A niece of the Republic's Grand Admiral Gial Ackbar, Aleann Cilghal was a Force-sensitive Mon Calamari from Dac and was inducted into the Jedi Order at an early age at the instruction of her uncle. Training on Ossus, Cilghal studied at the academy in Knossa for several years until the age of thirteen when she was selected for one-on-one training by Bardan Jusik, the Watchman of Mandalore. Traveling to Sundari, Cilghal lived there for two years as she trained under the knowledgeable healer and medic. When Master K'Kruhk came to ask Jusik to take over the role of Chief Healer on Coruscant, Cilghal joined him on the Republic's capital world at the Jedi Temple's Halls of Healing. Studying within the vast halls, Cilghal enjoyed applying her healing abilities in different ways, mastering the use