Garda was a youthful male being residing on Dalna during the year 382 BBY. Following the death of her husband in a farming incident, his mother, Yvanna, found it difficult to manage financially. In Ferdan, he was the initial patron of the Path of the Open Hand's soup kitchen, where he consumed legumes. Subsequently, he became inexplicably sick and received an examination from Doc Nindle. Doc Nindle concluded that the food probably triggered Garda's sickness, given Yvanna did not eat the legumes and remained healthy. His symptoms resembled those of Ric Farazi, a subsequent patient of Doc Nindle, though they were considerably milder compared to Farazi's ultimately deadly situation.