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| “ | Red has been complaining a lot. Perhaps he was hoping the dogs would kill you. It might have been a plot to destroy the group. | „ |
| ~ Beetle about Red leading dogs to the camp, suggesting that he did it on purpose. |
Beetle is a major antagonist in Path of Stars, the last book of Dawn of the Clans arc and a minor antagonist in super edition Riverstar's Home, from Erin Hunter's Warriors book series.
He is a rogue and formerly member of Slash's group who used to work for his leader and aid him in number of plans, including terrorizing the Early Settlers, most notably Clear Sky's group.
Biography[]
Path of Stars[]
During Clear Sky and Sparrow Fur's hunt, Beetle catches their prey before revealing himself along with Slash, Splinter and Snake. The rogues proceeded to antagonize the two, before demanding from Sparrow Fur to hand over her caught rabbit. After the she-cat rejected, Slash stated that it belongs to them, before claiming that they'll leave the two of them alone for time being. Following that, Clear Sky handed the rabbit over, but not before calling the rogues fat, soft and lazy. This infuriated Slash, who swiped at the light gray tom. However, Sparrow Fur countered by unbalancing the rogue leader, before slashing at his nose in return. This prompted Snake to distract the young she-cat by slashing her tail, which allowed Slash to knock her down. On Snake's order to kill the she-cat, Beetle and Splinter advanced forward, watching in sadistic pleasure as Slash began to pummel Sparrow Fur with his front paws. Luckily, Clear Sky managed to diffuse the situation by handing the rogues a squirrel they caught. Content with this decision, Slash and his rogues began to make their way back into the forest with stolen prey, only to stop when Clear Sky threatened Slash on their way back. Slash took the rabbit from Beetle and flung it back to Clear Sky, telling him to give it to Star Flower as a gift from him, before leaving.
Beetle is then seen in Slash's camp, watching silently from the back of the clearing as Slash gives out miserable-looking pieces of prey to most of his cats, before joining his leader in feasting on a much larger and warmer prey, alongside Splinter. The two rogues then followed Slash as he sat down in a more secluded part of the camp, sitting down beside him. As Slash began to gloat that keeping all of his other campmates hungry makes them do what he says, Beetle added that they're all spineless. Several hours later, he falls asleep alongside Splinter, both of them full after their meal.
During the rogues' attack on Wind Runner's camp, Beetle attacks Gray Wing on Slash's order, but gets easily dispatched with a kick. After their return to the camp, Beetle is assigned by Slash to train with Moss. Before they can start however, a pack of dogs suddenly arrives, having chased Red all along this way. Beetle and Splinter immediately jump to Slash, before together driving the dogs away with their swipes. Upon noticing Thunder and Lightning Tail intruding to the camp, Beetle and Splinter pin Lightning Tail down, who proceeds to accuse Slash of letting Beech die in the attack, which the rogues brush off. Upon finding out that Red actually left the camp before the dogs arrived, Beetle deduces that the reddish-brown tom might have brought the dogs to the camp on purpose, as a way of destroying their group. He then accuses Thunder of stirring trouble just as the rest of Slash's campmates begin to rebel. He and Splinter move closer to Slash before leaving the camp with him, Snake and Swallow, with Beetle stating to let his former campmates die alone, calling them vermin on his way out.
During the Gathering on which Slash's former rogues are officially accepted into the five groups, the rogue leader disrupts the event with his followers. Beetle, Splinter and Snake face the groups during Slash's announcement and after he finishes, the rogues leave, before kidnapping Gray Wing's son, Black Ear. After being caught up with by the rescue party, Beetle and the rest of Slash's followers face them with bristled fur, ready to fight. However, Slash instead orders Swallow to leave the kit, prompting his rogues to follow him into the forest.
Riverstar's Home[]
Beetle is revealed to have taken over Cats of the Park's territory, along with the rest of Slash's cats. He and the rest of the rogues confront Riverstar, Arc and Drizzle, who came to save Arc's parkmates, exchanging glances with Snake upon recognising the silver tom. Once the battle began, Beetle and Ember fought against Hopper and Scooby. Minutes after, he attacked Arc, but was shoved away by Riverstar.
After Slash threatened to kill Owl and the rest of elders, Riverstar leaped at the rogue leader, knocking him away from the elder, but was in turn attacked by Beetle, Ember, Snake and Snail. Upon witnessing Riverstar return to life following the loss of one of his lives, Beetle was shocked with the rest of the rogues, staring at the silver tom in disbelief. Slash ordered his cats to attack Riverstar again, but none of them moved, with Beetle fearfully claiming that Riverstar is not natural and that he saw him die. RiverClan founder then threatened the rogues by leaping forward, but all of them fled, including Beetle and leaving Slash as the sole rogue behind.
Appearance[]
Beetle is a black-and-brown tom cat.
Personality[]
Beetle is a sadistic and egotistical cat, just like all of Slash's followers. He shares his leader's belief that only strongest cats who can fend for themselves deserve to eat best. Despite his loyalty to Slash however, Beetle didn't hesitate to abandon his leader upon witnessing Riverstar's resurrection.
External Links[]
- Beetle on the Warriors Wiki
