#greenestuck

((Individual portraits to be posted at a later date alongside explanations for previously mentioned headcanons :3 ))

Woe the strilonde betakids be upon ye

have some harleyberts to match the dave and rose i did a lil bit ago

Here's Eridan! ^_^ While I admit he may be my least favorite out of the twelve, I by no means dislike him. I just don't think he got enough characterization for me to click like I did with some of the others!! (And I'm a major sollux fan so I am admittedly biased) Regardless, he's one of the two reps for seadweller society and I greatly appreciate him for being the same caste as me, hehehe

I think I mentioned this before, on Feferi's page, but trolls have external gills located on the sides of their head, similar to some species of salamander. These gills allow them to breathe when submerged in water, but have the downside of requiring a seadwelling troll to remain properly moistened in order for their gills not to dry out. This doesn't have to be water, though; sopor does the job just fine. Landdwelling trolls do have gills, too, but they are vestigial and have no connection to the respiratory system. Sweeps of eugenics and genetic tampering have reduced them to decorative features in any troll purple or lower.

Trolls also typically have, when compared to humans, irregularly shaped nose bridges, usually with some kind of "bump" or "jut". This creates a much larger nasal cavity than a "flat humanoid" face would usually allow for, giving trolls a particularly developed sense of smell. They use this both for hunting (or they did before food became a sold commodity) and for social interaction, pheromones playing an important role during the grub stage as well as during consensual pailing (as opposed to the Empire's mandatory pailing processes, which often rely purely on the physical stimulus involved due to a lack of "want" for the action). These pheromones are naturally secreted by the troll through the seams of their chitin, and alert other trolls to any intense emotions of fear, anger, or ecstacy.

The mouth is a particularly refined piece for the troll. It is wide with an exceptional range of motion in the jaw area, allowing the troll to open their mouth significantly. Their teeth, orange due to their being made of the second layer of chitin, are designed for cracking open the tough shells of the large insects and crustaceans which call Alternia home, as well as holding them in place. Their tongues are comprised of two parts: the inner tongue, which is long and barbed to draw insects' flesh out of the punctures made by the teeth, and an outer "case", a soft shell of grey chitin that keeps the inner tongue from hurting the inside of the mouth.

The troll also has two mandibles on either side of the mouth which contain a specific venom. Trolls will bite down on an insect with their teeth to keep it in place, and use their mandibles to inject the venom. It causes paralysis in non-troll creatures, which allows the troll to slurp up the insides of the insect with their long and thin tongue. This same venom, however, when used from one troll to another, works as an aphrodesiac. During pailing trolls will often bite each other to get each other 'in the mood,' so to speak. The venom usually gets stronger at this point, though, as it's flooded with hormones due to the matesprity- or kismesisy- feelings the troll may have.

As with Fef, we have a labelled diagram! 1: The external gills. You can see on closer inspection the individual "branches" of the gills. 2: Sinuses. Trolls have sinuses because Tavros is canonically allergic to cats. 3: Big fuckin bump in the nose. As mentioned before, this lets them have a large nasal cavity despite having a humanoid "flat face." Large noses are typically considered attractive on Alternia, though of course beauty norms vary by region. 4: Nasal cavity. Lots and lots of room for sniffing and smelling. 5: Nostrils. Trolls breathe air, whether they're seadwellers or not, and they need a way to intake it. Nostrils are the best bet for such a large creature to maintain a feasible oxygen level. 6: Outer tongue. Flexible grey chitin with a hole at the tip to allow the inner tongue to exit. 7: Inner tongue. It's lined with backward-facing barbs to hook onto the soft flesh of a troll's prey. It retracts when the troll is not eating, or when they are eating food that doesn't really need that. 8: Esophagus. This where the food go. In humans it's often reversed, with the trachea being larger, but trolls aren't good at chewing they haven't even got bottom teeth they need a big ass throat. 9: Trachea. Where air goes. 10: The tunnel connecting the gill to the trachea. Sealed when gills aren't in use. 11: Teeth. The front tooth is double-pointed to apply pressure and crack open shells. The others are less fused together but apply the same concept. 12: Mandibles. Inside is the venom that acts as a paralytic to prey and an aphrodesiac to fellow trolls.