Arquiusprite

ARquiusprite is Dirk Strider's sprite after being prototyped with the remains of Equius Zahhak by Gamzee Makara and subsequently with Lil Hal by Dirk. Similar to how other Alpha sprites have a combination of the zodiac symbols of the two trolls used to prototype the sprite on them, ARquiusprite's symbol is the Sagittarius sign and Lil Hal's "body".

Unlike Tavrisprite and Erisolsprite, who both experienced a great degree of self loathing after having their component identities merged, ARquiusprite is ecstatic upon being created, experiencing relatively little conflict between the two personalities. Equius Zahhak seems to be delighted by the amazing speed at which his partly-computerized mind works, while Lil Hal is thrilled by Equius's particularly vigorous body and STRONG emotions. The only point of conflict between them seems to be Lil Hal's fondness of harsh language contrasted with Equius's aversion to it, which causes his speech to involuntarily "glitch" whenever he uses profanity, effectively censoring himself. Additionally, Lil Hal displayed a preference for typing in red, yet Equius hates (or at least used to hate) colors low on the Hemospectrum, with red being the lowest. This does not appear to be an issue, though: ARquiusprite seems to enjoy the color.

Trivia

 * ARquiusprite is the only Alpha sprite not to be made from the remains of two trolls.
 * His sign is Equius's Sagittarius symbol, with the bow replaced by the shape of Lil Hal's rad shades.
 * In the way Fefetasprite bears similarities with Jaspersprite, he is somewhat similar to Davesprite, not only because these sprites are those of a Strider player, but also because both sprites were prototyped with another version of their corresponding player: Davesprite with the Alternate Future Dave, and this sprite with Lil Hal, programmed with 13-year-old Dirk's personality.
 * Furthering this parallel, ARquiusprite was first prototyped by Equius, a troll associated with horses, while Davesprite had at first been prototyped by the Rambunctious Crow. Just as Dave is associated with crows, so Dirk is associated with horses.
 * His sweat is orange.
 * Much of his conversation with Dirk descends into [[Image:Arquius shades.png]]  [[Image:Arquius shades.png]]   [[Image:Arquius shades.png]]   similar to Equius's HS 4120 (conversations) with another Hero of Heart.
 * If we pronounce his name "Arcuius", one can notice that Arc means bow in French, mirroring Equius's love of bows.