Trolls

Trolls are a humanoid race of aliens that appear in both Homestuck and Hiveswap, originating from the planet Alternia, which exists in a separate universe to Earth. In Awakening Rift, they are the major set of characters followed throughout the narrative. Kraisa, the Troll's native planet, exists in its own universe. The Arclight serves as the its guardian, and serves as the Troll's invisible guide and catalyst for the events to follow.

Trolls have grey skin and dark yellow eyes. They also have pointed teeth, yellow nails, and black lips, but their most prominent and well-known feature are the horns that sprout from their heads that resemble candy corn (i.e. red-orange bottoms that progress to yellow near the tips). These horns can grow to many different shapes and sizes, and are completely unique to the troll.

An individual troll may possess one of several different colors of blood spread across the color spectrum. This is known as the Hemospectrum, which is now mainly an obsolete stratified societal caste system to assign a troll their social status in the world based on the color of their blood; low ranking trolls are regarded as "Lowbloods", whereas high ranking trolls are referred to as "Highbloods". Before maturity, trolls have dark grey irises, that fill in with their respective blood colors as they age. Trolls' tears, gums, tongues, and sweat are also the color of their blood, but in a more diluted fashion.

Young trolls have first and last names with six letters each, the former of the two chosen by the troll themselves before they even have proper motor skills. Leading nicknames to be very popular on the planet. Most of these nicknames are shorthands of the trolls real name and are usually three to four letters long. Older trolls are assumed to acquire more adult names or titles, typically with 8 letters, although there may be exceptions.

Each troll has a sigil. Usually depicted somewhere on their clothes or body. Which is assigned from a various number of alchemical symbols passed down from a trolls Ancestor. It is unknown what consequences are in play for a troll who does not possess a symbol on Kraisa. In Awakening Rift, the signs of the twelve main trolls are based on alchemical and hermetic symbols.