Khorm

Khorm was a frozen planet located in the Mid Rim, home to the Khormai species. It was one of the few planets that contained an extremely rare ore called Agrocite that could be used to enhance the power of turbolasers. During War of the Ring between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Khormai warlord Unger Gout betrayed his people and enslaved them to mine Agrocite for Saruman the White. This resulted in a major Republic offensive led by Gimli, Legolas, and Tauht at the Battle of Khorm. During the battle, both Gout and Tauht were killed, but in the end the Republic won with the help of native Khormai and air support from Republic Admiral Wieler, who, along with Legolas and Captain "Sharp", destroyed Gout's powerful Agrocite cannons.
==Description==
A land of frozen wastelands and blizzards, Khorm's entire surface was covered in ice and snow, and, in spite of the extremely cold temperatures and harsh winds, a walrus-like species, the Khormai, managed to thrive there. It had a Type I atmosphere. One of its most rare and valuable resources was an ore called Agrocite that, when converted to plasma, could greatly enhance the destructive power of turbolasers. This enticed the Confederacy and Unger Gout, a Khormai warlord, to ally with each other to collect as much of the resource as possible. Because of the extensive mining done on the planet, there was a massive unnatural network of caves beneath the ice. It was located in the Khorm system, in the Mid Rim.
==History==
Years before the War of the Ring, the native Khormai, who had developed the proper technology, discovered the enhancing effect of agrocite on turbolasers. Khorm was then peppered with mining facilities by the Khormai, and more were built as time went on, with the sole purpose of unearthing the rare ore. During this period, Unger Gout was born, and quickly rose to prominence in the government. He eventually took over and sold Khorm and its agrocite to Saruman the White.
===The War of the Ring===
Around 1981,Star Wars Annual 2011 the Galactic Senate, hoping to stop the mining of Agrocite for the Separatist cause, sent an attack force led by three Jedi Masters: Gimli, Tauht and Legolas to Khorm, where they obtained the aid of the Khormai resistance and one of its heads, Adaroo. However, Gout had predicted their arrival and constructed a weather-control station to create a planet-wide storm, powerful enough to prevent any air-support but still enabling the fleet to send ground troops. Soon, the Republic forces had begun to get the upper hand, which forced Gout to request reinforcements in the form of Dark Witch Jinx. The Republic continued to advance toward the main mine, despite Tauht being slain after capturing a processing plant. Gout and Jinx then initiated a counter-attack, and kidnapped Captain Kendal Ozzel, Commander CC-3636, and several other clone troopers.
Meanwhile, Gimli and Legolas had destroyed the weather-control station, and Gout and Jinx retreated to the mine, where they kept the prisoners and slaves. While the Republic prisoners escaped, the two Jedi arrived with their forces at the mine. The Dark Witch then had the mine rigged with explosives with the intention of killing the Khormai if the Republic conquered the mine. Finding the explosives, Gimli and Legolas had Ozzel halt his advance as they infiltrated the mine and escorted the slaves to safety. Before they could exit the mine, Ozzel began his assault, and Gout revealed his agrocite cannon by destroying a Venator-class Star Destroyer. "Sharp" and Legolas succeeded in destroying them before Jinx could destroy the mine, but she escaped. After the battle, it became host of a Republic Command Post for the rest of the war.The War of the Ring 9
==Behind the scenes==
Khorm was created for the 2009 In Service of the Republic storyline of the The Lord of the Rings The War of the Ring comic series. The three issues of the storyline were written by Henry Gilroy and Steven Melching and were illustrated by Scott Hepburn.
==Appearances==
*The Lord of the Rings The War of the Ring: In Service of the Republic 
==Sources==
*The Essential Atlas
==Notes and references==
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems planets
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:Halori sector planets
Category:Ice planets
Category:Khorm locations
Category:Type I atmosphere planets