[ Player Name ] : Cnd [ Personal LJ ] :chichirinoda [ Age ] : 33 [ Timezone ] : PST [ Other Characters ] : None here!
[ Character's Name ] : Orphaner Dualscar [ Character's Age ] : Specifics are unknown, but he's definitely a few centuries old at this point. Perhaps around 500? [ Series ] :Homestuck [ Canon Point ] : I'll take him from right around the time that he's culled by the Grand Highblood Subjugglator
Everything we know about Dualscar's history, we learn from the journal of Mindfang Spinneret, his kismesis. As such, it is a bit biased and slanted and there are a lot of gaps, though at least we know a bit more about him than we do about many of the other ancestors.
Orphaner was named such because of his practice of killing lusi, probably for official purposes, but we're not really sure why. (So he orphaned a lot of troll kids). He is named Dualscar because he has two scars across his face, whose origin is unknown but which he likely picked up in battle.
Indications are that he was a powerful, well-respected member of the troll military, though on a personal level Mindfang indicates that he was the subject of mockery because of his personal failings and jealousy. Whether the latter is actually true generally, or only true of her in particular, is difficult to say. He definitely had a ship of his own, and slaves, and a crew. He also had a very famous laser rifle named Ahab's Crosshairs, which was ultimately passed down to his descendent, Eridan Ampora.
He had a very strong kismessitude with Mindfang, which was very important to him. Given the way he acted, he likely had no other quadrants - he was very jealous of her other attachments, which was something that Mindfang exploited deliberately, and almost certainly had no moirail to keep him stable.
When Mindfang took on Dolorosa as her slave and teased Dualscar with that relationship, Dualscar apparently became mad with jealousy. He had Dolorosa assassinated, then went to the Grand Highblood Subjugglator, likely to enlist his aid to have Mindfang finally brought to justice. Up to now, because of their kismesis relationship, their rivalry had involved him seeming to chase her, but allowing her to slip through his fingers - a common sort of dance for kismeses to engage in. But now he was serious. Apparently, unfortunately for him, the unpredictable and violent Grand Highblood murdered Dualscar instead.
[ Personality ] :
Dualscar is an intelligent troll, with centuries of battle experience, making him an excellent tactician and commander. He is a loyal - possibly fanatically loyal - subject of the Empire, and definitely loves his power and prestige. He is a sea dweller, making him second in blood only to the Condesce herself, and that is a fact that he takes great pride and pleasure in.
He believes strongly in the essential rightness of the hemospectrum, in the inherent superiority of his blood over others, and that lowbloods are essentially intelligent animals who need a strong hand to guide them. They are tools to be used for the purpose for which they were created - to serve, to fight where directed, to die if they are not useful, or become unmanageable. Part of this belief is simply due to his upbringing, and partly because if he were to accept that lowbloods - in their numbers - were equal to sea dwellers, he would lose everything that he has in life. After all, he stands at the pinnacle of troll society, and he will push off anyone who tries to threaten his position, and not care if they fall to their deaths. His moral compass is survival of the fittest, and he is very fit.
Dualscar, being a highblood troll, has little to no conscience when it comes to murder or destruction. If someone annoys him, he may kill them. He has the inherent right to do so, because of who he is, and by the morals of his culture there is no reason for him to feel guilty. He has murdered thousands of lusi, orphaning an equal number of trolls - and likely dooming them if they can't take care of themselves - as well as many thousands of trolls, either directly or indirectly in battle. It's possible that he has wiped out entire civilizations, as his armies conquered worlds and brought them under his Empress' heel.
All that being said, Dualscar is certainly not devoid of emotion or personal pain of his own. He is a very lonely person, isolated because of his position and because of the demands of his society. He truly doesn't understand redrom - so focused on being the strongest and keeping his position against war, competition, and potential assassination, that he can't imagine how someone could weaken themselves enough to be pitied, and not be killed. He sees betrayal at every turn, and is honestly frightened of intimacy. So the only way in which he can feel a connection with another individual is through hatred and violence, yet this only fulfills him to a certain degree. Though he doesn't understand why, his life is empty and lonely, which only makes him more emotionally messed up.
This loneliness makes him an extremely jealous, needy lover. He can't stand that someone who is literally his whole world - Mindfang - seems to be happy to throw him aside on a whim. She has had many lovers, while he has had very few, and he is far more devoted to the relationship than she seems to be. Part of this disparity is played up by Mindfang purely because she knows it gets to him, but a lot of it is real. She enjoys her rivalry with him, but is fine with tossing him aside, while Dualscar's jealousy that she might choose a worthless slave over him (even though she actually HASN'T) drives him straight to his death. Though it is not normal for trolls to be exclusive - they are supposed to have romance in four different categories with a total of five different other trolls! - Dualscar is a monogamist in a polygamist society.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Dualscar is an experienced military commander. He leads through fear, though as that's fairly normal in troll society, I'm sure he's had many loyal crew members over the centuries. And lots who would kill him to advance if they had the chance.
He's a very accomplished survivor in general. He can fight with his rifle, but no doubt is also good at close-range combat. He's a powerful, strong, rugged troll, in peak physical condition, and also pretty much the peak of what troll genetics has to offer. If he loses a fight he'll probably die, so rarely does he lose fights.
He is also a sea dweller, so he's an excellent swimmer and can breathe under water. I don't think he shares Eridan's antipathy towards water - at least, there's no reason to believe he does.
On the weaknesses side, Dualscar is a needy, codependent, jealous emotional mess. That's pretty much it.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
Dualscar is Eridan's ancestor, and is genetically identical to him. He was created ectobiologically by Karkat and sent back in time on a meteor, which crashed in the breeding caverns. I guess that's part of his history, but he's completely unaware of it.
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[ Personal LJ ] :
[ Age ] : 33
[ Timezone ] : PST
[ Other Characters ] : None here!
[ Character's Name ] : Orphaner Dualscar
[ Character's Age ] : Specifics are unknown, but he's definitely a few centuries old at this point. Perhaps around 500?
[ Series ] : Homestuck
[ Canon Point ] : I'll take him from right around the time that he's culled by the Grand Highblood Subjugglator
[ History ] :
Everything we know about Dualscar's history, we learn from the journal of Mindfang Spinneret, his kismesis. As such, it is a bit biased and slanted and there are a lot of gaps, though at least we know a bit more about him than we do about many of the other ancestors.
Orphaner was named such because of his practice of killing lusi, probably for official purposes, but we're not really sure why. (So he orphaned a lot of troll kids). He is named Dualscar because he has two scars across his face, whose origin is unknown but which he likely picked up in battle.
Indications are that he was a powerful, well-respected member of the troll military, though on a personal level Mindfang indicates that he was the subject of mockery because of his personal failings and jealousy. Whether the latter is actually true generally, or only true of her in particular, is difficult to say. He definitely had a ship of his own, and slaves, and a crew. He also had a very famous laser rifle named Ahab's Crosshairs, which was ultimately passed down to his descendent, Eridan Ampora.
He had a very strong kismessitude with Mindfang, which was very important to him. Given the way he acted, he likely had no other quadrants - he was very jealous of her other attachments, which was something that Mindfang exploited deliberately, and almost certainly had no moirail to keep him stable.
When Mindfang took on Dolorosa as her slave and teased Dualscar with that relationship, Dualscar apparently became mad with jealousy. He had Dolorosa assassinated, then went to the Grand Highblood Subjugglator, likely to enlist his aid to have Mindfang finally brought to justice. Up to now, because of their kismesis relationship, their rivalry had involved him seeming to chase her, but allowing her to slip through his fingers - a common sort of dance for kismeses to engage in. But now he was serious. Apparently, unfortunately for him, the unpredictable and violent Grand Highblood murdered Dualscar instead.
[ Personality ] :
He believes strongly in the essential rightness of the hemospectrum, in the inherent superiority of his blood over others, and that lowbloods are essentially intelligent animals who need a strong hand to guide them. They are tools to be used for the purpose for which they were created - to serve, to fight where directed, to die if they are not useful, or become unmanageable. Part of this belief is simply due to his upbringing, and partly because if he were to accept that lowbloods - in their numbers - were equal to sea dwellers, he would lose everything that he has in life. After all, he stands at the pinnacle of troll society, and he will push off anyone who tries to threaten his position, and not care if they fall to their deaths. His moral compass is survival of the fittest, and he is very fit.
Dualscar, being a highblood troll, has little to no conscience when it comes to murder or destruction. If someone annoys him, he may kill them. He has the inherent right to do so, because of who he is, and by the morals of his culture there is no reason for him to feel guilty. He has murdered thousands of lusi, orphaning an equal number of trolls - and likely dooming them if they can't take care of themselves - as well as many thousands of trolls, either directly or indirectly in battle. It's possible that he has wiped out entire civilizations, as his armies conquered worlds and brought them under his Empress' heel.
All that being said, Dualscar is certainly not devoid of emotion or personal pain of his own. He is a very lonely person, isolated because of his position and because of the demands of his society. He truly doesn't understand redrom - so focused on being the strongest and keeping his position against war, competition, and potential assassination, that he can't imagine how someone could weaken themselves enough to be pitied, and not be killed. He sees betrayal at every turn, and is honestly frightened of intimacy. So the only way in which he can feel a connection with another individual is through hatred and violence, yet this only fulfills him to a certain degree. Though he doesn't understand why, his life is empty and lonely, which only makes him more emotionally messed up.
This loneliness makes him an extremely jealous, needy lover. He can't stand that someone who is literally his whole world - Mindfang - seems to be happy to throw him aside on a whim. She has had many lovers, while he has had very few, and he is far more devoted to the relationship than she seems to be. Part of this disparity is played up by Mindfang purely because she knows it gets to him, but a lot of it is real. She enjoys her rivalry with him, but is fine with tossing him aside, while Dualscar's jealousy that she might choose a worthless slave over him (even though she actually HASN'T) drives him straight to his death. Though it is not normal for trolls to be exclusive - they are supposed to have romance in four different categories with a total of five different other trolls! - Dualscar is a monogamist in a polygamist society.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
He's a very accomplished survivor in general. He can fight with his rifle, but no doubt is also good at close-range combat. He's a powerful, strong, rugged troll, in peak physical condition, and also pretty much the peak of what troll genetics has to offer. If he loses a fight he'll probably die, so rarely does he lose fights.
He is also a sea dweller, so he's an excellent swimmer and can breathe under water. I don't think he shares Eridan's antipathy towards water - at least, there's no reason to believe he does.
On the weaknesses side, Dualscar is a needy, codependent, jealous emotional mess. That's pretty much it.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
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