Tau

Template:QuoteBoxTemplate:Charbox Tau is a female SilkWing who made her debut in The Hive Queen. She is a member of The Chrysalis and works as the chief steward for Lady Jewel. She is currently in an illegal relationship with Treehopper.

Appearance

Tau has pale yellow and pale brown scales, like bananas and cashews mashed together. She has dark amber eyes, pale yellow antennae, and gold stripes painted on her claws. One of her back wings is smaller than the other and sticks out at an awkward angle, as described by Cricket, making it difficult for her to fly. She is blamed by Morpho because she can't fly, so the Jewel Hive Chrysalis is unable to get to better hiding places than the library.

Biography

The Hive Queen

Tau first appeared arguing in Jewel Hive's library with Morpho and Cinnabar. She appeared to agree with Cinnabar that not all HiveWings were awful when Cricket introduced herself. When Sundew proposed war on the HiveWings, Tau stepped up with tears in her eyes, saying she thought all the LeafWings were dead. Sundew awkwardly accepted the compliment, and Tau was revealed to have one small wing, likely a natural deformity. When Queen Wasp (in some soldier's minds) began trying keys to the library, Tau was shown to lack the ability to fly as they try to get to the bookdrop Cricket suggested. After the soldiers got desperate, she and Cinnabar revealed themselves to allow the others to escape, claiming that they snuck into the library to read. They denied Wasp's accusation of Blue, and are then led away.

Later, when Cricket was attempting to escape from Lady Jewel's prison, Tau was shown to be one of the SilkWings to assist her escape. As the chief steward, she seemed to have respect from several other SilkWings as she and Cinnabar told them to help but pretend nothing was seen. She also claimed to Cricket that whenever Wasp ordered their punishment, Jewel always gave them a medal. As the three of them left, Tau ran into Treehopper, her forbidden crush. The two chat for a while, and Cinnabar told Cricket that they were so obvious. Treehopper was then mind controlled by Wasp before shaking it off awkwardly after she left. Cricket said that she needed to go.

Tau was later seen when Cricket came out of the nest and Blue led her to the stall they were in. Tau told Cricket that the SilkWing fixing a crack with Swordtail was part of the Chrysalis. As the group gathered their things, Cricket explained to Tau what she saw in the nest. Sundew advised Tau to keep the SilkWing dragonets and other flightless SilkWings away from Jewel Hive and into somewhere safe just in case the LeafWings were to burn the Hive.

Quotes

• "Maybe he wants to join us. Do you dream of a better world, friend?" - To Swordtail
• "I don't know anyone named Luna, [...] I'm sorry." -To Swordtail
• "You're the one from the Wanted posters!" -To Blue.
• "Cinnabar's right." -To Morpho about their hiding spot being bad.
• "It could be true, [...] She could be like the ones we heard about." -To Morpho about Cricket.

Trivia

• Tau is named after the tau emperor moth, which is a large yellow-brown moth.
• Tau is also the German Word for Dew, which could be a reference to Sundew associating with the Chrysalis.
• Tau is the second shortest name in the entire Wings of Fire series, the first being Io.
• Tau is currently the only known SilkWing to have a disability.
• Tau and Treehopper are the second pair of Pantalans shown to be illegally in love, the first being Blue and Cricket.
• Tau is the second dragon in the series known to not be able to fly (excluding SilkWing dragonets). The first is Osprey.

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• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
• A real tau moth
  A real tau moth
• Tau the SilkWing by LycheeMoon
  Tau the SilkWing by LycheeMoon
• Tau and Treehopper by DragonCreamsicle
  Tau and Treehopper by DragonCreamsicle
• Tau by stumpyshark
  Tau by stumpyshark
• Tau by wingsoffirescience
  Tau by wingsoffirescience
• Some doodles (Tau on bottom right) by lostspirit101
  Some doodles (Tau on bottom right) by lostspirit101
• Tau and Treehopper by Bonny
  Tau and Treehopper by Bonny

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