Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on Dec 10, 2011 0:34:10 GMT -5
Full Name: Wayward Vagabond
Nickname(s): Warweary Villein, Wizardly Vassal, Wastelandic Vindicator, WV
Age: Young adult
Height: Shortish
Weight: Skinny
Gender: Male
Race: Dersite
Alliance: Neutralish
Home: Derse, then later post-apocalyptic Earth
Franchise: Homestuck
Physical Description
Vagabond's a shortish humanoid creature with a black carapace, two big white button eyes, four pointy fingers, and blunt teeth like that of livestock. On his left wrist is a bar code pattern that he would rather not talk about. He wears white bed sheets like a robe that have turned to a dull brown in harsh weather, and they cover his face so that only his eyes can be seen.
Weapons
He keeps a meter stick with a sharpened mailbox flag tied to the end as a knife.
Abilities/Powers
None, unless you count his ability to eat a ridiculously wide variety of things, even consuming a chunk of uranium without getting radiation poisoning.
Skills
Vagabond seems to have some basic technological skill, being able to work his Sburb terminal, and understands Morse Code. He also has "an uncanny knack for tracking precise distances," evidenced by his proficiency targeting objects with the appearifier, using the meter stick as a frame of reference. He also boasts rather effective leadership skills given the proper motivation, considering the large army of Dersites and Prospitians alike he united against the Black King, and he's a good chess player.
Personality
Initially, the Vagabond was rather rude, typing in all capitals, repeatedly referring to John as 'boy,' getting angry at Rose for losing her connection while moving the car, etc. He has since then, however, discovered a book on human etiquette and learned to be more polite from it, somehow by eating the pages. Whether he is rude or polite, the Vagabond has a habit of barraging John with suggestions which causes John to zone out, much to the ire of Rose.
WV shows perfectionist tendencies. He is constantly smacking himself for doing stupid things and lashing verbally at John and Rose when they make mistakes. He also likes soda, specifically Tab, and flipped the fuck out in joy after discovering a stash of it within the base. He also displays a fondness for cookies and seems unable to understand how anybody else could fail to share this love, commanding John to retrieve the cookies Nannasprite prepared and insulting him when he fails to do so.
The Vagabond has a deep, intense hatred for Kings, who he sees as bossy tyrants, stemming from his past as the Warweary Villein. Instead of royalty, he likes the concept of democratically elected mayors, to the point of building 'Can Town,' a town made out of cans of food, and pretending to be its mayor. While the Vagabond hates Kings, he is quite reverent and respectful of the Windswept Questant, aka the White Queen. He and the Aimless Renegade quickly craft a crown to gift her upon sight. Although it is more likely that neither AR nor WV know who she really is, but are simply trying to impress her.
He appears to have an unusual appetite for objects of the color green, edible or otherwise. Over the course of the story, he has eaten a green potted plant, a green chunk of uranium, two sticks of green chalk and Liv Tyler's green eye. Also, he referred to the green fire created by Bec Noir as "delicious looking."
History
AS WARWEARY VILLEIN
The Warweary Villein was WV's name while he still lived in THE MEDIUM. Once a part of the army of DERSE on SKAIA, he resigned from the war to work as a simple farmer, and used his uniform as part of a scarecrow. Already frustrated with the endless warring, he turned to blame the BLACK KING after his crops are destroyed by fire. He stood up against the tyranny of war, uniting the pawns of PROSPIT and DERSE in a revolution against their monarchs.
However, as the rebellion was cornering the Black King, JACK NOIR soared in to assassinate the distracted monarch (the scarecrow was ineffective). The Warweary Villein seethed in anger as Jack coronated himself. The Warweary Villein then watched as Jack Noir slaughtered all of his troops, irrespective of color, leaving just him standing there, traumatized, as Jack wreaked havoc on THE BATTLEFIELD, before causing part of Prospit to fall to the planet. To date, no reason has been given as to why Jack spared WV, other than "only he knows." The possibilities that it could have been to leave a witness to his power or that it was out of respect for a fellow mutineer were put forward in the recap.
After his failure, he donned a Rag of Souls (Dream John's bed sheets). While wandering THE BATTLEFIELD, he discovered the WHITE QUEEN'S RING floating through some water. Some time later, he saw Dream John on his Quest Bed changing rising to the GOD TIERS. He then began traveling across Skaia with John, who regards him as a Wizardly Vassal. The time he spent with John is most likely the reason why in his future, but John's past, he commanded John to do THE WINDY THING, as he saw John do it before and did not understand why he did not do it then. He and John were then joined by the COURTYARD DROLL and LIV TYLER (the bunny, not the actress). Due to his affinity for green things, he ate Liv's green hugifier eye, causing a disagreement between them. Fortunately the Droll MEDIATED between the two. John then was the leader and gave the three of them a mission: to deliver THE TUMOR, which he had retrieved from Skaia's core, to ROSE and DAVE on Derse's moon. John relinquished the wallet to him.
The three took a Dersite battleship to travel across the Incipisphere. However, the Courtyard Droll betrayed them and stole the wallet and left the ship via an escape pod. Liv fortunately witnessed this and was able to steal back the card with the Tumor. WV was alarmed by the loss of the wallet, but was relieved that he still had the Queen's ring. Unfortunately the Droll then contacted Jack Noir, who teleported to the ship. He shattered the ship with a blast of green energy. The side WV was on landed in a Skaia defense portal and got sent to FUTURE EARTH, where he would become known as the Wayward Vagabond.
AS WAYWARD VAGABOND
The Vagabond was an exile wandering through the desert of the post-apocalyptic world. He stumbled upon a mysterious construct bearing the SBURB logo at the ruins of ROSE'S HOUSE. Opening the hatch, he descended into a derelict UNDERGROUND BASE. It contained a computer depicting JOHN EGBERT back in the story's present day which allowed him to command John. He got bored of this, and so founded CAN TOWN. After numerous shenanigans, including the rescue of SERENITY from a piece of amber and EATING a nugget of URANIUM, he tried to escape the station before an ominous countdown he discovered got to zero. He failed, and so was carried with the station to a set of MYSTERIOUS RUINS.
After arriving at the ruins of JADE'S ISLAND, he helped the PEREGRINE MENDICANT deliver John's package to Jade. He befriended her and the AIMLESS RENEGADE, and showed her his drawings and the computer in the base. He set up Can Town outside, and AR set up his bullet soldiers to defend it. The three were then joined by the WINDSWEPT QUESTANT, the former White Queen of Prospit. After a hearty meal together, he went back to his computer to see how John was doing. Unfortunately John was in grave peril at the time due to the green flames summoned by Jack Noir. He insisted that John do THE WINDY THING and eventually succeeds. However he had to use caps lock to do it, which also locked him inside the capsule. Though John survived, he died soon afterwards on his QUEST BED. WV, not understanding how WEIRD TIME SHIT works, assumed that he was dead for good. Being locked in his station, he built a FORT out of the panels on the walls and took a nap inside.
WV's nightmare dream bubble seemed more like the IMAGINATION WORLD from PROBLEM SLEUTH than the dream bubbles of the kids and trolls, especially since he is in a dream fort at the time. While a player's dream bubble is a collage of memories, his dream was similar to a more traditional one, which is far more abstract; however, he was besieged by narration via Morse code, which talked about the ADMIRATION OF ANTHROPORMOPHISM. At the beginning of the dream, he was a mayor, but when a manifestation of the RING's powers appears, he was transformed into a prototyped state. The sun symbol from his sash was burned on to his carapace and turned green, representing the GREEN SUN. When he saw the fellow Dersites and Prospitians that followed him into battle many years ago, he reached out for them with a bloody hand, but the blood becomes the ring attack "red miles" and killed them all, much to his horror.
This most likely represents deep survivor's guilt over leading his friends to their death at the hands of Jack Noir. This also might mean he subconsciously knew what would happen if he put the White Queen's ring on, but feared becoming similar to Jack Noir, who killed every single one of his comrades. Near the end of his dream, he saw a "weird bug," which turned out to be a miniature version of God Tier Vriska, who kicked him in the snout and told WV not to interfere with her fight with Jack, as she wanted to be the one to kill him. She also spoke in Morse Code, but still with a recognizable typing quirk. This was apparently a joint dream bubble Vriska had with WV shortly before she was challenged by Tavros.
The WINDSWEPT QUESTANT stated that a Wastlandic Vindicator will confront the Slayer using the WEAPON he protected. Soon after he awakens, however, Jack Noir (who arrived via the LOTUS TIME CAPSULE) sensed the uranium lodged inside WV's gut. Noir impaled WV, covering his arm with blood. PM, who survived Noir's attack, found the wounded Vagabond in his station. She took his ring, giving herself the same powers as Jack Noir. Bringing WV with her, PM traveled to the troll session the same way Jack did: using a machine in WV's station. This led the two of them to the trolls' victory platform shortly after the Critical Moment. It is so far unknown what happened in the following confrontation between the equally-powered PM and Noir, but the next thing WV knew he was waking up on a strange island with his wounds patched up...
Other
WV has supposedly been confirmed by Word of God to have still been alive as of his, PM's, and Serenity's transport to the troll's session. The WV appearing in Dimensional Clash is from after the events of "CASCADE" where he was last seen in the comic.
Picture(s)
Warweary Villein
Wizardly Vassal
Wayward Vagabond
Mayor Wayward Vagabond
Nickname(s): Warweary Villein, Wizardly Vassal, Wastelandic Vindicator, WV
Age: Young adult
Height: Shortish
Weight: Skinny
Gender: Male
Race: Dersite
Alliance: Neutralish
Home: Derse, then later post-apocalyptic Earth
Franchise: Homestuck
Physical Description
Vagabond's a shortish humanoid creature with a black carapace, two big white button eyes, four pointy fingers, and blunt teeth like that of livestock. On his left wrist is a bar code pattern that he would rather not talk about. He wears white bed sheets like a robe that have turned to a dull brown in harsh weather, and they cover his face so that only his eyes can be seen.
Weapons
He keeps a meter stick with a sharpened mailbox flag tied to the end as a knife.
Abilities/Powers
None, unless you count his ability to eat a ridiculously wide variety of things, even consuming a chunk of uranium without getting radiation poisoning.
Skills
Vagabond seems to have some basic technological skill, being able to work his Sburb terminal, and understands Morse Code. He also has "an uncanny knack for tracking precise distances," evidenced by his proficiency targeting objects with the appearifier, using the meter stick as a frame of reference. He also boasts rather effective leadership skills given the proper motivation, considering the large army of Dersites and Prospitians alike he united against the Black King, and he's a good chess player.
Personality
Initially, the Vagabond was rather rude, typing in all capitals, repeatedly referring to John as 'boy,' getting angry at Rose for losing her connection while moving the car, etc. He has since then, however, discovered a book on human etiquette and learned to be more polite from it, somehow by eating the pages. Whether he is rude or polite, the Vagabond has a habit of barraging John with suggestions which causes John to zone out, much to the ire of Rose.
WV shows perfectionist tendencies. He is constantly smacking himself for doing stupid things and lashing verbally at John and Rose when they make mistakes. He also likes soda, specifically Tab, and flipped the fuck out in joy after discovering a stash of it within the base. He also displays a fondness for cookies and seems unable to understand how anybody else could fail to share this love, commanding John to retrieve the cookies Nannasprite prepared and insulting him when he fails to do so.
The Vagabond has a deep, intense hatred for Kings, who he sees as bossy tyrants, stemming from his past as the Warweary Villein. Instead of royalty, he likes the concept of democratically elected mayors, to the point of building 'Can Town,' a town made out of cans of food, and pretending to be its mayor. While the Vagabond hates Kings, he is quite reverent and respectful of the Windswept Questant, aka the White Queen. He and the Aimless Renegade quickly craft a crown to gift her upon sight. Although it is more likely that neither AR nor WV know who she really is, but are simply trying to impress her.
He appears to have an unusual appetite for objects of the color green, edible or otherwise. Over the course of the story, he has eaten a green potted plant, a green chunk of uranium, two sticks of green chalk and Liv Tyler's green eye. Also, he referred to the green fire created by Bec Noir as "delicious looking."
History
AS WARWEARY VILLEIN
The Warweary Villein was WV's name while he still lived in THE MEDIUM. Once a part of the army of DERSE on SKAIA, he resigned from the war to work as a simple farmer, and used his uniform as part of a scarecrow. Already frustrated with the endless warring, he turned to blame the BLACK KING after his crops are destroyed by fire. He stood up against the tyranny of war, uniting the pawns of PROSPIT and DERSE in a revolution against their monarchs.
However, as the rebellion was cornering the Black King, JACK NOIR soared in to assassinate the distracted monarch (the scarecrow was ineffective). The Warweary Villein seethed in anger as Jack coronated himself. The Warweary Villein then watched as Jack Noir slaughtered all of his troops, irrespective of color, leaving just him standing there, traumatized, as Jack wreaked havoc on THE BATTLEFIELD, before causing part of Prospit to fall to the planet. To date, no reason has been given as to why Jack spared WV, other than "only he knows." The possibilities that it could have been to leave a witness to his power or that it was out of respect for a fellow mutineer were put forward in the recap.
After his failure, he donned a Rag of Souls (Dream John's bed sheets). While wandering THE BATTLEFIELD, he discovered the WHITE QUEEN'S RING floating through some water. Some time later, he saw Dream John on his Quest Bed changing rising to the GOD TIERS. He then began traveling across Skaia with John, who regards him as a Wizardly Vassal. The time he spent with John is most likely the reason why in his future, but John's past, he commanded John to do THE WINDY THING, as he saw John do it before and did not understand why he did not do it then. He and John were then joined by the COURTYARD DROLL and LIV TYLER (the bunny, not the actress). Due to his affinity for green things, he ate Liv's green hugifier eye, causing a disagreement between them. Fortunately the Droll MEDIATED between the two. John then was the leader and gave the three of them a mission: to deliver THE TUMOR, which he had retrieved from Skaia's core, to ROSE and DAVE on Derse's moon. John relinquished the wallet to him.
The three took a Dersite battleship to travel across the Incipisphere. However, the Courtyard Droll betrayed them and stole the wallet and left the ship via an escape pod. Liv fortunately witnessed this and was able to steal back the card with the Tumor. WV was alarmed by the loss of the wallet, but was relieved that he still had the Queen's ring. Unfortunately the Droll then contacted Jack Noir, who teleported to the ship. He shattered the ship with a blast of green energy. The side WV was on landed in a Skaia defense portal and got sent to FUTURE EARTH, where he would become known as the Wayward Vagabond.
AS WAYWARD VAGABOND
The Vagabond was an exile wandering through the desert of the post-apocalyptic world. He stumbled upon a mysterious construct bearing the SBURB logo at the ruins of ROSE'S HOUSE. Opening the hatch, he descended into a derelict UNDERGROUND BASE. It contained a computer depicting JOHN EGBERT back in the story's present day which allowed him to command John. He got bored of this, and so founded CAN TOWN. After numerous shenanigans, including the rescue of SERENITY from a piece of amber and EATING a nugget of URANIUM, he tried to escape the station before an ominous countdown he discovered got to zero. He failed, and so was carried with the station to a set of MYSTERIOUS RUINS.
After arriving at the ruins of JADE'S ISLAND, he helped the PEREGRINE MENDICANT deliver John's package to Jade. He befriended her and the AIMLESS RENEGADE, and showed her his drawings and the computer in the base. He set up Can Town outside, and AR set up his bullet soldiers to defend it. The three were then joined by the WINDSWEPT QUESTANT, the former White Queen of Prospit. After a hearty meal together, he went back to his computer to see how John was doing. Unfortunately John was in grave peril at the time due to the green flames summoned by Jack Noir. He insisted that John do THE WINDY THING and eventually succeeds. However he had to use caps lock to do it, which also locked him inside the capsule. Though John survived, he died soon afterwards on his QUEST BED. WV, not understanding how WEIRD TIME SHIT works, assumed that he was dead for good. Being locked in his station, he built a FORT out of the panels on the walls and took a nap inside.
WV's nightmare dream bubble seemed more like the IMAGINATION WORLD from PROBLEM SLEUTH than the dream bubbles of the kids and trolls, especially since he is in a dream fort at the time. While a player's dream bubble is a collage of memories, his dream was similar to a more traditional one, which is far more abstract; however, he was besieged by narration via Morse code, which talked about the ADMIRATION OF ANTHROPORMOPHISM. At the beginning of the dream, he was a mayor, but when a manifestation of the RING's powers appears, he was transformed into a prototyped state. The sun symbol from his sash was burned on to his carapace and turned green, representing the GREEN SUN. When he saw the fellow Dersites and Prospitians that followed him into battle many years ago, he reached out for them with a bloody hand, but the blood becomes the ring attack "red miles" and killed them all, much to his horror.
This most likely represents deep survivor's guilt over leading his friends to their death at the hands of Jack Noir. This also might mean he subconsciously knew what would happen if he put the White Queen's ring on, but feared becoming similar to Jack Noir, who killed every single one of his comrades. Near the end of his dream, he saw a "weird bug," which turned out to be a miniature version of God Tier Vriska, who kicked him in the snout and told WV not to interfere with her fight with Jack, as she wanted to be the one to kill him. She also spoke in Morse Code, but still with a recognizable typing quirk. This was apparently a joint dream bubble Vriska had with WV shortly before she was challenged by Tavros.
The WINDSWEPT QUESTANT stated that a Wastlandic Vindicator will confront the Slayer using the WEAPON he protected. Soon after he awakens, however, Jack Noir (who arrived via the LOTUS TIME CAPSULE) sensed the uranium lodged inside WV's gut. Noir impaled WV, covering his arm with blood. PM, who survived Noir's attack, found the wounded Vagabond in his station. She took his ring, giving herself the same powers as Jack Noir. Bringing WV with her, PM traveled to the troll session the same way Jack did: using a machine in WV's station. This led the two of them to the trolls' victory platform shortly after the Critical Moment. It is so far unknown what happened in the following confrontation between the equally-powered PM and Noir, but the next thing WV knew he was waking up on a strange island with his wounds patched up...
Other
WV has supposedly been confirmed by Word of God to have still been alive as of his, PM's, and Serenity's transport to the troll's session. The WV appearing in Dimensional Clash is from after the events of "CASCADE" where he was last seen in the comic.
Picture(s)
Warweary Villein
Wizardly Vassal
Wayward Vagabond
Mayor Wayward Vagabond
