In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive reside there as a form of punishment.Ĭats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as 'kittypets' by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle loners, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves and rogues, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans' deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. Each Clan has adapted to its own terrain. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and Sk圜lan. The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.

His book, Culpeper's Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. Other influential locations include Loch Lomond, as well as the Scottish Highlands. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place. The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter. Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details. The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym 'Erin Hunter' and was completed in about three months. Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she 'couldn't imagine coming up with enough ideas.' She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict. The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats.

Inspiration and origins New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in The series has also been translated into several languages. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier 'Super Edition' novels, several novellas, many guide books, several volumes of original English language manga, and graphic novels. There are currently eight sub-series ('arcs'), each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. The concept and plot of the pilot series were developed by series editor, Victoria Holmes. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats.

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