Imp



Imps are underlings of Denizens and are the most common and unchallenging enemies in Homestuck. They are described as cannon-fodder, and visibly afraid of higher ranking creatures.

The imps' trickster behavior and harlequin-esque motif of its clothing in the kid's session are due to having inherited the physical and behavioral attributes of John's kernelsprite when it was brought to The Medium. Having been prototyped with the Harlequin Doll, the light and dark halves carried the 'information' of the doll to the spires on Prospit and Derse, respectively. The imps' appearances, as well as those of the other underlings, were altered as a result. After Rose's and Dave's prototyping and entrance to the Medium, Imps appeared possessing variable aspects of their prototypings, including Harlequin, Cat, Suit, Cthulhu, Princess, Beak, Wings, Sword and any combination of the prior. They are also noted to be stronger after the second prototyping. After Becsprite prototyping other varieties of imp have presented possessing Bec's dog cheeks and ears as well as his reality warping powers. In the troll's session, imps, just like all underlings, are prototyped with a number of monstrous permutations, taking attributes from the prototypings of 11 dead lusus and the frog from the blue Frog Temple.



The easiest way to get rid of the imps house/hive is to just tell them to HS 4567 (get out). I'm not sure why you haven't thought of that.

Hivebent Imps
Several Imps of unknown grist types appear in Hivebent. The imps of LOPAH, LOTAF, LOSAZ, LOMAT, LOBAF, LOLCAT, LOQAM and LOCAS have been seen. It should be noted that that LOQAM Imps appear to be dropping Quartz grist, and thus might be Quartz Imps, in line with the planet's name.