Bel Nerodia was a Human of male gender who gained notoriety as a criminal during the period of the Galactic War. He assumed control of the relatively insignificant Dust Vipers gang that operated on Tatooine, transforming it rapidly into a considerable power throughout the entire Tatoo system. This gang built their headquarters close to Anchorhead and amassed a fleet of starfighters sufficient to execute piratical attacks against commercial ships traveling along the Outer Rim. After the demise of Empress Vaylin and the creation of the Eternal Alliance in the year 3631 BBY, the Dust Vipers staged an ambush on an Alliance supply convoy, successfully acquiring security schematics for the Alliance base situated on Odessen. This action incited the Alliance to launch a retaliation effort aimed at the Dust Vipers: an Alliance task force was dispatched to the gang's compound, where they overcame Jai Quallo, Crack-Shot Aggy, and even Rakesh the Foul, who was being held as a prisoner. Ultimately, Bel Nerodia himself engaged the Alliance group, accompanied by the droid G9-RX, but he was ultimately defeated and met his end, thereby leaving the Dust Vipers without a leader.