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|quote = '''"Sub-Commander Torchstar is a gift from the [[Greater Good|Tau’va]] we will not refuse."'''
|source=[[Commander Farsight]], 997.M41{{Fn|2i}}
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|Gender = '''Female'''
|Relatives = ''
*[[Fio'Rabal]]<br><small>([[Ta'lissera|Bond-mate]])</small>*[[Por'vre Rivertell]]<br><small>(Former [[Ta'lissera|Bond-mate]])</small>*[[Zephyrfin]]<br><small>([[Ta'lissera|Bond-mate]])</small>
|Occupation = Member of [[The Eight]]
|Preceded by =
==Biography==
Before defecting to the [[Farsight Enclaves]] she lived in [[Gel'bryn City]] on [[Dal'yth]]{{Fn|2c}} with her [[Bonding_Knife#Ta.27lissera|bond-mates]] [[Fio'Rabal]] and [[Por'vre 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}}
{{Spoiler|source=Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)}}
Torchstar brought evidence to the 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 Por'vre 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}} Torchstar and her bond-mates had stashed a large number of battlesuits, including [[XV104]] Riptides, to bring to the Enclaves.{{Fn|2o}}
Upon arrival in the Enclaves, Torchstar would save Farsight's life. She had arrived too late to warn the Commander of the Tyranids, but joined battle against them.{{Fn|2h}} Farsight at first suspected that Torchstar was the spearhead of an Ethereal-led force, due to the fact that her battlesuit was still in the colours of Dal'yth. She then used an onboard system to change the colour of her suit from green to the deep red to show her new loyalty. Farsight climbed on to her [[XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit]] and Torchstar took him from the battle, where he had been mortally wounded, to safety aboard the ''Vision of Aun'shi''. Farsight's injuries were too grave for treatment on board however, and so, along with Commander [[Sha'vastos]], Farsight and Torchstar journeyed to find [[O'Vesa]].{{Fn|2i}}
The three found O'Vesa, along with [[Vykola Herat]], in a [[Fio]] Medusa Bay on the [[Shas'ar'tol]] [[Metadisc]]. Here she is scolded by Farsight for her views towards [[Gue'vesa]]. After Farsight is hastily healed{{Fn|2k}} the group, of now five, head into a subterranean tunnel system to escape the Tyranids. It is here Farsight learns of her fear of enclosed spaces.{{Fn|2l}} Torchstar and Farsight emerged from the tunnel system just in time to witness the death of [[Cloudstrider]].{{Fn|2m}} Fighting through a swarm of tyranids, the pair made it to the ''Vision of Aun'shi''. Torchstar caught Farsight as he had to leap to make it aboard the ship.{{Fn|2n}}
With Farsight upon the ship Torchstar's bond-mate, [[Por'vre Rivertell]], revealed he had been a traitor, working for the [[Ethereal]]s all along. The ''Vision'' was captured by t'au from [[T'au Empire|sept]] space. Torchstar lost contact with Farsight right before he was captured.{{Fn|2o}}
=={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}==
**{{Endn|2m}}: ''Chapter Twenty-One: Escape'', pg. 193
**{{Endn|2n}}: ''Chapter Twenty-One: Escape'', pgs. 197-198
**{{Endn|2o}}: ''Chapter Twenty-Three: The Shattered Mind'', pgs. 205-218
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