When the urSkeks arrived on Thra, Raunip was suspicious of them. Little was known of where they came from or why the left their world. Raunip sought answers, and learned that the urSkeks were banished from their home. He then rallied the Gelfling to riot against the urSkeks. Raunip and Aughra argued, for Aughra did not see things the same as Raunip.

Raunip is a sullen child, possessive of his mother’s attention. Quick to anger, he was also a trickster and troublemaker. He never liked the urSkeks or how they changed his mother. Like his adoptive mom Aughra, he was a guardian of Thra.