Commander Farsight - Origins: O'Shovah was born upon the T'au Sept world of Vior'la, and his meteoric rise through the ranks of the Fire Caste began in the training domes of its capital city of Mont'yr.Enrolled in the planet's junior Fire Caste academies as soon as he could walk, like all members of his caste, he quickly established himself as a serious and dedicated aspirant with a voracious appetite for information. His peers were gifted too, but the young Shovah had a spark of brilliance that stood out from every other T'au of his generation.Within solar days, it became obvious to his tutors that they had more than a simple Fire Warrior on their hands. Even in his youth, Shovah was fiercely independent. Within his first tau'cyr of basic tutelage, and several "fact-finding" raids into the enrolment centres of the Mont'yr training academies later, Shovah was accepted for training a full three Terran years before standard enrollment was due.The young Vior'lan's martial temperament was the subject of much discussion amongst the academy masters. His physical skills were well above average for his age, and he proved truly remarkable with his ability to retain tremendous amounts of data from each situation he encountered.His ability to use the knowledge he gained from every experience to assess and predict the actions of those around him was unnerving, and earned him the nickname Shoh, which means "inner light" in the T'au tongue.Despite being several standard years younger than most other T'au in the battle dome, Shoh's eidetic memory and fierce determination earned him a string of perfect scores in the academy's simulations.His team's casualty count was so low as to be unprecedented, and Shoh escaped being tagged by hostile sim-ghosts every time he entered a combat exercise, even in the infamous "Jungle of a Thousand Eyes."At the time of Shoh's graduation to the Fire Caste, the legendary Commander Puretide was still making a point of personally initiating as many new recruits into the ranks as possible. The famous commander was on military business on Vior'la when Shoh's generation of warriors were inducted, and to the great pleasure of Mont'yr's warriors, he agreed to be present for the ceremony.Amidst much bowing and scraping, the Mont'yr academy's tutors told Puretide of the student they called Shoh, the first warrior to have been enrolled into the academy at such a young age.As Commander Puretide bestowed the rank of Shas'la upon the T'au prodigy, he asked Shoh how he could consistently second-guess even the most devious of traps and scenarios set by his tutors. The young T'au politely explained that he usually thought of what plans he would set in place if he were a tutor trying to test a team of students, and then worked to disable those plans as best he could.Meaningful glances were exchanged between the assembled dignitaries, but nothing more was said on the matter at the time. Two rotaa later, Shoh and his fellow novitiates were sent to their first war zone against the Arachen incursions of the Western Veil, whilst behind closed doors, Commander Puretide and his aides discussed the fact that Shoh's military acumen and prowess were as promising as they had hoped.