| | ALLEGIANCES |
| | THUNDERCLAN |
| LEADER | FIRESTAR—ginger tom with a flame-coloured pelt |
| DEPUTY | GREYSTRIPE—long-haired grey tom |
| MEDICINE CAT | CINDERPELT—dark grey she-cat APPRENTICE, LEAFPAW |
| WARRIORS | (toms, and she-cats without kits) |
| | MOUSEFUR—small, dusky brown she-cat APPRENTICE, SPIDERPAW |
| | DUSTPEUT—dark brown tabby tom APPRENTICE, SQUIRRELPAW |
| | SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat |
| | CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom |
| | BRACKENFUR—golden brown tabby tom APPRENTICE, WHITEPAW |
| | THORNCLAW—golden brown tabby tom APPRENTICE, SHREWPAW |
| | BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches |
| | BRAMBLECLAW—dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes |
| | ASHFUR—pale grey (with darker flecks) tom, dark blue eyes |
| | RAINWHISKER—dark grey tom with blue eyes |
| | SOOTFUR—lighter grey tom with amber eyes |
| | SORRELTAIL—tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes |
| APPRENTICES | (more than six moons old, in training to become warriors) |
| | SQUIRRELPAW—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes |
| | LEAFPAW—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes |
| | SPIDERPAW—long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes |
| | SHREWPAW—small, dark brown tom with amber eyes |
| | WHITEPAW—white she-cat with green eyes |
| QUEENS | (she-cats expecting or nursing kits) |
| | GOLDENFLOWER—pale ginger coat, the oldest nursery queen |
| | FERNCLOUD—pale grey (with darker flecks) she-cat, green eyes, mother of Dustpelt’s kits |
| ELDERS | (former warriors and queens, now retired) |
| | FROSTFUR—beautiful white she-cat with blue eyes |
| | SPECKLETAIL—pale tabby she-cat |
| | LONGTAIL—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes, retired early due to failing sight |
| | SHADOWCLAN |
| LEADER | BLACKSTAR—large white tom with huge jet-black paws |
| DEPUTY | RUSSETFUR—dark ginger she-cat |
| MEDICINE CAT | LITTLECLOUD—very small tabby tom |
| WARRIORS | OAKFUR—small brown tom APPRENTICE, SMOKEPAW |
| | CEDARHEART—dark grey tom |
| | ROWANCLAW—ginger she-cat APPRENTICE, TALONPAW |
| | NIGHTWING—black she-cat |
| | TAWNYPEUT—tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes |
| QUEENS | TALLPOPPY—long-legged light brown tabby she-cat |
| ELDERS | RUNNINGNOSE—small grey and white tom, formerly the medicine cat |
| | BOULDER—skinny grey tom |
| | WINDCLAN |
| LEADER | TALLSTAR—elderly black and white tom with a very long tail |
| DEPUTY | MUDCLAW—mottled dark brown tom APPRENTICE, CROWPAW—dark smoky grey almost black tom with blue eyes |
| MEDICINE CAT | BARKFACE—short-tailed brown tom |
| WARRIORS | TORNEAR—tabby tom |
| | WEBFOOT—dark grey tabby tom APPRENTICE, WEASEUPAW |
| | ONE WHISKER—brown tabby tom |
| | ROBINWING—light brown she-cat with blue eyes APPRENTICE, THISTLEPAW |
| QUEENS | ASHFOOT—grey queen |
| | WHITETAIL—small white she-cat |
| ELDERS | MORNINGFLOWER—tortoiseshell she-cat |
| | OATWHISKER—creamy brown tabby tom |
| | RIVERCLAN |
| LEADER | LEOPARDSTAR—unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat |
| DEPUTY | MISTYFOOT—grey she-cat with blue eyes |
| MEDICINE CAT | MUDFUR—long-haired light brown tom APPRENTICE, MOTHWING—dappled golden she-cat |
| WARRIORS | BLACKCLAW—smoky black tom APPRENTICE, VOLEPAW |
| | HEAVYSTEP—thickset tabby tom APPRENTICE, STONEPAW |
| | STORMFUR—dark grey tom with amber eyes |
| | HAWKFROST—dark brown tom with a white underbelly and ice blue eyes |
| | SWALLOWTAIL—dark brown tabby she-cat with green eyes APPRENTICE, SPLASHPAW |
| QUEENS | MOSSPELT—tortoiseshell she-cat |
| | DAWNFLOWER—pale grey she-cat |
| ELDERS | SHADEPELT—very dark grey she-cat |
| | LOUDBELLY—dark brown tom |
| | THE TRIBE OF RUSHING WATER |
| TRIBE-HEALER | TELLER OF THE POINTED STONES (STONETELLER)—brown tabby tom with amber eyes |
| PREY-HUNTERS | (toms and she-cats responsible for providing food) |
| | GREY SKY BEFORE DAWN (GREY)—pale grey tabby tom |
| | BROOK WHERE SMALL FISH SWIM (BROOK)—brown tabby she-cat |
| CAVE-GUARDS | (toms and she-cats responsible for guarding the cave) |
| | TALON OF SWOOPING EAGLE (TALON)—dark brown tabby tom (formerly leader of the outcasts) |
| | JAGGED ROCK WHERE HERON SITS (JAG)—dark grey tom (former outcast) |
| | ROCK BENEATH STILL WATER (ROCK)—brown tom (former outcast) |
| | BIRD THAT SINGS AT DUSK (BIRD) grey tabby she-cat (former outcast) |
| | CRAG WHERE EAGLES NEST (CRAG) dark grey tom |
| | SHEER PATH BESIDE WATERFALL (SHEER)—dark brown tabby tom |
| | NIGHT OF NO STARS (NIGHT)—black she-cat |
| KIT-MOTHERS | (she-cats expecting or nursing kits) |
| | WING SHADOW OVER WATER (WING)— grey and white she-cat |
| | FLIGHT OF STARTLED HERON (FLIGHT)—brown tabby she-cat |
| | CATS OUTSIDE CLANS |
| | BARLEY—black and white tom that lives on a farm close to the forest |
| | RAVENPAW—sleek black cat that lives on the farm with Barley |
| | CODY—a tabby kittypet with blue eyes |
| | SASHA—a tawny-coloured rogue she-cat |
| | OTHER ANIMALS |
| | MIDNIGHT—a star-gazing badger who lives by the sea |