Aradia Megido
Aliases: none
Gender: Female
Pronouns: She/her
Birthday: March 26
First appeared: August 2012
Relationship Status: Single
Canon: Homestuck
Species: Troll
Leadership positions: None
Guild Membership: Magicians
Brief Overview
Aradia is a member of the Starfall Collective. She is a Troll, enjoys TTRPGs and LARP, and has a somewhat morbid sense of humor. She prefers to think of herself as a soul coming from another universe, as opposed to being psychologically-made.
Early Life
Aradia grew up on Alternia, her species' home planet. By the time of her birth, no adults lived on the planet. (see species index on trolls for more info on their life cycle.) She grew up relatively isolated as the lowest member of the blood-based caste, the hemospectrum. As a consequence of her place on the hemospectrum her life was considered far less valuable than those of the upper ranks.
She had an affinity for ghosts from a young age, and although she feared them at first, they became a normal part of her life. She grew up talking to other young trolls online, making friends and eventually forming a LARP group with several of them. She developed a close relationship with a young troll named Sollux Captor. She also had an interest in adventuring and archaeologist.
When she was around 12 earth years of age, she witnessed her LARP friend Tavros have an accident caused by Vriska Serket that paralyzed him from the waist down. Tavros, also being very low on the hemospectrum and living in a very darwinian social culture, was likely going to be culled when he reached adulthood for his disability. In revenge for this, Aradia sent ghosts to haunt Vriska, and in retaliation for that, Vriska set in motion a series of events that would kill Aradia at the hands of an unwilling Sollux Captor.
Aradia existed as a ghost after that, often feeling very emotionless and flat. She was still able to communicate with her friends via internet, somehow. She also discovered Sgrub, a 'game', in a hidden temple, which she decoded, and helped her friends through playing it. (for more, see the plot of Homestuck. We will not be recapping...all of that.)
Eventually Aradia is revived in a flesh body, and becomes an in-game archetype known as the Witch of Time, which grants her time powers.
System Life
Aradia is a cheerful presence who enjoys socializing with other members of the collective and those outside of it. She is highly motivated and interested in gaming. She keeps her hair short these days.