Each player in Sburb has a mythological role which consists of two components: a class and an aspect. A title can be assembled from any combination of class and aspect: John is the Heir (class) of Breath (aspect), while Tavros shares his aspect as the Page (class) of Breath (aspect) and Equius shares his class as the Heir (class) of Void (aspect).

Aspects are a form of generalized "elements", in that they are primal forces of reality. Classes describe mechanics and intended roles, "channeling" the aspect into possible action and powers. Classes come in active (-) and passive (+) pairs, which can mean multiple things but roughly described as the active classes employing or affecting their aspect directly and for his own gain, and the passive classes being affected by his or her aspect, and sharing his or her actions with the team.

Do note though that literal interpretation of the aspects' and classes' names is misleading, i.e. "Prince" actually means "destroyer", and "Light" means "fortune".

Heroes with different aspects can end up with very similar powers depending on their class. The Life and Doom aspects may be radically different, but depending on the class their powers may end up being similar.

Player abilities may also manifest in ways contrary to their aspect if they are heavily resistant to their true calling, or if an outside influence corrupts them. This happened to Rose Lalonde, and may have also occurred to other players in the troll session (as their entire society was corrupted by Doc Scratch and Lrd English).

The terms "Hero" or "Player" can be used in lieu of the class when the speaker wishes to be generic, i.e.: John and Tavros are "Heroes of Breath" and Roxy is "a Void player." Both components of the title appear to have some mechanical effect on the game, depending on the class or element assigned. The salamanders of the Land of Crypts and Helium and the B2 Carapacians use the term "Noble" to refer to their Heroes, possibly implying that Nobles suffer and become martyrs, rather than saving others as a Hero might.

Sburb may design planets with the titles in mind. For the kids one part seems to come from their aspect, while the other comes from their associated element, or a force actively opposing it (dark clouds in John's case and frost in Jade's). The trolls' planets mostly relate to their interests, but some show a clear connection to their titles.

Doc Scratch implies that every session will have a Hero of Time, and if the breeding duties are indeed linked to the Hero of Space they would be a constant in the game. Calliope has confirmed that these two aspects are indeed the minimum requirement for every session. The only exception seen is with the post-Scratch kids, who lack both Time and Space players, and as a result lack a frog planet, though this is likely a cosmic consequence of the eventual arrival of the pre-Scratch players, with all their planets in tow, into the post-Scratch session.

There are at least two rare classes referred to as "master classes". One, the Muse, is "the most passive class" and strictly for females. Its counterpart, Lord, is the male master class and the most active class.

It is entirely possible that the number of players in a given session will determine what titles the game can and will assign. It appears games with four or more eliminates the chance to receive master classes, which may serve the purpose of fulfilling multiple roles in under-populated games.

Character titles and related data Edit

Mythological Roles

	Time	Space	Void	Light	Mind	Heart	Rage	Hope	Doom	Life	Blood	Breath
Rogue			Roxy			Nepeta						Rufioh
Thief				Vriska						Meenah
Heir			Equius						Mituna			John
Maid	Aradia	Porrim								Jane
Page			Horuss					Jake				Tavros
Knight	Dave				Latula						Karkat
Seer				Rose	Terezi						Kankri
Mage						Meulin			Sollux
Sylph		Kanaya		Aranea
Witch	Damara	Jade								Feferi
Bard							Gamzee	Cronus
Prince						Dirk	Kurloz	Eridan
Muse		Calliope
Lord	Caliborn

HumansEdit

Name	Title	Planet and denizen	Powers and role
John	Heir of Breath	Land of Wind and Shade	Able to control the wind and create tornados, affinity with the Breeze Supplied with items and challenges meant to aid his maturation Able to turn himself into wind
		Typheus
Rose	Seer of Light	Land of Light and Rain	Able to see into Magic Cue Balls Complete knowledge of fortune and the Most Fortuitous Path Had her intended role inverted by external influences for some time of the session
		Cetus
Dave	Knight of Time	Land of Heat and Clockwork	Time shenanigans Planet has Beat Mesa Uses time as a weapon (Caledscratch, time-travel assisted self-cloning) Can intuitively complete stable time loops Assisting the Hero of Space with frog breeding (?)
		Hephaestus
Jade	Witch of Space	Land of Frost and Frogs	Frog breeding, Forge stoking and preemptive dream self awakening Manipulation of objects' size and momentum (First Guardian powers inherited from Bec by way of Jadesprite)
		Echidna
Jane	Maid of Life	Land of Crypts and Helium	Healing abilities, at least of wounds on self Creation of life (in the shape of forests) during Trickster Mode
		Hemera
Jake	Page of Hope	Land of Mounds and Xenon	One who uses the raw power of Hope Nearly powerless to start, but has an exponential growth of power later on (Created a brain-image-duplicate of Dirk that could only be seen/smelled by himself and the Seer of Mind.)
		Abraxas
Roxy	Rogue of Void	Land of Pyramids and Neon	Blacking out the entire session from external viewers Going into dream bubbles through sleepwalking into the void on Derse Able to use the powers granted to carapaces by the Ring of Void Knack for confusing others
		Nyx
Dirk	Prince of Heart	Land of Tombs and Krypton	"[...] one who destroys heart/soul, or caUses destrUction throUgh heart/soul [...]" Simultaneously conscious as both real and dream selves, with additional personalities as the Auto Responder and within Jake's dreamscape after Jake has woken Personality unaffected by Trickster Mode Killed Hearts Boxcars
		Yaldabaoth

TrollsEdit

Name	Title	Planet and denizen	Powers and role
Aradia	Maid of Time	Land of Quartz and Melody	Time shenanigans Planet has version of Cardinal Movement? "Housekeeping"- cleaning up loops and preventing alternate timelines
Tavros	Page of Breath	Land of Sand and Zephyr	Control over the wind (potentially) Possibly using air for revival: "breathing life" into a person
Sollux	Mage of Doom	Land of Brains and Fire	Prophetic visions involving utter ruin, failure, and death. Doomed to die many times, and has overcome death on more than one occasion (thanks to two dream selves and his "half-ghost" form)
Karkat	Knight of Blood	Land of Pulse and Haze	Being able to form alliances, as in "blood brothers" (such as with Spades Slick and Gamzee) (?) Assisting the Hero of Space with frog breeding (?) Mutant Candy Red blood colour
Nepeta	Rogue of Heart	Land of Little Cubes and Tea	Theft of heart or soul, to the benefits of others.
Kanaya	Sylph of Space	Land of Rays and Frogs	Frog breeding, Forge stoking Preemptive dream self awakening
		Echidna
Terezi	Seer of Mind	Land of Thought and Flow	Skilled at manipulating others through mind games Can literally envision the results of people's decisions as a sprawling path of alternative possibilities Is able to sense the presence of and converse with Jake's mental projection of Dirk Coordinating battle tactics by examining possible outcomes
Vriska	Thief of Light	Land of Maps and Treasure	Theft of luck for her own advantage
		Cetus
Equius	Heir of Void	Land of Caves and Silence	Resistance against scrying and omniscient beings
Gamzee	Bard of Rage	Land of Tents and Mirth	Augmented attack power and berserker rage (?) "One who allows rage to be destroyed, or invites destruction through rage"
Eridan	Prince of Hope	Land of Wrath and Angels	Destruction of hope (such as the Matriorb) Able to channel his aspect with his belief (or hope) in the truth of science
Feferi	Witch of Life	Land of Dew and Glass	Able to heal others' injuries (such as WV's) "brings the past back to life" and saves ghosts from total oblivion by establishing dream bubbles (natural longevity, presumably due to blood color) Likes to nurture sea creatures, wants to end the killing of weak trolls
Damara	Witch of Time	Land of ??? and ???	Time shenanigans Planet has Cardinal Movement Uses time to sabotage her team
Rufioh	Rogue of Breath	Land of ??? and ???	Theft of "breath" for the benefit of others Has wings
Mituna	Heir of Doom	Land of ??? and ???	Prophetic visions involving bleak futures, doom and destruction.
Kankri	Seer of Blood	Land of ??? and ???	Post-Scratch self able to see some of his pre-Scratch life.
Meulin	Mage of Heart	Land of ??? and ???	"An ardent disciple of the romantic sciences" Talented matchmaker
Porrim	Maid of Space	Land of ??? and Frogs	Frog breeding, Forge stoking Preemptive dream self awakening
		Hinted to be Echidna
Latula	Knight of Mind	Land of ??? and ???	Assisting the Hero of Space with frog breeding (?) exploiting "mind" as a weapon
Aranea	Sylph of Light	Land of ??? and ???	Healing eyes Helping others see themselves clearly for emotional healing
Horuss	Page of Void	Land of ??? and ???	"All of his proficiencies were hard won, built from the blank slate as his aspect would imply, advancing at the slow pace his class would as well." Always ignored despite his accomplishments
Kurloz	Prince of Rage	Land of ??? and ???	"one who destroys rage, or causes destruction through rage"
Cronus	Bard of Hope	Land of ??? and ???	"One who allows hope to be destroyed, or invites destruction through hope"
Meenah	Thief of Life	Land of ??? and ???	"Steals" lives of her coplayers in order to survive the Scratch. (natural longevity, presumably due to blood color)

CherubsEdit

Name	Title	Planet and denizen	Powers and role
Calliope	Muse of Space	N/A	Frog breeding and Forge stoking, hypothetically Preemptive dream self awakening (until she was assassinated) Inspires with her aspect (?)
		N/A
Caliborn	Lord of Time	Multiple planets	Time shenanigans Always "already here" Temporal inevitability always seems to be in his favor Planet has Scratch construct (?)
		Yaldabaoth

SpeculationEdit

• In one of Karkat's memos, Kanaya speculates that Skaia assigns titles to players to challenge them, rather than to suit their strengths.
  • This would certainly explain some of the apparent inversions, such as Rose being the Seer of Light despite her fascination with darkness and horror, and Jade's title as the Witch of Space despite her life never leaving her small island. However, this theory should be taken with a grain of salt, considering that the titles of a lot of the players match them perfectly.
• It could be speculated that players are meant to "grow into" their roles; that is, when they first begin the session their title and its duties force them outside their comfort zone and seem very unsuited, but a fully realized Hero has matured into the role the game has assigned them.
• It is hinted that Calliope's power as the Muse of Space may be the power to physically influence all that she imagines in the form of fanfics and artwork.

TriviaEdit

• According to Andrew Hussie, other characters have also assumed these titles, or will when they ascend to god tier:
  • Nicolas Cage is the Nick of Time.
  • FedoraFreak is the Gent of Piss.
  • Hussie is(n't) the Huss of Lips.
    • Hussie does indeed have a Hero of Space outfit, but he has stated that it was just a cosplay, and while many fans had been calling the god tier Waste of Space, the class name was never actually revealed.
• In Problem Sleuth, Problem Sleuth obtains the title Champion of Pulchritude by saving a universe. It is the only known "mythological role" outside of Homestuck.
• Discounting the trollsprites, when B1 kids and the remaining A2 trolls arrive in the B2 session, the session will have one Hero for almost all the aspects, with the exception of Space and Doom, with Space having two (Jade and Kanaya) and Doom having none.
• It could be that the title of Lrd English is related to Caliborn's Echeladder, as it bears a similitude with John's final non-God Tier rung, Heir Transparent.
• Muse of Space almost literally translates to "fondly regard creation".
• Fitting the common theme of playing cards in Homestuck, a player's aspect could be analogous to a card's suit, and his or her class could be analagous to its rank, based on the format of cards' names and players' titles. (ex: Prince of Heart, Jack of Hearts).