Poll Results and Tour Dates!

Thank you everyone for your vote on the latest Sorrelpaw's Blog poll! The poll is closed and here are the results:

Q: Who should lead ThunderClan after Firestar?

Votes:

**Brambleclaw** - 141 votes Winner!

Lionblaze - 79 votes

Cinderheart - 27 votes

Graystripe - 67 votes

Sandstorm - 26 votes

Squirrelflight - 13 votes

Other - 21 votes

Total Votes: 374

(Thank you Shadowflower, I did mean CinderHEART! Oops!!)

A new poll will be up soon! What are your thoughts on the results of this poll?

There's also a little treat for everyone - Vicky's going on tour again!! Here's the dates for her first leg of the tour!

Tour dates:

Monday, April 12th 7:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Little Shop of Stories

Decatur Recreation Center

231 Sycamore Street

Decatur, GA 30030

Tuesday, April 13th 5:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event at Lemuria Books

202 Banner Hall

4465 I-55 North

Jackson, MS 39206

Wednesday, April 14th 4:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event at Square Books

129 Courthouse Square

Oxford, MS 38655

Thursday, April 15th 6:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event at BookPeople

603 North Lamar Blvd

Austin, TX 78703

Friday, April 16th 5:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Blue Willow

Spring Forest Middle School

14240 Memorial Drive

Houston, TX 77079

Saturday, April 17th 2:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Barnes & Noble #2200

1201 Lake Woodlands Dr

The Woodlands, TX 77381

Sunday, April 18th TBD

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Bookworks

off-site location TBD

Tuesday, April 20th 7:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Changing Hands

possibly off-site, location TBD

Wednesday, April 21st 7:00 pm

In-store event with Barnes & Noble #2753

7881 Edinger Avenue

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Thursday, April 22nd 7:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Borders Northridge

9301 Tampa Ave.

Northridge, CA 91324

Friday, April 23rd 7:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Copperfield’s Santa Rosa

Monterey Village

2316 Montgomery Drive

Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Saturday, April 24th 2:00 pm

Reading/Q&A/Signing event with Books Inc.

Capuchino High School Auditorium

1501 Magnolia Ave.

San Bruno, CA 94066

-Sorrelpaw

Fading Echoes Theory...

The release date for the second book in the Omen of the Stars series, Fading Echoes, is coming up exactly one month from today. (March 23!)

Warning! Spoilers ahead!

Fading Echoes is going to be MINDBLOWING! Erin Hunter has said Leopardstar will die in this book and Mistystar will be the newest leader of RiverClan.

Many theories are floating around about this latest book in the Warriors saga. Here is one of the current theories:

Warriors Wiki has a fantastic teaser from Victoria Holmes: "Things are getting very tense, with Jayfeather about to swallow his pride and seek help from the other medicine cats for a young warrior who's been horrifically injured by a falling tree..."

One rumor is that it would be Brambleclaw who is wounded by the tree. A rumor is going around that Brambleclaw will be horrifically injured after Firestar's death, in order to let Lionblaze become leader of ThunderClan. Could the injured warrior mentioned in the quote be Brambleclaw? Maybe... If you look closely you can see that the quote says "a young warrior..." Brambleclaw isn't exactly young. He seems to me like more of a senior warrior, not a young warrior. Who could this young ThunderClan warrior be? Only time will tell...

Do you have theories? Post 'em here!

-Sorrelpaw

Chinese Twilight

The Chinese version of Warriors: Twilight has been released! You can view it on the left of this post. (Click for larger version) It features Crowfeather in the center. Midnight is also visible on the lower corner of the book.

Hmm...Crowfeather looks a little skinnier then I envisioned him. What do you think of the Chinese Twilight?

If you squint closely you can see a dark tabby with amber eyes at the top of the book. Could it be Brambleclaw?

What do you think of this Chinese book?

-Sorrelpaw

Leafpool?

Much speculation is going on about Leafpool's fate after Sunrise. Will her secret tear her away from ThunderClan? Perhaps she'll seek refuge in WindClan? Will the ThunderClan be forgiving? Or maybe life will be too much for her and she'll make the ultimate sacrifice...
Only time will tell.

Vicky (a member of the Erin Hunter crew) has stated that Leafpool will be a main character during the Omen of the Stars series. So far, that's been one of our only hints of what may be to come.

My thoughts are that Leafpool will attempt to leave ThunderClan, but, like Greystripe, she will return after descovering that ThunderClan is the only place that really accepts her. After all...she is suppose to be a main character during Omen of the Stars. Wouldn't that mean she needed to be in a Clan?

What are your thoughts? Do you think Leafpool will remain part of ThunderClan?

-Sorrelpaw

Huge Family Tree?

Warning, Spoilers for Sunrise...

Pinestar...a lot of people are curious about this little-known leader who lead ThunderClan before Sunstar. Pinestar had three kits, Tigerkit (Tigerclaw) and two unknown ones. Recently, Ryan had an interesting theory concerning Pinestar:

"What if Pinestar was Firestars father. It would explain why he felt drawn to the forest but of course thats just a theory."

Wow...that would mean Firestar, Scourge and Tigerstar are half-brothers. That would be an interesting twist! But...there is a rather large hole in this theory. Cinderpelt's prophecy. Remember how she saw tiger in fire? It meant the kin of Firestar and Tigerstar would be strong enough to rule the forest. (this was then followed by the three kin of your kin prophecy.) That would kind of be a mess...don't you think?

Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw would be related. Ew? That wouldn't really matter much though since Crowfeather and Leafpool are the parents of Jay, Lion and Holly.

It would be cool if Firestar and Tigerstar were half-brothers but I doubt it. :( However, you never know with the Erins! Ryan, you may see this theory come true one day. Keep a close eye on the upcoming books, perhaps the Erins will let something slip!

Keep up those awesome theories!

-Sorrelpaw

Chinese Trading Cards

For the die hard Warriors fan (that's all of us, right?) the Chinese have created a Warrior Cats Card Game. Yes, you read right, you can collect (foreign) Warrior Cats Trading Cards. Cool!

I'll post some pictures of the cards next. Pretty cool, right? If you buy a chinese Warrior Cat book, sometimes trading cards come with it.

The most of the cats look waaaaaaaaay different from the American/Canadian versions, though Brambleclaw looks pretty much the same. On the right you can see several cats from the Clans, Firestar, (ginger tom) Brambleclaw, (solid brown tabby with green eyes, next to Firestar on bottom) and Greystripe (fluffy grey cat besides Brambleclaw with yellow eyes, short ears and white chest.) are among the cats on the front of the trading card pack.

Pictures coming next!

-Sorrelpaw