Editing Komra (section)

==Culture==

The long history of the Komra has seen them spread far across the Galaxy, but the bulk of their population remains clustered near the Galactic Core.  The Brysojt recognises three broad classes of planet.  The '''Stem Worlds''' are the old core of Komra space that was settled by lost Karzor and brought under the Eldar Empire's laws in the Protectorate.  These worlds are all heavily populated and highly industrialised, in some ways similar to the Imperium's Forge and Hive Worlds.  Younger '''Circle Worlds''' are often still quite powerful, having been founded in the late Protectorate or afterwards and established their self-sufficiency, but they lack the prestige of the Stem Worlds.  '''March Worlds''' are the largest and broadest category.  Included are; new colonies that rely on more established worlds, strategic worlds fortified against enemy incursions, and hostile planets that the Komra have invaded.

===Government===

The basic unit of Komra organisation is the '''Gelkzaft''', unevenly translated into Low Gothic as "Clan", "Guild", or sometimes even "Tribe" or "Warband".  In truth it is something else entirely.  The Gelkzaft is an association of working Komra organised around their workplace, be it a factory, mine, or starship.  '''Brymun''' (another term that loses something in the translation) are elected from the ranks to oversee the community's collective interests.  For the Komra, private life is a limited sphere, consisting mainly of the individual's aesthetic and social preferences.  Even children are collective property and, once weaned from their mothers, are raised collectively in the Gelkzaft's creche.  The legendary discipline and martial courage of the Komra is no doubt a consequence of their working, living, and fighting in the same company.

Above the Gelkzaft are various '''Sojt''', or committees.  Members of other races who have had dealings with the Komra are mainly familiar with the planetary Sojt that regulates contacts with outsiders and foreign affairs, but there are layers of administrative Sojt to govern the interactions of Gelkzaft at district, provincial, and state level.  Each committee is staffed by Brymun appointed by its constituent bodies and subject to immediate recall.  Where a collection of Komra planets have banded together (as in the case of the Core Worlds Confederation), they usually form a '''Brysojt''' for dealing with their common affairs.

===Notable Domains===

'''Karzor'''

Karzor was the original homeworld of the Komra, settled in the Year of Landfall by the colonists of the generation ship ''Trantor''.  It was destroyed in 2363LF (587.M8) by the combined forces of Chelob Hold, Karazak, Rakizor, and Shifbar.  The officially accepted casualty count was twenty-five billion, though the true toll can never be known.


'''Core Worlds Confederation'''

The Core Worlds Confederation is the oldest region of Komra space.  It was founded by the four Stem Worlds but spent thousands of years under Eldar dominion as the Baj'Ha Protectorate.

*'''Chelob Hold''' is a survivor.  It was the first world settled outside of Karzor's system, with colonists landing in 1743LF (967.M7).  For thousands of years, Chelob Hold remained second to other Komra worlds - first Karzor, then Rakizor, then Karazak.  But none of these other powers had the sheer stubbornness of Chelob Hold.  Where others fall, they have endured. By outlasting its rivals, Chelob Hold has become the bulwark of the Komra people.
*During the long Age of Trade, '''Karazak''' expanded greatly to become the leading Komra world.  The genius of Karazak's biologists was such that they even devised the Phage Towers as a means of suppressing (though never eradicating) Orkoid spores.  This gave Karazak an immense moral authority among the Komra worlds.  The Brysojt recognized this seniority by always considered Karazak's new business before that of other worlds.  Invasion by the Imperium of Mankind in 24764LF(998.M30) began with the near-total destruction of this wondrous world by the [[Void Angels|Winged Victory]] [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Space Marine Legion]].
*The dark world '''Rakizor''' was seduced by a sinister cult led by Komra Edsten.  They experimented in sinister microbial engineering, seizing huge numbers of Terran slaves during the Age of Strife and transforming them into horrible monsters.  This corruption was spilled out across the Galaxy by colonizing expeditions before the Brysojt discovered the darkness within their ranks and instituted a blockade of foul Rakizor.
*Luckless '''Shifbar''' is the homeworld of the ''Dreigen Gelkzaft'', Komra who centre their lives around war.  Invaded by Waaagh!Gutz! in 10841LF (168.M17), the embattled world became a rallying cry to the formerly fractious Komra.  For decades, Gelkzaft from across the Protectorate migrated to Shifbar to pit their strength against successive waves of greenskin invasion.  In the Year of Triumph, 10933LF (240.M17), allied Eldar and Terran forces helped the Komra to completely eradicate the Orkish forces on Shifbar.  Yet the Orks returned only two years later, when Waaagh!'Ardkace intersected with resurgent Feral Ork forces and stormed Shifbar's tunnels.  Only in 10976LF (273.M17) was the Orkish menace finally suppressed by the successful installation of Phage Towers from Karazak.
*Built on the ruins of Karzor, '''Valaya Station''' is a space station that has grown to the scale of an artificial planet.  It is the seat of the ''Brysojt'', or supreme council, of the Core Worlds Confederation.  The construction of Valaya Station began in 2365LF (589.M8).  During the period of the Baj-Ha Protectorate, beginning in 2478LF (702.M8), the Station would be the seat of the Eldar Lord Protector.


'''League of Dawi'''

The League of Dawi is a small Komra domain in the Galactic south-east.