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O'Shovah

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===Military career===
Farsight's first and greatest victories were won amid the arid oxide-deserts of Arkunasha. When the Tau colony there was threatened, he led the [[Fire Warrior]]s in a masterful defence against many times their own numbers. Using the immense canyons and gulleys criss-crossing the desert to maximum effect, O'Shovah set the [[Ork]] invaders to chase shadows, constantly boxing off and destroying isolated elements wherever they turned at bay, earning him the famous title "farsight" for his actions. Possibly because of his ongoing battles against Ork forces, [[O'Shovah]] believes that close combat is a vital part of warfare, unlike most other Tau. O'Shovah's [[Ethereal]] was killed during the reclaiming of Tau planets, and he came upon the [[Dawn Blade ]] (a large artifact sword found on Arthas-Moloch, a dead world). It is true that towards the end of the war O'Shovah was in turn surrounded and besieged by massive numbers of Ork forces in the natural fortress of the Argap Highlands, but even then his Fire Warriors held the mountains for months until the last remnants were evacuated. Some believe that the Commander was embittered by the bloodshed of siege and blamed others for failing to break through the encirclement. Instead the Ork forces were allowed to batter themselves to a standstill against O'Shovah's defences before being easily scattered the following year.
O'shovah was again called upon to defend the [[Tau Empire]] during the incursion of Tau space by the Imperium of Man in what the Imperium called the [[Damocles Crusade]]. After the Imperial forces withdrew, Farsight continued his explorations well beyond the known Tau space. Instead of returning to the Tau Empire, however, he established a series of fortified strongholds along the [[Damocles Gulf]], a region of space forbidden to the Tau. Contact was severed between the Farsight Enclaves and the mainstream Tau Empire, and it was finally confirmed that O'Shovah had turned his back on the Tau Empire.
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