Psienesis wrote:
A species of plains-dwelling herbivores that got lucky with a Warp Storm event that gave them many tens of thousands of years of civilized development while only a fraction of that time passed to the rest of the galaxy.

Given that they have dealt with the worst of their internecine rivalries during that time and become Space Socialists, they're now expanding into the galaxy at large, bringing with them the Blue (Red) Menace.

No one else was involved, no genetic reconstruction by different races, no Emperor meddling, no Necrontyr, Eldar, whatever involved. None of that. Completely developed on their own as a result of their fortunate circumstances and stable biology.

 Medium of Death wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
A species of plains-dwelling herbivores that got lucky with a Warp Storm event that gave them many tens of thousands of years of civilized development while only a fraction of that time passed to the rest of the galaxy.

Given that they have dealt with the worst of their internecine rivalries during that time and become Space Socialists, they're now expanding into the galaxy at large, bringing with them the Blue (Red) Menace.

No one else was involved, no genetic reconstruction by different races, no Emperor meddling, no Necrontyr, Eldar, whatever involved. None of that. Completely developed on their own as a result of their fortunate circumstances and stable biology.

Wait, so the fluff in the first Tau codex about strange lights and such before the coming of the Ethereals has been retconned?

 Trondheim wrote:
They come from the pool of horrid ideas that GW seems to have laying around their HQ. Or some other dark and desolate place in the underworld

 Psienesis wrote:
A species of plains-dwelling herbivores that got lucky with a Warp Storm event that gave them many tens of thousands of years of civilized development while only a fraction of that time passed to the rest of the galaxy.

Given that they have dealt with the worst of their internecine rivalries during that time and become Space Socialists, they're now expanding into the galaxy at large, bringing with them the Blue (Red) Menace.

No one else was involved, no genetic reconstruction by different races, no Emperor meddling, no Necrontyr, Eldar, whatever involved. None of that. Completely developed on their own as a result of their fortunate circumstances and stable biology.

 Gunhead1 wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
A species of plains-dwelling herbivores that got lucky with a Warp Storm event that gave them many tens of thousands of years of civilized development while only a fraction of that time passed to the rest of the galaxy.

Given that they have dealt with the worst of their internecine rivalries during that time and become Space Socialists, they're now expanding into the galaxy at large, bringing with them the Blue (Red) Menace.

No one else was involved, no genetic reconstruction by different races, no Emperor meddling, no Necrontyr, Eldar, whatever involved. None of that. Completely developed on their own as a result of their fortunate circumstances and stable biology.

I second this it makes the most sense. Though when it comes to the Ethereals and the strange lights i like my own theory better than the Eldar making the Ethereals and that is the Ethereals were tau who were disparate to save their race and made a deal with Tzeench and the strange lights were him giving the ethereals the power to save and control their race. So to me this explains why farsight believes the Ethereals know about chaos. Now let tau fan rage begin.

p.s. did this on my phone so there could be some mistakes.

 Psienesis wrote:
The Tau might tell themselves that they don't believe in myths...

... but they have the myth of Farsight, who's been around for 300+ years now, which is almost ten times a Tau's lifespan and none of them, not even him, knows how he does it (though he has an inkling of an idea). They suspect it's a Dread Pirate Roberts thing, with the title being passed down... speaking of mythologies.

Just because you aren't religious doesn't mean you can't have myths. You don't need psykers to have legends and stories.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
The Tau might tell themselves that they don't believe in myths...

... but they have the myth of Farsight, who's been around for 300+ years now, which is almost ten times a Tau's lifespan and none of them, not even him, knows how he does it (though he has an inkling of an idea). They suspect it's a Dread Pirate Roberts thing, with the title being passed down... speaking of mythologies.

Just because you aren't religious doesn't mean you can't have myths. You don't need psykers to have legends and stories.

Actually, in the fluff, his sword transfers the life energy of whatever it kills to him.

 Psienesis wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
The Tau might tell themselves that they don't believe in myths...

... but they have the myth of Farsight, who's been around for 300+ years now, which is almost ten times a Tau's lifespan and none of them, not even him, knows how he does it (though he has an inkling of an idea). They suspect it's a Dread Pirate Roberts thing, with the title being passed down... speaking of mythologies.

Just because you aren't religious doesn't mean you can't have myths. You don't need psykers to have legends and stories.

Actually, in the fluff, his sword transfers the life energy of whatever it kills to him.

Yes, I know. We, the omniscient readers, know that. The Tau do not know that in-universe. Farsight himself does not know that.