After the shipwreck during the battle with Jake Sully on the reef on the Awa'atlu Islands, Devin Mansk managed to survive. However, the RDA considered him dead. The recom settled on an island in with a small forest near the shore, gradually getting used to a new Na'vi lifestyle. He decided to end his service with the RDA. After he recovered from his wounds, he learned how to set nets for fishing and made himself a bow and spear for hunting. He also found shelter against a that he spruced up .

Mansk was out hunting that day without his Ikran George. His yellow eyes scanned the sparse green vegetation as he moved through the forest towards the beach. His tail was lazily swaying back and forth behind him. The marine Na'vi's ears were pricked up, listening the Pandoran ambience.