Cilghal

Cilghal was a Mon Calamari Jedi and New Republic senator.

Biography
A niece of Admiral Ackbar, she was an Ambassador to the New Republic. She helped Leia Organa Solo locate Ackbar when the admiral retreated to his homeworld after the disaster on Vortex. Under the ocean, she showed Leia the Knowledge Bank. After the two women located Ackbar, Imperial Admiral Daala attacked Dac. As Ackbar led the defense, Cilghal was able to predict whom would die in the battle, and during the ensuing triage, which patients were injured beyond saving. Leia identified Cilghal as a Force-sensitive and sent her to Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, where Cilghal trained as a Jedi healer. Although not one of the original twelve students, Cilghal was one of the first graduating class of Jedi Knights. When a poisonous drink almost killed Mon Mothma, Cilghal healed her through the Force.

Cilghal went on to become Dac's Senator. Cilghal helped the Young Jedi Knights (Jacen and Jaina Solo, etc.) destroy a large stash of illegal spice and supported their appeal to Senate concerning the Diversity Alliance.

Cilghal left her job as a Senator and became a Jedi Master. She took Tekli as her Padawan. She helped Mara Jade Skywalker survive the disease with which she was infected by Nom Anor, but was unable to cure it. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Cilghal helped Danni Quee unravel the mysteries of the voxyn and other Yuuzhan Vong creations. She helped her apprentice Tekli become a notable Jedi healer. In time, Tekli graduated to the level of Jedi Knight and became a Magister-in-training on Zonama Sekot. Cilghal herself became one of the six Jedi to sit on the High Council of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. She also learned Vergere's Art of the Small Force abilities.

During the Dark Nest crisis, Cilghal became a member of the Master's Council and helped uncover the existence of the Dark Nest, Gorog, which was manipulating the conflict between the Killiks and the Chiss without the knowledge of UnuThul and the rest of the Colony. As a Jedi Master-healer, she used medical experiments to reveal the true nature of the Dark Nest, analogous to the unconscious mind of the Colony. She, with the permission of Luke Skywalker, helped in an unorthodox interogation of the young jedi from the Myrkr Mission. She and Luke were very uncomfortable with using the the force for such dark purposes, and after the interrogation, she informed Master Skywalker that she would not willingly involve herself in such activites again. This incedent, while very helpful and informative for the Jedi, helped spurn Luke to reconsider the Potentium view of the Force, and begin leaning back towards the traditional light and dark side views.She also developed a weapon called the Dazer designed to temporarily disrupt the Hive mind of Killiks. This weapon proved life-saving when Luke Skywalker fought Lomi Plo.

Behind the scenes
Several sources misspell her name as Clighal.

Appearances

 * Dark Apprentice
 * Champions of the Force
 * The Emperor's Plague
 * New Jedi Order
 * The Joiner King
 * The Unseen Queen
 * The Swarm War