Raised to be the next matriarch in her small family pack, she found her foothold among the hunters and earned their respect with hard work. Before she could take over from her elderly mother she had to choose a husband but found her interest straying to the other gender - which her people frowned upon. Given reason to oust a powerful rival, one of the lesser women used this discovery as a catalyst and had Nukilik ostracized.

post-arrival:
Nukilik is found (*) by Hua and Ying after washing ashore of their island. She aids them in cementing control over the island, forming Yuelong. After recovering she goes in to heat and visits the mainland, hunting for a husband, and gets waylayed. A couple of months later someone to her likeness is spotted further inland.