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Player Name: James
Preferred Contact Methods: trilies @ plurk and AIM
Other Characters: N/A
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: The Dolorosa
Series: Homestuck
Canon Point: Shortly before capture
History Link: Link.
AU/OC History:
N/A
Game Import:
N/A
Personality:
Like the vast majority of ancestors in Homestuck, the Dolorosa has no actual scenes within the comic. As of the latest updates, she is only explicitly seen in one panel while Doc Scratch tells the history of Alternia and, by extension, the ancestors of the twelve main trolls. That does not mean we cannot get a firm grasp on her personality, however. It simply means that we must look deeper and make well educated guesses assisted by a few Words of God. There are three things we can use within the comic itself to deduce things of Dolorosa's personality: her descendent Kanaya Maryam, her Pre-Scrach self Porrim Maryam, and her actions on Alternia.
To make a very long story instead very short: a jadeblood culturally trapped to care for the Mother Grub ends up finding a strange young grub with mutated blood and abandons her duties within the caverns to raise the grub. (An act practically unheard of in 'letting wild animals raise our young sounds groovy' Alternia.) She raises the grub on her own despite the violence encasing Alternia both culturally and naturally. Eventually, she joins her adopted son in starting a rebellion so badass, the Condesce forces their names to be written out of history. The Dolorosa is sold into slavery, and some fans believe that she eventually ends in the end of one Marquise Spinneret Mindfang, only to be assassinated by Orphaner Dualscar.
That alone gives a vast amount of information on its own! It is further reinforced by the personality and actions of her descendent Kanaya. As Andrew Hussie states, the troll kids would have grown up to be extremely similar to their ancestors meaning there is a connection in personality.
All three Maryams show a tendency to kindness, although perhaps they come off as a bit different. Porrim acknowledges that her relation to Kankri (Pre-Scratch Signless) isn't so surprising and seems to have a friendly, encouraging relationship to most of the others. Kanaya was also one of the more level-headed amongst the troll kids, considered a good auspitice and friend to both Karkat Vantas and Eridan Ampora (two boys whose personalities can make it difficult to approach on a friendly level.) It isn't surprising, then, that Dolorosa is very kind indeed. Alternia is a harsh place where such shameless kindness as taking in a grub with no lusus is a truly peculiar thing considering how hard it is to keep one's own self alive. Just the act of keeping such a horrible mutantblood alive would be grounds for severe punishment. Yet she doesn't hesitate. She does what, from a human point of view, is the right thing.
Kindness tends to get a troll killed in Alternia, however. At least, that's what kindness alone does. What most of fandom seems to forget is that Dolorosa is not simply a Virgin Mother/Virgin Mary comparison. She is a troll who survived an untold number of sweeps escaping from and fighting against all the horrible beasts Alternia had to offer. After all, a jadeblood away from the Brooding Caverns is suspicious enough. A jadeblood caring for a lone grub? Far too much attention than the Dolorosa would want and something that would end their tale early. Dolorosa would be fighting not only for her life night after night, but also the life of someone who was too helpless to assist her in any way.
Kindness wouldn't get Dolorosa very far. But cunning and combat skills? If Dolorosa didn't start off with those skills, than she would no doubt have had to quickly learn them so she could keep on going. When the First Rebellion eventually started, I wouldn't doubt that Dolorosa would be a key player in it, especially given her relation to Signless.
In canon, Kanaya kicks a subjugglator-to-be right in the nads and off a cliff, and then saws a seadweller 'prince' right in half. Her ancestor did pretty much the exact same thing, only on a much grander and slightly metaphorical scale. Wouldn't it be a kick to the nads for such a restricted bloodcolor thought to be one of the more submissive type of trolls in existence to suddenly rise up and help start such a large-scale rebellion?
Although she probably did quite a lot of literal highblood nad kicking. Comes in the job description of BAMF MILF.
One last thing that should be mentioned is Porrim's mention of the restrictions that jadebloods are put under even on Beforus. Obviously jadebloods are still in that very same position on Alternia. Like her Pre-Scratch self, would Dolorosa have longed for more independence and to see the world outside of the Brooding Caverns once more? Would that have factored into her decision to abandon them so she could take care of Signless? I am inclined to believe so.
In short, the Dolorosa is an amazing kind of troll. She is strong in both intellect and combat-wise, filled with a heart of bravery to boot. More importantly, however, she is a truly kind individual who would give up her life of safety to raise a grub that would never have made it otherwise.
Powers:
- The only notable ability Dolorosa possesses is her ability to resist the intense rays of the Alternian sun. By this logic, she is rather durable against strong heat and radiation.
- This has not been shown directly in canon, however it is quite possible that Dolorosa possesses the ability to become a rainbow drinker seeing that both her descendent Kanaya Maryam becomes one and her Pre-Scratch self Porrim Maryam both became rainbow drinkers. This means she would have the following abilities: able to gain sustenance from blood and able to survive near fatal injuries (Kanaya ran around with a hole in her stomach. It is unknown if rainbow drinkers are any faster/stronger than an average troll, but considering they are the Alternian equivalent of vampires, it wouldn't be unusual.
Other Details:
1. Considering I am taking her from the middle of the war, Dolorosa's sylladex will be filled with quite a few things. Most of it are supplies (like camping, medical, and fashion items), along with a few basic necessities.
2. While Porrim has made her quirk obvious with recent updates, I have decided not to have Dolorosa use the same kind of o+ symbol. It's not that I think Dolorosa doesn't care about the roles of women on Alternia, I simply think that with the change of setting and her own role in starting a rebellion that she has her mind in other places. It is still something she considers, it is simply not something big enough to manifest itself as a quirk. So, for the purposes of this RP (and until proven otherwise if somehow we get a speaking Dolorosa in canon), I will be having her use Kanaya's simple quirk.
SAMPLES
Like every day, Dolorosa begins her day the same as she usually does. She rises from her slumber, the remnants of dreams still haunting her in the back of her mind. There is a bath, to cleanse and wake herself properly, and then an hour spent in front of a mirror. Not only to brush her hair, quietly and smoothly over a hundred times. Not only to make sure her clothes flow and hang from her body perfectly.
Staring into the mirror, she gently runs clawed fingers down her arms and legs where various scars are carved into her skin, some faint and old from time.
Satisfied with the clear result, she steps outside, and wishes she could enjoy the sun on her face. It's her daily constitutional so she can enjoy this temporary freedom. All her life, she has been wrapped in the chains of the hemospectrum. Unable to go where she pleased just in case someone saw the jade to her eyes and didn't just dismiss it as simply green, questioned when she was not in the caverns with the Mother Grub, questioned the little grub she carried with her...
Here, she has chains of a different sort. At least it is a breath of fresh air, if nothing else, even if she is trapped in yet another cave.
All that, it's clockwork: wake up, bathe, make herself presentable, walk, check her device, contact the children... All of these things are done in the morning, when the sun would still be slow and lazy against the horizon. She returns to her room just as others are starting to rise. The clothes she had so carefully put on not long ago are taken off, and hung carefully in their proper place. She exchanges her finery for otherwise: a simple sleeveless shirt and pants that are cut off right beneath the knee. As she fidgets with her clothing noncommittally, she turns to the one thing that doesn't quite seem to fit amongst the fine clothing and books of her room.
A long makeshift punchingbag hanging from the ceiling.
She starts with a simple jab and enjoys, for a moment, the feel of leather against her knuckles, how it bends against her fist, and then she follows through with a side smash. The adrenaline pounds out from her heart and through her body. Each hit comes quicker and faster to her until there's only her heartbeat booming in her skull and leaving her lightless. It's a poor substitute for a proper spar that would truly keep her skills honed so she could protect her loved ones, but one must make do with what one has.
So lost in her rhythm, she doesn't realize the presence of another until the door is quietly clicking shut and she comes to a pause. Tucking her hair behind one ear, she lets her hands fall to her sides and turns to smile.
"My. You have caught me at a rather sloppy moment. Please make yourself comfortable and I'll set us up some tea, if you would care for it."
Any Concerns:
Player Name: James
Preferred Contact Methods: trilies @ plurk and AIM
Other Characters: N/A
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: The Dolorosa
Series: Homestuck
Canon Point: Shortly before capture
History Link: Link.
AU/OC History:
N/A
Game Import:
N/A
Personality:
Like the vast majority of ancestors in Homestuck, the Dolorosa has no actual scenes within the comic. As of the latest updates, she is only explicitly seen in one panel while Doc Scratch tells the history of Alternia and, by extension, the ancestors of the twelve main trolls. That does not mean we cannot get a firm grasp on her personality, however. It simply means that we must look deeper and make well educated guesses assisted by a few Words of God. There are three things we can use within the comic itself to deduce things of Dolorosa's personality: her descendent Kanaya Maryam, her Pre-Scrach self Porrim Maryam, and her actions on Alternia.
To make a very long story instead very short: a jadeblood culturally trapped to care for the Mother Grub ends up finding a strange young grub with mutated blood and abandons her duties within the caverns to raise the grub. (An act practically unheard of in 'letting wild animals raise our young sounds groovy' Alternia.) She raises the grub on her own despite the violence encasing Alternia both culturally and naturally. Eventually, she joins her adopted son in starting a rebellion so badass, the Condesce forces their names to be written out of history. The Dolorosa is sold into slavery, and some fans believe that she eventually ends in the end of one Marquise Spinneret Mindfang, only to be assassinated by Orphaner Dualscar.
That alone gives a vast amount of information on its own! It is further reinforced by the personality and actions of her descendent Kanaya. As Andrew Hussie states, the troll kids would have grown up to be extremely similar to their ancestors meaning there is a connection in personality.
All three Maryams show a tendency to kindness, although perhaps they come off as a bit different. Porrim acknowledges that her relation to Kankri (Pre-Scratch Signless) isn't so surprising and seems to have a friendly, encouraging relationship to most of the others. Kanaya was also one of the more level-headed amongst the troll kids, considered a good auspitice and friend to both Karkat Vantas and Eridan Ampora (two boys whose personalities can make it difficult to approach on a friendly level.) It isn't surprising, then, that Dolorosa is very kind indeed. Alternia is a harsh place where such shameless kindness as taking in a grub with no lusus is a truly peculiar thing considering how hard it is to keep one's own self alive. Just the act of keeping such a horrible mutantblood alive would be grounds for severe punishment. Yet she doesn't hesitate. She does what, from a human point of view, is the right thing.
Kindness tends to get a troll killed in Alternia, however. At least, that's what kindness alone does. What most of fandom seems to forget is that Dolorosa is not simply a Virgin Mother/Virgin Mary comparison. She is a troll who survived an untold number of sweeps escaping from and fighting against all the horrible beasts Alternia had to offer. After all, a jadeblood away from the Brooding Caverns is suspicious enough. A jadeblood caring for a lone grub? Far too much attention than the Dolorosa would want and something that would end their tale early. Dolorosa would be fighting not only for her life night after night, but also the life of someone who was too helpless to assist her in any way.
Kindness wouldn't get Dolorosa very far. But cunning and combat skills? If Dolorosa didn't start off with those skills, than she would no doubt have had to quickly learn them so she could keep on going. When the First Rebellion eventually started, I wouldn't doubt that Dolorosa would be a key player in it, especially given her relation to Signless.
In canon, Kanaya kicks a subjugglator-to-be right in the nads and off a cliff, and then saws a seadweller 'prince' right in half. Her ancestor did pretty much the exact same thing, only on a much grander and slightly metaphorical scale. Wouldn't it be a kick to the nads for such a restricted bloodcolor thought to be one of the more submissive type of trolls in existence to suddenly rise up and help start such a large-scale rebellion?
Although she probably did quite a lot of literal highblood nad kicking. Comes in the job description of BAMF MILF.
One last thing that should be mentioned is Porrim's mention of the restrictions that jadebloods are put under even on Beforus. Obviously jadebloods are still in that very same position on Alternia. Like her Pre-Scratch self, would Dolorosa have longed for more independence and to see the world outside of the Brooding Caverns once more? Would that have factored into her decision to abandon them so she could take care of Signless? I am inclined to believe so.
In short, the Dolorosa is an amazing kind of troll. She is strong in both intellect and combat-wise, filled with a heart of bravery to boot. More importantly, however, she is a truly kind individual who would give up her life of safety to raise a grub that would never have made it otherwise.
Powers:
- The only notable ability Dolorosa possesses is her ability to resist the intense rays of the Alternian sun. By this logic, she is rather durable against strong heat and radiation.
- This has not been shown directly in canon, however it is quite possible that Dolorosa possesses the ability to become a rainbow drinker seeing that both her descendent Kanaya Maryam becomes one and her Pre-Scratch self Porrim Maryam both became rainbow drinkers. This means she would have the following abilities: able to gain sustenance from blood and able to survive near fatal injuries (Kanaya ran around with a hole in her stomach. It is unknown if rainbow drinkers are any faster/stronger than an average troll, but considering they are the Alternian equivalent of vampires, it wouldn't be unusual.
Other Details:
1. Considering I am taking her from the middle of the war, Dolorosa's sylladex will be filled with quite a few things. Most of it are supplies (like camping, medical, and fashion items), along with a few basic necessities.
2. While Porrim has made her quirk obvious with recent updates, I have decided not to have Dolorosa use the same kind of o+ symbol. It's not that I think Dolorosa doesn't care about the roles of women on Alternia, I simply think that with the change of setting and her own role in starting a rebellion that she has her mind in other places. It is still something she considers, it is simply not something big enough to manifest itself as a quirk. So, for the purposes of this RP (and until proven otherwise if somehow we get a speaking Dolorosa in canon), I will be having her use Kanaya's simple quirk.
SAMPLES
Like every day, Dolorosa begins her day the same as she usually does. She rises from her slumber, the remnants of dreams still haunting her in the back of her mind. There is a bath, to cleanse and wake herself properly, and then an hour spent in front of a mirror. Not only to brush her hair, quietly and smoothly over a hundred times. Not only to make sure her clothes flow and hang from her body perfectly.
Staring into the mirror, she gently runs clawed fingers down her arms and legs where various scars are carved into her skin, some faint and old from time.
Satisfied with the clear result, she steps outside, and wishes she could enjoy the sun on her face. It's her daily constitutional so she can enjoy this temporary freedom. All her life, she has been wrapped in the chains of the hemospectrum. Unable to go where she pleased just in case someone saw the jade to her eyes and didn't just dismiss it as simply green, questioned when she was not in the caverns with the Mother Grub, questioned the little grub she carried with her...
Here, she has chains of a different sort. At least it is a breath of fresh air, if nothing else, even if she is trapped in yet another cave.
All that, it's clockwork: wake up, bathe, make herself presentable, walk, check her device, contact the children... All of these things are done in the morning, when the sun would still be slow and lazy against the horizon. She returns to her room just as others are starting to rise. The clothes she had so carefully put on not long ago are taken off, and hung carefully in their proper place. She exchanges her finery for otherwise: a simple sleeveless shirt and pants that are cut off right beneath the knee. As she fidgets with her clothing noncommittally, she turns to the one thing that doesn't quite seem to fit amongst the fine clothing and books of her room.
A long makeshift punchingbag hanging from the ceiling.
She starts with a simple jab and enjoys, for a moment, the feel of leather against her knuckles, how it bends against her fist, and then she follows through with a side smash. The adrenaline pounds out from her heart and through her body. Each hit comes quicker and faster to her until there's only her heartbeat booming in her skull and leaving her lightless. It's a poor substitute for a proper spar that would truly keep her skills honed so she could protect her loved ones, but one must make do with what one has.
So lost in her rhythm, she doesn't realize the presence of another until the door is quietly clicking shut and she comes to a pause. Tucking her hair behind one ear, she lets her hands fall to her sides and turns to smile.
"My. You have caught me at a rather sloppy moment. Please make yourself comfortable and I'll set us up some tea, if you would care for it."
Any Concerns: