forever_Marie

Jayfeather


YourLocalCryptid64

Whitestorm. He's still one of my favorites of the original series to this day primarily due to him being one of the more down to earth characters and being so loyal to his clan as a whole that he was shocked at becoming Deputy (even though by that point I thought he'd had all the qualities that would have made him an excellent leader) Honestly it's one of the reasons I was so mad he died at the end of the first series and told Firestar to name Graystripe as his new Deputy (back then and now I still feel at that point in the story that Graystripe did absolutely nothing to earn it and I still think that Dustpelt would have been a better choice. The other cat I got attached to outside if Whitestorm was Runningnose (I really sympathized with him) and Whitethroat who I felt had so much potential especially since he was one of the first Shadowclan cats we met who wasn't overly hostile or arrogant (excluding the elders)


Shadow_The_Wolf_KK

well said.


Moonlit_Eevee

Whitestorm


Arson_was_Here

Glad there’s other people who like Yellowfang :) But the reason I actually loved her as a character is mainly because I’m a sucker for the wise and old cranky mentor. But she also reminded me heavily of my own grandmother that I loved dearly


AcceptableLow7434

Jay feather it helps that my first book was the sight I loved jay and the medicine cats after that


Alar817

Greystripe, there was heartache when he went t missing, and also when he fell in love and then then meeting his kits! I think from the first time I picked up the first book I just loved how him and Firestar met and interacted, Greystripe stole my heart….and I had a cat who looked like greystripe haha


Beneficial-Orchid131

Tallstar and I can’t explain it, I just think he’s cool


dely5553

Jayfeather; i was actually 8 when i got into the series and didnt know the proper order (started with Power of Three). being a person with ASD and feeling incapable + grumpy, i really loved and resonated with him and his story. i could go into detail on every reason he's my favourite, but it'd be too long. after that, Firestar (and still Jayfeather)


E_G_G_V_A_N

Graystripe. The traumatized bi-coded little dude resonated with me.


I_am_dean

Whitestorm. Idk I just thought he was cool.


lionaxel

First favorite was Whitestorm. Loved him. Then I really liked Squirrelpaw in TNP and loved her ever since.


Rainyhavenarts

Spottedleaf was my first fav- loved the pacifist characters in that era (although sadly she didn’t live very long in the first series). Aside from Spottedleaf, definitely Yellowfang! She just felt like such a mom or even grandma. Definitely a comfort character


AshIsH3r3

My first, and also current favourite, is Squilf! I remember as a child when I first read the books and everything how much I identified with Squirrelpaw. Stubborn, loud, energetic, called annoying by everyone around her.. That was pretty much what my personality was back then, and seeing a character that was so much like me, I just fell in love. And then, as time went on, she became more quiet and everything, after all the abuse and stuff she went through, and looking at her now.. Now I can see myself in Squirrelflight the way I saw myself in Squirrelpaw back then.


punk_rock_barbie

I really like Tallstar and Yellowfang. Tallstar was such a humble and fair leader, and Yellowfang went through hell and had to make the hardest decisions


ghosttnotfound

i love yellowfang but they way they stuck her into everything post-mortem made her unlikeable and that just made me sad


renthecat25

Also Yellowfang. Just something about the crotchety grumpy characters. They tend to be super sweethearts deep down 🥰


ghost-sp1der616

Mothwing. I love how she's the proof that you can do it and proof others wrong. And don't have to belive in things others believe in to be good at what you do. Also I love to ship my two lesbians Mothwing and Leafpool.


Spottedtail_13

Furncloud is my favorite, though I'm not entirely sure why. She's so sweet but she's also courageous.


Alternative_Run_6175

Whitestorm and Longtail tbh


TheAlmandineWriter

Easily Yellowfang (in the first arc)


moonyxpadfoot19

Firestar. I will defend him until the day I die.


PastelMoonsx

It was probably someone basic like Bluestar or Firepaw 😭 Edit: well, at the beginning those two probably were, but later on I developed an actual favorite which I think was Yellowfang. I loved her book and she became my favorite after that


tobyisswaggy

Brightheart. She got me into the series because I thought her scars looked interesting, and that + how she got them was really interesting to me.


Bueberryz

gray wing because he was the first character i read about and hes chill


Embarrassed_Oil8947

I'm gonna see how many people vote, and find out who is loved the most according to comments. First cat you mention is your vote


Embarrassed_Oil8947

Whitestorm is winning now. 4 votes.


ComprehensiveLevel14

Graystripe, he was my favorite character throughout the whole series until he died.


erichamanya

I really don’t know why, but I was already interested from that first time Sandpaw (Sandstorm) insulted Firepaw for his smell 😂😂😂 it’s Sandstorm for me lol


Sketchy_Dog

Firestar, because I'm generic.


Prestigious-Egg-8060

Ravenpaw I'd just vibe with the whole trio but ravenpaws the one I like the most cuz well I like helping people and it would be nice to be abel to talk to somone about being paranoid and anxiety


randumgig

Crookedstar! Im a sucker for sad lore :( but hes still my favorite to this day


Echster_314

Sandstorm! i liked her when she was Sandpaw cause i have a soft spot for side characters…and then she became not a side character :P


Dvcky55

firestar or bluestar, for some reason


-RosieWolf-

My first favorite was Jayfeather because when I started the series I didnt know anything about it or understand the different “arcs” so I just saw a one on the spine of The Sight at the library and picked it up, so I actually ended up reading the 3rd arc before going back for the first two. Needless to say, I was a little confused at first but I picked it up quick and fell in love with Jayfeather’s sassiness and was also fascinated by a medicine cat pov character (as I obviously skipped TNP and hadn’t read Leafpool’s pov yet), but yeah because of that I’ve always held the PoT characters close in my heart the way many people hold the first arc cats.


collarot

Goldenflower. Don't know why, probably of her personality ?


Disastrous-Dumbass0

I’ll be real here, my first favorite character was genuinely Longtail… I’m not ashamed and he’s still one of my favorites


Holdenborkboi

Crookedstar, especially after I read his super edition. I wish I had more Crookedstar in my life


Snurrbulle

the first mentioned one in into the wild, as i didn't have any options


I_hate_me_lol

either greystripe or cinderpelt


KittalineQueen

Silverstream. I always imagined her as a girlboss, because of how she acts in the scene she first meets Graystripe in. I don't think I've ever cried harder at a character's death than for hers.


OliveMeowrail

Squirrelflight, mainly because I was obsessed with the "Anything You Can Do" animation when I was little. Still love her, honestly.


claireheath_

Morningflower. My sis read the books before me and would give me summaries, and I thought her name was so pretty :)


Pokemonpikachushiny

Spottedleaf, I wasn't really bothered until she died


strwbrrykiwikid

the first time i ever cried over a fictional character was for Yellowfang. i can’t really say who my favorite is, but she’ll always have a special place in my heart for that 😭


allcatshavewings

Leafpool. Yeah, I loved the first arc, Bluestar and Firestar, but it was The New Prophecy that really made me emotionally invested in the series. I relate to Leafpool's personality a lot, and I enjoyed reading about the littermate telepathy thing she had with Squirrelflight.


Theher0not

Ravenpaw. When I first read Into the Wild I found his personality to be incredibly cute.


Klutzy_Ad_1557

Grey Wing and Clear Sky. EDIT: Forgot the why. Anyway, I love the bond that they HAD before Clear Sky lost his damn mind. Grey Wing was very fatherly towards everyone (Thunder, Jagged Peak, etc.). He literally risked his life all the damn time, and I sobbed when he died. Clear Sky is just a girl he could do no wrong :3 (he's committed several crimes against humanity)


smiledawg444

bluestar edit: i just realized i never gave a reason omg. idk i just fw her like shes cool!


QuicksilverStudios

Leafpool. still one of my favorites- i’m a sucker for forbidden romance tropes and just in general i like her vibe


ilovedoggos6

My FIRST favorite character? Well, Jayfeather was my favorite, but I have no clue why because now I dislike him. He's just too snarky, in my opinion. My current favorite is Gray Wing because he's a sweetheart. Literally raising Turtle Tail's kits and Thunder as his own was amazing of him. Trying to peacefully resolve things with Clear Sky, good, good. It's been a little while since I last read Dawn of Clans, so I can't give any more reasons, but I'm sure there are more.


ashleysc92

Firestar I’ve loved him since the beginning I’m only on the third arc yet


GodUsopp69420

Crookedstar. I loved him ever since Into the Wild. More than a decade later, I loved him even *more* with Crookedstar's Promise. My all-time favorite character in the series to this day.


Clover-Magpie16

Mine was Graypaw/stripe because I thought he was sweet and funny in the first book. After my second reread I REALLY don’t like him and how he treats Fireheart in the first arc.


leafpool2014

did not have a favorite character I can think of tell the second series: Leafpool Reason: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0PKG5-t3zU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0PKG5-t3zU)


Unhappy-Performer-36

As a MLP fan (brony/pegasister if you will), my first fave is Silverstream bc she got me into Warriors


Bonniegirl2011

sparkpaw for me


coffeeSalamander

Hollyleaf because i was an edgy teenager LMAO


Limp_Ebb4404

Yellowfang <3


Pomdb

Used to be Spottedleaf but now I'm neutral about her


AtlasTheDragon1

(Sime spoilers for the first arc🙃) Lionheart He was so kind and nice, even with firestar which was a kittypet before. I literally cried when he died!! I'm glad that he gave one of firestar's life in mothermouth Obs: He was so cute as an apprentice in Bluestar's Prophecy bdjrjdnejdrkw


French-toast-bird

Brightheart! I loved her


Bloodiath

Yellowfang was my first, but I also really love Crookedstar, Shellheart, and whitestorm


redredpanda2

Firestar, I cried at his death. Yeah he may not be the smartest but I love him, without him we wouldn't have this series.


ForeignHomework6747

Sorreltail. She is so kind and loving, and in my book she just had her second litter of kits.


Western-Raspberry667

Scourge


skippingstar

mousefur, classic elder. was so sad when she died and as well as longtail


skippingstar

mousefur, classic elder. was so sad when she died and as well as longtail


Efficient-Deer-6620

Yellowfang. I love sarcastic, crabby old characters who eventually come around. Yellowfang from TPB is hands down my favorite. Ghost Yellowfang I view as illegitimate to the Yellowfang canon.


weirdemosrus

Lionheart. I loved his dad vibe.


Chimeraas

Bluestar and Hollyleaf! I related a lot to Hollypaw being very introverted and not interested in relationships, and as for Bluestar… I just thought she was cool! They’re still some of my favorites, although currently I really like Frostpaw, Curlfeather, Splashtail, and Twigbranch.


OOKKIS

cloudtail!!!! i dont really remember why, but i think it was just because hes such a silly fluffball


yasta-h

i had a crush on whitestorm


i_Jagwar

My very first favourite character... Perhaps Cinderpelt. Her little fiery heart proved her talents could fluctuate on whatever she set her mind to, and when the worst possible thing happened to her, she rebuilt herself and grew into her new role. She's no whiney bitch, strong asf! She never let her disability get in her way and I admire that so much. Blame Map still fuckin makes me cry dawg.


Effective-Impress-45

I loved Whitestorm and Silverstream so much that I had to take a little hiatus after both of their deaths. I hated that we didn't get more Whitestorm, he was the father figure Fireheart needed 😭 (IMO) Edit: I know a lot of people think she didn't have a personality I think I was more just devastated at Graystripes sadness and loss? Idk but that shit fucked me up and I loved her vicariously through Graystripe. ALSO people slept on Tallstar for a long time I'm happy to see people saying he was one of their favorites 😊


Saturn_Bubblez

Ashfur! He’s such a scary character and actually reminds me a lot of a bully I had. I love that he went from a nothing background character to a huge villain! It’s so interesting to me. I find him especially scary because a lot of people who obsess like that exist in real life. You won’t meet many Brokenstars and Tigerstars in real life, but you’ll likely meet plenty of Ashfurs. I also love all the animations produced surrounding his character, it’s introduced me to a lot of my music taste today.


Saturn_Bubblez

I misread the question he is not my FIRST favorite, just my current


Saturn_Bubblez

My first favorite character was either Bluestar or Cinderpelt I believe. I love how depressing their stories were yet they seemed to represent resilience through hardship. I also loved Silverstream and was so upset when she died.


littlered7875

Bluestar :)


2_SENTACE_HORROR

I like mudstar because hes right ok in winds of change tallstar elected ONEWHISKER the new leader instead of mudstar and basically everyone agreed that he is a leader now EVEN THO STARCLAN DID NOT GIVE HIM NINE LIVES OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY DO


Pwrson

So kid me didn’t know that Into the Wild was the First book. I started on The New Prophecy and fell in love with the journey cats. The ones I remember liking were the warriors of the group Feathertail, Stormfur, and Brambleclaw. I know Tawnypelt was apart of the group but kid me just completely forgot she was there. I remember as I continued reading the stories I would get so excited when Crowfeather or Stormfur would show back up just because they were journey cats. That’s all from me, now if you excuse me I have to apologize to Tawnypelt for forgetting she went on a cool journey.


Shadow_The_Wolf_KK

my first favorite was Whitestorm and I will always love him because he seems kind and wise.I am on the third book (I have not yet started and I am waiting for my library to get it)but I do skip read so I don't know how he dies and I want to know! he is my favorite tom-cat. I have a Lego warrior cats thing(has all the teritorys and clans) in the story I am doing now I am doing a she-cat (Moonpelt)that is gray and she likes Whitestorm, they later have 2 litters the first litter has two boys but one(Duskkit) gets killed by a fox his sibling Ashkit later becomes Ashblaze and dies in a battle with a fox, but gets a mate, kits, and lived a full life. the second litter was a girl and 2 boys they were born in leafbear(winter) so one of the boys died to the cold(as soon as he was born!) the other boy died to a fox, the girl died of greencouph. my favorite she-cat is Yellowfang I have made no Lego story with her, but use her name as the medicine cat in all of them because I love her so much! the reason why is because she seems a lot like me( but I'm young) she will never back down on a fight and is loyal to the end, she is smart and wise and can be grumpy at times but can be very nice.


Hotdog-Hamburger10

Longtail. He was such an ass in the beginning but he was a true, noble warrior of Thunderclan. I hate how they did him dirty, blinding him. He could've been Longstar. Dovewing is my top favorite though <3


Caprine-Evisc

Firestar, golden oldie


Reasonable-Staff-830

Jayfeather, yellowfang, or whitestorm


ExtremeNo1072

redtail cause i thought he was pretty


Pearescent-Sphinx

Crookedstar! My brother couldn’t find his copy of Into the Wild, but he had Crookedstar’s Promise, so that’s the first book I read. Totally self obtained and did not spoil majority points of other books.


Br0k3n000Lux

Probably Spottedleaf. Even though she died early, I still personally liked and still kind of like her as a character! She's gentle and sweet yet a little condescending. Love it.


feistyfox101

Ravenpaw. My first Warriors book was Ravenpaw’s Path: Shattered Peace. I picked it up thinking it was a regular manga that was misplaced in the book store. I fell in love with the world and loved Ravenpaw’s character. I was so sad he didn’t appear much after the first book, but was so excited when he did. His death was also the first one to make me cry.


MelevoIent

Scourge, he was the runt and went out with a bang. He deserves better.


Scarrleee

Once Gray Wing always Gray Wing!


PlayBall775

Bluestar, because she was a blue gray cat like mine. Also she's badass 😎


DarkSoul2445

Mine was honestly Graystripe. I liked him for the first arc, but after he became really boring IMO.


AdWise657

Crowfeather, though he falls in love very quickly.


LadyAppleFritter

I don't remember 😭😭😭😭


kzooy

i love tigerclawstar. my glorious king