Chaos Tau

[LordInquisitor]

The tau have no presence in the warp whatsoever, for humans it was simply no human soul was powerful enough to make a influence in the warp but for tau they actually negate the warp. All of their ships travel through the use of FTL (Faster Than Light) and their communications use a similar method.

[Charistoph]

Malal was retconned out of existence due to copyright problems so this is higly unlikely and even then he is a warp god and even if he wants to kill all others really really really bad the tau are not helping. No daemon slaying warp power for you little Tau because I can't even ****ing see you... your soul is about as bright as a carbon atom hiding in a blackhole. Sorry no Daemon slaying daemon axe of daemon slaying for you either as the weapon can not eat your soul as you have none to eat.

Malal is currently as much canon as a homebrew race of space Lizardmen residing in the hollow holy terra and decorate the corpse of the emperor for a mysterious reason with baubles each year for a heretic festivity called Krismess.

Using the Malal name was a joke, but the concept wasn't. As the Rev referenced, Malal's name was pretty much changed to Malice.

And while Tau are not very psychically present, what better way to kill off Chaos by filling the galaxy with Tau? (besides Tyranids and Necrons)

Chaos feeds off of the pychic emanations of sentients. While the Old Gods were around and the Eldar were running high, it was a veritable smorgasbord for the entities of the Warp, one reason why the Enslaver plague happened.

Now, translate it to where the Tau are in the position of where Humanity is in 40K, the Eldar are relegated to Legend like the Old Ones for Humanity, and Humanity is not but small (but otherwise powerful) remnants after having self-destructed and waned. The Warp is now looking at a rice cake buffet now, instead.

Oddly enough, the Chaos Warband I built way back actually was built on a similar presence, but their patron was Tzeentchian who had the desire to change the Warp to be poisonous to the Daemons by changing the psychic presence of humanity (it started with this warband). They actually liked working with Tau due some side effects of this change (psychic presences, even of normal humans, irritated them).

[Charon]

Using the Malal name was a joke, but the concept wasn't. As the Rev referenced, Malal's name was pretty much changed to Malice.

And has not been mentioned ever again because the concept got ditched again.

And while Tau are not very psychically present, what better way to kill off Chaos by filling the galaxy with Tau? (besides Tyranids and Necrons)

Malal still wants only to kill the other gods. Not himself.

Chaos feeds off of the pychic emanations of sentients.

Which Tau do not have at all.

Now, translate it to where the Tau are in the position of where Humanity is in 40K, the Eldar are relegated to Legend like the Old Ones for Humanity, and Humanity is not but small (but otherwise powerful) remnants after having self-destructed and waned. The Warp is now looking at a rice cake buffet now, instead.

If you mean with rice cake "an completely empty buffet with only a few morsels (humans) still lying around" then you are right. Tau ain't no rice cake. They are NOTHING.

Oddly enough, the Chaos Warband I built way back actually was built on a similar presence, but their patron was Tzeentchian who had the desire to change the Warp to be poisonous to the Daemons by changing the psychic presence of humanity (it started with this warband). They actually liked working with Tau due some side effects of this change (psychic presences, even of normal humans, irritated them).

Whatever floats your boat... Eisenhorn had an Inquisitor trying to eradicate the Warp entirely. So why not. Still does not change the topic that Tau can't be corrupted as they have no soul to corrupt.
That still does not mean that they can't be used.
They just can't be pacted or eaten which makes them worthless as all warp power and all corruption comes with the mark on your soul... which tau do not have.

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

And has not been mentioned ever again because the concept got ditched again.

:/ Plenty of minor parts of 40k lore go unmentioned for years, doesn't mean they've been ditched. If it isn't a significant part of the primary Codex armies, it probably won't get much fiction. Otherwise such concepts as Kroot Vultures or Exodite Knights would also be considered 'ditched'. Seeing as Malice was last mentioned in 2009, I'd say he's very much on the table.

Concepts in 40k don't really have a shelf-life, especially when, like Malice, they're included in fiction that's still sold by Games-workshop to this day.

Edit: On the topic of Chaos Tau - if exposure to the warp can grant swords, vehicles and rocks tentacles, eyes and gibbering maws, I'd imagine that even the Tau whose souls barely register in the Warp would still be susceptible to Chaos corruption. It'd take a lot more than humans, who fall to Chaos if you look at 'em funny (seriously, there was briefly a 40k-era Nurgle cult on Terra), but toss 'em in a warp storm or whatever and boom.

[Path Walker]

Tau have a very dull souls that don't burn bright in the Warp, some burn stronger than others though, and remember, Farsight used a sword that draws life from its victim and adds it to the wielder and killed a Bloodthirster with it. He's been tainted enough that were he Imperial, he'd have a bolt round in his head.

The Gods want souls, they claim the sould of thier worshippers but also those that are killed in their name, Slannesh could pervert the Tau into killing Eldar and destorying soul stones to feed on them, Khone could use them to slaughter thousands of souls in His name.

Its possible, its a big Galaxy and everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. Saying "no" is the death of a good story.

[CoffeeGrunt]

Its possible, its a big Galaxy and everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. Saying "no" is the death of a good story.

I dunno, someone saying, "no," to CS Goto would have been the death of a few bad ones, too.

[TDS92A]

I like the idea of Chaos affecting the Tau. Let all four of the gods have a go at them and if that fails, develop a new god. I think there are some really good ideas for mutating the Tau to fit the needs of the gods. Take what you know of your favorite god and mutate a Tau soldier and see what you get. 😁

[Charistoph]

Malal still wants only to kill the other gods. Not himself.

Malal/Malice represents the self-destructive tendencies of Chaos. So, yeah, it would off itself if it would off the others.

Which Tau do not have at all.

If you mean with rice cake "an completely empty buffet with only a few morsels (humans) still lying around" then you are right. Tau ain't no rice cake. They are NOTHING.

Now you are starting to get the concept. You are a little off on how much the Tau bring to the Warp, but not by much. If the Tau were the dominant species of the galaxy in numbers, it would be famine time for Chaos. It would be the same as if there was only one field operated by one farmer with 1940s technology that grew food for the entire world, or everyone had a a one liter pot to grow all their food with. It could work for some, but most the world would die of starvation.

I dunno, someone saying, "no," to CS Goto would have been the death of a few bad ones, too.

True. But not everyone is C.S. Goto.