Sandtail and his sister Rustpaw are from Alpha Riverpaw and Beta Russet's first litter. He is mild-tempered compared to his more animated littermate, and he always lets her know when she is being too pushy or inconsiderate. Sandtail always tries to keep things fair between the packmates, and dislikes when his sister uses status to boss the others around. This was most prevalent when the two were still pups and Rustpaw still had a habit of tossing her status around in order to decide what they and Nora were going to do with the pupsitter for the day.
At the age of 1 year, Sandtail joins his mother's hunting squad, and has matured into a level-headed wolf. His personality shows through especially when the young pack finds themselves short on food, making sure all his packmates get rationed food appropriately. His mate Dakota joined the pack during a time of food scarcity, in fact. As the pack worked through this dilemma together, Sandtail found himself enamored by Dakota's charming personality and they bonded when she came of age.
When he is nearly 2 years of age, he is put in charge of his own hunting squad, which he chose to call Sandstorm.