The shameful child of two werewolves, Ingrid was raised by her distant kin in a the caern of Whitewing Grove in the wilds of Minnesota. Eager to prove herself in spite of the scorn she was met with, she ran away to serve as a nurse during the Great War. In secret, she did her own share of fighting during her tour in Europe - not in the foxholes, but in the Umbra, fending off the Banes that sought to feed on the pain and fear and rage of her patients.

Returning home, she found her caern destroyed and her relatives dead. By seeking out the few wholesome spirits that had managed to flee the massacre, she learned that the attack had been led by one Jeremiah Creel, a seemingly mortal man who nonetheless commanded fomori and Banes in battle. Grimly, she vowed revenge.

Many years have passed as Ingrid has followed Creel's trail across America. Wherever he goes, desecration invariably follows, but he always disappears back into the shadows after every atrocity. Now she is sure that she's closing in, but she also doubts that she has the power to attack her enemy alone; while she can fight, her true skill is as a healer. Perhaps it is time to seek out a pack of her own...