- Helaiuc's birth pack is attacked and destroyed by its neighbours, its alphas executed before her eyes. Fleeing, she spends around a month travelling alone until she reaches the mountains.
- Chirwisorlosa leaves her birth pack to seek out a more exciting life. After a short journey, she also arrives in the mountains. She and Helaiuc encounter each other and decide that they will do better together.
- A few days later, they resolve to start a pack of their own. To mark the change, they choose new names for themselves; Helaiuc chooses the name Hryhoolou, in honour of her place as the first alpha, and Chirwisorlosa chooses the name Uruhouou in honour of the bright blue eyes that first caught Hryhoolou's attention.
- While patrolling their new territory and establishing borders, Hryhoolou runs into the brothers Olsac and Oroulepac. She invites them to join, and both agree.
- To ensure the Pines' next generation, Hryhoolou and Olsac mate. Two pups, Rulahou and Aulosac, are born.
- Uruhouou becomes the pack's first hunter, Olsac their first denminder, and Oroulepac the first scout.
- Travelling to exchange supplies with another pack, Hryhoolou meets Kaufolac, an older adolescent looking for a pack to join. His silvery fur draws her attention, and she invites him to join the Pines.
- Out on a hunt, Uruhouou finds herself competing for the kill with a strange fiery-coloured wolf. They inadvertently end up working together to take down their prey; the stranger introduces herself as Irhakrou, and an impressed Uruhouou invites her to join the Pines. Irhakrou becomes a chaser of the Blue Hunt, led by Uruhouou.
- The scent of another wolf is found in the territory, and when Hryhoolou goes to investigate it, she finds an older lone wolf at the trail's end. Seeing his wisdom, she encourages him to join them. He agrees to join as a second chaser and introduces himself as Houwac.
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- Irhakrou grows increasingly impertinent and rebellious under the authority of two much younger wolves. After Houwac joins the hunt, he begins attempting to put Irhakrou in her place himself, believing that this will help Uruhouou. It in fact does the opposite; Irhakrou is only further aggravated, thinking that Uruhouou is unable to fight her own battles and that Houwac is weak for submitting.
- This tension comes to a head when Hryhoolou suddenly falls ill. Under the stress, Uruhouou struggles even more than usual to keep her hunters in line; one attempt at a hunt ends in a scuffle between Houwac and Irhakrou, and Houwac disappears into the treeline.
- Assuming that Houwac has had enough and abandoned the pack entirely, Uruhouou and a mildly chastened Irhakrou return to their camp. To their surprise, Houwac returns not long after they do, with a poultice that he uses to treat Hryhoolou’s sickness.
- Over the next few days, Hryhoolou begins to recover from her illness. Houwac tells Uruhouou that he will be leaving the Blue Hunt to become the Pines’ first herbalist, news that Uruhouou is delighted to hear. She gives him her blessing.
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- While Hryhoolou continues to recover, Uruhouou and Irhakrou go out in search of Houwac’s replacement in the Blue Hunt. Eventually they meet a lone dispersal who gives them no name, but offers to hunt with them as a test of her ability. The hunt goes well, and satisfied with the newcomer’s hunting skills, Uruhouou accepts her into the Pines.
- Though at first suspicious of the stranger who gives them no name, Irhakrou is gradually swayed by the newcomer’s charm, and they become firm friends. The tension within the Blue Hunt is reduced to almost nothing, Irhakrou’s moods tempered by a few careful words from her new companion.
- At almost the end of spring, the Blue Hunt returns from an expedition having managed to fell a doe. The entirety of the Pines comes together to celebrate their catch. Irhakrou suggests that their newest member take the name Argamiwou, deer-chaser, in honour of this feat, and Argamiwou accepts her new name with gratitude.
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NEW MEMBERS: Hryhoolou, Uruhouou, Olsac, Oroulepac, Kaufolac, Irhakrou, Houwac, Argamiwou.
LITTERS: Aulosac and Rulahou (born to Hryhoolou and Olsac).
RANK CHANGES: Hryhoolou becomes the alpha. Uruhouou becomes the lead hunter and the leader of the Blue Hunt. Olsac becomes the lead denminder. Oroulepac becomes the lead scout. Irhakrou becomes a chaser of the Blue Hunt. Houwac becomes a finisher of the Blue Hunt, then changes roles to become the herbalist. Argamiwou becomes a finisher of the Blue Hunt. Kaufolac becomes a trainee.
LOSSES: none.
OTHER: The Blue Hunt is founded by Uruhouou.
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