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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]] | + | 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]] [['Fio'Rabal]] and [[Rivertell]].{{Fn|2b}} On [[Dal'yth]] was was a member of the [[Company of Inner Light]]; a secret society dedicated to the [[True Tau'va]] and [[O'Shovah|Commander Farsight]]. Torchstar brought evidence to the sciety that the [[ethereals]] knew of a [[Hive Fleet Gorgon|tyranid]] fleet approaching the [[Farsight Enclaves]], and that they intended to not warn [[O'Shovah|Farsight]] of it. However the [[Company of Inner Light]] deemed it a lost cause to try and warn the [[Farsight Enclaves|Enclaves]] themselves. Torchstar burst out at the other members of the society in rage and then endeavoured to defect to the [[Farsight Enclaves]] on her own.{{Fn|2e}} |
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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 'Fio'Rabal and Rivertell.[2b] On Dal'yth was was a member of the Company of Inner Light; a secret society dedicated to the True Tau'va and Commander Farsight. Torchstar brought evidence to the sciety that the ethereals knew of a tyranid fleet approaching the Farsight Enclaves, and that they intended to not warn Farsight of it. However the Company of Inner Light deemed it a lost cause to try and warn the Enclaves themselves. Torchstar burst out at the other members of the society in rage and then endeavoured to defect to the Farsight Enclaves on her own.[2e]
Conflicting sources
Torchstar is given two different sept backgrounds:
- The 2013 Farsight Enclaves Codex states she is from Vior'la.[1b]
- The 2025 novel Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel) states she is from Dal'yth.[2a][2c]
