El'hassai
El'hassai was a T'au diplomat of the Water Caste.
Biography
In the 920's M41, El'hassai was a member of the T'au Empire's delegation to the Imperial world of Gravalax, accompanying Ambassador O'ran Shui'sassai's visit to the Governor's palace. When the Ambassador was shot by a mysterious assassin, El'hassai drew a weapon and accused the Governor of the murder. He and the rest of the delegation were calmed by Commissar Ciaphas Cain, who escorted the delegation back to their compound, preventing all-out war from breaking out between the T'au and the Imperial Guard.[1a][1b] Cain privately reflected that El'hassai seemed to have a death wish, and his shrill accusations got on Cain's nerves so much that he'd have been almost happy to shoot the T'au.[1b]
Six decades later El'hassai orchestrated another meeting with Commissar Cain[2a] on an orbital dock above Quadravidia[2b] after the T'au requested a ceasefire in order to negotiate a truce to fight a greater enemy: a Tyranid Hive Fleet heading towards them.[2a] It was decided that the Imperium and T'au would exchange observers to facilitate their cooperation, and El'hassan was chosen as the T'au representative, accompanying the Commissar in the defense of Fecundia.[2c]