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Arcjec Voorat

2023-07-11T01:13:31Z

Capypaws: in light of afat's most recent edit, i thought i'd add a bit about it in arcjec's relationship tab w calder!

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'''Arcjec Voorat''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Magnesium, though a modified version of the symbol. They are a deconstruction of the "self insert" and "main character" fantroll archetypes.<ref>https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq</ref>

Their [[Hemospectrum#Biological Aspects|survival ability]] is being able to play dead by slowing their metabolism down.

He was the first troll to be introduced and enter the game.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Arcjec was much more outgoing and enthusiastic in their youth, if somewhat naïve. Raised together and initially sharing the same [[Lusus|lusii]] as [[Ellsee Raines]], the two viewed each other as siblings and part of the same family. During this period of time, Arcjec was interested in comic books, superheroes and pop culture, as well as drawing, cosplaying and scrapbooking.

After a series of cascading events involving his falling out with [[Taz Poemme]] and Ellsee's extended leave for training, Arcjec fell into a deep period of apathy and resentment, pushing all of his friends away and retreating into himself. They also forgot about their relationship with Ellsee entirely, which resulted in anger and confusion on their end when she came back from her training.

He seems to have been the "glue" holding their friend group together, having been depicted throughout the comic engaging in many different activities with the great majority of the main cast.

===Act 1===
Arcjec is first introduced in his respiteblock. As he goes over his possessions, he is interrupted by a rock hitting his block's window. Choosing to investigate the strange occurrence, the sight of a hooded troll lurking near his hive sends him into a panic, during which he is messaged by [[Laivan Ferroo]]. Laivan invites them to play a game of [[Anthropormuncipality]] with him and [[Murrit Turkin]], but Arcjec refuses, brushing his friend off, and requests that he let Taz know that {{VE Quote|arcjec|the mutilation fairy finally granted her long awaited wish}} in the event of their disappearance.

In an attempt to get a better look at the mysterious troll, Arcjec ends up falling out their second-floor window, landing on a mud puddle outside and passing out. They have a cryptic dream in which they stand in the middle of [[the Static]], briefly glimpsing [[White Noise]] before they jolt awake.

During their short nap, Laivan's [[Dream Self|dream self]] visits Arcjec's own dream self, still asleep on [[Prospit]]. It glitches out, momentarily reverting to a happier, younger Arcjec when Laivan touches him.

After waking up, Arcjec finds himself back inside his room. Surrounding him are the many piles of scattered drawings he makes in his sleep, something that has been a regular occurrence for some time. The newest one has [[The Game|The Game's]] symbol drawn on it, along with a message: "It's the only way."

[[File:Pg271.png|left|thumb|Arcjec being forced out of his window to look at the incoming meteor.|alt=]]
They are then accosted by an agitated Taz, who manages to convince Arcjec to collaborate by showing them Murrit's memo and the meteor hurtling towards their hive. After a few spats, Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, which they encourage Taz to input on her end. This grants her access to a set of objects, and the duo has one final fraught conversation about their past before they decide it's better if they do not speak again once Arcjec's entry is complete.

During the events of {{VE|310|2=[S] Arcjec: Enter.}}, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway around his hive, along with a mysterious chest inside his respiteblock. Arcjec opens the chest, unleashing a powerful gust of wind that sends him hurtling out of his room. He stops right in front of the archway, now activated into a portal. Taz then pushes Arcjec inside it with the Game cursor, sending him into [[the Medium]] and completing his entry process. The pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor away and into [[Skaia]]'s shield, preventing the hive's complete destruction.

===Act 2===
From the past perspective of [[Ellsee Raines]], Arcjec is shown having a conversation with her moments before the start of Act 1. She worries that she is needy and unlikable, and he offers a half-hearted attempt at advice. Amused but nonetheless touched, Ellsee decides that they will finally introduce themself to Arcjec and explain their deeper connection. It's then revealed that she was the mysterious troll that threw a stone at Arcjec's window.

Back to the present, Arcjec lands on a gray platform inscribed with the [[Aspect|Breath]] symbol, floating in a blank, stark white void. The powerful winds seen during Arcjec's entry then transform into the denizen of Breath, [[Zehanpuryu]].
[[File:Pg375.png|thumb|192x192px|One of the only times Arcjec has smiled.]]
Zehanpuryu introduces Arcjec to the game and its purpose, pledging himself as their guide. He states that Arcjec is the Bard of Breath and urges them to find him again when they are stronger. He inserts himself within the Breath platform and changes the blank planet around them into the newly formed [[Land of Mirage and Monochrome]].

As Arcjec looks around their new surroundings, they are approached by one of the planet's [[consorts]]: a bright, vibrant snake who directs them to a newly formed terminal by their denizen platform. The terminal allows Arcjec to access his game UI and Skorpe, where he finds messages from Taz and Ellsee both. He only answers the latter, and the two catch up. Ellsee admits that she knows more than she's previously let on, having seen the Game codes in a book that she has had her whole life. Arcjec closes the conversation by telling Ellsee to meet up with him when things are less hectic.

He then speaks with the multicolored snake consort, accidentally naming him "Guy". [[Guy]] tells Arcjec to prepare a [[Scythekind|weapon]], as he is bound to face monsters on his journey, and Arcjec equips his scythe before taking the first steps of his journey on LOMAM.

After following the path for a while, Arcjec and Guy find a consort village up in flames, being ravaged by a powerful shape-shifting monster known as a Shifter. Two other consorts, [[Consorts|Lady]] and [[Consorts|Person]], beg Arcjec to stop the monster before it burns down the entire town.

Overwhelmed, Arcjec freezes in place. He then finds himself in a featureless "mind space", greeted by younger version of himself: Kidjec. He tells Arcjec that it's okay to leave, that it isn't fair of the snakes to expect him to solve their problems. Arcjec, in turn, worries about his past choices and wishes they could do something for the people around them, since saving people was all they ever wanted to do when they were young.

Kidjec argues that acting on those impulses will only make him and those around him miserable, growing increasingly aggravated. He says that Arcjec should {{VE Quote|arcjec|just leave!!!}} and that every single time he tries to help someone, all he does is hurt them. Arcjec falls to their knees, their nose bleeding profusely as the mindspace seems to fall apart at the seams.

Guy then snaps Arcjec back into reality by calling out to him, the troll having gone into a trance for the duration of his conversation with Kidjec. Finding his conviction renewed, Arcjec promises to protect his consorts and prepares for battle.

During {{VE|641|2=[S] Engage.}}, Arcjec is shown battling the Shifter, managing to defeat it with the usage of his survival ability and the help of his planet's [[Aspect|Winds]]. Their consorts are elated, gifting them with a variety of crafting resources and directing them to their checkpoint near the town square.

On Prospit, Arcjec, Laivan and Albion's dream selves meet up and chat, Arcjec's dream self having woken up off-screen since the last time they were shown. The trio flies over the buildings as Dream!Laivan explains the concept behind their existence and what they're supposed to do for their players. After the discussion, he offers a grand tour of the dream moon, which Dream!Arcjec and Dream!Albion accept with varying levels of excitement.

[[File:BeatsTakingTheSubway.gif|left|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec's first craft: Beats Taking the Subway]]
Back on LOMAM, Arcjec arrives at the town square, where he is greeted by [[Metatron]]. As the built-in player guide to the Game, he explains several mechanics that will be vital to their progress, including the crafting system, the checkpoints and the gates that connect all of their planets together. He also gives Arcjec a welcome gift: a portable communicator they can use to keep in touch with the rest of their session. Metatron then coaches Arcjec through their first item creation: the Beats Taking The Subway scythe.

Further into their conversation, Metatron tells Arcjec that he needs to connect to the hero of life, Ellsee. Metatron comments on the two's relationship saying that they seem close, but Arcjec quickly brushes it off and changes the subject again. Metatron moves on saying that everything he's done with Arcjec is all he needs from him and that once the planets align then the initial stretch of Arcjec's journey will be complete. Metatron finally leaves in a puff of smoke, but not before he tells Arcjec that they're doing amazing so far.

Arcjec decides to open a new memo to make sure the rest of his friends are up to speed. He tells them that his DMs are now open, and that everyone should share their game progress so far, letting them know that he's already made it to his first checkpoint.

Taz is the first one to respond. They bicker for a short while, before she tells him that she's stuck and can't make any more progress without going over to his planet. This leads to the two having a conversation of reconciliation, in which Arcjec apologizes for ignoring her messages, saying that he wasn't trying to make her upset and only needed some breathing room. She accepts their apology, and they agree to work together from this point on.

Albion and Ellsee quickly follow in their responses, the latter informing the others of the [[Homunculi|purple-eyed demons]] that have started interfering with their entries. Albion believes that they're under someone's control, and that she briefly spoke to [[Edolon Vryche|the man]] behind it. When Murrit and Calder join the conversation, it devolves into an argument about Murrit's attempted assassination of Ellsee through his [[boobdrone]]s. Everyone is appalled by their actions, and Calder's further needling drives Murrit to drop their persona, withdrawing from the memo after telling everyone that they {{VE Quote|murrit|>([don't know what you just brought in with you.]}}. Albion asks if they should keep an eye on her, but Arcjec says that they already have their hands full as it is. He warns them that things are about to get messy and closes the memo.

Immediately afterward, Arcjec messages Ellsee, concerned about her apparent alliance with Calder. The conversation quickly devolves into lighthearted bickering as she brushes him off, and the two decide to get on with her entry by opening the Game's tutorial. On Arcjec's end, it has been updated with new information to reflect Ellsee's unique entry process: their job is to bring [[Repiton]] into [[The Medium]] by activating a series of pillars they are to place around the planet.

Through some nudging, Arcjec manages to get Ellsee to explain the most outlandish aspects of their past, including the supernatural qualities of their staff, their talking [[Lusus#Chimera lusus|lusii]] and the magical book inherited from their [[Zekura Raines|ancestor]]. They're skeptical but curious, and Ellsee asks them to just trust her. He concedes, going back to their entry preparations before noticing that Possumdad is safe and sound by Ellsee's tent.

Arcjec asks if things are ready after Ellsee activates the portal leading to the first location. Arcjec informs her that he's going to go in order of what's closest to her, however, he also informs her that he doesn't know the exact coordinates and that there's no zoom option on his application. Ellsee voices her concerns on not wanting to go to Stronghold 21 due to the risk of becoming a walking target, most likely due to her blood color. Arcjec attempts to gives her advice, telling Ellsee to take a deep breath and move forward anyways. Arcjec ends up messing up the coordinates and Ellsee walks directly into the Stronghold square. which leads to Arcjec figuratively and literally beginning to beat himself up about being terrible at lying. Arcjec begins to ramble to himself in nervousness and annoyance as Ellsee panics, but quickly begins to focus again working with what he's got. Ellsee preforms magic tricks with her staff to keep the crowd distracted as Arcjec and drops the first pillar in the middle of the plaza. She quickly dives out of the way of the massive pillar before activating it and leaving rapidly. Ellsee tumbles back through the portal to her hive, exhausted. She decides to dance out her frustrations and Arcjec joins in with her. He tells her to pretend that never happened and to not mention it ever again. Ellsee asks if he had fun listening to her music which he reluctantly confirms that he did. They tell Ellsee that they'll make up for what they did with the last pillar.

Arcjec goes back to check on his hive, which is now a wreck with a hole going through the wall of his room and demons all around it. They move their cursor to go inside their messy hive, collectibles strewn all over the place. They grab a [[Sylladex#Replica Replica|replica]] of their [[Sylladex#Replica|replica fetch modus]] to give Ellsee, in which she captchalogues her book, which unbeknownst to her results in a revised and corrupted version. She gets back to work with Arcjec after resting, with him promising to try his best to be there for her through the whole thing. Ellsee again repeats her nervousness, wondering everything was going to be okay, and Arcjec tells her that she's going to have to trust him.

During the events of {{VE|1000|2=[S] Ellsee: Enter.}}, Arcjec and Ellsee continue to work together with him placing down the pillars and her going through the portals and activating them. The portals take her to the Northern Wastes, Kenede Spaceport, Bizkantine Ruins, and the Black Depths. All but one of the planets connect and Repiton makes the jump as the pillars activate and Arcjec sighs in relief as Ellsee's [[Lilith|Denizen]] is released and she enters the Medium.

===Post-EOA2===
As Taz makes her first foray into Arcjec's planet, she stumbles across a scene from her youth, brought to life through LOMAM's mechanics: her, Ellsee, Laivan and Arcjec, back when they were children, on the day when Arcjec asked Taz if she thought they were going to be friends forever.

After she spends some time reminiscing, Arcjec finds Taz, snapping her out of the flashback. He greets her with a smile and reassures her that he's right there, and the two of them walk off together.

=== Act 3 Act 1===
On the day following the Players' entry into the Medium, Arcjec reopens their old memo in order to keep the group up to date on their individual progress on their planets. Albion is the first to respond, claiming they met on Prospit not too long ago, but Arcjec doesn't seem remember it very clearly. Eventually, the group discusses the current situation on [[Repiton]], the [[Harbingers of the Alpocalypse|Harbingers]] and [[Mirthamaniacs]] storming [[Stronghold 21]] and the state of chaos the planet's entry into the Game has caused. Throughout the memo, Arcjec tags Murrit multiple times, who only responds to fall back into the same deflective patterns. They then ban themself from it, much to Arcjec's exasperation.

Later, Ellsee is seen falling asleep in the snow on her planet after the exhausting task of entering the game. She appears to have a flashback of her and Arcjec in his hive, dancing around together. Arcjec bumps into Ellsee which leads to both of them falling on the floor laughing together. Arcjec says he's hungry which leads to Ellsee and him into the kitchen. Both Arcjec and Ellsee are seen talking about Ayala and Ari, two heads of Ellsee's lusus. Arcjec compliments Ellsee on how her new look is coming along and saying that she seems happier. The conversation turns into Ellsee complaining about how she can't go out and do things like how Arcjec can. Arcjec offers to try and find a way to sneak her out, but she refuses. Ellsee questions Arcjec about how he seems content with what is happening to the both of them. He pauses to think, but overall reassures her that everything is okay and that he'll always be here for her because they're family.

When Ellsee talks to White Noise, they discuss that in the past Arcjec acted differently towards everyone including Ellsee after her training. People tried getting to him, but he wouldn't budge. He was scared and angry, yelled and refused to listen to anything. However, Arcjec never changed his trolltag when they moved over to Skorp, so Ellsee found their Skorp attempted to act like a different person in order to contact him. White Noise has also attempted to speak to him, but it seems all Arcjec does is mumble to something and draw symbols. He doesn't know what's happened to Arcjec, but believes that something has gotten inside their head.

==Personality and traits==
At the start of the comic, Arcjec is a closed off and isolated person. They display a sardonic, irritable attitude toward most people, having little patience when dealing with others, and generally seeing things from a bleak perspective. They place a great deal of importance on the way things "should" be and how they work in the "real world", holding a jaded, disaffected philosophy on life. Paradoxically, he still is heavily invested in certain conversations, as evidenced by the amount of effort put into his responses whenever his friends try to contact him and the very fact that he leaves these channels of contact open.

This mindset is later shown to mask Arcjec's genuine attachment and care for his old life and friends. As the story progresses, they start being more open with the rest of the cast, apologizing for their unkind behavior and being more honest about their emotions. He makes an effort to reconnected with all of his friends, even taking charge in an unofficial "friendleader" capacity if the situation calls for it, and sharing moments of lighthearted banter with many of them in a sharp contrast to his biting interactions from before.

A good part of Arcjec's struggles are related to his mental health. The way other characters have described his falling out with the group, along with his own conversation about his emotional state with Kidjec, seem to indicate symptoms of a depressive disorder. Their habit of indulging in cans of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mountain_Dew_flavors_and_varieties#CodeRed Code Red] - a strong antidepressant<ref>{{VE Quote|wn|Now, if it had been a Mountain Dew: Code Red, then you’d be a little worried. That stuff is a real potent antidepressant.}} - ''Snowbound Blood:'' Volume Eight</ref> on Repiton - is further confirmation of the fact, having even been labelled an addiction in the comic's text.

Arcjec's past interests include the collection of pop culture memorabilia, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funko Pops] and action figures of comic characters, playing SBVRPRPG's with his friends, and drawing. They also used to do cosplay, being depicted going to a Repitonian comic con with Taz in one of the photos in their album,

His blood is of a unique "corn syrup" color, a result of combination of normal Repitonian bronze blood and [[Ellsee Raines|lime blood]]. This blood type and Arcjec's sigil were passed down to them by their ancestor, [[Thesal Voorat]], after his attempted suicide and subsequent revival by [[Zekura Raines]] during [[The Renaissance]].

==Relationships==

===Taz Poemme===
[[File:Pg264.png|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec and Taz's first time talking in two sweeps. It goes as well as it can.]]
Arcjec and [[Tazsia|Taz]] have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and supposedly unrealized romantic entanglements. There are many indications that their relationship was at one point unhealthy or unrequited, mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for over two sweeps while Taz has since repeatedly tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another, even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

During Post-EOA2 and Act 3 Act 1, they reconnect and bonded with each other once Taz arrives on Arcjec's planet, resulting in better communication and none of the hatred and lashing out from before. Any jabs or insults they throw at each other overall seem lighthearted banter typical of their contrasting personalities. Austin has also stated on Tumblr that they have "extremely red" feelings for each other<ref>{{CiteSocial|platform=tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|date=May 20, 2019|quote=[Ask: do taz and arcjec have black feelings for eachother?] if by black you mean extremely red then yes|link=https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/185008621064/do-taz-and-arcjec-have-black-feelings-for}}</ref>, "miss each other but are too upset and stubborn to admit it"<ref>{{CiteSocial|platform=tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|date=|quote=[Ask: whats the deal with taz and arcjec and their relationship?] they miss each other but are too upset and stubborn to admit it|link=https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/174870026574/whats-the-deal-with-taz-and-arcjec-and-their}}</ref>, and "are in love and very upset at themselves all the time"<ref>{{CiteSocial|platform=tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|date=Apr 11, 2019|quote=[Ask: what is up with arcjec and taz] they are in love and very upset at themselves all the time|link=https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/184094908769/what-is-up-with-arcjec-and-taz}}</ref>.

===Laivan Ferroo===
Despite Arcjec's base unfriendly demeanor, him and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] appear to have a pleasant friendship. They seem to have mutually requited yet unrealized pale crushes on each other. The two, along with Calder, used to play together as kids, but this appears to have ended or become rare as Arcjec grew distant and depressed.

After speaking in the newest memo in Act 3 Act 1, they still seem close in some sort of way, with Laivan remembering Arcjec's wriggling day (or as Laivan called it, a birthday) and asking him about it.

===Ellsee Raines===
Arcjec and [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] have a unclear relationship. Ellsee seems to value and trust him a great deal. One of her goals at the beginning of the comic was to finally meet him and introduce herself personally, though she is never able to bolster up the courage to actually do it, even when she's already at his hive.

Ellsee appears to care for Arcjec and worries for his wellbeing, even dropping all of her fear to run back to him in order to try and rescue him once she notices the meteor heading towards his hive. Despite this, Arcjec doesn't appear to know much about Ellsee at all; though he does seem to have an easier time speaking to her than the other trolls in his chat fodder. When Ellsee asks if she was likeable, Arcjec does actually try to give her advice (albeit poorly). In Act 3 Act 1 Arcjec and Ellsee are seen sharing a hive and call each other a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/1742 family.]

Biologically, Ellsee and Arcjec's relationship are the equivalent of human siblings, while their [[ancestors]] were in a [[Quadrants#Matespritship.2FFlushed Quadrant .E2.99.A5|matespritship]]. This would make their relationship closest to siblings, with their ancestors as their parents.

===Murrit Turkin===
Arcjec does not appear to be a big fan of [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. After reading through her memo, he believes that the game is a prank set up by him and the others to make fun of him and later notes during a conversation that he is a "slam jockey with more exposed RGB wires than common decency". When telling [[Zehanpuryu]] about what he believes should have happened post-entry, he admits that Murrit is a "friend" and that he is "actually way worse at explaining things than you or this game."

Arcjec seems to have known Murrit since he was six sweeps old, as seen in a flashback. They have talked enough for Arcjec to notice Murrit's tendencies, such as commenting that they "hate when they do that" after Murrit bans themself from a memo.

===Jentha Briati ===
Arcjec mentioned [[Jentha]] during a conversation with Taz as they were working towards his entry. They seem to be relatively aware of each other's interests, and share some in the form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funkos], but otherwise there is little information on their relationship.

===Calder Kerian ===
[[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Arcjec were once friends in their youth, but it seems that Arcjec is the only one who believes they can still be considered that.

In the memo in Act 3 Act 1, their interactions are tense and curt, though Arcjec attempts to be courteous as with the rest of the cast. Arcjec comments that Calder sounds "different now" and that "it feels like I don't know who I'm talking to." Arcjec also states that he has no qualms about banning Calder from the memo after telling him to knock it off when overstepping Taz's boundaries.

Later on, Arcjec confronts Calder privately in hopes of reintegrating him with the rest of the session. While the first half of the conversation is taut and Calder sticks to his usual mannerisms, the two wind up briefly quipping back and forth. In the end, Calder decides not to oppose Arcjec's supposed future pestering.

===Serpaz Helilo===
Serpaz and Arcjec seem to have been friends in their youth. There is not much information on their current relationship, but Serpaz seems to think of Arcjec as silly. They seem to not have any problems or tension with each other. When Arcjec cuts Serpaz off from rambling about her entry in the Act 3 Act 1 memo, he reassures her that he's taking her seriously and that she can talk later.

===Albion Shukra ===
Albion and Arcjec seem to get along well. The two speak about their relationship when they were younger in the memo in Act 3 Act 1. Albion comments on how Arcjec was "one of the few people" who believed in her position when they were younger as well. Arcjec tells her that he thought it was an elaborate backstory she made for a character. Arcjec comments on how he would consistently tell her when they were younger that she would always be good at the game he played, and that she unfortunately never joined. She tells Arcjec how she was on Prospit with him but he doesn't remember, having had issues with his dreamself at the time.

===Sova Amalie ===
There is little information on their relationship for the most part, however it is implied that they've talked in the past, with Sova bringing up in Act 3 Act 1 that she's read weirder from Arcjec after a particularly bizarre comment from him. She's also mentioned that as "(snide as he may be at times... at the end of the night, ARCJEC has been nothing but genuinely "real" with [her].)"<ref>https://www.deconreconstruction.com/bonus/ama1/1 Sova's portion of the Cast AMA</ref> They don't seem to have any problems with each other.

===Occeus Coliad===
There seems to be something going on between the two but there's not much information about their relationship. Occeus comments in Act 3 Act 1 that their past interactions have been more "charitable" and what Arcjec is doing is "weird". There seems to be some sort of tension between the two but not that much.

==Trivia==

*Arcjec's chat handle, {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is a holdover from when they were younger, meaning "energetic comedian". "Animated" could also refer to cartoons, an interest Arcjec had in his youth.
* Arcjec is often compared to {{MSPAW External|Karkat_Vantas|Karkat Vantas}}, due to their similarly cantankerous demeanors, penchants for tirades and roles as "the first troll" in their respective comics. This has made shipping the two characters to become a running joke in the fandom, which was brought to a head during April Fool's Day in 2017, when a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/bonus/april-fools-day-2017/1 short four-page bonus comic] dedicated to the concept was published on the site
*Arcjec has a canonical voice, that of which belonging to Paul Henderson, who also happens to be the voice of Karkat Vantas in the Voxus dub of Homestuck. Examples of his part being played include the Yulepassing PSA, and Arcalicious.
*The fake names given to Arcjec on pages 3 and 4 of the comic are "hypocritical asshat" and "little shit".
*Arcjec has a habit of saying whatever he happens to be typing out loud.
*Being a Prospit dreamer, (technically) a bronzeblood and a Hero of Breath, Arcjec's would-be extended zodiac sign is [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Taurus Taurus, Sign of the Unfledged.]
*Arcjec has a figurine of {{MSPAW External|John_Egbert|John Egbert}} in his room. {{VE|971}}
*He runs a Filler account under the username NextIssue.
**This username may be a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Issue_Project Next Issue Project].
**It is the only abandoned account out of the cast.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="185">
File:Kidjec just leave!!.png|Kidjec
File:Arcjec cosplay.png|Arcjec as a child - [https://souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Soul_Evans Soul Evans] cosplay
File:176-kidjec.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec yelling.png|Arcjec pre-game
File:Wide.png|Arcjec in-game
File:873-maskjec.png|Arcjec wearing a mask
File:Arcjec, dreamself.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec filler account.jpg|Arcjec's [[Filler]] account
File:01078.gif|Arcjec meeting with Taz on his planet
File:TD Arcjec.png|Arcjec's trollodex card
File:Arcjec Pureself.png|[[Pure Self]] Arcjec from an [[Known_Probabilities#Alt.21Murrit:_FAST-FORWARD.|alternate probability]]
</gallery>

==References==
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Af

2023-04-30T23:54:53Z

Capypaws: updated bits on af that were unclear / made before his talk with jentha

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'''Af''' is the denizen of Light and patron denizen of [[Jentha Briati]], the Heir of Light.

==Biography==

===Pre-game===

As Jentha was messaging Occeus for help during her entry process, Af showed up inside her hive. This prompted White Noise to bemoan the fact that they don't know how to "stay on-script". He proceeded to help her with building her entry gate, facilitating Jentha's entry into the [[The Medium|Medium]].

===Land Creation===

Jentha's land wasn't created through the conventional means; Af mentioning that he actually {{VE|1900|circumvented the typical conversation that generates a land in its entirety.}} Af decided on what she thought would be best for Jentha without that exchange.

===During the game===

Af presumably followed Jentha for a while, as she was depicted {{VE|1705|sitting on a large sunflower}} above Jentha's head during one of Arcjec's memos. Af masked their presence for a while afterward, letting Jentha explore her land on her own until she inevitably found nothing of note and called them for assistance.

==Personality and Traits==

Af has been shown to be cheerful and mischievous to the point of disregarding White Noise's instructions if it suits them. He is generally quite upbeat, smile unfaltering even when it comes to Jentha's cynical remarks regarding him and The Game itself. They have an acute sense of humor, lightly teasing Jentha at times.

==Relationships==

===Jentha Briati===

Af's player. Initially shown awed by Af's presence, Jentha seems to have soured on the denizen since her entry, saying that they are {{VE_Quote|jentha|a traffic c cone denizen that l looks at me like im some sort of p prize}}.

==Trivia==

*Af's name, like all the other Vast Error denizens, originates from an angel of the same name.

==Gallery==
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Image 2021-11-16 130028.png|Shapeshifted as Jentha.
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Cadlys Rankor

2023-04-30T21:01:44Z

Capypaws: /* Biography */ made each sentence refer to them w/ only 1 prn set to make things less confusing (he/him / they/them)

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'''Cadlys Rankor''' is a secondary [[troll]] in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Crucible.

He was first revealed in the February 18th Trollodex, alongside [[Bytcon Krypto]]. Their bullet points were:
* monotone magnanimity
* what's your classpect lol
* you're not his all-mother

==Etymology==
Cadlys is a corruption of the word "catalyst". Rankor most likely comes from the word "rancor", meaning "bitterness".

== Biography ==
Cadlys is an avid chemist, creating potions and acids of many different kinds and selling the ones they consider to be failures on the dark web for a living. He makes these concoctions in the safety of his bunker, located somewhere within a graveyard of skulltitan bones near [[Occeus's hive|Occeus' hive]]. They also live with their bonded matesprit, Mariel, and Dia, a young troll the two of them took in at some point in the past.

His goal is seemingly to create "aqua vitae", the water of life, which [[Secily Iopara|Secily]] notes as a liquid said to cleanse rivers and "bring those who are suffering back to reality once more." Their motive may be to heal [[Repiton]] and restore it.

During the events of ''[[Snowbound Blood: Volume Six]],'' Cadlys invites Secily inside his home to talk, although he cannot offer more than anecdotes about his experiences having [[Aumtzi Maught|Noxious]] as a client. At the end of their route, they point Secily toward [[Oricka Rourst|Oricka]]'s matesprit and known vigilante across Repiton's criminal underbelly: [[Necron Exmort]], the Ashbringer.

As of [[Vast Error: Intermission 2 Side 2|Intermission 2 Side 2]], Cadlys appears to be taking refuge at [[Eidolic Acres]] with some of the other Snowbound Blood characters.

== Personality and traits ==
Cadlys is the type of person to conceal his true self, as seen by his literal mask and his metaphorical mask, his wide grin. They tend to be casual about most things. However, when it comes to things such as a certain concoction named Takeaway that he has stored away, the mask comes off and he presents himself as cold and dead serious, changing his quirk as a result.

They also became a bit vulnerable when talking about Dia, most likely having a very personal connection to whatever happened to her.

== Relationships ==
===Mariel Solana===
Also referred to as Marie, Mariel is a troll designed by Zamboozle. She is known to be Cadlys' bonded matesprit.

=== Delivy Amatii ===
Delivy is a troll designed by GreaserParty. She is Cadlys' moirail.

===Diania Lextio===
Commonly referred to as Dia, Diania is a troll designed by GreaserParty. She is a troll that Cadlys took in, due to the fact that she {{VE Quote|cadlys|lost everything.}} They hold a familial bond.

=== Noxious ===
Cadlys says he has not spoken much with [[Aumtzi Maught|Noxious]] outside of trading goods with him.

== Trivia ==
* According to the tags on the [https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/182885918909/trollodex-declassification-progress-260 tumblr post about his reveal], if you fuse him with [[Bytcon Krypto|Bytcon]] you get Tagora.
* His would-be classpect is Rogue of Rage.
*Cadlys' theme is a reference to Justin Kuritzkes' Potion Seller video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FQU4KzN7A</ref>

==Gallery==
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cadlys.gif|All of Cadlys' sprites.
Volume6Characters.png|Cadlys on the Volume 6 character select.
Volume6Header.png|Cadlys on the Volume 6 chapter select.
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Clarud Enthal

2023-03-06T02:16:00Z

Capypaws: added a wee bit more to claruds relationship tab with sestro

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'''Clarud Enthal''', known by his title as '''The Executive''', is the ancestor to [[Sestro Enthal]] and former CEO and founder of the [[Repiton Corporation]].

==Etymology==
'Enthal', when translated from German, means 'contained'. The name Enthal may also come from the word enthalpy, a property of thermodynamic system that is the sum of a system's internal energy typically used to measure heat. Clarud may stem from the latin clārus meaning "Clear" or "Upstanding."<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clarus</ref>

== Biography ==

=== Early Life ===
Clarud witnessed the destruction of the [[Deconstruction Era]] in his youth. Horrified by the methods of [[Alchemy]] of the time, he cultivated a society where they were deemed forbidden.{{VE|1366}} During this time, Clarud would bond with a fellow who would become his matesprit. It is implied that Clarud created an institution regarding aspects. Some time after this during the Reconstruction Era, support of Clarud cause would fade due to the their inability to use or control their aspects. Clarud's matesprit would die supposedly due to a lack of control of one's aspect.{{VE|1364}}

Clarud would be visited by [[Thesal Voorat|The Forgiven]] and [[Zekura Raines|The Vivifier]] at his house where they asked for his assistance in the hatching of [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] and [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]]. To ensure he lived long enough for their hatching the Vivifier extended his life with her blood.

9x sleeps later he would come to form the Repiton Corporation.

==Relationships==

===Sestro Enthal===
[[Sestro Enthal|Sestro]] is Clarud's descendant. The two were on fairly thin ice leading up to Clarud's death, interactions between them panning out to be quite uncomfortable. Narration remarks Clarud as "someone [Sestro] wished [he] could have loved"<ref>https://www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/1433</ref> upon his death.

===Rodere===
Clarud was taken care of by [[Rodere]] before his death.

===Secily Iopara===
Clarud is [[Secily Iopara|Secily's]] employer.

==Trivia==

* He is likely the oldest troll in history, behind [[Zekura Raines|Zekura]] and [[Thesal Voorat|Thesal]].

==Gallery==
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1360-exec.gif|Old Clarud
Youngclarud.png|Young Clarud
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Laivan Ferroo

2023-02-22T15:53:12Z

Capypaws:

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'''Laivan Ferroo''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|laivan|windlessArtificer}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Zinc and his horns resemble dog ears. He is a deconstruction of the "furry" and "unoriginal" fantroll archetypes.

He was the sixth troll introduced and the final troll properly introduced in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]]. As a Space player, he is one of the two players meant to usher [[The Game]] to its players along with the session's [[Murrit Turkin|Time player]].

He was the third troll to enter the game.

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
Laivan used to play SBVRPRPG tournament games with [[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Arcjec, and they all used to be good friends. This stopped after Arcjec started to become more depressed and distant.

At some point, Laivan met his matesprit, [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]], by accidentally shooting her in the leg during a hunting trip. This encounter would leave Serpaz permanently disabled and reliant on a leg brace, but would also lead the two to form a strong matespritship.

It was around this time that Laivan met and made a deal with [[White Noise]] under the condition that he would return at a later date and fulfill an [[Green Sun|obligation]] for him. Upon making this deal, Laivan awoke on the moon of [[Prospit]] and became a well-recognized figure on the moon. He eventually started spending his nights collecting newspapers to give to [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] upon his awakening so he wouldn't be left in the dark about the dream planet.

=== Pre-Game ===
On the night of the game, Laivan spent much of his time goofing around and playing [[Anthropormuncipality]] with [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. He messaged [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] to ask them if they wanted to join in as well. They declined. During their game, Murrit wanders off to mess with [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] and prepare him for the coming night, before going off to the [[Frog Temple]] next to his hive to observe the [[Nightshade]] within it. Before he leaves, Murrit makes a memo regarding the game and includes everyone (except [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]]) in it.

Meanwhile, Laivan took a nap and woke up on [[Prospit]], a routine he'd followed ever since he made a contract with [[White Noise]]. He visited Arcjec, who had yet to wake up. He delivers another Prospitian newspaper to Arcjec's dreamself, in hopes that once he awoke, he could easily be caught up on being a [[Prospit]] dreamer. Laivan quietly wished that Arcjec had woken up sooner, wondering if he might have been a happier person if he did. As he gives a reassuring pap to Arcjec's dreamself, the [[dreamself]] glitches out briefly, momentarily turning into his younger, less-depressed self. Laivan is freaked out by this.

He is then intercepted by White Noise and taken into [[The Static]]. The two speak for a time and reflect on the purpose of the game and its existence, and how the trolls are destined to play it but are ultimately destined to fail to meet its purpose. Noise notes that their destined failure does not necessarily mean they will be faced with inevitable defeat. They also reflect on why Laivan took Noise's deal, with Laivan simply stating that the deal would give him a purpose. White Noise then gives Laivan the essence of his soul: a medallion with the {{Green Sun|link}} contained within, telling him that he must return it to its source for the sake of the perpetuation of reality. As Laivan puts on the '''{{Green Sun}}''' medallion, he finds himself unable to breathe, and White Noise uses his abilities to send Laivan away.

Laivan is then awoken by his dog [[lusus]]: Mutt. After making sure he still has the medallion, he answers a message from his matesprit: [[Serpaz Helilo]]. The two lovers discuss Murrit's plans for the night and the fact that it happened to be their anniversary. Serpaz light-heartedly brings up how she and Laivan first met when he accidentally shot her in the leg and left her with a permanent handicap, which makes Laivan visibly uncomfortable, despite Serpaz not being mad about the accident anymore. When the conversation ends, Laivan goes to find some glue to fix his dog's toy. As he is away from his desk, he receives a set of panicked messages from [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who had recently learned a distressing truth from her lusus.

When Laivan returns, he is unable to get a hold of Albion, and messages Murrit instead, voicing his concern for Albion's well-being and letting Murrit know he met with White Noise. After the Nightshade opens, which leads to the installation of [[The Game]] on everyone's computers. Laivan and Murrit play more Anthropomunicipality in celebration and do a fake high five.

After Arcjec enters the game, Laivan is seen helping [[Taz]] with her entry. The two struggled to find Taz's code set of codes while Laivan continues to play more Anthropomunicipality with Murrit, which infuriates Taz. The two are abruptly pulled into a memo made by [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]], who wishes to share her own knowledge of the game in response to being excluded from Murrit's. Laivan is grateful for the prospect of help, but Taz behaves incredulously when she sees that Laivan wasting time with banter. When Taz leaves the memo in a huff, he chides her for burning bridges when they could have used the help. Suddenly, when Taz's back is turned, Taz's lusus succumbs to her natural instincts and jumps into the black ocean depths that neighbor Taz's hive. The large mink monster is very swiftly eaten alive by the deadly fauna below, and its blood reveals the location of Taz's code: in the rocks at the edge of the cliff, hidden by the murky black water. As Taz goes into a grief-driven rage, Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her [[Azbogah|denizen]], she has Laivan to put the rusted and locked cage, her [[Paragon Repository]], in her [[Tazsia's hive|Torture Fort]] so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, as it has a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage calms Taz back down in the process. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

After Taz's entry, Laivan begins preparing for his own, with Murrit as his server player. Laivan questions why Murrit left Ellsee's memo, clearly upset about how poorly she is treated. Murrit doesn't provide an answer, only telling Laivan that he has his reasons and he should trust him. Murrit then begins the entry process.

=== During the game ===
After Laivan entered [[The Game]], he spoke to the denizen of Space, Haniel, about his life and asked Haniel about whether or not they know about White Noise. After the conversation, the Land of Construct and Deluge was formed as Haniel prompted Laivan to follow them. As they explored the planet, they came across a temple wherein The Cauldron was located and Haniel vaguely explained its true purpose to the Game.

== Personality and traits ==
Laivan is a passive but sociable troll who seems to get along with just about anyone. He is generally very laid back and is somewhat easily distracted. Among Laivan's interests are sharpshooting, taxidermy, playing video games and dogs. If trolls had a concept of furries, Laivan would be one due to his love and frequent association with dog-like creatures. This further established by his love of drawing original characters based on dogs. He has two as far as we know: one named Figment and one named Abel.

Having a severe lung condition after a malfunction in his artificial birthing process, Laivan's capabilities and choices with what he does in life are inherently limited. However, this doesn't appear to bother him much and makes due with the help of his friends and his beloved dog-lusus, Mutt.

At some point in his youth, Laivan made a deal with White Noise to fulfill some sort of obligation related to the perpetuation of reality. In matters related to these obligations, Laivan tends to take things much more seriously but also gets somewhat impatient. In his conversation with White Noise, Laivan admitted that he didn't really know what he wanted out of life and that he largely took White Noise's deal out of a desire for purpose. In the same conversation, Noise characterized Laivan as pragmatic, caring and constantly listless.
== Relationships ==

=== Serpaz Helilo ===
Laivan and [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]] are [[Quadrants|matesprits]] and appear to be exceptionally close. They met two sweeps prior to the night of [[The Game]] when Laivan accidentally shot Serpaz in the leg during a hunting excursion, which left Serpaz permanently unable to use that leg without a cane or brace. Apparently, they fell in love on the night the accident occured, the absurdity of which is something that does not elude them. Serpaz is evidentially more comfortable with making light of the accident than Laivan is, for obvious reasons.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
He isn't bothered by [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec's]] cantankerous personality and sardonic demeanor but considers him to be a generally sad person. The two appear to be good friends and their relationship is one of Arcjec's least tumultuous ones. Laivan frequently visits Arcjec's sleeping dreamself on Prospit, and Arcjec's pants match Laivan's blood color. Laivan is absolutely pale-smitten with Arcjec, a fact that [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] has teased him for.

=== Murrit Turkin ===
[[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] is one of Laivan's closest friends, with the two sharing a passion for Anthropormuncipality and a destiny in leading everyone to play the game they recovered from the Frog Temple. Laivan is one of the few trolls who aren't put off by Murrit's bizarre quirks and even jokingly calls him out on it. Murrit is often more honest around Laivan in turn and does not seem to harass him as harshly as some others, even though he isn't free from it either.

=== Sovara Amalie ===
Sova is an old friend of Laivan and Serpaz, but they seem to have fallen out of touch with her prior to the events of [[the Game]]. The couple appears to be quite fond of and protective of Sova, apparently having saved her from something in the past and possibly made her a place to stay.

=== Albion Shukra ===
Although their relationship has not been elaborated on, [[Albion Shukra|Albion]] and Laivan appear to be on good terms and do message one another enough to where Albion feels comfortable in asking Laivan for help. He is visibly worried when she messages him in a panic and he is unable to get a response afterward.

=== Ellsee Raines ===
Laivan and [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] are longtime friends, and the two are on amicable terms. Laivan is very upset when people mistreat her and belittle her, and is willing to come to her defense when others put her down or ignore her.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
Laivan and [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] are work colleagues; Laivan stitches up corpses that [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] finds for the sake of his revitalization experiments.

=== Taz ===
[[Taz Poemme|Taz]] does not enjoy speaking to Laivan very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz despite not having the words to describe her, but isn't above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

=== Calder Kerian ===
[[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Laivan were once friends in their youth, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

=== White Noise ===
[[White Noise]] appears to have a fatherly affinity for Laivan. White Noise tries to provide guidance and support to the young troll and has stated that Laivan and his friends are capable of much more than he might believe. Laivan appears to be comfortable with him and clearly respects his guidance, although he does think he rambles on too much.

The two have made a deal, the conditions of which leave White Noise beholden to serve and assist Laivan, while Laivan promises to help bring about The Game and care for the propagation of reality. This deal is what allowed Laivan to awaken on Prospit.

== Trivia ==
* {{VE Quote|laivan|windlessArtificer}} is a reference to his asthmatic condition and to his taxidermical interests.
* His dog-like traits are based on his archetype of "Unoriginal" or "Furry", both of which would potentially associate him with certain Space Player from {{MSPAW External|Jade_Harley|another comic}}.
* Laivan is apparently very bad at tying knots.
* Laivan has a tendency to use a lot of glue, and constantly seems to run out of it.
** Ironically, his matesprit, Serpaz suffers from an overabundance of glue, and constantly wonders why Laivan never asks her for any.
* He has two laptops that appear to be the exact same laptop, only one is literally marked with a '2' on it.
* Laivan is a Cobaltblood, a Prospit Dreamer, and a Hero of Space, meaning his sign on Alternia would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Scorgo Scorgo, Sign of the Crusader].
* The name Laivan Ferroo, when translated from Finnish, means 'iron ship'. This may be a reference to his matespritship with [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]].
* Laivan runs a Filler account under the username ShiveringAbel.
* Laivan and Serpaz are the same height.
* His mentioned OCs, Abel and Figment, may have foreshadowed the existence of [[Mimesis]], as well as their connection to White Noise. This may have been unintentional however.

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Laivan tying wood together.png|Young Laivan
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Murrit Turkin

2023-02-22T06:54:41Z

Capypaws: added an 'of' and removed a 'y'

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'''Murrit Turkin''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|murrit|unclaspedKahuna}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Lead, and she is a deconstruction of the "incomprehensible character mess" fantroll archetype.<ref>https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq</ref>

They were the fifth troll introduced and the fourth player to enter the game. As a Time player, it was part of his initial duty to kick-start [[The Game]]'s entry process and make sure all of his fellow players were ready to join, along with the session's [[Laivan Ferroo|Space player]].

==Etymology==
The surname Turkin could be a reference to [[wikipedia:Valentin Turkin|Valentin Turkin (1887-1958)]], a Russian screenwriter and critic. This can be loosely related to Murrit's general interest in pop culture and propensity to record her friends' daily lives.

==Biography==

===Early Life===
During their time in school, Murrit was a part of the seadweller-specific classes, which put them under the designation of "honor student". Despite this, he was a notable troublemaker, frequently targeting [[Dismas Mersiv]] with his various antics. He silently tailed Dismas and [[Albion Shukra]] in their mission to get [[Jentha Briati]] out of her mould, convincing the three to let him join them in the yard. After Murrit shoved Dismas off a piece of playground equipment, Jentha was greatly upset, causing her to have a survival ability meltdown, which resulted in the death of many students and staff at the school, as well as the disappearance and presumed death of Dismas.

Murrit proceeded to take full blame for the incident and was expelled by [[The Principal|the Principal]]. They journeyed in exile until eventually finding a tropical island to settle down on.

For a time following their expulsion, Murrit took to selling pieces of the [[Frog Temple|ruins]] near their [[Murrit's hive|hive]] in order to get by. At around 4.5 sweeps old, they struck a deal with [[White Noise]] to rebuild the temple and notify his group of friends after he finished, in exchange for being awakened on the moon of [[Derse]], where he was apprehended by a group of con men known as [[Dead Shufflers|the Dead Shufflers]] and held hostage against the [[Black Queen]]. The game's Jack Noir, known as [[Scathing Sharper]], quickly took a liking to Murrit and as such acted as a sort of mentor to her, teaching her how they operated and turning her into a feared member of their gang, and in her waking life, a feared member of the remaining seadweller hierarchy.

Some time afterward, Murrit played a fateful virtual poker game within which they reunited with Dismas, prompting them to sell the Shufflers out into servitude or hiding and completely recreate their personality from scratch into an eccentric, sleazy front. The two entered into a [[Quadrants#Kismesissitude.2FCaliginous Quadrant .E2.99.A0|kismesissitude]] after some time, working as partners with Dismas as a hitman, and later, Murrit would lead Dismas to a destitute Jentha, reuniting the two who would then become [[Quadrants#Moirallegiance.2FPale Quadrant .E2.99.A6|moirails]].

At an unspecified point after this and before the events of the story, Murrit watched on his monitors as [[Ellsee Raines]] attempted a ritual that went horribly wrong. The things Murrit saw shook them to their core, causing them to dedicate effort to excluding her from the upcoming game.

===Pre-Game===
On the night of [[The Game]], Murrit spends most of his time preparing and organizing his plans to get everyone into the game successfully, pushing everyone along accordingly. This includes attempting to explain the circumstances to [[Taz Poemme|Taz]] in the most excruciating manner possible{{VE|59}}, re-explaining their past in relation to White Noise to Dismas as he is led outside by Murrit to be filmed fighting his [[Lusus#Skulltitan Lusus|lusus]]{{VE|117}}, spying on their friends on their various CRT monitors{{VE|159}}, and playing a [[Anthropormunicipality|different game]] with a [[Laivan Ferroo|friend]] to pass the time.

Murrit eventually makes his way back to the Frog Temple, which he has labeled and desecrated as his "hentai dungeon", after navigating a series of elaborate traps designed by himself to keep him on his toes{{VE|231}}. In the temple, along with [[Narayan Code|several runes]] is a giant closed flower pod on a pedestal with a timer counting down, minutes from completion. Being a bit early for the big reveal, Murrit fetches their Doncamaticomp from their [[Sylladex#Surveillance|fetch modus]], answering a message from Laivan about the current state of preparation for the game. Murrit promises to play a game of Anthropormunicipality with Laivan as the countdown on the flower pod's pedestal ends{{VE|242}}.

The flower opens and lets out a bright beam of light that splits into twelve, forcefully installing The Game on the main cast's computers. This prompts Taz to message Murrit in frustrated confusion before being told outright to figure it out herself.

Not long after, Murrit sends a mass memo to the main cast (with the exception of Ellsee) informing them of the nature of The Game{{VE|265}}. They then receive a message from who they think to be Arcjec, though it's revealed to be Ellsee messaging them through Arcjec's Skorpe account, demanding to know what was going on and why she was excluded. Murrit proceeds to drop his quirk and sharply demand that she stay away away from the rest of the cast and the game if she actually cares about any of them, ceasing to message her further{{VE|357}}.

During [S] Arcjec: Enter{{VE|310}}, Murrit is shown playing aforementioned rounds of Anthropormunicipality with Laivan as promised.

Murrit was included in Ellsee's memo, but immediately withdrew from it. After the memo, Laivan messages Murrit asking why she left, to which Murrit asks that Laivan just trust them on it.

The scene switches to Murrit's Boobdrone (Based Occulatory Operation Buddy Drone) harassing Dismas, half submerged in a stream with a broken arm after the recent altercation with his lusus, with its auto chatter function. Not long after, the automatic function shuts off and Murrit returns, piloting the drone. In an effort to make Dismas feel better and get him to move, they bring Jentha into a [[Skorpe]] call, who proceeds to heavily chastise Murrit for telling her Dismas had been killed in order to get her to join the call in the first place. Murrit has another Boobdrone push an ore-powered minecart onto the nearby rails, hoisting Dismas onto it to get him back to his hive in order to be Murrit's server player.

Later, on the sandy beach in front of her hive, Murrit's entrance into the game is put in jeopardy{{VE|675}}. Their paragon repository is trapped in a cube of ice, unable to be melted in time to release their [[Denizen]] before the meteor hits. Suddenly, the ice block and the hourglass inside it shatter, unleashing the [[Gusion|Denizen of Time]] inside. As Murrit rushes into the portal after him, [[Weird Al|two]] [[Edolon Vryche|characters]] are shown, one with [[Narayan Code|symbols]] in the color of the [[Aspect#Time|Time aspect]] on his palms{{VE|686}}.

After his entry, Murrit is shown having an argument with [[Metatron]] regarding the Game and White Noise on the [[Land of Wave and Record]] as his [[consorts]] watch{{VE|980}}. Murrit questions Metatron's ties to White Noise, asking if they weren't playing their part in setting up the game correctly, citing their view on killing off [[Ellsee Raines|a part of the group]] to keep the rest of them safe. Metatron replies that if they'd actually kill her, their entire session would fail, to which Murrit replies that they weren't made aware of. Metatron presses Murrit to describe what he saw, accompanied by a flashback of Ellsee's ritual gone wrong, something White Noise had not been able to see before.

===Act 3 Act 1===
In the reopened memo, Murrit ignores multiple tags from [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] only to respond at the last minute, deflecting accusations and banning themself from the memo to avoid further questioning. She's then shown bringing several personal items onto her planet via Boobdrones while having a conversation with [[Tee Hanos]], one of her [[Planets|planet]]'s consorts. Tee Hanos reveals Murrit's responsibility of the ruination of the [[Land of Wave and Record]], giving a warning that if they didn't undo the damage, the platypus consorts would have their head.

Tee Hanos entrusts Murrit with the last S-Grade resource on the planet, a Time Fractal, which is imbued with pure Time essence by Gusion himself. Murrit proceeds to call up Metatron for his crafting services, having him add up all the loot they obtained in their time as a member of the Dead Shufflers, rocketing their level up to 13 immediately. She then spends time making a large variety of items, outfits, weapons, and a new hairstyle to boot. He then uses the Time Fractal as well as all his other remaining resources to craft the Retrogauntlet, a device that allows him to directly interact with and learn from the past{{VE|2184}}.

===Alt!Murrit===
In an [[The_Hyperthetical#Probability|alternate probability]], Murrit instead follows the advice of a [[Mimesis|certain someone]], creating a device that allows for the viewing of and interaction with the infinite branches of the probable future: the Duodechaxiom{{VE|2185}}. Tee Hanos remarks on this choice, claiming that Murrit is straying from their path, to which Murrit retorts by claiming that they're just going to make their own{{VE|2188}}.

This alternate Murrit is first seen messaging Laivan in an echo of a conversation between Dismas and the true Murrit shown a few pages prior{{VE|2105}}. This Murrit is shown at the end of their probability, covered in Ellsee's blood and having achieved [[Pure Self|self-actualization]]{{VE|2108}}. Laivan dismisses Alt!Murrit's claims as a bit to get under his skin, attempting to brush her off until she pleads that this is all she has left, to which Laivan relents.

Alt!Murrit goes on to explain the circumstances of their probability; their session's [[Land of Construct and Deluge#The Cauldron|Magnum Opus]] was {{VE quote|murrit|>([busted from the start]}}, leaving their only remaining option to be fighting [[Gaiaeon]] head-on. Even with all the preparation they could muster, everyone but Murrit was killed in the battle. Murrit stumbled her way to Gaiaeon's [[Land of Murk and Quagmire|last blind spot]] in the hope of finding a way out, but had no luck besides initiating a conversation with the true Laivan, which is said to have its own connotations{{VE|2110}}.

She then goes on to explain the nature of probabilities and everything she learned in her thirty-two nights of playing The Game. They assert that the only probable outcome of their confrontation with Gaiaeon where they reign successful was that of the true timeline, Laivan's timeline, and trusting Laivan to make the right choices before being destroyed by Gaiaeon's scream at the end of the probability.

==Personality and Traits==
Murrit is a troll with a complex and overly esoteric personality, being generally hard to decipher due to his penchant for misdirecting and confusing people on purpose. He presents an over-the-top front of being a skeevy and perverted troll with a love of all forms of debauchery. They deliberately speak in a way that is annoying, slang-filled and inconsistent that often leaves the people they interact with confused and frustrated. Under the surface, however, Murrit is shown to care immensely for her friends, both out of an obligation to get them into the game and actual genuine attachment. They even go as far as making an attempt on one of their lives in what they see as saving the others.

Murrit is very convicted in his beliefs and is notably difficult to sway, as demonstrated by the misunderstanding regarding Ellsee's failed ritual. They show an incredible amount of commitment to everything they do, from their idiosyncrasies to their actual convictions, even (and at times especially) if it is to their own detriment.

Murrit has little to no interest in the hierarchy of blood-castes and sea-dweller nobility. She finds both concepts completely irrelevant and outdated on a dying planet with a critically endangered sea-dweller population (to the frustration of a [[Calder Kerian|certain other magenta-blooded troll]]). True to this disdain for the pecking order, Murrit tries to treat (and mess with) everyone equally, rarely giving anyone any special treatment.

Among Murrit's interests are collecting ancient media (but especially televisions and video tapes), spying on his friends and collecting video footage of their mistakes so that he can make wacky videos for his eyes only, playing [[Anthropormunicipality]] with Laivan, taking apart machines and figuring out how they work and how they can be exploited for his own purposes, antagonizing/helping Dismas, and pretending to be into hentai.

==Relationships==

===Dismas Mersiv===
Murrit and [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] went to school together, where Dismas would frequently be the target of Murrit's horseplay. After the incident and Dismas's disappearance, the two reunited and have been in a [[Quadrants#Kismesissitude.2FCaliginous Quadrant .E2.99.A0|kismesissitude]] ever since. The two worked as partners in a presumably illegal capacity in the past, with Dismas acting as Murrit's hitman of sorts.

Murrit appears to take a tough-love stance towards Dismas, regularly helping Dismas in a roundabout, incomprehensible manner through the use of his Boobdrone and in person. Dismas generally acts like he's completely tired of Murrit's bullshit, but goes along with it anyway and does seem to be able to talk to him without resorting to usual rival-istic behavior.

Murrit's feelings on the relationship differ greatly from what their quadrant designation suggests, and it is confirmed that they actually have a flushed crush on Dismas, who Murrit considers to be the best thing to ever happen to them<ref>[https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/178239638154/hey-there-just-wanted-to-say-that-i-really]</ref>. However, due to the gravity of this fact and her fear of ruining their relationship due to Repiton's societal and cultural norms surrounding romance, Murrit keeps this a secret.

===Jentha Briati===
[[Jentha Briati|Jentha]] has held a stark animosity for Murrit since the two met in school, being the one to stand up against him when his bullying went too far. However, it was Murrit who reunited Jentha with Dismas sweeps later. She still holds a firm distaste for their character, their idiosyncrasies being especially hard to keep up with due to her myriad of disabilities. Despite this, she still holds a firm ground against Murrit in defense of her moirail.

Generally, she doesn't seem to hate Murrit completely despite their many clashing traits, at most tolerating him.

===Laivan Ferroo===
Before the game, [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] and Murrit were considerably close friends, with the two sharing a passion for Anthropormunicipality and a destiny in leading everyone to play the game they recovered from the Frog Temple. Murrit seems generally more lax around Laivan, giving him a much less difficult time than others and being more willing to divulge to him.

Shortly after the game had begun, however, their dynamic started to see a shift. With Murrit making an attempt on Ellsee's life and refusing to take responsibility, Laivan began to find Murrit much less forgivable or tolerable, leading to a building animosity that saw a peak when Laivan was messaged by Alt!Murrit{{VE|2105}}. Laivan is very short with Murrit in this conversation, chastising her for her behavior and her actions, to which Alt!Murrit insists she literally can't take responsibility for. Only after laying their intentions bare with all the emotional honesty they could muster does Alt!Murrit gain Laivan's begrudging attention.

===Taz Poemme===
[[Taz Poemme|Taz]] is one of the few trolls to elicit any genuine honesty from Murrit, and Murrit calls their relationship a camaraderie of sorts. They both seem to recognize that their respective demeanors are mere posturing in favor of their actual personalities. Murrit wasn't there with Taz during the worst parts of her life, though, which leads him to ponder on what she's been through and whether he could relate to it (a thought he immediately represses on instinct){{VE|2156}}.

===Ellsee Raines ===
Due to Murrit's viewing of an occult ritual to contact her ancestors, Murrit seems to outright fear [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]], and distrusts her even more so, to the point that Murrit actively tries to keep her out of the game and makes threats on her life. Ellsee is the only troll who Murrit has referred to by name, rather than a double entendre-rifled, reference-heavy, or insulting nickname.

In Alt!Murrit's conversation with Laivan, however, she claims that she and Ellsee were "close", refusing to talk about her much more than that given her undeniably strong grief surrounding her Ellsee's death.

===Calder Kerian===
Murrit does not like [[Calder Kerian|Calder]] at all. Murrit makes a huge point of annoying or ignoring Calder whenever possible, even basing their "love" and persistence of enjoying hentai to mock his male-centric ideals and hoity toity attitude. Conversely, Calder is frustrated with Murrit's refusal to behave like a proper sea dweller, and regularly tries to boss Murrit around, even though he at one point deeply respected him.

===Arcjec Voorat===
[[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] generally dislikes interacting with Murrit, but appears to trust her regardless, believing her to not be a liar, at least in regards to The Game. Murrit is apparently fond of Arcjec, finding him to be fun and easy to provoke. After Murrit makes an attempt on Ellsee's life, however, Arcjec (much like everyone else) shows a growing contempt for Murrit's refusal to take responsibility or be mature about the situation at all.

===White Noise===
Murrit met [[White Noise]] at about 4.5 sweeps old. White Noise had approached the destined Time player in her dreams and gave her the choice of whether to pursue her destiny or not, clearly outlining the conditions of such a contact would require of Murrit and what it would give her in return. Murrit having been an accomplished gambler and con-man at the time could quickly tell that White Noise was no swindler and was not one to be swindled either. Interested in the prospect of finding their ideal self, Murrit accepted and has worked in tandem with Laivan to fulfill their end of the bargain with White Noise ever since. As part of their deal, Murrit's [[Dream Self]] awoke on [[Derse]], and they've dreamed on Derse ever since.

===The Dead Shufflers===
Murrit was once a member of the [[Dead Shufflers]]. After he awoke on Derse, his [[Dreamself]] was kidnapped by the group in hopes of using him as leverage against the Dersite royalty. However, when their leader, the [[Scathing Sharper]] took a liking to the young Murrit, he invited the seadweller into their fold. Murrit was a natural fit for the cut throat group, and began taking on their activities in their real life as well. However, after reuniting with Dismas, Murrit eventually lost interest in that kind of life, and sold the group out. He hasn't looked back since.

==Trivia==

*Murrit's Skorpe handle, {{VE Quote|murrit|unclaspedKahuna}}, is a blatant reference to his played up obsession with breasts. 'unclasped' means something 'revealed' or 'undressed'; 'kahuna' is a euphemism for breasts. The Hawaiian word also ties into their "tropical" design.
*His drones known as Boobdrones, are short for: Based Occulatory Operating Buddy Drone. They also all have functions that, when set on auto-pilot, do different things. The one that Murrit sent out to Dismas in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]] spouts random factoids about female troll chests.
*Murrit has never used the same nickname for a character twice.
*Murrit switches what pair of shutter shades they wear every wice per half a sweep.
**She has 52 varying pairs, which is more than likely to represent how many wices there are per half-sweep. Though it could also be a reference to how many cards there are in a full deck.
*Murrit is a huge fan of Repitonian pop-culture, from various eras of the planet's long history. Aspects of his character and hive contain numerous references to various Repitonian media (actually just Repitonian versions of a number of Earth media from the 80s and 90s).
**In her introduction, the televisions not on static play tapes of [[wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|''Pulp Fiction'']], [[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'']], [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']], [[wikipedia:ALF (TV series)|''ALF'']] and [[wikipedia:The End of Evangelion|''End of Evangelion'']].
**Murrit seems to be frequently associated with the virtual band ''[[wikipedia:Gorillaz|''Gorillaz'']].'' Her hive is reminiscent of and likely based on the futuristic island house on the cover of [[wikipedia:Plastic Beach|Plastic Beach]], while her computer, called the Doncamaticomp, is a reference to the instrument and title of their single [[wikipedia:Doncamatic|Doncamatic]]''.''
**He has been shown to be a fan of the Repitonian version of [[wikipedia:Danganronpa|''Danganronpa'']]. It is unknown whether this is a legitimate interest of theirs or not.
**Murrit seems to have a distaste for newer episodes of the Repitonian version of [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']], which has been running for hundreds if not thousands of sweeps on [[Repiton]]{{VE|150}}.
*Murrit is a Violetblood, a Derse dreamer, and a Hero of Time, meaning on Alternia his sign would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Aquaries Aquaries, Sign of the Heroic.].
*Murrit appears in {{MSPAW External|Hiveswap_Friendship_Simulator:_Volume_Seventeen|''Hiveswap Friendship Simulator'': Volume Seventeen}} in the one of the backgrounds of {{MSPAW External|Nihkee_Moolah|Nihkee Moolah's}} route.
*Murrit runs a [[Filler]] account under the username {{color|murrit|smurt}}.
**Almost half of Repiton's population follows them.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="185">
File:Murrit young.png|Young Murrit
File:Murrit watching that thing splode.png|Murrit pre-game
File:Murrit you dont trust her.png|Murrit in-game
File:1351-dreammurrit.png|Dreamself Murrit
File:Murrit filler account.jpg|Murrit's Filler account
File:1947.gif|4 pass old Murrit
File:2109.png|Alt!Murrit at the end of her branch
TD_Murrit.png|Murrit's trollodex card
</gallery>

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Albion Shukra

2023-02-22T06:43:01Z

Capypaws: added a tidbit in albion's 6 sweeps tab

{{/Infobox}}'''Albion Shukra''', also known by her [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|albion|demiurgeQuantified}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Copper and her horns curl all the way back into themselves. She is a deconstruction of the "Always Perfect Mary Sue" fantroll archetype.

She was told she was the twelfth and final in a line of extraterrestrial prophets known as [[Star Children]], who spanned across several iterations of the [[Solitary Universe]] before the final one containing [[Repiton]]. She was supposedly destined to become a being of complete conciliation known as 'The Pure Oneself'. This was a lie told to her by her [[Star Guardian]] who made a promise to the true twelfth Star Child, [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors#The_Exemplar The Exemplar], to raise her under false terms and ensure she represses her emotions to make her more powerful during [[The Game]].

She was the third troll introduced and the sixth troll to enter the game.

==Etymology==
The word ''albion'' refers to the name of a specific advanced equatorium (an instrument used to measure the relative positions of heavenly bodies without calculation) built by Richard of Wallingford in 1326. It was unique in its ability to predict eclipses in addition to being able to calculate lunar, solar and planetary longitudes. Her surname, Shukra, is a Sanskrit word that means "lucid, clear, bright". It is also the name of an ancient sage who counseled Asuras in Vedic mythology, and the term for Venus in Hindu astrology.

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
Not much has been disclosed about Albion's history dating back this far. Arcjec states that as much as they bugged her about it, Albion never really participated in Arcjec's superhero roleplay. He also expresses that he believed her role as a Star Child was some grand backstory for her character. She is also seen in Arcjec's book during [S] Page 1079, illustrating mannerisms that are generally similar to the ones she exhibits currently.

=== Pre-game ===
Shortly after her introduction, Albion uses her computer to enter [[The Cell]] after she is messaged by [[Tazsia|Taz]], who'd just dealt with a particularly frustrating exchange with [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. Murrit had told Taz about a strange game he'd help put together and that not only would she have to play, but she was also obligated to do it with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]], Taz's former friend who had spent the better part of two years avoiding Taz after a bad blow-up between the two. After a mysterious comment made by Albion (albeit one made jokingly),

Taz asks if Albion might know anything about it. Albion states that she does not she does not what Murrit might be planning but knows that the night was of great importance, as it was the night Repiton would finally crumble and the night she was expected to save it. Taz, a staunch non-believer of Albion's prophetic destiny dismisses the notion. Albion then repeats Murrit's sentiment and states that Taz really should try to reach out the Arcjec and finally try to work out their differences, instead of her merely trying to get his attention. Taz continues upset at the suggestion.

Their conversation ends with Albion going over her destiny to merge with her lusus and salvage the remains of Repiton and the remaining troll species. Taz is left confused and concerned for her moirail. Albion later receives Murrit's memo pertaining to the game and its nature. Albion then speaks to her lusus, a [[Star Guardian]], as she prepares herself to merge with it. The Star Guardian then reveals that there's been a change of plan and that Repiton is meant for destruction, not salvation.

Shocked at the horrible realization, Albion reaches out to [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]], who is unfortunately away from his computer. She is then messaged by her matesprit, [[Sovara Amalie]], concerned over Albion's apparent absence. Albion refuses to reply and involve her in troubles.

Albion is then thrust back into her vision with her lusus, and she demands that the lusus explain itself. The Star Guardian repeats that Repiton is unavoidably doomed and that she is merely destined to leave it. The Star Guardian then tells her that it was fulfilling an obligation to Albion's predecessor -- her [[Ancestors|ancestor]] -- to set events into a course that would allow Albion's ancestor to briefly take control of Albion's body and message [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] telling him of the importance of the events to come, and warn him to not "follow credence of the [[White Noise|man who spins words like yarn]]" and to stop "the [[Ellsee Raines|limeblooded vessel]] to his heart". Albion is seen staring in astonishment in The Cell as her ancestor takes further control and shows her prophetic visions from the past, present, and future. Meanwhile, Albion is included in both Murrit and Ellsee's memos but is unable to respond to them.

Albion's ancestor -- [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors#The_Exemplar The Exemplar] -- speaks to Albion. She speaks of her own life, and her similar upbringing to Albion's, being told all her life that she was destined to bring about a better future, and similarly taught how to control her emotions; which The Exemplar studiously mastered. As she neared maturity she encountered [[White Noise]] in her meditation and was taken in to help set the proper conditions for the game that Albion and her friends would play, with promises of a grand future, similar to those spoken by her lusus. She speaks about her relationship with [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors#The_Vivifier The Vivifier] and their time together during [[The Renaissance]].

The Exemplar used the remains on the power she was granted by White Noise pass on her abilities, as well as her attunement to The Cell and the Star Guardian onto Albion, so she would be able to speak to Albion in her lifetime. She once again warns Albion about The Game, White Noise, and the Vivifier's descendant; Ellsee, insisting that Ellsee be excluded from the game for everyone's sake, knowing that Ellsee will one day be used by White Noise against them. Albion is empathetic to her ancestor's plight but refuses to allow her to decide what's the best course of action for her, citing her lies thus far as a reason to distrust The Exemplar. The Exemplar tells an outraged Albion that she intentionally fed lies to Albion as a means to harden her so she would be better able to protect herself and her friends from what is to come. Furious, Albion punches her ancestor in the face.

The Exemplar looks in horror, not at the aggression Albion showed, but because her former followers had finally found her in the [[Frog Temple]] and were bent on killing her. While The Exemplar is beaten and bleeding, she expresses that she wishes that she could have had more time with Albion before her death to make her understand what she told her, and saying that Albion will end up experiencing more pain than she could ever imagine and that she is sorry for that.

The Star Guardian then instructs Albion to return to her world as they will leave together with the deceased form of The Exemplar to become one with the all mother and truly free. Albion tells them that she still needs help, as she now doesn't know what to do, which they reply that she has friends that share the same problem as hers and they will help her as much as she helps them too and there's a way to fix herself. Albion and The Star Guardian bid farewell to each other as Albion exits The Cell.

She quickly messages Sovara and apologizes to her for not responding earlier, then mentions that she doesn't want the position anymore. She apologizes once more as she was scared as to what Sova would feel about the whole ordeal. Sovara quickly tells her that she wanted to be upset about it but cannot bring to do so, as she has taught her so many things that got her as to what she currently is and tells her that she loves her, which she too agrees.

=== During the game ===
Albion enters in "[S] Ellsee: Enter."; though she was only shown on her denizen meeting platform.

== Personality and Traits ==
Albion is a friendly and personable troll who has been noted as her friends' resident shoulder to cry on in times of need. When first introduced, she is a strong believer in the forces of fate and destiny. Having been told all her life that she is the twelfth and final incarnation in a line of inter-dimensional and extraterrestrial line of prophets, she's learned to take great stock in various forms of mystical and religious powers by keeping her body chemistry evened out. She also took great pride in crafting stories from the stars and crafting them in Repitonian Pre-Text to keep up the old traditions of planetary folklore. She has a thing for scented candles and bath bomb-like items called 'glop enhancers' as well. She also regularly translates scrolls for [[Sovara Amalie]].

Prior to the events of the game, Albion was very excited for the promised day where will salvage Repiton and her friends from the end of the world (this day would actually end up being the day that she and her friends are meant to leave to enter the game).

Upon discovering the truth of her supposed destiny and the fact that her Star Guardian had been lying to her all her life as a promise to her Ancestor. Albion is understandably outraged; outraged for the first time in many sweeps, even going through an identity crisis. She is further upset when she learns that her ancestor deliberately set up these lies as a means of conditioning Albion to be more powerful and as a means to prepare her for what is to come. While still kindly and empathetic, Albion shows are more aggressive and violent side of her personality, especially when she is speaking with her Ancestor.

== Relationships ==

=== Tazsia Poemme ===
Albion is in a Moraillegence with [[Tazsia Poemme|Taz]], although their relationship fluctuates part-time into Auspisticism with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] on occasion. Taz has stated that she finds Albion to be a "special kind of scary" and "perfect". Albion is notable among Taz's close relationships in that she is the only troll who is able to placate Taz's aggression, with Taz being outright gentle and thoughtful when interacting with Albion. Taz herself isn't sure how Albion manages to do this.

Taz has specifically stated that she does not share Albion's religious beliefs and more or less thinks of them to be horseshit. This is likely due to Taz's own beliefs within the Mirthamaniacs.

=== Sovara Amalie ===
Albion is in a red relationship with [[Sovara Amalie]]. She has been shown to care deeply about this relationship, even though she does not allow herself to show it or allow her to interfere in her personal matters. She also did not speak to her on the night she was meant to merge with her Star Guardian, showing she may be rather worried about getting her involved personally in her more serious affairs. Albion regularly translates the ancient scrolls that Sova finds. It has been confirmed that the two are unbonded, as they are still relatively new to being in a relationship.

=== Laivan Ferroo ===
Although their relationship has not been elaborated on, Albion and Laivan appear to be on good terms and do message one another enough to where Albion feels comfortable in asking Laivan for help. Laivan appears to be quite concerned when she messages him in a panic, but disappears before he can respond.

=== Dismas Mersiv ===
Albion appears to be fond of Dismas, and he reciprocates this. This may be in part due to the fact that they were former classmates when they were attending school. Dismas is amicable with Albion, and is quite concerned when she behaves oddly when she is (unbeknown to him) possessed by her long-dead ancestor.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
Due to the likely tumultuous relationship between Taz and Occeus, as Taz's moirail, Albion is often pulled to act as the mediator when they enter the ashen quadrant. As the two have yet to interact in-comic, it is unknown what Albion and Occeus' relationship is like.

=== The Exemplar ===
Due to the circumstances of their meeting, Albion is very angry and distrustful of her ancestor, [[Ancestors#The Exemplar|the Exemplar]] (a.k.a. Cyprim Shukra). The Exemplar uses [[the Cell]] to speak to Albion from her own time period, in an attempt to provide words of warning and advice to Albion in regards to The Game, but Albion -- having just learned that her lusus had lied to her her whole life, and that The Exemplar was responsible for all of it -- is outraged at her ancestor's lies and initially refuses to listen to her. Albion is however, sympathetic to her ancestor's plight after she is told of her life. Albion is further outraged when she learns that her ancestor was intentionally conditioning her to suppress her emotions through and hide herself away so her rage would be more potent.

The Exemplar views her descendant in a somewhat maternal manner. Having been given the ability to see the future by White Noise, The Exemplar was shown the pain and suffering that Albion and her friends would go through in their lifetime, greater than any pain that the Exemplar would go through in her own life. Having been lied to and betrayed by those her she served and worked with, the Exemplar seeks to protect and prepare her descendant, through any means necessary, in hopes that her descendant can avoid her own pain from the very same people. When the Exemplar is found and killed by her former followers in her own time, The Exemplar expresses regret over not having had the chance to spend more time with Albion, and that she is sorry about all the pain Albion will endure.

== Trivia ==
* Albion's [[Skorpe]] handle is demiurgeQuantified. This name has a few terms to it.
** A demiurge is "a being who is responsible for the creation of a universe" this refers to how Albion and the eleven others must resurrect [[Kheparia]] to restore her.
** The word quantified means "to express or measure the quantity of"
** The Skorpe handle demiurgeQuantified may mean "a defined universe creator"
** The word demiurge is an English word that comes from the Latinized Greek word 'demiurgus'. It was originally a noun meaning "craftsman" or "artisan" but soon came to mean "provider" and then "creator"
* According to some strains of Gnosticism, the demiurge is malevolent as it is connected to the material world. This may point out the obvious fact that Albion is a physical being and not a spiritual one.
** The demiurge is not exactly the creator figure in the monothetic sense, due to the demiurge itself and the material that the demiurge uses to create a universe from are both consequences of "something else". This "something else" may very well be referring to [[The Game]].
** The world that the demiurge creates is imperfect due to it being created in a chaotic environment. This may be a reference to how Kheparia's cycle always spawns new planets that end up slowly decaying, requiring the use of The Game while not necessarily being its true purpose.
* Coincidentally, Albion's, [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Occeus_Coliad Occeus]'s, [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Laivan_Ferroo Laivan]'s, and [https://vast-error.wikia.com/wiki/Ellsee_Raines Ellsee]'s signs can be found on the cover of [https://www.google.com/search?q=clockwork+lives&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS817US817&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi96_S4uKzeAhXDTN8KHfuxCdsQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=969#imgrc=tHTsns0piFQclM: this graphic novel]
* Albion is a Prospit dreamer, an oliveblood, and a Hero of Hope, meaning her extended zodiac sign would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Lenius Lenius, Sign of the Restless.].
* Her mood ring is meant to show her emotions. Each color means something different.
** '''Green:''' Stable
** '''Blue:''' Hope
** '''Purple:''' Compassion
** '''Pink:''' Love
** '''Yellow:''' Fear
** '''Orange:''' Greed
** '''Red:''' Rage
** '''Black:''' Blank
** '''White:''' Merged with lusus
* Albion's ring is based off of the rings from the Green Lantern comics:
** The emotion associated with each color matches those of the various Lantern Corps (i.e. the Pink Lanterns represent Love).
** The abilities granted by the ring are similar to those of the Lantern rings.
** It's stated that Albion keeps her ring green (i.e. Stable) through willpower. In the comics, the original Green Lanterns represent Willpower.
* Albion and [[Sovara Amalie|Sova]] are the only two members of the main cast who enjoy pineapple on pizza.[[Sovara Amalie#cite%20note-3|<sup>[3]</sup>]]
*Albion and Sova run a joint Filler account under the username blissfullyharmonic.
**They sign off their posts as *mod*starshine* and (MOD CHORINE), respectively.

== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" widths="185">
Albion trying to meditate.png|Young Albion
Albion looking at ring.png|Albion pre-game
Albion behind her.png|Albion in-game
Albion, dreamself.png|Dreamself Albion
Sova_and_albion_filler_account.jpg|Albion and Sova's Filler account
Kid Albion.png|4 pass old Albion
TD_Albion.png|Albion's trollodex card
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Sova Amalie

2023-02-22T06:27:06Z

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'''Sova Amalie''' (short for Sovara), also known by her [[Skorpe]] handle {{VE Quote|sovara|sanguineAllegory}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Silver and she is a deconstruction of the "tragic victim" fantroll archetype.<ref>{{CiteSocial|platform=tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|link=https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq}}</ref>

She was the eleventh troll introduced and the eighth troll to enter the game.

==Etymology==
"Sova" means "owl" in many Slavic languages, matching Sova's lusus and frequent bird motifs. The full name Sovara may come from the Greek word ''σοβαρά'' (sovará), meaning "seriously". "Amalie" resembles ''Amélie'', a French given name meaning "work", and may also be a reference to the film and musical ''Amélie'', a story about a young girl who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while struggling with her own isolation.

==Biography==

===Early life===
According to her introduction, she spent most of her life after school "caged" in a manner she doesn't like to talk about. She later escaped her captivity, and with the help of [[Laivan Ferroo]] and [[Serpaz Helilo]], made herself a new home in a secluded cabin out in the woods.

===Act 1===
Sova sends concerned messages to [[Albion Shukra|her matesprit]] over the course of the entry night, which Albion reads after her fateful revelation from the Star Guardian but does not reply to.

===Act 2===
Sova first speaks in Act 2 when she responds to [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]]'s memo, {{VE Quote|ellsee|Rinkadink Thinking TimΣ}}, offering to help decipher the information contained in her ancestral tome. In this same memo, she also catches up with Laivan and Serpaz.

Later, Albion messages her to apologize for not responding to her earlier messages. As she shares her worries, Sova reassures Albion that she can't bring herself to be mad at her. Sova then tells Albion that she loves her, and that {{VE Quote|sova|that is all that matters}}. Albion agrees with her.

After {{VE|641|2=[S] Engage.}} we are shown Sova's formal introduction page. She receives a message from an enthusiastic Serpaz, who's happy that the two of them will be spending time together because of the Game. As they chat, Serpaz calls Sova {{VE Quote|serpaz|a total angel!!!}}, a term which triggers Sova's memories of [[Dexous]], her former "caretaker". Serpaz urges her to let the past go, but fails to properly assuage Sova's distress.

In need of a distraction, Sova decides to read the latest scroll Albion has translated for her: a recounting penned by [[The Annalist|the Annalist]] of a parable told to her by [[Zekura Raines|The Vivifier]]. Before Sova can finish her reading, however, she is interrupted by a loud rumble coming from outside her hive. Thinking it might be her lusus, Cooperi, she decides to investigate, but is met with a dark, wispy creature standing by her window instead.

She goes inside her sanitization block to hide, checking Ellsee's second memo and asking the others about the strange monsters lurking outside, though she is interrupted by a message from [[Occeus Coliad]] before she can get very far. They have a brief chat and he advises her to "clear her sight" and ignore the creatures, as they {{VE Quote|occeus|thrive .o.n y.o.ur attenti.o.n}}.

She is contacted by [[Edolon Vryche]] shortly after he restrains Serpaz in order to expedite her entry process, though not much of their conversation is shown. Later, Sova is seen talking to an anxious [[Jentha Briati]] as Cooperi fends off the Abyss creatures, while they try to work through her entry process.

Sova successfully enters [[the Medium]] during {{VE|1000|2=[S] Ellsee: Enter.}} Her talk with her denizen is not shown.

===Act 3 Act 1===
The act opens with a dream sequence, as Sova navigates a nightmarish space that leads toward a huge steel birdcage. She is jolted awake by a series of [[Gaiaeon|ominous whispers]], having gone back to her hive after speaking to her [[Jegudial|denizen]]. Sova then travels back to the Medium, where her planet, the [[Land of Daze and Lattice]], is revealed.

[[Metatron]] is there to greet her, and they discuss the game, Sova's potential journey through it, and Jegudial, her denizen. After some prompting from Metatron, Sova agrees to show him some of her writing, an in-progress script of a play called ''[[Upon the Twelfth Hour]]''. As she wraps up the reading, a Skorpe notification pops up, letting her know that [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] created a new memo. She catches up with the other players, as they discuss the events of the past day and their progress through the Game so far.

==Personality and Traits==
Compassionate and forgiving, Sova is an avid reader and history buff who always tries to see the best in people, being quite fond of musical theater and stage plays. She dabbles in playwriting herself, holding a deep passion for the craft but being too self-conscious to share her work with her friends.

Due to a sheltered upbringing, she considers herself socially hindered, having not had extensive interactions with other trolls for most of her youth and often misusing common turns of phrase. Sova is also "a bit of an emotional pushover who puts other people before herself."<ref>{{citeSocial|tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|url=http://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/176074032714/you-should-give-us-a-little-insight-into-the-least}}</ref>

It has been implied that Sova deals with PTSD due to her difficult past with Dexous.

==Relationships==

===Albion Shukra===
[[File:Sova_worrying.gif|thumb|Sova worrying about Albion.|220x220px]]
Sova is in a flushed relationship with [[Albion Shukra]], having shown deep worry and care about her well-being. Albion regularly translates the ancient scrolls that Sova inherited from her Ancestor, and is mentioned to have helped Sova with her adjustment period after she escaped from Dexous. Sova seems to regard Albion with an almost awe-struck admiration, which can lead to her brushing aside some of her matesprit's more negative traits.

It has been confirmed that the two are not bonded, as they are still a relatively new relationship.<ref>{{CiteVE|pagenumber=652|quote=(and before you ask the second big question that i know is on your mind, no, we have not fully committed to our quadrant as of yet)|whosaid=sova}}</ref>

===Laivan Ferroo and Serpaz Helilo===
Sova is good friends with both [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] and [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]] and the couple seems to be somewhat protective of her. They were the ones who helped Sova obtain her current belongings and residence. There is a framed picture of the three of them together inside Sova's [[Sova's hive|hive]].

Between the two, Serpaz appears to be slightly closer to Sova, likely due to her outgoing and jovial personality compared to Laivan's more laidback and quiet nature. While well-meaning, Serpaz is pretty bad at advising Sova when she is dealing with her emotional hang-ups and trauma, due to the off-beat way she tends to deal with her own sadness and pain.

===Occeus Coliad===
Sova seems to be on good terms with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], the pair treating each other with mutual consideration of their respective boundaries. He is shown messaging her in hopes that she can listen to his woes, but is understanding when Sova states that she can't handle offering advice at that moment in time.

===Dexous===
[[File:00657.gif|alt=|thumb|220x220px|Sova in Dexous' captivity.]]
Sova has a difficult past with [[Dexous]]. It is implied that Dexous forced Sova to sing for him and an audience, eventually causing her to develop post-traumatic stress disorder. Reminders of Dexous, such as the word "angel", can trigger Sova, leading her to emotionally withdraw and experience flashbacks.

===Jentha Briati===
[[Jentha Briati|Jentha]] is Sova's server player. Not much is known about their relationship, though they have cooperated during Sova's entry process. Sova has shown concern for Jentha even when being brushed off, and Jentha has snidely referred to Sova as {{VE Quote|jentha|the one who c cares so much about e everyone}}.

==Trivia==

*Sova's chat handle, {{VE Quote|sovara|sanguineAllegory}}, means "red story", with sanguine meaning "blood red" and an allegory being "a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one".
*Sova and [[Albion Shukra|Albion]] are the only two members of the main cast who enjoy pineapple on pizza.<ref>{{CiteSocial|platform=tumblr|whosaid=@VastError|link=http://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/176072626039/heres-some-real-discourse-which-of-the-ve-cast}}</ref>
*Being a Derse dreamer, a redblood and a Hero of Heart, Sova's would-be extended zodiac sign is [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Aro Aro, Sign of the Lost.]
*Albion and Sova run a joint Filler account under the username blissfullyharmonic.
**They sign off their posts as *mod*starshine* and (MOD CHORINE), respectively.

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Sova young.png|Young Sova
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Dismas Mersiv

2023-02-22T06:21:41Z

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'''Dismas Mersiv''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle {{VE Quote|dismas|gigantisDebilitation}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is [[wikipedia:Phosphorus|Phosphorus]], and he is a deconstruction of the "edgy" fantroll archetype.<ref>https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq</ref>

His [[Hemospectrum#Biological Aspects|survival ability]] is a pseudo-healing factor, which speeds up his body's natural healing process but does not lessen any resulting scarring.

He was the fourth troll introduced and the fifth troll to enter the game.

==Etymology==
Dismas shares a name with [[wikipedia:Penitent thief|Saint Dismas]], the "Penitent Thief" or "Good Thief", possibly as a nod to his [[Class|player class]]. According to the Christian tradition, Saint Dismas was one of the two criminals who died on crosses next to [[wikipedia:Jesus|Jesus]] during the latter's crucifixion.

The name Dismas is also derived from Greek ''δυσμή (dysme),'' meaning "sunset".

==Biography==

===Early life===
As stated by [[Glomer Hicner|Glomer]] during [[Snowbound Blood: Volume Nine|''Snowbound Blood:'' Volume Nine]], Dismas was taken captive by a [[Lusus#Skulltitan lusus|Skulltitan]] while still in school. He was four passes old at the time, "graduating" early. Since that moment, he was forced to look after his new lusus, mining irradiated ores from the canyon where his hive is located and eventually building up a resistance to the hazardous material.

[[File:Pg420 1.png|left|thumb|A younger Dismas working for Murrit.|alt=|208x208px]]
Later, Dismas reunites with [[Murrit Turkin]] through an online game of poker in which he bet and lost his "soul", coming to work for the seadweller as a personal hitman in the process. During this time, he helped them take back the pieces of the [[Frog Temple]] they had sold, as Murrit needed them back in order to fulfill their deal with [[White Noise]]. The two became [[Quadrants#Kismesissitude.2FCaliginous Quadrant .E2.99.A0|kismeses]] over the course of their relationship.

Also during that time, Murrit found [[Jentha Briati]] through unknown circumstances, leading Dismas to her under the guise of a hit. Dismas refused to end her life, and eventually the two {{VE Quote|wn|found solace in each other}}, entering a [[Quadrants#Moirallegiance.2FPale Quadrant .E2.99.A6|moirallegiance]].

===Act 1===
Dismas is first introduced inside his respiteblock. He is soon messaged by Murrit, who urges him to go outside in order to help her with her plans to save their friends from planetary annihilation and bring about [[The Game]]. Despite his concerns about dealing with his lusus, Dismas begrudgingly complies.

After leaving his hive, Dismas finds one of Murrit's remote surveillance [[boobdrone]]s waiting for him. Controlled by Murrit, the boobdrone points toward the sky and draws his attention to an incoming meteor, proof that their world-ending claims are true. Moments later, Dismas' angered lusus finds him. He braces for a confrontation.

Later, Dismas receives a message from [[Albion Shukra]] while hiding from the Skulltitan inside a cave. Unaware that she is being possessed by her long-dead ancestor, he has a brief conversation with [[Cyprim Shukra]], who warns him not to "lend credence to the [[White Noise|man who spins his words like yarn]]" and tells him to stop the "[[Ellsee Raines|limeblooded vessel]] to his heart". Both statements leave Dismas deeply confused and concerned for his friend.

During the events of {{VE|310|2=[S] Arcjec: Enter.}}, Dismas is shown fighting his lusus. He is knocked off cliff and then shot with a laser-like blast from the Skulltitan's mouth, losing his bandana in the process and hurtling toward a nearby waterfall.

===Act 2===
Some time later, Dismas wakes up at the bottom of the canyon, alive but heavily injured. He's approached by the same boobdrone from earlier and lets Murrit know that he's out of commission, on account of a newly-broken arm. They get into an argument about Murrit's previous actions putting Dismas' in harm's way, all for one of their {{VE Quote|dismas|fun little exploit/\tion numbers}}, but the couple dances around an actual apology. In an effort to make Dismas feel better and get him to move on, Murrit brings his moirail, Jentha, into the call.

After Dismas reassures Jentha about his condition, downplaying his injuries, Murrit states that he's ready for Dismas to act as his server player. Dismas and Jentha are outraged at the suggestion, both due to Dismas' condition and Murrit being entirely at fault for it, but the seadweller manages to talk Dismas into listening to him: he tells them that he's hatched a plan to get Dismas back to his hive using an ore-powered minecart by the nearby rails.

Jentha and Dismas are skeptical, but Dismas concedes, due to both a lack of options and Murrit's reassurances that things are {{VE Quote|murrit|>([under control]}}. Dismas is then deposited into the cart and proceeds to {{VE Quote|wn|MELT TRACK}}, boobdrone in tow.

During {{VE|641|2=[S] Engage.}}, Dismas is shown almost falling to his death as he's forced to jump from the mine cart in order to avoid a pile of rocks on its path. Murrit manages to catch him with the boobdrone, safely throwing him inside his hive through a window. She then pushes him down through the ladder that leads into his respiteblock, where Dismas finally manages to help her with her entry.

At some point after Murrit's entry into the Game, Albion messages Dismas in order to assist him. Dismas inquires after her strange behavior from before, a subject she tries to deflect much to his chagrin. She concedes on talking about it later on the promise that he'll let her call him "cowboy", an old childhood nickname, again.

The two friends spend some time working together to figure out his entry codes, without much success. In the midst of an angry tirade, Dismas is visited by [[Weird Al]], who enters his hive through a [[Alchemy|strange portal]]. Weird Al then tears a hole through [[Aspect|Space]], uncovering Dismas' entry codes for him. Seemingly taking over his entry process, Al continues to assist Dismas with the help of a few [[Homunculi|wispy black creatures]].

As the homunculi build Dismas' entry gate, his paragon repository trial activates, binding him and simultaneously taking control of his lusus. Before he has a chance to act, however, Al kills the skulltitan with alchemy, releasing Dismas' denizen and activating his gate. A fuming Dismas is then kicked inside his gate and into [[the Medium]].

During the events of {{VE|1000|2=[S] Ellsee: Enter.}}, Dismas is shown landing on his welcome platform and arguing with his denizen, [[Forcas]].

=== Act 3 Act 1===
Dismas is a part of the memo Arcjec makes after the group's entries into the Medium. He catches up with the other players as they discuss the events of the past day and their progress through the Game so far, explaining the situation with his lusus and showing frustration at his dungeon crawler-like planet.

Some time later, he is shown fighting boss monsters on his planet, killing them with ease. He then comes across [[Granite]], who offers him a healing potion for his broken arm. When Dismas questions how he's supposed to drink it, Granite cheekily suggests taking off his bandana. Dismas angrily drinks it anyway, unaware of how hot the liquid is, causing him to breathe fire and burn off the bandana anyway. He quickly shoves the bottle back in his mouth to cover up his facial scar. The bone heals as promised, and Granite activates the floor beneath them, elevating them both to the next layer of the labyrinth.

Dismas, much to his annoyance, then receives a message from Murrit. A brief conversation is shown between them in which Murrit asks Dismas for an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx1tDzwqods example of a paradox].

==Personality and traits==
[[File:Pg112.png|left|thumb|The world's not going to be ending anytime soon.<br />Not if he has anything to say about it.{{VE|112}}|alt=]]
Dismas is defined by a constant struggle to overcome his difficult circumstances. Having been raised by a volatile and aggressive [[Lusus#Skulltitan lusus|skulltitan lusus]], he was forced to endure horrible physical tolls and fend for himself from a very young age. Before the Game, Dismas was driven by his goal to escape his abusive home and kill his lusus, a dedication he shows through time spent studying ancient footage of skulltitans and the methods of their defeat.

He also seems prone to overestimating his abilities, to the point where he often does more harm than good to himself. Dismas tries to present a façade of being capable and tough, but has a tendency to freeze whenever it comes to making riskier decisions, a fact he is painfully aware of. His gentler, more nurturing side is on display whenever he interacts with those he cares about, namely Albion and Jentha. Although he remains curt and a bit "prickly", it's clear that he is an understanding and honest friend. In contrast, Murrit seems to bring out his thornier side, intentionally flaring his temper and causing him to lash out in frustration.

Dismas is very self conscious about his appearance, particularly his facial scars which have disfigured the left side of his mouth. He tends to cover himself up with multiple layers of clothing in order to hide this scarring.
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== Relationships==

===Murrit Turkin===
[[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] and Dismas have known each other since childhood, and have been in a kismessitude for at least two sweeps, sharing a mutually antagonistic relationship. Murrit appears to have a tough-love stance toward Dismas, often "helping" him in roundabout, frustrating ways meant to prod him into action. Dismas is vocally disapproving of Murrit's more aggravating stunts, but tends to go along with them most of the time. He is particularly frustrated by Murrit's avoidance of honest communication, being much more inclined to talk things out without resorting to the usual rival-like theatrics. There is, however, an implicit bond of trust between the two, which is a testament to their partnership of many sweeps.

Dismas seems to hint at a more recent strain in their relationship, which is aggravated by Murrit's aforementioned typical avoidance of direct communication.

===Jentha Briati===
Dismas and [[Jentha Briati|Jentha]] are childhood friends, and are in a moirallegiance. Despite being anxiety-ridden and constantly struggling to put her thoughts into words, Jentha is much calmer when in Dismas' presence, and he's very good at intuitively understanding her feelings. He also provides for Jentha's material needs, as her anxiety has stopped her from being able to find a source of income on her own. The two are shown to be very in tune with one another.

=== Albion Shukra ===
[[Albion Shukra|Albion]] and Dismas are longtime childhood friends. Dismas was notably concerned about Albion's behavior during her brief possession stint, only relaxing when Murrit assured him that she was fine through his surveillance feeds. The two share an easy rapport, frequently teasing each other but still showing a lot trust and personal insight into the other's emotional states. They used to go by "star child" and "cowboy" when they were younger.

==Trivia==

*Dismas' chat handle, {{VE Quote|dismas|gigantisDebilitation}}, means "Godzilla's weakness" or "weakening Godzilla", with "gigantis" being a reference to the original international title of the second Godzilla movie: [[wikipedia:Godzilla Raids Again#English version|Gigantis: The Fire Monster]], and "debilitation" meaning "to weaken", a reference to Dismas' desire to eliminate his lusus.
*Dismas' distinctive facial scars appear to be a reference to "phossy jaw", an occupational disease to those who work with phosphorus without proper safety equipment.
**Murrit has specifically called Dismas "phossy jaw" in reference to that condition.
**Notably, this coincides with Dismas' alchemic sigil, phosphorous.

*In [[Snowbound Blood: Volume Nine|''Snowbound Blood'': Volume Nine]], it was confirmed that Dismas is a trans man.<ref>{{VE Quote|glomer|GLOMER: i think [the skulltitan] took a little clayblood Girl? we dunno what the deal was with that but she was never seen aGain, at least not officially}}</ref>
*Being a Derse dreamer, a bronzeblood and a Hero of Mind, Dismas' would-be extended zodiac sign is [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Taurza Taurza, Sign of the Revealer.]
*Dismas runs a [[Filler]] account under the username irradiated.

==Gallery==
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File:Dismas young assassin.png|Young Dismas
File:Dismas injured and reclining.png|Dismas pre-game
File:Dismas yelling at forcas.png|Dismas in-game
File:Dismas filler account.jpg|Dismas' Filler account
File:Kid Dismas.png|4 pass old Dismas
File:TD Dismas.png|Dismas' trollodex card
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Laivan Ferroo

2023-02-21T21:34:47Z

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'''Laivan Ferroo''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|laivan|windlessArtificer}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Zinc and his horns resemble dog ears. He is a deconstruction of the "furry" and "unoriginal" fantroll archetypes.

He was the sixth troll introduced and the final troll properly introduced in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]]. As a Space player, he is one of the two players meant to usher [[The Game]] to its players along with the session's [[Murrit Turkin|Time player]].

He was the third troll to enter the game.

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
Laivan used to play SBVRPRPG tournament games with [[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Arcjec, and they all used to be good friends. This stopped after Arcjec started to become more depressed and distant.

At some point, Laivan met his matesprit, [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]], by accidentally shooting her in the leg during a hunting trip. This encounter would leave Serpaz permanently disabled and reliant on a leg brace, but would also lead the two to form a strong matespritship.

It was around this time that Laivan met and made a deal with [[White Noise]] under the condition that he would return at a later date and fulfill an [[Green Sun|obligation]] for him. Upon making this deal, Laivan awoke on the moon of [[Prospit]] and became a well-recognized figure on the moon. He eventually started spending his nights collecting newspapers to give to [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] upon his awakening so he wouldn't be left in the dark about the dream planet.

=== Pre-Game ===
On the night of the game, Laivan spent much of his time goofing around and playing [[Anthropormuncipality]] with [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. He messaged [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] to ask them if they wanted to join in as well. They declined. During their game, Murrit wanders off to mess with [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] and prepare him for the coming night, before going off to the [[Frog Temple]] next to his hive to observe the [[Nightshade]] within it. Before he leaves, Murrit makes a memo regarding the game and includes everyone (except [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]]) in it.

Meanwhile, Laivan took a nap and woke up on [[Prospit]], a routine he'd followed ever since he made a contract with [[White Noise]]. He visited Arcjec, who has yet to wake up. He delivers another Prospitian newspaper to Arcjec's dreamself, in hopes that once he wakes up, he can easily be caught up on being a [[Prospit]] dreamer. Laivan quietly wishes that Arcjec had woken up sooner, wondering if he might have been a happier person if he did. As he gives a reassuring pap to Arcjec's dreamself, the [[dreamself]] glitches out briefly, momentarily turning into his younger, less-depressed self. Laivan is freaked out by this.

He is then intercepted by White Noise and taken into [[The Static]]. The two speak for a time and reflect on the purpose of the game and its existence, and how the trolls are destined to play it but are ultimately destined to fail to meet its purpose. Noise notes that their destined failure does not necessarily mean they will be faced with inevitable defeat. They also reflect on why Laivan took Noise's deal, with Laivan simply stating that the deal would give him a purpose. White Noise then gives Laivan the essence of his soul: a medallion with the {{Green Sun|link}} contained within, telling him that he must return it to its source for the sake of the perpetuation of reality. As Laivan puts on the '''{{Green Sun}}''' medallion, he finds himself unable to breathe, and White Noise uses his abilities to send Laivan away.

Laivan is then awoken by his dog [[lusus]]: Mutt. After making sure he still has the medallion, he answers a message from his matesprit: [[Serpaz Helilo]]. The two lovers discuss Murrit's plans for the night and the fact that it happened to be their anniversary. Serpaz light-heartedly brings up how she and Laivan first met when he accidentally shot her in the leg and left her with a permanent handicap, which makes Laivan visibly uncomfortable, despite Serpaz not being mad about the accident anymore. When the conversation ends, Laivan goes to find some glue to fix his dog's toy. As he is away from his desk, he receives a set of panicked messages from [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who had recently learned a distressing truth from her lusus.

When Laivan returns, he is unable to get a hold of Albion, and messages Murrit instead, voicing his concern for Albion's well-being and letting Murrit know he met with White Noise. After the Nightshade opens, which leads to the installation of [[The Game]] on everyone's computers. Laivan and Murrit play more Anthropomunicipality in celebration and do a fake high five.

After Arcjec enters the game, Laivan is seen helping [[Taz]] with her entry. The two struggled to find Taz's code set of codes while Laivan continues to play more Anthropomunicipality with Murrit, which infuriates Taz. The two are abruptly pulled into a memo made by [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]], who wishes to share her own knowledge of the game in response to being excluded from Murrit's. Laivan is grateful for the prospect of help, but Taz behaves incredulously when she sees that Laivan wasting time with banter. When Taz leaves the memo in a huff, he chides her for burning bridges when they could have used the help. Suddenly, when Taz's back is turned, Taz's lusus succumbs to her natural instincts and jumps into the black ocean depths that neighbor Taz's hive. The large mink monster is very swiftly eaten alive by the deadly fauna below, and its blood reveals the location of Taz's code: in the rocks at the edge of the cliff, hidden by the murky black water. As Taz goes into a grief-driven rage, Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her [[Azbogah|denizen]], she has Laivan to put the rusted and locked cage, her [[Paragon Repository]], in her [[Tazsia's hive|Torture Fort]] so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, as it has a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage calms Taz back down in the process. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

After Taz's entry, Laivan begins preparing for his own, with Murrit as his server player. Laivan questions why Murrit left Ellsee's memo, clearly upset about how poorly she is treated. Murrit doesn't provide an answer, only telling Laivan that he has his reasons and he should trust him. Murrit then begins the entry process.

=== During the game ===
After Laivan entered [[The Game]], he spoke to the denizen of Space, Haniel, about his life and asked Haniel about whether or not they know about White Noise. After the conversation, the Land of Construct and Deluge was formed as Haniel prompted Laivan to follow them. As they explored the planet, they came across a temple wherein The Cauldron was located and Haniel vaguely explained its true purpose to the Game.

== Personality and traits ==
Laivan is a passive but sociable troll who seems to get along with just about anyone. He is generally very laid back and is somewhat easily distracted. Among Laivan's interests are sharpshooting, taxidermy, playing video games and dogs. If trolls had a concept of furries, Laivan would be one due to his love and frequent association with dog-like creatures. This further established by his love of drawing original characters based on dogs. He has two as far as we know: one named Figment and one named Abel.

Having a severe lung condition after a malfunction in his artificial birthing process, Laivan's capabilities and choices with what he does in life are inherently limited. However, this doesn't appear to bother him much and makes due with the help of his friends and his beloved dog-lusus, Mutt.

At some point in his youth, Laivan made a deal with White Noise to fulfill some sort of obligation related to the perpetuation of reality. In matters related to these obligations, Laivan tends to take things much more seriously but also gets somewhat impatient. In his conversation with White Noise, Laivan admitted that he didn't really know what he wanted out of life and that he largely took White Noise's deal out of a desire for purpose. In the same conversation, Noise characterized Laivan as pragmatic, caring and constantly listless.
== Relationships ==

=== Serpaz Helilo ===
Laivan and [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]] are [[Quadrants|matesprits]] and appear to be exceptionally close. They met two sweeps prior to the night of [[The Game]] when Laivan accidentally shot Serpaz in the leg during a hunting excursion, which left Serpaz permanently unable to use that leg without a cane or brace. Apparently, they fell in love on the night the accident occured, the absurdity of which is something that does not elude them. Serpaz is evidentially more comfortable with making light of the accident than Laivan is, for obvious reasons.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
He isn't bothered by [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec's]] cantankerous personality and sardonic demeanor but considers him to be a generally sad person. The two appear to be good friends and their relationship is one of Arcjec's least tumultuous ones. Laivan frequently visits Arcjec's sleeping dreamself on Prospit, and Arcjec's pants match Laivan's blood color. Laivan is absolutely pale-smitten with Arcjec, a fact that [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] has teased him for.

=== Murrit Turkin ===
[[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] is one of Laivan's closest friends, with the two sharing a passion for Anthropormuncipality and a destiny in leading everyone to play the game they recovered from the Frog Temple. Laivan is one of the few trolls who aren't put off by Murrit's bizarre quirks and even jokingly calls him out on it. Murrit is often more honest around Laivan in turn and does not seem to harass him as harshly as some others, even though he isn't free from it either.

=== Sovara Amalie ===
Sova is an old friend of Laivan and Serpaz, but they seem to have fallen out of touch with her prior to the events of [[the Game]]. The couple appears to be quite fond of and protective of Sova, apparently having saved her from something in the past and possibly made her a place to stay.

=== Albion Shukra ===
Although their relationship has not been elaborated on, [[Albion Shukra|Albion]] and Laivan appear to be on good terms and do message one another enough to where Albion feels comfortable in asking Laivan for help. He is visibly worried when she messages him in a panic and he is unable to get a response afterward.

=== Ellsee Raines ===
Laivan and [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] are longtime friends, and the two are on amicable terms. Laivan is very upset when people mistreat her and belittle her, and is willing to come to her defense when others put her down or ignore her.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
Laivan and [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] are work colleagues; Laivan stitches up corpses that [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] finds for the sake of his revitalization experiments.

=== Taz ===
[[Taz Poemme|Taz]] does not enjoy speaking to Laivan very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz despite not having the words to describe her, but isn't above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

=== Calder Kerian ===
[[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Laivan were once friends in their youth, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

=== White Noise ===
[[White Noise]] appears to have a fatherly affinity for Laivan. White Noise tries to provide guidance and support to the young troll and has stated that Laivan and his friends are capable of much more than he might believe. Laivan appears to be comfortable with him and clearly respects his guidance, although he does think he rambles on too much.

The two have made a deal, the conditions of which leave White Noise beholden to serve and assist Laivan, while Laivan promises to help bring about The Game and care for the propagation of reality. This deal is what allowed Laivan to awaken on Prospit.

== Trivia ==
* {{VE Quote|laivan|windlessArtificer}} is a reference to his asthmatic condition and to his taxidermical interests.
* His dog-like traits are based on his archetype of "Unoriginal" or "Furry", both of which would potentially associate him with certain Space Player from {{MSPAW External|Jade_Harley|another comic}}.
* Laivan is apparently very bad at tying knots.
* Laivan has a tendency to use a lot of glue, and constantly seems to run out of it.
** Ironically, his matesprit, Serpaz suffers from an overabundance of glue, and constantly wonders why Laivan never asks her for any.
* He has two laptops that appear to be the exact same laptop, only one is literally marked with a '2' on it.
* Laivan is a Cobaltblood, a Prospit Dreamer, and a Hero of Space, meaning his sign on Alternia would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Scorgo Scorgo, Sign of the Crusader].
* The name Laivan Ferroo, when translated from Finnish, means 'iron ship'. This may be a reference to his matespritship with [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]].
* Laivan runs a Filler account under the username ShiveringAbel.
* Laivan and Serpaz are the same height.
* His mentioned OCs, Abel and Figment, may have foreshadowed the existence of [[Mimesis]], as well as their connection to White Noise. This may have been unintentional however.

== Gallery ==
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Laivan tying wood together.png|Young Laivan
Laivan puzzeled.png|Laivan pre-game
Laivan standin proud.png|Laivan in-game
Laivan dreamself.png|Dreamself Laivan
Laivan filler account.jpg|Laivan's Filler account
TD_Laivan.png|Laivan's trollodex card

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Ellsee Raines

2023-02-21T18:23:04Z

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'''Ellsee Raines''', also known by their [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|ellsee|existereOracle}}, is one of the [[troll]]s and is one of the main characters in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Mercury and her horns are long, thin and sharp. They are a deconstruction of the "All Important Plot Character" fantroll archetype, and they are the most important character in ''[[Vast Error]] ''according to [[White Noise]].

She, her [[Ancestors|ancestor]], and [[Lusus#Chimera lusus|her lusus]] are the only beings on [[Repiton]] to have ever had lime colored blood. Their blood has potent life-bearing properties and could be the secret towards gaining untethered immortality as expressed by [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]]. It could also potentially carry some sort of curse to those who have the blood in their system.

She was the seventh troll introduced and the first troll introduced in [[Vast Error: Act 2|Act 2]]. She was also the twelfth and final troll to enter the game.

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
Not much is currently known about Ellsee before the story begins. It is implied that they used to live with Arcjec, however. Along with this, she was a member of his friend group.

=== Pre-Game ===
Ellsee is first introduced at the start of [[Vast Error: Act 2|Act 2]], where they are sitting in their [[Ellsee's hive|tent/hive]]. She receives a message from her [[Quadrants|matesprit]] [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], who she had messaged days ago and has only just responded. The two discuss the implications of Occeus' possible breakthrough in his work, apologizing for neglecting Ellsee. He emphasizes the importance of his work to revitalize the planet, and Ellsee voices support, but is left feeling insecure. Out of a feeling of inadequacy and loneliness, they reach out to [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]], asking him if they are likeable. Arcjec, despite insisting that he's the last person anyone should seeking out for advice, offers some anyway. The conversation leads to Ellsee to find the resolve to finally meet Arcjec in person and introduce herself properly.
[[File:Pg21.png|left|thumb|175x175px|Ellsee hiding from Arcjec.]]
After arriving at [[Arcjec's hive]], Ellsee tries to get his attention at his window by throwing a rock. The shock of seeing an unknown troll at his window leads Arcjec to fall out of his second floor window into the mud below and passing out.

Ellsee loses her nerve and begins to walk home, but quickly circles back around when she sees that a meteor is flying towards it. They find his hive in shambles, but bizarrely mostly intact, with Arcjec nowhere to be found. She then learns of the game and the fact that [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] had intended to exclude her from it. They return to their hive and reach out to Occeus again in a panic. Occeus tries to comfort a distressed Ellsee until he reads the memo himself.

Occeus is distressed at the absurdity, yet possible reality of the situation presented by [[The Game]] and the fact that it necessitates abandoning [[Repiton]] and making all his work to save it irrelevant. Having learned that he's meant to work with [[Calder Kerian]] in the game, an outraged Occeus messages the sea dweller. As Occeus fumes, Ellsee is left in the dark. She messages Murrit for answers, but he coldly tells her that he knows that she cannot be trusted, and for everyone else's sake, that she should get lost. Realizing that they won't be getting any help for the time being, they try to forget that conversation.

Shortly after, Ellsee message Arcjec and is relieved when she gets a response from him. The two discuss the events of the night, with Ellsee forced to admit that they know more than they've let on to Arcjec. As the conversation ends, Arcjec tells Ellsee that when things have calmed down, they should meet and just hang out, and that she should tell him what she's been meaning to say.

Ellsee makes their own memo and pointed includes everyone, attempting to share their own knowledge of the game that they obtained through a cryptic old book they inherited from their [[Ancestors|ancestor]]. [[Sovara Amalie|Sova]] chimes in with her own theories and mentions that she has encountered similarly cryptic scrolls that appear to pertain to the game as well. However, Murrit immediately leaves the memo after it is made, and Calder and [[Tazsia|Taz]] don't take long to follow suit out of their own dislike of Ellsee. Additionally, the whole memo quickly goes off topic. [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] later mentions to Murrit that Ellsee had told Laivan that she was quite personally hurt when Murrit left the memo.

They later frantically messaged Occeus, telling him that after they had responded to him, they went to Arcjec's hive again only to find out that his hive is in shambles and a huge meteor was heading towards it. She then tells him that she quickly went inside, in hopes of finding and save him only to find out that he was nowhere to be seen and his lusus was screaming for his owner. They also tell him about Murrit's memo that they had been excluded from, the Game, and that he will be working with Calder.

Ellsee is included in Arcjec's memo and angrily responds to Murrit's message.

=== During the game ===
Ellsee has entered the game as of "[S] Ellsee: Enter."; however neither her land or platform are shown.

Ellsee appeared in one of Murrit's flashbacks, wherein they were doing a ritual before an unknown event had happened, which made Murrit scared of them and decide to keep them out of the game.

Finally, Ellsee is on screen again not too long after the start of [[Vast Error: Act 3, Act1|Act 3 Act 1]], where they participate in Arcjec's memo. Though she doesn't respond until she's tagged by Arcjec, who demands to know where she is and what she's doing. Ellsee reveals that after all of the portal hopping they'd been doing, they were exhausted and took a nap in the snow in their land. Later in the memo, they talk to Occeus about the work they had done together to work towards making Repiton more liveable, and if that work meant anything.

After, a flashback is shown of what Ellsee was up to before the memo started. Her land is finally named the [[Land of Vigor and Tundra]], and she proceeds to fall asleep on the snow, just like she said she did.

Ellsee dreams of the past, when they lived with Arcjec, and the things they did together. Ellsee and Arcjec are shown dancing together before Arcjec stumbles, causing them both to fall down in a fit of laughter. Arcjec says he's hungry, so the two of them go and get food. Ellsee discusses how she forages for food, and Arcjec lightheartedly argues that the natural food she brought is gross. Ellsee insists that they prefer their organic foods over Arcjec's processed food, and the conversation shifts. Arcjec compliments Ellsee's new look, saying that it's coming along nicely and that it suits them. She's is very happy about this, and she states that she agrees. Ellsee briefly mentions that it took her a while to find a look she was comfortable with, but that she's happy with her appearance now. The topic changes and they discuss Arcjec's cancelled plans, which he seems to be unbothered by. Ellsee talks about how they wish they could go with Arcjec, but they're not allowed to. The two of them go back and forth about Arcjec being allowed to go to the stronghold while Ellsee has to stay at home, and Arcjec suggests sneaking them out. They decline the offer, saying they'd both get in trouble, and Arcjec agrees that they're probably right. Ellsee stays silent for a moment while Arcjec draws. Finally, she asks them how they're always okay with everything, including bad things like their cancelled plans. Arcjec thinks for a moment, before saying that he doesn't have an answer. He says that he just is the way he is, and Ellsee is just the way she is, and that's okay. Ellsee reveals that she wishes she was more like them, since they have friends and get to go out and do things. Arcjec argues that those are their friends too, but Ellsee insists that they're only really there for him. Arcjec doesn't let that slide, however, and he proceeds to talk about how Ellsee is great. He promises that even if everyone else forgets how amazing they are, he won't. Arcjec stumbles over their words, but tells Ellsee that they're a family, which makes her happy.

Ellsee's dream is promptly interrupted by White Noise. They fall into [[The Static]], where they see Bonehilda and Boner, and finally White Noise himself. He asks if Ellsee remembers him, but she just gets startled. She throws her staff at him, causing his left arm to fall off.

==Personality and Traits==
Ellsee is a rather eclectic troll with similarly eclectic interests. She is a practitioner of potion-crafting and various forms of magic. They are however a strong opponent of fortune telling and considers anyone who claims any knowledge of the future to be a charlatan, despite having possibly practised it themself in the past. She is also a dancer by trade.

As the only living troll on Repiton to have her blood color, she lives a nomadic life on the road, discretely avoiding the undue attention of anyone who would want to get their hands on her blood's life-giving properties. This kind of life has led them to become a staunch survivalist.

The neglect she faces from Occeus' workaholic tendencies have lead her to become somewhat insecure, exacerbated by the natural physical withdrawal she faces as a result of her not seeing her partner in some time (a result of sexual intimacy in Repitonian trolls).

==Relationships ==

===Occeus Coliad===
[[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] is Ellsee's [[Quadrants|matesprit]], and they are one of the few trolls in the cast to have been sexually intimate with one another.

Due to Occeus' workaholic nature and his desperation to preserve his planet, Occeus is unfortunately rather neglectful of Ellsee, leaving them to suffer from symptoms not unlike withdrawal in his absence (as is the case for Repitonian trolls who have been intimate with another and do not see each other for extended periods of time). Occeus regrets this, and realizes that Ellsee deserves better, but will nonetheless prioritize his work over her. This neglect has left Ellsee to feel increasingly insecure in Occeus' absence.

Ellsee often volunteers the use of her lime blood for Occeus to use in his biological experiments, due to the blood's unique life-bearing properties. Occeus is the only troll that Ellsee trusts with her blood.

===Arcjec Voorat===
Ellsee is not bothered by [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec's]] cantankerous attitude or even his depressive apathy, and seems to be genuinely fond of him, to the point that they actually find his insults to be kind of funny. She is even comfortable enough to reach out to Arcjec for advice despite Arcjec insisting that he isn't the best moral support (he tries to give her advice anyway).

The two appear to share some sort of deeper connection that Arcjec isn't aware of. Ellsee often tries to introduce themself to him, but regularly fails to do so out of nervousness. It's worth noting that their ancestors had known each other in life.

=== Tazsia Poemme ===
[[Tazsia|Taz]] and Ellsee do not like each other, and it is implied there may be some black feelings shared between the two. Ellsee is quite annoyed when she has to think or interact with Taz, and Taz appears especially impatient with Ellsee.

=== Murrit Turkin===
[[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] appears to greatly dislike or distrust Ellsee for reasons unknown to her, to the point that he actively tries to keep them out of the game.

===Calder Kerian ===
Like pretty much all the other female trolls, and all the other trolls in general, Ellsee does not like [[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and considers him to be a chauvinistic prick. Calder is demeaning and talks down to Ellsee at any opportunity, refusing to let her prove her worth.

In the Pre-Game, the two had reached into an agreement with Ellsee providing any means of information that can help them win the Game in exchange, Calder will make sure that Ellsee is included and wanted in any situation the trolls are in.

===Laivan Ferroo===
Laivan and Ellsee are longtime friends, and the two are on amicable terms. Laivan is very upset when people mistreat her and belittle her, and is willing to come to her defense when others put her down or ignore her.

==Trivia==

*Ellsee apparently commits arson regularly.
*Despite being the 7th troll introduced, Ellsee is technically the second troll seen in Vast Error, as they were seen shortly after Arcjec's introduction.
*The life-giving properties of Ellsee's blood, and her association with mercury reference the archaic belief that mercury had healing properties found in various school of ancient medicine and alchemy. It was once believed that mercury was the key to eternal life.
*Ellsee's screen name, and name in general, have a lot of foreshadowing to them.
**The word '''''existere''''' obviously means "a person or thing that exists".
**The word '''''oracle''''' means "a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity", basically meaning that an oracle is someone who speaks for a god of some sort.
**So Ellsee's screen name altogether means "an existing prophet/prophecy".
***Given Ellsee's dislike of divination, they share having a screen name which is no longer indicative of their interests with Arcjec Voorat, further showing the connection between the two.
**Ellsee's name also comes from a Hebrew origin, meaning "God is my oath" Ellsee is also a variant form of Elizabeth, meaning "God's promise".

*Ellsee is a Prospit dreamer, a limeblood, and a Hero of Life, meaning her extended zodiac sign would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Cansci Cansci, Sign of the Reliever.]
*Ellsee runs a Filler account under the username sibillas.

==Gallery==
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Ellsee bringing wood.png|Young Ellsee
Ellsee heyyy everyone.png|Ellsee pre-game
Ellsee at the top.png|Ellsee preparing to enter
Ellsee_filler_account.jpg|Ellsee's Filler account
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Lutzia Cullex

2023-02-21T17:55:21Z

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'''Lutzia Cullex''' is a [[troll]] in the ''Haustoria'' chapter of '''[[Thaumatrope]]'''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Ounce.

==Etymology==
Lutzia and Culex represent two genera of mosquitoes, with "Cullex" being a [[Troll|trollification]] of the latter.

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=== Helica Alembi ===
Helica is Lutzia's kismesis. The two are in a mostly functional relationship, though Lutzia's brash and stubborn attitude frequently leads to Helica worrying about her an incessant amount.

==Trivia==
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Calder Kerian

2023-02-21T17:23:24Z

Capypaws: minor adjustments to wording

{{/Infobox}}'''Calder Kerian''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|calder|grandioseSaturation}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Iron and his horns are pointed upwards and towards each other, with the right one resembling the light of an angler fish.

Calder is based off of the "Disrespected Royalty" fantroll archetype.

Despite appearing as such, his blood is not the fuchsia blood of the designated ruling class of trolls. It is a similar, but ultimately distinct shade of Magenta.

He was the ninth troll introduced and the third troll introduced in [[Vast Error: Act 2|Act 2]], however he made several appearances throughout [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]]. He was the eleventh troll to enter the game.

==Etymology==
The name Calder means "rocky waters" in Celtic. The name Kerian is another variant of the name ''Kyrian'', coming from the Greek ''kyrie'', meaning "Lord".

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
In his younger years, Calder was friends with Laivan and Arcjec and used to be involved in their light-hearted pretend games. Additionally he was in a kismessitude with [[Serpaz Helilo]] and in a moiraillegence with [[Occeus Coliad]]. All of these relationships have been abandoned or ended for reasons unknown. It is mentioned that Occeus left Calder, leaving him rather bitter about their time together.

=== Pre-game ===
Shortly after his introduction, Calder proceeded to the Grand Fairway to play golf when he's suddenly messaged by his former [[Occeus Coliad|moirail]], demanding an explanation of his involvement in the Game, to which he replies that he had nothing to do with it and both of them are completely powerless in the situation. He abruptly ends the conversation with Occeus and continues playing golf.

=== During the Game ===
Calder presumably enters in "[S] Ellsee: Enter.", however he has not appeared in the game as of now.

== Personality and Traits ==
Initially, Calder appears to be a very self-important troll with a superiority complex and a strongly-implied dislike of women. He is very aware of the social and environmental decline of [[Repiton]], and is such very politically-minded, to the point of cynicism and humorlessness. He is particularly focused on proper conduct and presenting himself as a proper sea-dweller to establish superiority. He persistently projects these ideals onto [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]], who had once been his picture of what a proper sea-dweller should be like.

Being the descendant of [[Ancestors|the troll that decimated the sea dweller population out of jealousy]], Calder is considered a social pariah by association. He feels an immense obligation to do his part to undo the damage done by his ancestor's atrocities and help reestablish order. As such, Calder obsessed with the continued existence of the sea dwelling trolls, and in becoming a leading force on Repiton. He works to increase his influence by publishing the politically-charged and intentionally morally-provocative Sideline magazine, but he hasn't been personally involved in its production in some time.

Calder has a long list of strained and bitterly-ended relationships, quadrant relationships or otherwise. Judging from the old portraits of these old friends and loved ones on the walls of his hive, and the bitterness he shows when reflecting on these past relationships, Calder is unable to move on any of it.

Judging by his previous interactions with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]], and his involvement in their games, Calder may have been less uptight in his youth.

== Relationships ==
=== Murrit Turkin ===
[[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] does not like Calder at all. Murrit makes a huge point of annoying or ignoring Calder whenever possible, even basing his persistent "love" of hentai to mock his male-centric ideals and hoity toity attitude. Calder is frustrated with Murrit's refusal to behave like a proper sea dweller, and regularly tries to boss Murrit around. Calder at one point deeply respected Murrit, back when he acted more in line with the expectations of a sea-dweller, and Calder tries to make Murrit behave in his old manner, to no avail.
=== Occeus Coliad ===
It has been shown that Calder and [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]] have had a, now-ended, pale relationship with one another. Currently, their relationship is very tense and strained. Calder shows a lot of bitterness towards Occeus, and is visibly upset when Occeus tries to contact him. From Calder's perspective, it appears that Occeus had at some point abruptly ended their moiraillegence. Calder still keeps old pictures of Occeus on the walls of his hive.

=== Serpaz Helilo ===
Calder and [[Serpaz Helilo|Serpaz]] were previously in a kismessitude. Prior to the end of their relationship, she used to push Calder to try new hobbies to get out of his own head. Calder still keeps pictures of Serpaz on the walls of his hive, as well as the model ship she had him make.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
Calder and [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] were once friends in their youth, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

=== Laivan Ferroo ===
Similarly, Calder was once friends with [[Laivan Ferroo]].

=== Ellsee Raines ===
Calder is generally dismissive and disrespectful towards Ellsee, as he is with most of the female cast of Vast Error. He constantly talks down to her and treats her like an incompetent stooge, unwilling to let her prove otherwise. His dislike for Ellsee may be related to his similar dislike of their red lover, Occeus.

Ellsee simply sees him as a chauvinistic prick, but isn't petty enough to leave him out of the loop when she has important, life-saving information.

In the Pre-Game, the two had reached into an agreement with Ellsee providing any means of information that can help them win the Game and in exchange, Calder will make sure that Ellsee is included and wanted in any situation the trolls are in.

=== Sestro Enthal & Secily Iopara ===
At the beginning of [[Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story|Snowbound Blood]] [[Snowbound Blood: Volume One|Volume 1]], Calder is ranting to [[Sestro Enthal|Sestro]] over the phone about late shipments, causing Sestro to signal [[Secily Iopara|Secily]] to shoot the window as an excuse to get off the phone.

In Occeus's route, Secily quickly recognizes grandioseSaturation as Calder from his Skorpe conversations with Occeus.

== Trivia ==
* Calder is somewhat similar to [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Equius_Zahhak Equius Zahhak], [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Eridan_Ampora Eridan Ampora] and [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Cronus_Ampora Cronus Ampora] of ''[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Homestuck Homestuck]''. Like Equius and Eridan, Calder is a highblood who is obsessed with the pecking order and ruling over the lower castes.
** Like Equius, Calder often concerns himself on whether other people are acting properly within their caste.
** Like Cronus, Calder picked up a supposed vice to add to a certain image, but ultimately misses the point of actually partaking in that vice. Calder likes to hold and swirl wine but despises the taste, whereas Cronus started "''smoking'' cigarettes" (actually pieces of his old wands that he sticks in his mouth), but never actually lights them since he feels like it would be a waste.
* Calder is a Violetblood, a Derse dreamer, and a Hero of Void, meaning on Alternia his sign would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Aquittarius Aquittarius, Sign of the Enigma.]
* Calder's [[Skorpe]] handle is 'grandioseSaturation'
** Grandiosity is another term for narcissism.
** The word saturation means "the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed"
** 'grandioseSaturation' may mean "over absorbed narcissism".

* Calder appears to be loosely based on a number of chauvinistic, misogynistic and bigoted male archetypes and tropes, and is most frequently associated with the Men's Rights Activists group when discussed.
* Calder has an admiration for Winston Churchill. On Repiton, instead of being a famed military leader, Troll Churchill was instead a yellowblood alchemist, who learned the secret of transmuting gold and went on to turn his own skin into gold. However he accomplished this just shortly before gold rendered obsolete on Repiton, which left Troll Churchill to live in pain and misery before his death, as he was unable to change himself back to normal.
*Calder runs a Filler account under the username Sideline for his magazine of the same name.
*Calder's [[lusus]] resembles a female anglerfish. This seems to be an exception to the trend of charges having the same gender as their lusus.
*In [[Snowbound Blood]], he is described as having a "sandpaper-harsh, salty voice" during a phone call with [[Sestro Enthal]] in Chapter 1.

== Gallery ==
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Young calder lucky luciano.png|Young Calder
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Sirage Feltri

2023-02-21T17:04:37Z

Capypaws: did a little cleanup on rypite's relationship tab :thumbsup:

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'''Sirage Feltri''' is a secondary [[troll]] in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Filter.

In [https://twitter.com/SyndicationVE/status/1098824710152835072 Sirage's trollodex entry], her bullet points are listed as:
* aggressive passive-ist
* authoritarian lapidarian
* you will accept constructive criticism

== Etymology ==
Feltri comes from "Filter", her sigil. It may also resemble her {{MSPAW External|The_Felt|felt-like}} blood color.

Sirage could come from the french word Cirage, wich means wax or polish (as in polishing).

== Biography ==
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== Personality and traits ==
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== Relationships ==

=== Rypite Koldan ===
Rypite Koldan is her matesprit. The two were formerly moirails, but Rypite followed Sirage's lead in wanting to vaciliate quadrants. Their moirailgence wasn't started from true pale love, though, Sirage only wanting something to do with Rypite because of his ancestry- specifically, a vault she wanted to open that had his sigil on it. However, as they continued to interact with each other more their relationship became truly heartfelt. She's shown to both care about Rypite and admire him immensely; after all, he was the one who got her out of a dangerous and unstable lifestyle.

=== Cepros Xirong ===
Cepros Xirong was formerly Sirage's kismesis, though they weren't a bonded pair. However, as Sirage became more influenced by Rypite, her relationship with Cepros progressively spiraled with it. Cepros has been shown to have a distaste for Rypite, mocking his stutter and generally treating him poorly. He also crashed at Rypite's house and contributed absolutely nothing in return for his stay.

Once Sirage admitted to wanting to vacilate quadrants with Rypite, Cepros shattered her trust by kissing him at a party. This invoked a violent reaction from Sirage, and shortly afterward she cut contacts with Cepros entirely.

== Trivia ==
* Sirage was [https://toyhou.se/2569377.2-2-sirage-feltri originally] created by Vast Error writer Xamag, although with a somewhat modified design. The canonicity of her original Toyhou.se information to Vast Error is unknown.
* Her would-be classpect is Seer of Rage.

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Sirage Feltri

2023-02-21T16:25:26Z

Capypaws: added in a cepros bio!!

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'''Sirage Feltri''' is a secondary [[troll]] in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Filter.

In [https://twitter.com/SyndicationVE/status/1098824710152835072 Sirage's trollodex entry], her bullet points are listed as:
* aggressive passive-ist
* authoritarian lapidarian
* you will accept constructive criticism

== Etymology ==
Feltri comes from "Filter", her sigil. It may also resemble her {{MSPAW External|The_Felt|felt-like}} blood color.

Sirage could come from the french word Cirage, wich means wax or polish (as in polishing).

== Biography ==
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== Personality and traits ==
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== Relationships ==

=== Rypite Koldan ===
Rypite Koldan is her matesprit. The two were formerly moirails, but Rypite followed Sirage's lead in wanting to vaciliate quadrants. Their moirailgence wasn't started from true pale love, though, Sirage only wanting something to do with Rypite because of his ancestry- specifically, a vault she wanted to open that had his sigil on it. She's shown to both care about Rypite and admire him immensely. After all, he was the one who got her out of a dangerous and unstable lifestyle.

=== Cepros Xirong ===
Cepros Xirong was formerly Sirage's kismesis, though they weren't a bonded pair. However, as Sirage became more influenced by Rypite, her relationship with Cepros progressively spiraled with it. Cepros has been shown to have a distaste for Rypite, mocking his stutter and generally treating him poorly. He also crashed at Rypite's house and contributed absolutely nothing in return for his stay.

Once Sirage admitted to wanting to vacilate quadrants with Rypite, Cepros shattered her trust by kissing him at a party. This invoked a violent reaction from Sirage, and shortly afterward she cut contacts with Cepros entirely.

== Trivia ==
* Sirage was [https://toyhou.se/2569377.2-2-sirage-feltri originally] created by Vast Error writer Xamag, although with a somewhat modified design. The canonicity of her original Toyhou.se information to Vast Error is unknown.
* Her would-be classpect is Seer of Rage.

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sirage.gif|All of Sirage's sprites.
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Rypite Koldan

2023-02-21T15:52:37Z

Capypaws: mentioned that rypites teeth used to be a little wacky in his trivia

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'''Rypite Koldan''' is a secondary [[troll]] in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Iron Pyrite.

He was first revealed in the February 24th Trollodex reveal, alongside [[Crytum Lydian]]. His bullet points were:
* a '''bold''' Capitalist
* makes good weather of everything
* plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery

== Etymology ==
Rypite is an anagram of Pyrite, his sigil.

== Biography ==
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== Personality and Traits ==
Rypite is good at making an impression, with the voice of an anchorman and the charisma of a successful businessman. He comes off as a stereotypical "Cool Boss," being very upbeat and empathetic. His level of empathy could be considered extreme, however, mourning the loss of inanimate objects as if they were people. This level of empathy can also interfere with his job, inspiring him to temporarily skip work to console his matesprit or erase important work near a deadline to make room for a brainstorming session with [[Secily Iopara|Secily]].

Rypite's mind seems to be all over the place, coming up with various ideas at once and having to write most on colorful post-it notes as not to forget.

He lives his life through motivational speeches and sayings, frequently quoting (and misquoting) inspirational phrases to others and himself. He also has a love for wordplay and dad jokes. He generally aims to keep conversations light and friendly, going so far as to stall for time when he feels as if he isn't going to like what he's about to hear.

Rypite is incredibly passionate about practically every aspect of his life, including but not limited to his job, his soulmates, his lusus, his friends, weather and outer space. He has a hard time choosing favorites, as they all rank {{VE Quote|rypite|#1 on [his] list of Favorite Things!}}

== Relationships ==

=== Sirage Feltri ===
[[Sirage Feltri|Sirage]] is Rypite's matesprit, and the two are a very happy couple. Rypite adores Sirage to pieces and gushes about her frequently, keeping pictures of her in his office and on his Skorpe theme. Despite fearing the consequences of doing so, he was more than happy to come back from work breaks late to spend time comforting and encouraging her while she was stressed.

== Trivia ==
* His classpect would be Rogue of Space.
* Rypite and Crytum's trollodex entry was the first to be revealed with an additional comment: "[Not to criticize your investigative skills, Secily, but these two? Re a l l y ?]"
* Rypite was [https://toyhou.se/2569369.2-3-rypite-koldan originally] created by ''Vast Error'' writer Xamag, although with a somewhat modified design. The canonicity of his original Toyhou.se information to ''Vast Error'' is unknown.
* He has a podcast called "Weather Or Not It's A Good Day", the majority of which is him talking about the weather.
* As of his ''Snowbound Blood'' route, his [[Skorpe]] friend request to Sestro has yet to be accepted.
*In Volume 2 of [[Snowbound Blood]], [[Secily Iopara]] describes his voice as "Deep, but not rumbly, like black honey."
*In ''[[Thaumatrope]]'', Rypite is shown to have had a stutter when he was younger.
*He's also shown to have misaligned teeth and a portruding fang in earlier pages of ''Thaumatrope.''

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Arcjec Voorat

2023-02-21T06:38:30Z

Capypaws: added in the information regarding arcjec and sova from the cast ama!

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'''Arcjec Voorat''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Magnesium, though a modified version of the symbol. They are a deconstruction of the "self insert" and "main character" fantroll archetypes.<ref>https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq</ref>

Their [[Hemospectrum#Biological Aspects|survival ability]] is being able to play dead by slowing their metabolism down.

He was the first troll to be introduced and enter the game.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Arcjec was much more outgoing and enthusiastic in their youth, if somewhat naïve. Raised together and initially sharing the same [[Lusus|lusii]] as [[Ellsee Raines]], the two viewed each other as siblings and part of the same family. During this period of time, Arcjec was interested in comic books, superheroes and pop culture, as well as drawing, cosplaying and scrapbooking.

After a series of cascading events involving his falling out with [[Taz Poemme]] and Ellsee's extended leave for training, Arcjec fell into a deep period of apathy and resentment, pushing all of his friends away and retreating into himself. They also forgot about their relationship with Ellsee entirely, which resulted in anger and confusion on their end when she came back from her training.

He seems to have been the "glue" holding their friend group together, having been depicted throughout the comic engaging in many different activities with the great majority of the main cast.

===Act 1===
Arcjec is first introduced in his respiteblock. As he goes over his possessions, he is interrupted by a rock hitting his block's window. Choosing to investigate the strange occurrence, the sight of a hooded troll lurking near his hive sends him into a panic, during which he is messaged by [[Laivan Ferroo]]. Laivan invites them to play a game of [[Anthropormuncipality]] with him and [[Murrit Turkin]], but Arcjec refuses, brushing his friend off, and requests that he let Taz know that {{VE Quote|arcjec|the mutilation fairy finally granted her long awaited wish}} in the event of their disappearance.

In an attempt to get a better look at the mysterious troll, Arcjec ends up falling out their second-floor window, landing on a mud puddle outside and passing out. They have a cryptic dream in which they stand in the middle of [[the Static]], briefly glimpsing [[White Noise]] before they jolt awake.

During their short nap, Laivan's [[Dream Self|dream self]] visits Arcjec's own dream self, still asleep on [[Prospit]]. It glitches out, momentarily reverting to a happier, younger Arcjec when Laivan touches him.

After waking up, Arcjec finds himself back inside his room. Surrounding him are the many piles of scattered drawings he makes in his sleep, something that has been a regular occurrence for some time. The newest one has [[The Game|The Game's]] symbol drawn on it, along with a message: "It's the only way."

[[File:Pg271.png|left|thumb|Arcjec being forced out of his window to look at the incoming meteor.|alt=]]
They are then accosted by an agitated Taz, who manages to convince Arcjec to collaborate by showing them Murrit's memo and the meteor hurtling towards their hive. After a few spats, Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, which they encourage Taz to input on her end. This grants her access to a set of objects, and the duo has one final fraught conversation about their past before they decide it's better if they do not speak again once Arcjec's entry is complete.

During the events of {{VE|310|2=[S] Arcjec: Enter.}}, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway around his hive, along with a mysterious chest inside his respiteblock. Arcjec opens the chest, unleashing a powerful gust of wind that sends him hurtling out of his room. He stops right in front of the archway, now activated into a portal. Taz then pushes Arcjec inside it with the Game cursor, sending him into [[the Medium]] and completing his entry process. The pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor away and into [[Skaia]]'s shield, preventing the hive's complete destruction.

===Act 2===
From the past perspective of [[Ellsee Raines]], Arcjec is shown having a conversation with her moments before the start of Act 1. She worries that she is needy and unlikable, and he offers a half-hearted attempt at advice. Amused but nonetheless touched, Ellsee decides that they will finally introduce themself to Arcjec and explain their deeper connection. It's then revealed that she was the mysterious troll that threw a stone at Arcjec's window.

Back to the present, Arcjec lands on a gray platform inscribed with the [[Aspect|Breath]] symbol, floating in a blank, stark white void. The powerful winds seen during Arcjec's entry then transform into the denizen of Breath, [[Zehanpuryu]].
[[File:Pg375.png|thumb|192x192px|One of the only times Arcjec has smiled.]]
Zehanpuryu introduces Arcjec to the game and its purpose, pledging himself as their guide. He states that Arcjec is the Bard of Breath and urges them to find him again when they are stronger. He inserts himself within the Breath platform and changes the blank planet around them into the newly formed [[Land of Mirage and Monochrome]].

As Arcjec looks around their new surroundings, they are approached by one of the planet's [[consorts]]: a bright, vibrant snake who directs them to a newly formed terminal by their denizen platform. The terminal allows Arcjec to access his game UI and Skorpe, where he finds messages from Taz and Ellsee both. He only answers the latter, and the two catch up. Ellsee admits that she knows more than she's previously let on, having seen the Game codes in a book that she has had her whole life. Arcjec closes the conversation by telling Ellsee to meet up with him when things are less hectic.

He then speaks with the multicolored snake consort, accidentally naming him "Guy". [[Guy]] tells Arcjec to prepare a [[Scythekind|weapon]], as he is bound to face monsters on his journey, and Arcjec equips his scythe before taking the first steps of his journey on LOMAM.

After following the path for a while, Arcjec and Guy find a consort village up in flames, being ravaged by a powerful shape-shifting monster known as a Shifter. Two other consorts, [[Consorts|Lady]] and [[Consorts|Person]], beg Arcjec to stop the monster before it burns down the entire town.

Overwhelmed, Arcjec freezes in place. He then finds himself in a featureless "mind space", greeted by younger version of himself: Kidjec. He tells Arcjec that it's okay to leave, that it isn't fair of the snakes to expect him to solve their problems. Arcjec, in turn, worries about his past choices and wishes they could do something for the people around them, since saving people was all they ever wanted to do when they were young.

Kidjec argues that acting on those impulses will only make him and those around him miserable, growing increasingly aggravated. He says that Arcjec should {{VE Quote|arcjec|just leave!!!}} and that every single time he tries to help someone, all he does is hurt them. Arcjec falls to their knees, their nose bleeding profusely as the mindspace seems to fall apart at the seams.

Guy then snaps Arcjec back into reality by calling out to him, the troll having gone into a trance for the duration of his conversation with Kidjec. Finding his conviction renewed, Arcjec promises to protect his consorts and prepares for battle.

During {{VE|641|2=[S] Engage.}}, Arcjec is shown battling the Shifter, managing to defeat it with the usage of his survival ability and the help of his planet's [[Aspect|Winds]]. Their consorts are elated, gifting them with a variety of crafting resources and directing them to their checkpoint near the town square.

On Prospit, Arcjec, Laivan and Albion's dream selves meet up and chat, Arcjec's dream self having woken up off-screen since the last time they were shown. The trio flies over the buildings as Dream!Laivan explains the concept behind their existence and what they're supposed to do for their players. After the discussion, he offers a grand tour of the dream moon, which Dream!Arcjec and Dream!Albion accept with varying levels of excitement.

[[File:BeatsTakingTheSubway.gif|left|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec's first craft: Beats Taking the Subway]]
Back on LOMAM, Arcjec arrives at the town square, where he is greeted by [[Metatron]]. As the built-in player guide to the Game, he explains several mechanics that will be vital to their progress, including the crafting system, the checkpoints and the gates that connect all of their planets together. He also gives Arcjec a welcome gift: a portable communicator they can use to keep in touch with the rest of their session. Metatron then coaches Arcjec through their first item creation: the Beats Taking The Subway scythe.

Further into their conversation, Metatron tells Arcjec that he needs to connect to the hero of life, Ellsee. Metatron comments on the two's relationship saying that they seem close, but Arcjec quickly brushes it off and changes the subject again. Metatron moves on saying that everything he's done with Arcjec is all he needs from him and that once the planets align then the initial stretch of Arcjec's journey will be complete. Metatron finally leaves in a puff of smoke, but not before he tells Arcjec that they're doing amazing so far.

Arcjec decides to open a new memo to make sure the rest of his friends are up to speed. He tells them that his DMs are now open, and that everyone should share their game progress so far, letting them know that he's already made it to his first checkpoint.

Taz is the first one to respond. They bicker for a short while, before she tells him that she's stuck and can't make any more progress without going over to his planet. This leads to the two having a conversation of reconciliation, in which Arcjec apologizes for ignoring her messages, saying that he wasn't trying to make her upset and only needed some breathing room. She accepts their apology, and they agree to work together from this point on.

Albion and Ellsee quickly follow in their responses, the latter informing the others of the [[Homunculi|purple-eyed demons]] that have started interfering with their entries. Albion believes that they're under someone's control, and that she briefly spoke to [[Edolon Vryche|the man]] behind it. When Murrit and Calder join the conversation, it devolves into an argument about Murrit's attempted assassination of Ellsee through his [[boobdrone]]s. Everyone is appalled by their actions, and Calder's further needling drives Murrit to drop their persona, withdrawing from the memo after telling everyone that they {{VE Quote|murrit|>([don't know what you just brought in with you.]}}. Albion asks if they should keep an eye on her, but Arcjec says that they already have their hands full as it is. He warns them that things are about to get messy and closes the memo.

Immediately afterward, Arcjec messages Ellsee, concerned about her apparent alliance with Calder. The conversation quickly devolves into lighthearted bickering as she brushes him off, and the two decide to get on with her entry by opening the Game's tutorial. On Arcjec's end, it has been updated with new information to reflect Ellsee's unique entry process: their job is to bring [[Repiton]] into [[The Medium]] by activating a series of pillars they are to place around the planet.

Through some nudging, Arcjec manages to get Ellsee to explain the most outlandish aspects of their past, including the supernatural qualities of their staff, their talking [[Lusus#Chimera lusus|lusii]] and the magical book inherited from their [[Zekura Raines|ancestor]]. They're skeptical but curious, and Ellsee asks them to just trust her. He concedes, going back to their entry preparations before noticing that Possumdad is safe and sound by Ellsee's tent.

Arcjec asks if things are ready after Ellsee activates the portal leading to the first location. Arcjec informs her that he's going to go in order of what's closest to her, however, he also informs her that he doesn't know the exact coordinates and that there's no zoom option on his application. Ellsee voices her concerns on not wanting to go to Stronghold 21 due to the risk of becoming a walking target, most likely due to her blood color. Arcjec attempts to gives her advice, telling Ellsee to take a deep breath and move forward anyways. Arcjec ends up messing up the coordinates and Ellsee walks directly into the Stronghold square. which leads to Arcjec figuratively and literally beginning to beat himself up about being terrible at lying. Arcjec begins to ramble to himself in nervousness and annoyance as Ellsee panics, but quickly begins to focus again working with what he's got. Ellsee preforms magic tricks with her staff to keep the crowd distracted as Arcjec and drops the first pillar in the middle of the plaza. She quickly dives out of the way of the massive pillar before activating it and leaving rapidly. Ellsee tumbles back through the portal to her hive, exhausted. She decides to dance out her frustrations and Arcjec joins in with her. He tells her to pretend that never happened and to not mention it ever again. Ellsee asks if he had fun listening to her music which he reluctantly confirms that he did. They tell Ellsee that they'll make up for what they did with the last pillar.

Arcjec goes back to check on his hive, which is now a wreck with a hole going through the wall of his room and demons all around it. They move their cursor to go inside their messy hive, collectibles strewn all over the place. They grab a [[Sylladex#Replica Replica|replica]] of their [[Sylladex#Replica|replica fetch modus]] to give Ellsee, in which she captchalogues her book, which unbeknownst to her results in a revised and corrupted version. She gets back to work with Arcjec after resting, with him promising to try his best to be there for her through the whole thing. Ellsee again repeats her nervousness, wondering everything was going to be okay, and Arcjec tells her that she's going to have to trust him.

During the events of {{VE|1000|2=[S] Ellsee: Enter.}}, Arcjec and Ellsee continue to work together with him placing down the pillars and her going through the portals and activating them. The portals take her to the Northern Wastes, Kenede Spaceport, Bizkantine Ruins, and the Black Depths. All but one of the planets connect and Repiton makes the jump as the pillars activate and Arcjec sighs in relief as Ellsee's [[Lilith|Denizen]] is released and she enters the Medium.

===Post-EOA2===
As Taz makes her first foray into Arcjec's planet, she stumbles across a scene from her youth, brought to life through LOMAM's mechanics: her, Ellsee, Laivan and Arcjec, back when they were children, on the day when Arcjec asked Taz if she thought they were going to be friends forever.

After she spends some time reminiscing, Arcjec finds Taz, snapping her out of the flashback. He greets her with a smile and reassures her that he's right there, and the two of them walk off together.

=== Act 3 Act 1===
On the day following the Players' entry into the Medium, Arcjec reopens their old memo in order to keep the group up to date on their individual progress on their planets. Albion is the first to respond, claiming they met on Prospit not too long ago, but Arcjec doesn't seem remember it very clearly. Eventually, the group discusses the current situation on [[Repiton]], the [[Harbingers of the Alpocalypse|Harbingers]] and [[Mirthamaniacs]] storming [[Stronghold 21]] and the state of chaos the planet's entry into the Game has caused. Throughout the memo, Arcjec tags Murrit multiple times, who only responds to fall back into the same deflective patterns. They then ban themself from it, much to Arcjec's exasperation.

Later, Ellsee is seen falling asleep in the snow on her planet after the exhausting task of entering the game. She appears to have a flashback of her and Arcjec in his hive, dancing around together. Arcjec bumps into Ellsee which leads to both of them falling on the floor laughing together. Arcjec says he's hungry which leads to Ellsee and him into the kitchen. Both Arcjec and Ellsee are seen talking about two people named Ayala and Ari. Arcjec compliments Ellsee on how her new look is coming along and saying that she seems happier. The conversation turns into Ellsee complaining about how she can't go out and do things like how Arcjec can. Arcjec offers to try and find a way to sneak her out, but she refuses. Ellsee questions Arcjec about how he seems content with what is happening to the both of them. He pauses to think, but overall reassures her that everything is okay and that he'll always be here for her because they're family.

When Ellsee talks to White Noise, they discuss that in the past Arcjec acted differently towards everyone including Ellsee after her training. People tried getting to him, but he wouldn't budge. He was scared and angry, yelled and refused to listen to anything. However, Arcjec never changed his trolltag when they moved over to Skorp, so Ellsee found their Skorp attempted to act like a different person in order to contact him. White Noise has also attempted to speak to him, but it seems all Arcjec does is mumble to something and draw symbols. He doesn't know what's happened to Arcjec, but believes that something has gotten inside their head.

==Personality and traits==
At the start of the comic, Arcjec is a closed off and isolated person. They display a sardonic, irritable attitude toward most people, having little patience when dealing with others, and generally seeing things from a bleak perspective. They place a great deal of importance on the way things "should" be and how they work in the "real world", holding a jaded, disaffected philosophy on life. Paradoxically, he still is heavily invested in certain conversations, as evidenced by the amount of effort put into his responses whenever his friends try to contact him and the very fact that he leaves these channels of contact open.

This mindset is later shown to mask Arcjec's genuine attachment and care for his old life and friends. As the story progresses, they start being more open with the rest of the cast, apologizing for their unkind behavior and being more honest about their emotions. He makes an effort to reconnected with all of his friends, even taking charge in an unofficial "friendleader" capacity if the situation calls for it, and sharing moments of lighthearted banter with many of them in a sharp contrast to his biting interactions from before.

A good part of Arcjec's struggles are related to his mental health. The way other characters have described his falling out with the group, along with his own conversation about his emotional state with Kidjec, seem to indicate symptoms of a depressive disorder. Their habit of indulging in cans of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mountain_Dew_flavors_and_varieties#CodeRed Code Red] - a strong antidepressant<ref>{{VE Quote|wn|Now, if it had been a Mountain Dew: Code Red, then you’d be a little worried. That stuff is a real potent antidepressant.}} - ''Snowbound Blood:'' Volume Eight</ref> on Repiton - is further confirmation of the fact, having even been labelled an addiction in the comic's text.

Arcjec's past interests include the collection of pop culture memorabilia, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funko Pops] and action figures of comic characters, playing SBVRPRPG's with his friends, and drawing. They also used to do cosplay, being depicted going to a Repitonian comic con with Taz in one of the photos in their album,

His blood is of a unique "corn syrup" color, a result of combination of normal Repitonian bronze blood and [[Ellsee Raines|lime blood]]. This blood type and Arcjec's sigil were passed down to them by their ancestor, [[Thesal Voorat]], after his attempted suicide and subsequent revival by [[Zekura Raines]] during [[The Renaissance]].

==Relationships==

===Taz Poemme===
[[File:Pg264.png|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec and Taz's first time talking in two sweeps. It goes as well as it can.]]
Arcjec and [[Tazsia|Taz]] have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and supposedly unrealized romantic entanglements. There are many indications that their relationship was at one point unhealthy or unrequited, mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for over two sweeps while Taz has since repeatedly tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another, even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

During Post-EOA2 and Act 3 Act 1, they reconnect and bonded with each other once Taz arrives on Arcjec's planet, resulting in better communication and none of the hatred and lashing out from before. Any jabs or insults they throw at each other overall seem lighthearted banter typical of their contrasting personalities.

===Laivan Ferroo===
Despite Arcjec's base unfriendly demeanor, him and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] appear to have a pleasant friendship. They seem to have mutually requited yet unrealized pale crushes on each other. The two, along with Calder, used to play together as kids, but this appears to have ended or become rare as Arcjec grew distant and depressed.

After speaking in the newest memo in Act 3 Act 1, they still seem close in some sort of way, with Laivan remembering Arcjec's wriggling day (or as Laivan called it, a birthday) and asking him about it.

===Ellsee Raines===
Arcjec and [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] have a unclear relationship. Ellsee seems to value and trust him a great deal. One of her goals at the beginning of the comic was to finally meet him and introduce herself personally, though she is never able to bolster up the courage to actually do it, even when she's already at his hive.

Ellsee appears to care for Arcjec and worries for his wellbeing, even dropping all of her fear to run back to him in order to try and rescue him once she notices the meteor heading towards his hive. Despite this, Arcjec doesn't appear to know much about Ellsee at all; though he does seem to have an easier time speaking to her than the other trolls in his chat fodder. When Ellsee asks if she was likeable, Arcjec does actually try to give her advice (albeit poorly). In Act 3 Act 1 Arcjec and Ellsee are seen sharing a hive and call each other a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/1742 family.]

Biologically, Ellsee and Arcjec's relationship are the equivalent of human siblings, while their [[ancestors]] were in a [[Quadrants#Matespritship.2FFlushed Quadrant .E2.99.A5|matespritship]]. This would make their relationship closest to siblings, with their ancestors as their parents.

===Murrit Turkin===
Arcjec does not appear to be a big fan of [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. After reading through her memo, he believes that the game is a prank set up by him and the others to make fun of him and later notes during a conversation that he is a "slam jockey with more exposed RGB wires than common decency". When telling [[Zehanpuryu]] about what he believes should have happened post-entry, he admits that Murrit is a "friend" and that he is "actually way worse at explaining things than you or this game."

Arcjec seems to have known Murrit since he was six sweeps old, as seen in a flashback. They have talked enough for Arcjec to notice Murrit's tendencies, such as commenting that they "hate when they do that" after Murrit bans themself from a memo.

===Jentha Briati ===
Arcjec mentioned [[Jentha]] during a conversation with Taz as they were working towards his entry. They seem to be relatively aware of each other's interests, and share some in the form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funkos], but otherwise there is little information on their relationship.

===Calder Kerian ===
[[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Arcjec were once friends in their youth, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

In the memo in Act 3 Act 1, their interactions are tense and curt, though Arcjec attempts to be courteous as with the rest of the cast. Arcjec comments that Calder sounds "different now" and that "it feels like I don't know who I'm talking to." Arcjec also states that he has no qualms in banning Calder from the memo after telling him to knock it off when overstepping Taz's boundaries.

===Serpaz Helilo===
Serpaz and Arcjec seem to have been friends in their youth. There is not much information on their current relationship, but Serpaz seems to think of Arcjec as silly. They seem to not have any problems or tension with each other. When Arcjec cuts Serpaz off from rambling about her entry in the Act 3 Act 1 memo, he reassures her that he's taking her seriously and that she can talk later.

===Albion Shukra ===
Albion and Arcjec seem to get along well. The two speak about their relationship when they were younger in the memo in Act 3 Act 1. Albion comments on how Arcjec was "one of the few people" who believed in her position when they were younger as well. Arcjec tells her that he thought it was an elaborate backstory she made for a character. Arcjec comments on how he would consistently tell her when they were younger that she would always be good at the game he played, and that she unfortunately never joined. She tells Arcjec how she was on Prospit with him but he doesn't remember, having had issues with his dreamself at the time.

===Sova Amalie ===
There is little information on their relationship for the most part, however it is implied that they've talked in the past, with Sova bringing up in Act 3 Act 1 that she's read weirder from Arcjec after a particularly bizarre comment from him. She's also mentioned that as "(snide as he may be at times... at the end of the night, ARCJEC has been nothing but genuinely "real" with [her].)"<ref>https://www.deconreconstruction.com/bonus/ama1/1 Sova's portion of the Cast AMA</ref> They don't seem to have any problems with each other.

===Occeus Coliad===
There seems to be something going on between the two but there's not much information about their relationship. Occeus comments in Act 3 Act 1 that their past interactions have been more "charitable" and what Arcjec is doing is "weird". There seems to be some sort of tension between the two but not that much.

==Trivia==

*Arcjec's chat handle, {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is a holdover from when they were younger, meaning "energetic comedian". "Animated" could also refer to cartoons, an interest Arcjec had in his youth.
* Arcjec is often compared to {{MSPAW External|Karkat_Vantas|Karkat Vantas}}, due to their similarly cantankerous demeanors, penchants for tirades and roles as "the first troll" in their respective comics. This has made shipping the two characters to become a running joke in the fandom, which was brought to a head during April Fool's Day in 2017, when a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/bonus/april-fools-day-2017/1 short four-page bonus comic] dedicated to the concept was published on the site
*Arcjec has a canonical voice, that of which belonging to Paul Henderson, who also happens to be the voice of Karkat Vantas in the Voxus dub of Homestuck. Examples of his part being played include the Yulepassing PSA, and Arcalicious. .
*The fake names given to Arcjec on pages 3 and 4 of the comic are "hypocritical asshat" and "little shit".
*Arcjec has a habit of saying whatever he happens to be typing out loud.
*Being a Prospit dreamer, (technically) a bronzeblood and a Hero of Breath, Arcjec's would-be extended zodiac sign is [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Taurus Taurus, Sign of the Unfledged.]
*Arcjec has a figurine of {{MSPAW External|John_Egbert|John Egbert}} in his room. {{VE|971}}
*He runs a Filler account under the username NextIssue.
**This username may be a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Issue_Project Next Issue Project].
**It is the only abandoned account out of the cast.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="185">
File:Kidjec just leave!!.png|Kidjec
File:Arcjec cosplay.png|Arcjec as a child - [https://souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Soul_Evans Soul Evans] cosplay
File:176-kidjec.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec yelling.png|Arcjec pre-game
File:Wide.png|Arcjec in-game
File:873-maskjec.png|Arcjec wearing a mask
File:Arcjec, dreamself.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec filler account.jpg|Arcjec's [[Filler]] account
File:01078.gif|Arcjec meeting with Taz on his planet
</gallery>

==References==
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Arcjec Voorat

2023-02-21T06:31:36Z

Capypaws: fixed up some descriptions + linked soul evans to arcjec's cosplay

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'''Arcjec Voorat''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. His associated alchemic sigil is Magnesium, though a modified version of the symbol. They are a deconstruction of the "self insert" and "main character" fantroll archetypes.<ref>https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq</ref>

Their [[Hemospectrum#Biological Aspects|survival ability]] is being able to play dead by slowing their metabolism down.

He was the first troll to be introduced and enter the game.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Arcjec was much more outgoing and enthusiastic in their youth, if somewhat naïve. Raised together and initially sharing the same [[Lusus|lusii]] as [[Ellsee Raines]], the two viewed each other as siblings and part of the same family. During this period of time, Arcjec was interested in comic books, superheroes and pop culture, as well as drawing, cosplaying and scrapbooking.

After a series of cascading events involving his falling out with [[Taz Poemme]] and Ellsee's extended leave for training, Arcjec fell into a deep period of apathy and resentment, pushing all of his friends away and retreating into himself. They also forgot about their relationship with Ellsee entirely, which resulted in anger and confusion on their end when she came back from her training.

He seems to have been the "glue" holding their friend group together, having been depicted throughout the comic engaging in many different activities with the great majority of the main cast.

===Act 1===
Arcjec is first introduced in his respiteblock. As he goes over his possessions, he is interrupted by a rock hitting his block's window. Choosing to investigate the strange occurrence, the sight of a hooded troll lurking near his hive sends him into a panic, during which he is messaged by [[Laivan Ferroo]]. Laivan invites them to play a game of [[Anthropormuncipality]] with him and [[Murrit Turkin]], but Arcjec refuses, brushing his friend off, and requests that he let Taz know that {{VE Quote|arcjec|the mutilation fairy finally granted her long awaited wish}} in the event of their disappearance.

In an attempt to get a better look at the mysterious troll, Arcjec ends up falling out their second-floor window, landing on a mud puddle outside and passing out. They have a cryptic dream in which they stand in the middle of [[the Static]], briefly glimpsing [[White Noise]] before they jolt awake.

During their short nap, Laivan's [[Dream Self|dream self]] visits Arcjec's own dream self, still asleep on [[Prospit]]. It glitches out, momentarily reverting to a happier, younger Arcjec when Laivan touches him.

After waking up, Arcjec finds himself back inside his room. Surrounding him are the many piles of scattered drawings he makes in his sleep, something that has been a regular occurrence for some time. The newest one has [[The Game|The Game's]] symbol drawn on it, along with a message: "It's the only way."

[[File:Pg271.png|left|thumb|Arcjec being forced out of his window to look at the incoming meteor.|alt=]]
They are then accosted by an agitated Taz, who manages to convince Arcjec to collaborate by showing them Murrit's memo and the meteor hurtling towards their hive. After a few spats, Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, which they encourage Taz to input on her end. This grants her access to a set of objects, and the duo has one final fraught conversation about their past before they decide it's better if they do not speak again once Arcjec's entry is complete.

During the events of {{VE|310|2=[S] Arcjec: Enter.}}, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway around his hive, along with a mysterious chest inside his respiteblock. Arcjec opens the chest, unleashing a powerful gust of wind that sends him hurtling out of his room. He stops right in front of the archway, now activated into a portal. Taz then pushes Arcjec inside it with the Game cursor, sending him into [[the Medium]] and completing his entry process. The pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor away and into [[Skaia]]'s shield, preventing the hive's complete destruction.

===Act 2===
From the past perspective of [[Ellsee Raines]], Arcjec is shown having a conversation with her moments before the start of Act 1. She worries that she is needy and unlikable, and he offers a half-hearted attempt at advice. Amused but nonetheless touched, Ellsee decides that they will finally introduce themself to Arcjec and explain their deeper connection. It's then revealed that she was the mysterious troll that threw a stone at Arcjec's window.

Back to the present, Arcjec lands on a gray platform inscribed with the [[Aspect|Breath]] symbol, floating in a blank, stark white void. The powerful winds seen during Arcjec's entry then transform into the denizen of Breath, [[Zehanpuryu]].
[[File:Pg375.png|thumb|192x192px|One of the only times Arcjec has smiled.]]
Zehanpuryu introduces Arcjec to the game and its purpose, pledging himself as their guide. He states that Arcjec is the Bard of Breath and urges them to find him again when they are stronger. He inserts himself within the Breath platform and changes the blank planet around them into the newly formed [[Land of Mirage and Monochrome]].

As Arcjec looks around their new surroundings, they are approached by one of the planet's [[consorts]]: a bright, vibrant snake who directs them to a newly formed terminal by their denizen platform. The terminal allows Arcjec to access his game UI and Skorpe, where he finds messages from Taz and Ellsee both. He only answers the latter, and the two catch up. Ellsee admits that she knows more than she's previously let on, having seen the Game codes in a book that she has had her whole life. Arcjec closes the conversation by telling Ellsee to meet up with him when things are less hectic.

He then speaks with the multicolored snake consort, accidentally naming him "Guy". [[Guy]] tells Arcjec to prepare a [[Scythekind|weapon]], as he is bound to face monsters on his journey, and Arcjec equips his scythe before taking the first steps of his journey on LOMAM.

After following the path for a while, Arcjec and Guy find a consort village up in flames, being ravaged by a powerful shape-shifting monster known as a Shifter. Two other consorts, [[Consorts|Lady]] and [[Consorts|Person]], beg Arcjec to stop the monster before it burns down the entire town.

Overwhelmed, Arcjec freezes in place. He then finds himself in a featureless "mind space", greeted by younger version of himself: Kidjec. He tells Arcjec that it's okay to leave, that it isn't fair of the snakes to expect him to solve their problems. Arcjec, in turn, worries about his past choices and wishes they could do something for the people around them, since saving people was all they ever wanted to do when they were young.

Kidjec argues that acting on those impulses will only make him and those around him miserable, growing increasingly aggravated. He says that Arcjec should {{VE Quote|arcjec|just leave!!!}} and that every single time he tries to help someone, all he does is hurt them. Arcjec falls to their knees, their nose bleeding profusely as the mindspace seems to fall apart at the seams.

Guy then snaps Arcjec back into reality by calling out to him, the troll having gone into a trance for the duration of his conversation with Kidjec. Finding his conviction renewed, Arcjec promises to protect his consorts and prepares for battle.

During {{VE|641|2=[S] Engage.}}, Arcjec is shown battling the Shifter, managing to defeat it with the usage of his survival ability and the help of his planet's [[Aspect|Winds]]. Their consorts are elated, gifting them with a variety of crafting resources and directing them to their checkpoint near the town square.

On Prospit, Arcjec, Laivan and Albion's dream selves meet up and chat, Arcjec's dream self having woken up off-screen since the last time they were shown. The trio flies over the buildings as Dream!Laivan explains the concept behind their existence and what they're supposed to do for their players. After the discussion, he offers a grand tour of the dream moon, which Dream!Arcjec and Dream!Albion accept with varying levels of excitement.

[[File:BeatsTakingTheSubway.gif|left|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec's first craft: Beats Taking the Subway]]
Back on LOMAM, Arcjec arrives at the town square, where he is greeted by [[Metatron]]. As the built-in player guide to the Game, he explains several mechanics that will be vital to their progress, including the crafting system, the checkpoints and the gates that connect all of their planets together. He also gives Arcjec a welcome gift: a portable communicator they can use to keep in touch with the rest of their session. Metatron then coaches Arcjec through their first item creation: the Beats Taking The Subway scythe.

Further into their conversation, Metatron tells Arcjec that he needs to connect to the hero of life, Ellsee. Metatron comments on the two's relationship saying that they seem close, but Arcjec quickly brushes it off and changes the subject again. Metatron moves on saying that everything he's done with Arcjec is all he needs from him and that once the planets align then the initial stretch of Arcjec's journey will be complete. Metatron finally leaves in a puff of smoke, but not before he tells Arcjec that they're doing amazing so far.

Arcjec decides to open a new memo to make sure the rest of his friends are up to speed. He tells them that his DMs are now open, and that everyone should share their game progress so far, letting them know that he's already made it to his first checkpoint.

Taz is the first one to respond. They bicker for a short while, before she tells him that she's stuck and can't make any more progress without going over to his planet. This leads to the two having a conversation of reconciliation, in which Arcjec apologizes for ignoring her messages, saying that he wasn't trying to make her upset and only needed some breathing room. She accepts their apology, and they agree to work together from this point on.

Albion and Ellsee quickly follow in their responses, the latter informing the others of the [[Homunculi|purple-eyed demons]] that have started interfering with their entries. Albion believes that they're under someone's control, and that she briefly spoke to [[Edolon Vryche|the man]] behind it. When Murrit and Calder join the conversation, it devolves into an argument about Murrit's attempted assassination of Ellsee through his [[boobdrone]]s. Everyone is appalled by their actions, and Calder's further needling drives Murrit to drop their persona, withdrawing from the memo after telling everyone that they {{VE Quote|murrit|>([don't know what you just brought in with you.]}}. Albion asks if they should keep an eye on her, but Arcjec says that they already have their hands full as it is. He warns them that things are about to get messy and closes the memo.

Immediately afterward, Arcjec messages Ellsee, concerned about her apparent alliance with Calder. The conversation quickly devolves into lighthearted bickering as she brushes him off, and the two decide to get on with her entry by opening the Game's tutorial. On Arcjec's end, it has been updated with new information to reflect Ellsee's unique entry process: their job is to bring [[Repiton]] into [[The Medium]] by activating a series of pillars they are to place around the planet.

Through some nudging, Arcjec manages to get Ellsee to explain the most outlandish aspects of their past, including the supernatural qualities of their staff, their talking [[Lusus#Chimera lusus|lusii]] and the magical book inherited from their [[Zekura Raines|ancestor]]. They're skeptical but curious, and Ellsee asks them to just trust her. He concedes, going back to their entry preparations before noticing that Possumdad is safe and sound by Ellsee's tent.

Arcjec asks if things are ready after Ellsee activates the portal leading to the first location. Arcjec informs her that he's going to go in order of what's closest to her, however, he also informs her that he doesn't know the exact coordinates and that there's no zoom option on his application. Ellsee voices her concerns on not wanting to go to Stronghold 21 due to the risk of becoming a walking target, most likely due to her blood color. Arcjec attempts to gives her advice, telling Ellsee to take a deep breath and move forward anyways. Arcjec ends up messing up the coordinates and Ellsee walks directly into the Stronghold square. which leads to Arcjec figuratively and literally beginning to beat himself up about being terrible at lying. Arcjec begins to ramble to himself in nervousness and annoyance as Ellsee panics, but quickly begins to focus again working with what he's got. Ellsee preforms magic tricks with her staff to keep the crowd distracted as Arcjec and drops the first pillar in the middle of the plaza. She quickly dives out of the way of the massive pillar before activating it and leaving rapidly. Ellsee tumbles back through the portal to her hive, exhausted. She decides to dance out her frustrations and Arcjec joins in with her. He tells her to pretend that never happened and to not mention it ever again. Ellsee asks if he had fun listening to her music which he reluctantly confirms that he did. They tell Ellsee that they'll make up for what they did with the last pillar.

Arcjec goes back to check on his hive, which is now a wreck with a hole going through the wall of his room and demons all around it. They move their cursor to go inside their messy hive, collectibles strewn all over the place. They grab a [[Sylladex#Replica Replica|replica]] of their [[Sylladex#Replica|replica fetch modus]] to give Ellsee, in which she captchalogues her book, which unbeknownst to her results in a revised and corrupted version. She gets back to work with Arcjec after resting, with him promising to try his best to be there for her through the whole thing. Ellsee again repeats her nervousness, wondering everything was going to be okay, and Arcjec tells her that she's going to have to trust him.

During the events of {{VE|1000|2=[S] Ellsee: Enter.}}, Arcjec and Ellsee continue to work together with him placing down the pillars and her going through the portals and activating them. The portals take her to the Northern Wastes, Kenede Spaceport, Bizkantine Ruins, and the Black Depths. All but one of the planets connect and Repiton makes the jump as the pillars activate and Arcjec sighs in relief as Ellsee's [[Lilith|Denizen]] is released and she enters the Medium.

===Post-EOA2===
As Taz makes her first foray into Arcjec's planet, she stumbles across a scene from her youth, brought to life through LOMAM's mechanics: her, Ellsee, Laivan and Arcjec, back when they were children, on the day when Arcjec asked Taz if she thought they were going to be friends forever.

After she spends some time reminiscing, Arcjec finds Taz, snapping her out of the flashback. He greets her with a smile and reassures her that he's right there, and the two of them walk off together.

=== Act 3 Act 1===
On the day following the Players' entry into the Medium, Arcjec reopens their old memo in order to keep the group up to date on their individual progress on their planets. Albion is the first to respond, claiming they met on Prospit not too long ago, but Arcjec doesn't seem remember it very clearly. Eventually, the group discusses the current situation on [[Repiton]], the [[Harbingers of the Alpocalypse|Harbingers]] and [[Mirthamaniacs]] storming [[Stronghold 21]] and the state of chaos the planet's entry into the Game has caused. Throughout the memo, Arcjec tags Murrit multiple times, who only responds to fall back into the same deflective patterns. They then ban themself from it, much to Arcjec's exasperation.

Later, Ellsee is seen falling asleep in the snow on her planet after the exhausting task of entering the game. She appears to have a flashback of her and Arcjec in his hive, dancing around together. Arcjec bumps into Ellsee which leads to both of them falling on the floor laughing together. Arcjec says he's hungry which leads to Ellsee and him into the kitchen. Both Arcjec and Ellsee are seen talking about two people named Ayala and Ari. Arcjec compliments Ellsee on how her new look is coming along and saying that she seems happier. The conversation turns into Ellsee complaining about how she can't go out and do things like how Arcjec can. Arcjec offers to try and find a way to sneak her out, but she refuses. Ellsee questions Arcjec about how he seems content with what is happening to the both of them. He pauses to think, but overall reassures her that everything is okay and that he'll always be here for her because they're family.

When Ellsee talks to White Noise, they discuss that in the past Arcjec acted differently towards everyone including Ellsee after her training. People tried getting to him, but he wouldn't budge. He was scared and angry, yelled and refused to listen to anything. However, Arcjec never changed his trolltag when they moved over to Skorp, so Ellsee found their Skorp attempted to act like a different person in order to contact him. White Noise has also attempted to speak to him, but it seems all Arcjec does is mumble to something and draw symbols. He doesn't know what's happened to Arcjec, but believes that something has gotten inside their head.

==Personality and traits==
At the start of the comic, Arcjec is a closed off and isolated person. They display a sardonic, irritable attitude toward most people, having little patience when dealing with others, and generally seeing things from a bleak perspective. They place a great deal of importance on the way things "should" be and how they work in the "real world", holding a jaded, disaffected philosophy on life. Paradoxically, he still is heavily invested in certain conversations, as evidenced by the amount of effort put into his responses whenever his friends try to contact him and the very fact that he leaves these channels of contact open.

This mindset is later shown to mask Arcjec's genuine attachment and care for his old life and friends. As the story progresses, they start being more open with the rest of the cast, apologizing for their unkind behavior and being more honest about their emotions. He makes an effort to reconnected with all of his friends, even taking charge in an unofficial "friendleader" capacity if the situation calls for it, and sharing moments of lighthearted banter with many of them in a sharp contrast to his biting interactions from before.

A good part of Arcjec's struggles are related to his mental health. The way other characters have described his falling out with the group, along with his own conversation about his emotional state with Kidjec, seem to indicate symptoms of a depressive disorder. Their habit of indulging in cans of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mountain_Dew_flavors_and_varieties#CodeRed Code Red] - a strong antidepressant<ref>{{VE Quote|wn|Now, if it had been a Mountain Dew: Code Red, then you’d be a little worried. That stuff is a real potent antidepressant.}} - ''Snowbound Blood:'' Volume Eight</ref> on Repiton - is further confirmation of the fact, having even been labelled an addiction in the comic's text.

Arcjec's past interests include the collection of pop culture memorabilia, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funko Pops] and action figures of comic characters, playing SBVRPRPG's with his friends, and drawing. They also used to do cosplay, being depicted going to a Repitonian comic con with Taz in one of the photos in their album,

His blood is of a unique "corn syrup" color, a result of combination of normal Repitonian bronze blood and [[Ellsee Raines|lime blood]]. This blood type and Arcjec's sigil were passed down to them by their ancestor, [[Thesal Voorat]], after his attempted suicide and subsequent revival by [[Zekura Raines]] during [[The Renaissance]].

==Relationships==

===Taz Poemme===
[[File:Pg264.png|thumb|220x220px|Arcjec and Taz's first time talking in two sweeps. It goes as well as it can.]]
Arcjec and [[Tazsia|Taz]] have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and supposedly unrealized romantic entanglements. There are many indications that their relationship was at one point unhealthy or unrequited, mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for over two sweeps while Taz has since repeatedly tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another, even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

During Post-EOA2 and Act 3 Act 1, they reconnect and bonded with each other once Taz arrives on Arcjec's planet, resulting in better communication and none of the hatred and lashing out from before. Any jabs or insults they throw at each other overall seem lighthearted banter typical of their contrasting personalities.

===Laivan Ferroo===
Despite Arcjec's base unfriendly demeanor, him and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] appear to have a pleasant friendship. They seem to have mutually requited yet unrealized pale crushes on each other. The two, along with Calder, used to play together as kids, but this appears to have ended or become rare as Arcjec grew distant and depressed.

After speaking in the newest memo in Act 3 Act 1, they still seem close in some sort of way, with Laivan remembering Arcjec's wriggling day (or as Laivan called it, a birthday) and asking him about it.

===Ellsee Raines===
Arcjec and [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] have a unclear relationship. Ellsee seems to value and trust him a great deal. One of her goals at the beginning of the comic was to finally meet him and introduce herself personally, though she is never able to bolster up the courage to actually do it, even when she's already at his hive.

Ellsee appears to care for Arcjec and worries for his wellbeing, even dropping all of her fear to run back to him in order to try and rescue him once she notices the meteor heading towards his hive. Despite this, Arcjec doesn't appear to know much about Ellsee at all; though he does seem to have an easier time speaking to her than the other trolls in his chat fodder. When Ellsee asks if she was likeable, Arcjec does actually try to give her advice (albeit poorly). In Act 3 Act 1 Arcjec and Ellsee are seen sharing a hive and call each other a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/1742 family.]

Biologically, Ellsee and Arcjec's relationship are the equivalent of human siblings, while their [[ancestors]] were in a [[Quadrants#Matespritship.2FFlushed Quadrant .E2.99.A5|matespritship]]. This would make their relationship closest to siblings, with their ancestors as their parents.

===Murrit Turkin===
Arcjec does not appear to be a big fan of [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]. After reading through her memo, he believes that the game is a prank set up by him and the others to make fun of him and later notes during a conversation that he is a "slam jockey with more exposed RGB wires than common decency". When telling [[Zehanpuryu]] about what he believes should have happened post-entry, he admits that Murrit is a "friend" and that he is "actually way worse at explaining things than you or this game."

Arcjec seems to have known Murrit since he was six sweeps old, as seen in a flashback. They have talked enough for Arcjec to notice Murrit's tendencies, such as commenting that they "hate when they do that" after Murrit bans themself from a memo.

===Jentha Briati ===
Arcjec mentioned [[Jentha]] during a conversation with Taz as they were working towards his entry. They seem to be relatively aware of each other's interests, and share some in the form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko Funkos], but otherwise there is little information on their relationship.

===Calder Kerian ===
[[Calder Kerian|Calder]] and Arcjec were once friends in their youth, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

In the memo in Act 3 Act 1, their interactions are tense and curt, though Arcjec attempts to be courteous as with the rest of the cast. Arcjec comments that Calder sounds "different now" and that "it feels like I don't know who I'm talking to." Arcjec also states that he has no qualms in banning Calder from the memo after telling him to knock it off when overstepping Taz's boundaries.

===Serpaz Helilo===
Serpaz and Arcjec seem to have been friends in their youth. There is not much information on their current relationship, but Serpaz seems to think of Arcjec as silly. They seem to not have any problems or tension with each other. When Arcjec cuts Serpaz off from rambling about her entry in the Act 3 Act 1 memo, he reassures her that he's taking her seriously and that she can talk later.

===Albion Shukra ===
Albion and Arcjec seem to get along well. The two speak about their relationship when they were younger in the memo in Act 3 Act 1. Albion comments on how Arcjec was "one of the few people" who believed in her position when they were younger as well. Arcjec tells her that he thought it was an elaborate backstory she made for a character. Arcjec comments on how he would consistently tell her when they were younger that she would always be good at the game he played, and that she unfortunately never joined. She tells Arcjec how she was on Prospit with him but he doesn't remember, having had issues with his dreamself at the time.

===Sova Amalie ===
There is little to no information on their relationship for the most part, however it is implied that they've talked in the past, with Sova bringing up in Act 3 Act 1 that she's read weirder from Arcjec after a particularly bizarre comment from him. They don't seem to have any problems with each other.

===Occeus Coliad===
There seems to be something going on between the two but there's not much information about their relationship. Occeus comments in Act 3 Act 1 that their past interactions have been more "charitable" and what Arcjec is doing is "weird". There seems to be some sort of tension between the two but not that much.

==Trivia==

*Arcjec's chat handle, {{VE Quote|arcjec|animatedHumorist}}, is a holdover from when they were younger, meaning "energetic comedian". "Animated" could also refer to cartoons, an interest Arcjec had in his youth.
* Arcjec is often compared to {{MSPAW External|Karkat_Vantas|Karkat Vantas}}, due to their similarly cantankerous demeanors, penchants for tirades and roles as "the first troll" in their respective comics. This has made shipping the two characters to become a running joke in the fandom, which was brought to a head during April Fool's Day in 2017, when a [https://www.deconreconstruction.com/bonus/april-fools-day-2017/1 short four-page bonus comic] dedicated to the concept was published on the site
*Arcjec has a canonical voice, that of which belonging to Paul Henderson, who also happens to be the voice of Karkat Vantas in the Voxus dub of Homestuck. Examples of his part being played include the Yulepassing PSA, and Arcalicious. .
*The fake names given to Arcjec on pages 3 and 4 of the comic are "hypocritical asshat" and "little shit".
*Arcjec has a habit of saying whatever he happens to be typing out loud.
*Being a Prospit dreamer, (technically) a bronzeblood and a Hero of Breath, Arcjec's would-be extended zodiac sign is [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Taurus Taurus, Sign of the Unfledged.]
*Arcjec has a figurine of {{MSPAW External|John_Egbert|John Egbert}} in his room. {{VE|971}}
*He runs a Filler account under the username NextIssue.
**This username may be a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Issue_Project Next Issue Project].
**It is the only abandoned account out of the cast.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="185">
File:Kidjec just leave!!.png|Kidjec
File:Arcjec cosplay.png|Arcjec as a child - [https://souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Soul_Evans Soul Evans] cosplay
File:176-kidjec.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec yelling.png|Arcjec pre-game
File:Wide.png|Arcjec in-game
File:873-maskjec.png|Arcjec wearing a mask
File:Arcjec, dreamself.png|Dreamself Arcjec
File:Arcjec filler account.jpg|Arcjec's [[Filler]] account
File:01078.gif|Arcjec meeting with Taz on his planet
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==References==
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Taz Poemme

2023-02-21T06:20:19Z

Capypaws: added in that taz was cosplaying maka!! +added a link to maka's wiki page

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'''Taz Poemme''' (short for '''Tazsia''') known by her [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|tazsia|perniciousOverkill}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Platinum and her horns are long and winding. She wears her symbol on the back of her vest. She is a deconstruction of the "Terrifying Cultish Murder Clown" fantroll archetype.

She is a well-known member of a wrestling-based cult known as [[Mirthamaniacs]]. Her chucklevoodoo holds the power of 'Intimidation' and is constantly active, shown through the purple glints in her pupils.

She was the second troll introduced and the second troll to enter the game.

== Etymology ==
Her preferred name of 'Taz' is a reference to actual professional wrestler [[wikipedia:Tazz|Tazz]]. "Poemme" may be a [[troll]]ification of the word ''poem''.

== Biography ==

===Early life===
Taz was kept captive by [[Pozzol Broyer]] in the [[Mirthamaniacs]] under the statement that it was her destiny as [[Fortmistress Deadlock|Fortmistress Deadlock's]] descendant, being forced to kill other children as young as her in the ring and quickly becoming a crowd favorite. The wrestling announcer [[Vilcus Cendum]] came to empathize with Taz's struggles, offering to cover for her when she sneaked away to see her friends. Eventually, Taz decided to help Vilcus escape the Mirthamaniacs by faking his death and claiming to have killed him herself. Pozzol saw through the ruse, but offered her a deal: if she wanted to be able to come and go freely, she would have to "go pro" and commit to his orders, chaining herself permanently to the Mirthamaniacs. She took the bargain.

According to Arcjec, she ruined his life by doing something that ended up changing him into who he is today.

It can be inferred that this had something to do with her punching him in the face; when Arcjec began to run away crying from Taz's hive near the end of Act 1, his nose was bleeding rather heavily. When discussed, Taz shows a very stubborn and upset demeanor regarding the subject. However, you can see that she does have tears in her eyes in the panel if you look close enough. This proves that she does potentially regret the incident.

=== Pre-game ===
Shortly after Taz's introduction, she is messaged by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]], who tells her about the completion of a long-term project in the form of a game he wants everyone to play. Although Murrit's esoteric vernacular and vagueness frustrate Taz, she listens until Murrit tells her that she's going to have to get in contact with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]], to which she outright refuses. Immediately after rejecting Murrit's proposal, she ceases messaging the seadweller.

Taz is then called away by the sound of her [[lusus]], a large aquatic mink, that she has been forced to keep from the ocean due the increasingly toxic environment and mutated undersea fauna. The lusus had apparently killed a nameless, bronze-blooded troll who had been loitering near Taz's hive; it was now impaled on a stalactite peaking out of the ocean neighboring the hive. Taz takes a moment to be grateful the poor troll didn't fall into the ocean depths, but admits that they probably were still better off dying on the spikes than being found by Taz, who would have beaten them to death.

Taz then messages her moirail, [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], going over the details of her interactions with Murrit. When Albion makes a cryptic (but insincere) remark about knowing the future, Taz asks Albion if she might know anything about it. Albion admits she does not what Murrit might be planning but knows that the night is of great importance, as it's the night [[Repiton]] would finally crumble and the night she was expected to save it. Taz, a staunch non-believer of Albion's prophetic destiny, dismisses the notion as bullshit.

Albion then repeats Murrit's sentiment and states that Taz really should try to reach out to Arcjec and finally try to work out their differences, instead of her merely trying to get his attention. Taz continues to be upset at the suggestion. Their conversation ends with Albion going over her destiny to merge with her lusus and salvage the remains of Repiton and the remaining troll species. Taz is left confused and concerned for her moirail. She later receives Murrit's memo pertaining to the game and its nature.
[[File:Young Taz in the ring covered in blood.gif|alt=Young Taz covered in lowblood's children blood in the ring while the crowd cheers. Her eyes are glowing in lilac and have a purple swirl in the middle because of her Rage aspect activation|thumb|223x223px]]
Taz is next seen after Murrit witnesses the release of the flower within in the [[Frog Temple]] that neighbors their hive. The resulting release unleashes [[The Game]], which installs itself onto all the trolls' main computers. Taz, dismayed at how her computer has apparently been taken over by The Game (and has also rendered it unable to do anything aside from using [[Skorpe]] and the game itself), messages Murrit. She comes to the logical conclusion that Murrit tampered with her computer, which he denies. Murrit, frustrated at Taz's continued refusal to listen to them, simply tells her to reach out to Arcjec, and figure it out. Taz's game screen then switches to show Arcjec's hive. She sees Arcjec passed out on the floor covered in crumpled up paper.

When Arcjec finally awakens, Taz uses the game's cursor to drag Arcjec to his desk and look at his computer. The former friends bicker for some time before Taz forces Arcjec to look at the reality of the situation -- literally. When Arcjec dismisses Murrit's memo as an elaborate prank done by her and the seadweller, Taz retaliates by forcing him to look out his window and look at the meteor hurtling towards his hive. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Arcjec agrees to work with Taz, despite her constant antagonism.

The two reach an uneasy truce (although mutually agree to avoid each other once everything is said and done) and begin working to unravel the secrets of The Game. Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, and they begins inputting the symbols into the game window. While he's doing this, Taz inputs a set of codes she received from Murrit's memo. This allows Taz access to a set of objects to place in and outside of Arcjec's hive. Proceeding outside, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway outside Arcjec's hive, and a mysterious chest in his room. Arcjec opens the chest, which unleashes a powerful gust of wind that sends him careering out of his room (destroying a wall in the process). The wind blows Arcjec right in front of the archway, which activates into some sort of portal. Taz uses the game cursor to push Arcjec into the portal while they're dazed and makes them enter [[The Medium]]. Meanwhile, the pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor into [[Skaia]], preventing its complete destruction.

After Arcjec's abrupt entry, Taz briefly asks them to send her a message to ensure her that they aren't dead. She then moves on to work with with Laivan on her own entry. She and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] struggle to figure out Taz's codes before they are both pulled into a memo made by [[Ellsee Raines]], who attempts to share her own knowledge on the game that she uncovered through her own means. The memo quickly goes off the rails and it isn't long before Taz gets frustrated and leaves. Laivan chides Taz for burning bridges that might have helped with their entry process.

It is at this point that Taz's [[lusus]], overwhelmed by its desire to return to its natural aquatic habitat due to the impending meteor, jumps into [[The Black Depths]]. Minkmom is very quickly eaten alive, to Taz's horror. This sends her chucklevoodoo and her rage into overdrive. This rage is punctuated by the fact that her lusus' blood reveals the location of the codes Taz needed, which had been in the rocks beneath the cliffs by her hive. Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her [[denizen]], she has Laivan put the rusted and locked cage, her [[Paragon Repository]], in her [[Taz's hive|Torture Fort]] so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, it having a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage manages to calm her down. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

=== During the Game ===
[[File:Taz god tier.png|thumb|256x256px|Taz as a Pureself Sylph of Rage, as seen in [S] Arcjec: Enter.]]
Upon her entry, Taz is very quickly berated by [[Azbogah]], the Denizen of Rage. Azbogah tears into Taz for being loud and obnoxious, a pain to be around, and a person undeserving of her aspect with very little capacity to change. After making it very clear that she does not like Taz, Azbogah ends the conversation to generate Taz's land.

In [S] Engage, she was seen exploring her land, [[Land of Growth and Gravity]].

In [S] Ellsee: Enter., she was seen killing a monster using her strife specibus: [[macekind]], as one of her [[consorts]] gave her a winding key.

As shown through Albion's visions when interacting with [[Star Guardian|her lusus]], Taz may eventually become her [[pureself]]. How this happens and through what method is currently unknown.

== Personality and traits ==
Taz is a notably angry, headstrong and determined troll who tends to not think her actions through, instead just doing what she feels is best in the moment. This way of thinking has definitely caused her more harm than good, and has seemingly ruined or put a lot of strain on her relationships with the exception of [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who is somehow able to pacify her seething disposition. Not even Taz really knows how she does this.

She has a habit of getting belligerent verbally and physically, often throwing insults when provoked or annoyed. She doesn't seem to understand simple concepts in a conversation like jokes or banter, finding the concepts to be stupid and bothersome. She also hates to be interrupted when speaking, especially if it's about something she finds important. Taz isn't one to easily ask others for help, stubbornly doing tasks herself even if she doesn't know how to do it properly. She also refuses to admit when she is wrong and generally convinces herself that she's done a good job after the fact. This is heavily shown throughout her conversations with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]].

There are moments when she will yield to her conversation partner, though this is normally only if she finds the issue to be trivial or she is tired of dealing with it and knows her efforts will end up being futile in the end regardless.

Despite her many antagonistic and self-destructive traits, she consistently shows that -- true to her title as a [[Class|Sylph]] -- she does have good intentions. It's clear that her aggression and frustration towards others is out of a desire to help those around her, albeit in her own caustic, hyper-aggressive manner. Additionally, due to her incredibly blunt nature, she isn't the type of person to act passively against others or do anything in an underhanded manner, and considers people with those traits a waste of time.

Taz is very sensitive about her full name, and is easily set off when people bring it up. She is also a passionate devotee of the [[Mirthamaniacs]] cult, being a major contender in the ring herself. She collects and studies torture devices and weaponry in her hive.

== Relationships ==
=== Albion Shukra ===
[[Albion Shukra|Albion]] is in a [[moraillegence]] with Taz, although their relationship appears to occasionally fluctuate into an [[auspisticism]] with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], where Albion acts as the mediating party. Albion is notable among Taz's close relationships in that she is the only troll who is able to placate Taz's aggression, with Taz being outright gentle and thoughtful when interacting with Albion. Taz herself isn't sure how Albion manages to do this. Because of this, Taz has stated that she finds Albion to be a "special kind of scary" and "perfect".

Taz has plainly stated that she does not share Albion's religious beliefs and more or less thinks of them to be horseshit. This is likely due to Taz's own beliefs within the Mirthamaniacs.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
[[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] and Taz have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and assumedly unrealized romantic entanglements. It is believed that their relationship was at one point abusive or unrequited; mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for two sweeps. Taz has since desperately tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout has evidently deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

Taz repeatedly shows that she does still care deeply for Arcjec, having spent so much trying to rebuild their relationship and her clear unease when she is forced to interact with him on less-than-favorable conditions. This is further indicated by her efforts to save him during his entry and how she messages him to check on his well-being post-entry, despite her being able to see him through her UI.

=== Murrit Turkin ===
Taz is one of the few trolls to not be immediately put off by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]'s scummy, perverted facade, to the point that she's actually somewhat fond of the sea-dweller. Despite this, Taz will not put up with any of Murrit's bullshit and is ready to drop his ass whenever he's not being helpful. Murrit on the other hand enjoys toying with Taz and her temper, but does try his best to actually be useful to her once in a while as well. Though he also has his tipping point and has left Taz on her ass just as badly as she has done to him.

This nicer relationship is however, undercut by his constant mention and nicknaming of Taz's breasts in their conversations -- something that Taz surprisingly doesn't seem to get onto him about as one might expect.
=== Minkmom ===
Taz often had to fight against her [[lusus]] and its natural instinct to return to the sea, due to [[The Black Depths]] being extremely toxic and filled to the brim with deadly, multi-eyed and carnivorous sea life. In-fact, Taz acquired much of her fight skills early on due to having to fight Minkmom so much. Taz is understandably devastated when Minkmom succumbs to its natural instincts when fearful of the oncoming meteor and jumps into the ocean when Taz's back is turned, going into a rage as a result.

=== Azbogah ===
Upon meeting her, Taz is immediately critical and distrustful of the [[Azbogah|denizen of Rage]], before the Denizen interrupts Taz to speak her mind.

[[Azbogah]] deeply despises Taz. From the moment of their first meeting, Azbogah makes her disdain of the Sylph of Rage crystal clear, stating that she considers her player to be: entirely unfit for her role, an insufferable hypocrite who is incapable of change, and a burden on her friends and loved ones. Nonetheless, Azbogah is duty-bound to serve Taz as her denizen, and owes her a debt of gratitude for releasing her.

The two appear to be very similar in demeanor, as both of them are very wrathful and vindictive beings. By virtue of this and by being two halves of the same whole, Azbogah might be guilty of having the very same flaws that she claims makes Taz unfit to be a Rage player, possibly indicating that the Denizen of Rage herself might be a hypocrite.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
The two appear to have been involved in a now-ended black relationship with one another. It appears that Taz occasionally fluctuates into the ashen quadrant with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], with Albion acting as mediator. This would indicate some on-going enmity between the two.

=== Ellsee Raines ===
It is implied that Ellsee harbors black feelings for Taz. When Arcjec mentions Taz to [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] in a conversation, Ellsee seems to be put-off by being reminded of the jamblood, and later states her determination to prove her worth to the others, despite what Taz or [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] might say. Similarly, Taz very quickly loses patience with Ellsee (and by proxy, everyone else) when she is pulled into Ellsee's memo, but appears to be especially impatient with Ellsee in particular.

=== Laivan Ferroo ===
Taz does not enjoy speaking to [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz, and generally lacks the words to describe her, but isn't above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

== Trivia ==
* 'Pernicious' means to have a harmful effect on someone, most often in a gradual or subtle way. 'Overkill' is commonly used as a term of excessive action or treatment. When combined, the two terms form a reference to Taz's history with Arcjec, destroying something about him in a manner that has left him a changed person to how he was at 6 sweeps. It can also refer to her brutal interest in combat, especially with her torture device collection.
* Taz's pet rock "The Rock" is obviously named after [[wikipedia:Dwayne_Johnson|Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson]] who she actually has a poster of in her respiteblock, along with [[wikipedia:Vince_McMahon|Vince McMahon]] (in his famous 'IT'S ME AUSTIN' speech, no doubt as a reference to [[austinado]]) and [[wikipedia:Hulk Hogan|Hulk Hogan]].
* Taz likes to eat steak and presumably other forms of meat raw.
* Taz does, in fact, drink [[wikipedia:Faygo|Faygo]], which to Mirthamaniacs is known as 'Pinfall Fuel'. Her favorite flavor is Peach.
* The wrestler Taz murdered in her first Fort Match and reassembled with concrete is famed WWE all-star [[wikipedia:Kane (wrestler)|Kane]].
* Based on her blood color, aspect, and dream moon, her true sign on Alternia would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Capricorn Capricorn, Sign of the Capricious.]
*Taz runs a Filler account under the username razzmatazz.

== Gallery ==
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File:Taz criss cros.png|Young Taz
File:Taz cosplay.png|Young Taz - [https://souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Maka_Albarn Maka Albarn] cosplay
File:Taz looking over.png|Taz pre-game
File:Taz flying transistion.png|Taz in-game
File:Taz filler account.jpg|Taz's [[Filler]] account
</gallery>

== References ==
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Taz Poemme

2023-02-21T06:14:36Z

Capypaws: More Editing (TM)

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'''Taz Poemme''' (short for '''Tazsia''') known by her [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|tazsia|perniciousOverkill}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Platinum and her horns are long and winding. She wears her symbol on the back of her vest. She is a deconstruction of the "Terrifying Cultish Murder Clown" fantroll archetype.

She is a well-known member of a wrestling-based cult known as [[Mirthamaniacs]]. Her chucklevoodoo holds the power of 'Intimidation' and is constantly active, shown through the purple glints in her pupils.

She was the second troll introduced and the second troll to enter the game.

== Etymology ==
Her preferred name of 'Taz' is a reference to actual professional wrestler [[wikipedia:Tazz|Tazz]]. "Poemme" may be a [[troll]]ification of the word ''poem''.

== Biography ==

===Early life===
Taz was kept captive by [[Pozzol Broyer]] in the [[Mirthamaniacs]] under the statement that it was her destiny as [[Fortmistress Deadlock|Fortmistress Deadlock's]] descendant, being forced to kill other children as young as her in the ring and quickly becoming a crowd favorite. The wrestling announcer [[Vilcus Cendum]] came to empathize with Taz's struggles, offering to cover for her when she sneaked away to see her friends. Eventually, Taz decided to help Vilcus escape the Mirthamaniacs by faking his death and claiming to have killed him herself. Pozzol saw through the ruse, but offered her a deal: if she wanted to be able to come and go freely, she would have to "go pro" and commit to his orders, chaining herself permanently to the Mirthamaniacs. She took the bargain.

According to Arcjec, she ruined his life by doing something that ended up changing him into who he is today.

It can be inferred that this had something to do with her punching him in the face; when Arcjec began to run away crying from Taz's hive near the end of Act 1, his nose was bleeding rather heavily. When discussed, Taz shows a very stubborn and upset demeanor regarding the subject. However, you can see that she does have tears in her eyes in the panel if you look close enough. This proves that she does potentially regret the incident.

=== Pre-game ===
Shortly after Taz's introduction, she is messaged by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]], who tells her about the completion of a long-term project in the form of a game he wants everyone to play. Although Murrit's esoteric vernacular and vagueness frustrate Taz, she listens until Murrit tells her that she's going to have to get in contact with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]], to which she outright refuses. Immediately after rejecting Murrit's proposal, she ceases messaging the seadweller.

Taz is then called away by the sound of her [[lusus]], a large aquatic mink, that she has been forced to keep from the ocean due the increasingly toxic environment and mutated undersea fauna. The lusus had apparently killed a nameless, bronze-blooded troll who had been loitering near Taz's hive; it was now impaled on a stalactite peaking out of the ocean neighboring the hive. Taz takes a moment to be grateful the poor troll didn't fall into the ocean depths, but admits that they probably were still better off dying on the spikes than being found by Taz, who would have beaten them to death.

Taz then messages her moirail, [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], going over the details of her interactions with Murrit. When Albion makes a cryptic (but insincere) remark about knowing the future, Taz asks Albion if she might know anything about it. Albion admits she does not what Murrit might be planning but knows that the night is of great importance, as it's the night [[Repiton]] would finally crumble and the night she was expected to save it. Taz, a staunch non-believer of Albion's prophetic destiny, dismisses the notion as bullshit.

Albion then repeats Murrit's sentiment and states that Taz really should try to reach out to Arcjec and finally try to work out their differences, instead of her merely trying to get his attention. Taz continues to be upset at the suggestion. Their conversation ends with Albion going over her destiny to merge with her lusus and salvage the remains of Repiton and the remaining troll species. Taz is left confused and concerned for her moirail. She later receives Murrit's memo pertaining to the game and its nature.
[[File:Young Taz in the ring covered in blood.gif|alt=Young Taz covered in lowblood's children blood in the ring while the crowd cheers. Her eyes are glowing in lilac and have a purple swirl in the middle because of her Rage aspect activation|thumb|223x223px]]
Taz is next seen after Murrit witnesses the release of the flower within in the [[Frog Temple]] that neighbors their hive. The resulting release unleashes [[The Game]], which installs itself onto all the trolls' main computers. Taz, dismayed at how her computer has apparently been taken over by The Game (and has also rendered it unable to do anything aside from using [[Skorpe]] and the game itself), messages Murrit. She comes to the logical conclusion that Murrit tampered with her computer, which he denies. Murrit, frustrated at Taz's continued refusal to listen to them, simply tells her to reach out to Arcjec, and figure it out. Taz's game screen then switches to show Arcjec's hive. She sees Arcjec passed out on the floor covered in crumpled up paper.

When Arcjec finally awakens, Taz uses the game's cursor to drag Arcjec to his desk and look at his computer. The former friends bicker for some time before Taz forces Arcjec to look at the reality of the situation -- literally. When Arcjec dismisses Murrit's memo as an elaborate prank done by her and the seadweller, Taz retaliates by forcing him to look out his window and look at the meteor hurtling towards his hive. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Arcjec agrees to work with Taz, despite her constant antagonism.

The two reach an uneasy truce (although mutually agree to avoid each other once everything is said and done) and begin working to unravel the secrets of The Game. Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, and they begins inputting the symbols into the game window. While he's doing this, Taz inputs a set of codes she received from Murrit's memo. This allows Taz access to a set of objects to place in and outside of Arcjec's hive. Proceeding outside, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway outside Arcjec's hive, and a mysterious chest in his room. Arcjec opens the chest, which unleashes a powerful gust of wind that sends him careering out of his room (destroying a wall in the process). The wind blows Arcjec right in front of the archway, which activates into some sort of portal. Taz uses the game cursor to push Arcjec into the portal while they're dazed and makes them enter [[The Medium]]. Meanwhile, the pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor into [[Skaia]], preventing its complete destruction.

After Arcjec's abrupt entry, Taz briefly asks them to send her a message to ensure her that they aren't dead. She then moves on to work with with Laivan on her own entry. She and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] struggle to figure out Taz's codes before they are both pulled into a memo made by [[Ellsee Raines]], who attempts to share her own knowledge on the game that she uncovered through her own means. The memo quickly goes off the rails and it isn't long before Taz gets frustrated and leaves. Laivan chides Taz for burning bridges that might have helped with their entry process.

It is at this point that Taz's [[lusus]], overwhelmed by its desire to return to its natural aquatic habitat due to the impending meteor, jumps into [[The Black Depths]]. Minkmom is very quickly eaten alive, to Taz's horror. This sends her chucklevoodoo and her rage into overdrive. This rage is punctuated by the fact that her lusus' blood reveals the location of the codes Taz needed, which had been in the rocks beneath the cliffs by her hive. Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her [[denizen]], she has Laivan put the rusted and locked cage, her [[Paragon Repository]], in her [[Taz's hive|Torture Fort]] so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, it having a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage manages to calm her down. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

=== During the Game ===
[[File:Taz god tier.png|thumb|256x256px|Taz as a Pureself Sylph of Rage, as seen in [S] Arcjec: Enter.]]
Upon her entry, Taz is very quickly berated by [[Azbogah]], the Denizen of Rage. Azbogah tears into Taz for being loud and obnoxious, a pain to be around, and a person undeserving of her aspect with very little capacity to change. After making it very clear that she does not like Taz, Azbogah ends the conversation to generate Taz's land.

In [S] Engage, she was seen exploring her land, [[Land of Growth and Gravity]].

In [S] Ellsee: Enter., she was seen killing a monster using her strife specibus: [[macekind]], as one of her [[consorts]] gave her a winding key.

As shown through Albion's visions when interacting with [[Star Guardian|her lusus]], Taz may eventually become her [[pureself]]. How this happens and through what method is currently unknown.

== Personality and traits ==
Taz is a notably angry, headstrong and determined troll who tends to not think her actions through, instead just doing what she feels is best in the moment. This way of thinking has definitely caused her more harm than good, and has seemingly ruined or put a lot of strain on her relationships with the exception of [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who is somehow able to pacify her seething disposition. Not even Taz really knows how she does this.

She has a habit of getting belligerent verbally and physically, often throwing insults when provoked or annoyed. She doesn't seem to understand simple concepts in a conversation like jokes or banter, finding the concepts to be stupid and bothersome. She also hates to be interrupted when speaking, especially if it's about something she finds important. Taz isn't one to easily ask others for help, stubbornly doing tasks herself even if she doesn't know how to do it properly. She also refuses to admit when she is wrong and generally convinces herself that she's done a good job after the fact. This is heavily shown throughout her conversations with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]].

There are moments when she will yield to her conversation partner, though this is normally only if she finds the issue to be trivial or she is tired of dealing with it and knows her efforts will end up being futile in the end regardless.

Despite her many antagonistic and self-destructive traits, she consistently shows that -- true to her title as a [[Class|Sylph]] -- she does have good intentions. It's clear that her aggression and frustration towards others is out of a desire to help those around her, albeit in her own caustic, hyper-aggressive manner. Additionally, due to her incredibly blunt nature, she isn't the type of person to act passively against others or do anything in an underhanded manner, and considers people with those traits a waste of time.

Taz is very sensitive about her full name, and is easily set off when people bring it up. She is also a passionate devotee of the [[Mirthamaniacs]] cult, being a major contender in the ring herself. She collects and studies torture devices and weaponry in her hive.

== Relationships ==
=== Albion Shukra ===
[[Albion Shukra|Albion]] is in a [[moraillegence]] with Taz, although their relationship appears to occasionally fluctuate into an [[auspisticism]] with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], where Albion acts as the mediating party. Albion is notable among Taz's close relationships in that she is the only troll who is able to placate Taz's aggression, with Taz being outright gentle and thoughtful when interacting with Albion. Taz herself isn't sure how Albion manages to do this. Because of this, Taz has stated that she finds Albion to be a "special kind of scary" and "perfect".

Taz has plainly stated that she does not share Albion's religious beliefs and more or less thinks of them to be horseshit. This is likely due to Taz's own beliefs within the Mirthamaniacs.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
[[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] and Taz have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and assumedly unrealized romantic entanglements. It is believed that their relationship was at one point abusive or unrequited; mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for two sweeps. Taz has since desperately tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout has evidently deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

Taz repeatedly shows that she does still care deeply for Arcjec, having spent so much trying to rebuild their relationship and her clear unease when she is forced to interact with him on less-than-favorable conditions. This is further indicated by her efforts to save him during his entry and how she messages him to check on his well-being post-entry, despite her being able to see him through her UI.

=== Murrit Turkin ===
Taz is one of the few trolls to not be immediately put off by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]'s scummy, perverted facade, to the point that she's actually somewhat fond of the sea-dweller. Despite this, Taz will not put up with any of Murrit's bullshit and is ready to drop his ass whenever he's not being helpful. Murrit on the other hand enjoys toying with Taz and her temper, but does try his best to actually be useful to her once in a while as well. Though he also has his tipping point and has left Taz on her ass just as badly as she has done to him.

This nicer relationship is however, undercut by his constant mention and nicknaming of Taz's breasts in their conversations -- something that Taz surprisingly doesn't seem to get onto him about as one might expect.
=== Minkmom ===
Taz often had to fight against her [[lusus]] and its natural instinct to return to the sea, due to [[The Black Depths]] being extremely toxic and filled to the brim with deadly, multi-eyed and carnivorous sea life. In-fact, Taz acquired much of her fight skills early on due to having to fight Minkmom so much. Taz is understandably devastated when Minkmom succumbs to its natural instincts when fearful of the oncoming meteor and jumps into the ocean when Taz's back is turned, going into a rage as a result.

=== Azbogah ===
Upon meeting her, Taz is immediately critical and distrustful of the [[Azbogah|denizen of Rage]], before the Denizen interrupts Taz to speak her mind.

[[Azbogah]] deeply despises Taz. From the moment of their first meeting, Azbogah makes her disdain of the Sylph of Rage crystal clear, stating that she considers her player to be: entirely unfit for her role, an insufferable hypocrite who is incapable of change, and a burden on her friends and loved ones. Nonetheless, Azbogah is duty-bound to serve Taz as her denizen, and owes her a debt of gratitude for releasing her.

The two appear to be very similar in demeanor, as both of them are very wrathful and vindictive beings. By virtue of this and by being two halves of the same whole, Azbogah might be guilty of having the very same flaws that she claims makes Taz unfit to be a Rage player, possibly indicating that the Denizen of Rage herself might be a hypocrite.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
The two appear to have been involved in a now-ended black relationship with one another. It appears that Taz occasionally fluctuates into the ashen quadrant with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], with Albion acting as mediator. This would indicate some on-going enmity between the two.

=== Ellsee Raines ===
It is implied that Ellsee harbors black feelings for Taz. When Arcjec mentions Taz to [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] in a conversation, Ellsee seems to be put-off by being reminded of the jamblood, and later states her determination to prove her worth to the others, despite what Taz or [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] might say. Similarly, Taz very quickly loses patience with Ellsee (and by proxy, everyone else) when she is pulled into Ellsee's memo, but appears to be especially impatient with Ellsee in particular.

=== Laivan Ferroo ===
Taz does not enjoy speaking to [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz, and generally lacks the words to describe her, but isn't above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

== Trivia ==
* 'Pernicious' means to have a harmful effect on someone, most often in a gradual or subtle way. 'Overkill' is commonly used as a term of excessive action or treatment. When combined, the two terms form a reference to Taz's history with Arcjec, destroying something about him in a manner that has left him a changed person to how he was at 6 sweeps. It can also refer to her brutal interest in combat, especially with her torture device collection.
* Taz's pet rock "The Rock" is obviously named after [[wikipedia:Dwayne_Johnson|Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson]] who she actually has a poster of in her respiteblock, along with [[wikipedia:Vince_McMahon|Vince McMahon]] (in his famous 'IT'S ME AUSTIN' speech, no doubt as a reference to [[austinado]]) and [[wikipedia:Hulk Hogan|Hulk Hogan]].
* Taz likes to eat steak and presumably other forms of meat raw.
* Taz does, in fact, drink [[wikipedia:Faygo|Faygo]], which to Mirthamaniacs is known as 'Pinfall Fuel'. Her favorite flavor is Peach.
* The wrestler Taz murdered in her first Fort Match and reassembled with concrete is famed WWE all-star [[wikipedia:Kane (wrestler)|Kane]].
* Based on her blood color, aspect, and dream moon, her true sign on Alternia would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Capricorn Capricorn, Sign of the Capricious.]
*Taz runs a Filler account under the username razzmatazz.

== Gallery ==
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Taz criss cros.png|Young Taz
Taz cosplay.png|Young Taz - cosplay
Taz looking over.png|Taz pre-game
Taz flying transistion.png|Taz in-game
Taz_filler_account.jpg|Taz's Filler account
</gallery>

== References ==
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Taz Poemme

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Capypaws: general grammatical/wording stuff!!! also scattered he/theyjec and he/she/theyrit in there (i presume these wikis were made b4 the main 12 became Even Queerer)

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'''Taz Poemme''' (short for '''Tazsia''') known by her [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|tazsia|perniciousOverkill}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Platinum and her horns are long and winding. She wears her symbol on the back of her vest. She is a deconstruction of the "Terrifying Cultish Murder Clown" fantroll archetype.

She is a well-known member of a wrestling-based cult known as [[Mirthamaniacs]]. Her chucklevoodoo holds the power of 'Intimidation' and is constantly active, shown through the purple glints in her pupils.

She was the second troll introduced and the second troll to enter the game.

== Etymology ==
Her preferred name of 'Taz' is a reference to actual professional wrestler [[wikipedia:Tazz|Tazz]]. "Poemme" may be a [[troll]]ification of the word ''poem''.

== Biography ==

===Early life===
Taz was kept captive by [[Pozzol Broyer]] in the [[Mirthamaniacs]] under the statement it was her destiny as [[Fortmistress Deadlock|Fortmistress Deadlock's]] descendant, being forced to kill other children as young as her in the ring and quickly becoming a crowd favorite. The wrestling announcer [[Vilcus Cendum]] came to empathize with Taz's struggles, offering to cover for her when she sneaked away to see her friends. Eventually, Taz decided to help Vilcus' escape the Mirthamaniacs by faking his death and claiming to have killed him. Pozzol saw through the ruse, but offered her a deal: if she wanted to be able to come and go freely, she would have to "go pro" and commit to his orders, chaining herself permanently to the Mirthamaniacs, a bargain she accepted.

According to Arcjec, she ruined his life by doing something that ended up changing him into who he is today.

It can be inferred that this had something to do with her punching him in the face; when Arcjec began to run away crying from Taz's hive near the end of Act 1, his nose was bleeding rather heavily. When discussed, Taz shows a very stubborn and upset attitude towards the subject. However, you can see that she does have tears in her eyes in the panel if you look close enough. Showing she does potentially regret the incident.

=== Pre-game ===
Shortly after Taz's introduction, she is messaged by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]], who tells her about the completion of a long-term project in the form of a game he wants everyone to play. Although Murrit's esoteric vernacular and vagueness frustrate Taz, she listens until Murrit tells her that she's going to have to get in contact with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]], to which she outright refuses. Immediately after rejecting Murrit's proposal, she ceases messaging the seadweller.

Taz is then called away by the sound of her [[lusus]], a large aquatic mink, that she has been forced to keep from the ocean due the increasingly toxic environment and mutated undersea fauna. The lusus had apparently killed a nameless, bronze-blooded troll who had been loitering near Taz's hive; it was now impaled on a stalactite peaking out of the ocean neighboring the hive. Taz takes a moment to be grateful the poor troll didn't fall into the ocean depths, but admits that they probably were still better off dying on the spikes than being found by Taz, who would have beaten them to death.

Taz then messages her moirail, [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], going over the details of her interactions with Murrit. When Albion makes a cryptic (but insincere) remark about knowing the future, Taz asks Albion if she might know anything about it. Albion admits she does not what Murrit might be planning but knows that the night is of great importance, as it's the night [[Repiton]] would finally crumble and the night she was expected to save it. Taz, a staunch non-believer of Albion's prophetic destiny, dismisses the notion as bullshit.

Albion then repeats Murrit's sentiment and states that Taz really should try to reach out to Arcjec and finally try to work out their differences, instead of her merely trying to get his attention. Taz continues to be upset at the suggestion. Their conversation ends with Albion going over her destiny to merge with her lusus and salvage the remains of Repiton and the remaining troll species. Taz is left confused and concerned for her moirail. She later receives Murrit's memo pertaining to the game and its nature.
[[File:Young Taz in the ring covered in blood.gif|alt=Young Taz covered in lowblood's children blood in the ring while the crowd cheers. Her eyes are glowing in lilac and have a purple swirl in the middle because of her Rage aspect activation|thumb|223x223px]]
Taz is next seen after Murrit witnesses the release of the flower within in the [[Frog Temple]] that neighbors their hive. The resulting release unleashes [[The Game]], which installs itself onto all the trolls' main computers. Taz, dismayed at how her computer has apparently been taken over by The Game (and has also rendered it unable to do anything aside from using [[Skorpe]] and the game itself), messages Murrit. She comes to the logical conclusion that Murrit tampered with her computer, which he denies. Murrit, frustrated at Taz's continued refusal to listen to them, simply tells her to reach out to Arcjec, and figure it out. Taz's game screen then switches to show Arcjec's hive. She sees Arcjec passed out on the floor covered in crumpled up paper.

When Arcjec finally awakens, Taz uses the game's cursor to drag Arcjec to his desk and look at his computer. The former friends bicker for some time before Taz forces Arcjec to look at the reality of the situation -- literally. When Arcjec dismisses Murrit's memo as an elaborate prank done by her and the seadweller, Taz retaliates by forcing him to look out his window and look at the meteor hurtling towards his hive. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Arcjec agrees to work with Taz, despite her constant antagonism.

The two reach an uneasy truce (although mutually agree to avoid each other once everything is said and done) and begin working to unravel the secrets of The Game. Arcjec realizes that the symbols they've been writing in their sleep are connected to the game, and they begins inputting the symbols into the game window. While he's doing this, Taz inputs a set of codes she received from Murrit's memo. This allows Taz access to a set of objects to place in and outside of Arcjec's hive. Proceeding outside, Taz places a series of pillars and an archway outside Arcjec's hive, and a mysterious chest in his room. Arcjec opens the chest, which unleashes a powerful gust of wind that sends him careering out of his room (destroying a wall in the process). The wind blows Arcjec right in front of the archway, which activates into some sort of portal. Taz uses the game cursor to push Arcjec into the portal while they're dazed and makes them enter [[The Medium]]. Meanwhile, the pillars around Arcjec's hive divert the oncoming meteor into [[Skaia]], preventing its complete destruction.

After Arcjec's abrupt entry, Taz briefly asks them to send her a message to ensure her that they aren't dead. She then moves on to work with with Laivan on her own entry. She and [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] struggle to figure out Taz's codes before they are both pulled into a memo made by [[Ellsee Raines]], who attempts to share her own knowledge on the game that she uncovered through her own means. The memo quickly goes off the rails and it isn't long before Taz gets frustrated and leaves. Laivan chides Taz for burning bridges that might have helped with their entry process.

It is at this point that Taz's [[lusus]], overwhelmed by its desire to return to its natural aquatic habitat due to the impending meteor, jumps into [[The Black Depths]]. Minkmom is very quickly eaten alive, to Taz's horror. This sends her chucklevoodoo and her rage into overdrive. This rage is punctuated by the fact that her lusus' blood reveals the location of the codes Taz needed, which had been in the rocks beneath the cliffs by her hive. Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her [[denizen]], she has Laivan put the rusted and locked cage, her [[Paragon Repository]], in her [[Taz's hive|Torture Fort]] so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, it having a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage manages to calm her down. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

=== During the Game ===
[[File:Taz god tier.png|thumb|256x256px|Taz as a Pureself Sylph of Rage, as seen in [S] Arcjec: Enter.]]
Upon her entry, Taz is very quickly berated by [[Azbogah]], the Denizen of Rage. Azbogah tears into Taz for being loud and obnoxious, a pain to be around, and a person undeserving of her aspect with very little capacity to change. After making it very clear that she does not like Taz, Azbogah ends the conversation to generate Taz's land.

In [S] Engage, she was seen exploring her land, [[Land of Growth and Gravity]].

In [S] Ellsee: Enter., she was seen killing a monster using her strife specibus: [[macekind]], as one of her [[consorts]] gave her a winding key.

As shown through Albion's visions when interacting with [[Star Guardian|her lusus]], Taz may eventually become her [[pureself]]. How this happens and through what method is currently unknown.

== Personality and traits ==
Taz is a notably angry, headstrong and determined troll who tends to not think her actions through, instead just doing what she feels is best in the moment. This way of thinking has definitely caused her more harm than good, and has seemingly ruined or put a lot of strain on her relationships with the exception of [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who is somehow able to pacify her seething disposition. Not even Taz really knows how she does this.

She has a habit of getting belligerent verbally and physically, often throwing insults when provoked or annoyed. She doesn't seem to understand simple concepts in a conversation like jokes or banter, finding the concepts to be stupid and bothersome. She also hates to be interrupted when speaking, especially if it's about something she finds important. Taz isn't one to easily ask others for help, stubbornly doing tasks herself even if she doesn't know how to do it properly. She also refuses to admit when she is wrong and generally convinces herself that she's done a good job after the fact. This is heavily shown throughout her conversations with [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]].

There are moments when she will yield to her conversation partner, though this is normally only if she finds the issue to be trivial or she is tired of dealing with it and knows her efforts will end up being futile in the end regardless.

Despite her many antagonistic and self-destructive traits, she consistently shows that -- true to her title as a [[Class|Sylph]] -- she does have good intentions. It's clear that her aggression and frustration towards others is out of a desire to help those around her, albeit in her own caustic, hyper-aggressive manner. Additionally, due to her incredibly blunt nature, she isn't the type of person to act passively against others or do anything in an underhanded manner, and considers people with those traits a waste of time.

Taz is very sensitive about her full name, and is easily set off when people bring it up. She is also a passionate devotee of the [[Mirthamaniacs]] cult, being a major contender in the ring herself. She collects and studies torture devices and weaponry in her hive.

== Relationships ==
=== Albion Shukra ===
[[Albion Shukra|Albion]] is in a [[moraillegence]] with Taz, although their relationship appears to occasionally fluctuate into an [[auspisticism]] with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], where Albion acts as the mediating party. Albion is notable among Taz's close relationships in that she is the only troll who is able to placate Taz's aggression, with Taz being outright gentle and thoughtful when interacting with Albion. Taz herself isn't sure how Albion manages to do this. Because of this, Taz has stated that she finds Albion to be a "special kind of scary" and "perfect".

Taz has plainly stated that she does not share Albion's religious beliefs and more or less thinks of them to be horseshit. This is likely due to Taz's own beliefs within the Mirthamaniacs.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
[[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] and Taz have had a difficult relationship since the comic started. Stemming from their largely difficult past and assumedly unrealized romantic entanglements. It is believed that their relationship was at one point abusive or unrequited; mutually or otherwise. After some kind of relationship-ending incident, Arcjec has since vehemently avoided any interaction with Taz for two sweeps. Taz has since desperately tried to reach out to Arcjec. The resulting fallout has evidently deeply affected Arcjec, resulting a drastic change in personality and demeanor, while Taz felt abandoned by Arcjec.

When the two are forced to interact with one another during the events of the game, the two are constantly at each other's throats, barely being able to stay civil with one another even for the sake of their mutual survival. Despite this, even though it is very slight, they did have a couple moments of levity and have been shown to complete their goals as a team rather efficiently all things considered.

Taz repeatedly shows that she does still care deeply for Arcjec, having spent so much trying to rebuild their relationship and her clear unease when she is forced to interact with him on less-than-favorable conditions. This is further indicated by her efforts to save him during his entry and how she messages him to check on his well-being post-entry, despite her being able to see him through her UI.

=== Murrit Turkin ===
Taz is one of the few trolls to not be immediately put off by [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]]'s scummy, perverted facade, to the point that she's actually somewhat fond of the sea-dweller. Despite this, Taz will not put up with any of Murrit's bullshit and is ready to drop his ass whenever he's not being helpful. Murrit on the other hand enjoys toying with Taz and her temper, but does try his best to actually be useful to her once in a while as well. Though he also has his tipping point and has left Taz on her ass just as badly as she has done to him.

This nicer relationship is however, undercut by his constant mention and nicknaming of Taz's breasts in their conversations -- something that Taz surprisingly doesn't seem to get onto him about as one might expect.
=== Minkmom ===
Taz often had to fight against her [[lusus]] and its natural instinct to return to the sea, due to [[The Black Depths]] being extremely toxic and filled to the brim with deadly, multi-eyed and carnivorous sea life. In-fact, Taz acquired much of her fight skills early on due to having to fight Minkmom so much. Taz is understandably devastated when Minkmom succumbs to its natural instincts when fearful of the oncoming meteor and jumps into the ocean when Taz's back is turned, going into a rage as a result.

=== Azbogah ===
Upon meeting her, Taz is immediately critical and distrustful of the [[Azbogah|denizen of Rage]], before the Denizen interrupts Taz to speak her mind.

[[Azbogah]] deeply despises Taz. From the moment of their first meeting, Azbogah makes her disdain of the Sylph of Rage crystal clear, stating that she considers her player to be: entirely unfit for her role, an insufferable hypocrite who is incapable of change, and a burden on her friends and loved ones. Nonetheless, Azbogah is duty-bound to serve Taz as her denizen, and owes her a debt of gratitude for releasing her.

The two appear to be very similar in demeanor, as both of them are very wrathful and vindictive beings. By virtue of this and by being two halves of the same whole, Azbogah might be guilty of having the very same flaws that she claims makes Taz unfit to be a Rage player, possibly indicating that the Denizen of Rage herself might be a hypocrite.

=== Occeus Coliad ===
The two appear to have been involved in a now-ended black relationship with one another. It appears that Taz occasionally fluctuates into the ashen quadrant with [[Occeus Coliad|Occeus]], with Albion acting as mediator. This would indicate some on-going enmity between the two.

=== Ellsee Raines ===
It is implied that Ellsee harbors black feelings for Taz. When Arcjec mentions Taz to [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] in a conversation, Ellsee seems to be put-off by being reminded of the jamblood, and later states her determination to prove her worth to the others, despite what Taz or [[Murrit Turkin|Murrit]] might say. Similarly, Taz very quickly loses patience with Ellsee (and by proxy, everyone else) when she is pulled into Ellsee's memo, but appears to be especially impatient with Ellsee in particular.

=== Laivan Ferroo ===
Taz does not enjoy speaking to [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz, and generally lacks the words to describe her, but isn't above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

== Trivia ==
* 'Pernicious' means to have a harmful effect on someone, most often in a gradual or subtle way. 'Overkill' is commonly used as a term of excessive action or treatment. When combined, the two terms form a reference to Taz's history with Arcjec, destroying something about him in a manner that has left him a changed person to how he was at 6 sweeps. It can also refer to her brutal interest in combat, especially with her torture device collection.
* Taz's pet rock "The Rock" is obviously named after [[wikipedia:Dwayne_Johnson|Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson]] who she actually has a poster of in her respiteblock, along with [[wikipedia:Vince_McMahon|Vince McMahon]] (in his famous 'IT'S ME AUSTIN' speech, no doubt as a reference to [[austinado]]) and [[wikipedia:Hulk Hogan|Hulk Hogan]].
* Taz likes to eat steak and presumably other forms of meat raw.
* Taz does, in fact, drink [[wikipedia:Faygo|Faygo]], which to Mirthamaniacs is known as 'Pinfall Fuel'. Her favorite flavor is Peach.
* The wrestler Taz murdered in her first Fort Match and reassembled with concrete is famed WWE all-star [[wikipedia:Kane (wrestler)|Kane]].
* Based on her blood color, aspect, and dream moon, her true sign on Alternia would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Capricorn Capricorn, Sign of the Capricious.]
*Taz runs a Filler account under the username razzmatazz.

== Gallery ==
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Taz criss cros.png|Young Taz
Taz cosplay.png|Young Taz - cosplay
Taz looking over.png|Taz pre-game
Taz flying transistion.png|Taz in-game
Taz_filler_account.jpg|Taz's Filler account
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== References ==
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Murrit Turkin

2023-02-21T05:05:42Z

Capypaws: /* Tazsia Poemme */

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'''Murrit Turkin''', also known by his [[Skorpe]] handle, {{VE Quote|murrit|unclaspedKahuna}}, is one of the [[troll]]s in ''[[Vast Error]]''. Her associated alchemic sigil is Lead and their horns are shaped like rods with flipped protrusions on the top. Upwards on the right and downwards on the left.

Murrit is based off of the "Incomprehensible Character Mess" fantroll archetype.

She was the fifth troll introduced and, as a Time player, one of the two players meant to usher [[The Game]] to its players along with the session's [[Laivan Ferroo|Space player]].

They were the fourth player to enter the game.

== Etymology ==
The word murrit, when translated from Basque, means 'die'. This may be a reference to his aspect, which is often associated with death. "Turkin" could be a reference to [[wikipedia:Valentin Turkin|Valentin Turkin (1887-1958)]], a Russian screenwriter and critic. This can be loosely related to Murrit's interests in pop culture and recording her friends' lives to make wacky compilation movies.

== Biography ==

=== Six Sweeps ===
In their youth, Murrit was a salesman who sold pieces of the [[Frog Temple]] near his [[Murrit's hive|hive]] for profit. Upon making a deal with [[White Noise]] to rebuild the temple and notify her group of friends after he finished, they were awakened on the moon of [[Derse]] where he was apprehended by a group of con men known as [[Dead Shufflers|The Dead Shufflers]] and held hostage against the [[Black Queen]]. The game's Jack Noir, known as [[Scathing Sharper]], took a liking to Murrit rather quickly and as such acted as a sort of mentor to her, teaching them how they operated and turning them into a feared member of their gang, and in his waking life, a feared member of the remaining sea troll hierarchy.

Some time afterward, Murrit sold the Shufflers out into servitude or hiding and completely changed his personality in some capacity before the events of the story began.
===Pre-Game===
On the night of the game Murrit spends most of his time organizing and pushing people to go along with his plans, as well as playing [[Anthropormuncipality]] with [[Laivan Ferroo|a friend]]. They are first seen speaking with [[Tazsia|Taz]], trying to get her to listen to them about what's been set in motion. After Taz leaves the conversation and attempts to ignore what he said, Murrit messages Dismas and tells him to go outside. After a bit of an argument, Dismas begrudgingly asks Murrit to restate their past: their history as a small game peddler of pieces of the Frog Temple, to the deal with White Noise, and then their recruitment into the folds of the Dead Shufflers. Dismas emerges from his hive and comes face to face with a Boobdrone, a breast-shaped robot short for "Based Occulatory Operating Buddy Drone"{{VE|266}}. Murrit attempts to make an unimpressed Dismas give him a high-four, then a fistbump, then a pinkie swear, to which Dismas retaliates with a middle finger. Murrit responds with a slap in the face, then tells Dismas to look up to see a giant meteor hurtling towards Repiton. After a moment of shock from Dismas, Murrit tells him to look up again to see his [[Lusus#Skulltitan lusus|lusus]], a giant Skulltitan, preparing to strike at Dismas with an atomic blast. He equips his strife specibus, [[2xdaggerkind]], and prepares to battle his guardian as Murrit records on the Boobdrone. Murrit checks on a certain [[Occeus Coliad|blue guy]] on her cameras before switching back to Skorpe, then checks out a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube colorful cube] before being messaged about the game by [[Laivan Ferroo|Blue Dog]] and [[Calder Kerian|grandioseSaturation]], whom which he has a dry and antagonistic conversation with.

Murrit is then seen standing in front of his "hentai dungeon" after navigating through many self-constructed booby traps, aka the reconstructed Frog Temple which he immediately desecrated with the aforementioned pornography. Murrit examines the [[Narayan Code|runes]] carved into the walls of the temple, and then a giant closed flower pod on a pedestal. Being a bit too early for the big reveal, Murrit fetches their Doncamaticomp from their [[Sylladex#Surveillance|fetch modus]], answering a message from Laivan about the current state of preparation for the game. Murrit promises to play a game of Anthropormuncipality with Laivan and the countdown on the flower pod's pedestal ends. The flower opens and lets out a bright beam of light that splits into twelve, installing The Game on the main cast's computers.

Murrit is knocked onto his ass by the blossom and immediately messaged by Taz, angry at the game window currently taking up her screen and leaving her computer to do anything else but use Skorpe, having come to the conclusion that Murrit had something to do with it. Murrit, annoyed at Taz's refusal to listen, simply tells her to figure it out and ends the conversation.

Not soon after, Murrit sends a mass memo to the main cast (with the exception of [[Ellsee Raines|a troll he didn't deem important enough to receive the information]]) informing them of the nature of The Game. They receive a message from who they think to be Arcjec, though it's revealed to be [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] messaging her through Arcjec's Skorpe account, demanding to know what was going on and why she was excluded. Murrit promptly tells her to go fuck herself, dropping his quirk. Murrit sharply tells her to stay away away from the rest of the cast and the game if she actually cares about any of them before ceasing to message a confused and peeved Ellsee.

During [S] Arcjec: Enter, Murrit is shown playing aforementioned rounds of Anthropormuncipality with Laivan as promised.

Murrit was included in Ellsee's memo, but immediately withdrew from it.

After the memo, Laivan messages Murrit asking if she's ready to play and why she left. Murrit tells him to just trust them and asks if Laivan's ready back.

The scene switches to Boobdrone harassing Dismas, half submerged in a stream, with its auto chatter function. After a nasty altercation with his lusus, Dismas comes out alive but with a broken arm and generally heavily injured. He is once again approached by the Boobdrone, now being piloted by Murrit. Dismas tells Murrit that he's officially out of commission on the count of his broken arm, which his healing factor can't immediately fix like the rest of him. Dismas calls Murrit out for nearly getting him killed for his sick little videos, complaining about their (recently exacerbated) tendency to act oblivious to the consequences of their actions. Murrit asks if he wants an apology, catching Dismas off guard, but he states that he knows better than to expect more from the seadweller. In an effort to make Dismas feel better and get him to move, he brings Dismas' moirail into a [[Skorpe]] call, [[Jentha Briati]]. An upset and frantic Jentha asks Murrit about Dismas' wellbeing, as Murrit had told her that he had been killed to get her to join said call. Dismas comforts Jentha and she tries to get a better understanding of the situation, as Murrit had failed to explain anything clearly to her, as usual.

Murrit states she's ready for Dismas to act as his server player for the game. Dismas and Jentha tells Murrit to fuck off on the count of Dismas' condition and Murrit being entirely at fault for it. Murrit tells them she's hatched a plan to get Dismas back to his hive, as they have another Boobdrone push an ore-powered minecart onto the nearby rails.

Dismas and Jentha do not like Murrit's plan, and point out a number of its flaws. Dismas brings up [[Albion Shukra|Albion]], who had appeared to not be acting like herself and was being abnormally cryptic (unbeknownst to him, she had been possessed by her [[Ancestors|Ancestor]]), but Murrit dismisses this and states that she appears to be acting normally. Jentha points out that Dismas' [[lusus]] is likely back in Dismas' hive, but Murrit tells her that it's under control. Finally Dismas reminds Murrit that his computer has been damaged and will likely be unable to run the game properly. Murrit tells Dismas that they will just have to work as a team to get the job done. Resentful, but seeing no other options, Dismas reluctantly agrees with the plan. Dismas is lifted onto the cart by the drone, sets the carrier's speed to max and proceeds to MELT TRACK with the Boobdrone in tow.

On the sandy beach in front of her hive, Murrit's entrance into the game is put in jeopardy. Her paragon repository is trapped in a cube of ice, unable to be melted in time to release her [[Denizen]] before the meteor hits. Suddenly, the ice block and the hourglass inside it shatter, unleashing the [[Gusion|Denizen of Time]] inside. As Murrit rushes into the portal after him, [[Weird Al|two]] [[Edolon Vryche|characters]] are shown, one with [[Narayan Code|symbols]] in the color of the [[Aspect#Time|Time aspect]] on his palms.

===During the Game===
Murrit's meeting platform with their Denizen is not shown.

After his entry, Murrit is shown having an argument with [[Metatron]] regarding of the Game and White Noise on the [[Land of Wave and Record]] as his [[consorts]] watch. Murrit questions Metatron's ties to White Noise, asking if they weren't playing their part in setting up the game correctly, citing his view on killing off [[Ellsee Raines|a part of the group]] to keep the rest of them safe. Metatron replies that if they'd actually kill her, their entire session would fail, to which Murrit replies that he wasn't made aware of. Metatron presses Murrit to describe what he saw, accompanied by a flashback: Ellsee preforming a ritual gone wrong, and a warning to fear what was coming, shown in [S] WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM.

=== Post EOA2 ===
In the reopened memo, Murrit ignores multiple tags from [[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] only to respond at the last minute with deflective bullshit, then banning themself from the memo to avoid further questioning. She's then shown bringing several personal items onto her planet via Boobdrones (and thus instantly breaking Arcjec's rule to only go back to Repiton if necessary) while having a conversation with [[Tee Hanos]], one of his [[Planets|planet]]'s [[consorts]]. Tee Hanos reveals Murrit's responsibility of the ruination of the [[Land of Wave and Record]], giving a warning that if they didn't undo the damage, the platypus consorts would have his head.

==Personality and Traits==
Murrit is a troll with a complex and overly esoteric personality, being generally hard to decipher due to his penchant for misdirecting and confusing people on purpose. He presents an over-the-top front of being a skeevy and perverted troll with a love of all forms of debauchery. She deliberately speaks in a way that is annoying, slang-filled and inconsistent that often leaves the people he interacts with confused and frustrated. Not much is known about their actual personality, to the point that Murrit themself may not be sure of their true interests and demeanor. However, he has been shown to be serious and aggressive when provoked by someone who he thinks is a threat.

Murrit has little to no interest in the hierarchy of blood-castes and sea-dweller nobility. She finds both concepts completely irrelevant and outdated on a dying planet with a critically endangered sea-dweller population (to the frustration of a [[Calder Kerian|certain other magenta-blooded troll]]). True to this disdain for the pecking order, Murrit tries to (mis)treat everyone equally, rarely giving anyone any special treatment.

Among Murrit's interests are collecting ancient media (but especially televisions and video tapes), spying on his friends and collecting video footage of their mistakes so that he can make wacky videos, playing [[Anthropormuncipality]] with Laivan, robotics, antagonizing/helping Dismas, and pretending to be into hentai.

Murrit seems to be proficient in using a [[wikipedia:Novation Digital Music Systems|launchpad]], though theirs is just loaded with a bunch of weird sound effects, including one of just a scream that he listens to for minutes at a time.

In the past, Murrit had behaved more in-line with the supposed standards of his blood caste, but has since abandoned that version of themself.

==Relationships==

===Dismas Mersiv===
Murrit and [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] have been in a [[Quadrants#Kismesissitude.2FCaliginous Quadrant .E2.99.A0|kismesissitude]] for at least around two sweeps, and share the standard, mutually antagonistic relationship with one another. Murrit somehow gained and still owns Dismas's soul after an online poker game{{VE|144}} and the two worked as partners in a presumably illegal capacity in the past. It is inferred that the work wasn't negotiable and a lot of murder was involved.

Murrit appears to take a tough-love stance towards Dismas, regularly helping Dismas in a roundabout, incomprehensible manner through the use of his Boobdrone and in person. Dismas generally acts like he's completely tired of Murrit's bullshit, but goes along with it anyway and does seem to be able to talk to him without resorting to usual rival-istic behavior. Murrit has been shown to be physically aggressive with Dismas at least through the use of Boobdrone, but this may be a form of hate-flirting or a one time action on her part.

Murrit has also been confirmed to have a flushed crush on Dismas<ref>[https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/178239638154/hey-there-just-wanted-to-say-that-i-really]</ref>, however, due to the gravity of this fact and her fear of ruining their relationship due to Repiton's romantic social and cultural norms, Murrit keeps it a secret.

===Jentha Briati ===
Like most people, [[Jentha Briati|Jentha]] finds Murrit to be obnoxious and annoying, but is further made more uncomfortable by their demeanor due to her anxiety issues and panic attacks. [[Jentha Briati|Jentha]] seems to be forceful and willing to put her foot down when interacting with Murrit on the behalf of her moirail, and outright insults and calls out the seadweller when he's acting especially terrible, a possible result of [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas']] influence. Despite this, she doesn't seem to hate Murrit by any means and just seems to think of her as a 'stupidhead'.

=== Laivan Ferroo===
[[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] is one of Murrit's closest friends, with the two sharing a passion for Anthropormuncipality and a destiny in leading everyone to play the game they recovered from the Frog Temple. Laivan is one of the few trolls who isn't put off by Murrit's bizarre quirks and even jokingly calls them out on it. Murrit is often more honest around Laivan in turn and does not seem to harass him as harshly as some others, even though he isn't free from it either.

===Tazsia Poemme===
[[Tazsia Poemme|Taz]] is one of the few trolls to not be immediately put off by Murrit's scummy, perverted façade, to the point that she's actually somewhat fond of the sea-dweller. Despite this, Taz will not put up with any of Murrit's bullshit and is ready to drop her ass whenever he's not being helpful. Murrit on the other hand enjoys toying with Taz and her temper, but does try his best to actually be useful to her once in a while as well. Though they also have their tipping point and have left Taz on her ass just as badly as she has done to him.

This nicer relationship is however, undercut by his constant mention and nicknaming of Taz's breasts in their conversations -- something that Taz surprisingly doesn't seem to get onto him about as much as you'd think she would.

===Ellsee Raines ===
Due to Murrit's viewing of an occult ritual to contact her parents, Murrit greatly dislikes [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]], and distrusts her even more so, to the point that Murrit actively tries to keep Ellsee out of the game and threatens her. [[Ellsee Raines|Ellsee]] is the only troll who Murrit has referred to by name, rather than a double entendre-rifled, reference-heavy, or insulting nickname.

===Calder Kerian===
Murrit does not like [[Calder Kerian|Calder]] at all. Murrit makes a huge point of annoying or ignoring Calder whenever possible, even basing their "love" and persistence of enjoying hentai to mock his male-centric ideals and hoity toity attitude. Conversely, Calder is frustrated with Murrit's refusal to behave like a proper sea dweller, and regularly tries to boss Murrit around, even though he at one point deeply respected him.

=== Arcjec Voorat ===
[[Arcjec Voorat|Arcjec]] generally dislikes interacting with Murrit, but appears to trust her regardless, believing him to not be a liar, at least in regards to The Game. Murrit is apparently fond of Arcjec, finding him to be fun and easy to provoke. Arcjec thinks Murrit is generally very bad at explaining things.

=== White Noise===
Murrit met [[White Noise]] at least two sweeps prior to the events of the Game. White Noise had approached the destined Time player in her dreams and gave her the choice of whether to pursue his destiny or not, clearly outlining the conditions of such a contact would require of Murrit and what it would give Murrit in return. Murrit having been an accomplished gambler and con-man at the time could quickly tell that White Noise was no swindler and was not one to be swindled either. Interested in the prospect of finding their ideal self, Murrit accepted and has worked in tandem with [[Laivan Ferroo|Laivan]] to fulfill his end of the bargain with White Noise ever since. As part of their deal, Murrit's [[Dream Self]] awoke on [[Derse]], and they've dreamed on Derse ever since.

=== The Dead Shufflers===
Murrit was once a member of the [[Dead Shufflers]]. After she awoke on Derse, his [[Dreamself]] was kidnapped by the group in hopes of using him as leverage against the Dersite royalty. However, when their leader, the [[Scathing Sharper]] took a liking to the young Murrit, he invited the seadweller into their fold. Murrit was a natural fit for the cut throat group, and began taking on their activities in his real life as well. However, Murrit eventually lost interest in that kind of life, and sold the group out. She hasn't looked back since.

==Trivia==

*Murrit's Skorpe handle, {{VE Quote|murrit|unclaspedKahuna}}, is a blatant reference to his played up obsession with breasts. 'unclasped' means something 'revealed' or 'undressed'; 'kahuna' is a euphemism for breasts. The Hawaiian word also ties into their "tropical" design.
*His drones known as Boobdrones, are short for: Based Occulatory Operating Buddy Drone. They also all have functions that, when set on auto-pilot, do different things. The one that Murrit sent out to Dismas in [[Vast Error: Act 1|Act 1]] says random factoids about female troll chests.
*Murrit has never used the same nickname for a character twice.
*Murrit switches what pair of shutter shades they wear every wice per half a sweep.
**She has 52 varying pairs, which is more than likely to represent how many wices there are per half-sweep. Though it could also be a reference to how many cards there are in a full deck.
*Murrit is a huge fan of Repitonian pop-culture, from various eras of the planet's long history. Aspects of his character and hive contain numerous references to various Repitonian media (actually just Repitonian versions of a number of Earth media from the 80s and 90s).
**In her introduction, the televisions not on static play tapes of [[wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|''Pulp Fiction'']], [[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'']], [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']], [[wikipedia:ALF (TV series)|''ALF'']] and [[wikipedia:The End of Evangelion|''End of Evangelion'']].
**Murrit seems to be frequently associated with the virtual band ''[[wikipedia:Gorillaz|''Gorillaz'']].'' Her hive is reminiscent of and likely based on the futuristic island house on the cover of [[wikipedia:Plastic Beach|Plastic Beach]], while her computer, called the Doncamaticomp, is a reference to the instrument and title of their single [[wikipedia:Doncamatic|Doncamatic]]''.''
**He has been shown to be a fan of the Repitonian version of [[wikipedia:Danganronpa|''Danganronpa'']]. It is unknown whether this is a legitimate interest of theirs or not.
**Murrit seems to have a distaste for newer episodes of the Repitonian version of [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']], which has been running for hundreds if not thousands of sweeps on [[Repiton]]{{VE|150}}.
*Murrit is a Violetblood, a Derse dreamer, and a Hero of Time, meaning on Alternia his sign would be [http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/truesign.php?TS=Aquaries Aquaries, Sign of the Heroic.].
*Murrit appears in {{MSPAW External|Hiveswap_Friendship_Simulator:_Volume_Seventeen|''Hiveswap Friendship Simulator'': Volume Seventeen}} in the one of the backgrounds of {{MSPAW External|Nihkee_Moolah|Nihkee Moolah's}} route.
* Murrit considers [[Dismas Mersiv|Dismas]] to be "one of the only great things his life has ever given him"<ref>"one of the only great things his life has ever given him" [https://vasterror.tumblr.com/post/178239638154/hey-there-just-wanted-to-say-that-i-really]</ref>
* Murrit runs a [[Filler]] account under the username {{color|murrit|smurt}}.
**Almost half of Repiton's population follows them.

==Gallery==
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File:Murrit young.png|Young Murrit
File:Murrit watching that thing splode.png|Murrit pre-game
File:Murrit you dont trust her.png|Murrit in-game
File:1351-dreammurrit.png|Dreamself Murrit
File:Murrit filler account.jpg|Murrit's Filler account
File:1947.gif|4 pass old Murrit
</gallery>

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