"Dance of the Fire Cat" is a creation myth of how cats came into being according to cats. It is set in the magical world of the Far Dominions and tells the story of how the fire cat created the race of Grimalkins in the First Days of the New Dawn. It is the first of the fire cat stories and an introduction to the most magical Clowder of Grimalhame, the home of the Grimalkins (or cat-folk). It is a prophetic tale - many things foretold in the story of the fire cat's creation that come to pass many years into the future. The story is "narrated" by Imeldra Moonpaw, the Clowder Historian and Deputy Clowder Mother of Grimalhame.