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This article is comprised of a complete list of all the fanon T'au Sept listed here on the WH40K Homebrew Wiki. Along with a brief synopsis of each Sept, this list also serves as a visual reference. Included in this list are Expanded Universe Sept. This list does not include T'au Sept that fall into the humour category. This is an ongoing project, and as such, additional Sept will be added or removed accordingly. For those KSept that are missing from the list, please feel free to edit this article and add it, or if the Sept article has been deleted, feel free to remove it.
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| Avarga'avax Sept |  |
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. This Sept has not yet come into contact with the Imperium of Mankind and its existence is unknown to Terra. 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 honour, wages a never-ending crusade to liberate nearby planets and enlighten them, gathering ever-increasing power. | |
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The Auxa’nars Sept of the T’au Empire is a hardened and militant faction, forged by the storm-ravaged terrain of their homeworld and the scars left by the Imperium’s devastation during the Damocles Crusade. This hardship instilled in them a deep mistrust of humanity, leading them to view Gue'vesa with suspicion, requiring them to prove their loyalty on the battlefield before earning full acceptance. Unlike the esteemed Kroot, Vespids, and Morvakk, humans must fight relentlessly to be recognized within the Sept. The warriors of Auxa’nars, trained in their unforgiving homeland, embody resilience and precision, favoring the Mont’ka (Killing Blow) philosophy for decisive warfare. Their culture is shaped by the ever-present threat of the Stone Wyrms, apex predators subterranean creatures that pose a constant threat to the Prime World of the Sept. Led by the formidable Commander Shas’O Auxa'nars Volganqazdan Mont’yr, or “Steeldragon,” Auxa’nars stand as a testament to endurance and unyielding determination within the T’au Empire. The Sept specializes in survivalist tactics and battlesuit combat. |
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| Ba’Y Bsum Kais Kor’Rua | A small group of T’au left on an expedition to explore martian worlds during the T’au’s third large expansion event…
They became stranded on a planet they refer to as: Shas Mesme Fio (Fire and Earth)… The hot red sands move like Shas (Fire) in the wind… Over the years, the T’au stranded here became stained red from the sand… The only color that seems to last on their armor is a brilliant blue. Like oceans, fields of blue flowers dominate portions of the martian surface, fed by aquifers (Por sho’aun’or’es [Water, source of power])… The petals can be ground into a paste, and applied to the armor. (You must keep the paint protected while it is drying, as the red sand can still get stuck to the blue paint while it is wet!) | ||
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The parable of Fireblade Wild Rescue (or Shas'Nel B'bapcha Li'ka'la in the Tau Lexicon) is a minor fable in the Tau Empire. After the defense of the planet Ke'lshan and the Tau's retaliatory destruction of Lilarsus, a small team of Water Caste investigators and propagandists pieced together B'bapcha's biography from debriefings, eyewitness accounts, and partial battlefield footage. Unfortunately, that biography-- an admittedly small cache with very little concrete evidence-- was lost, during the human (or gue'la) siege of Ke'lshan in 760.902.M41. Footage from a Tau VX1-0 Drone-net later confirmed that the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Gorgon digested and destroyed the evidence in 115.903.M41. Despite this, Tau of the Ke'lshan Sept continues to hold up Shas'Nel B'bapcha Li'ka'la as a dark hero of folklore and an example of the dangers posed by aliens-- a controversial interpretation of her story. |
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The Cal'sean Sept is a Tau Empire Sept founded in the 5th Sphere of Expansion. Squished between the Farsight Enclaves and Imperium space. Being Cut off from the rest of the Empire because of the Enclaves has caused the Sept to question it's loyalty to the Ethereals. This Sept relies more on Human Auxiliaries than most. |
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The Erra’kau Sept is a realm of the T’au Empire founded during the Third Sphere of Expansion. Stumbling upon a system that held only a few worlds within the habitable range of the local star, one of which the Tau would find worthy of colonization, and became the new sept's prime world. This planet is covered extensively in swamps and forests with some dry uplands, serving as the perfect hiding spot for the sept’s purposes. On the surface, the citizens of Erra'kau appear to be humble and unassuming, even by the standards of other septs across the Third Sphere Expanse, contributing all they can toward the Greater Good. This is a mask for the real sept and its more covert methods of accomplishing their objectives. In reality, Erra’kau is one of the more secretive septs across the territories of the T’au Empire, specializing in intelligence gathering, stealth operations, and the development of experimental technology that usually remains within the laboratories of the Earth caste. Fire Warriors of the Erra'kau Sept are notable for their patience and almost unshakable resolve, having a callous and methodical approach to warfare in all of its forms. The sept has the Sinirath as a major auxiliary race after saving them from certain extinction, a symbolic gesture that is merely another example of the Greater Good sheltering all in its philosophical teachings. There also exists a large population of Abhumans within the sept's sphere of influence, such as Ratlings and Ogryns. More recently, the Beastmen would join their numbers during the Fifth Sphere of Expansion, utilized as valuable shock troopers within the Fire caste. |
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J'affa Sept is a former Sept of the T'au Empire, founded during the Fourth Sphere Expansion. The Sept has renounced its ties to the empire and declared for the Farsight Enclaves. |
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Kor'tova is a colony Sept in the Dais'ya Expanse, founded shortly after the Damocles Crusade. It is notable for its Gue'vesa population's insistence for the Shas'O of the Sept to be given the hereditary title 'Warmaster'. |
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The Mang'shas Sept is a Sept of the T'au Empire founded during the Third Sphere of Expansion. Colonising a system full of mineral-rich planets and asteroids and the Prime World being a Volcanic Savanna world, the Sept has become a manufacturing powerhouse, specialising particularly in crafting weapons, vehicles and battlesuits. The warriors of the Mang'shas Sept are renowned for their tenacity and endurance, their masterfully crafted weapons, and their eagerness to prove their effectiveness upon their enemies. The members of the Mang'shas Sept have become a hardy and proud people who take great pride in the weapons they produce and wielding them against the enemies of the T'au Empire. This culture has further developed thanks to the presence of Demiurgs and defectors of the Adeptus Mechanicus; these cultures have only added to the Septs forging culture. |
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The Mo'Cal Sept is a sept of the T'au Empire founded during the Second Sphere Expansion. Colonizing a Jungle World, the sept went through tough beginnings, facing off against various Feral Ork tribes. With the aid of the Kroots, the Orks were eventually exterminated, forging strong bonds between the two allied races. The members of the Mo'Cal sept have developed incredible field combat skills, taking great pride in using the battlefield environment to their advantage. |
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Pict-file Not Available | The Mu'sha Sept of the T'au Empire is the Cadre of T'au forces and alien auxiliaries that are based on Mu'sha in the T'au Third Sphere Expansion. They are led by Commander Riptide and are stationed at the edge of the Farsight Enclaves. |
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Located on the frontier of Tau space, under the light a gleaming star, lays the nascent Tau Sept known as Shas'suam (Star Flame). Born of the experience of the 4th Sphere and the direction of the 5th, Shas'suam harnesses the very power of the stars themselves to guide them in the galaxy and battle. Though young and small in population. their efforts to integrate multiple former Imperial worlds into the teachings of the Greater Good have given them the strength to make their mark within the Nem'yar Atoll. Exemplifying the teachings of Kauyon, Shas'suam relies on their fleet to project their power, and to construct orbital siege and defence weapons that harness the very power of the stars themselves. Though young, the flame of the Tau Empire burns bright within this Sept, and may continue to do so for many years. |
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The Ta'tso Sept, located in a red sun system near the Bork'an Sept, prides itself in its strategy and planning. Having inherited T'au from both the Sa'cea and Bork'an Septs after an invasion by the Necrons during their founding in the First Sphere Expansion, their military prowess in strategizing and technology development is unmatched. Their involvement in the Fourth Sphere Expansion is one of the most desperately kept secrets by the Ethereals, and it's not a secret that the Ta'tso are fond of having. However, they continue to mordernize and innovate as one of the most tight-knit Septs under the T'au banner. |
| Tau'kyr Sept | (To be added) | (To be added) | The Tau'kyr Sept was formed after a Tau fleet, fleeing from an Ork attack, crash-landed on the lush and dangerous planet of Kyrios'ka. Isolated from the wider Tau Empire, the Tau'kyr had to adapt quickly, leading to the rejection of the Ethereal authority and the establishment of a merit-based society. Over time, they became a fiercely independent sept, focusing on survival, innovation, and expansion in their new home. |
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Pict-file Not Available | Lark'Ta Sept is a small Tau Sept under the command of Commander Shadowsky that has in recent times significantly expanded the Tau Empire. They are believed to have a admiration of the Farsight Enclaves and hundreds of the Septs warriors have left to join this breakaway group and many in the Sept believe it is only a matter of time before Commander Shadowsky defects with the entirety of his warriors. They are known to Imperial Forces mainly for their use of large numbers of Fire Warriors and a total lack of Kroot Warriors. They are currently engaged in a protracted war with the Ash Scorpions Space Marine Chapter as they seek to expand the Tau Empire, however since the opening of the Great Rift the two sides have put aside their differences and formed a temporary truce and have even fought alongside each other on several occasions, most notably during the Battle of the Iron Field fighting against the Death Guard and although fighting has yet to resume between the 2 factions the tau believe it is only a matter of time before the humas renage on the truce between them and begin the war again, something they have been training for relentlessly. |
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Xe'Voh is A Tau Sept loyal to the Tau Empire that specializes in Frontal Assaults, Support Roles And Vehicle/Battlesuit Construction found in the Eastern Fringes and next to Sept T'olk |