Kilji Illumine

The Kilji Illumine was the theocratic government of the Kilji species, who believed that all beings should be enlightened to their religious beliefs, the Kilji way of order and enlightenment. The government possessed a battle fleet, the Illumine Kilhorde, which was commanded by the leader of the Illumine, Generalirius Nakirre. The Kilji homeland was the point of origin from which the Illumine expanded and engaged in its conquests across the Unknown Regions. The Kilji Overlords approved the generalirius' decisions, such as the decision to ally the Kiljis' theocracy with the Grysks, specifically, the Grysk operative "Jixtus," who guided Nakirre in the Kiljis' conquests.

Throughout Nakirre's alliance with the Grysk, Jixtus and Nakirre traveled across the Chiss species' government of the Chiss Ascendancy, visiting several worlds in an attempt to provoke a civil war among the Chiss families around 18 BBY. As the generalirius and the Grysk traveled, the Grysk's agenda unfolded, with General Crofyp, an officer of the Illumine, attempting to retrieve some refugees Jixtus was interested in, which failed after Chiss Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo, core name "Thrawn," destroyed general's task force's flagship, the Kilji war cruiser Anvil.

The Kilji picket cruiser Hammer, part of Crofyp's task force, escaped the star system, and fled to the Unknown Regions Sunrise system, where Thrawn's Chiss heavy cruiser Springhawk captured it and retrieved valuable data on the Kilhorde. Following the cruiser's destruction by a Grysk vessel, the Whetstone traveled to the Sunrise system, where it encountered a destroyed Chiss fleet commanded by Thrawn. Nakirre and Thrawn engaged in a conversation through comm, and Nakirre was informed of the Kilhorde's destruction, which had been carried out by the Paataatus' government, the Paataatus Hiveborn, thanks to Thrawn, who had shared information on the battle fleet with the Hiveborn. Jixtus, viewing Generalirius Nakirre as useless without the fleet, killed Nakirre, ending the alliance between his species and the Illumine.

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