Vinton Kaivalt

Vinton Kaivalt was a male nobleman of  and a  of the. Descended from the legendary Donarius Kaivalt through his first son, Rhosus, Vinton was Rhosus's second son, after Miklato.

Though five years younger than Miklato, Vinton threw himself into Jedi training so that, when they were both Jedi Knights, Vinton was nearly a match for his brother. Upon coming of age at thirty, Vinton married a woman named Cyndobel Rosariel, with whom he had three children: Kaelora, Cesylee, and Gaebrean. Vinton trained his children in the Force, with assistance from his brother and various other Tapani nobles, and all three became Jedi Knights as adults, though Vinton was often at odds with his only son; Gaebrean earned a reputation for lasciviousness throughout the sector and enjoyed drink and gambling. Vinton had smoother relationships with his daughters, and he and Cyndobel managed to arrange a marriage for Kaelora to Amaani Wisté, son and heir of Lord Lezascan Wisté.

Vinton and Miklato got along well as both boys and adults, though Vinton strongly disapproved when his niece and nephew, Raina and Raven, opted to serve the Jedi Order rather than the Tapani sector alone.

After the calamitous Battle of Eriadu in 1,385 BBY, a group of Republic Jedi led by Tirien Kal-Di began planning to assassinate Vedya Gasald in reprisal. Vinton opposed the Tapani Jedi participating, though Chiron Brascel allowed it without mandating it. Kaelora and Cesylee declined to go, but Vinton was unable to convince Gaebrean to sit out the mission, and the two parted on bad terms. Miklato kept Vinton apprised of the team's progress, but neither Vinton nor Gaebrean reached out to the other.

The mission succeeded in part—Gasald was grievously wounded and captured by a non-Sith force, and her flagship, the Kiss of Death, was destroyed—but Gaebrean and Amaani were both killed in the struggle. Vinton berated Raven and Tirien for their roles in the mission, but broke down in tears not long after, devastated by the loss of his son.

Appearances

 * Revenge of the Jedi