Tau

Template:QuoteBoxTemplate:Charbox Tau is a female SilkWing that first appears in The Hive Queen. She is a member of The Chrysalis and has an illegal crush on Treehopper. She is also the chief steward for Lady Jewel.

Appearance

She has three regular wings and one deformed back wings smaller than all the others. Her scales are light yellow and brown scales that have been decribed to look like bananas and cashews mashed together.

Biography

The Hive Queen

Tau first appears arguing in Jewel Hive's library with Morpho and Cinnabar. She appears to side with Cinnabar as Cricket reveals herself, agreeing that not all the HiveWings are awful. When Sundew proposes war on the HiveWings, Tau steps up with tears in her eyes, saying she thought all the LeafWings were dead. Sundew awkwardly accepts the compliment, and Tau is revealed to have one small wing, likely a deformity. When Queen Wasp begins trying keys, Tau is shown to lack the ability to fly. After the soldiers get desperate, her and Cinnabar reveal themselves to allow the others to escape, claiming that they snuck into the library to read. They deny Wasp's accusation of Blue, and then they are lead away.

Later, when Cricket is attempting to escape from Lady Jewel's prison, Tau is shown to be one of the SilkWings to assist her escape. As the chief steward, she seems to have respect from several other SilkWings as she and Cinnabar told them to help but pretend nothing was seen. She also claims to Cricket that whenever Wasp orders their punishment, Jewel always gives them a medal. As the three of them leave, Tau runs into Treehopper, her crush. The two chat for a while, and Cinnabar tells Cricket that they are so obvious. Treehopper is then mind controlled by Wasp, and then he shakes it off awkwardly after she leaves. Cricket says that she needs to go.

Tau is later seen when Cricket comes out of the nest and Blue leads her to the stall they were in. Tau tells Cricket that the SilkWing fixing a crack with Swordtail is part of the Chrysalis. As the group gathers their things, Cricket explains to Tau what she saw in the nest.

Trivia

• Tau is named after the tau emperor moth, which is a large yellow-brown moth.

• She is the second SilkWing to be in love with a HiveWing, the first being Blue.

• She's the first known SilkWing to have a deformity.

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