This was the case for Koda. He was born a wolf-dog. Yes, half wolf and half dog, a german shepherd mix to be specific. For awhile he was ridiculed and taunted. Koda was forced to believe that with his mixed heritage he could never become anything or be of practical use to anyone.
He trained endlessly and eventually caught up and even surpassed the most skilled of apprentices. His hard work caught the eye of the former king and his rapidly advance within the ranks didn't go unnoticed. He earned respect among his peers… Rather than push him around they started inviting him to tag along on walks and hunts. Before long, the male became popular.
After the former king saw what Koda had accomplished, he became the former king's right hand. Koda served the Imperium empire for many years… until an unfortunate sequence of events made the pack split apart. The king had ordered Koda to flee with a group small enough to restart the empire's legacy and that is exactly what he had done.
As far as he knows, his group had been the only to survive the massacre that the Withered tribe brought upon the them.
