'Tau' is a female SilkWing who was
introduced in The Hive Queen. Formerly a member of the Jewel Hive Chrysalis, she worked as the chief steward for Jewel (THQ)|Lady Jewel.
She is a member of the SilkWing Assembly and currently resides in the
LeafSilk Kingdom with her partner Treehopper.

## Description

Tau has pale yellow and pale brown scales, like bananas and cashews
mashed together. She has dark amber eyes, pale yellow antennae, and gold
stripes painted on her claws. One of her back wings is misshapen; it is
smaller than the others and sticks out at an awkward angle, making it
difficult for her to fly.

## Personality

Tau appears to be soft-spoken, welcoming, and trusting upon meeting
Blue, Cricket, Sundew, and Swordtail. As a member of the Chrysalis, she
dreams of a better future for her tribe. She is brave, compassionate,
and patient. She expressed hatred towards her deformed wing, believing
it makes her useless in fighting the HiveWings, but tries not to feel
that way. Despite this, however, Tau did not share her cohort Morpho's
willingness to kill every HiveWing and hoped to free Treehopper from
Wasp's Othermind|control. Luna regards Tau as someone who knew how to
solve her own problems and knew when to ask for help when needed.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Hive Queen
Tau was in Jewel
Hive's library, arguing with Morpho and Cinnabar as part of the
Chrysalis. She appeared to agree with Cinnabar that not all HiveWings
were awful when Cricket introduced herself. When Sundew revealed
herself, Tau approached her with tears in her eyes, saying she thought
that all of the LeafWings were dead. Sundew awkwardly accepted the
compliment, making Cricket feel somewhat envious, and Tau was revealed
to have one small wing, likely a natural deformity. When Queen Wasp (in
some HiveWing soldiers' minds) began trying keys to open the library,
Tau was shown to lack the ability to fly as they tried to reach the book
drop Cricket suggested as a hiding place. After Wasp ordered her
soldiers to burn the library down if Tau and the others were not found,
she and Cinnabar revealed themselves to allow the others to escape,
claiming that they snuck into the library after hours to read. They
denied Wasp's accusation of Blue and were then escorted away.

Later, when Cricket was attempting to escape from Lady Jewel's prison,
Tau was one of the SilkWings to assist her escape. As the chief steward,
she seemed to have respect from several other SilkWings as she and
Cinnabar told them to help and say nothing about Cricket's escape. She
also claimed to Cricket that whenever Wasp ordered their punishment,
Jewel always gave them a medal. As the three of them left, Tau ran into
Treehopper, her forbidden crush. Tau and Treehopper spoke for a while.
Treehopper was then mind-controlled by Wasp before shaking it off
awkwardly after she left.

Tau was later seen when Cricket came out of the nest and Blue led her to
the stall they were in. Tau told Cricket that the SilkWing fixing a
crack with Swordtail was part of the Chrysalis. As the group gathered
their things, Cricket explained to Tau what she saw in the nest. Sundew
advised Tau to keep the SilkWing dragonets and other flightless
SilkWings away from Jewel Hive and into somewhere safe just in case the
LeafWings were to burn the Hive.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Due to the Animus
enchantments|gift of vision, Snowfall had a vision of Tau. Tau was
rolling antelope meatballs and worrying about Cinnabar joining the war,
where Treehopper would be. Cinnabar was concerned that Tau would never
survive with her damaged wing when Scarab came and inspected the
meatballs. They debated about the herbs within the meatballs when Jewel
brings the message that SilkWings are being mind-controlled by Queen
Wasp. The three dragons discussed about evacuating the innocent dragons
that have not yet been infected immediately; Tau then runs out the
kitchen to call every prisoner and uninfected dragon in Jewel Hive to
the ballroom, thus ending the vision.

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The Flames of Hope
Tau was one of
the many SilkWings hiding in the underground caverns. She greeted
Cricket and defended her when Cricket was met with hostility. She later
listened to Luna explain what happened in the Poison Jungle and Pyrrhia
and the different types of flamesilk Luna can produce. She later helped
Luna and the stealth team find the abyss near the human colony.

At the end of The Flames of Hope, she was mentioned when Luna and
Swordtail were talking about the SilkWing Assembly and how Tau and Io
would get the Assembly sorted out.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Tau wrote a letter to Cricket about the writing by Monarch
that she found while searching Wasp's quarters.

## Relationships

### Cinnabar

Cinnabar cares greatly for Tau's wellbeing, and they are very physically
affectionate. Tau immediately made sure she was alright after being told
that SilkWings were able to be mind-controlled.

### Treehopper

Tau is in a relationship with Treehopper, despite a HiveWing-SilkWing
relationship being forbidden in the Hives. According to Cinnabar, their
feelings for one another are quite obvious. According to Cricket, she
would never be able to separate two dragons who looked so happy
together. During the Jewel Hive evacuation, she thinks about him a lot
and worries that Wasp will make him hurt dragons he does not want to.
After being freed, Treehopper went to look for her in the LeafSilk
Kingdom and never left.

### Cricket

Tau is friends with Cricket. When her, Blue, Swordtail, and Sundew
appeared during Cinnabar, Morpho, and Tau's meeting, she was shown to be
scared at first and hid her face. Once they got to know about each
other, however, Tau began to form a friendship with her. Tau was the
fastest one to defend Cricket when the seven representatives had just
arrived at Pantala, saying that Cricket was the one that was in the
wanted posters, and that Cricket also had found the Book of Clearsight.

## Quotes

I'm sure your intentions are good, Morpho. But what if you've
scared him away and he never comes back?
to Morpho

The Hive Queen
136

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Maybe he wants to join us. Do you dream of a better world,
friend?
to Swordtail
The Hive Queen
139

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Oh, I see. You're trying to free someone, too. I'm sorry; I've
never heard of anyone escaping the mind control.
to Cricket

The Hive Queen
147

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You're alive. I thought you were all dead. I thought we'd lost
your whole tribe forever.
to Sundew
The Hive Queen

151

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We have to escape. We have to. Or none of us will ever be free
again.
to herself
The Dangerous Gift
124

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Maybe we can bring some of the HiveWing eggs. […] The ones
who have been stabbed once — remember, Cricket said Wasp has to inject
each egg twice to be able to control them.
about HiveWing
eggs
The Dangerous Gift
113

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This is the HiveWing who found out the secret of the mind
control. The one who told everyone the truth about the Book of
Clearsight — remember the paint on the posters in Jewel Hive? She's been
fighting Queen Wasp longer than most of you!
to the
SilkWings about Cricket
The Flames of Hope
118

## References

Chrysalis Category:Appeared in THQ Category:Appeared in TDG