Talonpaw

Talonpaw is a big black tom.

Injured

 * When Fernpaw is following a border patrol, she thinks about how the other apprentices like to push her around, especially Talonpaw. Fernpaw sees him as being smug and stupid. Later, Fernpaw wakes up after her accident, and Talonpaw is taunting her because she is blind, calling her 'No-eyes'. Whiteflower spits at him to get out. When Whiteflower tells Fernpaw she's blind, she thinks she hears Talonpaw whisper about her having no eyes once again.


 * A little while after, the apprentices are crowding around her, teasing her about being blind. Talonpaw laughs in her ear that because she can't hunt, she can't eat. When Fernpaw hisses at Talonpaw to face her, he laughs that he is, but when Fernpaw claws at him, she only gets air. The apprentices laugh at her again. When Brownfur comes over, the apprentices scatter, but Brownfur manages to nip at Talonpaw's ears, and she snarls if he keeps bothering Fernpaw, he'll be No-ears. Talonpaw runs away. Brownfur says that Talonpaw is too lazy and heartless to be a real warrior. Then she gives Fernpaw her mouse, and says that Talonpaw dropped it when he ran. Fernpaw thinks Talonpaw is right about one thing: she couldn't hunt.


 * After Shadestar passes away, Brownfur calls the Clan together. When Fernpaw goes to the meeting, Talonpaw shoulders past her and growls the meeting is for cats who can catch prey. Fernpaw thinks that Talonpaw has grown a lot. By the time Fernpaw says that she can catch prey, Talonpaw is already out of earshot. When Fernpaw thinks that she will make MarshClan's new leader proud, she feels Talonpaw's scorn on her pelt. Fernpaw later goes out hunting, and she thinks that she has to show Talonpaw what she's really worth. Later, after Fernpaw joins StarClan, she tells her past mentor, Snakefang, that she hopes Talonpaw rots. Snakefang tells her his death will be painful, and that Talonpaw was many things, but not evil. Snakefang tells Fernpaw that Talonpaw will go to StarClan when he dies.