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Each player in Sburb (including pre- or post-Scratch versions of players, due to ectobiology) has a mythological role (commonly called a classpect by fans) 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). All classes and aspects have single-syllable names.

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. Calliope states, "there are passive (+) and active (-) classes. some more strongly passive or active than others.HS" This can mean multiple things but is roughly described as the active classes employing or affecting their aspect directly and for their own gain, and the passive classes being affected by their aspect, and sharing their actions with the team. In short, aspects describe what a player would have influence over and classes describe how their power manifests itself.

Do note though that literal interpretation of the classes' names can be misleading, e.g. "Prince" actually means "destroyer". Similarly, aspects' names can be translated both literally and metaphorically, for example "Light" can translate to "fortune" as well as literal light.

Additional Details and Rules[]

Players 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. For example, a Sylph of Life who Heals Life could have very similar abilities to a Prince of Doom who Destroys Doom.

Players may also develop abilities contrary to their role if they are heavily resistant to their trUe calling. or, if corrUpted in some way by an oUtside inflUence.HS Rose Lalonde is the most prominent and extreme exampleHS of this. Other examples can be constructed, but remain speculative due to exposition on the class and aspect system being sporadic.

The terms "HeroHS" or "Player" can be used in lieu of the class when the speaker wishes to be generic, e.g.: 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, although this may be a unique trait of the Alpha kids session.

Sburb may design planets with the titles in mind. For the Beta 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), and for the Alpha kids one part is a Noble gas and the other is a type of grave. The trolls' planets mostly relate to their interests, but some show a clear connection to their titles.

Doc Scratch implies that every successful session will have a Hero of Time, so as to provide access to a scratch construct should the players irreparably fail, and a Hero of Space because their amphibian ectobreeding duties are necessary for victory. Calliope has confirmed that these two aspects are indeed the minimum requirement for a session to not inherently be a Null session or worse. The only exception seen is potentially with the post-scratch kids, who, though they lack both Time and Space players and as a result lack a frog planet or scratch construct, through cosmic consequence their session anticipates the arrival of their pre-scratch players, with all their planets in tow, creating an effective 8 player session that does include a Space and Time player.

There are at least two rare classes referred to as "master classes". One, the Muse, is "the most passive class". Its counterpart, Lord, is the most active class. Calliope states that these classes are gendered but the idea of gendered classes has been suggested to be untrue by Hussie on Twitter.

Character titles and related data[]

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

Key:

  • A light gray background indicates a passive class.
  • A dark gray background indicates an active class.
  • A purple background indicates a Derse dreamer.
  • A yellow background indicates a Prospit dreamer.
  • A gradated background indicates two dream selves.

Humans[]

Name Title Planet and denizen Powers and role
John Egbert Heir of Breath

Breath Aspect transparent

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 the wind
  • Friendliness and natural leadership ability though such kindness
  • Able to modify the alpha timeline using Retcon mechanics
Typheus
Rose Lalonde Seer of Light

Light Aspect transparent

Land of Light and Rain
  • Able to see into magic cue balls
  • Complete knowledge of fortune and the Most Fortuitous Path
Cetus
Dave Strider Knight of Time

Time Aspect transparent

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 and sense alterations to the timelineHS
  • Mental time travel through a single timeline or from one to another in conjunction with a Hero of Mind
  • Capable of rewinding objects to a prior state or fastfowarding them to a future one with or without the help of a Hero of Space
  • Assisting the Hero of Space with frog breeding (?)
Hephaestus
Jade Harley Witch of Space

Space Aspect transparent

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 (although these are not directly a result of her role, they largely deal with portals and teleportation, which still fit into the theme of space)
Echidna
Jane Crocker Maid of Life

Life Aspect transparent

Land of Crypts and Helium
  • Resurrecting the dead (can only be done once per individualHS; she appears to have been able to auto-reviveHS when killed, and this is presumably not an exception to the "once per individual" rule)
  • Creation of life (in the shape of forests) during Trickster Mode
Hemera
Jake English Page of Hope

Hope Aspect transparent

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
  • Vaguely described the ability to make things real via HopeHS. Possibly alluded to earlier hereHS. Suppresses the "fakeness attribute" of imaginary things, making them temporarily real for as long as the effort is actively placed into making them real.
  • Can generate a "Hope Field"HS strong enough to overpower and knock out a completely powered up half-sprite god tiered first guardian.
Abraxas
Roxy Lalonde Rogue of Void

Void Aspect transparent

Land of Pyramids and Neon
  • Blacking out the entire session from external viewers
  • Going into dream bubbles by sleepwalking through the void of the Furthest Ring
  • Able to use the powers granted to carapaces by the Ring of Void. LaterHS (notably, post-ascension) uses these abilities without the ring equipped.
  • A knack for confusing others
  • Stealing the abstraction of nothingness from concepts, thus making them "not nothing" i.e. creating objects out of thin air, and doing the same to enable mute characters to speak
  • Apparently able to redistribute Void to existing objects as a form of proxy teleportation, as displayed in [S] GAME OVER.HS, and again later after she revived CalliopeHSHSHS
Nix
Dirk Strider Prince of Heart

Heart Aspect transparent

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
  • Able to rip the soul out of a person's body to destroy or banish it.*
  • Personality unaffected by Trickster Mode
Yaldabaoth

Trolls[]

Name Title Planet and denizen Powers and role
Aradia Megido Maid of Time

Time Aspect transparent

Land of Quartz and Melody
  • Time shenanigans
  • Planet has version of Cardinal Movement?
  • "Housekeeping"- cleaning up loops and preventing alternate timelines
 
Tavros Nitram Page of Breath

Breath Aspect transparent

Land of Sand and Zephyr
  • Control over the wind (potentially)
  • Nearly powerless to start, but has the potential for an exponential growth of power later on
  • Possibly using air for revival: "breathing life" into a person
  • Friendliness and charisma sufficient to gather an entire army against Lord English through words alone
 
Sollux Captor Mage of Doom

Doom Aspect transparent

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 Vantas Knight of Blood

Blood Aspect transparent

Land of Pulse and Haze
  • Being able to form alliances, as in "blood brothers" (such as with Spades Slick and Gamzee) (?)
  • Naturally skilled at leadership.
  • Assisting the Hero of Space with frog breeding (?)
  • Mutant Candy Red blood color
 
Nepeta Leijon Rogue of Heart

Heart Aspect transparent

Land of Little Cubes and Tea
  • Took Davesprites identity with her own for his benefit as Nepetasprite HS
  • Theft of heart or soul, to the benefits of others
 
Kanaya Maryam Sylph of Space

Space Aspect transparent

Land of Rays and Frogs
  • Primary way of finishing off foes is cutting them in half, creating space in the middle of their bodies.
Echidna
Terezi Pyrope Seer of Mind

Mind Aspect transparent

Land of Thought and Flow
  • Skilled at manipulating others through mind games
  • Can learn the result of peoples decisions with 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
  • Using memories and associated keywords as homing beacons for John to warp to
  • Is able to peer into the memories of deceased instances of herself from doomed timelines and possibly the memories of players from the same timeline
  • Mental time travel through a single timeline or from one to another in conjunction with a Hero of Time
 
Vriska Serket Thief of Light

Light Aspect transparent

Land of Maps and Treasure
  • A tendency to hog the spotlight
  • Theft of luck for her own advantage
  • Blinds Terezi, "stealing" her light
Cetus
Equius Zahhak Heir of Void

Void Aspect transparent

Land of Caves and Silence
  • Resistance against scrying and omniscient beings
  • Blood used to obscure references to an indestructible demon in Calliope's tome
 
Gamzee Makara Bard of Rage

Rage Aspect transparent

Land of Tents and Mirth
  • Berserker rage
  • Dealt massive blow to the Black King, possibly greater than Vriska's finishing blow.
  • "One who allows rage to be destroyed, or invites destruction through rage"
 
Eridan Ampora Prince of Hope

Hope Aspect transparent

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, and apply it to destructive ends
  • Manifestation of hope as destructive bolts of "pure hope" through a conduit
 
Feferi Peixes Witch of Life

Life Aspect transparent

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)
 
Damara Megido Witch of Time

Time Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Time shenanigans
  • Planet has Cardinal Movement
  • Uses time to sabotage her team
 
Rufioh Nitram Rogue of Breath

Breath Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Theft of "breath" for the benefit of others
  • Naturally has wings due to a mutation, allowing flight
  • Post-scratch self lead a revolution against the highbloods in the name of freedom for those lower on the hemospectrum
 
Mituna Captor Heir of Doom

Doom Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Prophetic visions involving bleak futures, doom, and destruction
  • "Inherits doom" in taking severe and permanent damage to save his team
 
Kankri Vantas Seer of Blood

Blood Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Post-scratch self able to see some of his pre-scratch life, and became the leader of a revolution involving the classist nature of Alternian society
 
Meulin Leijon Mage of Heart

Heart Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • An ardent disciple of the romantic sciences
  • Quite talented matchmaker
 
Porrim Maryam Maid of Space

Space Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and Frogs
Hinted to be Echidna
Latula Pyrope Knight of Mind

Mind Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Says she has an understanding of karma due to being a mind player in Openbound.
 
Aranea Serket Sylph of Light

Light Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • Heals Terezi's eyes.
  • "Heals" Jake's emotional struggles allowing him to unlock his full potential as a Page of Hope instantaneously.
  • SpeculatesHS that her powers should allow her to sustain and repair a doomed timeline, allowing it to eventually usurp the alpha timeline
 
Horuss Zahhak Page of Void

Void Aspect transparent

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 Makara Prince of Rage

Rage Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • "One who destroys rage, or causes destruction through rage"
  • Shown to be able to control the mind of Meulin (though this power could come from chucklevoodoos.)
 
Cronus Ampora Bard of Hope

Hope Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • "One who allows hope to be destroyed, or invites destruction through hope"
  • Conned into a date by Hussie for the sole purpose of abducting his lusus, sending him into despair
 
Meenah Peixes Thief of Life

Life Aspect transparent

Land of ??? and ???
  • "Steals" lives of her coplayers in order to survive the scratch as ghosts.
  • Natural longevity (presumably due to blood color, which can be extended to others by her touch, such as the Helmsman)
  • Post-scratch self attempts to "steal" the Matriorb from the void to give her species another chance at life
  • Inherent desire to kill Feferi because of their blood colours and to steal the Ring of Life
 

Cherubs[]

Name Title Planet and denizen Powers and role
Calliope Muse of Space

Space Aspect transparent

Unknown
  • Frog breeding and Forge stoking, hypothetically
  • Preemptive dream self awakening (until she was assassinated)
  • Inspires with her aspect (?)
  • Creation and manipulation of secluded landscapes inside dream bubbles (?)
  • First guardian-like teleportation - unclear yet if this is a god tier power
  • Ability to create black holes
Echidna
Caliborn Lord of Time

Time Aspect transparent

Land of Colours and Mayhem

(Multiple planets)

  • Time shenanigans
  • Always "already here"
  • Temporal inevitability always seems to be in his favor
  • Is the lord (leader) of a bunch of minions with (mostly) time-based powers
  • Planet has scratch construct (?)
Yaldabaoth

Sprite fusions (speculative)[]

Due to sprites being able to be prototyped with two components and the ability for players to be prototyped, it is therefore possible for two individuals with separate titles to be merged together. The nature of the mythological roles of such fusions is unknown. It is possible the two separate titles continue to exist simultaneously and unaltered in the sprites. Potential alterations include: The two classes and two aspects exist with each other in a way to represent all four title combinations of those classes and aspects simultaneously, or a recombination of the two titles where the class or aspect is swapped to create two new titles, or that only a single class and a single aspect remain.

Name Prototyped players Titles Powers and role
Tavrisprite Tavros Nitram Page of Breath
  • The Vriska half continued to act like a Thief of Light while in the sprite by stealing a copy of Tavros's memories.
  • Being fused with Tavros caused Vriska to gain motivation and direction in the afterlife, which in turn started a series of events that would compel and allow Tavros to utilise his aspect in the form of establishing a much larger and tightly-knit army.
  • The creation of the sprite momentarily stole Jane's breath away.
  • Arguably gave that version of Tavros more relevance
Vriska Serket Thief of Light
Erisolsprite Eridan Ampora Prince of Hope
  • Can not/has not exploded, possibly due to being the "Prince of Doom," meaning he is the destroyer of his own doom.
  • Being prototyped effectively destroyed Sollux's death by also resurrecting his half-dead self
  • Partially responsible for Fefetasprite's death as a result of overwhelmingly conflicting feelings about past relationships
Sollux Captor Mage of Doom
Fefetasprite Feferi Peixes Witch of Life
  • Gave Roxy advice about romance with past life experiences, possibly as "Rogue of Life"
Nepeta Leijon Rogue of Heart
Arquiusprite Equius Zahhak Heir of Void
  • Lil Hal inherited emotions, possibly as "Heir of Heart".
  • Assisted with ripping out Caliborn's soul and banishing it into the void, albeit at the cost of their own
Lil Hal Unclear: None or Prince of Heart
Davepetasprite^2 Dave Strider Knight of Time
  • Can apparently initiate Undertale-style battles, as seen in Collide, presumably as a "Knight of Heart" by fighting with their soul/SOUL, as the SOUL (Heart) in Undertale gives the player the ability to travel back in TIME.
  • Stole time to benefit Jade(?)
Nepeta Leijon Rogue of Heart

Other Fusions[]

Name Components Titles Powers and role
Lord English Caliborn Lord of Time
  • Time travel, ability to always be "already there"
  • Semi-related, able to appear (and disappear) basically anywhere through the abilities granted by the Ring of Void, possibly by being a "Lord of Void." They seemingly have a natural affinity in navigating the Furthest Ring.
  • Used the Handmaid to cause a series of events that would lead to the establishment of Alternia's hemospectrum-based, prejudiced and oppressive society
  • Associated with (and may have inspired) a religion that wreaks havoc and bloodshed, likely in his honor as one of the Mirthful Messiahs
Lil Hal (as half of Arquiusprite) Unclear: None or Prince of Heart
Equius Zahhak (as half of Arquiusprite) Heir of Void
Half of Gamzee Makara Bard of Rage

Speculation[]

  • In one of Karkat's memosHS, 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 and seeing the past, present and futureHS in Skaia's Oracle Clouds. 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 would also explain the post-scratch kid's aspects as DirkHS said it a life player who felt lifeless, a hope player who felt hopeless, and a heart player who was just a stone cold motherfucker. [...] A leader who was invisible to us all along. Fittingly, a void player to lead a void session.
  • 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 thatHS 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.

Trivia[]

  • According to Andrew Hussie, other characters have also assumed these titles:
  • In Problem Sleuth, Problem Sleuth obtains the title Champion of PulchritudePS icon by saving a universe. It is the only known "mythological role" outside of Homestuck.
  • It could be that the title of Lord English is related to Caliborn's echeladder, as it bears a similitude with John's final echeladder rung, Heir Transparent.
  • The title Muse of Space can be parsed as being roughly synonymous with "one who fondly regards creation".
  • Fitting the common theme of playing cards in Homestuck, a player's aspect could be analogous to a card's suit, and their class could be analogous to its rank, based on the format of cards' names and players' titles. (ex: Prince of Heart, Jack of Hearts).
    • It could also be based on how the Legend of Zelda series calls Link the "Hero of Time".
  • All of the post-scratch trolls share their aspect (but not their class) with their pre-scratch counterparts. Notably, this is not true of the human players.
    • This may be due to the fact that Trolls often share close traits with their Ancestors while humans do not.
    • Or the fact that both sets of humans were destined to join into one hybrid session.
  • In Namco High, the Cousin is pseudo-canonically an Heir of Heart.
  • The decision aspect of the Seer of Mind's abilities seems to be based off of the principle of quantum immortality.
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