Darhirc Nylfn was born on the planet Ukio, and Nylfn worked as a laborer on a farm. Nylfn eventually spurning this life in favor of a criminal profession dealing in illegal intoxicants like spice and death sticks. Eventually, however, Darhirc's mother fell ill and Darhirc attempted to flee the planet. Turned down, Darhirc was betrayed by the Ukian government and arrested, before finally leaving the planet some few years later. Having left Ukio, Nylfn became a slicer in a criminal organization, where he sliced into computer terminals to retrieve information.