It wasn't Rowan's fault.
She was born a rouge, but the ruling cat, Malice, was a blood-thirsty, evil cat. He ruled the forest. His followers were just as evil.
She met a few cats that were under Malice's rule in the forest, who were just as scared of him as she was.
They believed that if they could make an organized group, a Clan, the cats called it, they could beat the otherwise unorganized group of blood-spilling, ruling cats.
She had a job. To fix the forest. To overthrow Malice.
It is her time.