Though hope is offered to the wolves of Willow Ridge with the coming of new pups in Spring of 2017, their trials had not yet concluded. After the daughter of Willow Ridge goes missing, Adeltra, Enoki slips off undetected from the few members left in the pack in order to search for her. The pack struggles with its low members and for some time it is only Ravenna, Sven, Leotie, Nicolo and Romanov in the ranks. While Ravenna steps up to tend to the pack in Enoki's stead, after months of their Lead female missing Ravenna is voted by the pack to take the official place as their new Leader at the end of Autumn. It isn't long after this that Sven is granted the placement of Lead male by Nicolo, whom has grown ill with depression after his mate having disappeared. It is by some miracle that Adeltra returns to the pack though unfortunately without her mother in tow. Despite the care which the pack grants Nicolo his age cannot outrun his sadness and sickness and he slips away in his sleep. After the pack mourning together in the den he is buried at the Necropolis with the rest of his fallen former pack mates.

For the first time in Willow Ridge history it has been decided that two litters would be allowed during breeding season due to the fact that Sven and Ravenna both want to have puppies. Confidant in their decision they both breed with the Seconds within the ranks and have two healthy litters this Spring (2018) of two pups each. Here enters Scully, Avella, Freyja and Ragnar.

As the pack continues to flourish its ranks fill, including harboring one of the Ridge's founders, Koda, for a short while and recently they were blessed with the return of its former Leader, Enoki. With Archers, Sven and Ravenna, in the placement of leadership the pack grows strong, successful and unified in a manner which it had not for years now. Once more Willow Ridge has survived another year, holding the placement of longest standing pack (and all being while under an Archer as Leader) within Relic Lore at six years old.