Long ago, a beautiful gray wolf was born in a mountain cave. However, there was no time for celebration. The pup, named River, and her family, were in danger. An army of fierce and merciless wolves was after them; they wanted to capture her, as she was the heir of the Dawn pack. River's parents decided to send her off when she became an adolescent. They told her to escape to a safe place and form her own pack. So, she gathered her friends: Willow, a huntress; West, a mentor; Grace, a scout. They escaped their unsafe homelands in the shadows of the night, and went on to form a pack in the hollow peak of the tallest mountain of the land. (Hollows Peak) River's friends have since passed; but she continues to thrive and rule her pack with confidence. She named her pack after herself and her friends: the Dark Striders. They called themselves this after stealing through shadows to find safety. River is proud of everything she has accomplished; she knows that her pack will never fall.