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We will assume that the time between the end of Crookedstar’s Promise and the start of the prologue is between 6-12 moons, based on the estimated ages of Silverstream and Leopardfur in the main series.
We will assume that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are new warriors at the start of the prologue, not much older than Silverpaw.
We will assume that Brambleberry died between the end of Crookedstar’s Promise and the start of the prologue, leaving Mudfur to take over as the sole RiverClan medicine cat.
We will assume that many of the senior warriors in Crookedstar’s Promise have died or become elders by the start of the prologue, including Rippleclaw, Timberfur, Echomist, Owlfur, Ottersplash, Cedarpelt, Piketooth, Lilystem, Fallowtail, and Lakeshine. We are basing this around Graypool’s own elderly state in the main series, and the fact that she was younger than all of the cats mentioned previously.
We will assume that the remaining unlisted warriors—Shimmerpelt, Softwing, Whitefang, Voleclaw, Beetlenose, Petaldust, Sunfish, Frogleap, Skyheart, Reedtail, and Sedgecreek—are all still alive by the start of the prologue, and we will include most of them in the story despite the fact that there is no mention of them in the main series.
We will ignore the fact that Shimmerpelt, Softwing, Whitefang, Voleclaw, Beetlenose, and Petaldust are also supposedly older than Graypool, because the authors did not give us enough RiverClan cats to work with in the main series, and because it is simply unrealistic to assume that over half the Clan would die off in the span of 6-12 moons barring some sort of plague.
We will assume that Crookedstar had his kits with Willowbreeze fairly late in his life, in an attempt to close the gap in age between Mistyfoot, Stonefur, Silverstream, Wildheart, and Leopardnose.
We will alter the relationship of Oakheart with his kits in Crookedstar’s Promise to better match the one depicted in the main series, as it was made clear that Mistyfoot and Stonefur knew from the start that Oakheart was their father.
We will neglect to mention Mudfur’s warrior history, or to acknowledge that that he is Leopardfur’s father, because it makes no sense for a number of reasons. First of all, if Mudfur was already an older warrior when Crookedstar was still a ‘paw, he should have been long dead by the beginning of the first main series, let alone the second. Secondly, Mudfur’s history is not consistent with his history in the main series, and conflicts directly with another super edition, Yellowfang’s Secret, in which he is introduced as a medicine cat apprentice right from the start. Furthermore, Mudfur has never been renowned as a fighter, and there is no evidence to suggest his supposed former warrior status in any of the other books. Lastly, there is absolutely no mention of Leopardstar being Mudfur’s daughter, and no connection between them other than that of a leader and medicine cat. Every fact given about Mudfur in Crookedstar’s Promise is unsupported and goes against everything else we know about him from the main series, and even the other super editions. Therefore, we will assume that Mudfur has trained as a medicine cat for the entire duration of his life, is in fact younger than Crookedstar (let’s say one of Lakeshine’s litter, as this coincides nicely with his medicine cat apprenticeship, making him the brother of Sunfish instead of Frogleap) and that Brightsky died giving birth to Rippleclaw’s kits instead, of which only Leopardkit survived.
We will assume that Dawnkit and Mallowkit died in the story as was stated rather than becoming Dawnbright and Mallowtail.
We will assume that Grasskit is a she-cat and change her name to Greenkit, to account for the mention of a RiverClan queen named Greenflower in the main series.
We will assume that Blackclaw and Sedgecreek are the parents of Heavystep, Shadepelt, and Whiteclaw.
We will assume that Petaldust and Loudbelly are the parents of Mosspelt.
Finally, we will omit Skyheart, Frogleap, and Vixenpaw from the story because they are unnecessary and received little to no character development in Crookedstar’s Promise.