Via hails from a merchant background; she attributes her wanderlust to this, and often complains that it was too legitimate for her tastes. Perhaps it was the excess of paperwork or simply the lack of adventure to be found in shipping freight; whatever it was, she felt drawn to the world of the smuggler, and one day informed her father that she had booked passage to Nar Shaddaa to look for more interesting work. He was supportive and provided her with the credits she would need.