The Khormai, the native sentient species of the frozen planet Khorm, were humanoids characterized by their stout physiques, blubbery skin, bushy mustaches, and prominent tusks. Khormai often wore robust environment suits that sported large smoke stacks, which emitted plumes of gray gas. Members of the species traveled between their disparate settlements via transports known as rail jets, or from within the gullets of large, furry worms known as aelids, whom Khormai could summon with a special instrument. A wide degree of dispositions marked the species, with some supporting war and enslavement, yet others peace. The species and their homeworld held great strategic value in the galaxy due to the mining of agrocite, an ore with important military uses.