Dad

Dad is a character in Homestuck. Due to weird plot shit, he is both John Egbert's adoptive father and his genetic half-brother, so he could be called Mr. Egbert. Dad has no facial features other than a nose, a pipe where his mouth should be; he also wears a hat that looks vaguely familiar. Like all of the guardians, his perceived lack of facial features is based on John's perception of him, and isn't literal. He uses the recently-revealed Wallet Fetch Modus.

Biography
Dad is a single father, as his son, John, was created through ectobiology. Dad appears to be the only guardian who was not created through the same process. He was raised by his mother, Nanna. His father is unknown.

On April 13th, 1995, while visiting a joke shop, Dad saw Mom and went outside to greet her, leaving Nanna inside to deal with a tall bookshelf, a ladder, and a rather hefty unabridged joke book. As soon as he stepped outside, a meteor leveled the joke shop, killing Nanna. In the chaos, he lost sight of Mom, finding only her pink scarf and the smell of perfume. Dad adopted the baby who arrived on the meteor as his own son.

Dad has been collecting newspaper articles concerning meteor impacts in the suburbs he and his son live in for years, decades even. Whether he has anything to do with Sburb is yet to be determined. The newspaper articles he clips out were stored in a safe in his study, which he apparently intended for John to open when he becomes a fully grown man.

Dad was baking a cake in the kitchen when the meteor from Sburb crashed into his house and was kidnapped by Shale Imps. After being imprisoned in Derse, Dad was able to overpower his captors and break free from his cell. After Dad pummeled his way through a handful of imps and agents, Jack Noir elected to deal with the prisoner himself. However, instead of fighting Jack directly, Dad set fire to Jack's comical hat, sprayed it with shaving cream and stomped it into oblivion. Grateful, Jack begrudgingly let Dad go.

Dad then fled to the Land of Wind and Shade, where he fought a large monster. He requested a new hat and shoe through the parcel pyxis, and John, not knowing who requested them, sent new ones. Upon receiving the new hat, Dad stumbled across Grandpa Harley, and followed him into an old ruin, and through a teleporter that led to the meteor lab, where they would leave Dad's dirty hat and the copy of Colonel Sassacre's.

They left the lab aboard Grandpa Harley's ship, where Dad would reunite with Mom and return her scarf. It is heavily implied that the two have some sort of romantic affection for each other. They are left together on The Battlefield, the reason for which is currently unknown.



Strife
Unknowingly, Dad causes Strife to John, and uses his Guardian Rubric "CoddleBrand" perfectly. He can also Auto-Pastry with his Artifact of Confection effectively as well.

Dad has been shown wielding many objects in Strife; he used both a cake and a pie in his Strife with John, a broom against the shale imps who were abducting him, and cans of shaving cream and his fists while he was escaping their capture. He may have many Strife Specibi, including pastryKind, broomKind, etc. It was once thought that guardians simply didn't have Sylladexes and, thus, Strife Specibi, allowing them to pick up, use, and wield any items they need to. However, this was disproved by his use of the Wallet Fetch Modus.

When using his fists, Dad has been shown to possess an alarming degree of physical strength, able to punch a Shale Imp through a thick stone wall and causing rather large-sized chunks of debris from said wall to go flying along with the imp. He has proven successful in dealing with imps so far, comfortably overpowering even the Hegemonic Brute in physical combat. He is even able to easily lift an extremely heavy safe over his head, and break through prison bars.

Personality
Not much is known about Dad's personality, as he has no dialogue. He looks like the quintessential single father figure - impeccably dressed, hardworking, endlessly supportive of his son, and incredibly strong. He appears to be quite a giving man, leaving presents and encouragement for John all throughout the house on his birthday.

Dad seems to have a certain affinity for harlequins. While it at first appears that where ever you walk in the house (except, fortunately, John's room) you'll find at least one clown, jester, joker, or funny guy, though Mr. Egbert's own room is completely void of any harlequins. In fact, his room appears to be one belonging to an ordinary businessman, proving to be the HS 2848 (most shocking twist yet) and shaking John to his very foundation. Dad was issued a restraining order from the cast of Cirque du Soleil for unknown reasons.

Rose speculates that Dad may in fact have decorated the house with harlequins out of a misunderstanding to try and form a closer bond with his son, who he knew had an interest in practical jokes.

While Dad most likely means well, John holds some angst toward his father as most teenage boys do. Despite this, John shows genuine concern for his father's safety and has found himself wishing he knew where his dad was.