Editing Komra (section)

==Physiology==

Adult Komra have a short and stocky build.  Males typically stand between 110cm and 150cm, with most falling around the average of 129cm.  Females are somewhat shorter, averaging 119cm and having a typical range of 101cm to 136cm.  Due to their broad, dense frames, their overall mass is similar to that of Terran normal humans.  These compact bodies are extraordinarily hardy.  Their load-bearing bones are 50% thicker than those of a human of the same mass and denser besides, giving the Komra remarkably sturdy frames.  Life under high-gravity results in powerful musculature even among the more sedentary members of the species and most Komra do significant manual work every day of their lives.  The Komra heart, although similar in basic form to that of their human cousins, is extraordinarily large and powerful.  For all that they are stocky folk, they are surprisingly quick and agile - a necessary adaptation to the risks of falling on high gravity worlds.

Such direct adaptations have also produced certain unexpected changes from the human baseline, including an impressive immune system and great longevity.  Short of accident, Komra are long-lived and can expect to survive four centuries.  Infections, even when untreated, are rarely a danger to healthy individuals.  It is even thought that the Komra are somewhat resistant to the touch of Chaos.  However, they reproduce slowly.  The period of gestation is slightly over a Solar year and miscarriages and stillbirths are distressingly common.  Childbirth among Komra women is seen as so risky that Caesarian section is the preferred method of delivery.

Due to their relative isolation, Komra descended from each of the Stem Worlds have distinctive physical features.  The children of Chelob Hold typically have light brown or blond hair and light skin.  Their cousins from Karazak are characterised by their extremely pale complexion (sometimes alleviated by ruddiness) and firey red hair.  Rakizor's sons and daughters are swarthy and their hair is blue-black.  Due to the long period of war migrations to Shifbar, Komra from this world are far more mixed in appearance and the same can be said for most itinerant ''Dreigen Gelkzaft'' (warrior associations).

===Psykers===
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Most Komra are somewhat resistant to the touch of the warp, but the human psyker gene still expresses itself in the subspecies.  Komra psykers - '''Zabers''' - do not come into their powers until much later in life, typically around the age of fifty, and with rare exceptions they are incapable of drawing on significant warp energy in a short time-frame.  To compensate for their short-comings, the Komra developed complex crystal structures to act as "reservoirs" for warp energy.  These structures are typically given a runic shape and embedded into a more resilient material.  When drawn on by a Zaber rune structures can provide the fuel for the prodigious feats that characterize other race's psykers, but they can also be given an inherent purpose.


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