Rafial is a demi-human which are humans with animalistic traits. Rafail was born in the northwestern part of Russia, he lived there for many years even having a mate and a few litters of cubs. It wasn't until recently when poachers took the lives of his mate and his other two cubs, leaving him with the runt of the litter. The poachers eventually found them but were interrupted by the wildlife rehabilitators, which took them in and gave them off to the zoo. Rafial has a son name Fyodor,