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“ | Instead of storming off to the moon in a huff, Peixes em8raced her role as an heiress. Once she reached the age to challenge the empress, she killed her predecessor easily. She did more to sink our race into perpetual darkness and violence than any empress before her, and her rule lasted the longest 8y far. She conquered thousands of planets and star systems, many of them personally. She was responsi8le for the death of trillions. | „ |
~ Aranea Serket recounts the Condesce's tale. |
The Condesce is the secondary antagonist of Homestuck. She is the empress of Alternia, Lord English's begrudged right-hand servant, and the ancestor of Feferi Peixes as well as being the post-scratch counterpart of Meenah Peixes. The role she takes on is that of the Handmaid's which brings upon all kinds of destruction and conquering Lord English himself oversees.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Her rule on Alternia was tyrannical. She is shown to abuse the blood caste and intentionally seek out its use as seen through her rule on post-scratch Earth. When the Sufferer, a figure in Alternia who advocated for equality among all bloods, was prosecuted, she was responsible for helping the highbloods handle him and his followers. The Ψiioniic was put into slavery by the Condesce, being used as a power source for her ship and with his life being extended by the Condesce, he was forced to suffer this fate for thousands of years. Indirectly, she was also responsible for the Dolorosa being put into slavery, and the Sufferer being executed.
- She banished all adult trolls from Alternia after the Summoner fought against her rule.
- She is explicitly stated to have been responsible for the deaths of trillions, and personally conquered planets during her rule. As described by Aranea, she was most responsible for sinking the troll race into perpetual darkness than any empress before her.
- Though she serves Lord English, this is due to circumstances she did not desire which led to her unwilling partnership with him. And despite this, she continuously goes against him and later plots to have him eliminated.
- On Earth, she adopts Nanna and soon, Grandpa after Colonel Sassacre's death, who she raised abusively, as the kids saw her as abusive and wicked.
- Despite this however, her treatment of her post-scratch adoptive children is even worse. Though rumored, she may have murdered their pet dog. After one of her adopted children, Jade English, moved on and tried to oppose her, she found and killed her adopted daughter and destroyed her home, possibly in attempt to kill her grandson as well.
- After enacting her plan to conquer the Earth, she began forcing laws and experiments on humans with varying levels of ethicality. Some of her cruelest, being trying to have human babies raised by lusii to create a society more similar to the one she had in Alternia, though this usually wound up with the babies being abandoned at best, and most often eaten by their lusus. She also artificially changed the color of human's blood to replicate the hierarchy on Alternia.
- In response to post-scratch Dave's protest against her rule, the Condesce assassinated Donald Glover who was an actor in one of his movies subtly used to commentate on her tyranny.
- She allied herself with Guy Fieri, and the Insane Clown Posse. Each of which, she brought up as the new rulers of the world. The Insane Clown Posse becoming the two presidents of America, and Guy Fieri becoming the High Chaplain of Interstellar War. This led to various vile laws being passed, one of which allowing Guy Fieri to kill anyone he deemed not mirthful enough. This led to the deaths of five billion people, all under the Condesce's rule.
- She eventually floods the Earth by melting the ice caps, and with time slowly manages to extinct the human race, leaving Earth a wasteland only inhabited by Carapacians.
- After Dave and Rose's post-scratch alterations took down Guy Fieri and the Insane Clown Posse, the Condesce presumably killed them as well.
- She invaded and conquered Derse, using it so she could kill the dream selves of the post-scratch kids. Likely killing Derse's monarchy in the process.
- After the kids ascended, the Condesce really used this to her advantage by taking control of Jade once she entered the session, and having her force the tiaratop onto Jane who was then brainwashed by the device. Under the Condesce's command, they'd then terrorize and abuse their friends which eventually, indirectly caused both of their demises when Aranea Serket considered them a liability.
- She imprisoned Roxy and forced her to recreate the Matriorb in order to save the troll race from extinction. Though this may be considered noble, it's likely she only wants this so she can re-establish the power she had in Alternia which she's shown to still greatly desire even after losing it.
- In Game Over, the Condesce disintegrates Kanaya Maryam with an optic blast, and soon after stabs Rose Lalonde with her 2x3dent which while Rose is saved by Roxy from suffering the same fate as Kanaya, her wounds are fatal and she only ends up dying in Roxy's arms. The Condesce also begins using the planets as projectiles against Aranea Serket after Aranea does the same thing, which likely ended up killing anyone who may have been on these planets. Despite them being mostly uninhabited, it's certain Wayward Vagabond was killed by this as he was on a planet the Condesce threw.
- Overall, she passes the heinous standard various times. Up against characters like Vriska, Eridan, and Gamzee, who while having their own kill-counts, the Condesce easily passes them all in her crimes. The only other characters aside from Lord English and Doc Scratch (Two Pure Evils) to come close is Jack Noir, another Near Pure Evil in the webcomic who killed the pre-scratch kid's parents, and served as a constant threat to the characters not to mention murdering countless Carapacians. Though, the Condesce still meets him in passing the heinous standard, if not passing even him due to her expressed tyranny throughout the comic, unique heinous deeds, as well as also committing extremely similar crimes to Jack Noir in the process. While Lord English decides her ultimate goals, as stated previously she consistently goes against him and still takes great enjoyment in her sadism from time to time.
What Prevents Her from Being Pure Evil?[]
- There are various moments in the comic involving her in a very comedic light. She parodies various properties, namely Betty Crocker, her involvement with the Insane Clown Posse and Guy Fieri. Though these are mostly minor, and don't invalidate any of her cruel acts. However, she still has many moments that can be played for laughs. For example, her interrupting the Serious Business chat to ask for her ring back, and exclaiming her intent not to get involved whatsoever with the trickster mode segment when Roxy begs for her help, telling her to deal with it. She also frequently adds pink glitter to things which is played for laughs especially when she gives Roxy a folder with her face plastered on it along with gifs of dancing clowns. Despite all this though, none of it detracts from the Condesce's villainy and she's still one of the most formidable threats throughout the comic.
- She is shown to genuinely have affection for some people even if almost never. While not entirely clear as to whether for selfish reasons or genuinely caring, she seems genuinely enraged when Aranea Serket kills Jane Crocker, the heiress to Crockercorp in the post-scratch Earth. It's also possible, though speculation that her two marriages with Colonel Sassacre, pre-scratch and post-scratch may have been genuine.
External Links[]
- The Condesce on the Villains Wiki
- The Condesce on the MS Paint Adventures Wiki
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