Born into slavery on Nar Kreeta, Somon Fellos and Giran grew up together in the employ of Parella the Hutt, a reknown big-game hunter. Somon and Giran acted as guides on Parella's various hunts and soon became expert trackers and beast handlers. After a incident with a veermok on a hunting trip on Naboo, Somon gained the nickname "Weeba Weeba", a huttese phrase loosely translated as "one who escapes death." Sold to Jabba the Hutt as payment for a slight against the Desiljic clan, the two entered the employ of the crime lord and joined the Corellian Malakili and the Kubaz Lorindan as handlers to Jabba's new prize pet, the rancor.