So @shelbycragg was commissioned to draw Trickster Roxy as Calliope and after the fact they decided to draw the rest of the Alphas in trickster mode as some fun fanart and then Hussie was just like, “yeah, lets use those”, made a few tweaks and that’s how the Trickster kids were designed and came to be.

48 Astrological Signs. The troll signs are something completely different. They’re more along the lines of family crests.  Our astrological signs are from the 12 trolls that created our universe because they created our universe

forgottenhsfacts:

There are currently two Solluxes that aren’t ghosts. Pre retcon Sollux who’s fully alive and blind and post-retcon Sollux who’s half alive and half blind. His exile is Clubs Deuce which is a slang term for 2! 

very carefully and with a lot of reading

All the players die

You bet your ass we are

48 astrological signs, completely different from the ones they wear

Because of the one, single panel where hussie darkened his skin tone to contrast with the dark purple background and bright white of his white science indicating the intensity of the situation and that something not so great was about to happen

That’s not really discussed. All we know is there are thousands and thousands of signs for each blood color.

Check. THe. Faq.