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a race of insectile beings once native to the planet Alderaan, the Killiks lived in the towering cities they built on the plains. The Killiks were human-sized members of the Colony, possessing a hive mind but no apparent technology. They built their castle-like buildings out of the natural elements found on Alderaan, and formed them - mound upon mound - to create a complex series of living, eating, and egg-laying grottoes. They apparently decorated their rooms with brilliant, complex mosaics of stones and pebbles which appeared to be little more than splashes of color, until one stepped back and admired the entire wall from a distance. The entire settlement on Alderaan was known as Oroboro, which literally meant "Our Home." However, for some unknown reason, the Killiks left their settlement long before humans ever settled the planet. Although it was believed that they had simply gone extinct, UnuThul later explained that the Killiks had been "emptied" from Oroboro by the Celestials some 20,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. The Killiks left behind their incredibly beautiful cities, which the human inhabitants of Alderaan left untouched for centuries. Exploration of the Killik ruins revealed that the Killik were four-armed insectoids with wicked, three-clawed hands. They also had two powerful legs that indicated the Killik could jump long distances. After the discovery of the Colony's existence in the Unknown Regions, it was learned that the Killiks were just one hive of and entire race of insectile beings known as the Kind. The other hives of the Colony considered the Killiks to be part of the fabled Lost Nest.