Her birth pack was one she left as a late yearling, not fitting in and often angering others. She grew to shrank away from individuals from fear of retaliation and became a wolf that was known for slinking in the shadows to avoid attention. She also became her best entertainer and her imagination and manner of speech grew in a manner that entails that. Or so this is Riddle's default memory, a false conception made to protect herself. As she continues to interact with others she will remember more and more.

-Riddle was born in a set of mountains home to a few packs. These mountains were often called hills. The story goes that a long time ago it had been a giant herbivorous beast that passed away, it's bones becoming the mountains and it's soul becoming the sky/heavens. There use to be many wolves but the numbers are now but a third of what they use to have been. The environment is harsh and unforgiving. No one wanted to die, but it was a way of life.

-Hoofbrain, sometimes called The Gift of Sacrifice. Due to the extreme environment, psychological sharpening of the mind by trauma became known as hoofbrain. It was considered normal for at least half of a litter of pups, as more than half of all pups die before their first year. It's considered a gift from the dead to help guide and make the sufferer wary of their surroundings.

-Stars. Depending on what animal you were depended on the star you were born under. If you were born as a wolf then you were born under the star of the wolf. Simple. However, sometimes there were animals that never seemed to belong or fit in. This was considered a bad omen, meaning the animal was born under the wrong stars and was meant to be of a different species. Nature is suppose to balance itself out and kill all abnormalities supposedly. Thus being different made others superstitious.

-Humans rarely ever ventured up into their mountains but any who venture down met death from humans or dogs. Dogs in general have always been a big conflict among the mountain wolves. Often times they were considered savages for how aggressive they were, the disease they brought, and the bloodlines they diluted. Some of the mountain packs have started to accept dogs, most, like Riddle's pack, do not.

-Death. It is believed when one dies they return to the sky and become a star to guide the living in the dark. The further upwards their body is place upon the mountain, the further they can get into the sky as the afterlife in the sky is seen as layers, the higher up, the better. So many try to get their dead loved ones as high up as possible. The higher up your body is, the more loved you were. Legends and stories speak of heroic wolves who had made it to the very top of the hills.

Riddle was born in a pack on the mountains called the Lone Benedetta, named after the original founder. Born as the first litter of the new alpha pair, Karmello and Bambina. Karmello was a quiet and gentle male, but had enough experience as a leader to be stern when needed. Bambina had a heart that loved so much, and caring for the pack was her joy and pride. Due to the lack of wolves it was not uncommon for alphas to be paired with wolves from other packs. Karmello had been the outsider who joined. Riddle was also born with three brothers, Cosmo, Geno, and Bravo. The children of the alpha pair were often called royalty and were expected to work hard and lead. Things started fine first, but Riddle started acting in ways that made the others superstitious. They began to believe Riddle was suppose to be born under the stars of the ram. Bambina especially was torn.

Riddle wasn't progressing as well as her brothers and her strong anxiety and odd coping mechanisms were not understood. And by the age of 4 months it was beginning to be a big worry. Some packs would have just killed Riddle by this point but Bambina figured Riddle could still be a great benefit to the pack. She was put on pupsitting duty of two puppies from a duke/duchess rank. It started out fine the first few weeks. Riddle began to enjoy her time with children.

But a grave accident happened, Riddle and the pups were playing with the branches of trees. One of the pups held back a tree branch and let go, the momentum and impact hit the other pup hard in the temple, causing them to seizure and die. Though it disappointed and caused doubt of her abilities even further, there was a bigger problem. She had made an enemy of the duke/duchesses older son, Luca. Luca would become a great rival to Riddle's ambitious brother, Bravo who aimed to be the new alpha.

Riddle and her sibs around 7 months were beginning to hunt finally. Hunting was all about endurance and stability, one must be able to quickly scale walls up and down while they hunt. This was where deaths were most common. Being a nervous wolf, Riddle had always been good at placing her footing early on. A few hunts later, her brother Cosmo had took the lead. Riddle tried to warn him that the path ahead was unstable but he brushed her off. She saw it before he did, the rock cliff that would be his undoing. She laughed before it happened, before he stepped and fell to his death.

Bambina was heartbroken, but also just happy her other children were alright. It became a debate if Riddle's laughter had distracted Cosmo/caused his death, but her observant father noted that hadn't been the case. Her brother Bravo thought otherwise. And her strained sibling relationships became permanently hostile.

One day Karmello went missing and Bambina went to look for him. A large wolfdog hybrid male named Angelo came in to the main clearing, dragging behind the corpse of Karmello, declaring he was the new leader. Riddle was about 10 months old at the time, and Angelo decided to kill all possible competition, meaning the alpha's kids. Her brother Geno was then killed by Angelo, and was aiming for her next. Bambina had just made it home and quickly put herself on the front lines to defend her remaining children. With Bambina leading the charge, the pack reorganized and chased the intruder out.

Angelo was found a few months later by a guard and killed after a scuffle. The injured wolf was not getting better. And rabies began to spread in the pack at a rapid rate.

This was when Luca's grudge from the pupsitting incident would come to bite Riddle on the ass. Riddle and Luca were sent on a small scouting missing and Luca took the opportunity to push Riddle off a cliff. Bambina had been watching though, following them as her instincts told her something was up. Immediately she jumped off the cliff, grabbing Riddle by the scruff and skillfully jumping from any lege she can. The fall was too fast and great though and Bambina settled for shielding Riddle with her whole body as they tumbled down. Pelvis smashed and fractures of all sorts, Bambina's time was now.

Still she managed to crawl back home, wanting to lead Riddle to safety. Hearing the chaos long before they reached home, Bambina decided on a different plan. She told Riddle to run as far away as she could, to warn the other packs of the rabies, to avoid others, and to go to no pack if she gets bit by anyone. And she told her she loved her.

To this day Riddle warps her memory of her mother, knowing she must have been problematic her whole life, convinced that she couldn't love a failure. She didn't want to accept that her mother greatly loved her, or else she would have all the regrets for not spending more time with/believing in her mother.

As Riddle began her travels, humans had set fire to the lower mountain regions which she was unfortunately at. She would never know the humans had their own problem with rabid animals they were trying to deal with. Avoiding the fire was possible, but Bravo appeared. having apparently followed her tracks. She realized he was bitten, his goal being to take her out with him. It was chaotic, but she managed to evade him. However as her brother wailed for her, not wanting to die alone, she could not help but go back to him, and it was her fatal mistake. He bit her and spout vile things at her, his hatred seething. And yet Riddle felt oddly calm, mature.

Realizing they were both screwed, she began to drag/carry her brother up the hills, aiming to get him as far up as possible for a proper burial. The conversation on the way was emotional. He then went silent. The trek was tough, and bone-chilling. Yet somehow she kept getting higher and higher up via perseverance and her climbing skills. It eventually got so cold as she got higher up, that sleep was beginning to wear on her. Whether she made it to the top or not she will never remember. But eventually she succumbed to the cold, buried in the snow on one of the highest peaks with her brother's body.