Neal Akem

"Perhaps we should get down there?"

- Neal to Cain before leaping out of a Star Destroyer Neal Akem, otherwise known as the First Ethereal is a Celestial fragment of the Akem and a Gray Jedi.

Biography
Neal was split from the Akem by the White Legion at approximately 5 ABY, which caused him to revert to the form of a normal human baby, and he aged normally due to mental complications. The Legion experimented on him for 8 whole years, using his newfound Celestial DNA to mutate multiple abductees that they had acquired. Alongside training him in various fighting methods for sabers and other assorted melee combat, they helped him hone his force abilities. Neal eventually broke out of the facility with a help of fellow Ethereals Lisa Novak, Anne Intovanne, Granite, and Nelus Akain. He was frozen in ice again in their escape after staying behind to delay the Legion officers. Neal remained there for another couple of months.

Recruitment into the Jedi Order
Upon being unfrozen by a landing scavenger ship, Neal snuck on board, travelling to Mos Eisley. There, he was discovered by a Jedi when Legion officials attempted to recapture Neal, dispatched of them with relative ease. The Jedi sought to add this power to the Order, with a slight dark-side corruption in his mind, and took Neal back to Coruscant. Neal was trained there by the Jedi Knight for several years, before the Jedi died brutally in a battle against a Sith Order attack force.

Neal was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight at this time, and proceeded to train a Jedi by the name of 'Diamond', until she reached the rank of Jedi Knight. This granted Neal the rank of Master, which he held until 28 ABY, when he left the Jedi Order.

Details
- Due to trauma from his youth, Neal has no recollection of being a Celestial or that he is anything other than Human

- Although capable of immense force feats, Neal is out of practice as of 33 ABY and is weak