Editing Kralidonk

{{Status|Canon}}
A '''''Kralidonk''''' is a type of [[List of animals|fauna]] catalogued by the [[Forerunner]]s and preserved on [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. Described as "''arachibians''"{{Ref/Note|Id=Arachibian|''Arachibian'' is possibly a portmanteau of the words ''arachnid'' and ''amphibian'', indicating the species has qualities of both animal kingdoms.}}, they are hive-minded predators that travel and act in large swarms. From a distance, ''kralidonk'' swarms resemble little more than a shadow passing along the landscape, though they are capable of ripping apart [[dropship]]s in an afternoon or reducing a [[Jiralhanae]] to a skeleton in seconds.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW6|HDW|Chapter=6}}

==History==
The ''kralidonk'' were one of many species known to the Forerunners, and [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] by them on the Ark during the [[Great Purification]]. As of [[2559]], ''kralidonk'' swarms were still alive on the Ark and inhabited the lake in the [[Chasm Lands Biome]], where they had constructed an underwater city.{{Ref/Reuse|DW6}}

==Anatomy and physiology==
''Kralidonk'' are small creatures and light in mass, capable of crawling up limbs to grapple with their prey. The creatures have tiny heads, allowing them to push between armour plates and use their sharp mouthparts to sever clean through circuits, undersuits and flesh. Even a single lone ''kralidonk'' was considered a threat to a Jiralhanae in [[Jiralhanae power armor|power armor]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW6}} 

==Behaviour==
The ''kralidonk'' do have some level of intelligence; they are a hive-minded species and travel in vast swarms capable of eating their prey alive in seconds - or even eating through the armoured hull of a [[Banished Lich|Lich]] dropship in hours. The ''kralidonk'' construct cities in their underwater habitats, and are known to decorate these cities with loot they find such as salvaged armour and equipment pieces or even retrieved shell casings. When the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] enagged a ''kralidonk'' swarm and fired upon those attempting to steal such technology from the crash site of ''[[Pegoras]]'', the swarm was able to react quickly and resort to only stealing pieces of scorched flesh from the Lich's now-dead crew. ''Kralidonk'' in combat may also arrange ambushes, allowing them to get the drop on their victims in close-quarters.{{Ref/Reuse|DW6}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{1st}}

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