Avarga'avax Sept

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## Tau Sept

### **Motto/Warcry**

"From the ashes of injustice shall we rise as the blaze of retribution against evil, burning it to the ground!"

## Prime World Information

### **Temperature**

84 °F on average in the jungle areas, 45 °F on average in the mountainous areas

### **Population**

Approx: 1,876,432,765Main Species: T'au, Gue'vesa, Kroot, Selachimorphas

### **Other Notable Planets**

Bentu'basiin, Cea'chel, Ci'cka, and Cova'da

### **Location**

Located to the East of the Tau'n Sept, on the edge of the Zone of Silence

"*This galaxy has long been consumed by a dreadful sickness that manifests itself as nothing worse than pure, unbridled corruption. This despicable mindset has consumed countless billions across the stars, rendering them ignorant and doomed. Even now the creeping tendrils of inky darkness circle tighter, strangling all the light from a weak system of anarchy and strife. All around the innocent fall as they are misled by evils of soul and technology. Thus we stand as a lamp in the night, a shining beacon of hope that brings with it the flames of justice! To everything that is evil, we cry out its guilt and heresy for daring to corrupt the truth of reality! The truth that we are connected, that we are one! So now we act as the inferno of vengeance, freeing the oppressed and destroying the traitor to the future of the galaxy! Let our ashen arrows slice through the shadows and render them powerless as we shield the stars and burn through the corrosion of flesh that plagues us as we avenge those who were wrongly defiled by impure hearts and servos!*"
—Aun'El Cano'caor
The **Avarga'avax Sept** is a Sept of the T'au Empire founded during the Third Sphere of Expansion. After liberating a planet from oppression and gaining the trust and allegiance of the xenos living there, the Sept began its extensive agriculture and began trading this along with a rare and valuable resource known as star oil found on the moons. Known for their ruthless conduct in battle and their unmatched skill in the arts of subtle infiltration and meticulous ambush planning, they have become a feared force in their area of space.

The Sept has only recently come into contact with the forces of the Imperium of Mankind and even then, thanks to the communications null put in place by Drukhari on the planet of Tantilus V, or Gal'ghoro as the T'au call it, Terra itself is unaware of this Sept's existance. However, due to a nexus breach, they have met and started to clash with the traitors of the human race, the Chaos Warbands and their daemonic allies.

Currently, however, the greatest threat that these followers of the Greater Good is none other than the diabolical Necrons and their network of tyranny. By enslaving the innocent people of other planets who have done them no harm, this T'au Sept, due to its strong sense of honor, wages a never ending crusade to liberate nearby planets and enlighten them, gathering ever increasing power.

## History

### Third Sphere of Expansion

It was during the third expansion that a fleet of T'au, looking to colonize another planet, establish another Sept, and further spread the Greater Good, that they stumbled across the planet that would become their Capitol. However, this planet was far from a capital at that moment. Instead, it was colonized by a human colony originating from the Dark Age of Technology. However, the planet had been taken over by cruel Necrons. Instead of taking over the planet by raising up their status crypts and pushing through the tough earth that concealed them, the Necrons allowed the bounty of wealth above to remain untouched. In addition they had enslaved the human inhabitants. Using their military might, they forced the humans to strip the world of its mineral resources, collect wood and food, and build things for them. Constantly worked to the point of exhaustion in work camps, it was a horrendous situation.

Determined to put an end to this evil and free the beings below from the mechanical terrors that had used their eldritch legions to conquer, the fleet descended on the world with furious violent, determined to purge the world of its soulless impurity named the Necrons. The war that was waged was titanic, shaking the entire system. Battles raged all over the surface of the planet as the T'au pushed forward, the wind of the Air Caste hurling a tempest at the enemy even as the Fire Caste Warriors burned through their opposition.

After nearly four decades of explosive warfare, the Necrons were driven deep within the planet's core as the T'au finally claimed superiority over the planet's surface. The Necrons, realizing that they were defeated, destroyed the main resources they had gathered, leaving the planet dry of mineral resources. Now free, the humans there were befuddled and fearful of what would happen next with their new occupiers, while the T'au needed to figure out how to deal with the people of the planet. In the end, they offered the planet's inhabitants three options: To leave and join the rest of their kind in the Imperium, keep the planet while the T'au would leave, or join the T'au empire.

Even as the choices were offered, they moved through the population with dire warnings to those who would listen about the dangers involved with a wrong choice. They pointed out that if they left the human world alone, the humans would fail. They would be taken over by outside tyrants, some of whom would treat them even worse than the Necrons had, and would not have the power, due to their primitive society, to defend themselves. They would also face political instability as they fought over what food and resources were available, presenting the very real possibility that they might kill themselves long before they could establish a working government. Famine and disease would set in as they fought, neglecting the work of the fields.

As for joining the Imperium, they stressed the tyranny of the Imperium. How it forced the labor of the common people and took high taxes. How it forced all to believe in a certain religion and how they would have to renounce the Divine Spirits of Fire, Water, Earth, and Sky that they believed in or face excruciating death at the hands of the Inquisition. As well as how they would be expected to fight and die in pointless wars that could be otherwise avoided.

But if the people joined the T'au, they would be given full rights as citizens. They would have their economy boosted by the technology and knowledge the T'au would provide. As the Greater Good was perused, they would be given the right to believe whatever they wished and would be given government representation, more than the Imperium or other factions would grant. They would also get proper defense training, equipment, and the support of not just the T'au Sept but also of the T'au Empire, providing much needed support in these disturbing times.

While some of the humans elected to move, the vast majority chose to join the T'au Empire as Gue'vesa. Thus was the planet settled by the T'au and the Avarga'avax Sept founded. The planet they renamed Avarga'avax in the same vein as their Sept name, representing the retribution they had brought to the Necrons and their blasphemy and heresy towards the Greater Good.

### Fourth Sphere of Expansion

#### Conquest of Cova'da

With a Prime Planet to call home, the T'au of the Avarga'avax Sept looked further out in the endless sea of stars to nearby planetary systems. The first one to garner their attention and notice, however, was Cornath, a planet that had once been a Kroot world. Now, the world found itself under attack by fearsome Aeldari from the Craftworld of Keil-Xin. Affronted by such a barbaric and needless assualt, for the T'au could find nothing but Kroot on the planet who had never had previous contact with Eldar, the Sept summoned its military forces and launched an attack on the Aeldari fleet while sending down ground troops to claim the planet's surface. The result was catastrophic.

The T'au managed to claim victory. Taken by surprise, the Asuryani were quickly routed and forced into a retreat. But just as the T'au had finally boxed them in and was moving to finish them off, the battle made a nexsus fail, causing the Master Program to begin waking slumbering Necrons. Horrified by what they unleashed and finally understanding what the Aeldari were there for, the T'au reached out and formed a temporary alliance with the Eldar to swiftly counter this new threat before it synchronized and became a real problem. Lead by Shas'El Nightblade, the T'au and Aeldari took the fight down below the surface, to the twisting catacombs and stasis crypts of the villainous androids. After intense combat, though the T'au faced little loss thanks to their commander, the Necrons were destroyed either while sleeping, or while they were alive and kicking. The Canoptek Constructs were also taken out with the Master Program system.

The Kroots had joined the T'au in the war to liberate the planet, fighting alongside the blue aliens and humans during the struggle with the Aeldari and the underground search. When the Necrons had finally been defeated and the Aeldari had run, sensing that they could not further challenge the T'au, the Kroots welcomed the T'au with open arms. And owing the T'au a life debt thanks to their culture's strong sense of honor, the Kroot pledged themselves to the T'au Sept, securing another planet for the Avarga'avax Sept.

#### Revolt of the Imperial Creed Cult

It was around this time that an influential inquisitor managed to stumble across the Avarga'avax Sept in a limping, barely functioning space craft. Taking the guise of a human merchant, she managed to sneak into the City of Golden Mirrors. There, she was appalled to see the Imperial Creed being brutally crushed by T'au propaganda. With the voice of a fiery preacher, she took events from a nearby solar system to twist the truth and make the T'au look like horrid monsters. Enraged by the stories she weaved, a few of the houses rose up against the Capitol. With a vengeance unleashed, the people stormed the Capitol and took the leaders captive. At the same time, they also attempted to send up a distress beacon to alert the Imperium of their situation.

Luckily, one of the traitors lost their nerve and actually allowed the leaders escape as the T'au jammed the communications so that the distress signal didn't come through. This allowed the T'au that had been called up to open fire and retake the City of Golden Mirrors. Unloading a scorching storm of withering death, they forced the rebels to surrender and executed the inquisitor. With the rebels back under control, the T'au put them under military rule.

#### Purging Bentu'basiin

Using their best sources of intelligence, the T'au discovered that one of the most perverse and hedonistic factions had made a major base along one of their trade routes. This base, located near the planet Bentu'basiin, was infested by the sick Drukhari. Not only that, but they had begun to abuse the native populace, the human situated there. Not only did the Drukhari profane the name of the Greater Good and harm the galaxy, but the Kabal of the Dark Star had also been wreaking havoc on the trade. Determined to put this threat to an end, they sent a fleet to neutralize the threat.

When the T'au arrived, fully expecting a fight, they were surprised to find that the Drukhari, upon seeing the advancing Sept, had fled to the safety of the Webway. Still cautious despite the abandoned appearance of the dark planet, the T'au carefully coordinated their efforts as they meticulously scoured the planet surface for signs of life. All they could uncover were the cowering mass of humans.

As usual, the T'au offered the humans three different options of either leaving or in some form or fashion staying. The humans, terrified that the Drukhari would come back, begged the T'au to stay and protect them. The T'au agreed, swearing to support, fix, and rebuild the bedraggled in a way even more spectacular than how it had been in its primitive age before the Dark Eldar, boosting the economy and establishing a more advanced civilization up to T'au standard. Due to this support, the Gue'vesa on the planet have an unwavering devotion to the T'au and the Greater Good.

### Fifth Sphere of Expansion

#### Corruption of Ci'cka

While searching through nearby space, one of the Sept's scout fleets scanned a new planet. However, this planet was not like any other planet, and was filled with the most unfathomable magic possible. The rank of the Ruinous Powers was sharp, even as purple tendrils stretched towards the atmosphere of the planet and filled it with reality bending and physics denying oddities, everything erratic and chaotic. With the power of Tzeentch strong, pulsing from the planet in horrible waves of fundamental and raw corruption.

Terrified of the threat this chaos world could pose to their safety, the Avarga'avax Sept quickly sent as many forces as possible to take down this abomination of nature and purge the planet of its impurities. However, through their magic foresight, the Chaos warband there foresaw the arrival of the xenos, and were uncannily prepared for the attack. Despite perfect planning and excellent breaching conditions, the T'au fleet and ground forces were quickly separated as they faced stiff resistance. Several strike teams of elite Contingents lashed out, bathing the planet with lethal blazes of plasma. Establishing several beach heads, the T'au managed to set up forward ground forces and wade through the enemy fire dousing and singeing them.

However, the forward advance was quickly halted and slowly sputtered out in the face of a fierce heretic counter assault. Forced into a desperate defense stance, ambushes were frantically prepared and executed, with varied success. Scattered in some places and broken in others, the T'au lines began to cave in and were near the point of being overrun by enemies. It was even worse when the T'au fleet in the space above found the tear in the Warp empowering the Warp storms shredding them and causing a tsunami of Daemonic creatures to arrive and reinforce the enemy.

With the the new legions of reinforcements bolstering the Chaos Space Marines' forces and flexibility, the T'au began to panic, their forces falling apart before such an intense physical and psychic onslaught. With the Necron nexus in Bentu'basiin protecting this area from Warp breaches cracked and useless, it seemed that the Sept was doomed. Fortunately, the enslaved inhabitants of this planet, former members of the Imperium, rose up and, using their intimate knowledge of the enemy and their position behind the enemy lines, bravely went to the aid of the T'au. With their help and the Chaos Warband scrambling, struggling to put down the rebellion and defeat the blue skinned invaders, the Sept managed to push forward. In one massive blow and coordinated offensive strike in an extraordinary display of skill in Mont'ka, the T'au and their allies forced the Chaos forces to retreat completely from the planet, slinking back to the Warp. Then, using borrowed Necron technology, the Sept sealed and purified the world from further harm.

Bitter at being abandoned by the Imperium of Mankind for simply being too weak and unimportant, the world renounced its ties to the Emperor and openly declared loyalty to the Avarga'avax Sept. With a sworn oath of allegiance, these humans are dedicated fully to the Greater Good and, more importantly, the spread of its philosophy so that the enslaved and oppressed citizens of the Imperium, whom Terra views with contempt and believes is only fodder for its protection, can be free and enlightened, lead by a government that actually cares about them.

#### Liberation of Cea'chel

Once more exploring beyond the confines of their natural space territories, the Sept discovered yet another planet within their path of destiny. What they say there, however, left them aghast at the scenario the planet found itself in. Once more, the corrosion of the mechanical terrors had taken over another peaceful planet and turned it savage in a tamed, shackled manner. On this ocean planet, an alien race of shark people, known as Selachimorphas, resided within their stony fortresses on the deepest, darkest depths of the massive, planet encompassing, ocean. Now, they were being forced to fight for the survival of their culture as the Necrons tired to force their labor through terror tactics.

Incensed by such a barbaric, mindless, blatant show of brutality and vile savagery, the T'au of this Sept rose up once more and mustered all their military might. In a typhoon of righteous, blazing rage, they descended upon the Necrons with harsh, ruthless precision, cold with a lack of empathy for the technological terrors they planned to permanently put to sleep. After striking and securing their beach heads, they used a flawless execution of Kauyan, forcing the Necrons to meet them on the even ground of rough terrain, giving the Avarga'avax Sept the upper hand. With the help of the Selachimorphas who were eager for retribution, they managed to force the invading forces of the Necrons to flee back to their crownworld by the means of a Dolmen Gate that was destroyed once they finished filing through. Grateful and honorable, owing a life debt to the T'au, the Selachimorphas officially joined the Sept.

#### Siege of Avarga'avax

Having weathered the wrath of the Dark Gods before and dealt a fatal blow to their power through the defeat of their minions, the Sept foolishly believed that the threat of Chaos had been ended in their region. However, unbeknownst to them, the fleets of The Long Night had managed to slip past their solar patrols and had become fully conscious of, and enraged by, the destruction of their Daemonic allies. With a foreboding vengeance in their malicious, twisted souls, they launched a devastating attack on the Prime Planet of the Avarga'avax Sept.

The unexpected attack sent waves of shock rippling through the T'au space as the Sept reeled from the blow. Stunned, the T'au were sluggish in their response and by the time their Defense Fleet managed to respond, the traitors of humanity had managed to land on and take a massive swathe of the planet, including the City of Golden Mirrors. Without many units guarding Avarga'avax since the Sept had never expected any threat to penetrate them so deeply, the resistance was minor and easily crushed by the chaos warriors when encountered. In addition, Warp storms now roared over the planet, with daemonic legions pouring out form them and swarming the bedraggled and outnumbered defenders of the planet.

Fortunately, the servants of the Dark Gods were not expecting reinforcements to arrive so quickly, and with every planet in the Sept responding to the emergency distress signal of Avarga'avax with unprecedented haste, the retaliation of the T'au was utterly destructive, plowing through the enemy forces and pounding away at their critical and already weakened lines. What had been a swift paced massacre of the T'au turned into a mass butchering of Chaos. Now trapped between the vengeful, relieved defenders and the fresh waves of T'au forces, the advance of The Long Night slowed to a halt as both sides reached a stalemate. The Long Night could not be driven out of their secured positions, while the T'au refused to budge, not giving the enemy so much as an inch of ground.

The planet had now become a smoking, raging battlefield filled with the corpses of the slain. Using their superior knowledge of the planet and their positions within its jungles to harass, ambush, and use guerrilla tactics on the invading Hermetic Astartes, the enemy forces were slowly being driven back. As their blackstone constructions were destroyed and the Warp storms began to dissipate, the Chaos Space Marines were slowly forced to retreat, even as every form of escape was slowly but surely cut off and crushed in the T'au counter offense.

With the ground they had gained, the T'au began to push ever harder, their success a fuel, driven by adrenaline, determination, and pride, that saw them slowly sweep away their enemies in a hurricane of deathly energy. Panicking at the sudden surge of the enemy fighters, the chosen of Chaos began to flee, escaping in any way they could, even if it condemned their own troops or daemon allies to a grisly demise as the Sept plowed through the enemy with no mercy. Once the main bulk of the enemy was gone, the T'au continued to purge the remaining stench of the Ruinous Powers, till Avarga'avax was completely free from their corrupting clutches of influence.

## Ongoing Campaigns

Having been decently established in what could be considered a relatively long period of time, they have become an active presence in their sector of space. It is the pride of the Sept's military that they have managed to wrest many honors and an extensive record, though it is tempered with sorrow at the need for such great violence and eclipsed with the blood of those that had to be slain. Though by no means the largest Sept despite their lengthy age, they have earned a reputation for having being a fierce upholder of the Greater Good, fighting with a fiery passion.

### Strive for Gal'ghoro

The planet, once known as Tantilus V, is a hot bed of villainous Drukhari scum. The planet, infested with the vermin of the Dark Eldar and the Anhrathe that bolster the might of the already formidable fortress, was once another beautiful paradise home to a human colony known for its expertise in botany and chemical warfare. Once the Drukhari arrived, however, the colonists found themselves under attack by a hostile xenos force. Using all the might of their Astra Militarum forces and the Adeptus Mechanicus forces they could summon, they gave a fierce resistance, managing to stifle the enemy advance somewhat. The result was a massive war, even as the human forces were slowly pushed back by the more masterful Kabal warriors and Corsair fighters.

Seeing the strife, the T'au quickly interceded to ensure that the valiant human defenders were not overrun and defeated. Determined to stop the Drukhari from turning the planet into another dark, shadowy blight on the galaxy, the Avarga'avax Sept has sent its forces to stop the Dark Eldar. The result has so far been favorable. The Drukhari, though they are by no means run out, are being slowly boxed in, making the T'au one step closer to victory on yet another world.

So far, how the forces of the Imperium will react is debatable, as their reactions have varied. Some, particularly the working populace who have been long oppressed by the governor or the tired soldiers of the Astra Militarum regiments, have welcomed the Sept with open arms. Relieved for the aid and aggravated that Terra is refusing to send them help, some have even become turncoats, officially joining the T'au or simply speaking up for them. For others, it is a simple acceptance and reluctance to fight the blue skinned xenos. The other majority, particularly the nobles and Adeptus Mechanicus troops, hate the T'au and see them as a threat to their religion, despite the teachings of the Greater Good. With their power and sovereignty challenged, they openly fight both the Drukhari and the T'au, even as the Sept spreads its propaganda.

Another interesting footnote is the reason why the T'au have renamed the planet of Tantilus V to Gal'ghoro. In the tongue of the T'au, this means "discovery of death." This is a promise on the part of the Avarga'avax Sept to make sure that those who have dared to threaten the pure world of the human colony there find only annihilation at the hands of those whose only goal is to deal justice and bring enlightenment.

### Maneuver of Sal'gax'salash

During a patrol outside Ci'cka, one of the T'au fleets, lead by Elizabeth Victorian, encountered Asuryani of Keil-Xin battling with a Chaos fleet above the space of a planet that had never before been named or discovered by any sentient species. Alarmed at the proximity at which the Chaos fleet had gotten near their space and intensely aware of what had happened to their Prime Planet the last time the servants of the Dark Gods had gotten so close, the T'au fleet responded immediately, rushing to engage the new enemy.

Still, the Sept's forces were careful to avoid contact with the Aeldari, cautious and suspicious of the xenos after what had occurred on Cova'da with this particular Craftworld. Still, the T'au pushed forward and, with a massive blitz attack to the flank, managed to wedge themselves deep within the enemy fleet and send them scattering in all directions. When the Aeldari, now able to properly strike back now that they weren't outnumbered and hard pressed at defense, reached out, the Sept responded, though with much hesitation. Luckily, the Aeldari reached out in friendship to explain the situation and appeal for an alliance with the T'au.

The T'au learned that this legion of Chaos was swarming out of a rift nearby. In addition, they were attempting to cross the vast gulfs of space so that they could join the fighting at Kantus IV. Since the survival of the Craftworld relied on an Imperial victory on the planet, Keil-Xin had sent what forces it could to defeat, or at the very least delay, the enemy forces. Seeing the potential in having these Aeldari as allies and invoked by the vile, sinister intentions of the Daemonic legions that planned to kill even the children of the Asuryani and eat their souls, the T'au agreed.

Now, as more Daemons pour in through the rift and infest not just the skies but also the ground of the peaceful planet below, the T'au and Aeldari, fighting side by side, have had to deploy ground forces to route the skirmishes on the planet surface. As the tides ebb and flow, changing the course of the war with every battle, the atmosphere above is pocketed with the flashes and detonations as massive, roaring space hulks struggle for superiority. As of now, the T'au and Eldar are attempting to push forward to seal the Chaotic breach in the system, even as enemy resistance pushes them back, causing them to rebound as though slamming into a steel wall, blunting their force and blocking their thrusts. Still, the T'au refuse to give in and continue to persistently hound their enemy.

## Sept Worlds

The Avarga'avax Sept consists of a grand total of three planetary bodies with two moons each and one asteroid belt surrounding all three planets. Luckily, all three planets are inhabitable. The moons are not and are the sources of the most valuable resource that the Avarga'avax Sept's lands contain.

### Avarga'avax

This planet is the Prime Planet for the Sept. It is here that the governing council reigns from the Golden City of Mirrors, a place cleverly concealed by gilded mirrors. The council itself includes top ranked members from each caste and is led by an Ethereal Supreme, using the Ethereal Caste System. It is to be noted, however, that the Gue'vesa have representation equal to that of the T'au in the form of four representatives.

The planet itself, like the others in the system, are is a massive planet covered by thick and wild jungles, a singular sprawling ocean, and only occasionally broken by rugged, heavily wooded mountains. Underneath the surface of the lush and seemingly untamed world is a twisting labyrinth of sunken catacombs belonging to the Necrons, former inhabitants of this sprawling planet.

Extensive fishing is done on the coast and is one of the major components of the Sept's economy. In addition, thanks to terraforming, massive farms have been established and are maintained within the murky depths of this sea. This Sept's title as the breadbasket and major food producer for the T'au Empire originates from these farms, scattered all across the Sept's territory.

## Sept Culture

For the most part, the Sept focuses mostly on its trade with other nearby factions, particularly that of other T'au Septs. This is because, without this trade, the Sept would fall apart. With most of the mineral resources taken and destroyed by the Necrons, only a pitiful amount remains on the inhospitable moons and the rings around the planets. It is from these meager helpings that the Earth Caste creates what they can for the Sept. However, without the ability to manufacture their own technology, they must get it from outside the systems by trade.

The goods they trade are crops and fish. However, the most valuable resource they have is star oil. This oil is a mysterious substance that is found deep within the moons. Looking like liquid star light and having the energy output of a miniature sun when used, a single ounce of this oil is worth more than a massive Defense Fleet. It is here that the different Castes overlap and work in perfect harmony. It is the Earth Caste that make the tech to mine, collect, use, and package the star oil safely and securely, as even a tiny slip could see a supernova explosion. The Water Caste does the trading and selling as the Ethereal Caste coordinates shipping. Finally, it is the Air Caste that sends it even as the Fire Caste guards the shipments to make sure thieves, attracted by the riches this oil grants, do not steal anything.

For these T'au, honor is considered the most important thing in their culture, something that is of paramount importance. This mostly stems from their promise to the wider galaxy to bring proper vengeance for those unable to stain it themselves. They despise with all their hearts anything that blights the name of the good and righteous. Bullies, something the Necrons personify, is hated with a black fury and as part of what they so strongly believe, the Sept takes any chance it can to vent its malice on the unfortunate android victims.

Another interesting thing to note is the Gue'vesa culture. Religion has come to play a major part in the human culture and how the T'au authorities interact and impose control. In some houses, the people believe in the God Emperor. This is because of Inquisitors that visited and tried to incite rebellion after preaching their message and trying to paint the T'au as monsters that need to be resisted. They partially succeeded and caused some families to rise against the T'au in several acts of terrorism. Because of the extremist ideas of these humans, the T'au have been forced to put them under martial rule and constant surveillance. Luckily, though, these families are the minuscule minority, only composing about 5% of the population.

As for the humans who follow the Divine Spirits, they have been forced to be watched by an elite unit of T'au police known as the Pagan Guard. Part of the Gue'vesa belief in the unity of the spirits needed to be continued and unified by Kava, the mixture of all the Divine Spirits, the thing that connects them and stops them from destroying each other because of their opposing forces. However, this requires human sacrifice, as the human soul is the only thing able to provide Kava. However, the T'au, horrified by this, banned it. However, criminals who would be blamed for murder could get away in the Pagan Courts, which would take their excuse of up keeping tradition to heart. They would be pardoned as heroes for standing up for what they believe. To avoid this, those who kill are not tried by a human court, but by a T'au court headed by the Ethereal Caste.

Only the other 60% are completely free of T'au law enforcement intervention. This is because they believe in the Greater Good and see things like sacrifice to be vile and revolting, seeing the criminal for the actual evil they are. Seeing how they defile and harm the good of their own kind. Thus they are dealt with no mercy and are handled properly. Because of this, the T'au leave them to handle their own villains in handling.

### Aun'reka of Tau'va

This is a massive annual celebration that occurs all over the Sept. At the last month of the Terran calendar, the Caste's prepare to celebrate, putting up trees native to the T'au homeworld and then decorates them with all sorts of adornments. Since the celebration is meant to honor the birth of the philosophy of the Greater Good, charities get unprecedented amounts of donations. In addition, to show their unity, the divisions between classes are erased as they openly mingle and generously give. On the last day of the month, everyone exchanges gifts with their neighbors to show sacrifice and their dedication to not just helping themselves, but showing love and joy with others. Together they pitch together and, as parades march down the streets, feast in style .

## Organization and Tactical Doctrine

The Contingents of this Sept are all around flexible, containing Cadres of all different types of soldiers. From light infantry to battle suits, from air support to heavy war machines, the battle system is created to allow this Sept the capability to handle any threat. However, due to the nature of their fighting, their preferred methods, and the geography of the nearby planets they fight in, they tend to minimize the amounts of battle suits and war engines that are used. Instead, they favor a more infantry, foot soldier based military force. After all, in thickly tangled jungles, jet-bikes and giant mechanical suits are hardly realistic as they cannot be easily moved and would easily get stuck in an area or out of one they need the access too. In addition, another thing to note is the vast quantity of auxiliary forces they deploy, though by no means do they rely, depend upon, or truly need them in a fight.

Keen practitioners and masters of Kauyan, the ground troops of the Fire Caste will set up a masterful ambush. even if they must wait for days. Choosing an area filled with difficult terrain such as woods or jungles, they will use things like position or relics to force their enemies to march into the killing zone, while the rugged landscape forces them to leave behind their heavy support. This is where the Sept excels. With the exception of a few Cadres, most do not touch the subject of vehicle demolishing. Instead, they focus on tactics designed to deal specifically with infantry. Each warrior is an expert of not only transversing difficult terrain with a grace and speed akin to flying, but also move so stealthily that they can infiltrate the enemy battle lines right under their noses. Thus they surround their enemies in the ambush zone. But rather than just circle around and unload their ammunition, they sneak the rough and weave an intricate web designed to accomplish several key things.

The first is to disrupt the enemies' ability to communicate so that they cannot effectively counter or scheme the T'au attacks. This is particularly effective when deployed against the Necrons, whose soldiers and constructs are little more than mindless beasts incapable of true strategy when separated from their nobles and Crypteks. Unable to regroup or rest in the face of the onslaught assaulting them from every direction, the enemy will be torn apart as they are isolated and destroyed, even as their allies and heavy war machines outside the killing zone are destroyed in bombing runs executed by the Air Caste support. Inside the killing zone, the Fire Caste Warriors are elite killers and marksmen. Just as they use the terrain to cover and protect them, they know that the enemy can use it as well. To negate this disadvantage, they train to become perfect shots, needing only the merest flickering, fleeting glimpse of the enemy to nail them dead on. Able to read the land as they slink across, it has become an instinctual, seemingly divine ability to instantly understand the lay of the land and thus anticipate the enemies move before boxing them in so that they are as good as dead.

## T'au Sept Symbol and Name

The symbol of the Avarga'avax Sept is meant to symbolize the five planets within the Sept. The four on the outside are connected by a ring, representing not only unity but a shield of peace and harmony from what would otherwise be discord. The final circle in the middle represents the heart of the Sept, the Prime Planet. The name roughly translates to 'Champion of Retribution'. This is a title that they carry with pride and strive to live up too. They scour their region of the galaxy, making sure to be the champion for those oppressed, too weak to fight for themselves. To any darkness that plagues the Greater Good, evil that twists the name of all that is honorable and righteous, they hunt it down and bring retribution on the behalf of all the innocence enslaved there. In such a galaxy as this, ridden as it is by vile corruption, their name is a promise of justice for all they encounter.

## Notable Members

* ***Shas'O Nightblade:*** Born in a lowly standing as an Earth Technician, he showed an aptitude for strategy and command. Where his fellow students would always focus on making the next brilliant battle suit, he would focus his energy on studying ancient battle plans and working out. With the help of his uncle, a former Shas'El, he became extensively educated on military matters, such as tactics, forms, philosophy, and deployment. With his body, mind, and fighting skill honed to near perfection, he transferred to a military academy and soon rose as one of the top students, eclipsing his fellow peers. When graduation came, he was the only one, and first in the Sept's history, to graduate with every possible honor and achievement, marking him out for greatness. He would then work as a Shas'El, until he was deployed on Cova'da in order to drive away the Necrons and capture the planet. He was so successful and key to the conquest of the world, that he became the Shas'O and the highest ranked member of the Fire Caste for the Sept. Ever since he has been the lead strategist, rivaled by none and held in awe by all.
* **Gue'vesa'vres Constantine Julius:** Constantine origins lie in Gal'Ghoro when it was an Imperial stronghold. For a long time, the planet itself had been ruled by a massive Ork hoard that terrorized the people of the land. It was here that Constantine started his own group of fighters dedicated to using their primitive technology to defeat the rampant Orks. When the Imperium of Mankind arrived and imparted to the colony the means of superior technology and military forces, Constantine and his troops led them and, thanks to their knowledge of the Ork's tactics, managed to drive the greenskins from the system. Because of his help, he was made the leader of an entire regiment, one that would become known as the Julian Hunters. For a while, the regiment would actually accompany the Tempest Knights in their attempts to defeat xenos and free human colonies while punishing heretics. It was in these travels that he saw the true face of the Imperium and the rotten base of religion it was built on. He also came into contact with the T'au and became entranced by the Greater Good, as his partnership with the Tempest Knights allowed him to immerse himself in the views of traitors, even as he cried over the hypocrisy of mankind. Thus, when the Avarga'avax Sept came and began to help the citizens of the planet, he supported them and called for the governor of the planet to reach out and make an alliance with them so that their power could be combined. But because he feared the T'au, seeing them as a threat to his power, the governor refused and declared any who agreed with the T'au as heretics. Enraged, Constantine spoke out and actually praised the T'au for their culture and chivalry, causing the Tempest Knights to see him as an enemy and attempt to exterminate him. However, with his regiment backing him, the Constantine fought his way through his enemies and joined the T'au lines, declaring their loyalty to the xenos. Now, with his inner knowledge on the workings of the Imperium's military, should the Sept find itself discovered and at conflict with Terra, his cry, which rallies ever more humans to the Sept's crusade, and intellect may prove to be a much needed and appreciated quality.
* **Gue'vesa'vres Elizabeth Victorian:** Having grown up under the guidance of her father, a famous admiral in the Imperium's Navy, she was raised in the space fleets and became one of the brightest minds in the navy. Spending so much of her life on board ships, she soon became able to instinctively understand every aspect of a star vessel by merely setting foot on it and listening to it work. So tuned to the inner workings of ships was she that the crew of her father's fleet began to call her the Star Whisperer, for her ability to understand star ships as though they were actually speaking to her in a language only she understood. In addition, she would always shadow her father during battles, and became an expert in naval warfare. By the age of seven, she had become adept enough to lead the fleet into battle and emerge victorious. At the age of 18, when her father died, she took over as the Fleet Admiral of Battlefleet Victorian. For a while, she was one of the most applauded admirals within the inner circle of the Imperial government. However, during one investigation of a splinter fleet from Hive Fleet Kraken, some of her crew got infected. Not long after that, the fleet was assaulted by the full bulk of a splinter fleet. Upon realizing that her ships were infested with genestealers, she called for some extra backup from the Space Marines ordered to accompany the fleet. However, because they were so near Terra, the High Council ordered the Space Marines to leave the fleet for dead, an order the Astartes complied with. Trying furiously to keep her fleet alive as she cursed the Imperium for forsaking her, she managed to limp into T'au space. The Avarga'avax Sept immediately reached out when they got her distress call. With their help, Elizabeth and her remaining crew members took back their ships and destroyed the Tyranids following her. Needing somewhere to repair her fleet, but knowing that Terra wouldn't let her back for fear of infestation, she appealed to the T'au for asylum. The Sept agreed, and soon after seeing the hope that the Greater Good provided, she and her battle fleet joined the Sept. Ever since she has used her extraordinary abilities to lead the T'au Defense Fleet into void combat against enemy fleets, even as her voice causes many humans to defect.

## Relations

### Allies

 Keil-Xin |      | Due to recent events, the Aeldari of Keil-Xin has been forced, for survival, to reach out to the T'au for support. Ever willing to help another struggling race that also fights to protect the innocent from harm, the Sept has begun to aid them extensively. Keil-Xin, on the other hand, is impressed with the unlimited selflessness that the Avarga'avax Sept personifies and is genuinely interested in the Greater Good, seeing it as a possible escape from ultimate destruction, a force that could save their race. Thus they have eagerly allied with the Sept hoping to guide it to fulfill its dreams of unity.

## Quotes

### By:

"*Beneath our feet sleep the eldritch terrors and incomprehensible horrors of tyranny whose malicious cruelty knows no end. Thus, let us vent our full fury and the righteous flames of the Greater Good upon them, so that the innocent are avenged and the evil are incinerated!* "
—Shas'O Nightblade
### About:

"*Of all the inferior, younger races that have polluted our rightful inheritance with dirty, corroded hands, none have shown the resourceful cunning and tactical brilliance, along with no little amount of skill, as these blue skinned invaders, and thus are deserving of the full military honors and codes. Only they are truly sentient, a foe worthy of appraised recognition.*"
—Unknown Triarch Praetorian