"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."
- Matare and his master, Jedi Knight Kaldona


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

Jedi Order Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

. Following the Great Galactic War

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

and the resurgence of the Sith Empire, Matare 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)

. The Padawan

Jedi Padawan Miscellaneous Ranks

of Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight Miscellaneous Ranks

Kaldona

Kaldona (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, Matare was uneasy near the ruins of the ancient fortress city of Kaleth as he sensed the dark side of the Force permeating the crumbling stones.