Warrior Cats Arc 9 REVEALED!

[@Lynxxkit]

I don’t think warrior cats will ever stop making books until my wallet is empty-

[@mrboogosama5664]

Free audio books on yt just wait a few months

[@DarkGuardian_Silvers]

FRRRRRRR

[@Lynxxkit]

@@mrboogosama5664 ooh cool

[@Soda-paws]

​@@Lynxxkityep! That's how me and my dad listen to them

[@covert.callie]

real

[@Mirage_WCUE]

Moonpaw is literally moonwatcher from wings of fire. Mysterious voice inside her head, anxious, name starts with moon… (Edit): yall chill before you blow up my notifications-

[@amitv6850]

I literally thought of the same thing 😭

[@randompeanut1156]

Minus the mind reading part

[@LunaLazyDemon]

HELP?! FR- We need her name to be something related to Moonwatcher, like Moongazer for example-

[@kermitthekonure]

Erin Hunter needs some new ideas, but not Moonwatcher…

[@Mag3.1415]

@@randompeanut1156I mean we don’t know that

[@marisavargas5535]

Does anyone else realize that this is the first time we get all of the POV characters as She-Cats?

[@georgerafa5041]

Yes,

[@BrightGuardianAkira]

No, not the first time. Dawn and Twilight were Leafpool/Squirrelflight only

[@kierraspain8848]

There's also ivypool and dovewing as well as hollyleaf :)

[@loppie_445]

@@kierraspain8848 yeah but outside of their own books they share chapters with Jayfeather and Lionblaze

[@kierraspain8848]

@loppie_445 ah true but they are still she cat povs and there's the super editions ect- I'd say plenty of she-cats get povs one way or another

[@ribottostudio]

I'm so glad that they're back to naming cats very unique names. I always thought Moonflower was so pretty. I hope they just have her be a warrior who had visions, like Fireheart.

[@DarkGuardian_Silvers]

yess i want her to be a warrior and maybe NOT have kits or a mate

[@Lightinglion4536]

I know like fire heart he has heart for his clan mates and his pelt looks like and he has strength like fire as well

[@gummyghostxx]

@@DarkGuardian_Silversand if she has a mate, make it gay.

[@Danmeilover69]

I wish they'd give names like that to male characters. Female characters get feminine names, and that irritates me. I want a boy apprentice named Flowerpaw, or a tom-cat warrior named Nightflower.

[@Danmeilover69]

​@@DarkGuardian_Silvers She's getting a mate and kits. In the warriors world every woman ever wants a husband and kids. I'm not happy about it, but I'm not holding my hopes up that they won't force her into a romance.

[@valtorean]

The twolegs be destroying every settlement the cats make

[@Jupiterisinsane]

*the cats just regroupinh after star* Twolegs-no we need PLOTLINE

[@randompeanut1156]

TNP all over again! Alright let's get ready for another 100 pages of walking.

[@NuggetBuddy]

True

[@randompeanut1156]

@txy-kurtsversion Ooh my gosh yes! For some pages of books, my brain just airs out whatever is on the page, but TNP?? I had to force myself to read word by word because I might've missed something because my brain was just airing out too much.

[@starstorm1267]

Surprised the cats didn’t already do that themselves, considering they’re overpopulated as hell

[@LifeInSonaria]

If they’re making another ‘medicine cat who might have important visions that are actually from an evil spirit’ I want Moonpaw to listen to this evil spirit, and do whatever it says. Then when she eventually finds out that they’re evil, I want her to continue following them anyway. Make her evil, and make her enjoy being evil! She just seems like a character that looks innocent and sweet but is actually an evil gremlin. Ontop of that, what would be cool is if originally her leader makes her name Moonlight, but then she changes it to Moonshade instead, both a darker turn and if Mapleshade is her dark forest mentor, in honour on her.

[@LifeInSonaria]

Also, this book/arc seems to have a common theme of Visions. Moonpaw possibly having visions, Leafstar loosing her vision. Idk if this was intentional or not, but the two main points (aside from the elders) are about visions. To have a wild guess at it, it seems like Moonpaw having ‘visions’ but them actually being from the dark forest, and Leafstar loosing her vision, could be symbolising Starclan is leaving them? This ties in with the Moonpool being destroyed, which then ties in with the elders.

[@WeevilWoodpecker]

So you're saying you want the relationship to be like bubble and Scarlet from fear garden 2

[@khymm_kinnie]

omg yesssss!!! YES EVIL CATS THAT KNOW THEY ARE EVIL AND LIKE BEING EVIL I LOVE THIS THEORY I'm actually writing a book currently w/ a medicine cat saboteur >:3

[@fawngutz_4X]

@@WeevilWoodpeckerYes

[@ratzcorpse]

Moonwatcher

[@Claws_N_Paws_Animations]

THIS IS UNRELATED BUT WHY IS STEMKIT SUCH AN ADORABLE NAME FOR A KIT 😭😭😭

[@Claws_N_Paws_Animations]

yall gotta agree with me

[@dirt_buffet]

FR

[@kickingitwithlondyn9901]

Tiny as a stem

[@Akutheos]

Imagine they grow up to be muscular and tall af 😂

[@Mx._M_o_t_h]

Things I want from Moonpaw(that will most likely never happen) -For her to be a warrior app stay a warrior app and be actually good at being a warrior. -she tells the meds of what ever clan she is thrown into about the visions but rejects the life of a med -she puts in an anxious personal but is actually very morally gray -for her to be WindClan

[@cricketflightstar]

I actually really hope they don't move. In New Prophecy, they treat the lake territories as if it is completely untouchable by Twolegs, and in the in-world Warriors history, they have spent like 10 times less time in the new territory than the old one, and I find that kind of unrealistic.

[@prcervi]

there were already vacation cabins on the lake when they arrived and a few residents that stopped being relevant right after they got introduced

[@deweyr_fisher]

it’s so dumb since i’m fairly sure no one will question starclan telling them to move again even though the lake was supposed to be the last time they had to do this

[@micah1841]

If they DO have to move it better be someplace cool 😞 but I’m so attached to the lake territories I can’t

[@Wolf_Girlehe]

The lake territory has been in my heart for years, I’m hoping they stay, but at the same time it would be cool to have new land to explore

[@Meow-gf1ke]

Honestly? The lake territories has been the longest appearing territory in the books. I could completely understand a change of scenery, I actually REALLY want a new landscape. It'd allow the writers to go free range with creativity. There could be a long lost clan there? Beautiful scenery, waterfalls and even a meadow. They could have something called a mooncavern that's this ancient, untouched cavern that leads down past a waterfall into a spiralling cavern with a moonstone submerged by a pool at the bottom. There could be larger predators, more chance cats can actually get killed off more easily. Like Sharptooth or even bears. I'm honestly just thinking about all the possibilities. Imo, I'm bored of the lake territories - I want the writers to go all out and craft something new and exciting once more. I know many people won't feel the same way, but it's been so long since we've had a new setting. 😫

[@JustDuckiest]

Okay, so we have Squirrelstar, Tigerstar and Harestar, with the possibility of Hawkstar... Frostpaw, you gotta pick a RiverClan leader with an animal prefix!

[@gothicsloth4552]

Still lines up with the Mothstar theory!

[@JustDuckiest]

@@gothicsloth4552 Hell yeah!

[@auracinnabon]

OWLSTAR PART 2 BABY LETS GOOOOOOOOOO OWLSTAR CAMPEAO DE MUNDOOOOOOO 🗣️🗣️🗣️☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾🏆🏆🏆

[@ziyaanomar5435]

@@auracinnabonhush that went wrong a LONG time ago Lmao 😂

[@JustDuckiest]

@@ziyaanomar5435 seeing the events at the end of Wind has fueled his rage and he has decided he will be Owlstar!!! Woohoo!

[@Cain9devil]

I screamed when I saw Moonpaw’s design. Dako is a genius, she’s adorable looks like an owl! I hope she ends up looking like that 😭 I brought up that Changing Skies will be TNP 2 in your server a while back and everyone was like NOOOOOO hahahaha. I hope you’re spot on with this theory, I feel like you always end up being somewhat right.

[@miawmiawmiawmi]

dawko??? the fnaf youtuber?!?!

[@problemchild465]

@@miawmiawmiawmiI think they meant miss dako, akira’s artist

[@miawmiawmiawmi]

@@problemchild465 OHHH LMFAOOOO

[@Cain9devil]

@@problemchild465yep, my bad 😅 Leave it up to my dyslexic self to misspell a name hahah

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

Did you see Moonpaw's official design??? It's SO cool!!

[@thatmomentwhen345]

I’m just happy Leafstar is getting the spotlight back. I’ve always loved her

[@hpforever3563]

Honestly, I really hope that the sinister voice Moonpaw hears is Scourge. It would be a more interesting twist on the evil spirit idea, if the evil spirit is a cat unrelated to starclan or the dark forest. Besides, they seem to heavily focus on starclan changing it's place of dwelling, so there could be some plot about them struggling to do it, because there's a rouge hell blocking their way. It would be nice having a plot where an evil cat is actually helpful and it would actually make Moonpaw crucial to solving the problem, instead of partially causing it, while still being difficult for her to navigate. Furthermore, if Moonpaw will in fact, be the daughter of Nightheart and Sunbeam, that would mean that she's related to Scourge through the Firestar line. Another more interesting option would be Moonpaw having a connection to a second dead dark forest cat. We've seen Mampleshade manipulate cats before and I really don't want them to just mush Crookedstar and Shadowsight together, it would be unoriginal and boring.

[@DMDadventures]

That would be too cool to be real. But I think the Erins forgot Scourge

[@MoonPelt]

1:16 This reminders me of the past arcs. The Moonpool being destroyed during the winter sounds like the broken code arc. It also reminds me of the new prophecy when they’re changing territories because of two legs and the starless clan arc when the oldest leader (MistyStar) dies Edit: Also Moonpaw reminds me of ShadowSight with both unknown voices in their head

[@EmperorAnimates777]

literally my first thought, the story team are really dry for ideas ://

[@Sandstorm89483]

Yeah!

[@MoonPelt]

@@EmperorAnimates777 yeah :/

[@lagggoat7170]

@@EmperorAnimates777 I wish they were more corageous to change the status quo. I thought they were going there with Nightheart in the first book of the current arc, he had ideas that sounded almost like cat democracy and it would have been interesting to see him ascend to leadership very young somehow (like Firestar) then struggle/fail at it, maybe ending up leading a small splinter group. Have clans split, have clans fight like in the first arc, anything not cookiecutter! Even if they go through with a territory change, thats STILL reheating old ideas! I must admit I liked the second arc BECAUSE it was a radical change, but second arc.2 wont have the same oomph. Not to mention they lived in the forest for GENERATIONS, yet this time around there are still cats alive who were born in the old forest

[@kirani111]

I want her to be a mean angry little Goosefeather woman, angrily shaking her fist at StarClan and deciding that the Clans are better off without them.

[@klajetowa-ct6oc]

Id actually be really happy if Moonpaw turned out to be a mediator. I know it’s probably not gonna happen, but still, I really love the role of a mediator, and it’d be something new!!

[@CosmicRadius]

YES! We need a mediator POV it’s such a unique role and needs to be explored more!

[@Yeibaldreamss]

@@CosmicRadius i don’t see it going past skyclan tbh. A mediator is just an extension of a medicine cat’s job. Frostpaw and Jayfeather were running around dealing with other cat’s bullsh!t constantly, something tree should be doing for skyclan but he just sits around all the time and nobody has a problem with it. They made him kind of useful recently, but that doesn’t make up for how neglectful he’s been. If the authors were gonna make a new role, tree was not the way to do it.

[@CosmicRadius]

@@Yeibaldreamss I totally agree, which is why I think the Erin’s should at least try to improve the role by having a pov explore it and actually use the role

[@YinAndYang_ii]

2:47 I hope tawnypelt becomes a protagonist, it would be so interesting to see a cat who’s already been around for awhile suddenly become a protagonist! Also something very important you forgot was this statement by the writers While we’re all very excited to see the final books of A STARLESS CLAN step out into the world in 2024, the lives of our Clan cats always march on, and work has officially begun on the ninth arc. It doesn’t have a title yet, but Book #1 is already being written, and the Story Team will begin brainstorming Book #2 in the next few weeks. We can’t tell you too much about it right now, but one of the central characters will be an old friend whose adventures we’ve been following since the very first WARRIORS arc. And old friend whose adventures we’ve been following since the very first warriors arc… it’ll likely be a dead cat and hopefully not Firestar because that would be way to boring

[@TaurielTheElf]

I think Tawnypelt is the old friend. She was born in the first arc.

[@YinAndYang_ii]

@@TaurielTheElf while it didn’t really follow her I do agree it’s most likely her

[@skullyxxx292]

WHAT IF ITS CLOUDTAIL?!?! He's old and more relevantly followed in the first arc

[@maddiebolton2317]

They could potentially dig up smudge or princess? I feel like smudge is the most plausible out of the two since he recived dreams about Skyclan in Firestar's Quest? But Smudge must be pretty old at this point if he's even alive

[@ayenii]

@@maddiebolton2317 Doubt, they'd both be long dead at this point considering how long its been. It's either Tawnypelt or one of the ThunderClan litters born in Arc 1 - so Brightheart, Cloudtail, Thornclaw, Brackenfur, or (god forbid) Brambleclaw.

[@eltrut-o9k]

This series is pumping out books faster than the population is growing. Also, I going to die if we don't see more Ivypool. (She's my favorite.)

[@BurntToast-4556]

Moonpaws warrior name will be Moonkitti

[@CoffeeKat14]

YES

[@FantasticFawnleap]

That’s stupid!

[@FantasticFawnleap]

@@CoffeeKat14how about no!

[@MartiniiYeah]

⁠@@FantasticFawnleapthey’re just joking bro 💀🙏 a lot of people really like moonkitti and it’s a fine joke for them to make.

[@FantasticFawnleap]

@@MartiniiYeah oh great you agian!

[@ebonycameoutoftheoven]

"The Elders' Quest" huh sounds pretty familiar. *insert The Apprentice's Quest here*

[@TwigCommenter]

Next arc first book: The kit’s quest

[@CosmicRadius]

@@TwigCommenter the arc after that: The Warriors’ quest 💀

[@RAVENSSRL]

@@CosmicRadiusthe arc after that: “The Queens Quest”

[@micah1841]

@@RAVENSSRL’the medicine cats quest’

[@Ca3keMeowza]

​@@micah1841 no but the loner's quest sounds cool.

[@Kiwi_Bean]

5:54 HELP- This was so funny to me bc I (once, when I was like, 9-10) HAD A FRICKEN SELF-INSERT NAMED MOONPAW/TAIL. AND GUESS WHAT?? HER PARENTS WERE SUNBEAM AND NIGHTHEARTTTT! what a coincidence XDDDD

[@THE_EPIK_DUCK_IS_COMING]

LOLL Imagine that MoonPaw's warrior or medicine cat name I'd MoonTail lol

[@gracekim1998]

You can see the future 😂

[@vanillabeanic]

you're like twelve now its only been TWO YEARS since the release of the first starless clan book not that much😭😭😭😭😭

[@Kiwi_Bean]

@@vanillabeanic yup, I'm around twelve yrs old lol (not saying actual age bc you know why.)

[@Ca3keMeowza]

Thats it, youre a medicine cat now, you just saw the future.

[@RainbowsAJ]

I'M CLICKING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT

[@Rainsdragons22]

HOW DID U READ MY MIND?!!!? I WAS GONNA SAY THAT!!

[@Marilynn_1275]

Tawnypelt is awesome, I'm so glad we get to see more of her again.

[@eshix4089]

Calling it now, the voice in Moonpaw's head is Scourge. No, I will not explain (I can't)

[@FighterofSouls]

Took a screen shot so if and when it's true ill look at the screens hot 👍

[@Yeibaldreamss]

It might be mapleshade. She’s the only dark forest leader who’s still alive, and losing her chance to wreak havoc on the clans with ashfur’s downfall might’ve been her final straw.

[@jeanne_du_lys]

So what I’m hearing is nine year old me getting bullied on animal jam warrior cats roleplays for naming my character Moonpelt was a canon accurate name 😭

[@KCTheHedgehog]

What if Moonpaw is a kit found during Ivypool's Heart? Recent arcs have been ending and picking up in almost the exact same times so, unless there's a descent time skip between arcs, it would be a good explanation as to where she came from. As much as i desperately want her to come from WindClan or RiverClan (i would like an arc that fully lets the other not ThunderClans shine). The blurb mentions finding a place full of strange creatures, which could give her character some interesting quirks. This is also a book that's putting focus on Ivypool's grief over Bris. Her healing could start by learning to care for this strange mystery kit.

[@Lily.RatQueen]

I love how moon paw is drawn, she’s just staring blankly into my soul and I’m here for it

[@SunnyTooBright]

Wait already I’ve never heard of moonpaw and this plot sounding hella familiar

[@deweyr_fisher]

it does 😭

[@Inkling193]

She's pretty similar to moonwatcher from wings of fire

[@TwigCommenter]

Shes giving moonwatcher wof vibes

[@Rin.Iguess]

BRO IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS ARC AND I DONT KNOW WHY?! i feel like this will be a really good story, im excited for the return of tawnypelt and crowfeather, the moonpool destruction(?!), and troubles with skyclan! i never liked the traveling books which is why tnp was my least favorite arc, but this arc seems cool!

[@MiikkaSakkinen]

Im crazy excited traveling books are my favourite😭

[@fallen_orchids]

IF MOONPAW IS A TC MEDICINE CAT THAT MEANS SHES GONNA BE ALDERHEARTS APPRENTICE!! Guys you dont know how long ive been waiting for alderheart to be important again

[@raina1848]

Same here. I always feel like doing an excited little dance whenever there's something important to do and I read, "Take Alderheart with you." ❤

[@MambaDraws]

I would love an Alderheart apprentice to make him relevant again (he was one of my favorites) but I also really don't want Moonpaw to be a medicine cat. The last time we got a warrior with ambitions that had constant visions was Firestar iirc and he didn't even have a voice in his head. It would be really interesting and new if she was a warrior apprentice imo

[@lj2659]

I think it would be so cool if the two POV's changed every book. Keep Moonpaw throughout the arc but have the other one's change! I am really glad that we are at least skipping 6-8 moons between arcs. I hated that there was barely any passage between TBC and ASC. Also some people seemed confused by this- Tawnypelt IS the elder going on the quest and is the teased about "old friend" we've known since arc 1 :)

[@CosmicRadius]

It would be really fun to have them format the POV characters like they did in TNP

[@lj2659]

@@CosmicRadius right!!

[@milanafemkewr4946]

I like the idea of old characters coming back, and Squirrelstart managing adventures by herself and other admired characters like Tawnypelt. With enough freshness thanks to Moonpaw and the other three you mentioned. Moonlight would be such a cool name, even tho they are really obssesed with fake visions. But let's see if they work something nice around it!

[@Silvermoon32109]

Ah yes the sun trail will lead you to a forest where you can always be safe. Ah yes the new prophecy will be lead you to lake where you will always be safe. Ah yes the random territory that was safe and untouched all this time is the ACTUAL safe place all this time.

[@MiikkaSakkinen]

I bet they will visit old terrotories and be like oh there is just twoleg houses and find somewhere else

[@deweyr_fisher]

i would really hate if they had to move again and displace a bunch of rogues like the settlers did, especially since there is unlikely to be any questioning of starclan going back on their word or the morality of taking other people’s land

[@Silvermoon32109]

It bugs me that everytime starclan moves cats they then go back on their choice with a new untouched territory that they could have led them to from the start

[@deweyr_fisher]

@@Silvermoon32109 “you’ll be fine here forever” 5 arcs later “lol just kidding, you guys are so funny”

[@prcervi]

eventually they'll end up moving into a nature reserve where all human intervention won't be building new houses

[@NCR-Trooper-patrolling]

I don’t exactly follow the warriors lore or read the books anymore but I am still excited! Hope this book doesn’t let us down

[@thebrowniecokegamer]

new prophecy with the broken code elements. still hope cloudtail and/or brightheart are still major characters at least in book 1.

[@clinicallyinsanedogperson]

I’m hoping moonpaw is a windclan cat who at first wants to become a medicine cat, but chooses a different path. this different path could be to lead windclan (crowfeather could die as a final send off since he’s been around for way more than half of the arcs) she could also be instead a kick-butt type kitty who won’t let any cat stand in her way. I also am theorizing that since feathertail is gone, tawnypelt might try and fetch another cat for this mission to move the clans (maybe brightheart or any of the old clan cats, specifically old Riverclan cats since Riverclan might be difficult to move)

[@eastfallzz]

7:27 I literally gasped Jan 7th is my birthday :o I was like, yippee, new book on my birthday that I can’t afford before I realized that was when the preorder will be available ;-;

[@solaniseptember5357]

The Moonpool being destroyed doesn't necessarily mean the Clans will have to move. It can also mean they'll have to learn to live without ther ancestors' guidance.

[@Blazepool]

I miss the Forest Territory very much :(

[@Hailpaws]

So, basically Warrior cats still breaking their naming rule but having it extremely noticeable as it’s the main protagonist now. Great! 👍

[@NezukosCat]

I mean, they never really did, cuz we have, Moonflower, Havreymoon, Ambermoon, and probably others I'm forgetting.

[@axiefm]

I mean Moonflower was Bluestars mom so

[@Hailpaws]

⁠@@NezukosCatYeah, LOL, I’m just finding it extremely funny that one of these names that they said weren’t allowed is now going to be one of the main protagonists.

[@randompeanut1156]

It's been broke. That's Warriors for you!

[@ribottostudio]

Thank Christ because Rootspring, Shadowsight, Lightleap, Wafflepaw, Whistlepaw, Moonflower,. they're unique.

[@lunathelightfury2795]

I really, really don't want Moonpaw to be their daughter at ALL! I hope there is a couple that doesn't have kits in this series and is just happy being together without children and I hope it's Nightheart and Sunbeam honestly. It would be nice for a change. Honestly, I'm kinda hoping it's Moon from the sisters and she decided to join one of the Clans. It would be nice for the change. Or one of the cats from the park that decided to join them or a new kittypet that left her life to join one of the Clans, tbh anything else than Nightbeam's kit would be welcomed by me.

[@randompeanut1156]

It would be the first time we don't have a ThunderClan POV if Moonpaw was the Moon with The Sisters. (Even if temporarily.)

[@MambaDraws]

I agree with this. I still think it would've been a better story if Nightheart only pretended to be in love with Sunbeam to leave ThunderClan (and told her, of course), but I'll take what I can get, I guess. We need a couple that just doesn't want kits. A background couple's kit would be cool. Then we would get to see some personality from cats who are literally just cardboard cutouts right now.

[@gothicsloth4552]

Even though it's unlikely, I'd like it if she was from Windclan since we've never had a main series POV from a Windclan cat yet. And I want her to be a Warrior instead of a medicine cat but still be close to Whistlepaw or even Crowfeather.

[@MambaDraws]

@@gothicsloth4552 That would be a nice way to make Whistlepaw a main character without giving her a pov. We can hope lol

[@gothicsloth4552]

@@MambaDraws Exactly what I was thinking. Whistlepaw and her besties.

[@Splitshard_WC]

Warrior cats should make a villain that is a medicine cat it would be really cool and new and also really unsuspecting and dramatic

[@ciderlord4621]

I don’t read the books anymore and haven’t in years. I just loosely follow news, but the writers are recycling ideas to force this series to keep going. Warriors really has no reason to exist other than profit. They’ve got no new stories to tell.

[@darkfrostWcueAndspeedpaint]

They I swear, these cats are gonna have to go back to their old territory and it be “oh this place wasn’t safe to build on so the trees grew back!”

[@asagothe_fander]

I think something they could do to spice up moon paw, is make her embrace the voices, and stay in medicine cat. Like her being unsure in the beginning, but slowly growing to trust these sinister voices. While we have had some protagonists that do go to the dark forest, the first to do so as trainees, we haven’t seen one, truly ally themselves with the dark forest, or go to the dark forest at all. And one dark forest apprentice type we haven’t gotten yet is a dark medicine apprentice. so it would be really interesting if MP became an antagonist and a POV character at the same time.

[@shadowstalker-r4c]

why am i hoping moonpaw is hearing the voice of scourge? why? someone help!

[@Darkgrass571_2-qb2gq]

Also MOONpaw having Vinsons and hearing voices in her head? Sounds like a Wings Of Fire reference

[@Cloveeditz.X]

JEEEEZ, HOW MANY ARC'S ARE THERE...there's no space on my bloomin bookshelf

[@kickingitwithlondyn9901]

In the warriors wiki it now explains how moonpaw looks and who the mom and dad is but sadly there not sunbeam and nightheart but at least we know she have a chimera cat as our pov if its right

[@catlover373]

NO WAY THATS SO COOL, I MADE OC’s CALLED FROSTBITE AND MOONTAIL WHO ARE SIBLINGS, AND TWO ARCS IN A ROW THOSE NAMES ARE BEING USED :00

[@skystar2026]

The 9 series will be the first series i witness the release of since ive recently gotten back into warriors im reading the broken code atm

[@Parz1val141]

I really hope this is more original than arc 8 bc #8 had so many tropes that had been used before tbh

[@brynhansmeier5757]

as much as i want a windclan protagonist, i think moon paw is about to be sunbeam and nightheart’s kit. sun, night, and moon? too perfect

[@Im_Snowfall1]

I honestly wish that moonpaw was in windclan. It would be nice to have a windclan pov once in awhile without thunderclan stealing the spotlight

[@elinakim3298]

you are correct moonpaw is a thunderclan cat. also the 9th series are going to be published in january 7,2025

[@chunkyfishfries]

ANOTHER cat with the prefix “moon?” Now nobody can tell me it’s invalid.

[@honkerenthusiast]

all those "rules" people made up for names were NEVER canon anyways...just ignore those people :P

[@LAVALAMPSCOOKINGSHOW]

BABE WAKE UP NEW VID DROPPED

[@Scarlatte_TheWarriorCat]

So I know this video is two weeks old, but I had a thought. What if the voice in Moonpaw’s head is Bristlefrost? Maybe the realm where bristlefrost is can try to help bring Starclan back?

[@Just_a_minecraft_cat]

I like your profile of Glory

[@ElsieMJoseph]

I love how moonpaw looks kinda like an owl, it fits her night themed name!

[@Vixenvixy-sd1vx]

Hey! I think I might have a theory! So I think maybe Wasp will be the new river clan leader! They made such a big deal of him leaving and how he believed in Riversrar and him wanting to be in riverclan, and I can't think of a reason other than wanting to introduce the character, because he basically just came to the clan territory than left without any major character development sooo that's my guess

[@BG_NC]

Ooo maybe they'll go to where Stormclan is 👀

[@RoxNRose]

Why are people saying she is like Moonwatcher? Like maybe she is- but reminder, that Tui.t sutherland was once apart of the Erin’s team, so I don’t see wronging in the erin’s having some inspiration in another book their TEAMMEMBER wrote.

[@roomismoor]

I do love WC, but they are using like 4 major plot points that have been used… 1. Starclan being threatened AGAIN 2. Skyclan’s territory getting threatened AGAIN 3. An elder going on yet ANOTHER quest 4. ANOTHER young apprentice with a voice in their head. And, again, I love the series and it’s also about the characters, and all of the new relationships and stuff, but the whole plot is based off of things we have seen either at least once, or for some MANY times…

[@XOrtKnight]

Are they gonna have to move AGAIN? Are they just gonna do this every few arcs? Where are they gonna move to next?

[@Reptile2107]

I think I'm not the only one who thinks that Moonpaw seems to be very similar to Moonwatcher from Wings of Fire? Both have: -Moon in their name -Voices in their heads (+ which become sinister) -Visions I know this is just a blurb, but I still can't unsee the similarities.

[@MiikkaSakkinen]

Imagine if moonpaw is a warrior and being bullied for being mixed and bc of bullying listens to mapleshade in dreams like crookedstar

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Somehow I doubt that the sinister voice in her head will be as interesting as Darkstalker.

[@Wolfie54545]

I don’t know who that is and don’t know that series. UH OH! Looks like two series can have similar characters and NOT have it be illegal!

[@sunnflare]

@@Wolfie54545right 😂

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

I don't like the idea of a territory change. The old territories were there for many cat generations. There are still cats alive on the lake that were adults when they were at the lake. What we need is a timeskip of some sort.

[@JackalopeBunny]

Dang ok. I said on another video that I could see them moving the clans again because of twolegs poisoning the land somehow, except what I said was worse and darker, that not only do the twolegs poison the land, but the prey get poisoned as well causing clans to get ill and fall apart as cats die cause of the poison. To the point that they have to find a way to save the clans as numbers dwindle and cats begin to die. So they would have to join into one clan or even two in the end.

[@westonreischer-pd6qm]

This really Surprised me when moon paw showed up because. Almost a year ago a made an OC called moon CLAW. And yes I'm not jokeing

[@froginatub]

You know, if it is dead curlfeather influencing moonpaw, I think it would be cool if she WAS actually a helpful presence. I never got a sense from her character that she was just evil for no reason, and she did certainly care about her kid. It would be cool to see a dark forest cat genuinely trying to help- even if she's not going about it how Starclan might want. Like surely she still cares about the clans, and wants to see them safe, she just wanted to be leader. That dream is dead now- why would she keep being evil for no personal gain? I know warriors has a major black & white morality problem and basically sees all cats as entirely good or evil and would probably not do this LMAO, but it's one of the ways I could see Moonpaw's story actually being.... kind of interesting & not just a complete repeat like the rest of this arc seems to be. I hope she's a child of divorce also. Sunbeam dump him.

[@georgerafa5041]

Plot twist, what if Moonpaw was some medicine cat's kit znd named after the moonpool, and finds the new moonpool/moonstone in the possible new territory?

[@georgerafa5041]

BTW the whistlepaw thing is probably a leafpool situation again and the new moonpool is a tree, the moon tree sounds cool!

[@MambaDraws]

I actually like the idea of all the original prophecy cats from TNP getting back together and convincing the Clans they need to leave again. It would be a nice callback and end to their arcs, or lives. I think at least one of them will die, and it's most likely Crowfeather. I don't have a reason, just a feeling similar to that of the one I got while reading A Light in the Mist (I guessed Graystripe was going to die, and low and behold...). I might just be a victim of nostalgia, but having characters that I know and love return as protagonists years after I first read about them makes me feel nice. I do wish Tawnypelt would just retire, though. She's almost 12 years old at this point, and after everything she's gone through she needs some rest lol

[@herlocksholmes-uv5qw]

Dear god it's still going

[@Mushroomscorner]

YESSSS! I’m so excited ❤

[@Lavendererror]

Im like almost done with the starless clan just when Star comes out I’ll sure be excited for this new arc. Moonpaw reminds of Shadowsight suddenly lol..

[@meowstardpawz]

4:11 THANK YOU for making leafstar ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE LEAFSTAR AND NOT IDENTICAL TO LEAFPOOL

[@meowstardpawz]

wait….you think leafstar is DYING!?! NOOOOOOO! NOT MY LEAFSTAR!

[@avaarrow7478]

1:14 Didn't this already happen ONCE to skyclan in warriors: the untold stories: Cloudstar's journey?

[@JuliaMiner]

I wrote an au a year ago with my friends where our custom clans are pushed out of the their forest because of twoleg destruction and they meet ThunderClan, WindClan, SkyClan, ShadowClan, and RiverClan on the way to their new forest, in which the 5 of the canon clans had to join the journey because they shared twoleg descrution. No idea this was going to happen

[@styrofoamcaat]

Didn’t MapleShade die forever in the battle between the Dark Forest? I think I’m wrong but please tell me if I am

[@Danmeilover69]

This is the first time we get an all female main cast!!

[@Star_droptheFURRY]

i love making theories without any information the clans could go to a territory that’s in a place in mountains, like the tribe. a place next to the mountains would probably a sort of moorland or plains that windclan would live in. next to it, east, could be thunderclan’s forest. north of thunderclan could be shadowclan’s pine forest, and west of shadowclan could be riverclan’s territory, fading quickly from a pine forest to a normal forest to a rivery plains. skyclan could be northwest of riverclan in a lush plains territory where there could be a waterfall that pours into a lake that flows down into riverclan territory. between riverclan’s,thunderclan’s,windclan’s, and shadowclan’s territory could be the gathering clearing, a clearing with a large rock at the north edge of the clearing, the rock has smaller rocks and pebbles around it, which the deputies could sit on. the moonpool’s replacement would be the _mooncrystal_. a large, ~5 fox lengths tall, ~3 fox lengths wide amethyst crystal.

[@picket__fence]

I hope this is the last arc in the series.. let's face it, it probably won't be, but we can still hope. Yes, the series has brought us wonderful characters, great stories, and a *dynasty* of a community, but I believe it is about time the series itself should be put to rest. In my opinion, the stories these days feel less heartfelt, and just don't give the same.. vibe? The Warriors series has had a great run, but c'mon Erins, at this point, you're just doing this to shovel in as much money as possible. PLEASE👏GIVE👏THOSE👏CATS👏A👏BLOODY👏BREAK👏

[@Sn0wy_38]

Stormfur was one of my favorite characters IM SO EXCITED TO SEE STORMFUR BACK

[@amberbydreamsart5467]

I am currently re-reading The New Prophecy, so a new arc completely rehashing the moving arc is a little exhausting to me right now. ooogh.

[@RileyDrawsIt]

I think Erin Hunter is running out of names... there was the Apprentice's Quest, and now there's the Elder's Quest???

[@uglyashkanid]

this is the earliest ive ever been in akira's videos! awesome

[@Lightinglion4536]

They are literally redoing the new prophesy

[@asterisk.officiallll]

IM SORRY BUT THE THUMBNAIL KILLED ME 😭😭😭😭 and also.. where did moonpaw even come from???? Maybe we will find out in Sky, or the new book of the new arc..

[@ILoveGodForEver.]

Like Akira guessed, it will probably be thee kit if Sunbeam and Night heart.

[@asterisk.officiallll]

@@ILoveGodForEver. yeah, lets hope it is.

[@asterisk.officiallll]

@@ILoveGodForEver. yikes, thats sad

[@asterisk.officiallll]

@@ILoveGodForEver. yeah i remember Bayshine just because of Nightheart but i never remember Thriftear

[@ShadowsightSolos]

I’m excited!

[@finnsnow2495]

Echoing Stories is what the arc should be called because all the arcs they do is simply echoes and mirrors of old arcs. Seriously though the last two arcs have had apprentices that hear voices or see visions that are ominous and turn sinister. They need to do something else. Also I'm not sure I see the need for a new setting. Yes, the current setting is boring but would changing it really help? It didn't do much before so I can't see it doing much now. Maybe think of something intresting and new instead of reusing the EXACT same story and character. Don't get me wrong it's always been lazy writting but at least they'd try to do something a little different. Like arc 2 was travelling, the next two arcs were about brand new characters and one was a prequel, the next arcs also had new characters and did some travelling and minor conflicts with a major battle. But, the last three have literally been copy and paste. They need to do something drastic, maybe just burn the entire forest with a fire and kill 90% of the characters that's what they did with novellas. Bluestar's Prophecy literally killed most the clan with disease to explain missing characters in the first arc. It was lazy but maybe it's a needed reset. Unless they make the new home in the middle of a city I fail to see how it will result in anything new

[@honkerenthusiast]

i think dawn of the clans was meant to basically be that - "a soft reboot". they actually planned to have all future arcs proceed from the dawn of the clans timeline but dawn of the clans sold so poorly they almost stopped writing warriors books all together...so while i agree with you, i can see why they're not doing that.

[@deweyr_fisher]

it’s getting so old, I understand that people like sad traumatized child prophets but at least make it interesting by having them be a rogue so the Clan cats don’t believe them

[@finnsnow2495]

@@deweyr_fisher I don't think that would help at all. The children are already doubted anyway because eventually it's revealed they were manipulated and there has to be the distrust act. I think its be worst of we had yet another plot of an outsider not being trusted for having visions. Unless it was the final plot of the series and the rouge acted as guide away from Starclan because the clans have nowhere to go anymore but human society so the rouge has to help them acclimate. That would be the only realm it's intresting. The other issue is that they just throw their old protagonists away. Aside from like Bramble and Squirrel who are instated into everything to the point it's annoying the other characters are just shafted. Like Shadowsight' s life just kinda sucks and he's forced to accept Starclan quite literally hates him (they don't say that but by not allowing him to have a connection to Starclan it's basically giving that message, I know they gave a a half hearted reason but I don't buy it). Violet just became Rootspring's mom and nothing else. Rootspring just became nothing until he's needed for plot convinevece. I know Warriors sucks at character development but instead of making placeholders maybe focus on making what you currently have better. Why make stories and cats that are mirrors of Shadow, Root, and Bristle? Why not just continue their story and make it better? If they are so stuck on the same old character outlines just expand on the ones you currently have don't just make new ones. I guartee the next protags will be a mix of the three outlines from the last two arcs and the old cast of New Prophcey. The story will likely reflect New Prophecy and the only major change is setting which I don't think writers are bold enough to do anything with. Unless they plan to end the series they won't make major changes to the status quo. They only just adjusted the warrior code and look how well that's been going

[@deweyr_fisher]

@@finnsnow2495 I think it’d provide an opportunity for the books to actually examine the cat racism they continually neglect to talk about, at least as far as having a rogue there to disrupt the status quo and make them doubt starclan and their treatment of nonclan cats [since sol tried to do this but his influence didn’t last long]

[@finnsnow2495]

@@deweyr_fisher But they do talk about it, all the time. They talk about it until they conveniently forget about it like with Firestar. One thing I'm confident in is that their xenophobia will never change. It is 99% of the conflict in the books and without there would be no story. I agree, I wish this would change but it doesn't matter if it's rouge. It'd be like it is with Root's dad. They would eventually listen, give the rouge a place in whatever clan probably hook it up with a love intrest or two, and every arc or two a cat would make passive aggressive remakes about them once being a rouge. Literally the same story as every single outsider. I'm just saying it wouldn't add anything new because it's already been done. The whole xenophobia thing was a main conflict in every single plot but because it's needed to drive conflict they can't get rid of it. It's the same reason the clans must stay apart and fight, it's most of the story and conflict. The majority of an arc is dedicated to a forbidden romance and that can't happen if it's not forbidden. Even with the new rules they manage to make the forbidden romance plot because without it there would only be three books. Also they already doubt Starclan it's been the conflict in the last three arcs about whether or not to trust them. That has already been done but writers continue to double down Starclan is essential because it is also an #1 contender for plot. Starclan has chosen outsiders before so it wouldn't be anything unheard of its just be a Firestar situation or literally any other countless rouge in the clans. Like I said your idea is fine but it's clear the writer's will never go in that direction. They've had those scernios before and chose the Firestar path where the cat itself gets accepted with a few snarky opposers but mostly it's a forgotten point even when the same conflict appears again. Despite Firestar being a kittypet they still hated them. It's just too vital to the story. Like I said they would only ever do that if the series was going to end. And before you say it there would be many other stories and conflicts you could make without the constant need for xenophobia but the writer's couldn't do it. I could never see them merging the clans and making a arc about leaving Starclan behind and learning to look beyond their clans forever. It took them until last arc just to adjust the warrior code and even then it hardly changed anything.

[@Darkgrass571_2-qb2gq]

Uhhh I think you are are forgetting something. Even if the Twolegs destroy the moonpool we still have the moon rock.

[@CloverStarfawn]

The idea of Leafstar dying is something I have been dreading, I’m not ready 😢 Also if this is like New Prophecy 2.0, we had Leafpaw as a homeland POV… and different leaf, but now Leafstar. My girls 😭

[@khymm_kinnie]

NOOO I LOVE LEAFSTAR I kinda want Leafstar to become morally gray and survive, but I'm a little worried that the Erins are gonna pull a Bluestar and make her go insane or something I love Leafstar 😭

[@AffectionateDalmatian-jj5he]

Bright guardian Akira has always educated us more than our teachers.

[@Lynxxkit]

I haven’t even finished arc 8 I didn’t realise the series was already finished!

[@Eb33j]

Oh it isn't, we are waiting on the 6th book :)

[@Lynxxkit]

@@Eb33j oh alr Ty

[@rachellynn7010]

Underrated but the last couple arcs have me so much more interested in the books. Idk if im just warrior cats brainwashed or the new books are just better? I was never this into an arc since the first.

[@Smilesgalore2013]

You "Its 2 months after the release of star! 2 months" Me "And 2 days"

[@treckyvoiceomg1497]

Bro that part at the end made my day😂😂

[@LuckythecatZ-]

Why does the plot with twolegs stsrting construction sound so damn familiar (sarcasm) They better not leave again

[@LuckythecatZ-]

Help I was literally joking, but yeah, I also want to say that perhaps moonpaw is actually a warrior, instead of a med cat That would be much more interesting if I be honest Plus it would fit for mapleshade

[@Danmeilover69]

I'm afraid this arc will be super ableist To Leafstar, warrior cats has never treated disabled characters with the respect they deserve. I also don't see how Shadowclan doesn't respect Tawnypelt. She was deputy for years, was mate to the former leader, and is the mother of the current leader. She should hold more wait in the clan than almost everyone. That's not to say I'm not excited. I LOVE Leafstar, and I love skyclan, so that part makes me happy. But to me Skyclan has always been portrayed as the most accepting and understanding clan; on account of them being a fairly new clan (sorta). I'm suspicious that Moonpaw's clan wasn't named. Either she's Riverclan's next medicine cat apprentice, or she's just another Thunderclan apprentice. I would be so happy if she was a Windclan cat. Perhaps she's been in the allegiances and I just haven't noticed.

[@TwigCommenter]

Yeah i am quite worried for Leafstar. She’s been one of my favourite characters since she was introduced and i dont have high hopes on them not being super ableist towards her to prove she ‘can’t lead’

[@CosmicRadius]

@@TwigCommenter yeah, but it would be fun if we had a blind leader 👀 I would love to see her struggles and overcoming them.

[@ultraviolet5501]

My predictions from this arc : - Moonpaw is Nightheart and Sunbeam's kit and her warrior name will be Moonbeam or Moonheart (unless she has siblings so she gets named after one of her siblings), also i think Moonpaw's voice in her head is Mapleshade, the current Riverclan leader (i forgot his name), or a dead Berryheart. - the cats will probably move into another territory according to the blurb and the arc title and i think it's a good idea since it's so boring reading about the same territory for 7-8 arcs. - Tawnypelt will travel with Crowfeather, Brambleclaw, Stormfur and Leafstar (Squirrelstar won't be able to travel since she is now a clan leader and Ivypool will be on that quest from her super edditions). - Moonpaw will be a medicine cat and i hope the writers will make her villain because we only got sweet or good medicine cats and we never got evil medicine cats. - i see Moonpaw as gray-purple she-cat with dark blue eyes. - Moonpaw won't get a mate or have kits since we also got medicine cats wanting a mate, or make her Lesbian (like Mothwing) but it will only be confirmed on separated websites by the writers since if we got a LGBTQIA cat then the books would get banned in different countries and i want every country to be happy with Warriors

[@Ca3keMeowza]

That last theory reminds me, cloudtail became an elder, and i really REALLY want another atheist cat, it would be cool if moonpaw was a atheist.

[@ultraviolet5501]

@@Ca3keMeowza yess, it would be interesting if Moonpaw was an atheist or even a satanist since she will maybe get trained by Mapleshade or any Dark Forest cat

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

I don't like how leafstar is a pov character again she had her own pov in skyclans destiny and in her manga behind the code skyclans has already had enough trouble we didn't need more twoleg problems

[@Muffinsoup16]

i have a vague theory of what it means when the cats loose their connection to starclan. perhaps the clans move to the mountains and create their own, unique tribes under the tribe of endless hunting! it would be amazing to see unique, different name formats in each of the clans and their own customs in the mountain range. and, how they might react to new dangers like hawks, wolves, and mountain lions