

Since he's willing to fight their enemies but not the Tau, Farsight makes for an ideal buffer state to help shore up the Tau against any threats. Farsight has no designs on conquering the Tau Empire itself, and his forces have fought alongside the regular Tau against foes like Hive Fleet Kraken and the Imperium (during the Second Agrellan Campaign). Free from their direct influence and aware that they were manipulating him and the rest of the Tau, he was understandably not inclined to go back.Īs for why the Ethereals haven't gone after him, it's probably because in the grand scheme of things, he's not that big of a threat. During an expedition outside of the Tau Empire, he encountered a previously unknown species (Chaos daemons) and his Ethereal handlers were killed.


The reasons Farsight broke away in the first place are pretty straightforward.
