Born in the twilight of creation when the boundaries between worlds were still forming, the Ancestral Ijiraq emerged as the first being capable of moving between realms and changing its form at will. As humans began to populate the earth, the Ijiraq recognized the need to protect the ancient cryptid species from exploitation, gifting them with portions of its concealment powers and establishing the veil that keeps the cryptid world hidden from ordinary perception.

The Ancestral Ijiraq possesses unparalleled shapeshifting abilities, capable of assuming characteristics of any cryptid while maintaining distinctive features that mark it as the original concealer. It exists primarily in liminal spaces—twilight forests, misty mountaintops, fog-shrouded lakes—where the boundaries between worlds are thinnest, allowing it to traverse between different cryptid domains instantaneously. Though immensely powerful, it cannot maintain direct influence in areas of high human activity, explaining why cryptid sightings often occur in remote locations and why the veil occasionally thins enough for worthy observers to glimpse the truth.

The Ancestral Ijiraq serves as the supreme guardian of cryptid secrecy, determining which beings reveal themselves to humans and which remain hidden, while judging which seekers are worthy of witnessing cryptid phenomena. It perpetually tests the boundaries between the known and unknown worlds, creating circumstances where dedicated cryptozoologists might glimpse the truth while ensuring that definitive evidence remains frustratingly elusive.