Ekko is a dark-skinned man with white hair. He is 20 years old, his height is 168cm, wiry, athletic build

In his youth, Ekko worked for Benzo at his shop and often eavesdropped on his more private conversations even when the man would send him away. This made him privy to certain transactions and secrets that he would sometimes share with his friends: Vi, Mylo, Claggor, and Powder.

Growing up, Ekko looked up to Vi and played with her younger sister, Powder. Vi taught him some fighting moves, He would sometimes go to the junk heap with Vi, who would then hose him down when he got too dirty.

Forced to find a means to survive, Ekko eventually came to live in hiding with a group of other children, building their base in a rare space that housed one of the very few trees—if not the only tree—to survive in Zaun. The group called themselves the Firelights, after the glowing insects found in Zaun,[1] and began sabotaging Silco's shipments of Shimmer in hopes of hindering its damage to their city. Later he met a girl who stole his heart and after a long time he proposed to her officially becoming her faithful and loving husband