D'yanoi

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Map	Tau Sept Data			Planetary Image
	Name	D'yanoi
	Expansion:	First
	Location:	Eastern Fringe
	Markings:	Light Blue[6a][7]
	Armour Colours:	Beige, Brown/White, Red[6b]

D'yanoi is a sept world that was once isolated from the T'au Empire for many years.^[3]

Overview

D'yanoi, whose name means "twin moons", was isolated from the main body of the Tau Empire for many years^[3] due to a fierce and unnatural space storm^[5]; this isolation led the sept to regress to a lower level of technological advancement. Although contact with D'yanoi has since been re-established, its inhabitants are still considered backwards and rustic by most Tau.^[3] The Sept has also seen many infamous Ork invasions, though its warriors have defeated each in turn, despite the horrors wrought by the greenskins.^[5] In particular, the actions of the veteran Broadside Battlesuit pilot Shas'ui Calon'oi when fighting the Orks have earned him the moniker of "Wavebreaker."^[8]

D'yanoi inhabits a tidally-locked orbit, and complex interactions between this trait and the revolutions of its moons leaves the planet bathed in a constant twilight.^[4] When the Tau first settled the world during the First Sphere of Expansion, D'yanoi was home to colossal reptilian beasts that had to be driven back by disciplined Cadres of Fire Warriors. The D'yanoi beasts consumed many colonists before this was accomplished.^[1]

The planet of Vespid is only 3 light years to the galactic south of the D'yanoi sept. As a result, D'yanoi Hunter Cadres are frequently accompanied by Vespid allies.^[7]

Images

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  D'yanoi Razorshark^[10]

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  D'yanoi Sun Shark^[10]

Miniatures

A D'yanoi Swordfish^[9]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pg. 10
• 2: Fire Warrior (Novel), Chapter 1, pg. 7
• 3: Codex: Tau (3rd Edition), pg. 64
• 4: Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition), pg. 18
• 5: Codex: Tau Empire (7th Edition) - The Sept Worlds
• 6: Codex: T'au Empire (8th Edition):
  • 6a: pgs. 32-35 – Markings of the Fire Caste
  • 6b: pg. 80
• 7: Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos, pg. 26
• 8: White Dwarf 95 (2015) — Regiments of Renown
• 9: Warhammer: Visions 13, pg. 108 - Parade Ground ^{Warhammer: Visions}
• 10: Flyers of the Dark Millennium, pg. 47

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