Archetype library
Every role,
read properly.
The archetypes behind the Identity Test, in full. What each one means, how to read it when it shows up in your result, who it tends to click with and which personalities carry it best.
Exploration
Power
- Daddy Warm authority, nurturing dominance. Affection with rules.
- Dominant Leads with design and control. Calm power, not loud command. Creates safety through structure and timing.
- Master Formal dominance and full-time structure. Lives protocol as identity.
- Service Sub Devotion through doing. Obedience expressed in tasks and touch.
- Service Top Gives through dominance. Control as care.
- Slave Freedom through devotion. Finds peace in total service.
- Submissive Chooses surrender with intention. Finds peace in structure and guidance.
- Switch Moves between lead and yield. Sensitive to chemistry and context.
Psychological
- Boy Vulnerability in play. Thrives under care and approval.
- Brat Playful defiance as invitation. Tests limits, not patience.
- Brat Tamer Turns fire into rhythm. Guides mischief with structure.
- Degradee Erotic unraveling. Chooses to fall, not to break.
- Degrader Words as whips. Power through controlled descent.
- Exhibitionist Thrives on being seen. Performance as pleasure.
- Voyeur Aroused by watching. Power in observation.
Relational
Roleplay
- Ageplayer Explores symbolic age shifts—playful or nurturing, never literal.
- Owner Care and command in balance. Stewardship as power.
- Pet Submission as play. Loyal, simple, sometimes feral.
- Rigger Rope as dialogue. Tension as language.
- Rope Bunny Finds stillness in surrender. Rope is exposure, not restraint.
Sensation
- Edge Player Lives at the limit. Finds thrill in risk and restraint.
- Masochist Pain as poetry, connection, and release. Finds beauty in threshold.
- Primal (Hunter) Leads with instinct. The hunt is the heartbeat.
- Primal (Prey) Aroused by pursuit and capture. Finds surrender in adrenaline.
- Sadist Arousal from precision, tension, and control. Pain as communication, not cruelty.
- Sensualist A devotee of the senses. Touch as truth.
More roles in the Decoder
- Caregiver A nurturing Dominant who provides comfort, guidance, and structure for their submissive. Common in age play or gentle power…
- Edger A person who enjoys the act of edging — bringing themselves or a partner to the brink of orgasm repeatedly. Can be a Top, Bottom…
- Handler A Dominant who trains, guides, or manages a pup or pet in play. They blend authority with encouragement.
- Impact Player A general term for anyone who enjoys impact play (spanking, flogging, caning), without specifying a Top, Bottom, or Switch role.
- Medical Player Someone who enjoys medical roleplay. This can range from "doctor/patient" scenes to fetishizing medical equipment, procedures, or…
- Psychological Player Someone whose kink is focused on the mind. This includes power dynamics, humiliation, praise, gaslighting, or emotional control…
- Sensation Player A broad term for someone who explores sensory play. This includes temperature, texture, sound, or sensory deprivation, often…