(image by Pirate #17750)
Mordre came from a pack that once resided in the distant French countryside. Her pack was driven from their homeland long ago by human deforestation and hunting caused by the monarchy. What was left of them were relocated to a wildlife sanctuary in Idaho in the United States.
When Mordre was born these things were nothing but a distantly remembered history to the pack.
When she was fully grown, she left her pack. She had ambitions of greatness that her pack had long abandoned. So she ventured out into the world to form the Milkvetch pack.
She found Ptitselov, and convinced him to be her mate. Strictly as a matter of convenience, of course. She needed a male to give her heirs, after all. Whatever affection there may be between them is a small and fleeting thing.