Eli Vanto

Eli N. Vanto, known under his time with the Chiss Ascendancy as Eli'van'to and Ivant, was a human male who initially served as an ensign and later a commander in the Imperial Navy during the reign of the Galactic Empire. For several years, Vanto served as a translator, aide, student, and protégé of the Chiss known as Thrawn, who became a rising star in the Imperial Navy, serving alongside Thrawn in several Imperial military operations against smugglers and insurgents. Due to his close friendship and loyalty to Thrawn, Vanto's promotion was overlooked for several years by the Imperial military hierarchy, who discriminated against non-human aliens and looked down on Wild Space outsiders like Vanto.
Following the intervention of the future Lothalite Governor Arihnda Pryce and Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Vanto received his long overdue promotion and eventually rose to the rank of Commander. While pursuing the shadowy insurgent leader known as Nightswan, Vanto discovered evidence that the Empire was transporting large quantities of doonium and other precious metals for a mysterious project, which was eventually revealed to be the first Death Star. Following the defeat of Nightswan during the Batonn sector insurgency, Commander Vanto was dispatched by Thrawn to the Unknown Regions to serve as the Empire's attache to the Chiss Ascendancy. Later, Vanto would join Admiral Ar'alani and participate in a meeting with Jedi Knight Jarik Shan, whose assistance they sought in an impending pan-galactic war against the Yuuzhan Vong.
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Category:Characters
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