'''{{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}}

==Appearance==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|2c2d}} She pilots a red [[XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit]]{{Fn|1b}} in a [[Flamestorm]] loadout.{{Fn|2a}}  ==History==Before defecting to the [[Farsight Enclaves]] she lived in [[Gel'byrn City]] on [[Dal'yth]]{{Fn|2b2c}} with her [[Bonding_Knife#Ta.27lissera|bond-mates]] were [['Fio'Rabal]] and [[Rivertell]].{{Fn|2b}}  ==Conflicting sources==Torchstar is given two different sept backgrounds:*The 2013 [[Farsight Enclaves - A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement|Farsight Enclaves Codex]] states she is from [[Vior'la]].{{Fn|1b}}*The 2025 novel [[Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)]] states she is from [[Dal'yth]].{{Fn|2a}} {{Fn|2c}}

**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Dramatis Personae'', pg. 8**{{Endn|2b}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pgs. 31-32**{{Endn|2b2c}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 35**{{Endn|2c2d}}: ''Chapter Two: Embers'', pg. 36