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An Important Theory: Tree is a Reincarnation of Micah

As I’m reading through river of fire and the more I read about Tree he has the same personality, the mischievousness, the slick talker, the confidence, and the laidbackness of Micah

They both were outsiders to the clans, SPECIFICALLY connected to skyclan and becoming roles in that clan that were very special and had not been made before.

Micah was very special, he became like a mediator himself, starclan chose him to bring peace to the clans, just as they chose Tree. Micah’s kits became the entire symbol of peace between the clans.

Speaking of his kits. You know something that was kind of random of a detail? Spider Paw had 6 claws. Micah’s son had 6 claws and they put an odd emphasis on this oddity in Moth Flight’s Vision. This is a hereditary thing and I’m starting to think Micah might have had 6 claws as well, if not be had the recessive gene IN HIM in order to pass it to his son. Genetically wise, Micah and Tree are also yellow and basically look exactly the same.

What does this mean? Well after Moth Flight’s Vision we were left off with clans that were incredibly at peace with each other; perfectly separate but one being. The entire dawn of the clans series has a whole motif about how the clans needed to be separate but together, that borders were to give each clan room but were not barriers between each others’ livelihood. And after the series ended with the borders like this the clan cats were at peace and even freely came to visit one another and learn from each others’ cultures and techniques.

This was how the clans started and this was how they were supposed to be and we see that a lot in the past 2 main series of books (oots and vos). That the clans are best when they have open borders, not closed and strict, when they act as friends, not enemies. Thus was shown with WindClan and RiverClan closing their borders, and with how SkyClan and ShadowClan lived together. They could live together but in general had different culture and values and butted heads because of that. They did not belong as one group, but were meant to be allies. And that’s why SkyClan had to rejoin the other four clans.

Our journey with the clan cats began in a time of many scars and distrust between the clans and because of that the forest was never at peace. Because of this borders became more than they should have and caused harm instead of the good they were supposed to be. But the ENTIRE series has shown that it’s when the clans treat each other as allies instead of enemies that things are at peace, starting all the way with Firestar and LionClan.

It has taken generations, but the clans need to go back to how they were in the beginning, the way Micah and his kits left the clans. They need to unite or die.

And I think Tree is going to be that driving force that finally makes it that way. And I think the new series “the broken code” is going to be the finale of the clan cats finally going back to having open borders, they’re there to give space and peace, not to divide.