Shrike was born as the second of four pups to Bobolink and Musetta Redleaf, alongside his brother Falcon and sisters Pipit and Sora. The pups were named for birds, the same as his father and the paternal side of his family. Shrike's family was massive, led by his paternal grandfather, Osprey Redleaf and his mate, Alouette, who had several litters, most of which were quite large, and grandchildren as well. Not all of the family members stayed at the Falls, and like many of the others, Shrike left when he was a year old.

Upon reaching this area of wilderness, he found and joined Redhawk Caldera, unknowingly at the time finding his cousin, Peregrine. He worked tirelessly as a guardian on patrol, stepping up whenever met by a challenge. Shrike progressed through the ranks, eventually becoming Gamma just as tragedy struck in a terrible series. First, little Peter was killed by a lone wolf who was eventually hunted down and pursued to her death by Shrike, who then dragged the corpse back to the Caldera as proof. Second, Lucy went missing, beginning the second of Shrike's scouting missions and finally, without notice, Peregrine passed away. Stricken by grief and driven crazy by hormones, Fox made an advance on Shrike the day after Peregrine died, proposing that he become alpha and be her mate. Shrike refused, unable to bring himself to mate with Fox lest she already be carrying Peregrine's pups. Because of his refusal, Fox exiled Shrike who immediately left- after giving Elwood a short, sad explanation, and travelled to Neverwinter Forest with the intention of joining the pack and living with Allure, for whom he had begun to develop serious feelings.

All the while, Shrike continued to search for Lucy, to no avail. And on one fateful day, while out for a walk with Allure and her brother Cypress, they discovered her father, Scimitar, and his mate dead- killed by a bear. Heartbroken, the three returned to the pack bearing the weight of grief. Allure fell silent and kept to herself, though was doted upon by Shrike. Few words passed between the two, but the two reveled in each other's company. Eventually, Allure seemed to heal, and Shrike confessed his feelings for her...But not long thereafter, she too went missing- leaving behind only a few drops of blood and a few tufts of fur. Driven to find her, Shrike wordlessly left the pack in search for his beloved, but her trail had gone cold.

A year later, he has finally looped back to where it all began- with the faint hope that she might have made her way back home.