Cheryl Trinja, a Human who possessed sensitivity to the Force, experienced a childhood marked by tragedy. Having lost her parents during an Imperial military operation on a sparsely inhabited farming planet, she became an orphan. She spent her formative years alone within a forest, where her innate connection to the Force manifested in peculiar ways. She found she possessed the ability to communicate telepathically with the forest's creatures, and in turn, they looked after her, ensuring her survival as she matured.
When Cheryl reached the age of seven, stormtroopers attempted to apprehend her, compelling her to defend herself by utilizing the forest's most ferocious predators. During a subsequent confrontation, as Cheryl witnessed her animal companions sacrificing themselves to shield her, a band of traders intervened and rescued her from the clutches of the Imperials.
Cheryl chose to accompany the traders, departing from her home planet. She became known among them as "the Natural". Her subsequent whereabouts remain a mystery.