Gedrin was a Vaadwaur and the husband of Jisa. In the 15th century, they lived in the old quarter of a city. Their home had a garden overlooking the street below. He was a soldier in a battalion. In the Earth year 1484, his battalion and their families, approximately six hundred Vaadwaur, went into stasis on their homeworld after an attack by their enemies, including the Turei. He was frozen in stasis until awakened by the crew of USS Voyager. Upon being revived, Gedrin asked the Voyager crew to also revive his wife, but she had died as her stasis pod had suffered damage.