The Enchiridion Alternia

[Quirk]

This is a project I've had simmering for a while now. No time like the present to get it started.

So what is this thing, anyway?

The Enchiridion Alternia is a fanon encyclopedia/AU for everyone’s favorite aliens, powered by the hive-mind of the MSPA forums and written by those forumites who want to get messy with world-building. It’s like the Bio and Culture thread, but aimed at doing something specific i.e., a nice pdf book.

How do I contribute?

Are you capable of typing a complete sentence in reasonably coherent English? You’re in. All you have to do is post. All submissions will be considered, and I will try to edit in as many as possible.

What is needed?

Both art and articles are needed, in spades. Keep in mind, the topics of articles can be anything: don’t feel tied down by what we’ve seen in the comic (we still need that stuff, though). Articles can be about biology, culture, history, society, government, economy, military, galactography, et cetera, et cetera. Want to write about a string of long-forgotten colony worlds? Go for it. The proper way to process sopor for usage? Do it. Conjugations of Alternian verbs? Yes. The courtly rituals of the aristocracy? The keyboard’s right there, pal. Anything and everything is up for grabs.

As for art, please do the same. Branch out, try new things. Draw some facet of trollish life no one’s seen before. If a posted article strikes your fancy, draw it, manip it, whatever. Make things hapen.

Also, some propaganda posters would be nice.

Tips:

• There are a few important AU aspects to mention for the project. SGRUB was never developed beyond vaporware in this universe, and the troll session never happened. Doc Scratch and other First Guardians exist as creations of the horrorterrors, who dwell in the dark corners of the troll’s home galaxy and are the Empire’s primary enemy.
• Trolls are not all the same, physically, behaviorally, and culturally, and neither is their culture or technology. The Empire is a vast place, so there’s loads of room for variety. Just because someone’s posted something similar to your idea doesn’t mean that both ideas can’t be squeezed in.
• Because of all the variety of subjects covered, there’s plenty of room for differing themes. However, an overall theme is important. For good starting point, think of it as a pretty normal space opera setting, with the Alternian Empire being a sort of mix of the Imperium of Man, with a splash of humor a la Invader Zim or Dwarf Fortress (trolls do insane things because the sane thing isn’t trollish enough) and some historical anachronisms thrown in. Feel free to work off of that, though.
• Don’t worry if your articles have some things that contradict when read with another article or something along that line: that’s what we have editors for. Also, If someone’s already written about something and you want to add to it, that’s perfectly okay.
• Trolls are not soulless evil monsters. They are a harsh race from a harsh world, but they are no more evil than humans are. They feel and express the same emotions as humans, but in different ways and to different extents.
• No graphic bucket talk. Period. This project is going to be sparkly clean and unobscene, and you are going to like it.

To start…

To make sure things are reasonably coherent, and to avoid argument, here are some foundational bits to work from.

• Mother Grubs -

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Mother Grubs were originally artificial life-forms created under the reign of the First Empress. The system was designed to keep the new unified government stable, regulating and systemizing reproduction and senseless violence into regulated, regimented and systematic senseless violence and reproduction. There are three sub-types of Mother Grub: one for trolls, one for lusii, and one for drones. Any planet with a significant population will have at least one Mother Grub for trolls and lusii, while those for drones are common even on remote outposts. Note: Drones are not just the bucket guys. Drone is a blanket term for any artificial creature with some degree of independence, birthed by a Mother Grub.

• Troll Reproduction –

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All trolls have identical reproductive organs: two egg-shaped glands located deep within the torso, and as such are the same biological gender. Troll mental genders are male, female, hermaphrodite, and neuter. The emotional state caused by a matespriteship or kismesisship triggers a hormonal change in both trolls, after which they both vomit the genetic material (maté or kismé) into a bucket. Physical contact is not necessary, and is in fact incredibly rare and regarded as deviant outside of the violence of a kismeisship. Physical gender differences are all vestigial, usually only dealing with body build and voice. Female trolls do not have breasts.

• Horrorterrors –

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The Empire’s primary enemy are the Horrorterrors, which are effectively a cross between typical Lovecraftian baddies, the Angels of EVA, and the Anti-Spirals of TTGL, plus whatever else is needed. Needless to say, they are varied, incomprehensible, and are not friendly. They are the creators of the first guardians, though the exact relationship or purpose of this is unknown or unknowable.

• Timeline –

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A general timeline of major events in troll history is as follows:
o Arrival of Gl’bgolyb – Though occurring over two million years ago, the memory of the event and the chaos and destruction that followed in the proto-trolls’ wars against the golybspawn still remain in the species’ subconscious.
o The Intravening Era: A typical history of violence and debauchery.
o The Unification: The First Empress unifies planet and institutes the Mother Grubs.
o Expansion into solar system.
o Battle of Alternia – The fledgling empire is attacked by the Horrorterrors for the first time. The assault is thwarted with the aid of Doc Scratch.
o First interstellar expansion. Novia Alternia, Alternia Secundus, and Surrogia settled. Enslavement of the Fel Tara and other races.
o 12th Perigree’s Eve Revolution
o Great Leap Outward: Expansion and subjugation of large tracts of galaxy.
o Expansion and subjugation of other races.
o Rebellion of the Summoner and Sufferer.
o General galactic domination, bloody campaigns against horrorterrors and remaining rival alien empires.
o Present day. (Hivebent).

Now, that should be enough to get started.

EDIT 8/6 : Updated Timeline

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The Felt

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The Felt: A fringe cult heavily persecuted by the Troll Empire. Its followers worship a being known as the Demon Lord Y'nglsh, Devourer of Time, better known as simply Lord English. Those who worship this Demon Lord are easily identified by their green attire.
Rumor has it that some of the higher-ups in this cult wield the power to control time itself. Others say that the higher-ups aren't even trolls, but rather a race of green-skinned aliens.

Lord English

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Lord English: The Demon Lord Y'nglsh is said to be akin to a force of nature: unstoppable and incomprehensible. His worshippers seek to bring about the end of the universe so that Lord English may feast on its remains, leaving his followers to rule over what's left.
He is not a horrorterror, contrary to popular troll belief. He's something else. Something far older, and far more powerful.

Humans

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Ah yes, "humanity". The mammalian species of red-blooded humanoids, said to have been created by the Troll Empire. We have dismissed that claim.

[Quirk]

Jade Matron –

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Jade Matrons are the primary link between the Mother Grubs and trolldom at large. There are very few of them, only one for every planet bearing Mother Grubs, though single Matrons may oversee entire systems or sectors in far-flung colonial regions.

Jade Matrons, as the name suggests, are jade-blooded female-template trolls (Though there have been some recorded Jade Patrons), specifically those whose adoptive lusii are Mother Grubs which are in a permanent dormant larval state. Their purpose is to lead the care of the Mother Grub, as well as serve as head of the Church of the Mother Grub. They hold significant political power, and are generally considered to be equal with a planetary governor. While they do not have control of the bucket drones, or the process and schedule of collections, they do serve the purpose of interpreting commands from the Mother Grub, which may include collection schedule changes, breeding updates, or some esoteric wisdom.

Each Jade Matron is accompanied by members of the Order of the Jade Sisters, which contains all Jade Bloods with more mundane lusii.

Rumors of a Jade Matron being chosen by a virgin Mother Grub are, at this point, unsubstantiated.

The Fel Tara –

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A race of scaly, green-skinned humanoids of varying size and shape, and one of the first races enslaved by the Alternians. Their homeworld has long since been ruined and abandoned, with the highest populations living on Pokent, Billarus, and on the Green Moon of Alternia. Among slave races, Fel Tara enjoy a certain higher status, and so many, especially on the Green Moon, do not live in the abject poverty and subjugation. An infamous group of fifteen elite Fel Tara mercenaries are rumored to work for Alternia’s First Guardian, Doc Scratch.

The Fel Tara’s native religion, a cult known as the Felt (a simplification of their own name), and its worship of the Demon Lord Y’nglish, has had surpising spread in the Empire, despite efforts to quash it.

Grand Drone –

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When bucket day rolls around, the Grand Drone is the only one to make visits to the subjuggulator caste. They usually measure an average of eighteen feet tall and weigh in at over six thousand pounds. The outer carapace is eight inches thick and equivalent to Grade 9 starship plating, while the endoskeleton is capable of supporting the Drone’s weight against forces of up to 15 G. The internal organs are all reinforced, and bear extra redundancy in all systems. After its introduction, the average number of drone deaths from subjuggulator bucket retrieval dropped below two thousand per sweep for the first time in Alternian history.

[Quirk]

I'll try to post something every day to keep this off the ground.

Detectinquisitors –

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Close cousins to the legislaterators, the detectinquisitors reign in the torture pits and smoky offices of noir intent. They have little business with actually apprehending criminals or trying them in court, but they do get the opportunity to impress the guilty with their collection of shiny new toys and make snarky, ironic comments towards the torturee. They are well known for being rather eccentric, even by troll standards, their rather cool hats and robes, and for appearing when least expected.

Detectinquisitors on off-world investigations will usually work in pairs, led by a legislascerator. They are most commonly found amongst teal, blue, and navy bloods, though some greens have served in the position.

[ch00_bakka]

The "female trolls don't have breasts" thing - what about mindfang?
Also, Hussie has stated that they have two dicks. And his formspring is canon dammit.

[Quirk]

The "female trolls don't have breasts" thing - what about mindfang?
Also, Hussie has stated that they have two dicks. And his formspring is canon dammit.

AU encyclopedia is AU.

It's a way to avoid unecessary bucket talk. I purposefully made it so that trolls have single-handedly one of the most boring reproductive systems ever devised, so there can be more of a focus on them, y'know, conquering the galaxy.

Mindfang was just a freakish mutant, or, and this is my preferred explanation that someone suggested a long while back in comic discussion, that she just kept a pair of grenades there in case of emergencies.

[ch00_bakka]

Oh, AU. Didn't see that bit. And "pair of grenades" is now my favorite euphemism.

[Quirk]

Today's daily update.

Contact Protocol –

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Alternian military protocol for encountering new forms of sentient life is conveniently to the point.

Stage 1: Arrive. Murder the ever-loving fuck out of the planet’s First Guardian by whatever means necessary, preferably by gigaton rounds fired at relativistic speeds and lots of antimatter.

Stage 2: Communication is made, followed by the forced signing of a treaty of submission to the empire, enforced under threat of orbital bombardment or mass invasion, depending on its location, environment, and resources.

Stage 3: Military overseers arrive and begin deploying ground troops. Minor rebellions crushed. Colonial government set up. Populace enslaved.

Stage 4: All planetary industries shifted to whatever purpose deemed appropriate. No further capability for rebellion from native populace. If the planet has been chosen to have a permanent settlement, larval Mother Grubs will arrive during this stage. If no settlement is to be placed, the planet will remain under the control of an Alternian-sponsored local government.

Now these are going to need some fleshing out. But for now, news of their existance works.
The Four Fools –

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The Four Fools are four alien races that have, for whatever reason, managed to resist Alternian conquest.

• Otaycha – An exotic race from the atmospheres of methane gas giants, the Otaycha have held on due to the fact that once they’ve been ingrained into a new home, they are nearly impossible to root out with any force less than turning the planet into a brown dwarf.

• The Gaunts – The Gaunts have no home. They wander the galaxy in ancient ships from before the dawn of the Empire. They are pale and emaciated in appearance, with loose skin and sunken eyes. Their technology is stronger than that of even trolls, but they have never actually shown any signs of aggression towards Alternian holdings.

• The Circle Makers – A mysterious, crystalline race, known for their habit of carving complex images of circles and lines into the ground at the sites of victories. They seem to have an undying obsession with geometry and order, and appear to be on some sort of zealous mission to wring out chaos from the universe.

• Terr mol Phro – What they find, they destroy. What they do not destroy, they enslave. Even now, hundreds of sweeps after the first contact with their empire, their physical appearance is unknown. The worlds of their slave races are defended to the point where it may actually be easier to win against a horrorterror. What they plan is unknown, but their power and the looming clouds of aggression are a great threat to the Empire.

[Wacom Guy]

Hemospectrum -

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The Hemospectrum is a way to distinguish Peasant Trolls from Royal trolls, and all inbetween. Rust bloods being lowest, then Mustard and Green, Blue being High, and Purples being royal. Magenta bloods have been long extinct.

[Quirk]

Magenta bloods have been long extinct.

Hmm... the way it's written implies that Magenta bloods used to be an entire caste instead of only the Empress. Was that what you were going for? Because that could lead to some interesting things.

[Wacom Guy]

Well, Feferi was the last of her kind, which is why you didn't see any Magenta on the Subjugglator's wall.

[crash826]

Well, I assume the Empress was pretty damn magenta herself.

Eh, do what you like, I guess.

The Homicinners, and How They Became the Subjugglators

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Subjugglators, particularly those of indigo castes, were once isolated in Alternian society and often deserted on the shores of the planet- they were originally called the Homicinners, had no specific caste to which they belonged (although a large number of Indigos joined), and had little- if any- interest in clowns. When they were within reach of other trolls, they were either killing them or pailing with other Homicinners. Since Homicinners tended to survive more often if they weren't sane, the indigo caste selected for insanity as a survival trait (even having a separate Mother Grub, as the Empire's higher-ups considered them distasteful). As such, what originally was the Alternian empire's way of making a single cult loyal resulted in a nest of violently mad, blood-obsessed soldiers, who could single-handedly slaughter platoons of enemy troops. But the Homicinners were disloyal to a fault, often turning on their own side and painting the walls purple, considering non-troll blood to be beneath them. To alleviate this, the Alternian Empire took a little-known cult and brought them to the Homicinners, who rapidly picked up on the religion and began using sopor slime. Now the Empire, if they needed the newly-christened Subjugglators, could merely take them off the slime, watch as they took down entire armies with nothing more than juggling pins, then pacify them with more sopor.

The High Jinx

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Subjugglators, in addition to their skill with mass murder, spoke of some sort of force known as the Hilarity, which controlled their passage through time and space and which would one day usher them to a mythical Paradise Planet. They paid tribute to the Hilarity via blood, prayer, special stardust, and comedy. If, however, somebody or another performed a great insult to the Hilarity itself (an unfunny routine, the throwing of special stardust in one's eyes), the Grand Highblood would somehow access an unstoppable fury known as the High Jinx which broke walls and demolished cities, said to be channeling the spirit of the prophesied Great Grand Highblood who would kill a fourth of the troll race before his death.

Zhil'yhu

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The last Grand Highblood, Zhil'yhu, was fierce as all hell, possessing insane stamina and power that would and could kill anyone he so chose. Bullets fazed him not, nor did blades- he was nigh invincible. One day, a dream came to Zhil'yhu, in which he received some sort of urgent message from (so he claimed) the Mirthful Messiahs. So he left his home, a great tract of land called the Woz'ynj Fiefdom, and for many lunar cycles traveled until he came upon the Realm of a great horrorterror, called S'nrgl'yh F'ryzmigbübbinhs. After striking at it and being nearly killed by its psychic power, Zhil'yhu's prone body was found by a smith, Pipl Mopp, who was of the dark blue caste. Pipl brought Zhil'y back from the brink and nursed him back to health, and they developed mutual red feelings for each other, but Zhil'y was bound by his quest for the Messiahs. Pipl as a parting gift crafted for him a single hammer, which was made of nothing but cheap plastic and rubber- but Zhil'y swore to use it, and in Zhil'y's hands, it smote the horrorterror with ease. From there he carved a bloody swathe through Alternia with his hammer, forever wielding it in the name of Pipl and the Empire to strike down rebellion- such was his power with the Hammer that fear of it was ingrained into the blood of the troll race, so that all trolls (and all life that trolls engineered) contained one little instruction that said "When you see the Warhammer, cry, for it is the knell of your own bell of death."

[Quirk]

I love it, crash. Zhil'yhu and his warhammer is genius.

As far as magenta blood goes, empresses have it. Whether it was a wider caste is up in the air.

Feferi Peixes –

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The 31st Empress of the Alternian Empire and current monarch, Peixes is generally regarded as an incredibly weak ruler, and her reign has thusly been defined by widespread unrest within Empire-controlled territory and an increase in hostilities from rebels, horrorterrors, and the Four Fools. She is notoriously non-violent, a trait that has caused significant concern to the rest of the Empire, magnified after the Disaster at Thrian.

Peixes is often referred to as the “Last Empress”, due to rumors that the magenta blood caste cannot be reproduced further, and also as the “Wriggler Queen”, due to her ascension to the throne at the age of six sweeps. There have, to date, been three assassination attempts against her.

EDIT: For those reading, don't be afraid to chime in with a single-sentence head canon or something. It can be put into an article later.

[Quirk]

Short one today.

Currency – The standard troll currency is the caegar. Other denominations of currency include the augugstin (ten augugstins to a caegar), the tiburian (one hundred to a caegar), the juglian (ten caegars to a juglian) and the nirro (ten juglians to a nirro).

[Quirk]

Can you tell I was inspired by Meet the Medic while writing this?

Asylumedics –

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When a troll is wounded in the field, the advice is often “walk it off, wriggler”. If there is an asylumedic in the area, the advice is often “run straight towards the enemy, while shouting and waving your arms wildly.” The closest thing trolls have to battlefield doctors, asylumedics practice “medicine” in the same way that adolescent trolls on the fan-fiction boards practice “literature”: sloppily and obscenely. They are one part classic mad scientist, one part mortician, one part post-modern artist, and three parts hammy acting. Asylumedics are usually chosen from trolls who have failed standard psychological reviews for a variety of reasons, the most common being overwhelming sociopathy. The standard uniform for the asylumedics is appears as a combination of a labcoat and a straightjacket.

[crash826]

My Little Hoofbeast: Moiraillegiance is Magic

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My Little Hoofbeast is a show on the Troll Hub, airing in the beginning of the evening. It is filled with rainbows, bright pastels, the importance of friendship over all else, an Empress who loves her subjects unconditionally, widespread pale infidelity and a group of hoofbeasts with radically different blood colors treating each other as equals. It is considered counterculture and incredibly subversive by those not in the know; however, denizens of the Alternet recognize it as the bland, cookie-cutter counterculture it is, which the Troll Hub shows all the time. A large "fanbase" has sprung up, and satirizes the show almost constantly.

Troogle

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Troogle is used to find information on the Alternet, and is one of the world' most recognized search engines. The company has, in past, possessed 49% of the wealth of the Empire. The company motto is "Don't Be Evil Unless It Is Personally Convenient". They own a space laser, which they use to terminate trolls at random during their coffee breaks. CEO is, surprisingly, a mere lime-blood. They are also the main manufacturers of Fetch Modii and Strife Specibi.

Empress The First- The Unification

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The original Empress was elected in Sweep 0, after easily defeating the rest of her race in a military unification- before this, trolls were regarded as a drugged and harmless ancient society due to the fact that they were constantly under the effects of slime, which trolls generated naturally. Born with a mutation that deprived her of the slime glands within her horns, Empress Hapehi Suttol figured out a chemical composition that would permanently stunt the slime glands and poured it down the throats of all the trolls she could find, then used their new fear of nightmares and (since she caused them) of her to recruit an army and take over the whole of Alternia. Having brought the trolls drive, she then declared that all trolls would be judged based on their bloods' similarity to hers. The sea dwellers, who she had recruited first, having a vested interest in keeping themselves powerful, then convinced her to change it so that red would be counted at the bottom, instead of close to the top.

Tea

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Alternian tea is, surprisingly, delicious. Trolls may be violent, in many cases insane, and determined to do things the worse way because being smart isn't very troll, but they take their tea seriously and many a connoisseur has been rendered speechless by the flavor of troll tea. Until, of course, they find out that it is flavored with musclebeast milk.

Trolls sure are weird!

[Ace Rimmer]

Blindness

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Blindness in troll society is simply defined as impaired vision, and can range from extreme light sensitivity to pure blindness to color blindness. however, a troll who simply would need glasses is culled on the spot, as most other types have a hidden advantage, like being able to see via smells, or having infared vision.

EDIT also woo 413rd post.

[Quirk]

And now, a troll history lesson:

Gl’bgolyb’s Arrival –

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Approximately 1.3 million sweeps Pre-Unification, Alternia experienced a large meteorite impact in the area that later became the Reginary Ocean. Within the asteroid was a horrorterror emissary now known as Gl’bgolyb, due to the entities “singing” that could be heard throughout its watery home. The emissary became a source of intense psychic onslaught across the planet, causing much of the population to go insane. Wars with various golybspawn are known to have continued for almost two hundred thousand sweeps before trailing off and eventually fading, while Gl’bgolyb eventually went into a silent hibernation. The drive to near-extinction left a lasting mark on the troll undermind and formed an ingrained fear and hatred of the horrorterrors that remains strong to the current day.

The Intervening (Pre-Unification) Era –

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The time between the Spawn Wars and the Unification was long, bloody, colorful, and as of now almost completely forgotten. Pre-Unification artifacts and information of ancient cultures is almost non-existent, outside of a few crumbling ruins and deep-rooted archaeological sites. It is known that the discovery of nuclear weaponry occurred on at least five separate occasions, with predictable results.

Possibly the most important relic of the Intervening Era is the unusual steps troll biology had taken to deal with the Arrival. To toughen the species against the undermind whisperings of their newfound gibbering emissary and the bloody subconscious it had created, the troll endocrine system began to generate sopor, a substance based on chemicals taken from the consumed roots of the spororsis plant. Sopor dulled a troll’s natural violent instincts, to the point of pacifism. The unfortunate side effect, however, was that it also caused trolls to become slothful and undriven. Complete stagnation would have been immanent were it not for a few mutants who developed either partial immunity to the sopor or a deficiency in the glands. These mutants would most likely go insane, but did manage to survive long enough to keep the tradition of violence and sociopathy alive until the Unification.

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Culling Criteria

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The enforced natural selection of culling is meant to produce a troll paradigm of warriors. Trolls who fit the template are naturally strong, fast, intelligent, and capable. They must make effective soldiers, after all.

Trolls who are:

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stupid
incapable of holding their own in combat
weak (unless said troll possesses formidable psychic powers)
not warlike, violent, or at least opposed to killing (unless said troll is a Subjuggulator)
mutated (unless the mutations allow them to fight better)
mentally unstable/disabled
physically disabled
(possibly more to come, digging through Trollslum)

are instantly slated for culling.

[Quirk]

SO HUEG.

The Sufferer –

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Possibly no single individual carries the same reputation as the Sufferer. According to millennia of propaganda, he was a violent revolutionary who formed a fanatic cult in his name and tried to tear down the Empire. In reality, he was a simple wanderer who preached peace, starting a movement that spiraled out of his control into an all-out war, which tore the Empire in two and nearly set him as God-Emperor on the Emissary’s Throne. Despite the Empire’s best efforts to cover up the entire era, his effect still exists to this day.

The Sufferer’s early history, and even his true name are unknown: His most used aliases were “Czakan Valantar” and “Katram Tverol”, though he was also called “The Red Blood Messiah” and the “Unsworn Threshicutioner”. He was signless, without caste insignia. The symbol that was associated with him after his death, 69, was based off of the burning iron shackles he wore at his scourging.

Most notable about the Sufferer were two details: his mutant blood, and his unusual devotion to non-violence. The Sufferer’s blood, while equivalent to that of a standard green in all other ways, was a bright candy red in coloration, and was the cause of his wanderings. More importantly, his teachings he espoused during his travels were of peace, blood equality, forgiveness, and sapient dignity.

Historians have divided the Sufferer’s life into seven distinct phases:

Phase 1 – The Sufferer’s first known activity was scattered and sporadic. In order to avoid his own death, he wandered Alternia as a hermit, preaching his message to all who would hear him.

Phase 2 – The Sufferer’s movement has gained enough strength to become an actual resistance. Though it is still generally decentralized, it has moved towards active rebellion. As nonviolent protest was easily crushed, the movement began to turn to more conventional means, outside of the Sufferer’s approval. The first signs of true Sufferer worship appear in this phase. The rebellion movement moves from Alternia to other settled worlds in system and a few outer colonies.

Phase 3 – The Sufferer has enough influence that the rebellion forms a centralized, devoted military force, led by the Summoner Taurmagnac Ornus. The rebellion flees from Alternia and other nexuses of Imperial power to the outer reaches of the Empire. The Sufferer, distraught at the violence that has been wrought, attempts to stop the holy war, and fails.

Phase 4 – The Sufferer begins wandering the galaxy with his most loyal followers, the Dolorosa, the Psionic, and the Disciple, attempting to right the path of his followers, to little success. At this point, the Rebellion’s influence has spread across the Empire, though his main focus is moving inward from his strongholds on the borders.

Phase 5 – The Rebellion’s military strength is at its highest, with hundreds of planets allied to the cause. The war is at its bloodiest at this point, with total death tolls in the trillions. Sufferer worship is at its most fervent and violent point in this phase. The Sufferer and his followers continue their attempts at peace.

Phase 6 – The Rebellion forces are broken and scattered during the Long Night (Third Battle of Twilaris). The Summoner is killed at the Battle of Kartagagan. The Rebellion’s high command rally their remaining forces into a state of guerilla warfare, until the Rebellion’s capital world of Viridyami is sacked by the Subjuggulators.

Phase 7 – The Rebellion has been completely quashed and the first Rust Purge has begun. The Sufferer is captured and brought to execution. His scourging is prolonged for days, with the final execution carried out by Executor Darkleer under the direct observance of Empress Nythoricyt Qepunuq.

Moments before his death the Sufferer screamed what became to be known as the Vast Expletive. What remained of his garments were taken by the Disciple.

6-13 EDIT: Edited due to major canon shift. Errors probable.

[Quirk]

And today we learn what Kanaya did to keep herself occupied.

The Undead –

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Leftovers from a pre-Unification experiment in genetic engineering, the Undead outwardly resemble trolls, but show no signs of sapience. They are diurnal, staying beneath the sands of the Great Alternian Desert during the night and rising during the day in search of flesh. The undead are seemingly immune to pain, and will continue to move so long as the brain and brain stem are intact. Recent estimates place the undead population as near seventy million, a noted increase due to lower recruitment numbers in the Daybreak Patrol.

The Daybreak Patrol –

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The Daybreak Patrol is a self-organized group of volunteers devoted to the eradication of the Undead. They are based around the borders of the Great Alternian Desert, and are primarily made up of green-blood or lower youths. To survive in the harsh daylight environment, the Patrol will actively seek to recruit those with sunlight resistance, and issue polarized helmets and heat-venting body armor to all others. The standard and symbolic weapon of the Patrol is the chainsaw. Squads of Patroltrolls are notoriously non-violent towards each other, due to their common enemy.

And inspired by today's update:

Revulshamans –

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One of the two major sub-castes of the subjuggulators, revulshamans are masters of chucklevoodoo and the keepers of the special stardust. They will only very rarely directly attack an enemy; instead casting horrifying dreamspells on foes, driving many to madness before their more direct cousins take action.

Revulshamans surround themselves with a veil of primitive mysticism, appearing as ancient witch doctors dressed in animal hides and carrying out bizarre rituals to cast their dreamspells, even when such things are completely unnecessary.

You know people, you can comment and discuss stuff and such.

[Lyngbakr]

Do you guys mind if I steal a few things?

I'll put some entries sometime.

[Snowmanne]

In honor of two of my favorite fan adventures

The Terrons

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A single planet, but highly developed species that inhabits the planet Terron. They look quiet similar to trolls, but with bright skins, no horns, colorful lines on their skin and cords coming out of their backs.
The Terrons are cyborgs, they are born without their cords and colorful lines, but they are installed on birth.
The Terronian caste system is based on the number of cords, with having 4 cords is the lowest, and one cord the highest.
The Terronian technology is not known about due to their hatred of Alternia, but rumors say they have evolved beyond the use of sylladexes.
Terronians are commonly considered part of the four fool, but since technically they are still in active war with the empire, they are not officially part of the group.
While Terrons are terrible soldiers, and most of their technology is for civilian use, their advance meteor defence system stopped the Alternian nuclear carpet strike force for over 7 sweeps.

Surrorgia

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A troll inhibited colony of the empire. Considered the most important planet in the empire besides Alternia and the aquatic throne planet of the empress.
Surrorgia is a unique planet because it doesn't rotate, creating an eternal dark side, on which many government offices and rich trolls live, and an eternal light side, where daybreak patrollers seek the ruins of an ancient civilization that died out pre-colonization.

ckret2

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Pen name of the author of the notorious book "Be the lowblood sea dweller".
The book describes the life of a sea dweller in an alternate universe where the homospectrum is flipped, and while it became a best seller due to it's romantic plot lines, it had great political meaning, both against the high-bloods, but even against the sufferer, who in the book serves as a high position in the flipped empire.
The book was banned due to mentioning of the Sufferer without authorization from the high censorship ministry and for mocking the empress Feferi Peixes (She is described as a poor low blood).
ckret2 was secretly executed without her real name, symbol or blood being publicly released.

[Quirk]

Do you guys mind if I steal a few things?

I'll put some entries sometime.

It's a collaborative work: if someone writes an article and you want to expand upon it or use something that was already mentioned, by all means, do so. It's actually pretty necessary to tie things together. (For example, I mentioned that the Sufferer was killed by Grand Highblood Zhil'yhu, who was introduced by crash826.)

EDIT: As such, I was inspired by Snowmanne here, and whipped up this:

Sixteenth Battle of Terronia –

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After over seven sweeps of repulsions by the natives’ meteor defense grid, the planet was finally conquered by the “Mad Yellow General” Hdvithir Cxer. Over 80% of the planet was rendered uninhabitable by nuclear radiation, while regular EMP bombardments were carried out for a full sweep afterwards. The current Terron population is estimated at < 20,000 and has been reduced to an effectively Stone Age society. Complete extinction is estimated within fifty sweeps.

It should be noticed that Terronia’s First Guardian was killed during the Seventh Battle of Terronia, attesting to the natives’ extreme resilience. This resliance was what led to the species aquiring the moniker "The Fifth Fool" during their lengthy war of resistance.

[Snowmanne]

The Imperial Throne [planet]

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A small planet, less than a quarter of a light-sweep away from Alternia, which has only one tiny continent, and the other 95% of the planet is filled with mineral rich water.
The throne is the seat of the empress'es grand hive, and of most of the aquatic mother grubs.
On the small continent, commonly called Novia-Alternia, lies the offices of the high minister of the imperial government and the grand minister of alien relationships.

The Imperial Throne [chair]

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The Universe's most fancy chair, the only thing worthy of holding the empress'es royal behind.
Whenever a fancier chair is invented, the chair is christened as the new throne, the maker of the chair is culled and the old throne is given to the next in power (and he gives his throne to the troll under him, and so on and so on).
Currently, the lowest ranked holder of an old imperial throne is the Vice Minister of Maroon Bloods on Alternia proper (Vregsi Jouang, Teal blood, 216th throne).

The Armored Warriors That Are Known To Be Sitting Around A Circle Shaped Piece Of Furniture On Occasions.

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The Empress'es personal bodyguards, made from the best sea-dwelling fighters the empire has to offer.
While they are quite lacking while fighting on land, the AWTAKTBSAACSPOFOO are occasionally called to help with occupation of aquatic planets (Legend says that they are the desendents of the conquers of the Imperial throne [both chair and planet]).
It is not known whether they really sit around a round table of some sort.