Shimouk

This is Funaaba's biological mother. She's the one responsible for Funaaba's fur coloring and rather rotund, short stature, as well as some tempermantal traits.

Shimouk was originally the healer (doctor) of the pack. Few wolves expected Kamuts to choose her as his mate. Her father was a sailor, but I forget his name. Spar-something...anyway, i don't know much about her, but I can tell you now she's dead; she died when Funaaba was about a week old.

Shimouk's name, for those of you wondering, was my interpretation of "Chemukh", who was a wolf of the Sawtooth pack ([link]), a project started by filmmaker Jim Dutcher a very long time ago. I saw the documentary on TV once, and was inspired by a quote about Chemukh, which went something along the lines of, "If there was such thing as a Cinderella of wolves, she would be Chemukh", in regards to their surprise when Kamots, the alpha male, chose her to be his mate.

Funaaba's father, Kamuts, comes next.