Branch that breaks knew the end of her time in this realm was coming to an end and without a blood heir of her own she went amongst the pups that had been born recently, one in particular caught her eye, it was the female with heterochromia, branch remembered how much of a shock it was when she was born. The pup came running up to her chattering away, asking all sorts of questions, and she thought now that's the sort of curiosity one needs to be a herbalist.
With permission from Lia and Nova Branch took the pup in as an apprentice, teaching her the ways of the herbalist, they grew as close as mother and child and in Branch that Breaks' final moments she gave her apprentice the name River that Runs.
River assumed the role of herbalist the day after Branch passed, determined to put Branch''s knowledge to good use.