Ayx was a male Human who grew up on the moon Nar Shaddaa during the reign of the Galactic Empire. While Ayx was a child, his mother and father were killed by the Empire and he and his sister Alai Jance were subsequently sent to live with the family of a friend of their father, on the planet Tatooine. Ayx later enlisted into the Rebel Alliance and became a member of a Rebel cell that was active on the world Alderaan.