Ethereal
From Lexicanum
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The Ethereals (or Aun in Tau) are the leaders of Tau society. Their arrival started the unification process between the various Tau tribes and coincided with the implementation of the concept of the Greater Good. They first appeared during a siege between the Tau of the plains (later known as the Fire Caste) and the Tau of the city of Fio'taun (later known as the Earth Caste). The Ethereals brought the two sides together to negotiate and convinced them to follow the Greater Good. Their power over the Tau is such that an Ethereal could tell a Tau to die and that Tau would do so quickly and gladly. The Adeptus Mechanicus would give much to learn the secret of the Ethereal's power. There is strong implication from the similarities between an organ possessed uniquely among Tau by the Ethereals, and an organ which Q'orl use in pheromonal communication that this ability may be due to deliberate engineering in the Ethereals' past.3
Notable Ethereals
- Aun'shi - Reported to be leading an expedition to the Farsight Enclaves.
- Aun'va - High Ethereal and master of the Undying Sprit.
- Shi'Ores - Accompanied Shas’o Kais to the capital of Kronus.
