Ivypaw wonders just who is the mysterious character in Lost Stars. Spoilers for Lost Stars!
Hello BlogClan! This is my first article here and I’m going to be talking about the theories I have about the mystery cat who’s in Bramblestar’s body.
First things first, I am not convinced that Darktail is the mystery cat. Why? Because he doesn’t have any reason to do that to Bramblestar who was just a cat at the side. His main aim was Onestar and…perhaps destroying the Clans too, but he had no reason to hate Bramblestar.
I think that the one who told Shadowpaw about the Codebreakers is the same cat as the one who’s in Bramblestar’s body. I read the blurb in the FANDOM of the third book is ABC, A Veil of Shadows, and it said that Bramblestar was going to try to exile the Codebreakers. This leads me to my opinion of two choices of cats that could be in Bramblestar’s body. Number 1 is…DRUMROLL PLEASE…Ashfur. Number 2 is…Sol.
Now, let’s take a look at the cats who are the Codebreakers: Twigbranch, Tree, Dovewing, Crowfeather, Mothwing, Lionblaze, JAYFEATHER (ahhh, I’m figuratively going to slash that mystery cat so hard…), and…Squirrelflight.
Who hates Squirrelflight? ASHFUR! What better way for him to punish Squirrelflight than to get into Bramblestar’s body and then exile her and her adopted kits? Imagine how heartbroken she would be. Perfect revenge for poor old Ashfur who loved too much (note the sarcasm).
If you are saying that Ashfur is a StarClan cat, he can’t do things like that, you’re wrong. Being in StarClan didn’t stop Flametail from trying to kill Jayfeather, did it? And if you think that if that’s so, then why didn’t he do it earlier, it’s because he was biding his time. He saw many things in his time in StarClan like how living cats and dead cats could interact and even kill each other. We’re talking about a cat who tried to kill his Clan leader because of an affair with the leader’s daughter three years ago! He also tried to kill three innocent children in a fire!
“Bramblestar padded across to Squirrelflight and dipped his head towards her. ‘Greeting,’ he meowed. ‘It’s good to be with you again.'” A quote from Lost Stars. It sounds like something Ashfur would say…
Ashfur also didn’t take easily to the cats outside the Clans and the cats of other Clans except for Hawkfrost I suppose. He was fiercely against them. That would explain Twigbranch, Tree and the other cats in the Codebreakers. He wouldn’t be suspected because he would just say, ‘I’m doing it for the Clans!’ when his heart was bent on revenge on Squirrelflight. Some people say, why Mothwing, though, so let me tell you. Mothing’s mother was a loner and her father was…TIGERSTAR. Tigerstar killed Brindleface, Ashfur’s mother so that the dogs would get a taste of cat blood. Ashfur would be in his StarClan, knowing that he had had his revenge on Squirrelflight and exiled all of the cats who, he thought, belonged outside the Clans.
Now for Sol. He swore that he would be back and that he would destroy what all the Clans stood for before disappearing. He passed away and wandered in the Clans’ territory where he might have been seen by Tree, explaining why he might try to exile Tree, worried he might have seen by him and that Tree might try to tell the Clans that. He learned what happened with each cat and drew up a list of the cats who are Codebreakers and then gone to Shadowpaw, just like how he had gone to ShadowClan before, and told him about the cats and Bramblestar’s strange cure so that he would be able to enter him easily. The trick worked and Sol is now in Bramblestar’s body and then sets about to exile the Codebreakers.
He is attacking the Clans from inside, slowly but steadily destroying the ties of unity between them. When the Clans’ unity is gone, the Clans itself begin to be ruined. Sol finally gets his revenge on the Clans, especially on SkyClan, for having rejected him.
Okay, hope you liked my theories and sorry for the rants. Tell me who you think the mystery cat is in the comments! Thank you for reading my article.
Ivypaw (leaf) signing out
I totally agree with your theories, Ivyla! π Great article!
thank you!!
Ahh, this was an old article, I’m cringing right now…
Those are good points! I don’t know though, Im not that far in the series, so idk
thank you!
I think the Ashfur one is more likely, even though he’s a bEaN (unpopular opinion) because I don’t know how Sol would have got into Bramblestar’s body
This was a cool article, thanks!
thank you!
Good article Ivypaw!
You brought up good points for both the case of Ashfur and Sol. I was having a hard time with why Ashfur would go after some cats. This article does clear up some matters.
I did not even consider Sol to be a possibility for the mystery cat! With your reasons and Sol’s previous engagements with the Clans…
All the Clans are in trouble now!
Sol has already successfully destroyed the Clans twice (Shadow Clan and the eclispe) from the inside out as a visiting rouge, imagine how he could do it as a clan leader!
I am already going over pictures in my mind on how Sol would destroy the Clans.
Thanks for lighting my brain on fire with ideas Ivypaw!
That is what great articles do!
Purple Dusk
Ah, thank you! <3
I used to think only Ashfur could be the ct, but now that I’ve read this, I think it could also be Sol! Nice job, Ivyla!
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Hello but I don’t think it was me π
Thank you! <3
I agree that the mystery cat is likely not Darktail; like you said, he doesn’t seem to have a motive to do it. I liked how you took that quote from Lost Stars to back up the section on Ashfur – that definitely seems like something he might say. I don’t think Sol would be doing this, just because it would make more sense for him to possess Leafstar. I think the end result of ruining the unification would be the same, and it would also hurt SkyClan more since it’s effecting a member of the Clan. I hope that makes sense. π Of the three you talked about, I think it was Ashfur. π Great article!
Thank you! <3
Great article Ivyla! I loved all the points you gave.
Thank you! <3
In fact, I posted a poll on instagram about whether Ashfur, Darktail, Sol or another cat is possessing Bramblestar week ago π. In my opinion, though I think Ashfur is the one more possible to possess Bramblestar, Sol may be involved too, as he’s so good at manipulating cats. He may use Ashfur’s hatred towards Squirrelflight and her family to destroy the clans. (Besides, Sol is also one of my favorite villains so I want to see more of him in the series π.) OK I guess I’m starting to stray away from the main topic πΉ. Anyway, I like your analysis and great job πΈ!
Wait I mean *though I think Ashfur is the one who’s possessing Bramblestar* π
Ah, thank you! π
I THINK IT’S SOL. I’M GLAD SOMEONE ELSE THOUGHT OF IT.
Period.
WAIT.
SOL NEVER LOVED SQUIRRELFLIGHT, RIGHT???
OH NO IT MIGHT BE ASHFUR
Gaaaaaaaasssssssppppppp :000
Bramblestar’s acting like Sol but Iddddkkkkkkkk
The question isn’t it is it Ashfur or not, but it should be-is Ashfur working alone or not?
So glad somebody else thought of Sol!!! I’ve thought it was Sol from the very beginning, however I never even thought of Ashfur. Clever!!!πΈπΈπΈ He is a strong possibility as well!
I’m so glad somebody else thought of Sol!!! That is who I’ve suspected all along, however I never even thought of Ashfur!!! He would make a very formidable opponent!πΈπΈπΈ Very clever!!!