Jude lives at Harley Manor in the town of Hauntswitch on Earth, in the B1 universe. In the year 1994, 15 years prior to the beginning of Homestuck, he is outside playing with his sister Joey and their dog Tesseract when they are suddenly attacked by a black multi-legged monster. This forces Joey to lock herself in her room to escape the creature; however Jude helps her make her way to the safety of the Manor's attic, where he has been keeping a mysterious cherub-themed device. Joey unlocks the front of the device with a swirly key and it turns out to be a portal which sucks her inside, shooting her to the planet Alternia in the A2 universe.