
You can similarly compare your Sept against other key worlds to ground it in something more canonical, i.e. A good bar to measure your sept against would be the military powerhouse of Vior'la, as is mentioned in the 6/7th edition Codex Tau Empire: "None can rival T'au for prestige, and only Vior'la can match its power". Just be wary of the canon in regards to how powerful you make your Sept. The defining lines are always white, and are typically neatly and evenly spaced throughout the entire symbol.Īn example of what a sept symbol should not go looking like Tau Sept Symbols are circular, feature at least one smaller circle within it, and are coloured black and white, with black being the dominant colour. Currently there are over twenty fully developed septs.Įach sept has its own sept symbol. Often, this cultural identity seems to mainly derive from which Tau caste is more numerous and influential in the given sept, however many other factors including periods of isolation, location, warfare history and other landmarks of historical development can alter this.


A Sept is a term used to refer to world (and/or star system) colonised by Tau forces that operates as a fully-functional, independent, habitable world within the extents of the Tau Empire.Įach sept has its unique cultural identity wholly integrated within the greater Tau culture.
