Ben Hu'al was a student of the Sith at the Sith Academy located on Korriban, identified as male, during the time of the Jedi Civil War.
Ben enrolled in the academy and began his training, studying the ways of the dark side. Despite this, his peers viewed Hu'al as unintelligent and lacking in strength. Hu'al felt he could never become a true Sith of great skill until Master Uthar Wynn tasked him, along with a group of other acolytes, with retrieving a Mark VII experimental prototype assassin droid. This droid had taken refuge inside the tomb of Marka Ragnos situated in the Valley of the Dark Lords. During this mission, he and the others, including the droid's creator who was leading the team, were killed when he neglected to equip his Sound dampening stealth unit.