Forna was a scavenger who lived on the desert planet Jakku around thirty years after the Battle of Endor. When a X'us'R'iia desert storm uncovered a wrecked Uulshos XP yacht buried beneath the sand of Jakku, Forna stripped the vessel clean alongside fellow scavengers Grand and Oth; however, the trio were unable to take some components from the vessel's main engine compartment, as they were to difficult to separate or transport. A month after scavenging the vessel, Oth, Forna and Grand were in the trading site Niima Outpost, where Forna ran into the scavenger Devi and let her know about the yacht. Devi then brought the news back to the scavenger Rey, who traveled to scavenger parts from the engine compartment.