In the aftermath of the Imperium's abortive Damocles Gulf Crusade in 742.M41
a Tau Fire caste commander, Shas'o Viorla Shovah Kaius Montyr, led an
expeditionary force which broke away from the main Tau empire and established
a series of fortified Tau colonies at the far
side of the Damocles Gulf. The underlying reason for the split has intrigued
certain (admittedly obscure) scholar-adepts in the Imperium for centuries.
As more information has come to light the actions
of Commander Farsight have become the source of grave concern for certain
members of the Inquisition who perceive a distinct threat to the Divine
Rule of the Emperor of Mankind.
+++Farsight report addenda+++
+++[Sigma prioris clearance]+++
+++Sealed by injuncture of the Ordo Malleus+++
Further to the investigations of the redoubtable Ossneous my own enquiries
among more esoteric sources have revealed more information on this Tau renegade
and his corrupted influences. It is my belief that
the artefact world referred to in Ossneous' report is none other than Arthas
Moloch, a dead world at the periphery of the Damocles Gulf purged by the
Scythes of the Emperor Space Marine Chapter in the 39th
millennium. Sotha, homeworld of the Scythes of the Emperor has been destroyed
in the advance of Hivefleet Kraken and the surviving brethren retain little
of their Chapters' history but my investigation have pieced
together what little knowledge remains. Certainly Arthas Moloch once housed
one of the most perfidious Chaos cults on the Eastern Fringes, a nation
of renegades, mutants and heretics under the thrall of traitor Marines
of the Alpha Legion. It was a continual blight in the area, raiding and plundering
surrounding worlds for almost three centuries until the Scythes cleansed
it with righteous fury. However the dark reputation of
Arthas Moloch extends even further back. No record exists of its discovery
and reconquest during the great crusade, but it is known to have been subject
to Exterminatus in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. The
Scythes of the Emperor reported it to be covered in blasphemous, pre-human
ruins of unknown origin.
It is apparent that O'Shovah's arrival at this world is concurrent with the death of the ruling caste members of his expedition and his decision not to return to the empire. It is my contention that O'Shovah has been subject to the taint of the Dark Gods which hangs about Arthas Moloch and has become their agent among the alien Tau. Should this plague of Chaos spread to the mainstream Tau race they will indeed become a formidable threat. I shall be investigating this matter personally, but urge other members of the Ordo to bend their attention hither for the sake of all.
In His Will
Inquisitor Artelles
The jury is still out as to whose side Commander Farsight is on, but that won't keep Tau players from fielding him and his Enclave forces. Get a few ideas on how to model them here.
A closer look at the chequered history of O'Shovah and some of the theories that have arisen about his
motives for defecting from the Tau empire.
In this Masterclass we find out how the 'Eavy Metal team painted the renegade Commander Farsight, designed by Jes Goodwin and Mark Harrison.
