[a starry version of Ashfur looks over his shoulder forlornly]

Who killed Ashfur? by Echopaw

Echopaw takes a look at Ashfur’s death in the Power of Three.

Art by Mizu-no-Akira

Hello! This is Echopaw/mist with a theory about Power of Three SO DON’T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ POWER OF THREE AND I’M JUST GOING TO HOPE THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE THE TITLE.
Okay, so thinking that you heeded my warning I’m going to go ahead.
Did Hollyleaf actually slaughter Ashfur? I mean, sure, she was angry, but rule-following, Warrior Code-obsessed Hollyleaf? I highly doubt that.
Also in defence of Ashfur he just wanted to be with Squirrelflight who quite frankly is not good enough for him and I should probably stop now before I start ranting.
What I think happened was Hollyleaf set out to drown Ashfur, but then felt bad and just knocked him into the water. So she would think that she had killed him by accident (uh, kind of).
Let’s see who might have a grudge against him (other than Hollyleaf)
Maybe Thistleclaw?
Brambleclaw (now that’s what I call taking a fight over a girl TOO FAR)
Tigerstar (I will explain underneath)
Ferncloud (great StarClan this is getting savage)
Hollykit

Thistleclaw
It says in Crookedstar’s Promise that this crazy savage dude is very very disappointed in his son, Whitestorm, who’s son is Ashfur. It’s possible.

Brambleclaw
Brambleclaw must have noticed how many fights there were between him and Squirrelflight, and realised that he might lose her to Ashfur if he wasn’t careful.
So he decided to be careful and killed him.
Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay…

Tigerstar
Tigerstar maybe because he was angry at Dustpelt for not leaving ThunderClan with him. Dustpelt’s mate is Ferncloud, who’s brother is Ashfur so maybe he knew that the best way to upset Dustpelt was upsetting Ferncloud (I mean Darktail knew that so Tigerstar would too…)
Also he’s a crazy killer so why not? And he might be keeping his promise to kill off ThunderClan…

Ferncloud
I bet all of you are thinking ‘what on Earth, Echomist? She’s FERNCLOUD for StarClan’s sake’ and I understand that but think about how many deaths she had to endure (Larchkit, Brindleface, Shrewpaw, Foxleap, Whitestorm, Hollykit). Think about that last one; Hollykit. Maybe she was jealous that Hollyleaf survived when her daughter, Hollykit, didn’t. Maybe she saw Hollyleaf attack Ashfur and thought ‘if I were to kill him, she would take the blame.’ But then she felt really bad and still did it. Also they might have had a quarrel.

Hollykit
Look above at Ferncloud to find out.

So because Hollykit is a… kit I’m ruling her out. And I’m ruling out Tigerstar because I’ve noticed that he doesn’t normally kill the mother, then the son.
It’s normally the other way around…
So it’s either Ferncloud, Thistleclaw or Brambleclaw. Tell me what you think in the comments!

Thank you for reading! I hope you found this interesting!
May StarClan light your path,
Echomist.

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50 comments

  • I don’t think it was Ferncloud…sorry but it just doesn’t make sense. why would she kill her brother over a quarrel? Ashfur couldn’t have helped that Hollykit died, and if she was jealous about hollyleaf surviving, why not kill hollyleaf?

  • well i mean
    hollyleaf’s story says that hollyleaf killed ashfur and the warrior cats wiki agrees, soooo

  • I think it was Hollyleaf for certain, because she was, at that time, scared, overwhelmed, and unhinged. Ashfur was threatening to expose Hollyleaf and her siblings as the rogues they thought they were, and she was afraid of what she thought her peers would think. This was not rule-following, cool, calculated Hollyleaf. This was desperate, stressed, angry, deceived, bewildered, impulsive Hollyleaf. We saw that Hollyleaf, after learning that the warrior code she lived by went against her very existence, was angry and overwhelmed enough to threaten to kill Leafpool, so why not Ashfur, seeing as she was going through a great many strong negative emotions at the time.

  • Uhm, Hollyleaf did kill Ashfur…she literally admitted to Jayfeather and Lionblaze that she did, in the Power of Three. Does nobody remember that?!

  • It was Hollyleaf. She wasn’t the same, she was distraught and hopeless, and she stalked and killed him, very deliberately. She also confessed to killing him, which would be weird to lie about.

    1. Hollyleaf isn’t perfect.
    2. If Erin said Hollyleaf Ashfur, guess who killed Ashfur?…

    Hollyleaf!

  • The series said it was Hollyleaf BUT I think it was Brambleclaw. Perhaps Brambleclaw killed Ashfur then threatened to kill Hollyleaf too if she tells anyone it was him. Maybe Hollyleaf convinced herself that she killed Ashfur even though she didn’t. Maybe she said she did until she believed it. Then when Hollyleaf is about to say she thinks she is the one who killed Ashfur, Brambleclaw feels bad and makes up a whole new story, but doesn’t tell Hollyleaf she’s been lying to herself the whole time. Just an idea.

  • what i think happened to Ashfur is, when hollyleaf met ashfur at the stream near the windclan border, she ramed her body in to Ashfur and surprised fell backward into the stream he cut himself on a sharp rock. Hollyleaf notest he was starting to drowned so she finished him off. (im sorry it is so horrible!!!!)