Cadet Xeal served in the Imperial Navy Starfighter Corps during the Galactic Civil War. Maarek Stele befriended Xeal before his disappearance toward the close of the Conflict at Mylok IV. Xeal's name however, did not appear on the KIA listings aboard his mothership, Frigate Shamus. Xeal re-emerged later during the Treachery at Ottega, running into Maarek Stele in the pilot's lounge between sorties. On sight, Stele noted to himself that Xeal had gained the "killer's eyes", far from the war weary Cadet Xeal had been before.