Odessa was adopted into the Deorwine family at a very young age and adopted the culture quickly upon the High Elk's acceptance of her. At two she had given birth to her first litter, eager to become a new mother. Her taken mate not long after the pup's birth 'disapeared during a hunt' though in truth had run away from the family, pressured by the customs and new parenthood. Only one of her two pups survives to adulthood. Tragedy befalls her blood when her son's mate dies during child birth. Her son, seeking council from his God, is impaled by a great stag. Odessa, though sorrowful for the loss of her only child, thinks of this as a sacrifice to the High Elk and that their God had plans for her son elsewhere. Odessa then takes it upon herself to rear her grandchildren on her own.