"Is it safe to explore Sith ruins? There may be traps or I don't know...."
"You misunderstand, Padawan. The early settlers of Tython knew only the Force."
"Some explored the light side, and others, the dark. Jedi and Sith did not yet exist."
"But the dark side is here, Master. I feel it."
"And that is why we train here, among friends."
- Kaldona and his Padawan, Matare


A Force-sensitive human, Kaldona was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order

Jedi Order Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

, eventually attaining the rank of Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight (Jedi Order) Organization Jedi Order

. Following the Great Galactic War

Great Galactic War Event Great Galactic War (3681BBY - 3653BBY)

and the resurgence of the Sith Empire, Master Kaldona returned to the ancestral Jedi homeworld Tython

Tython Planet

with the rest of the Order and helped rebuild during the Cold War

The Cold War Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

. Selecting the young Matare

Matare (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

as his Padawan

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, he trained with his student at the ruins of Kaleth, reassuring the young human that the darkness he sensed could not harm him while the Jedi remained in groups.