Kaliska (S'kytri)

Kaliska was a Force-sensitive female S'kytri and a member of the Doomed on the planet of Kesh. The Doomed were a community of Force-sensitive individuals who were descended from ancient Dark Jedi and Jedi who had become stranded on the planet Kesh following the Hundred-Year Darkness. The Doomed lived on the planet's remote south pole, Eshkrene, away from the native Keshiri and the Human Lost Tribe of Sith. Like her brethren, she committed herself to finding a balance in the Force and to watching over Kesh's other inhabitants.

By 2974 BBY, Kaliska had become the leader and spokesperson of the Doomed. That year, Eshkrene was visited by a Sith exploratory party which had been sent to explore and survey the region. Kaliska and the Doomed killed several of the Keshiri expedition members, who were attempting to kill the two Human Sith Takara Hilts, the daughter of Grand Lord Varner Hilts and Parlan Spinner, a Sith outcast. The Doomed then detained the remaining Keshiri crew members and impounded their ship. Later, Kaliska related the origins and purpose of the Doomed to her two Sith visitors, particularly the Great Calamity which influenced the Keshiri legends of the Protectors and Destructors. Kaliska developed a friendship with Takara, who expressed her interest in learning more about the Doomed. By contrast, Spinner expressed interest in using the Doomed's "great weapon" to settle scores with the Tribe.

Spinner and the Keshiri crew managed to escape from their prison, steal the "great weapon" and regain their ship Southern Star. They then sailed back to Keshtah Minor, the domain of the Tribe. Kaliska and Takara pursued them but failed to prevent Spinner from opening the oubliette which contained the "great weapon", which turned out to be the ancient Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa, one of the original Dark Jedi exiles who had been exiled to the Stygian Caldera following the Battle of Corbos. Dreypa founded the Sith Order and helped formulate the Sith Code. Spinner and the crew allied themselves with Dreypa while Kaliska and Takara were imprisoned below the ship's deck.

While Dreypa wanted to return to the stars, he reluctantly agreed to lead a slave rebellion against the Lost Tribe. As Dreypa and Spinner made preparations to march on the Sith capital of Tahv, Kaliska and Takara managed to escape from their captors and bring the port town of Eorm's entire herd of uvaks, winged reptilian beasts of burden, back to Eshkrene. There, they rallied the Doomed for a final stand against Dreypa at Sessal Spire. Despite their efforts, the Doomed were no match for Dreypa's mastery of the dark side of the Force and many were devoured by his leviathans, reptilian Sithspawn capable of draining the life energies of sentient beings. However, Kaliska managed to escape the battlefield with Spinner, Takara, and her mother Iliana Hilts, the Grand Consort of the Tribe. Spinner had abandoned Dreypa's cause and had saved Iliana from being devoured by a Leviathan.

Prior to her death, Kaliska managed to reveal the "last secret" of the Doomed: that their ancestors had hidden a Jedi Starship beneath Tahv's Circle Eternal plaza. She convinced Spinner and Takara to destroy the starship in order to deny Dreypa a means of getting offworld. Spinner and Iliana managed to escape to Tahv but Kaliska was captured in the tentacles of a Leviathan. She was subsequently devoured by the Sithspawn. This enabled Dreypa to access her memories and learn about the existence of the Jedi Starship. The Sith Lord then attempted to seize the vessel but was thwarted through the efforts of Spinner and Takara. Thus while Kaliska indirectly contributed to the demise of Dreypa, she also destroyed the last known means for the Tribe to reach the stars.

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