Vashti was second-born alongside three other siblings, none of whom survived the first three months under the disheveled, well-meaning watch of a single mother. Yuri, exiled from her pack due to her unlawful conception with a passerby, was unknowingly dealing with a cancer inside her body that made her feel as if death were approaching. In a last ditch effort to care for her only child, she began tracking the girl's father with the intention of leaving her with him. A month into their journey, however, Yuri passed and left Vashti utterly alone.