Honah's parents, both children of former Mandalorians who had left the Mando clan before the Mando's near destruction at the Battle of Galidraan, raised him as a normal child for the first two years of his life. Both of his parents had never been bounty hunters or warriors themselves, and had no reason to train their son as such, even if they were Mandolarians. In 8 BBY, Wena died when a jetpack she was testing for Honah's use ran out of fuel. Honah, then thirteen years of age, was left to fend for himself. He quickly found his way off world and went into the business of bounty hunting.