Bronze caste

Rust • Bronze • Gold • Lime • Olive • Jade • Teal • Blue • Indigo • Purple • Violet • Fuchsia

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“Bronze Signs have a warm and generous disposition, but you might not accuse them of it the first time you meet. They have a tendency toward being withdrawn and slow to open up with new people. This can make them come off as arrogant and cold, like they think they are too good for everyone, although the reality couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, they crave validation and companionship. They are very open-hearted, but if a Bronze Sign decides to dig their heels in, it can be like talking to a wall. More so than any of the other sign classes, Bronze Signs have a marked love of creature comforts. They crave stability and safety, and if they have the means, their homes will be full of beautiful things. Some might accuse them of being hedonistic; they would probably just claim to know what they like. As lovers they can be quite needy, wanting assurances that the affection they feel is reciprocated. Maybe because of this, they have a particular affinity for animals. Don't try to break a Bronze's Sign's routines-they'll resent you for it, even if oftentimes they are too polite to say so.”

— The Extended Zodiac

The bronze blood caste is one of the twelve troll blood castes. It is the second lowest caste on the hemospectrum, preceded by rust and succeeded by gold.

Extended Zodiac Signs

Prospit Derse Time Taurist The Prosperous Tauries The Unsatisfied Space Taurgo The Divine Taurga The Guardian Void Taurittanius The Utopian Taurittarius The Skydiver Light Taurpio The Student Taurpia The Aesthete Mind Taurra The Transient Taurza The Revealer Heart Taurlo The Extravagant Tauro The Withdrawn Rage Tauricorn The Gratified Tauriborn The Covetous Hope Taurnius The Entrepreneur Taurrius The Unmapped Doom Taurmino The Lonely Taurmini The Hermit Life Taursci The Convalescent Taursces The Recovered Blood Taurcer The Cherished Taurcen The Connected Breath (True) Taurus The Unfledged Taurun The Liberated

Row 1: Taurus, Taurist, Taursci, Taurnius, Tauricorn, Taurittanius, Taurpio, Taurra, Taurgo, Taurlo, Taurcer, and Taurmino.
Row 2: Taurun, Tauries, Taursces, Taurrius, Tauriborn, Taurittarius, Taurpia, Taurza, Taurga, Tauro, Taurcen, and Taurmini.

Names

Early in Homestuck, Tavros Nitram's blood colour is generally grouped in with other low blood colours under the name 'rust', in reference to the brown coloration of oxidised iron. Vriska refers to the color as “8rown”, while Tavros himself once compares it to fudge.

The name 'bronze' first appears on coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A - consistent with the metallic names given to the rust and gold castes - and reoccurs on the Extended Zodiac.

Kankri Vantas refers to the caste as “um6er”.

Physical attributes and abilities

Bronze blood is a dark orange colour similar to the colour of the metal copper and many of its bronze alloys.

The lifespan of a bronze blood is roughly equivalent to that of a human if not shorter. Vriska describes animal communion powers like Tavros' as “typical” of the caste.

Somewhat like rust bloods, most bronze bloods seem to have long horns with simple curved shapes. Dammek and Tavros both have horns that resemble those of their lusii and the real-life animals that inspired them.

Roles and culture

Bronze bloods can become jousting cavalreapers and are capable of rising to command positions among them, their animal communion abilities presumably assisting them in collaborating with their steeds.

Members

Homestuck

Tavros Nitram

Rufioh Nitram
(Alternia)

Rufioh Nitram
(Beforus)

Hiveswap

Dammek

Chixie Roixmr

Skylla Koriga

Vikare Ratite

Bedisa Pygora

Various unnamed bronze and rust train passengers, including a Taurpio (left) and an unclear sign (right)

Taurnius and unsigned passengers

Taurun (middle) and Tauro (right)

Taurlo

Another unknown sign

In Hiveswap Friendship Simulator (Dubiously Canon)

Unnamed cafe attendee from Hiveswap Friendship Simulator: Volume 6

• A bronzeblood by the name of Treyaf appears in Friendsim Volume 11 in cahoots with Diemen Xicali and Mallek Adalov.

Trivia

• Some train passengers from both the rust and bronze castes wear signs that do not appear to originate from the Extended Zodiac.
• Though many of the passengers' signs are unclear or incomplete, one^[image?] does appear to closely resemble Taurra, which is also Chixie Roixmir's sign. If this is the case, it marks the first canonical instance of two unrelated trolls sharing a sign, followed by Cridea Jeevik and Adelie Calama, the first named trolls to do so.