Tsserk was born on Trandosha and trained as a warrior. A drunken brawl forced him to leave his homeworld in disgrace. He eventually made his way to Coruscant and was hired by the Bothan, Rava Teb'lya, as a bouncer for her massage parlor, the Rose Nebula. Tsserk impressed Teb'lya so much that she made him her personal bodyguard.