Kanaya Maryam
The titular Red Dead Virgo, who chose to reveal her 'mutant' blood color to the world and has been paying for it ever since. At times it seems like the entire universe is out to get her, yet she keeps struggling along, certain there must be a reason for it all. Her trolltag is gloomyApoplectic.Her Sgrub title is the Heir of Blood, in the Land of Snow and Sanguine.
- The Berserker: She has..some anger management problems.
- Break the Cutie
- Cannot Spit It Out: Though she's tried. Things just seem to keep getting in the way...
- Earn Your Happy Ending: What she's aiming for. One of the three characters to end up Deader than Dead, so it really doesn't happen. On the other hand, her dreamself continues on in a bubble, so she survives in that sense.
- Hate At First Sight: To Rose, but the hateful feelings apparently dissolve by "Ouroborous".
- Standard Bleeding Spots
- Twitchy Eye: After getting her first look at the human kids.
Terezi Pyrope
Terezi... sort of unnerves everyone else. Maybe it's all the laughing, or the creepy comments she always makes. Or the gifts she uses Kanaya to deliver to everyone else. Her trolltag is guillotineCatastrophe.In Sgrub, she becomes the Seer of Doom in the Land of Chroma and Radio.
- Blind Seer: Subverted; she's only mostly blind. And deaf.
- Creepy Good
- Laughing Mad
- Mad Oracle
- Manipulative Bitch
Vriska Serket
Kanaya's dearly beloved moirail, a friendly farmgirl and a hard worker. Worries about Kanaya all the time for obvious reasons. Her trolltag is aurochsGore.Known in Sgrub as the Knight of Life in the Land of Graves and Flood.
- Came Back Strong
- Genki Girl
- Hard Work Hardly Works: Inverted; in Sgrub, she is the only one who works hard and finishes all the tasks the game assigns to her, leading to her being the only one who Ascends.
- The Paladin: Her role in the game, though she's not entirely comfortable with such a lofty title and huge responsibility.
Equius Zahhak
A firm believer in the hemospectrum, Equius wholeheartedly embraces his place in the caste system and exhorts Kanaya to do the same. His trolltag is circuitsTremor.His title in Sgrub is the Prince of Space, from the Land of Lotus and Frogs.
- Cool Shades: A combination of his canon sunglasses and Sollux's red and blue lenses.
- Freak Out: Apparently he had one of these when he realized exactly what being a Space player involves. * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: How does he prove to Kanaya his natural superiority? By stuffing her full of honey cookies, treating her wounds, and doing everything in his power to ensure she's as clean and healthy as possible.
- Neat Freak: Equius keeps his apartment in impeccable order and dislikes natural (and therefore gross/slimy) things. Unfortunately, catching frogs in a lake area definitely counts as 'natural'.
Gamzee Makara
A boy who lives in the forest, hunting his own food and interacting with others mostly via the Internet; in Sgrub, he kept to himself. He is good friends with Nepeta, and they love to make up cat puns together. His trolltag is temperamentallyCarnivorous.
In Sgrub, he is the Rogue of Void in the Land of Relic and Ash.
- Cat Boy
- Furry Fandom: He likes to dress up as a cat, as much as Canon!Nepeta does.
Eridan Ampora
A pessimistic troll who is well aware of his role as Fate's punching bag, but carries on doing Timey-wimey chores regardless, while simultaneously wishing he could take matters into his own hands. His trolltag is chronicAugustus.
Becomes the Mage of Time in the Land of Celluloid and Silver in Sgrub.
- Break Her Heart to Save Her: Tells Feferi he doesn't think they should share quadrants anymore while looking down at his own dead body.
- Butt-Monkey: Of the entire universe.
- Cool Shades
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong
- Time Travel
Feferi Peixes
Her trollltag is coppiceCultivator.
In Sgrub, she is known as the Maid of Rage in the Land of Gardens and Steel.
- Ascended Extra: Relatively minor until "Most Just."
- Hurricane of Puns: Makes a lot of flower puns.
- Yandere
Karkat Vantas
A smug bastard through and through, Karkat uses his powers of manipulation for matchmaking and acting as a relationship counselor. (This includes influencing several of his hapless clients to the point where their quadrant-related affairs lead them straight into the jaws of 'Mother'.) His trolltag is cunningGangewifre.In Sgrub, he becomes the Thief of Heart in the Land of Ruby and Obsidian.
Aradia Megido
Keeps to herself. Her trolltag is aethersAbrogation.Sgrub dubs her the Witch of Mind and places her in the Land of Tomes and Hives.
- Lack of Empathy: In a nutshell. Although...
- The Empath: This is basically her role in Sgrub, which she is not comfortable with. At all.
- The Stoic: Although she falls into Not So Stoic when talking to Captor.
- Toxic Friend Influence: To Captor.
Tavros Nitram
A sopored-up highblood who is obsessed with faeries, to the point that he is convinced Vriska is one. He likes to throw parties and invites Kanaya to them whenever she's visiting, causing her much discomfort. His trolltag is aleatoryTheosophist.
In Sgrub, he serves as the Bard of Light in the Land of Solar and Harmony.
- Born Lucky
- The Stoner: Due to having Canon!Gamzee's sopor slime addiction.
Sollux Captor
Two individual trolls forced to share one body. Sollux is calm, thoughtful, and considerate; Captor is a raging asshole. His trolltag is tyrantsAccord.
Sgrub sets his role as the Page of Hope and his realm as the Land of Silk and Empyrean.
- Jerkass: Captor.
- Split Personality: Sollux is much nicer than Captor.
Nepeta Leijon
A cheerful, excitable seadweller and to-be Empress of the Alternian Empire. At one point she was a vicious troll who stalked the seas and killed lusii for thrills, but the pacifying influence of her moirail (no points for guessing who that is) convinced her to stop, in a roundabout way. Her trolltag is argonCharybdis.
In Sgrub, she becomes the Sylph of Breath in the Land of Gales and Waves.
- Morality Pet: Explains to Gamzee that she sees Equius like this, as he helped her to see landdwellers as more than simply prey.
