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Player Information

Name: Beans
Personal Journal: hakoshi
Age: 21
Contact Info: AIM: dragonssnare
Other Characters Played: None
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Character Information

Character Name: The Signless
Character Series: Homestuck
Character Age: 15 -16 sweeps or about 33 earth years.
Character Gender: Male
Alternate Universe Alternate Universe 6
Canon Point: Before his torture.

Background Link: http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors
Personality: Everything we know about the Signless is a story, told by others. Never has it been told from his own view point. One such person is Doc Scratch. We can assume the story is true, given Doc Scratch does not see a point in lying and speaks only truth.

There is little to be said about the Signless, but from what we do know we can establish a personality; The Signless is the ancestor of Karkat Vantas and from this fact we can conclude aspects of his personality from Karkat’s. While Karkat is a rage infested grub, his ancestor does not hold the rage of his descendent, until he later became called the Sufferer; the personality change was after his capture and torture by the high bloods when his views and beliefs were lost and his rage was released and embodied within the Vast Expletive, his last words. Karkat is an angry, crabby troll and it would be a sad day when the Signless saw his descendent, a pure image of his rage and frustration.

It is believed that because of his mutant blood color, The Signless has visions of the peaceful game session that preceded his universe. This is how he knows of Karkat and his future existence; shown to him through prophetic dreams. As explained here http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005953 and here http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005954, since it can be a bit confusing to explain. As a result of this prophecy, he preached peace, equality and co-operation. This was something that was not valued or cared for on Alternia. Through his words grew followers, who were treated as friends by The Signless. He attracted others quietly by sharing his beliefs and accepting trolls as they were and not by how the hemospectrum saw them. From this we can conclude that the Signless has a very caring personality, one that would be willing to listen and comfort when a problem arose. He has great patience and the will to offer advice when needed and if he could not offer such assistance then he would accommodate with simple understanding and acknowledgement.

Signless did not preach to everyone, only those who wished to listen, which is to say he planned his actions before initiating them. Given the taboo he preached, it made sense for him to be aware of his surroundings and to be prepared. A mentionable trait of The Signless was that he grew up in unusual circumstances; he was found in the brooding caverns, a mutant grub, with no lusus sensitive to his scent. In this case he was picked by an adult troll, named The Dolorosa, who would come to raise him. This act was not customary for troll culture and thus it’s seen as a taboo. As he was raised he learned to speak calmly as his lusus does; he knows what to say, when to say it and how to comfort with his words. He learned how to be patient and through his ‘mother’s’ kindness a willingness to pursue his beliefs was born.

While he understands its purpose and its ridiculous right to control, he does not believe in the hemospectrum. It is a humble and kind denial of the dogma and it allows him to be a Leader, one who has the ability to win other trolls to follow in his beliefs. The Signless is not an aggressive leader but so chooses to be an example of what he preaches. It is to be mentioned that the Signless does not view himself as a leader. To him he is the words that carry his dream along. He hopes to only change the views of others and that his words will be heard; in a hope that he can create a peace for all. Other trolls will see how happy he is and wish to be granted into such a world. His followers are driven by his charisma and want for his dream to become a reality, perhaps shaping his ideas into their own and to create individualism in a belief that is greater then something they have ever known.

Despite his calm ways The Signless is still capable of anger and frustration. However, he does not explode into tangents and expletive filled metaphors as his descendant would. Instead it is a more cool and controlled rage. He would look down upon others with disappointment, like a father to their son, knowing very well a disappointed parent is worse than an angry one. This said Signless is not much of a fighter; he prefers a peaceful method of protesting or trying to solve the issue with simple problem-solving. In the area of self defense I feel that he would only fight to defend himself or those he cared about, but only if necessary. He is not a coward but he has lived a life of taboo and traveling in hiding; he has learned to confront only if needed and fight only if one is to find themselves in danger.

It would be some time before the Signless would open up to those close to him; I believe that he can be a reserved troll. He has a willingness to help, care and comfort, but when it comes to his own matters he might struggle with them. We can see this behavior in Karkat; while he has an ability to consult with his friends and help them out with their problems. This can be matters of the heart or how to pursue the game; Karkat has always struggled with himself and his own problems. He is a reserved person, dismissing matters personal to him with vast expletives and yelling. The Signless might change the topic or simply dismiss a question if he does not wish to answer it. We can see this with his relationship for the Disciple; The Disciple had to open his heart to her which implies that his heart had been closed from the start. Once his heart opens, he is a loving companion. As it is said, The Disciple and Signless’ love surpassed the need for quadrants, intertwining all four within one single quadrant.


Abilities:
Survival Instincts – During his travels the Signless and his close followers would have to constantly hide and live as such. Being a mutant the Signless had to live alone to hide his blood color for some time. He knows how to survive on his own and get what he needs to live off the land.

Troll - The Signless is a troll and he is more durable than that of a human. Trolls tend to have a longer life span and have physically tougher skin then humans. To reference this Karkat, during the trolls’ session, got stabbed 3 to 4 times and it seemed to only piss him off; he healed within a month or so in comparison to a human which takes 6-8 weeks for a stab wound to heal. Trolls are naturally nocturnal, this would give Karkat the ability to see in the dark and be active during the evening hours without needing sleep. However, for Karkat sleep is usually not something he allows himself to do. Throughout the whole session with his team, not once did he take a wink of shut eye.

Prophetic visions/dreams – His ‘true’ ability. It is said that because of the Signless mutant blood color he was able to see visions of a past Alternia. It is such a place where his present home was filled with peace and calm, the Alternia from before the scratch of his team’s session. These visions come and go, and the Signless has no control over them or desire to. He is only granted glimpses of the past and cannot control anything that he sees.

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