Trivia / Warrior Cats: Dawn of the Clans

• Ascended Fanon: Dawn of the Clans, the title of the series, was originally a Fan Nickname based on the wording of the arc's announcement.
• Fan Community Nickname: The fans of Dawn of the Clans on the Warriors Official Forum like to refer to themselves as "Dawners", mimicking the notorious OOTSians.
• Milestone Celebration: The prologue of The Sun Trail was released early as part of the tenth anniversary of Warriors. The Sun Trail is also the 25th main series novel, the 50th Warriors book^note 25 main series books, 5 Supper Editions, 13 mangas, 3 novellas, and 4 Field Guides. Enter the Clans doesn't count because it's merely a Compilation Re-release with new cover art., and was released about a month after the date of the tenth anniversary. As well, Thunder Rising and Warriors: The Ultimate Guide were co-released and essentially were the 10th Anniversary milestone books.
• Tuckerization: Jay Frost, a very minor character from The First Battle, is named after Jayfrost, a dedicated fan on Kate Cary's blog. Dawn Mist, a character from Path of Stars onward, is named after Dawnmist, another fan from the blog. Flower Stream, mentioned in the manga of Moth Flight's Vision, is named after a moderator on the blog known as Flowerstream. The ThunderClan cats Shivering Rose and Hazel Burrow first shown in Moth Flight's Vision, are also named after fans there, with Hazel Burrow being named after Kate Cary's son Joshua's name, Hazelburrow, and Shivering Rose after ShiveringRose, another member.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The series was originally conceived as a single Super Edition which would follow Bluestar's Prophecy. After that Super Edition was scrapped, the Clan origin story was expanded to the one we know today.
  • Thunder (or whoever the covercat of Thunder Rising is) was originally on the cover of The Sun Trail for some reason. The final cover has Gray Wing instead.
  • Gray Wing was originally slated to die at the end of The Sun Trail, but it was pushed back as the catalyst event occurred too soon. He was then supposed to die in Thunder Rising, but that was changed due to the dynamic between him, Thunder, and Clear Sky being too interesting to pass up. Then he was supposed to die in The First Battle (presumably Clear Sky would have gone through with killing him), but at that point the editing team was too attached to him and thought there was more potential for emotional conflict, so it got pushed back a third time to Path of Stars.
• Word of God: According to Kate Cary's blog, Splinter is the father of Milkweed's first litter, Clover, Thistle and Bramble.
  • Her blog also states that the unseen character Owl Song mentioned in the manga of Moth Flight's Vision is a light brown splotchy she-cat with white paws and a white tail tip.

---