WilyKat and WilyKit first learned of El-Dara from a storybook their father would read to them. They strongly believe that if they can find El-Dara, their father wouldn't have to work so hard on the farm and their mother wouldn't have to worry. After their father was swept away in a tornado, WilyKit and WilyKat left home to find El-Dara, and so their mother would have more food for herself and her two younger cubs. Forced to live as pickpockets in the slums of Thundera, WilyKat and WilyKit continue to keep their dream alive of finding a map to lead them to El-Dara.