Gray Wing was easily the most levelheaded and calmest, and generally smartest of every warriors character in my opinion. He never did anything out of anger, never wanted any wars, always took others into consideration above himself. He was a true, real warrior
Agreed. He is my fav character out of all books of all time, With turtle tail. What do u think cats do when they hv 2 mates *(like grey wing*) and go to star clan with both of them?
Then Twigbranch, Alderheart and Violetshine (black spots). Then Rootspring (more yellow but whatever), Bristlefrost and Shadowsight. Now Sunbeam (she’s more brown but still fits w/ the warm colour theme), Frostpaw and Nightheart.
the cats should've remembered graywing since he was the one who named the clans in the first place. Without him there might not even be thunderclan, riverclan, shadowclan, windclan, and skyclan!
2 be fair, none of the clans were named after him, (I assume, I’m on the Last book of Dawn of clans) Thunder ThunderClan, Wind Runner Wind clan, Tall Shadow Shadow clan, and (technically) Clear sky Sky clan. But no Wing clan (tho a cool name)
While this is the dawn of the Clans This is Gray Wing's story, amd never has a character grown amd had a more complete arc in any warriors book since Firestar in the original series. He is my favorite character now
sometimes i can't believe i grew out of this series it was my everything and i looked up to all the animators lmao i just recently donated my collection of 32+ books and it felt so nostalgic, and i remembered crying over these fictional characters
spiritstar 1059 when I saw this the first time i didn’t understand it, because I hadn’t read the books, but after I read the books and saw this I literally cried.
I feel so bad for GreyWing, he loved his brother who dumped him for the cat Greywing loved, then that cat died... Soon after the same scenario happened and Greywing had a nephew who he loved, who then dumped him to go back to his father (which rejected him when he was a kit) #ShowsomeLove 4 Greywing
Well it it kinda made sense for Thunder to go to Clear Sky. He didn't know his father at all and it was his chance to finally get to know him. Of course it hurt Gray Wing, but even he understood that Thunder needed to understand and get to know Clear Sky. So it wasn't like Thunder was 'dumping' Gray Wing. He just wanted a chance to get to know his father.
So. A bit of a vent here, you can ignore this if ya want... a few years ago my great grandma walked in on my crying watching this, because it was just so sad, and I was already going through some things, and she sat down with me and hugged me. This February, she died, and it’s been so hard... after watching this, I just basically started sobbing, and I’m trying to stop so that my mom doesn’t come into my room and ask what’s wrong. This... this animation. Some people may say that it’s stupid, but a lot of my best memories happened during or after watching this, and it’s making me really, really sad, but I love it so much. This is beautiful and although it makes me cry... it’s a good kind of crying.
Kendra Eek it’s actually funny that you sent that today, because I just got my appendix removed this morning. But anyways, thank you, I’m doing a lot better and I know she’s watching out for me.
Dawn Of The clans was my favorite series and In my opinion the saddest (Edit): I just randomly came back to this today (7/6/2021) and I was reminded how much I loved this series back when I was younger, if only I could have that precious time back again...
Grey Wing liked Storm. Storm chose Clear Sky, and they had kits. Grey Wing raised the surviving kit. Grey Wing liked Turtle Tail. Turtle Tail chose Tom, and they had kits. Grey Wing raised the kits. If you all have the choice, always pick to marry Grey Wing. Even if you die, he will still love you and your children. ______________________________________________________________________________________ EDIT: Guys, I read DotC. I know he didn't love Turtle Tail until after she came back, and I know Tom was garbage. Still, just because she went to live with Tom and had his kits, Grey Wing still decided to love her and still cared for her kits. The point is Grey Wing is awesome.
Deathly Halløws No no no, that’s not what happened, Turtle Tail was very upset when she left Grey Wing and she went into a sorta abusive relationship with Tom. He didn’t rape her, he just wasn’t good to her and she ran away, then he tried to kidnap her kids after she died lol But he did get a redemption ark before he died
You know, I've never been able to relate to a character more than Greywing. Props to the Cat who was at one point, respected, and trusted by all. The one cat who cared for everyone (Unless they threatened the clans). He raised kits that were not his own, mediated the clans, and was the strategist. Yet despite all he had done and how far he had travelled, he still never found his true home, until it found him. Greywing is the definition of a true hero, a character who fights for all sides, friend or foe against the true danger. A character who puts away differences in order to care for others. A character who never ceases to find peace in areas where it is not. "A hero who turns a blind eye to someone is like a compass out at sea. Good directions, but useless for those who see it."
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. ~ Robert Frost
TaseTheRainbowxXAJ laughing potato Guess Robert Frost's poem was made popular by The Outsiders (after all, it's where I learned of this poem from myself).
i was reading the part where turtletail died in class and was trying so hard to keep from crying oml it hit me hardest out of most of the deaths in warriors especially when graywing had to tell the kits SObS
I cried when the battle happened in the third book, it was the first time I had cried because of a book. The First Battle will always have a special place in my heart.
when i was in fith grade, i had finshed path of stars, and when gray wing said good bye to his chirren, thats what hit me hard. I legit sat in my seat and cried for 20 minutes straight, atleast, thats what it felt like like if this happened to you LIve on gray wing! UwU
Holy shit can I just say how much I love the effect at 4:05? With the burst of moonlight clearing the skies so the stars can shine down on the cats and the spirits rising from the bodies and then BAM suddenly StarClan-but-not-called-StarClan-yet is surrounding them and AH THAT PART'S SO GOOD.
this has been my favourite song since I was 11 because of this video. i used to watch it on the school computers before school. I turn 18 at midnight, no better way to send off my childhood than watching this masterpiece again
ME TOO. i remember singing this song on the street corner at night when i was like 9 and crying about warrior cat characters. this video means so much to me, i come back to it at least once a year and it's so bittersweet every time. i'm so glad i got to experience this :)
+Anime SlothCat 42 That's the part that made me cry the most, honestly. I mean, the whole part was sad- Rainswept Flower's death, Hawk Swoop's death, the littermates slaughtering each other.. And when the spirit cats appeared? I sobbed. Seeing Turtle Tail, and Gray Wing's reaction to her.. Gaaaah. Sorry. I kind of got off track there.
honestly, this map and the story brings a tear to my eye. --LIGHT SPOILER ALERT !-- I hate/love the ending though, it ended so quickly, like Gray Wing just named the clans, then died. WHAT THE HELL HUNTERS. But this series is probably my most favourite, and I want to read it again. I should actually.....
+CoralWolf Same I feel they could have done a better job with the ending, but dawn of the clans is still my favorite book series and Greywing is still my favorite character.
Huroki Senpai yeah I am thinking about reading all of the books probably starting with dawn of the clans and maybe if my teacher stops creasing the books maybe I won't have to replace them
2:09 I absolutely love it when Thunder catches a bird and there’s a flashback between Thunder and Clear Sky their faces and general child design is so cute! Great job to whoever drew this part!
It’s been so long since I last saw this MAP or read Dawn of the Clans, but I still feel the same way after watching this. So much nostalgia! Dawn of the Clans is very underrated and I feel like it had the most cohesive story since the first arc, as well as some of the most well-written characters. It’s also one of the only arcs that genuinely made me tear up. I don’t know why I’m back at this map after four years, but I’m happy to have rediscovered it
Even if I dont get whats goin on in Warriors, I cry every time watching this from 03:38 to 04:29 edit July 2021: I've started reading Warriors ^-^ Is good so far! Yellowfang is mysterious I wanna know what her deal is
MarlineAnimates I do to it's just because Clearsky (The Biggest Jerk) attacks and kills his old clanmates. So it is just straight up sad i can agree with you on that even though i have read all the books.
I know this a bit off topic, but wow. I'm going to say, maybe a year ago or so, I saw my first MAP (Either Anything You Can Do, Wolf, Or Loathing I forget) The only thing I new was that the style kept changing and the story it told with the Warriors characters. And that, that, of all things, kickstarted my now great obsession with animation on RU-vid. That taught me about all these wonderful animators who I've discovered over the past year or so, who inspire me greatly. And now, one year later, after that one click, I might be getting an animation tablet. So, please, remember this. Do not be afraid to click on that video. It may change your life.
SAAAMMMMEEE!!! Like legit. Wolf and Anything You Can Do were some of the first MAPS I ever saw after watching Life's Too Short. And now I'm on RU-vid and trying to self-teach animation. That click really CAN change lives ~Fluffkin
Same! Wolf and/or We All Still Die were some of the first warriors maps I have ever seen. It was maps like these that triggered my inspiration to make my own digital art pieces. About two years ago, I joined the warriors animation community not expecting this much fan content for the series, and to this day, warriors remains one of my favorite book series of all time.
I just realized how similar Crowfeather and Clear Sky are. They both lost people they loved deeply and lost kits, they both became neglectful fathers and both had kits raised by someone who wasn’t them. They’re are some key differences, yes, but the biggest one for me is that Clear Sky never tried to amend him mistakes towards his kit the way Crowfeather did. Crowfeather tried his hardest to be a father to Breezepelt when he hadn’t been before and Clear Sky... I can’t remember exactly why he wanted Thunder back but I do know he didn’t really want to make up for his mistakes in the past as badly at Crowfeather did
This map makes me so emotional jfc. This song is so beautiful and the parts flow so well together. i'M SO HAPPY TO SEE IT DONE AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. I'm so glad i was able to take part in this thank you jess
Can we talk about the fact that Clear Sky fell in love with three women, barely felt guilt once he had moved on to the next one, and got ALL THREE of them pregnant?Honestly , just wow. Just wow.
@@hhh-sv7vp No he didn’t? He only was with Turtle Tail and Slate. If you’re talking ab Storm, you are wording it incorrectly cause Storm didn’t have kits with him or raise them with her, he just was Thunder’s adopted father.
YO this looks really good! Everyone did a really good job, and despite not reading Dawn of the Clans myself, I kind of got the general gist behind it 000: Really nicely done! c:
thank god its done. it's beautiful. and all the animators did a great job. but before it was done I thought it was given up on. but I'm glad it wasn't☺😥
I see all who do this MAP is awesome!! And who enjoy this MAP is tidally awesome to. And I want to say this is great all of you done something in the history!!
I honestly think Dawn of the Clans is as much about forgiveness than it is adventure. Clearsky took everything than Greywing. Yet Greywing always forgave him, and he died without a conscious.
This video was quite literally the whole reason I got into Warrior Cats when I was younger. I love how you included EVERYTHING between their relationship. Not just Storm or Thunder, Everything. Between BrightStream and turtle tail… amazing. Also, the flashing between Thunder and ClearSky and that one scene where Thunder and GreyWing were hunting? (2:07) Genius. I loved this and it’s been it my favorites since it came out and probably will never leave. I love DOTC and it’s so under appreciated. Thanks for this. Personal time stamps/ favorite parts : 0:56 ,1:13 , 2:07 , 3:28 , 3:57 , 4:17 , 4:40 , 4:51
This was posted so long ago, and... it's still my favourite MAP ever. The music fits the animations perfectly and this makes me cry almost everytime I watch it. The music is super good, and the animations are smooth and flow well with each other. The storyline of the books is great too, and I literally just love this MAP to death. I know all the lyrics to the song and I heard it on a documentary and I remembered this MAP and I literally almost cried.
@@beachboulevards894 why would you say that in a reply to someone who enjoyed it?? I admit that not everything is perfectly polished but it's still a gorgeous map IMO, and you shouldn't go around trying to bring peoples moods down and insulting the work of people who are- in all likelihood- still learning, especially considering that it's not meant to be a professional piece- this was for fun and for practice and for people to enjoy. I'm not always too fond of the phrase, but in this instance 'if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all' comes to mind. Constructive criticism I could understand, but your comment is frankly just rude without cause.
I love this map..The song touches me, dawn of the clans touched me. So many talented animators. I. Fucking. Love. This. Map. Thank you so much for this This Is Way More Than A Masterpiece.. Edit; I posted this comment when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I am no longer in the warrior cats fandom but this song still holds a special place in my heart. It reminds me of my best friend who moved and that’s why I find this song so lovely. Every time I hear it I start to cry. The art in here is lovely and it’s been 3 years and I bet their arts even more better now.
i watched this in the early days of middle school. It kept me motivated, the song and amazing art featured in this animation. It kept me going when times really sucked for me, thank you.
Can't believe this video is 5+ years old now. Lots of fond memories of watching this after tough schooldays in 6th grade, warriors maprojects was and still is a big inspiration to me. Guess what I want to say is a big thank you to everyone who worked on this, it's still in my top favourite maps from this fandom, even 5 years later!
I think that apart from the first arc, dotc has the most fleshed out characters. You can understand their decisions, they have something real about them and it feels more personal because at some point, they were all friends and allies. The other arcs in comparison feel very black and white to me with the set clan rules, even though I love them too. I was very sceptical about dotc at first, seeing as it came out after The Last Hope, but the character dynamics made me fall in love so quickly! And Gray Wing had just something about him that set him apart from previous main characters in a very grounded, natural way. That's why he's my fave.
From what I could tell, orange eyes liked green eyes but green eyes rejected orange eyes because she liked blue eyes, then she had 1 kit with blue eyes and died after its birth. Orange eyes took the kit to blue eyes ( its father I'm guessing ) and he rejected the kit. So orange eyes raised the kit but once it grew up blue eyes took custody?
yup, but then orange cat started to hate blue eyes and ran off with a bunch of other angsty teens and they formed a group, then after a while orange cat and orange eyes got mad at blue eyes, and so did tall black cat, and brown cat, and they went to see blue cat but then one of the angsty teens caught a bat and then blue eyes started calling everyone thieves for eating bats because he forgot to eat his snickers and then everyone got super triggered and then they fought, and after a while the ghost cats came and told people to stop so they did
This series was one of the best things of my childhood. The only book series I was excited to read. These maps made me so happy to watch. Thankyou so much the nostalgia is hitting hard....
It gets me every time. No matter how long I stay away, I can't help but keep coming back to this. This means so much more than you intended, and for making this, I am forever grateful.
@KitKat the Cat Actually, red in cats displays over black (/grey)! In order for something to be passed down from an earlier generation, one of the parents have to carry it, but if they carried red, they would _be_ either red or tortiseshell.
Spoiler alert for thunder rising: Am I the only one that is really irritated by clear sky? I mean seriously, 1. He basically steals storm from gray wing and 2. He takes Thunder away. And yet gray wing still cares about him through out the book. Even though clear sky is such a douche, gray wing still cares about him. (Btw I just finished the second book so....)
Platinum Zoroark yeah sorry, I was really mad at the time of writing this comment, 😅 I agree with you. But I think what I meant to say was I didn't like how Clear Sky rubbed it in :/
in the book it wasn't literally like him stealing her away, She kinda left him, anddd Clear sky regrets everything he caused later on and he chose not to kill his brother :P
came back to this years later and it is still one of my all time favorites. if not my favorite. dawn of the clans is my favorite series and this map does an outstanding job highlighting the relationship between gray wing and clear sky. i’m in tears
Omg, I came back to this after finally getting through the first three books of DOTC and I actually cried when the battle started at the end. This was so beautifully done, and everyone did an amazing job on their parts. I don't know what it is, but when I started reading DOTC, I read more than what I did the previous day every time I opened the book up. It's so damn good, and to see the events played out in this MAP after having read them just made the MAP hit so much harder. If you love Warriors and haven't read through Dawn of the Clans, then you need too. Works can't express how good it is. Great books and great animators for the MAP! Beautifully done! ❤
You probably wont see this but I wanted to say thank you anyway. This was one of the first warrior MAPS I saw. I joined this community like 6 months ago, my first warriorcats serie I read wasnt the into the wild ect but DOTC since that was available at my bookstore, and I absolutely cried my eyes out. After reading I searched for maps of DOTC, and found this masterpiece. It made me even cry more , dotc is so soso close to my heart and this is such a comfort map to me. So thank you, I mean it truly
This was one of my favourite maps back when it came out. Now that I'm reading Dawn of the clans I actually know what's going on (though the map already does a pretty good job portraying the events) and I'm loving it even more
xxX_Duskwing_Xxx * Everybody decides to watch this for a Try Not To Cry Challenge and all the sudden the whole world floods which breaks the gravitational shield which floods the whole universe and wipes out the planet which makes us all drown which kills everything else which kills plants from getting too much water which this video no longer exists which I can't type anymore *
Dawn of the clans has been the best book series I’ve read so far. There’s good and evil end in a sad/happy ending. And always has made me cry. It has such a good plot and story line that I love it so much.
I Miss greywing so much now he was the most caring amazing cat ever and that’s what makes a Warrior not the fighting skill but the heart it’s the heart to put others need before you’re own it’s the heart to Fight for what is right it is the heart to Care that is what makes a warrior a warriors heart.
Thank you so much for creating this Nifty-Senpai. This is amazing. I remember reading the chapter when graywing died. My heart shattered when I read it. I kept reading it over and over again hoping I was wrong. Out of all the books, (I've read all of them) graywing was my favorite cat. He was always so sensible and calm. He should have had the chance to watch his kits grow up. Thank you Nifty-Senpai.
Never heard this song before now I sobbed. This is too close to my sibling and I's relationship... I never connected Greywing and Clearsky's with ours but now... Oh gosh, dangit- Thank you for making such a beautiful MAP
Grey Wing was the first character I cried over ever in the history of me reading these god forsaken books, or any books for that matter. holy fuck. the whole dotc saga was just amazing. the whole arc around Grey Wing and Clear Sky, all the drama and Turtle Tail's death, and add Moth's Flight's Vision's ending of her giving away her kits, and you've got so much pain that it's good. The 6 books flowed into each other like one big book, and I read them all in a week. it was amazing, beautiful and so well made. you could feel their feelings, you could slip into their world, and even if dotc only gave us a peek into the world of these long dead cats (a peek compared to like 6 sagas of following the same bloodline) it still felt so personal. and now, that I finished Moth's Flight's Vision, I feel like this curtain has been closed and now the clans can continue living and existing until I get my hands on the Vision of Shadows saga. sadly I'm reading books translated to Finnish so I get the books really late :/ I think Grey Wing is one of my favorite cats, maybe paired with Slate and Moth's Flight. I love the character development in Moth's Flight, and I've just always loved Slate. but the amount of pain, changes and love Grey Wing went through, I can't help but wish that our boy Firestar would've gotten such a dramatic backstory. It would've deepened his character a lot, and he probably wouldn't have been seen as a cat who just,,, is around after his saga ended. Grey Wing is wonderful and dotc hurts so good. we love writers who like bittersweet endings.
Always Gold works really well for their story, there's so many years other Radical Face songs that would work great with Warriors and I hope more people listen to their music as it's really amazing
Gray Wing deserved so much more, he was hurt in so many ways he didn't deserve. Gray Wing was truley the kindest character in all the warriors series. He had no credit for the makings of the clans, he couldent stay with storm, turtletail died, and he had to bear the fact that he still loved turtletail while Slate was his mate. His relashionships with his family was shattered and fixed but not completley, and he died slowly, not getting to see his real kits grow up like he saw his adoptive kits. But Gray Wing still claims he lived a good life, because he sees good in everything. Dawn of the clans made me cry at the end, and Gray Wing, well.. Gray Wing served the world well as a kind hearted, and strong warrior.
So the Tribe was changed to Clans during Clear sky and Gray-Wings time. Thunder who was raised by Gray-Wing later became Thunderstar. Also Gray-Wing Adopted Owlstar. His Brother was Skystar. Wow.
Y'all really introduced me to this band 6 years ago and to this day I'm still listening to Radical Face. I also distinctly remember this being uploaded as "Alway Gold," good times.
The warriors still continues to amaze me it's probably one of my favorite fandoms and quiet possibly one of the best community's I have and will ever participate in
It's been so long since I last watched this video, but it hadn't even started and I was so overflowing with emotions and memories that I instantly started crying a few seconds in🥺
I remember watching this map all the time when I was 11-12, I would always cry even though I never read that far into the books. amazing map, thanks to everyone who made it and made younger me inspired
“Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower, But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.” -The Outsiders, a book by S.E. Hinton
I honestly I fell in love with this map. As soon as I finished the third book I had to see this, and I’ve watched it like 10 times it’s amazing. You are amazing for putting this together and all the animators in this did a great job. It’s honestly amazing!!! Good job! Rip falling feather D; (She is my fav character)
This video was such a big part of my life. Back six years ago I watched this and fell in love with it. Radical face was my new favourite artist, which made me want to learn guitar. (I did! And the drums! Now I play gigs in my city and love playing music, especially Radical Face). It was the first time I got into music properly, or at least music that wasn't what was on the radio. I fell in love with Warriors, which until someone in my class showed me this video I knew nothing about. It was my favourite ever book series and I made friends over it. I fell in love with writing, I would write my own warriors stories all the time. It's what I want to do with my life now, and has been since the moment I finished the sun trail. (Be an author, not about cats anymore haha). I fell in love with art, and with all the styles and animations. Watching this MAP on repeat all those years ago kickstarted my love for all the things I love about my life now. This is a stupidly sentimental comment but to everyone who was part of this MAP, thank you. Thank you so much.
