Veil of Shadows - Summary Essay

There was one thing I forgot to talk about in my last blog post about The Silent Thaw. There's something Warriors' been dabbling in the previous few arcs, but this is the first time they dove in.

We've probably all thought it, or heard other people talking about, how for so long the books were focused on ThunderClan. There were exceptions in the super editions, mangas, and novellas obviously. But the main series had rarely given another Clan's point of view.

In The New Prophecy, they did give Stormfur's perspective for one book, but that was it. And it didn't give us a RiverClan perspective as they were on the journey.

I think it was Omen Of The Stars when we got Flametail's perspective. That was more enlightening, as we actually got a bit of ShadowClan's viewpoint. It was still very little, though.

A Vision Of Shadows really started to show the series potential here. We had Needletail and Violetpaw's perspective from ShadowClan and The Kin. We also saw into SkyClan a bit with Twigpaw's point of view. And they didn't have to abandon ThunderClan as a frame of reference either.

I feel like that might have been the push that we needed. The Broken Code gives us three main characters, each from different Clans. And the benefits are immense.

Not only is it interesting to see the other Clans perspectives, but it makes the story far more dynamic. It isn't just that they're in different Clans. Still, they have different positions of a warrior, medicine cat, and communicator for ghosts (this is the role the story focuses on).

This means the characters can tell very different but equally compelling and exciting stories.

However, for a cohesive narrative, they need to be connected. The authors tackled about this wonderfully. The characters are in the same place often enough to feel they all have the right information. There are no long repeats of large blocks in other points of view. 

But they're also separate enough that their roles as a point of view characters seem redundant. This happened to Lionblaze in Omen of The Stars. Most of his chapters could be told through Dovewing, and he didn't really play much of a role.

So many fans had been begging for different Clan views, and they did a brilliant job. It's difficult to write stories with points of view from multiple characters, especially when they're so different, which the Clans are. I want to give credit where credits due.

What are you guys thinking about the points of view from multiple Clans? Were you interested in seeing something like this too, or was it a complete surprise? Was it not a big deal, or did it help the story to you? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

Anyway, let's get on with the summary essay for Veil of Shadows.

The central theme in View of Shadows is division. The division between groups strengthens loyalty and encourages each group to better themselves. If the divisions are too deep, groups cannot help one another. Division within groups is more destructive as it can break down the structure. The idea that punishing the code breakers will bring StarClan back causes divisions between the Clans. This is further provoked when several code breakers are named. There are also divisions within each Clan on how and if the code breakers should be punished.

The main characters in the book are the three protagonists and the antagonist. The three protagonists are Shadowsight, who is trying to get back in touch with StarClan, Rootpaw, who can speak to some ghosts Bristlefrost, who feeds the rebels inside information on the imposter. The main antagonist in Veil of Shadows is the imposter trying to convince the Clans to punish the cats named code breakers to drive them apart. These are all the main characters in the story.

The main situations in the book follow. The imposter wounds Shadowsight and dumps his body. The imposter claims Shadowsight must have left the Clans because his mother was named a code breaker. ShadowClan shelters the exiled cats. Rootpaw finds Shadowsight's body. The exiles and rebel's meetings are moved to the old SkyClan camp. Shadowsight recovers in SkyClan's camp. He eats death berries to travel as a spirit and sees how StarClan is being blocked. The Clans battle and the imposter is defeated. Squirrelflight realizes who the imposter is.

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