Breezepelt

Evil-doer
Full Name	Breezepelt
Alias	Breezekit (kitten) Breezepaw (apprentice)
Origin	Warriors: Power of Three
Occupation	Warrior of WindClan Dark Forest trainee (formerly)
Powers / Skills	Hunting Fighting
Hobby	Bullying. Training.
Goals	Kill his half-siblings (failed, later abandoned). Get revenge on his father (failed, later abandoned). Support the Dark Forest (succeeded briefly before abandoned). Get along with his father and make amends (succeeded).
Crimes	Attempted fratricide Attempted child destruction Assault Treason Attempted mass murder Abetting genocide Obstruction of justice
Type of Villain	Vengeful Provoker

“	Why would I leave the strongest Clan? My Clan wastes too much time looking after the sick and old. If you led us, we'd never have to beg another Clan for help again.	„
	~ Breezepelt affirming his loyalty to the Dark Forest in The Last Hope.

Breezepelt is a major anti-hero in Erin Hunter's Warriors book series.

He serves as a supporting antagonist in the Power of Three arc and a major antagonist of the Omen of the Stars arc, before redeeming himself in the super edition Crowfeather's Trial. After his redemption, he became a minor anti-hero for the series onward.

He is a WindClan warrior, former Dark Forest trainee and son of Crowfeather and Nightcloud of WindClan, who is known for his sharp attitude.

History

Breezepelt was a WindClan warrior. Before his birth, his father Crowfeather had two separate forbidden relationships with two she-cats: Feathertail, warrior of RiverClan and Leafpool, medicine cat of ThunderClan. Due to Feathertail dying and Leafpool choosing loyalty to her Clan, Crowfeather had to reluctantly return to a suspicious WindClan. To prove his loyalty, he became mates with an aging Nightcloud, who feared she would never have kits. However, Crowfeather couldn't get over his previous mates, never able to truly love Nightcloud, even if he did care about her.

The family of three were very dysfunctional, with Crowfeather strict and distant, Nightcloud clingy and jealous, and Breezepelt himself spoiled and disrespectful. They would constantly bicker, well into Breezepelt's adulthood. He'd also insult and disobey everyone outside of his family, even those who saved his life. As an apprentice, he provoked an unnecessary battle with an innocent RiverClan patrol and led a group of apprentices to fight dogs, going against their mentors' orders. However, Nightcloud would only end up encouraging her son's bad behaviour, telling him that his father secretly hated him, when he actually didn't.

Unknown to Breezepelt, it turned out Crowfeather's former mate, Leafpool had been pregnant when she broke up with his father, so he had half-siblings within ThunderClan: Hollyleaf, Lionblaze and Jayfeather. Finding out the news before him, his half-sister Hollyleaf, who was having a mental breakdown due to it, told the secret at a Gathering. He was enraged by this, knowing it was the truth, despite Crowfeather denying it. After this, Breezepelt began hating his half-siblings.

At the same time, the spirits of the Dark Forest had begun to target vulnerable living cats. Recruiting them as trainees, giving them brutal training in their dreams. Promising to make them stronger warriors for their Clan and help them seek revenge. Breezepelt was among them, becoming one of their most loyal followers. The Dark Forest cats would purposely overexaggerate Crowfeather's treatment of Breezepelt, convincing him he needed to avenge himself. Instead of going after Crowfeather, however, Breezepelt decided to go after Leafpool's litter, thinking they should never have been born.

His first act of revenge was stalking two ThunderClan cats; the blind medicine cat Jayfeather and the pregnant queen Poppyfrost. He found them at the Moonpool, a sacred place of StarClan. While Jayfeather was attempting to calm a distressed Poppyfrost, Breezepelt showed himself. With the help of a Dark Forest spirit named Brokenstar, Breezepelt beat up his blind brother while Poppyfrost was forced to watch. He was torn between deciding on whether he should kill them both, or just kill Poppyfrost and frame the murder on Jayfeather. However before he could do this, Honeyfern of StarClan appeared, chasing Breezepelt and Brokenstar away.

A while later, Lionblaze and Breezepelt end up getting into a border fight for prey while Nightcloud and Crowfeather watch, while Leafpool soon arrives, breaking it up. Leafpool begs to know how Crowfeather could just watch his sons fight, despite Nightcloud angrily retorting that he only has one son. Still wanting to fight, Breezepelt attacks Leafpool, with Crowfeather quickly throwing him off of her. Crowfeather stands over a bleeding Leafpool laying on the floor, reminding her she choose her Clan. In a fit of jealousy, Nightcloud drags Crowfeather towards her, digging her claws in. Her mate breaks away from her grasp, hissing. To this, Breezepelt rushes between them, telling his father to leave his mother alone. Eventually, the two families reluctantly go their separate ways.

The Dark Forest training turns out to be deadly, when a WindClan trainee, Antpelt dies from his wounds. Breezepelt covers up the death and orders the trainees' silence, as Antpelt's ghost will live on through their dreams. Soon though, Antpelt is ordered to fight Ivypool, a living ThunderClan cat, to the death. When Ivypool finally wins, Antpelt dies a second time, which causes the spirit to fade out of existence. Breezepelt promises Ivypool she would pay for permanently killing off his former Clanmate.

Finally, the Dark Forest announce their true goal: to appear in the physical world and lead a genocide against the four Clans with the aid of the living trainees. In response, Beetlewhisker, a RiverClan trainee, threatens to leave. However, Brokenstar makes an example of him, snapping his neck and throwing the limp body towards the other trainees. When questioned if they will leave the Dark Forest too, out of shock, the trainees reluctantly say no. Seemingly unfazed by Beetlewhisker's death, Breezepelt confidently assures his loyalty, claiming he has no reason to leave "the strongest Clan".

When the battle between the Clans, Starclan and the Dark Forest comes, most of the trainees immediately go into hiding to avoid fighting anyone. Unlike them, Breezepelt eagerly fights on the Dark Forest's side. The only other one to do this is Redwillow, who is instantly executed when his treachery is exposed. There, Breezepelt joins an assault on WindClan, attacking his own clanmates, including Crowfeather. Ivypool, who'd been a spy for ThunderClan the entire time, attempts to convince all her fellow trainees to fight for StarClan and the Clans. She knocks Breezepelt off of his Clanmate, shouting for him to stop. Baffled by this, Breezepelt asks her if she's crazy which causes Ivypool to be suddenly discovered as a traitor by Thistleclaw who's been in charge of attack on WindClan's camp, while Breezepelt leaves her for dead.

Continuing to fight the four Clans, Breezepelt next moves onto ThunderClan. Finding Lionblaze, he attacks and overpowers him, due the element of surprise. He pins Lionblaze down, gloating he's not as strong as he thought he'd been. Celebrating Hollyleaf's death for a moment, who'd been killed earlier while saving Ivypool, Breezepelt is about to kill Lionblaze. Just in time, Crowfeather saves his estranged son, shoving Breezepelt off of him. Enraged, Breezepelt snarls he always knew his father hated him. Crowfeather denies the accusation, stating that was just what Nightcloud told him. He then states that it is too late for Breezepelt, as his son is already a grown warrior and has been making his own decisions for a long time, finally chasing Breezepelt away.

After the battle, the four leaders hold a special meeting to decide the fate of the surviving former trainees. While everyone else, who never actually fought for Dark Forest, deeply regrets their actions and beg for forgiveness, Breezepelt is shown to be smug and silently defiant, thinking he's done nothing wrong. However, due to the weakened Clans needing all their warriors and the others trainees' regret, they must all be forgiven, including Breezepelt.

Afterwards, Breezepelt is on slightly better terms with Crowfeather and makes no further attempts to kill Lionblaze or Jayfeather, especially after they helped save his life when he's been injured during a fight with stoats. He becomes mates with Heathertail, having four daughters together. His relationship with his mate or kits is unclear. He retains much of his vicious attitude and is more aggressive than his Clanmates, often making accusations at Gatherings. When many ShadowClan members defected to a rogue group, The Kin, Breezepelt claimed they couldn't be trusted. This included demanding the exile of two probated ShadowClan cats, including a pregnant one.

Relationships

Family

• Crowfeather (father)
• Nightcloud (mother)
• Two unnamed kits (siblings)
• Hollyleaf (half-sister)
• Jayfeather (half-brother)
• Lionblaze (half-brother)
• Heathertail (mate)
• Smokehaze (daughter)
• Brindlewing (daughter)
• Appleshine (daughter)
• Woodsong (daughter)

Quotes

“	Jaypaw: "I go first!" Breezepaw: "You're blind!" Hollypaw: "And you can see perfectly well in the dark I suppose!	„
	~ Breezepaw to Jaypaw

“	Now what? Do you think you can led us back? Or did you just bring us here to show us this boulder? Let me guess, it's a special StarClan rock and it's going to tell us where the kits are.	„
	~ Breezepaw mocking Jaypaw

“	Your mother betrayed my father as well as her Clan. You have no right to be a medicine cat. No right to even live among the Clans. I'll never forgive you for what you've done! Never!	„
	~ Breezepelt snarling at Jayfeather

“	Sending you to StarClan isn't enough of a punishment. You need to know what it's like to have every cat in your Clan stare at you, whisper about you. You need to know that you're surrounded by lies and hatred and things that should never have happened.	„
	~ Breezepelt to Jayfeather

“	We may be in the same Clan here, but I am not your Clanmate. You will be punished for this. Wait and see.	„
	~ Breezepelt threatening Ivypool

“	This has nothing to do with Brokenstar. Lionblaze should never have been born. None of them should. [Hollyleaf] is dead, now it's your turn, Lionblaze.	„
	~ Breezepelt's response to Ivypool and Lionblaze

“	I know very well what you might think about me. But in my opinion, some warriors in other Clans are just looking for a reason to fight. Doesn't that make them just as much of a threat to our day-to-day lives as the cats who once trained with — or even fought for — the Dark Forest?	„
	~ Breezepelt about his accusers

“	Crowfeather: You know, Heathertail isn't listening. You don't have to act tough. Breezepelt: Are you trying to tell me you’ve never done the same? Crowfeather: "Well...I can't remember a specific time. But I'm sure I must have acted tough to impress a she-cat at some point. Breezepelt: I feel guilty, thinking only of Heathertail and my feelings for her. There's so much else going on in the Clan, and we've lost Nightcloud... Crowfeather: Maybe that means you truly love Heathertail. There's nothing wrong with that...You'll be okay, provided you make less of a mess of things than I did. Breezepelt: That wouldn't be hard!	„
	~ Breezepelt and Crowfeather about Heathertail

“	I trained with the Dark Forest to become a stronger warrior. I needed some cat to believe in me, and the Dark Forest cats did—or at least they seemed to. But I wasn't fighting against the Clans. I'll always be a WindClan cat first. This battle with the stoats is my chance to prove myself.	„
	~ Breezepelt to Crowfeather about his loyalty

“	They're murderers!	„
	~ Breezepelt about Darktail's rogues

“	Breezepelt: She's disloyal! Squirrelflight: That's not true! Breezepelt: And it's not the first time.You raised your sister's half-Clan kits and told your Clanmates and Bramblestar they were your own! You're a liar. Bramblestar: We came here to talk to the Sisters, not rake up old bones. Breezepelt: We didn't expect to find your deputy here, mixing with the enemy! Squirrelflight's disloyal. She's been disloyal before. She can't be trusted! Squirrelflight: You don't get to lecture me on loyalty! Who did you fight for in the battle with the Dark Forest? Crowfeather: We can listen to Squirrelflight’s explanation later.	„
	~ Breezepelt's anger at Squirrelflight from seasons on

“	When was the last time the Clans agreed on anything without fighting about it first?	„
	~ Breezepelt at the notion that exiling Bramblestar’s impostor could start a war

“	The only reason we aren't killing the impostor is because the real Bramblestar might need his body one day. But his ghost hasn't been seen in nearly half a moon. And that means that his spirit might be gone. In that case, what are we waiting for?	„
	~ Breezepelt at a rebels meeting

External Links

• Breezepelt on the Warriors Wiki

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