Aranea Serket


 * For the post-Scratch version of this character, see Marquise Spinneret Mindfang.

Aranea is one of the Pre-Scratch Dead Trolls. She wears red shoes, white pointed glasses, and a blue longsleeved dress with a white Scorpio symbol. She has her hair at shoulder length and wears a necklace with the Signless's symbol. Based off the color of her eyeliner, dress, and lipstick, she likely has cerulean colored blood. Her horns are identical to Vriska's. It appears that she is also older than the other troll players.

She HS 6482 (initially appears) in a black void, waving and smiling at Jake after he blacked out, suggesting she has a friendly nature. Jake later described her as both "some sort of spidery vampire" and "the girl of my dreams", the latter is based on his fondness of blue ladies and spider girls.



Later, she HS 6669 (introduces herself) by name to Terezi after greeting her in a dream bubble posing as Vriska, and reveals that she is a version of Vriska's ancestor, Mindfang. She states that she is also Terezi's ancestor, though not quite in the way Terezi is picturing (alluding to the fact that she is one of the pre-Scratch ancestors, and therefore technically genetic parent of all - or at least several of - the current trolls, though not their ancestor by troll definition). Aranea claims to have preceded Terezi's entire civilization by billions of solar sweeps.

Speculation

 * The current location of the players could play a role in Aranea's ability to communicate with them. Since they are technically not in a session, there are no boundaries preventing communication. Terezi would also be a logical choice for a conversation, considering her plethora of memories of Vriska, as well as her close relationship with her.
 * The Cancer necklace she wears suggests she is a follower of The Sufferer. This seems at odds with her being pre-Scratch Mindfang, since the tale of the Sufferer did not happen in the pre-scratch universe of the trolls. However, has HS 5953 (referred) to the pre-Scratch trolls and their ancestors as figures of legend, which suggests they had importance in troll history. As such, it is not outside the realm of possibility that there was some alternate universe equivalent to the Signless and his religion, although it would be unclear how he got the same sign as the post-scratch Sufferer, who earned his post mortem as representation of the cuffs he wore during execution. Note that Mindfang called the Sufferer's tale HS 5658 (compelling), suggesting she was at least sympathetic to his teachings. However, it is also quite possible that the necklace has no religious connotations, and is of only personal significance to Aranea.

Trivia

 * "Aranea" is Latin for spider, and sometimes refers to the orb-weaving family of spiders.
 * An Aranea is a spider-like shapeshifter in Dungeons and Dragons.
 * Aranea is using Vriska's trolltag (AG), but potentially only for the dream bubble memory since she was impersonating Vriska at first.