Your name is Karkat Vantas, and you are a 19 year old wannabe-hacker college dropout.
You live in a SHITTY STUDIO APARTMENT in Brooklyn, NY with your BEST FRIEND Gamzee. That friendship MAY OR MAY NOT include certain benefits, but that's NOBODY'S FUCKING BUSINESS.
You BARELY make ends meet working from home as TECH SUPPORT for a small company. You are constantly on the verge of being FIRED for your EXCEEDINGLY ORNERY attitude toward customers.
You tend to be a bit of an INSOMNIAC, staying up very late and sleeping only a few hours before you have to WORK. Hence the constant dark circles.
Your interests include ONLINE GAMING, writing SHITTY PROGRAMS and VIRUSES, and RIDICULOUSLY TERRIBLE ROMANTIC MOVIES and ROMCOMS.