﹒ 𖧧　𓏼　"KANAYA MARYAM"   ⌣   ♍  .

Kanaya is a troll - an alien species from the planet of "Alternia" trolls have a blood caste system, in which every troll is ranked and treated differently according to their blood color. (Where there are 'highbloods' and 'lowbloods') Kanaya is a jade blood, which makes her a middleblood.

Trolls are a species which reproduces asexually, which means all trolls are effectively bisexual and have no concept of sexual orientation. Normal troll reproduction involves ejaculating onto a bucket (Troll ejaculation is referred to as 'genetic material') which gets taken away and mixed in the 'Mother grub', an alien larva that gives birth to all trolls. All trolls have the same genitals and they don't have a concept of sexes

Hemospectrum: There are 12 blood colours in total in the hemospectrum and each different colour is labeled by caste, low bloods at the bottom of the system whilst highbloods stay on top. Fuchsia and Violet belong to the sea dweller caste separate from land dwelling trolls. Violet blood & Purple blood while simular in hue are not the same. Low blood castes include: Rust, Bronze and Gold blood. Mid-tier blood castes include: Olive, Jade, Teal and Cerulean Blood. Highblood Caste: Indigo and Purple, the highest land dwelling castes. Sea Dweller trolls: Fushsia and Violet, an alternate highblood caste branch. Alternia enforced a brutal system of infighting, genocide and classist eugenics. Lime bloods are an artificially 'extinct' caste of lowblood trolls, karkat albeit a mutant is the last technical limeblood left. The empress of trollkind genetically altered the mother grub's dna to stop producing lime blooded trolls billions of sweeps ago, karkat is a special case. Limebloods, before they went extinct, were masters of the quadrant system and possessed powerful soothing powers, they were the mediators of the violent troll race. Highbloods are naturally aggressive, proud and territorial which often leads to them killing lowbloods for sport.

Trolls use of four main quadrants to define their most significant relationships, Matesprite, kissmesis, auspicticis and moirail. Quadrants are the four different types of romance and closeness recognized by trolls. Trolls on Alternia were conditioned to strive for a mate and a kismesis, the two romantic quadrents. The quadrants primarily exist to facilitate the complicated reproduction of trolls. having a stable matesprit and kismesis is a matter of life and death for trolls on alternia. Trolls must have filled their fillial pail to offer the mother grub by the time they turn 20 or they will be culled/killed by the drones. A filial pail is a bucket that is intended to be filled in troll cum from at least 3 parties, your kismesis and your mate as well as the owners. Buckets are a sensitive and taboo subject for most trolls, bringing them up is seen as embarrassing and too obvious. Trolls do not differentiate by gender when it comes to their relationships and the very idea is foreign to them. Moirails is the troll term for a best friend or platonic soulmate, this is not a romantic quadrant but is often employed to calm rowdy or dangerous trolls down. Moirails do a thing called shooshpapping or just pap, they will lightly smack or stroke their moirail who needs calming, for most trolls it is just a cultural thing but karkat is exceptionally good at it for some reason. The four quadrants can also be referred to as red romance, black romance, pale 'romance' and ashen respectively. Scent is extremely important for trolls, many deciding to rub or nuzzle close friends and lovers in their own distinctive scent or pheromones. Karkat is a self-proclaimed expert in troll romance. Auspicticis became a thing after limebloods went extinct, it is a mediation quadrant meant to placate other trolls/people who are taking things too far or spiraling out of control like a toxic kismesis relationship. Kismesis is a romantic quadrant that hinges on hatred and rivalry between two trolls, a healthy kismesis doesn't actually wish significant harm or death on their rival, and they also have strong sexual and romantic feelings towards eachother. A matesprit is the closest thing to human sexual and romantic attraction. And a moiral is someone who brings you peace, comfort and being more than best friends, but still platonic

Trolls court eachother with gifts, piles, and mark eachother with biting and scent. Matesprit piles are with soft, fluffy, comfortable things, or things of the matepsrit's. Moirails make each other piles out of things the other likes. Kismeses make piles out of things their kismesis hate.