Cioral was a terrestrial astronomical object located within the borders of the Chiss Ascendancy nation, in the Unknown Regions. The object was breathable for the Chiss sentient species.
Cioral was an astronomical object located in the Chiss Ascendancy (emblem pictured).
In 18 BBY Cioral was the stronghold for the Xodlak family, one of the Ascendancy's Forty Great Families. In that year, Senior Captain Xodlak'in'daro, core name "Lakinda," an officer in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet navy, served as the commanding officer of the Chiss heavy cruiser Grayshrike in Picket Force Six. During a battle against a remnant of the Nikardun Destiny, the heavy cruiser was damaged, forcing it to be sidelined while the other warships in the picket force—the heavy cruiser Springhawk and the Nightdragon man-of-war Vigilant—ended the battle. Although the campaign was a success, Lakinda believed it would be seen as a failure on Cioral by the Xodlak family as the damages to her ship had robbed her, and by extension the family, of the glory of defeating the enemy.
Following the skirmish, the Springhawk continued on towards its own mission, but was soon recalled to the Ascendancy's capital planet of Csilla by the nation's ruling body of the Syndicure. As the warship was out of communications range, the Vigilants commander, Admiral Ar'alani, dispatched Lakinda and the Grayshrike to follow the Sprinhawk and summon it back to Csilla. While en route to the destination, Lakinda believed that being taken off the task force to "play messenger" would not be well received by the family on Cioral.
In the current Star Wars canon, Cioral was first mentioned in the 2021 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, the second installment in Timothy Zahn's Ascendancy Trilogy. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the planet Cioral was mentioned in The Essential Atlas, a 2009 reference book written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry.