Cilghal was a female Mon Calamari Jedi Master who served the New Jedi Order and also a former senator of the New Republic Senate. She was one of the first students at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum and a skilled healer. Tekli, a young female Chadra-Fan, was Cilghal's Jedi apprentice. Cilghal was later a member of the Jedi High Council and the most skilled member of the Order in the healing arts.