Kankri Vantas (post-scratch)

Few knew the name of Karkat Vantas' ancestor, HS 4054, so he was called the Signless for his lack of a sign. He was also sometimes known as the Sufferer.

Biography
The Signless' meteor landed in the brooding caverns. Due to his mutant blood he was unable to receive a lusus or sign after his trials, however; so the Dolorosa took him to the surface, where he was HS 4054

Possibly due to his mutation, the Signless began to have visions of his world, which inspired him to preach to the Alternian masses. The Highbloods opposed his teachings, and a war between the Signless' followers and opponents subsequently spread throughout the galaxy.

Among HS 4058 (the Signless' most trusted followers) were the Dolorosa, the Ψiioniic, who was inspired to free himself from slavery by the Signless' teachings, and the Disciple, who was his most devoted follower, recording his scripture and ultimately entering a relationship with him which

The Signless was eventually HS 4055 (caught and executed by the highbloods): the Disciple was to be killed alongside him, but was HS 4059 (spared at the last minute) by the E%ecutor, who took pity on her. The Dolorosa and the Ψiioniic were then sold into slavery.

In Paradox Space
In the adult Signless preaches that he doesn't  and that a. An indigoblood attempts to infiltrate his sermon; however the gathering takes a break when the Ψiioniic begins to fire lasers into the crowd.

In, the Dolorosa fends off various monsters attempting to take an infant Signless for themselves, including a crocodile with six eyes with red or brown blood, a green blooded lion with two mouths, and a large bird of prey. After being struck with a coconut, the bird drops the Signless into the back of a laden cart driven by a blue blood and a green blood, who consider selling him to paint mixers, food processors or skinners before the Dolorosa takes him back and burns their cart.

In, Terezi Pyrope and Kanaya Maryam tell the human inhabitants of the ectobiology meteor of a tradition called , derived from the story of the Sufferer: the story goes that after the E%ecutor let the Disciple live she continued to teach the Sufferer's lessons in secret, and This evolved into a tradition of 12th Perigee's Eve gift-giving among young trolls. This story references the real-life Jesus' connection to the Christmas holiday, during which Secret Sufferer was published.