Kryzon Vellox was born in 54 BBY on Retsinis VIII in the capital city Debrutsid. As a baby he was involved in an accident with some heavy mining machinery which lost Kryzon his left eye. When taken to hospital the surgeon replaced his eye, for reasons that are unknown, with a Blood red crystal. It was not known what the crystal was, where it was found or how the surgeon got hold of it but, Kryzon soon returned to his normal self.