The Clan cats begin their long and arduous journey from the Forest, with a quick pit stop by Ravenpaw and Barley's farm (we'll miss you kings 😢). At Highstones, the cats FINALLY get a sign of where they are going, which unfortunately involves going through the mountains in winter. Surely nothing will go wrong. Up next week: Chapter 21-23 Support us…

After an action-packed escape sequence and Firestar being squashed to death, the Clans all FINALLY agree to leave the forest because 90% of it no longer exists. In the midst of all this, Leafpaw has some of the craziest lesbian drama to date. Up next week: Chapter 18-20 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on T…

Things continue to go so bad in the forest, and things have been going so bad for so long it seems like the Erins are desperately trying to up the pacing. There's some medicine cat drama, a casual love reveal, more death, Windclan is full of skeletons now, and the lead up to an epic fight. We also take a look at the new merch offerings on the Warri…

The moment Julian and Paz have been waiting for.... Graystripe's abduction!!! Goodbye to that man, we had so much fun making fun of you. Firestar also forgot he had a wife, and Squirrelpaw proves to be the first person related to Firestar who is immune to Spottedleaf's sweet scent. Up next week: Chapter 10-Chapter 13 Support us on Patreon at patreo…

Things are going very very bad in the forest, and the Clans are at an impasse of what to do. Midnight's sign never comes, which leaves the prophecy cats in a predicament. Leafpaw also remains trapped with the other cats but learns about the concept of a latch. Also, Tallstar is SO old he's just SO SO old. Up next week: Chapter 7-Chapter 9 Support u…

We have arrived at our Dawn read! It starts out just how we like it: with drama and lots of misery. Leafpaw acquires yet another girlfriend, and the prophecy crew returns from their journey to learn just how bad things are back at home. Up next week: Chapter 4-Chapter 6 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on T…

Our Moonrise retrospective with our guest friend Alix, who reveals some SHOCKING Moonrise trivia. As always, we review Liz's prophecies and they deliver us some new ones. Up next week: Dawn Prologue-Chapter 3 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comments to stairwaytostarclan@gmail…

WE DID IT!!!! WE'RE DONE MOONRISE! We get the reveal that Feathertail is the chosen one and heroically fridges herself for character development of her brother and love interest, which is bad. The rest of the Team Prophecy cats thankfully leave the mountains behind to return to the forest which they better do quick, because everyone is Actively Dyi…

We are THANKFULLY nearing the end of Moonrise!!! Things continue to be bad and boring in Stormfur's perspective but Leafpaw is experiencing the epic highs and lows of starving to death in the Forest. Also Hawkfrost wants to be Daddy's Little Fascist sooo bad <3 Up next week: Chapter 22-Epilouge Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow…

Things are SO bad in the Forest. Everyone is literally dying while Riverclan are being literally evil through inaction. Leafpaw is definitely going through it, but at least she has a super pretty sweet-smelling ghost to guide her. Meanwhile, the Tribe chapters in the book continue to be full of racist stereotypes and really bad writing, so nothing …

We have some very lengthy readings in this episode we recorded a few weeks ago (whoops) as we try desperately to rush through the Tribe sections of this book. Stormfur feels White Guilt, there is a cougar???, and everyone is DYING in the forest. We also read a masterpiece of writing by Ursula K. Le Guin for a refresher :) Up next week: Chapter 16-1…

Back to Moonrise, and we are unfortunately now deep in the chapters concerning the Tribe and all the very bad anti-Native/Indigenous stereotypes pertaining to them. Back in the forest, everyone is being homophobic to Windclan who are DYING. Up next week: Chapter 12-15 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twi…

We continue Moonrise as the cats venture into the mountains on their return journey, where they unfortunately run into a group of cats that perpetuate some bad anti-Indigenous stereotypes. If you want to read more about this, an amazing write up by several Indigenous authors has been posted here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nnCCD4TfR-5MZie9…

We're back after our long delay with an episode we actually recorded in February! Thanks everyone for sticking with us through grad school. This episode features the beginning of Moonrise, the first POV switch, an epic romance, and some video games. Up next week: Chapter 4-7 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast…

Our wrap up episode featuring a special guest! We talk about all kinds of things, perhaps too many things, but it's all entirely relevant to Warriors. Find Kavi at @yrgirlkv on Twitter and yrgirlkv on cohost, and her games at https://yrgirlkv.itch.io/ See you all next time with Moonrise! Up next week: Moonrise Prologue - Chapter 3 Support us on Pat…

The moment has finally arrived: there IS a badger in this book. The little kitties finally reach the end of their long journey, with a near-drowning on the way for good measure, and receive some dire news from a character who raises many, many questions about the Warriors universe. Up next week: Midnight Wrap Up Support us on Patreon at patreon.com…

We're back from our holiday break! As we near the end of the book, a new pod-favorite character is introduced and Brambleclaw continues to be so bullied. Leafpaw also learns about Manifesting. Up next week: Chapters 22-Epilogue Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comments to stair…

What's better than little cats on a big journey? Our fellowship encounters all manners of strange and terrifying beasts and trials and such. Meanwhile back in the forest Leafpaw is having her lesbian awakening. Up next week: Chapters 19-21 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comme…

The cats finally set out on their journey, and Leafpaw is cursed to be the Secret Keeper. We do talk about the book this episode, but we also make a mindblowing discovery that completely derails the conversation about halfway through. Up next week: Chapters 15-18 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter!…

We HATE Firestar!!!!! He is no longer our little meowmeow this is our callout post. Also Graystripe is there. Up next week: Chapters 11-14 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comments to stairwaytostarclan@gmail.com. Hosted by Paz [she/they] (@ootron), Julian [they/them] (@shipyrd…

Brambleclaw continues to be punished by the narrative simply for being a guy who is around. Also, all lessons about love and peace from The Prophecies Begin have been completely forgotten. Also Ravenpaw is here :) Up next week: Chapters 8-10 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or com…

It's finally here.... The New Prophecy. No longer are we stuck with Firestar's POV and whole new horizons are open to us!!! These chapters take us along with some new characters including Firestar's two daughters, and also demonstrates that Warriors likes to kill characters off screen between series for no real reason. Up next week: Chapters 4-7 Su…

We're finished with Firestar's Quest after AGES. The ending is pretty standard aside from some weird choices with Leafstar's leader ceremony, and also Firestar's continued emotional affair with a ghost. We also go to the Goodreads page which is very active? Up next week: The New Prophecy!!! Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the…

The rat battle is HERE. The rats are a literal hive mind?? Also SkyClan's new leader has to get ALL her foreshadowing done in 2.5 chapters. We also go back to have some fun with some old, old Proboards. Up next week: Chapter 35-Epilouge Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comments…

Tensions are ramping up as the book nears it's climax of dramatic rat battles, but not without a quick diversion of introducing ANOTHER character?? Also if you thought the Sandstorm and Firestar marriage drama was resolved, think again! Up next week: Chapter 32-34 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter…

Each chapter in this episode is a different genre. A LOT happens. We have tragic death scenes, heists, and unspeakable horrors (rats). WHY are there talking rats??? And then we take a quick look at the history of kit-stealing. Up next week: Chapter 29-31 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send que…

Liz was right.... we do get every single cat into SkyClan this set of chapters. There's SO many cats that show up, and then immediately get renamed. Firestar also continues to be haunted by an Evil Presence and Sky/Skywatcher really seems like he's about to go off and die for no reason. Thanks! Up next week: Chapter 26-28 Support us on Patreon at p…

We're back after our extended hiatus! Firestar, however, is ready to hit da bricks because it turns out rebuilding SkyClan would just be too hard ): Nevertheless, Firestar and Sandstorm start collecting a colorful cast of cats that I guess could be a clan? Also there's an Evil Presence. Up next week: Chapter 23-25 Support us on Patreon at patreon.c…

Firestar and Sandstorm finally make some progress in their quest and meet some new cats! However, the mystery of Skyclan's fate only seems to deepen..... And Firestar decides actually he is just going to give up. Thanks! Up next week: Chapter 20-22 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions…

With Firestar and Sandstorm reconciled, they continue on their perilous journey to find SkyClan's camp, which turns out to be a fucked up place with a bunch of caves. Firestar continues to be haunted by dreams, gets bullied by kittypets, and fails at diplomacy. Up next week: Chapter 17-19 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the s…

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Firestar doesn't just have ghost problems, he has marital problems! As Firestar finally begins his titular quest, he grapples with loyalty to his clan and apparently loyalty to his wife. Is it cheating if you're ghost dating your pediatrician? Warriors, as always, tackling the hard questions. Up next week: Chapter 11-13 Support us on Patreon at pat…

Firestar has lost his religion, which we love. Smudge is also back, and we love that. What we love less is how Spottedleaf is exempt from doubt because she's soooooo pretty and also was definitely Firestar's pediatrician love interest. We also add another character to our Staircast Extended Universe! Up next week: Chapter 8-10 Support us on Patreon…

Before moving onto The New Prophecy, we're taking a detour to Firestar's Quest. What will our beloved orange leader get up to this time? Apparently, being haunted horribly by ghosts. In a shocking twist, Starclan lied (via retcon) and there were once FIVE clans in the forest! Time to go right past wrongs.…

We have finished the first series, so our wrap up episode revisits it as a whole! We answer some user questions and take a peek at what the people of Goodreads have to say. Then Liz makes some predictions about Firestar's Quest, knowing absolutely nothing about it-- can't wait to revisit those in due time. See you all next week with the very first …

We have FINISHED The Prophecies Begin!!!! It's the big final battle and everyone is here (except Goldenflower??). Some terrible, terrible things happen (Graystripe becomes deputy. Spottedleaf is sexy) but the clans prevail and drive Bloodclan out. Also, Firestar become Catholic. And with that, the first series is complete!! Up next week: The Darkes…

Dawn of the Final Day.... Two! Firestar prepares for the battle with BloodClan and continues to come to terms with the fact a lot of cats will die. He then also remembers there are two other non-BloodClan clans in the forest and invests in some diplomacy. Then we return to our Wattpad adventure, which sadly is not nearly as gory as the books. And n…

It's the moment we have ALL been waiting for (except Liz, who did not know this was going to happen): Scourge kills Tigerstar!! How are those nine lives treating you now Tigerstar?? We spend a loooong time talking about Scourge but a lot of other stuff happens, including Barley's Dark Past, Graystripe getting undue recognition again, and... child s…

Our 50th episode we did not realize was our 50th episode! The Thunderclan cats make their epic escape from Riverclan, and Firestar finally learns to count the number of clans. The political alliance through marriage of convenience finally comes true as Windclan and Thunderclan unite. Also, Firestar gets his Dragon Age romance scene. Up next week: C…

Scenes that changed the world.... scenes that sparked a movement.... we're talking about Tigerstar and Bonehill. There's some real sicko stuff this chapter which is absolutely delightful. How will Firestar stop such EVIL things?? Up next week: Chapter 17-20 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send …

Darkstripe is FINALLY out of Thunderclan. Why that took long enough he almost got to murder a baby, who can say. Firestar then faces more consequences for his inaction as Tigerstar shows up with some Big News: he invented cat fascism! We then return to Y/N's adventures in Riseclan. Up next week: Chapter 13-16 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/st…

Firestar reconciles with Bramblepaw (maybe?) and then faces his first major presidential challenge: is it right to punish a baby murderer? Who can say! We also take a look at some Warriors Wattpad content. Up next week: Chapter 10-12 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send questions or comments to…

Fireheart has become FIRESTAR! Who could have seen this coming!! However, the Erins continue to tell blatant lies in their book and we are not having it. We also answer some listener questions and get very sidetracked, as usual! Up next week: Chapter 7-9 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Twitter! Send que…

We are finally here... the LAST BOOK! In the first series. We finally get to the guy Julian and Paz have been waiting for: Scourge! And some other stuff happening prior to Fireheart becoming leader proper. We also invent a new OC to go on a quest for dark, dangerous love. Up next week: Chapter 4-6 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Fol…

Our Dangerous Path recap episode is here! While we still cannot remember the name of this book, we were pretty positive on it overall. The looming question of dog sentience will haunt us forever though. We revisit Liz's prophecies, answer some listener questions that include some videos and a terribly haunting tale, and look ahead to the next book!…

We have FINISHED a Dangerous Path!!! RIP to Bluestar, her death flags finally caught up with her. We discuss her sad death scene, some pretty good action and a kind of good plan, and the Warriors cover art. Also, Tigerstar is there. Up next week: A Dangerous Path Recap Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on Tw…

We're back after an unexpected break! Join us for the penultimate episode of A Dangerous Path. There's a lot of animal googling in this episode, for better or for worst. And Cloudtail continues to be a very nice boy unlike his centrist uncle. Up next week: Chapters 25-26 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast! Follow the show @staircast on …

Despite losing 30 minutes of Julian's audio, we're here with a loooong episode for everyone! We talk about Swiftpaw (RIP), Fireheart's awful teaching choices, workplace discrimination, and also the Brighpaw Stuff which is... not as bad as you would think, but given Warriors track record that's not saying much. We also look into some spooky Warriors…

Riverclan and Thunderclan come into conflict as Leopardstar decides to go fully evil! Fireheart has to continue trying to damage control for Bluestar, but it isn't going well. Surely this will all end fine. Also, to celebrate our anniversary we plan a little Warriors party! Up next week: Chapters 18-20 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast…

Things are heating up as Bluestar continues to spiral, Fireheart takes some drastic actions, Tallstar is there and cool, and OnewhiskerxFireheart comes true. Basically. Join us for a set of tense chapters full of interpersonal drama and a GREAT villain speech from Bluestar! Up next week: Chapters 15-17 Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/staircast…