Update on the Family Tree

Cool!

one eye sitting back on his lazy ass watching the dark forest go to war sipping martinis as all his fellow dark forest cats die forever

Mapleshade: Look at these young cats. They wouldn't know suffering or evil if a fox but them.
Thistleclaw: They're pathetic. They don't just make them like they used to. Not like old hands like us.
? ? ?: Zoomers. Don't even know what you kits are talking about.
(Mapleshade and Thistleclaw whirl around.)
Mapleshade: What did you say?!
Thistleclaw: What did you call us?!
(One Eye leans out of the shadows and slams a mug of kittypet blood against the table.)
One Eye: I said ZOOMERS.

I LOVE IT! She’s beautiful and I’m so happy she’s getting recognition! Also RiverClan’s second leader?? Badass!

This doesn’t confirm anything but Sparrow Fur, along with her littermates, got updated sheets. Sparrow Fur and Pebble Heart are finally confirmed to be in StarClan and she has her og name. I feel like if she was leader, they would’ve updated hers like Night’s. It would be interesting to see Owlstar and Sparrowstar- two siblings leading different Clans.

Thunder's littermates getting names that match his (Lightning and Rumble) and which thus also match the accident that killed them and their mother Storm makes me kinda a bit emotional not going to lie.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm not really a fan of this. I've always assumed that Thunder was given a different name by Storm, and was in too much shock/too young to tell Gray and Turtle his name. I would have preferred just about any other name for these two.

I personally think that Storm did not have time to name them when she was alive and that she then just decided to give them similar names to their brother when they went to StarClan to honor him (and them). 

By the way, I forgot who gave Thunder his name (and the wiki doesn't seem to outright say it although I could be overlooking it). Was it Gray Wing or Turtle Tail?

wait why does Bright Stream's kits have names didnt she die while she was pregnant before they could be named?

Yes! After years they finally added Skystar, Gray Wing and Thunderstar. They were POV characters in DOTC, but the only family line from that arc they ever added to the tree was Windstar's. I'm glad that all the founds have been added now.

We have Quiet Rain and her kits: Skystar, Gray Wing, Jagged Peak and Fluttering Bird. Quiet Rain's mate is listed as unknown. All three of Skystar's mates are on there. Bright Stream kits are now named Tiger Tail (this is an adorable name) and Pale Sky. Tiger is the (brown) tabby and Pale is the gray cat that we see Bright Stream with in POS. Storm's kits are Lightning (a white cat) and Rumble (a white-and-ginger tabby). What's interesting is the family theme naming here. Thunder was named by Turtle Tail as he didn't even know his own name and it was implied that Storm died before she could name her kits. So were they named in StC to match their brother's name? They would also match their mother as well.

Skystar's third mate is of course Star Flower with her kits being Tiny Branch, Flower Foot and Dew Petal. Star Flower's father, One Eye, is listed as a Dark Forest cat. Kate did once say that she thinks One Eye went to the Dark Forest after he died and considering his vile personality and evil traits that does make sense. Jagged Peaks mate, Holly, and three kits, Storm Pelt, Dew Nose and Eagle Feather are on there. Then there's Gray Wing: his mate Slate and three kits Black Ear, Silver Stripe and White Tail are here as well. Turtle Tail is also here alongside her ex-mate, Tom. Of course, their kits were Sparrow Fur, Owlstar and Pebble Heart. Shadowstar is Listed alongside her brother Moon Shadow. Moon Shadow's mate was Dewy leaf with their kits being Sun Shadow, Crow Muzzle (a tortoiseshell) and Dancing Leaf (a ginger tabby). Dewy's Leaf's second mate is Sharp Hail with their kits being Melting Ice (tortoiseshell-and-white), Falling Dusk (dark gray-and-white) and Morning Star (white).

Wasn't Marshcloud one of the first cats added to the tree? He was immediately listed as the brother of Cedarpelt and Fallowtail despite it never being stated in the books.

oh rip i never made it that far into DOTC

Considering Gatherings are already an established thing post-DotC despite the implication that they only started to happen long after the original leaders had died, I don't think we can take CotC at its word, either, at least not completely. Either the Dawn era really seems to be leaning in the direction that SotC is accurate or it's somehow attempting to combine the two.

CotC also states that at the time of the code first being established, there were still elders who remembered the Great Battle at Fourtrees, but unless the second leaders all lost their lives in very quick succession like Shadowstar apparently did, this doesn't really seem to make much sense anymore. Duststar could possibly be a future Dust Muzzle, but I also wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't.

This is partially why I'm hoping for some sort of sequel, though, if only to get a clearer picture of everything. I loved CotC, so it'd definitely be a shame if everything in it just went discarded.

Same. I was having trouble with it yesterday and hope it gets fixed soon (or is already fixed since I have not yet checked today).