[a design of Perchpaw crouching and looking to the side]

Perchpaw – the unsung hero of Warriors by Shadeleap

Shadeleap shines the spotlight on Perchpaw.

[a design of Perchpaw crouching and looking to the side]
Art by theDawnmist
[a design of Perchpaw crouching and looking to the side]

Heyyy BlogClan!! Today I’ll be talking about Perchpaw, from Mapleshade’s Vengeance. This is not an article about whether or not I think Mapleshade is innocent or not, this is about Perchpaw. Enjoy!

SPOILERS FOR MAPLESHADE’S VENGEANCE

So for those of you that don’t know, Perchpaw is the cat that ended up killing Mapleshade. He was Appledusk’s apprentice, and he ended up killing Mapleshade out of revenge for his mentor (I think?).
If Perchpaw hadn’t killed Mapleshade, what would have happened? I think we can all agree that she would have come back and tried to kill Reedshine, right? And if she succeeded, what would happen?
Well, first, Reedshine’s kits would all die as well. So no Applefrost, Shyheart, or Willownose, and none of their kits either. That means no Shellheart.
Shellheart is the father of Crookedstar and Oakheart. If he never existed, neither would his sons, their kits, their kits, etc. Let’s start with Crookedstar’s side of the family.
If Crookedstar never existed, neither would Silverstream. That means Graystripe would have either drowned in the river (Meaning Millie would still be a kittypet, Blossomfall, Briarlight, and Bumblestripe wouldn’t exist, Blossomfall’s kits wouldn’t exist, and Stemleaf wouldn’t be there for Bristlefrost to crush on. That also means that all the captured kittypets in Graystripe’s Vow would probably have died, and WarriorClan wouldn’t hear about the real Clans) or some other cat would have saved him. However, Graystripe would never father Stormfur and Feathertail. If Stormfur disappeared, Brook wouldn’t have a mate, and Feather, Breeze, Lark, and Pine wouldn’t exist. If Feathertail didn’t exist, she wouldn’t save the Tribe, meaning that without Perchpaw, the Tribe would have been killed by Sharptooth.
Now let’s look at Oakheart’s side. He had kits with Bluestar, so they wouldn’t exist. Mosskit wouldn’t die in the snow, Stonefur wouldn’t have been killed by Darkstripe and Blackfoot, and Mistystar wouldn’t have become leader. That means no Reedwhisker either. With both of them out of the picture, Hawkfrost would probably have been made deputy of RiverClan and destroyed it. If he didn’t become deputy, the villain of this latest arc (my bet is Splashtail or Duskfur) might have been deputy and still destroyed it. Either way, RiverClan would fall.

So Perchpaw is responsible for RiverClan, the Tribe, WarriorClan, and possibly the other Clans’ existence. It’s crazy how important a background character can be….

That’s all I got for today! Have a great day/night everyone and may StarClan light your path!
-Shadeleap

Fan Articles

30 comments