Udo was born outside the pridelands into a small herd with her small family of her mother,half sisters and her father who had taken over the herd the year before. he had a stadard foalhood, he ate, he drank and he played. When the dry season came his herd joined with others to travel to water holes. 

When he was two he found out there was a herd living near a waterhole year round in a place called the backlands, but the zebra who knew about the herd didnt know where the backlands were, it was around this time Udos father started to show he was not  happy with Udo around. At 4 years old his father kicked him out the herd.

Udo traveled in a large joint herd,in this time he found out about the pridelands and when the join herd split up he headed to the pridelands, here he joined Muhimus herd while traveling with her he met kion the kings cub. Udo asked the cub if he knew of the backlands, Kion tolled Udo that it would not be wise for the zebra to travel to the backlands alone, as he was new to the area Udo listened to the young cub.