Troll

Troll's are a humanoid alien race that showed up in Homestuck and Hiveswap and originate from the alien planet Alternia, existing in a separate universe to Earth. They are the species all of the main characters of the comic are and in the comic they live on Citis.

The most notable features of trolls are their horns, sharp teeth, grey skin and yellow eyes. They also have naturally yellow nails, black lips and black hair. It is rare for trolls to ever change their hair colour. Their horns can range from any size and they can grow into different kinds of shapes.

A single troll may have one of many blood colours from the colour spectrum which tells their social standing on Citis. This system is used to rank trolls and depending on their "rank" their treated differently. This is called the Hemospectrum. Each possible colour on the Hemospectrum is a called a blood caste and depending on which blood caste a troll has they may have different biological features. Some "Highbloods" may have gills, mind control or tons of physical strength, it is more common for psychic abilities to be found within "Lowbloods than "Highbloods" though.

Young trolls have six letter first and last names which are given to them by their Lusus not long after their hatched. Nicknames are usually just shortened versions of troll names. When a troll begins adulthood their usually given an 8 letter name or title, there are rarely any exceptions to this.