Karkat Vantas

Karkat Vantas is a character in Homestuck and the titular protagonist of Karkat Goes to a Convention. He was transported to a Homestuck convention through unknown means.

He uses the screen name carcinoGeneticist when using Trollian.

## Biography

Karkat was ectobiologically created in the troll Sgrub session, and was sent through a skaian defense portal to Alternia. There, he was given a Lusus by the followers of the Sufferer, and lived a fairly standard life, despite having to hide his blood color. On his 6th wriggling day, he entered Sgrub along with his 11 friends. They were victorious, but rendered unable to enter their universe and forced to flee to the veil in order to escape Jack Noir. Eventually, the meteor they hid on was transported to the Green Sun, and then sent on a three year long journey to the Alpha Human Sburb session. Midway through this trip, however, Karkat was sent to the Convention.

Upon his arrival, he was confused and agitated, feeling mocked by the unknown humans dressed as him and his friends. He was dragged into a convention panel, before escaping and finding Dave, along with Jack and Stacey. The four of them eventually retired to a hotel, but Karkat refused to sleep, instead having Dave transport him to the next day.

On the second day of the convention, he and Dave wandered around separate from Jack and Stacey, before eventually reuiniting with them at the Fanstuck section of the convention. It was there that they noticed a strange corridor had appeared, leading them to an underground section of LOHAC. Him and Dave protected Jack and Stacey from the native underlings, before Dave transported them to a safer point in time. After the four of them have rested, they set off in search of a way home.

On the third day, he reluctantly helped the others to make a game-plan to look for a denizen. He followed the others, eventually running into Jack Noir, before Dave once again transported them into a safe point further in time, this time a few hours into the future. Afterwards, they continued to wander around, stopping for a short while to alchemize. They eventually found themselves in a room Karkat had already been to, which upsets him. He argues with Stacey over his usage of ableist slurs, leading them to briefly part ways. After a nap, he and Dave relocated the twins, and he apologizes for his behavior. The four of them then traveled back in time a year before the convention, so that he and Dave could train Jack and Stacey in the arts of combat.

During their training, Karkat befriended the twins, maturing in the process. The four of them briefly took a vacation, during which Karkat noticed the Forge next to Jack and Stacey's House.

Once back at the convention, he alchemized a few more weapons, before setting off with Dave to help some of its inhabitants. He later stowed away on the Dersite Battleship, before it ran aground. Afterwards, he and Stacey stayed behind to fight underlings while Jack and Dave flew off to meet Echidna. He was nearly slain by Jack Noir, but was pushed out of the way by Stacey, and fell into a deep watery crevice. He recovered, and made his way to a Prospitian crypt, where he found his Sacrificial Slab. He considered using it, contacting Jack while he thinks, but eventually decided against it. However, before he could leave, the room went dark, and The Hornless' ghost appeared. Karkat was briefly frightened, before becoming enraged that The Hornless was considered significant enough to appear at the convention. He summoned a tidal wave of blood ghosts to dissipate the ghost, but was knocked down below the crypt in the process. There, he wandered into the pretty cave, and then a strange area with a stone replica of his hive. A mysterious voice narrated his thoughts and conversed him him, before he found a return node and teleported into a hive on the surface of the convention. There, he found his old alchemiter, which he then used to create a new pair of rocket boots.

Later, he saved Jade from falling into the mouth of a Typheus Minion after Dave beheaded Bec. He briefly stopped to wonder what was wrong with Dave, before his rocket boots ran out, causing him and Jade to fall into the cave below The Tumor. There, he encountered and confronted Jack Noir, and was stabbed. He then rose back up, blood powers and ancestral bond awakened, and he then used them to defeat and disarm Jack Noir. Afterwards, he was comforted by Redglare, who recognized him as the descendant of the Sufferer. He fell asleep, but was awakened by Jade five hours later, before reuniting with Dave.

## Trivia

* Karkat hates beefcakes.

1. ↑ Cole told me