#speciesswap

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infodump time. OKAY so of course swapping the Condesce for a human is insanity. Unlike many other characters, she also affects the *world*. Without her, who runs Alternia anymore?

... Nanna. Yeah, let's say it's Nanna. I kind of want to lean into the fact that the swap affects the entire species dynamic between humans and trolls, I think it's cool. We're also working in a single universe instead of restructuring the plot involving SBURB!

I decided that for this AU the baroness of Crockercorp has effectively become the corporate empress of Earth. She took humanity to the stars and now all spaceships have Crocker logos on them and they are attempting to conquer the Alternian homeworld to acquisition the resources of a very old society, colonize the trolls and become a PROPER hypercapitalist space empire. (Avatar style)

While this troll empire is less militant than the Alternian one, this still isn't easy. There's a level of diplomacy involved, not outright war but subterfuge, which is how Betty meets The Coronel.

The Coronel is one of the oldest highbloods still left alive, so old his hair has gone white. He is the Hierophant of a religion he himself founded, with the The Daunting text of Practical Japery and Magical Frivolity as its holy script. Gamzee's religion is one of the denominations/obscure cults within this larger faith, centered around concepts of moral karma, absurdism, magical miracles and messiahs. One of his titles is Honkifex- this is a Psycholonials reference because of all the fun overlap with Jubilitism. He is one step above the Grand Highblood in authority and is basically the troll pope. I made his name Coronel to distinguish from Colonel. The first spelling has older roots in Spanish!

Trivia: He's 12 feet tall as a reference to Mark Twain! That pseudonym refers to the second mark while fishing, which is a depth of 12 feet in the water.

More Trivia: His sign is Capricorn rotated 90°. This is because it kind of spells out 'cS', his initials. You can also find his initials in the shape of his horns!

While he was once the most devout Pranksterist alive, the Coronel now thinks it's all a bunch of claptrap. His Ultimate Prank is making a world follow a doctrine he doesn't even believe in! He finds this situation hilarious, and barely cares about his job but he's keeping up the ruse to push the institution further into absurdity. The worst thing that came with age was boredom and apathy.

Much like my version of Colonel Sassacre, the Coronel is a traitor to his species. He may be a big intimidating troll, but he's no less a wifeguy for his wonderful alien ladylove. He instantly falls in love with Betty and her wicked wiles, and together they destroy and dismantle the trolls internal defenses.