Shinai Stel-Ardak was a former Jedi Knight, the husband of Martreyea Kittern and the father of Arrin Kittern. Stel-Ardak was presumed dead following the Battle of Avingnon during the Clone Wars and took it as a chance to leave the Jedi Order for good. He married and had a son, realizing at Arrin's birth that his son was Force-sensitive and hid the information from authorities, preferring to train the boy himself.