Redtail



Redtail is a small,[10] dark, dappled[4] tortoiseshell tom[10] with a distinctive,[10] bushy[4] tail as red as fox fur,[11] and feathered ears.[12]

Bluestar's Prophecy

 * Swiftbreeze gives birth to him and his sisters, Spottedkitand Willowkit. Their older siblings are Patchpelt andLeopardfoot. Redkit is seen with his littermates and mother just before the Clan meeting. He is later made anapprentice, with Sparrowpelt given as his mentor. He is trained by Thistleclaw along with his sister, Willowpaw. When Bluefur takes her kits to RiverClan, Stonekit brags that Redpaw has already shown him how to do the hunting crouch.
 * He is sitting with Bluestar as Redtail, now the deputy ofThunderClan. They watch the apprentices, Dustpaw,Ravenpaw, Graypaw, and his daughter Sandpaw.


 * ===In the Original Arc ===

Into the Wild

 * Redtail is the ThunderClan deputy under Bluestar's leadership, and the mentor of Dustpaw . During a fight with RiverClan over Sunningrocks, Redtail dies at the claws ofTigerclaw, an ambitious ThunderClan warrior who hopes to become the next deputy of ThunderClan. Tigerclaw lies about Redtail's death, telling the rest of ThunderClan that the RiverClan deputy, Oakheart, had killed Redtail, and that he had killed Oakheart to avenge his fallen Clanmate. However, Tigerclaw's apprentice, Ravenpaw, witnessed what actually had happened. Oakheart had been killed by an accidental rockfall while he and Redtail were fighting, and then Tigerclaw killed him.Bluestar did not belive him at first then she relized it was true.


 * Firepaw later discovers the truth in his investigations of Redtail's death. Ravenpaw describes Redtail as very brave, and Bluestar refers to him as a noble cat. Dustpaw is devastated when he hears that his mentor has died. Bluestar then chooses Lionheart as the next deputy of ThunderClan.


 * ====The Darkest Hour====


 * Redtail appears as one of the cats who gives Firestar his nine lives. With his life he gives Firestar justice, and thanks Firestar for revealing the truth when no one else could, referring to Firestar exposing Tigerstar's role in his death.


 * Later, Redtail is mentioned when Ravenpaw comes out of the barn the he and Barley share. It is said that Ravenpaw was the only cat besides Tigerstar that knew of Redtail's death.


 * During the battle against BloodClan, Firestar sees the dark fur and bushy red tail of Redtail, along with all the other StarClan cats that gave him his nine lives.