Ryū hails from the Yajirushi Clan, the nomadic mirrors of the Natoro Clan of Kemonogakure. It is said that whilst the Natoro rule Kemonogakure, the Yajirushi hold the open expanse of the Land of Beasts in their grasp. Considered to be both a failure and a living legend at different points of his youth Ryū’s upbringing constantly kept him estranged in one form or another, enduring both the withering looks of disappointment from his own family and later the gazes of awe paired with treatment akin to that of a king one could never be close to. As such Ryū was always the outcast, whether it be for his early “failings” or his later blooming into a legend that had not been seen for 22 generations, a period spanning over 500 years.