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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Tau]] Sub-Commander and skilled [[Battlesuit]] pilot. A member of [[The Eight]], [[Commander Farsight]]'s elite honor guard and war council, Torchstar is the youngest member of the group and a defector from the [[Tau Empire]]. She is known as an impetuous [[Vior'la]]n whose affinity with fire has seen her immolate hundreds of the [[Tau]]'s foes.{{Fn|1b}}
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Tau]] Sub-Commander and skilled [[Battlesuit]] pilot. A member of [[The Eight]], [[Commander Farsight]]'s elite honor guard and war council, Torchstar is the youngest member of the group and a defector from the [[Tau Empire]].  
  
Torchstar is noted to have fire tattoos across her body,{{Fn|1a}} and wears her auburn hair in a long braid with three metal rings to symbolise her greatest victories.{{Fn|2c}} Before defecting to the [[Farsight Enclaves]] she lived in [[Gel'byrn City]] on [[Dal'yth]]{{Fn|2b}} with her [[Bonding_Knife#Ta.27lissera|bond-mates]] were [['Fio'Rabal]] and [[Rivertell]].{{Fn|2a}}
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==Appearance==
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Torchstar is noted to have fire tattoos across her body,{{Fn|1a}} and wears her auburn hair in a long braid with three metal rings to symbolise her greatest victories.{{Fn|2d}} She pilots a red [[XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit]]{{Fn|1b}} in a [[Flamestorm]] loadout.{{Fn|2a}}
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==History==
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Before defecting to the [[Farsight Enclaves]] she lived in [[Gel'byrn City]] on [[Dal'yth]]{{Fn|2c}} with her [[Bonding_Knife#Ta.27lissera|bond-mates]] were [['Fio'Rabal]] and [[Rivertell]].{{Fn|2b}} 
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==Conflicting sources==
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Torchstar is given two different sept backgrounds:
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*The 2013 [[Farsight Enclaves - A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement|Farsight Enclaves Codex]] states she is from [[Vior'la]].{{Fn|1b}}
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*The 2025 novel [[Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)]] states she is from [[Dal'yth]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2c}} 
  
 
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**{{Endn|1b}}: (E-Book), pg. 102
 
**{{Endn|1b}}: (E-Book), pg. 102
 
*2: [[Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)]]
 
*2: [[Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pgs. 31-32
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**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Dramatis Personae'', pg. 8
**{{Endn|2b}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 35
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**{{Endn|2b}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pgs. 31-32
**{{Endn|2c}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 36
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**{{Endn|2c}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 35
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**{{Endn|2d}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 36
 
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Sub-Commander Torchstar[1b]

Torchstar is a Tau Sub-Commander and skilled Battlesuit pilot. A member of The Eight, Commander Farsight's elite honor guard and war council, Torchstar is the youngest member of the group and a defector from the Tau Empire.

Appearance

Torchstar is noted to have fire tattoos across her body,[1a] and wears her auburn hair in a long braid with three metal rings to symbolise her greatest victories.[2d] She pilots a red XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit[1b] in a Flamestorm loadout.[2a]

History

Before defecting to the Farsight Enclaves she lived in Gel'byrn City on Dal'yth[2c] with her bond-mates were 'Fio'Rabal and Rivertell.[2b]

Conflicting sources

Torchstar is given two different sept backgrounds:

Sources