Tigerstar/claw

Note: This is the article about Tigerstar, a former leader of ShadowClan, rogue, and deputy of ThunderClan that features in The Prophecies Begin''. You may be looking for his son, Tigerstar, the current leader of ShadowClan who features in A Vision of Shadows.''

Tigerstar (formerly Tigerclaw) is one of the main antagonists of The Prophecies Begin,an important antagonist in the next three arcs, and a minor antagonist in Bluestar's Prophecy.

Tigerkit is born to Pinestar and Leopardfoot in ThunderClan along with his sisters Mistkit and Nightkit. He is at first the weakest of the litter but eventually grows to be the strongest. His father leaves ThunderClan to become a kittypet and some time later his sisters both die.

He becomes an apprentice under Thistleclaw, and trains alongside Whitepaw, Thistleclaw's son. They eventually become warriors and are named Tigerclaw and Whitestorm.

During the time Tigerclaw is a warrior, Thistleclaw and Leopardfoot both die, and he takes Goldenflower as a mate. Tigerclaw becomes a senior warrior. Eventually Tigerclaw gets his own apprentice, Ravenpaw.

Tigerclaw later kills the ThunderClan deputy, Redtail, hoping to get the deputy position. He claims that the RiverClan deputy, Oakheart, killed Redtail and that Tigerclaw killed Oakheart in revenge. However, Tigerclaw is unaware that Ravenpaw saw him kill Redtail, but Tigerclaw was planning on killing Ravenpaw because he thought Ravenpaw saw him kill Redtail. Ravenpaw shares this information with his friends Graypaw and Firepaw, who become suspicious and begin investigating Tigerclaw.

Bluestar appoints Lionheart as the new deputy, but later Lionheart dies in a ShadowClan raid and Tigerclaw becomes deputy. He later lays a trap on the Thunderpath for Bluestar in a hope to kill her, but Cinderpaw, Fireheart's apprentice, gets caught in it instead. He later is seen by Fireheart sharing tongues with Brokentail, the blind former leader of ShadowClan, Fireheart thought this is a sign of Tigerclaw's compassion, but he was mistaken.

Tigerclaw attacks the ThunderClan camp with a group of rogues which included some of Brokentail's former followers. Tigerclaw leads the rogues to the ThunderClan camp and than pretends to attack the rogues. He then tries to kill Bluestar in her own den, but is stopped by Fireheart, Bluestar exiles Tigerclaw after Fireheart tells the Clan the truth about what Tigerclaw has done. Before Tigerclaw leaves, he asks Dustpelt, Darkstripe and Longtail, who were his followers in ThunderClan, to join him, but they all refuse. Tigerclaw then leaves the camp.

As a rogue, Tigerclaw has found the rogues that helped him attack ThunderClan and is now living with them just outside of ShadowClan territory, he asks them about the whereabouts of Mowgli, who is not with them. They tell him that Mowgli is in Twolegplace. Tigerclaw goes and finds Mowgli, and brings him back to the group.

Later Tigerclaw takes a patrol to ThunderClan territory to hunt, they see a patrol and attack, with Tigerclaw ending up killing Runningwind. They eventually join ShadowClan officially, and Nightstar dies, Snag helps Tigerclaw fake a sign, and ShadowClan makes Tigerclaw their leader, Tigerclaw gives Mowgli and Snag warrior names, so they become Nightwhisper and Jaggedtooth. Tigerstar later comes to a gathering and announces his leadership.

Later, Tigerstar forces Boulder to take him to BloodClan, where Tigerstar makes a deal with Scourge, who is their leader.