Hahaha yes, canon loves to joss us roleplayers hard and with a vengeance. I haven't had the horrific luck alpha players have been suffering through, but little things about trolls that have randomly come to my attention (THERE ARE ONLY TWELVE BLOOD COLORS EVER EVER EVER ALSO ALL TROLLS HAVE SIX-LETTERED NAMES) and forced me to go oh no this is different because it's an au yes what a great explanation.

Aaaaaah hooray. I'll be looking forward to it! C: