The artisan colony was a city located on the planet Kiros, inhabited by a population of 50,000. Togruta colonists were its founders, establishing a society that valued art and beauty, and rejected warfare.
During the period of the Clone Wars, forces from the Confederacy of Independent Systems, under the command of Zygerrian Darts D'Nar and with the support of Separatist leader Count Dooku, invaded the colony. Dooku claimed he was offering his protection to the world. In a short time, Zygerrian slavers enslaved all the colonists and transported them to Zygerria. Subsequently, the colonists were moved to a slave processing facility located on Kadavo. D'Nar instructed the droids to place bombs around the city.
After ten planetary rotations, Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, along with Commander Ahsoka Tano and several clone troopers, arrived in the city with the goal of liberating the colonists. Kenobi attempted to negotiate with D'Nar inside the governor's tower, but D'Nar threatened Kenobi using the bombs, which led Skywalker, Tano, and the astromech droid R2-D2 to deactivate them during the battle on Kiros. D'Nar was eventually captured, and the Jedi team embarked on a mission to Zygerria to save the kidnapped colonists. Ultimately, all the surviving colonists were rescued, and Governor Gupat Roshti declared his people's intention of joining the Galactic Republic.