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"Sub-Commander Torchstar is a gift from the Tau’va we will not refuse."


Torchstar
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Sub-Commander Torchstar[1b]

Homeworld Vior'la or Dal'yth[Conflicting sources]
Active Period fl. Late M41
Species Tau
Gender Female
Relatives
Occupation(s) Member of The Eight
Affiliation(s)

Torchstar is a T'au Sub-Commander and skilled Battlesuit pilot. A member of The Eight, Commander Farsight's elite honour guard and war council, Torchstar is the youngest member of the group and a defector from the T'au Empire.

Appearance and Wargear

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]

Torchstar goes into battle in a modified XV8 Crisis Battlesuit equipped with two Flamers, two Marker Drones, Target Lock, Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite, and Neuroweb Systems Jammer.[1b]

History

Spoiler!
The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)

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 she 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 society that the Ethereals knew of a 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.[2e]

Alongside Fio'Rabal and Rivertell, Torchstar hatched a plan to steal the ship 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.[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.[2g]

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.[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.[2i]

Conflicting sources

Torchstar is given two different sept backgrounds:

Sources

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