History: The Signless’s story had great influence in the general shaping of his planet’s society, despite all the controversy stirred. He was born into an Alternia ruled by blood color and violence, where those higher in the Hemospectrum would suppress those below them, and where, at the top, sat the Condesce , who watched and instigated this sort of behavior. Signless tried to change these ideals and insert the idea of peace and equality into their society, ultimately failing, having his voice stifled, his hope broken and his life taken, but never completely erasing his influence.
His story starts at the beginning, when Signless was born in the Brooding Caverns as any other troll (although, according to what is told to us in canon, Signless is actually a paradox clone of himself). However, Signless was born a mutant: a troll of bright, candy red blood (visible as the grubs’ bodies share the same color as their blood), something not fitting in the traditional Hemospectrum. Mutant trolls were something unheard of, as there were no lusii of the same blood color to raise them, nor was there even a symbol assigned to said color (which is the reason behind his title), leaving the youngling set to die. In comes the troll known as The Dolorosa: as a jade blood, she was set to work in the brooding caverns to tend to the Mother Grub (a large, monstrous creature that gives birth to all trolls). Taking pity on the youngling, she took Signless and escaped the Caverns, raising him as her own, becoming the first “mother” of Alternia. They lived in secret, as any knowledge of his existence and of her escape would definitely result in slavery or execution. In time, proof of his blood color would become evident, as happened to every troll (as trolls are first born with gray irises, which fill with their blood color as they grow older).
At some point of his life, Signless began having visions of a peaceful Alternia. These memories were, in fact, remains of his Pre-Scratch version, which actually lived in such positive environment. It was so alluring, so much different than the current state of their world, that Signless could not help but to wish such a change could happen. Motivated by such, Signless sought to spread ideals of love, acceptance and equality throughout Alternia, travelling and influencing minds throughout his years.
Dolorosa accompanied the young troll, becoming his first follower. During his travels, he gathered more followers, The Psiionic and The Disciple being of special mention. Thanks to Signless’s influence, The Psiionic broke free from the life of slavery assigned to those of yellow blood such as him, seeking to help and and accompany his new friend on his travels instead. The Disciple, however, became more than just a follower. She, like the other two, accompanied him, but also kept a record of all of his teachings and seemed to be the most attentive of all. The Signless was aware of such attention, and, eventually, they became romantically involved. Their relationship is said to be a special one, another mark of the Signless’s untraditional lifestyle. While trolls keep their relationships according to the set concept of Quadrants, the relationship between Signless and Disciple is told to have “transcended” them, being safe to assume that it was closer to the human concept of love.
With these three by his side, Signles kept up his worldwide travels, speaking against violence and suppression, and for equality and love for trolls of all kinds. His ideals would reach the ears of those who suffered by the hands of the Highbloods, leading then into a revolt, but they would also reach to those of higher power.
Unfortunately, this did not end with good results. Having stirred so much attention, Signless and his group were captured, him being sentenced to torture and death, his piers being sent to slavery, with the exception of the Disciple, who was spared and lived the remainder of her life isolated, living in caves and mourning Signless’s passing, writing his teachings on the walls.
Just before his execution, Signless still shared one last word with the world. With his spirit finally broken, his love for the trolls of Alternia and his hope of change gave way into anger and hatred, which he expressed through his final sermon, the Vast Expletive. As he passed away, he became known as The Sufferer, and finally gained a symbol, based on the shackles that held him during his final moments.
Trolls were forbidden of mentioning him and the revolt, even in personal records. However, his influence was never truly erased, as centuries after, his teachings would lead to another revolt against the Highbloods, led by The Summoner, which would end with Alternia being populated only by young trolls, having the adults been banished to space, as per orders of Her Imperious Condescension, serving her in the conquering of new planets.
Like so, the story of The Sufferer is known all throughout their planet, and is a vital part of the shaping of their society, but is mostly regarded as a myth.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Strenghts -Physical: As far as physical strengths, one can count the higher endurance, not only as a trait of his kin, but also to keep him protected as he travels great distances and escapes the dangers of being a mutant in an already violent society. He also has improved vision in the dark, as compared to a human, due to trolls’ nocturnal nature. -Psychological: A developed capability to think and ponder about problems and finding solutions, gained thanks to his distaste of violence. He’s also a great user of spoken word, carefully choosing what to say and how to say it, managing to influence minds. -Emotional: Patience is his biggest virtue, withstanding taunts and general unruly behavior with calm and poise. He is also calm and kind, easily gaining the favor of others.
Weaknesses -Physical: Having been rescued from the Brooding Caverns, most of his physical battle abilities are taught by Dolorosa or self-taught; together with the fact that he avoids violence, his fighting skills are not as highly developed as most trolls. -Psychological/Emotional: He’s incredibly protective of his values of equality and fairness, so he’s more easily angered when the situation is unfair and/or victimizes anyone, specially someone weaker than the other party. He also might become disgruntled if someone continuously steps on his ideals. He also will easily carry everyone else’s problems on his shoulders, but will not as easily share his own, along as easily getting feelings of gloom when pondering about the limit of his own actions.
Abilities: As a troll, Signless possesses a number of abilities that assure his survival on a planet so struck with violence as Alternia. He possesses the necessary endurance to withstand battle conditions, even despite frowning upon fighting in itself. It is a needed trait, especially when we take to account that he spent almost his entire life travelling on what would sometimes be harsh and/or dangerous conditions. Despite not having skipped a stage usually required by all trolls when young – namely the dangerous trials they must go through to make their way out of the Brooding Caverns – Signless had to learn to battle in order to survive conflict as well. This he had the privilege to learn from the Dolorosa as she raised him, couple with independent training. His weapon of choice is the sickle, which he keeps tucked away in his strife specibus, choosing to only handle it when it is truly necessary.
Besides the ones mentioned before, there are other traits common to his kin, such as improved night vision, subsequent from their nature as nocturnal creatures. Also countable are traits such as heightened hearing and sense of smell, slightly more animal-like traits achieved through necessary evolution.
Another noticeable ability is his developed eloquence. Most trolls seem to invest on direct battling, as is the influence of their society for hundreds and hundreds of years, but Signless, being a peacekeeper, invests greatly in the spoken word. He managed to influence and change the opinion of a great part of the troll population, giving way to a revolt of values. This is an ability in which Signless invests more than the physical ones.
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He was born into an Alternia ruled by blood color and violence, where those higher in the Hemospectrum would suppress those below them, and where, at the top, sat the Condesce , who watched and instigated this sort of behavior. Signless tried to change these ideals and insert the idea of peace and equality into their society, ultimately failing, having his voice stifled, his hope broken and his life taken, but never completely erasing his influence.
His story starts at the beginning, when Signless was born in the Brooding Caverns as any other troll (although, according to what is told to us in canon, Signless is actually a paradox clone of himself). However, Signless was born a mutant: a troll of bright, candy red blood (visible as the grubs’ bodies share the same color as their blood), something not fitting in the traditional Hemospectrum. Mutant trolls were something unheard of, as there were no lusii of the same blood color to raise them, nor was there even a symbol assigned to said color (which is the reason behind his title), leaving the youngling set to die.
In comes the troll known as The Dolorosa: as a jade blood, she was set to work in the brooding caverns to tend to the Mother Grub (a large, monstrous creature that gives birth to all trolls). Taking pity on the youngling, she took Signless and escaped the Caverns, raising him as her own, becoming the first “mother” of Alternia.
They lived in secret, as any knowledge of his existence and of her escape would definitely result in slavery or execution. In time, proof of his blood color would become evident, as happened to every troll (as trolls are first born with gray irises, which fill with their blood color as they grow older).
At some point of his life, Signless began having visions of a peaceful Alternia. These memories were, in fact, remains of his Pre-Scratch version, which actually lived in such positive environment. It was so alluring, so much different than the current state of their world, that Signless could not help but to wish such a change could happen. Motivated by such, Signless sought to spread ideals of love, acceptance and equality throughout Alternia, travelling and influencing minds throughout his years.
Dolorosa accompanied the young troll, becoming his first follower. During his travels, he gathered more followers, The Psiionic and The Disciple being of special mention.
Thanks to Signless’s influence, The Psiionic broke free from the life of slavery assigned to those of yellow blood such as him, seeking to help and and accompany his new friend on his travels instead.
The Disciple, however, became more than just a follower. She, like the other two, accompanied him, but also kept a record of all of his teachings and seemed to be the most attentive of all. The Signless was aware of such attention, and, eventually, they became romantically involved.
Their relationship is said to be a special one, another mark of the Signless’s untraditional lifestyle. While trolls keep their relationships according to the set concept of Quadrants, the relationship between Signless and Disciple is told to have “transcended” them, being safe to assume that it was closer to the human concept of love.
With these three by his side, Signles kept up his worldwide travels, speaking against violence and suppression, and for equality and love for trolls of all kinds. His ideals would reach the ears of those who suffered by the hands of the Highbloods, leading then into a revolt, but they would also reach to those of higher power.
Unfortunately, this did not end with good results. Having stirred so much attention, Signless and his group were captured, him being sentenced to torture and death, his piers being sent to slavery, with the exception of the Disciple, who was spared and lived the remainder of her life isolated, living in caves and mourning Signless’s passing, writing his teachings on the walls.
Just before his execution, Signless still shared one last word with the world. With his spirit finally broken, his love for the trolls of Alternia and his hope of change gave way into anger and hatred, which he expressed through his final sermon, the Vast Expletive.
As he passed away, he became known as The Sufferer, and finally gained a symbol, based on the shackles that held him during his final moments.
Trolls were forbidden of mentioning him and the revolt, even in personal records. However, his influence was never truly erased, as centuries after, his teachings would lead to another revolt against the Highbloods, led by The Summoner, which would end with Alternia being populated only by young trolls, having the adults been banished to space, as per orders of Her Imperious Condescension, serving her in the conquering of new planets.
Like so, the story of The Sufferer is known all throughout their planet, and is a vital part of the shaping of their society, but is mostly regarded as a myth.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strenghts
-Physical: As far as physical strengths, one can count the higher endurance, not only as a trait of his kin, but also to keep him protected as he travels great distances and escapes the dangers of being a mutant in an already violent society. He also has improved vision in the dark, as compared to a human, due to trolls’ nocturnal nature.
-Psychological: A developed capability to think and ponder about problems and finding solutions, gained thanks to his distaste of violence. He’s also a great user of spoken word, carefully choosing what to say and how to say it, managing to influence minds.
-Emotional: Patience is his biggest virtue, withstanding taunts and general unruly behavior with calm and poise. He is also calm and kind, easily gaining the favor of others.
Weaknesses
-Physical: Having been rescued from the Brooding Caverns, most of his physical battle abilities are taught by Dolorosa or self-taught; together with the fact that he avoids violence, his fighting skills are not as highly developed as most trolls.
-Psychological/Emotional: He’s incredibly protective of his values of equality and fairness, so he’s more easily angered when the situation is unfair and/or victimizes anyone, specially someone weaker than the other party. He also might become disgruntled if someone continuously steps on his ideals.
He also will easily carry everyone else’s problems on his shoulders, but will not as easily share his own, along as easily getting feelings of gloom when pondering about the limit of his own actions.
Abilities: As a troll, Signless possesses a number of abilities that assure his survival on a planet so struck with violence as Alternia. He possesses the necessary endurance to withstand battle conditions, even despite frowning upon fighting in itself. It is a needed trait, especially when we take to account that he spent almost his entire life travelling on what would sometimes be harsh and/or dangerous conditions.
Despite not having skipped a stage usually required by all trolls when young – namely the dangerous trials they must go through to make their way out of the Brooding Caverns – Signless had to learn to battle in order to survive conflict as well. This he had the privilege to learn from the Dolorosa as she raised him, couple with independent training. His weapon of choice is the sickle, which he keeps tucked away in his strife specibus, choosing to only handle it when it is truly necessary.
Besides the ones mentioned before, there are other traits common to his kin, such as improved night vision, subsequent from their nature as nocturnal creatures. Also countable are traits such as heightened hearing and sense of smell, slightly more animal-like traits achieved through necessary evolution.
Another noticeable ability is his developed eloquence. Most trolls seem to invest on direct battling, as is the influence of their society for hundreds and hundreds of years, but Signless, being a peacekeeper, invests greatly in the spoken word. He managed to influence and change the opinion of a great part of the troll population, giving way to a revolt of values. This is an ability in which Signless invests more than the physical ones.