Line #15 FanFic/RiseOfTheTau


1	''[[http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?96321-Rise-of-the-Tau&s=581408dd636072648bf0ce964430210b Rise of the Tau]]'' is a ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fanfic. Centuries into the future of the 40k setting [[TheProtagonist Daelo Codian]], an [[BadassPreacher Ultramarines Chaplain]], awakens from stasis only to find [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Tau have conquered most of the galaxy and that the Imperium has been pushed back into the solar system.]] As Codian travels towards Terra to aid in its defense he discovers even darker secrets about the history of every race in the galaxy.
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3	''Rise of the Tau'' is notable for providing an answer for nearly every ''40k'' conspiracy theory and for its breathtaking scale of battles.
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5	A redditor made a PDF of the full story, which can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/36v15h/i_just_finished_creating_a_rise_of_the_tau/ here]]
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7	!!''Rise of the Tau'' provides examples of:
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9	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: This happens to [[spoiler:the Emperor once he is freed from the Golden Throne]].
10	%%* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Several Primarchs among others.]]
11	* BrokenAce: The Eldar created the Tau to be the "perfect" race. Too bad the C'tan had predicted the Eldar would do this all along, and quickly manipulated the Tau from their semi-benevolent canon selves into monsters that all other ''40k'' factions sans the 'Nids and 'Crons united against.
12	* CameBackWrong: The Tau manage to revive Guilliman as their puppet. It turns out that its actually [[spoiler:Omegon]], and his memories were sealed by Alpharius. The [[spoiler:real Guilliman]] later appears and defeats his brother who has his memories restored and the Tau indoctrination removed by Magnus.
13	* DeathEqualsRedemption: For Luther. [[spoiler:For Horus too; his wraith commands the Legion of the Damned.]]
14	* EnemyMine: The [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Forces of Chaos]], [[BloodKnight the Orks]], [[OurElvesAreDifferent the Eldar]], [[TheEmpire the Imperium]], [[TheResistance Farsight's Tau rebels]] and more fight as one in the final battle against the Tau Empire. In the end, all the gods in the Warp work together to destroy [[spoiler:the Deceiver]].
15	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Deceiver is torn apart by Ynnead, the Emperor, the Gods of Chaos, and just about every deity that exists in the Warp.]]
16	* {{Fratricide}}: Slaanesh; she was meant to [[spoiler:shift the balance between the C'tan and the Old Ones, but destroyed her kin and joined the Chaos Powers instead]]. Ynnead and the ascended Emperor would later replace her.
17	* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Magnus kept a part of his self untouched by Chaos so when the Emperor ascended he was able to reverse Magnus' daemonic ascension and allow him to reunite the Primarchs for the battle against the Tau and the C'tan.]] To an extent, the Orks as well. Gork and Mork (both of whom are Old Ones) later reveal that the Orks were deliberately made into barbarians after the War in Heaven to ensure their survival.
18	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Deceiver; [[spoiler:his attempt to claim the Golden Throne only traps him to be torn apart by the gods]].
19	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Codian later finds himself in the Ethereals' residential area. [[spoiler:He proceeds to kill them all to avenge all that the Tau had killed.]]
20	* SiblingRivalry: The true reason the Eldar look down on the humans is because [[spoiler:they're the Eldar's younger sister species]].
21	* WritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The numbers of the Tau warmachine. To produce such amounts of material, the Tau would need a merchant fleet several times larger than their actual fleets.

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