Amavel Norres was born over the planet Nathas I in 44 BBY on the medical station Orvinhas that orbited the planet. He was raised on Nathas III and schooled there with his friend Rego, who persuaded him to follow intelligence as a field study. Norres dreamed of working for the Senate Bureau of Investigation and becoming a field agent just like he saw on some of the holodramas of the day. After his education was complete, he did join the Senate Bureau of Investigation, though he remained near the Nathas system before the SBI assigned him to a station they operated on Corulag.