Vior'los
Vior'los is a T'au world of the Farsight Enclaves.[1]
| Map | Tau Sept Data | Planetary Image | ||
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Name | Vior'los | 
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| Expansion: | Second | |||
| Location: | Eastern Fringe | 
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| Markings: | Unknown | |||
| Armour Colours: | Unknown | |||
Contents
History
Vior'los has a harsh climate dominated by jungles and savanna flatlands. This makes it similar to the Tau homeworld of T'au.[4b]
The warriors of the Fire Caste like to say that this planet has a raging core to rival Farsight's own, as the amount of geothermic energy that the Earth Caste has managed to harness from Vior'los' volcanoes makes it the most potent of all the Farsight Enclaves strategic assets. It has been speculated that the planet's innate power is what drew Farsight to make his home there. Though Vior'los boasts a warm saline ocean, the planet's landmass is both its principal training ground and its most stunning natural resources. It is said in the enclaves that Vior'los, whose name translates as 'Sons of Vior'la', can boast just as many warriors as its namesake, if not more.[1]
Among the Sept's forces is the Hunter Cadre M'yennan'ka, which was formed after Vior'los was invaded by Tyranids. The Cadre then aided in defending the Sept from subsequent invasions from Orks and the forces of Chaos. The blue and orange panels on M'yennan'ka's grey armour, represent unit markings and achievements. It has, however, swapped Vior'los' grey Sept markings for white ones, in remembrance for the Tyranid invasion that ravaged its Homeworld.[2]
The Reclaiming of Viorlos
After the close of the Damocles Gulf Crusade, Vior'los was left in the custody of the Adeptus Mechanicus, with supporting elements from both the Astra Militarum and Adeptus Astartes.[3a] The Mechanicus managed the world's many geothermal generators as well as carried out the purge campaign of T'au civilians left behind, rounding up the T'au and disposing of them by throwing them into the volcanic calderas. Nominally, this was for increasing the yield of the generators, but it was an obvious punitive measure against the aliens. During the Farsight Expedition, Commander Farsight would begin the revanchist war by invading Vior'los.[3b]
Farsight met with Shas'o Moata to coordinate with the remaining T'au resistance on the surface of Vior'los and began coordinating to push the Imperium out of the system once again, but found difficulty in overcoming the heavy reinforcements of Skitarii troops.[3b] Under advisement, Farsight allowed Por'vre Malcaor to make a planetary broadcast that inspired the many millions of labourers to start a slave revolt. With many Skitarii forces tied up in the rebellion, it allowed Farisght the chance to finally make a decisive strike.[3d] This was accomplished by utilising tectonic devices invented by O'Vesa to trigger many of Vior'los's volcanoes to scour the world of the Skitarii.[3c] However, the Scar Lords Space Marines arrived in time to hold a counter-invasion to support Mechanicus forces, but these forces were defeated by Farsight.[3e]
After the defeat of the Scar Lords ground forces, Scar Lords Chapter Master Caelos ordered Exterminatus on Vior'los to deny the world to the T'au. Having anticipated the response, Farsight sent Ob'lotai 3-0 on a mission to board the Scar Lords' ship through a macrocannon barrel. Ob'lotai used his fusion blaster to detonate the virus bomb prematurely, destroying the ship and eradicating the surviving Scar Lords.[3e]
Hive Fleet Gorgon
During the Tyranid invasion of the Farsight Enclaves, Vior'los was invaded by the Xenos. This forced Farsight to come out of his self-imposed exile in order to save his new world.[4a] Ultimately thanks to Farsight and The Eight, the Tau were able to repulse the invasion with a biological phage which infected the Tyranids despite significant damage to its biosphere.[4c][4d]
Notable Locations
- Ul'tsimi Space Port - Primary spaceport.[4i]
- Vascorian Colosseum - War museum which featured Farsight's Battlesuit and equipment before his return to combat Hive Fleet Gorgon.[4a]
- Ol'tan Gue'vesa Mourning Field - A Human-style cemetery built by the Gue'vesa auxiliaries of the Enclaves for their own dead.[4f]
- Great Equatorial Plain - Savanna lands which resemble similar regions of Vior'la and T'au.[4e]
- Equatorial Wastes - Vast desert region.[4e]
- Fau'lakan Chain - Volcanic region home to most of Vior'los' geothermal power production.[4g]
- Shas'ar'tol Metadisc - Large orbiting space station which served as the military command center of the Enclaves. Crashed during the war against Hive Fleet Gorgon.[4h]
Images
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Farsight Enclaves (E-Book), pg. 59
- 2: Warhammer: Visions 17, pgs. 135-140 - Grieving Blade Hunter Cadre - Created by Jan Knackstedt
Warhammer: Visions - 3: Farsight: Crisis of Faith (Novel)
- 4: Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)
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