Ecnal began life as a slythmonger selling ixetal cilona death sticks and Sedative H4b amongst the criminals in the Coruscant Underworld. He made a fair amount working the streets but every so often would be found by authorities and confiscated for all of his drugs. Ecnal saw a new planet, mysterious and dark, and his ship flew down towards a clearing. There he met a series of Force ghosts whom followed him down a long hallway which led to a secret room. There he encountered Darth Realgar.