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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}}
Torchstar is brash will often make light of tense situations, engaging in gallow humour{{Fn|2i}} and impulsive, jokes at her teammate's expense. Despite this she cares deeply for them and will engage in gallows-humourtake on whatever risk to protect them.{{Fn|2j}} Despite her immense bravery on the battlefield, Torchstar has a fear of confined spaces.{{Fn|2i2l}}
She has a youthful spirit, and though she respects her elders, in particular her idol [[Farsight]], she will be dismissive of sound advice from them if she has already made up her mind. Torchstar holds more contempt for [[humans]] than others in the [[Farsight Enclaves|Enclaves]].{{Fn|2k}}
Torchstar is trained in [[wikipedia:Pugilism|pugilism]].{{Fn|2j}}
==Wargear==
Torchstar goes into battle in a modified [[XV8 Crisis Battlesuit]] equipped with two [[Tau Flamer|Flamers]], two [[Marker Drone]]s, [[Target Lock]], [[Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite]], and [[Neuroweb Systems Jammer]].{{Fn|1b}} The flamers on her battlesuit have been modified to be lightweight and, with the assistance of a strap, she is able to wield one outside of her battlesuit.{{Fn|2i}}
==HistoryBiography==
{{Spoiler|source=Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)}}
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 she was a member of the [[Company of Inner Light]]; a secret society dedicated to the [[True Tau'va]] and [[O'Shovah|Commander Farsight]]. {{Fn|2e}} She excelled in her fire caste duties, and took the bare minimum time to acheive el' rank, despite the disaprroval of her tutors.{{Fn|2k}} Torchstar brought evidence to the society Company of Inner Light that the [[Ethereal]]s knew of a [[Hive Fleet Gorgon|Tyranid fleet]] approaching the 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.{{Fn|2e}}
Alongside Fio'Rabal and Rivertell, Torchstar hatched a plan to steal the ship [[Vision_of_Aun'shi|Vision of Aun'Shi]] from its docks. Whilst attempting to make it to the ship the three were apphrehended by guards. [[Shas'O Da'kai]] intervened in their arrest, and used a secret signal to indicate to Torchstar that she was a member of the Company of Inner Light. However the Shas'O's intervention only ensured that she was arrested as well. Torchstar was taken to a [[Vash'ala]], a chamber which cycled propaganda videos. The chamber caused Torchstar to have a panic attack and she clawed at its smooth surface to find a way out, causing her fingers to bleed.{{Fn|2f}} Eventually she was let out of the chamber by the guards. Torchstar suspected this was on the order of an Ethereal. She then departed for the Farsight Enclaves with her bond-mates.{{Fn|2g}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: ''Echoes of War: The Shield of the Eight''
**{{Endn|1b}}: (E-Book), pg. 102
*2: [[Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)]]'''(Hard Cover)'''
**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Dramatis Personae'', pg. 8
**{{Endn|2b}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pgs. 31-32
**{{Endn|2h}}: ''Chapter Fourteen: Fire and Pain'', pg. 146
**{{Endn|2i}}: ''Chapter Fourteen: Fire and Pain'', pgs. 147-152
**{{Endn|2j}}: ''Chapter Fifteen: Into Darkness'', pgs. 153-157
**{{Endn|2k}}: ''Chapter Seventeen: Threshold'', pgs. 165-176
**{{Endn|2l}}: ''Chapter Eighteen: The Peril Beneath'', pgs. 177-181
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