Description: Thin lanky body, cream complexion, nutmeg brown hair cut short, baby blue eyes, and dark brown trill spots along both sides of his body from temple to toes.

Date of birth is Stardate 17605.05 (Jorane 42 on Trillus Prime). His mother's name is Cyra Lyndra; she runs a gift shop on Trillian. His father's name is Valnor Lyndra; he’s a communications technician. Both are still living and still happily married, but neither were joined. Koram’s older sister, Kiris Lyndra, never wanted to be Joined and her studies were poor, so she became a Free Spirit (space gypsy). Koram’s younger brother, Dyron Lyndra, is in school studying to qualify for Joining.

Koram’s best friend is Taryn Larsen.

Personal History:
Koram was born and raised on Trillus Prime, in the up-country province of Gadala. He demonstrated an interest and talent for mechanical and electromechanical devices at an early age. He grew to believe that becoming Joined was not only a good thing but would expand his understanding of physics and science. He worked hard and studied harder to be selected for Joining. He received scholarships in Astrophysics, Warp Drive Theory, and Warp Drive Engineering, and achieved Premier Distinction in Astrophysics and Warp Drive Engineering. In the end, though, becoming Joined came down to being in the right place at the right time.

Zandril was the Val symbiont’s first host. He was a doctor specializing in exo-biology and had a successful if unspectacular career in medicine. He developed transporter psychosis after using a Cardassian transporter. He died after being subjected to triolic energy.

Val’s second host was Nura. She was a highly skilled and talented interior designer, and the mother of three (two boys and a girl). She won the prestigious Corlliss Award for Design 7 times over a 10-year span. She was particularly interested in the Earth design concept of Feng Shui and applied it to her design techniques. She died of old age at 91.

The third host was Tekron, a skilled bartender who had tended bar in most of the quadrant at one time or another over his 52-year career. Tekron had been interested in meeting and learning about new cultures, especially as it pertained to the recreational liquids each culture consumed, and never stayed in one place for more than a few years. He had been in transit aboard the Andorian transport ship Ozara, drinking kanar with a Cardassian acquaintance, when he was poisoned. The poison had been intended for the Cardassian by another Cardassian.

On the ship were two Cardassians, two Anticans, a Lurian named Vork, and a Klingon named AvarQ. Tekron was having a drink with one of the Cardassians (Gul Dura'en) when the other Cardassian, Stalnok, tried to poison Gul Dura'en. Instead, he poisoned Tekron Val. The host died even as Gul Dura'en killed Stalnok. Fortunately, the Andorian medic, Dr. Thunak Kolmi, knew about Trill. Starbase 118, however, was still 3 days away, and the symbiont wouldn't survive that long without a host. Due to religious reasons, the Anticans refused to host the symbiont. The Andorians on ship claimed they were incompatible. That left the Cardassian, the Klingon or the Lurian. The Cardassian refused outright, so Dr. Thunak decided the Klingon was the only choice. Fortunately, the Klingon had been drinking bloodwine heavily, and didn't quite understand what he was letting himself in for. The Klingon AvarQ was on his way to Starbase 118 where he would transfer to a Federation ship heading to Earth, on his way to Starfleet Academy. The transplant was successful, and for the 3-day journey to Starbase 118, the trill was AvarQ Val. By the time they reached the starbase, however, the Klingon's body had begun to reject the symbiont.

Koram was on his way to a transwarp research conference on Bilana III aboard a Federation transport ship, USS Odyssey, stopping over at Starbase 118 to take on other scientists.

There were two other Trill on the starbase at the time, Ridar Vond and Sovan Nox, but both were already joined. For lack of better authority, the two Trill and the CMO of the starbase agreed to the transplant of the symbiont into Koram. The transfer was just in time, and was successful, but because Koram hadn't undergone the Initiate Training for joining, he was directed back to Trill for evaluation. His evaluation was brief and positive, but he'd already missed the conference. Now that he was joined, however, he immediately applied for admission to Star Fleet Academy. He didn't expect to make it into that year's class, but an unexpected opening occurred, and because of his field of study, he was fast-tracked to the academy.

On his cadet cruise assignment aboard the USS Darwin, Koram Val’s first away mission was to a newly discovered water world where he encountered the P’ah’lai, an intelligent water-breathing lifeform. One of the other creatures of the world stung him, injecting him with a mutagenic toxin, and he underwent a metamorphosis. His body grew gills so that he could breathe underwater, too. It was a way that the life on the planet helped visitors adapt. Unfortunately, the transformation went too far, and when he was transported back to the Darwin, he discovered that his lungs could no longer breathe air. After an emergency transport to sickbay and an intron reversal procedure by LtCdr Kinziri Jal (the Darwin’s CMO and a Joined Trill), Koram was returned to normal.

Academy Major was Engineering with minors in Science and Tactical.

Koram is usually outgoing except when talking about himself, then he gets introverted. He seems to have developed empathy for Klingons. Whenever Koram is around a Klingon, he begins acting like a Klingon himself.

He likes subtle humor and has a phobia about tight dark crawl spaces.
He tends to talk too much and has a low tolerance for incompetent people.
He likes bloodwine (a carryover from his brief joining with a Klingon), Klingon opera, Algolian ceremonial rhythms (he finds them relaxing), kal-toh, warp drive tech manuals, and transwarp research reports.

Hobbies and past-times include Captain Proton holo-novel sims, springball, transwarp research.

He dislikes kanar, Cardassians (he knows his dislike of Cardassians is due to some unpleasant incidents involving them (though it wasn't their fault) and does his best to put these feelings aside).