After a confrontation with ShadowClan leader Brokenstar, Nightpelt and his fellow elders are banished from the clan. With winter on the horizon, Nightpelt doesn't have time to dwell on his shock and outrage, and instead focuses on finding ways to keep the exiles fed and warm. However, as he learns additional disturbing information about the power-hungry Brokenstar, Nightpelt plots a way to take him down, that eventually leads to a confrontation between the felines.