Kanaya Maryam

Kanaya Maryam is the duchess of the town Marya.

Vampiric Traits
Kanaya is an intake-growth class vampire. This means that the amount of blood she drinks is directly proportional to how much she grows after the fact. Factors such as the type of blood she drinks can amplify this effect. It is not known whether she requires a regular intake of blood to survive, nor is the equation relating the amount of blood she drinks to her growth.

History
When Kanaya was young, she was transformed from a mortal troll into an undead vampire. She has remained as such for centuries, indicating that her condition has not been discovered by any fanatical groups.

Some time in the past, Kanaya founded the village of Marya, which she named after herself. She appointed herself as the duchess of the village, a title which she has retained to this day. Under her guidance her small village grew into a thriving inland trade node, allowing her to accumulate enough money through taxation to construct an opulent palace for herself. When Karkat Vantas escaped from his tower through the catacombs, he emerged near Marya. Kanaya gave him hospitality at her palace, whereupon she discovered that his mutant-red blood acts as the most potent growth agent of any blood she has ever directly experienced - whether this is due to him being a mutant, his high amount of lanent magical energy, or a combination of both, is unknown. Immediately following this discovery, Terezi Pyrope came looking for Karkat, tearing up the town in search of him. In response Kanaya drank many milliliters of Karkat's blood, whereupon she grew above and beyond the size of the giant dragon. She drove the aggressor off, but not before significant damage was done to both her palace and Marya as a whole.

After Karkat left her care, she covertly paid for a mercenary, Latula Pyrope, to accompany him on his journey to the capitol.

Character Differences from Homestuck
Disregarding the physical changes induced when Kanaya drinks blood, she sports no major differences from her representation in Homestuck.

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