The forests of Koda's World hide the planet's only sapient life form, the Tempestro. The Tempestro are large, winged reptiles who are able to launch themselves from the trees of the jungle and glide great distances in the upper canopy. Sharp claws allow them to climb the trees of the jungle and bring down prey.
The Tempestro are the warlike remnants of a once gentle and proud species. Millennia ago, they had achieved a great civilization. While they never mastered advanced technologies, the Force was strong in their communities, and they had vast control over the spiritual world.
This emphasis on the spiritual ultimately lead to their downfall. The planet was struck by a meteor, and because the Tempestro had turned so far inside themselves, they were caught unprepared. Most of the population was destroyed in the dust cloud that was thrown up into the upper atmosphere by the impact. The survivors of the cataclysm spent years erecting a huge stone edifice, where they stored the collected knowledge of their once-proud species.
The Tempestro that survive to this day are pale reflections of their proud ancestors. They are reduced to living in the trees surrounding the shattered remains of their cities. A particularly large community lives near the great stone edifice their forefathers built. They no longer remeber the purpose of the building or its significance. They merely protect it and wait. | 
