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.

Appearance

She has three wings, and light yellow and brown scales that 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 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 cheif 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 she needs to go, so Tau leaves Treehopper.

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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