Contritio de Scientia

Contritio de Scientia

Maroon - Eridan - Knight of Mind (Cronus: Seer of Mind)
Brown - Gamzee - Page of Blood (Kurloz: Rogue of Blood)
Yellow - Terezi - Thief of Doom (Latula: Sylph of Doom)
Mutant - Nepeta - Maid of Rage (Meulin: Witch of Rage)
Olive - Vriska - Seer of Space (Aranea: Knight of Space)
Jade - Feferi - Mage of Breath (Meenah: Heir of Breath)
Teal - Kanaya - Witch of Time (Porrim: Thief of Time)
Azure - Karkat - Prince of Light (Kankri: Bard of Light)
Blue - Aradia - Sylph of Life (Damara: Maid of Life)
Indigo - Equius - Rogue of Hope (Horuss: Mage of Hope)
Violet - Tavros - Heir of Heart (Rufioh: Page of Heart)
Tyrian - Sollux - Bard of Void (Mituna: Prince of Void)

Prospit:
Tavros>Kanaya>Nepeta>Gamzee>Feferi>Aradia

Derse:
Vriska>Eridan>Karkat>Equius>Terezi>Sollux

Blood - Troll - Title in the Land
Dancestor (Title)
Dreamer (order1/order2), Server: Troll and Client: Troll
Personality
Relationships

Ancestor
Ancestor history
Ancestor influence on culture


Maroon - Eridan - Knight of Mind in the Land of Ash and Pine
Cronus (Seer of Mind)
Derse (2nd/8th), Server: Vriska, Client: Karkat
He is a bitter, half-blinded former-wizard-wannabe-turned-wannabe-conquerer/rebel, having had his right eye gouged out by Sollux when he resisted Sollux's attempts to kill his lusus. As a result, Eridan guards his hive carefully, using an old Riflekind to take out targets from afar.
He has a massive blackcrush on Sollux, a flushcrush on Feferi, and is in a three-way black/red/pale relationship with Karkat and Gamzee. So far, the latter is a bit of a mess, with Eridan taking black and pale with Gamzee and red and pale with Karkat.

His ancestor is the Nameless One.
The Nameless One was a demon who was said to have been birthed from the mind of the first troll, living on as both a plague and a blessing to the Alternian race. In legends, it was said that he was desperate to be another troll, and would take the life and memory of that troll in order to impersonate them; some even say that he is currently taking over the Emperor's throne with his powers.
Those legends are false; currently, he lives in an abandoned hive overlooking Nepeta's, which only Doc Scratch currently knows about.

Brown - Gamzee - Page of Blood in the Land of Daffodils and Iron
Kurloz (Rogue of Blood)
Prospit (4th/4th), Server: Nepeta, Client: Feferi
Gamzee is a major packrat, tending to just "end up" with random objects around his hive. As a result, he tends to use Jokerkind a lot in order to use said objects. He stopped eating sopor a sweep and a half before the game, allowing him to remain very lucid.
He's currently in a black/red/pale relationship with Eridan and Karkat, tending to take black and pale with Eridan and red and pale with Karkat. He also has red feelings for Tavros, but knows he won't requite.

His ancestor is the Charisma.
As his name implies, the Charisma is a very charismatic troll indeed, deigning to use his way with words and body language in a way that aids others. It was only through sheer luck, though, that he managed to keep the Scarleta from being culled immediately, allowing him the time to write her speeches down before her scheduled execution.
His influence on culture is that rustbloods are often required to become Charismatiques, who would awe other worlds with their charisma in order to make them submit to the Emperor.

Yellow - Terezi - Thief of Doom in the Land of Tears and History
Latula (Sylph of Doom)
Derse (5th/11th), Server: Equius, Client: Sollux
With powerful psionics and crippling blindness and a missing arm, Terezi isn't really in the best of shape save for being able to "see" with her psionic powers. However, it was these powers that had caused her blindness and missing arm in the first place, which she is rather bitter about.
She has a surprisingly red almost-relationship with Equius, and a pale one with Aradia. She disapproves of the Karkat/Eridan/Gamzee triangle and tries to auspistice them from time to time, failing hilariously.

Her ancestor is the Glorious.
A young woman who'd worshipped the Emperor, she was eventually given the task of swaying Alternia's rebels to bow before him, using her psionics until every rebel's spine was snapped into a bowing position, before instructing sculptors to carve a marble shell around each and every rebel so that they would be bowing to the Emperor even in death. A statue of the Emperor was erected in front of the mass of bowing rebels so that this order would remain in effect.
Her influence on culture was that her actions caused rebellion to cease almost entirely and immediately, for fear that they would join those in the Field of Bowing. Guards were set up to keep the field's occupants intact, and the occasional rebel would have their spine snapped and marble encasing them to where they would suffocate within days. In addition, the Glorious lived out her lifespan as the Emperor's matesprit, and after her death, he erected a new statue of the two of them, Emperor and Empress, in the Field of Bowing.

Mutant - Nepeta - Maid of Rage in the Land of Fire and Roses
Meulin (Witch of Rage)
Prospit (3rd/3rd), Server: Kanaya, Client: Gamzee
Nepeta's lusus had been culled a long time ago, and Tavros knows of her color, so she has to be Tavros' delivery girl or else he would reveal her secret. She tries to remain cheery despite this, but she hates the fact that she's being blackmailed and toyed with. She hunts lusii along the way to her deliveries, tending to pick smaller ones so she'd remain mostly undetected.
She has a pale/black/red relationship with Tavros, leaning mostly pale and black for him. During the game, she'd become moirails with Equius after he discovers her color and offers his pity.

Her ancestor is the Scarleta.
Stolen from grubhood by a jadeblood and her oliveblood accomplice, the Scarleta was raised in secret in a tower, longing for freedom until the Charisma found her. He helped her from her tower, and the two went across Alternia, the Scarleta teaching about the need for freedom in life. Her closest followers were the Charisma, the Betrayer, and Master Truarrow; however, the Betrayer outed her to the Emperor, and it was only thanks to the Charisma that she was given time to escape.
Her influence on culture, thanks to the Charisma saving her speeches and Master Truarrow using his influence to make sure her words lived on, was that trolls began to rebel in droves, wanting the freedom she spoke about. Since a large amount of rebels were in the Field of Bowing, the new generations have learned to keep their attempts at rebellion subtle.
The Scarleta soon met Doc Scratch in her travels, and in exchange for protection, she sacrificed her freedom to become his new "maid", inciting rebellion and rage in the hearts of trolls. She managed to speak to her two loyal followers several times before Master Truarrow's death, after which she focused more heartily on her duties.

Olive - Vriska - Seer of Space in the Land of Rust and Frogs
Aranea (Knight of Space)
Derse (1st/7th), Server: Aradia, Client: Eridan
Vriska lives in a tall tower, in which she allows her Spidermom to weave her webs in as Vriska herself attempts designing new FLARP campaigns. These tend to fail a lot, but hey, it's the thought that counts! Her vision sixfold allows her to have a bit more flexibility when dealing with obstacles, but trolls? Not so much.
She has a black relationship with Aradia, and a pale relationship with Kanaya. She also has a flushcrush on Tavros, and is rather disgusted by his refusals and insistence on pursuing Nepeta.

Her ancestor is Marquise Noirwido Poyzenus.
A young woman who lived in a tower, her long hair wove like webs; she was moirails with a jadeblood who'd stolen a mutant grub, and allowed the two to remain in her tower. However, after the mutant escaped the tower, the Marquise panicked, accusing her moirail of trying to lure her into her death, before chasing the jadeblood out of her tower. She soon tipped off the Betrayer of the escaped mutant, and was soon culled by the Scarleta's followers for the offence.
Her influence on culture was small, but it caused most to be distrustful of olivebloods and azurebloods, especially in rebel groups.

Jade - Feferi - Mage of Breath in the Land of Waves and Weeping
Meenah (Heir of Breath)
Prospit (5th/5th), Server: Gamzee, Client: Aradia
An expert in troll-to-zombie combat, Feferi trains with a multitude of weapons given to her by her friends, incorporating them into her own art as she kills zombies. She's killed an actual troll or two before, one of these nearly being Aradia, which she regrets intensely.
She's matesprits with Aradia, and has a palecrush on Eridan, but that is all she has.

Her ancestor is the Failed Matroness.
A jadeblood tending the mother grub, she brought a mutant and lived with her moirail, an oliveblood. However, when the mutant matured, she escaped--causing the Matroness' former moirail to chase her out of the hive. Loving the feeling of being free, the Matroness wandered Alternia, searching for the mutant until some soldiers recognized her as an escapee from her duties, and dragged her back. She worked for the rest of her days.
Her influence, like the Marquise's, was small; however, due to her bringing the Scarleta from the caves, she'd caused a lot to happen from that small event.

Teal - Kanaya - Witch of Time in the Land of Ticking and Trees
Porrim (Thief of Time)
Prospit (2nd/2nd), Server: Tavros, Client: Nepeta
Kanaya lives in a tree with numerous wingbeasts, one of them being her large eagle lusus. She tends to hunt land lusii so she and her winged friends can eat, taking great sport in it. She's still very fashionable, tending to use feathers in a lot of her outfits.
She's moirails with Vriska, although she really wants to be matesprits with her. She, like Terezi, wants to auspistice the big quadrant orgy of Karkat/Eridan/Gamzee, but this fails hilariously as well.

Her ancestor is the Quadessa.
A tealblood who managed to get all of the quadrants all of them, she was a brilliant young genius who seemed to know just where to go, and seemed to steal the time away from others. The Emperor noticed her beauty and skills, and offered her a role in his army. The Quadessa grew jealous of the Glorious, and after a botched assassination attempt, the Quadessa was eventually sent to the Field of Bowing. Her statue is the closest to the statue of the Emperor and the Glorious.
Her influence on culture is merely as a placemark for what happens when one messes with one of the Emperor's quadrants. Not many trolls go to the Field, so not many know which trolls exactly live there.

Azure - Karkat - Prince of Light in the Land of Obsidian and Shade
Kankri (Bard of Light)
Derse (3rd/9th), Server: Eridan, Client: Equius
Karkat still enjoys most of the things his canon self does, although he frequently has to deal with a lot of quadrant issues of his own. He wants to be a great Threshicutioner when he gets older, and frequently spars with Eridan. With Gamzee, Karkat usually just has to watch romcoms to keep him amused.
He's in an odd threesome of quadrants with Eridan and Gamzee, although he tries to auspistice between Vriska and Aradia.

His ancestor is the Betrayer, formerly the Archiver.
The Betrayer, once known as the Archiver, was a troll who'd lived in a large library before the Emperor told him he'd do much better torching the library down since he knew the library's secrets. The former Archiver dismissed the Emperor's words, and soon found that the library had been burned to the ground--the Archiver's guards had set the library on fire, as the guards were a part of a criminal gang.
Angered, the Archiver became the Betrayer, having been betrayed by those he trusted. He wandered Alternia and found an oliveblood who feared for her life, who told him about a mutantblooded troll. Intrigued, he met the Scarleta and her followers, and soon betrayed her when he had no more use for him.
In exchange for his life, the Betrayer betrayed the oliveblood who'd told him the secret, and was soon freed thanks to the valuable information. Sweeps later, he was visited by the Scarleta, and he begged for his life again--however, she warned him that the world would be destroyed eventually, and to leave all of his secrets to another with his sign.
The Betrayer was said to have locked himself in an abandoned hive and begun to write down everything he knew, and the Scarleta cursed him to live until the last words of his knowledge were placed. It's said that the last word would only be penned minutes before the end of the world.
The Betrayer's influence has caused a wariness from the rebels towards olive and azure trolls; however, azurebloods are valued for their ability to remember things long past. In addition, Aradia's hive is near the Betrayer's new archive, and she steals all of his writings after his death when the meteors begin falling towards Alternia.
In life, he was betrayed, which led him to a life of betrayal--only to be betrayed once more after his death.

Blue - Aradia - Sylph of Life in the Land of Eyes and Night
Damara (Maid of Life)
Prospit (6th/6th), Server: Feferi, Client: Vriska
Aradia is a very cheerful sort, preferring to explore the area around her hive and wants to be a Sunsport, one who uses the power of Alternia's sun (through the use of various light-capturing devices) to forge and use weapons with the power of the bright sun.
She has a matespritship with Feferi, a blackrom with Vriska, and is moirails with Terezi.

Her ancestor is the Moonlita, later the Mourning.
A troll who worshipped the moons of Alternia, it was said that she used the moonlight in order to heal others. She became a rebel after falling flushed for the Scarleta, although more as a concept rather than the actual troll. Since she was so valuable, she was often kept away from most rebel activities, preventing her from becoming one of the members of the Field of Bowing.
After the event, she was so devastated that she became the Mourning, wandering Alternia in her grief for the other rebels, and being taken prisoner by the Emperor, who experimented on the Mourning until he managed to figure out how her powers worked.
Her influence on culture is that bluebloods would eventually become either Moonlita, trolls who use the moonlight to heal others, or Sunsports; the more powerful of these would be experimented on by the Emperor, although those that are fair-looking tend to become his personal servants.

Indigo - Equius - Rogue of Hope in the Land of Autumn and Wine
Horuss (Mage of Hope)
Derse (4th, 10th), Server: Karkat, Client: Terezi
Equius tends to be very secretive, and considering that he's a member of a cult that worships the Scarleta, he's forced to keep his beliefs a secret--despite how odd it may seem that the stuffy highblood worships the mutant who preached about freedom, but hey, whatever works for the guy. Still STRONG, but he's learned long ago that he has the freedom to be flexible in combat.
He has an almost-flushed relationship with Terezi, later becoming moirails with Nepeta (probably after he accidentally discovers her color). He has black feelings for the two seatrolls he's acquainted with, although he tends to focus on Sollux due to his "flawed r001s".

His ancestor was Master Truarrow.
A fine archer, he had fallen beyond quadrants for the Scarleta, and held a secret relationship with her for many sweeps until her death. Using his influence, he created a cult that worshipped the Scarleta, managing to keep himself out of the Emperor's sight. He attempted to warn the rebels not to fall for the trap that became the Field of Bowing, but they ignored him and went anyway.
His influence is present in the very cult he created, one that combines the finesse of a cat with the proud STRENGTH of a musclebeast and channeling those traits into pursuing an Alternia of freedom. None of the cult know that Master Truarrow and the Scarleta were in a relationship, and Truarrow prefers to keep it that way.

Violet - Tavros - Heir of Heart in the Land of Cranes and Marble
Rufioh (Page of Heart)
Prospit (1st/1st), Server: Sollux, Client: Kanaya
In actuality very unconfident of himself, he has a great façade of manipulative schemes and can actually be very clever. He tends to wear all of the jewelry all of it, most of which he gets from Nepeta's adventures. He tends to rub this fact in everyone's faces and comes off looking like a douche.
He's in a very interesting relationship with Nepeta, having red/black/pale feelings for her that he's trying to sort out. Sollux is a close friend of his and tries to help, although Tavros tends to refuse it.

His ancestor was Orphaner Swiftfin.
Born with a wing-and-fin-like mutation, Orphaner Swiftfin was the best Orphaner due to his ability to swim and fly. He tended to focus mostly on hunting for his Emperor, who he held flushed feelings for, but was devastated to find he had taken a yellowblood as his matesprit. He attempted to pursue the Emperor's other quadrants, but the Emperor spurned him, finding his affections rather annoying. The Orphaner angrily attempted to kill the Glorious, but was killed instead by the Emperor.
His influence on culture, despite his failure at romantic relationships, was that Orphaners were fitted with gear designed for ease of swimming and flight, modeled after his own mutation.

Tyrian - Sollux - Bard of Void in the Land of Mystics and Falsehood
Mituna (Prince of Void)
Derse (12th/12th), Server: Terezi, Client: Tavros
Sollux doesn't have the time to hack things, just to hack them apart, as his demanding lusus usually requires food more than half the time. Still, Sollux fancies himself a decent coder, managing to acquire several books through the use of Tavros, through his use of Nepeta.
He doesn't seem to be interested in quadrants at the moment, although he knows that it's his duty to Alternia to get at least a matesprit and kismesis.

His ancestor is the Emperor, His Dual-Minded Absolute.
Emperor of Alternia after a long line of Empresses, His Dual-Minded Absolute rose to the throne after defeating his predecessor and became a fierce Emperor.
Despite this, he took a lowblood as a matesprit, an action which apalled the empire--he himself had no qualms or cares, and killed whoever insulted his devoted Empress.
His influence on culture caused rebels to be stealthy, appearing to be dedicated to the Emperor for fear of his wrath. In addition, lowblood/highblood romances were looked on favorably, and the closer the castes the more dishonorable they were thought of.