A Force-sensitive Wookiee, Ruhr was trained in the ways of the Force by the Je'daii Order on the planet Tython, one of nine planets in the Tython system which made up the Settled Worlds. Appointed as a Je'daii Temple Master, the highest ranking members of the Order, Ruhr governed the Great Temple of the Je'daii Academy, Padawan Kesh. Ruhr and the other Temple Masters formed the Masters' Council, meeting via holocommunication at the Temple of Balance, Akar Kesh.