Tallie has been a vagabond for as long as she can remember. Her earliest memories are of travelling through the unclaimed lands with her mother and her brother. Her mother often spoke of her father, but never told Tallie who he was or whether he was still alive or dead. Throughout much of her childhood she remembers her mother spending time with other vagabonds – hunting together when food had been scarce for a while and even sometimes travelling as a group for a number of weeks before splitting up again.

The majority of her childhood was fairly uneventful. Her and her brother were very close with each other and their mother, and their mother trained them how to use their individual strengths and weaknesses to their advantage. When Tallie was just over a year old, their mother met a male wolf and the two of them grew closer. Tallie’s brother and the other male didn’t get along, and a few months into their travels together, Tallie’s brother made the decision to leave his family behind and start off by himself.

Not long after he left, Tallie went hunting by herself and whilst chasing down Bighorn sheep calf, had an altercation with another vagabond which resulted in partial hearing loss in her right ear. By the time Tallie made her way back to the place she had agreed to meet her mother, both her and the male they had been travelling with were gone. Tallie hung around for weeks before realising that her mother was not returning for her, and eventually making the decision to set off by herself.

Tallie has struggled with the decision to join a pack or remain a vagabond for a long time. Her lack of experience with pack dynamics makes her nervous that she may not fit in or be able to make things worse, but her longing for a family is beginning to drive her out of isolation. She is gradually becoming more social with other vagabonds, building up the social skills that have been suffering due to travelling alone for the past few months.