Commander Farsight - Exile: Upon the return of Farsight's expedition, the tragedy that had unfolded on Arthas Moloch rippled throughout the Enclaves. Though the T'au had known doubt before, the death of all three of the expedition's Ethereals cast billions of souls into confusion and angst. Word had spread of the strange entities that Farsight's cadres had fought on the artefact world, but in the minds of the T'au citizenry, the "Molochites" were a dangerous new race of aliens and little else. O'Shovah, for his part, held suspicions closer to the truth -- that the grotesque creatures were not of the physical dimension at all. For there to be another reality that ran parallel to the material universe explained so many things; the rift-creatures appearing and disappearing in the blink of an eye on Arthas Moloch, the blazing storms of light that had spat out the human fleet during the Damocles Gulf Crusade, the strange deities of humans and Orks and the seemingly sentient rust-devils of Arkunasha. Furthermore, if it were possible to somehow travel in this alternate realm, an empire need not know the limitations of time or space. With the benefit of hindsight, it was clear that the expedition's Ethereals already knew something of the existence of such things. Yet they had long hidden this truth from their people, choosing to keep them in obedient ignorance.Though he dared not speak of it openly, subversive ideas had sprouted from the seed of bitterness in Farsight's heart. Perhaps the castes would be better off seeking a natural harmony, thought O'Shovah, without the Ethereal caste moderating and controlling them at all times. Their actions in the past had bordered on despicable; their war crimes and cold-hearted politics had seemed necessary and wise at the time, but now, in retrospect, were exposed as deplorable. It was said that Master Aun'Va was able to convince any T'au he spoke to of the justice of his actions, no matter how drastic -- was it possible that the Ethereals had been influencing the other castes through some means other than logic and loyalty? The more O'Shovah thought about it, the more he recalled incidents where T'au had acted with unnatural obedience in the presence of the Ethereals. Even the fundamental myth of Fio'taun, where the Ethereals appeared from the stars to broker peace between the warring castes over the course of a single night, spoke more of an external force acting upon T'au society than an internal resolution.Heresies reeled through Farsight's mind, taking him to the edge of panic. For him to reveal these terrible truths would shake the T'au Empire to its core. Worse still, in all likelihood, they would bring about the Mont'au, the time of horror, all over again. Yet the secrets were of such magnitude that putting them to the back of his mind and continuing to lead his people was impossible. With a sickening lurch of thought, Farsight realised that the most dangerous threat to the T'au Empire was himself. Leaving his Battlesuit behind for more devoted champions to use in his stead, O'Shovah fled into the searing wilderness of the Vior'los plains, exiling himself to a twilight existence of arid caves and dust with nothing but his own dark thoughts for company.