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The agents of Derse and Prospit and the royalty of those planets.
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* [[Adult Child]]: The higher you go up the castes, the more mature they seem. Jack Noir acts like a teenager, the Courtyard Droll and Wayward Vagabond act like young children, and the Royalty of each planet act more or less like adults.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: Of chess pieces. Averted with some other pieces, like rooks and bishops, which exclusively appear on the Battlefield and seem much more monstrous than other carapaces.
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* [[Sidequest Sidestory]]: Most Carapaces are irrelevant to the game, but nonetheless are sentient and can interact with the players, and have their own stories going on. However, two Dersites in particular are ways to eliminate the final bosses, avoiding direct combat. These sidequests are only triggered under unknown circumstances, apparently when the resentment of the Royalty by the two becomes unbearable, and may not occur in a session.
** Jack Noir (and to a lesser extent the Archagents under him) functions as backdoor means to eliminate the Black Queen due to his ambitions. In both the Pre-Scratch Human session and the Post-Scratch Troll's session, he eliminated the Black Queen through direct power grab and a coup d'etat, respectively.
** WV also serves as a backdoor means of eliminating the Black King. According to [[Word of God]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309193653/http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40585720/Combined_Formspring_Web_Aug-28-2011.htm#andrewhussie898002954 there is always a rebellious soldier] in every session. Seems to also be [[That One Sidequest]] in that it's far more difficult to interact with him on Skaia, while Jack Noir actively seeks out players. At any rate, he hasn't pulled it off in either session shown so far.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Odd usage. Carapaces clearly can speak and have done so in commands, narration, and game sequences, but nonetheless they never speak in chat logs.
* [[You All Look Familiar]]: Generic pawns look completely identical. Non-combat pawns vary more in their appearance.
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** Another echo between (a) the end of the Midnight Crew intermission when Spades Slick poses over the bar scanner with one gouged eye, a missing arms, and a pattern of red laser light on his head and (b) the end of "[S] Jack: Ascend," when Jack is in the same pose after putting on the ring with blood splattered on his forehead.
* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: The same bloodied hand above is featured in a cut in "[S] Cascade" from when his hands are covered in the blood Jade's killer to when he enters the Troll session right after having rammed his fist through WV.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Not the Ballad of Jack Noir, but rather [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922124122/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-negrocity Liquid Negrocity]/[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083227/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-2 Black].
* [[Klingon Promotion]]
* [[Lonely
* [[Knife Nut]]: "Here, stick this in your pipe [[Metaphorgotten|and bleed to death slowly.]]"
* [[Marathon Boss]]: His duel with PM has been going on for ''a year'' in-universe. It may be an inversion; Jack himself is still scared shitless and it's PM who's pressing the fight.
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* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: Becomes synonymous with [[It Got Worse|everything going straight to hell.]]
* [[The Starscream]]: All instances of Skaia have a Jack Noir, who will usually contact the players somehow and help them execute a plan to [[Skippable Boss|exile the Black Queen before they have to fight her]]. The Kids' Jack Noir is [[Off the Rails|a freak case]] in that getting Liv Tyler/The Robo-Bunny allowed him to go after the Queen without the players' help, thus his ascension to [[Big Bad]].
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Licorice Scottie Dogs. Both the Troll & Alpha versions of Noir have been seen hording them, though it never came into the story for the main Beta version.
* [[Up to Eleven]]: Does this almost literally when he changes from being a metaphorical Jack of Spades (10) to an Ace (11) when he steals the ring.
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This time, he's taking a... [[Hero-Killer|slightly more direct approach]] in fueling the Prospit-Derse war.
* [[Axe Crazy]]: First thing he does when given some knives in prison? Kill everyone he can reach.
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006501 Somewhat injured] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826062148/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006500 a head injury.]
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: This version of Jack is already fully aware the success or failure of Derse rests solely on the heroes and their actions. So what does he do? Plans on killing them before they even enter the game, severely reducing their chances of winning.
* [[Disappointed in You]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006794 After opening a pumpkin from Courtyard Droll,] Jack's eyes adjust slightly to convey this [[Dull Surprise]] emotion toward how CD screwed up.
* [[The Dragon]]: To the Alpha Black Queen, aka the Condesce.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He admits that dedicated people deserve a proper funeral. Well, at least as proper as he could make it.
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Not Jack Noir himself, but [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826062148/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006500 his sword] thanks to [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: While still being his usual [[Ax Crazy]] self, he apparently has enough technological skill to rewire his prison cell's Sendificator to transport to a specific new location.
* [[Hero-Killer]]: Much like his Beta counterpart. He kills Jane's dreamself before the game even begins. Dirk says they'll have to take him down first to stand a chance of winning.
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* [[Stealth Expert]]: Among the people and environment of Prospit he sticks out like a sore thumb, so he must have this going for him in order to be able to successfully infiltrate Jane and Jake's towers completely undetected. Then again, Prospitians and Dersites have been seen going to each others' planets without any trouble.
** You'd think the Prospitans would recognize the Archagent of Derse if he showed up in public, so he HAS to be this.
* [[Tap on the Head]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826062148/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006500 Courtesy of the Alpha White Queen.]
* [[Visual Pun]]: After being knocked out by the White Queen, Jack awakens in a jail cell. [[Chess Motifs|He has been captured]].
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=== Courtyard Droll ===
An Agent of Derse, in the service of Jack Noir. He tries to do important tasks involving stealth and theft, but he's [[Minion with an F In Evil|not really all that good at what he does]].
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* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005568 You are so impressed, you forget what you are supposed to be doing.]
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He isn't sure killing the heroes before the war begins is a good idea. Despite this, he still goes through with killing Jake's dreamself by feeding him peanuts.
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Much like his Beta counterpart, he seems to be able to sneak around no matter how ridiculous he looks. He infiltrated Prospit and set up bombs throughout Jane's tower while wearing '''[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006303 this]'''.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: His "you're welcome" embosser is based on a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008045430/http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/22208186938/softowl-ipgd-softowl-derples-a-little real embosser that Hussie made] of the infamous memetic picture of him.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Continues to love ridiculous headgear. In fact, her indifference to it is part of why he likes the new boss. The other part is her ridiculously long hair, which he confuses for this trope.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: As with his other versions, he's got a body count despite being a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
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* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]: Her outfit is more modest than the Black Queen's.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Her iteration in the Troll Session is never mentioned, which is odd considering the Beta Kid's iteration was full of schemes.
==== Alpha White Queen ====
Alpha Prospit's queen, who was rather unimpressed to find Jack trying to murder Jane again.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]] / [[Dynamic Entry]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006500 Her debut].
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: WQ reminds us that a [[Staff of Authority]] is still a ''weapon''.
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=== White King ===
The King of Prospit, who wages war against Derse on the Battlefield at the heart of Skaia. He wields [[Requisite Royal Regalia|a scepter]] which confers upon him increased size and the prototyped aspects of the players' sprites when they enter the medium; the army of Derse seeks this scepter and, when captured, will use it to start the Reckoning, leaving the players just twenty-four hours to defeat the Black King, stop the Reckoning and win the game. The version from the kids' session later hides inside the time capsule in the Frog Temple to survive and become the Writ Keeper on the future Earth.
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* [[Abdicate the Throne]]
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