Undertale's Story Overview The War Between Humans and Monsters The game begins by explaining that monsters lost a war against humans and were trapped underground by a magical barrier. This barrier can only be broken by 7 human souls or a fusion of one human soul and one monster soul. While anyone can enter the barrier, only these conditions can allow someone to exit. Asriel and Chara After some years, Queen Toriel and King Asgore have a child named Asriel. Then, a human named Chara falls into the underground, and Asriel saves them. Chara becomes like a sibling to Asriel, and the royal family adopts them. Chara falls seriously ill and dies, and Asriel absorbs their soul to fulfill Chara's wish to see the flowers from their village. When Asriel returns with Chara's body, the humans misunderstand and attack Asriel, who refuses to fight back and dies as a result. Later in the game, you discover that Chara had a darker plan: they intended to use their death and soul fusion with Asriel to destroy humanity. However, Asriel resisted Chara’s violent intentions, which led to both of their deaths. After this, Asgore, in his grief, declares that any human who falls into the underground must die, and he plans to collect enough human souls to break the barrier and destroy humanity. Disgusted by this, Toriel leaves Asgore and goes to live at the entrance of the Ruins. Alphys and Determination Alphys, the royal scientist, creates Mettaton by giving a ghost a robot body. She starts working on soul-related experiments to find a peaceful way to break the barrier. Alphys discovers "Determination," a force that lets human souls persist after death, and injects it into monsters, hoping their souls could be used to break the barrier. The experiments go wrong, and the monsters lose their forms, becoming strange, melted creatures. In another experiment, Alphys injects Determination into a flower, creating Flowey. Flowey’s Story Flowey, who is actually Asriel reincarnated, is unable to feel emotions. He discovers that he can "reset" time, like how the player saves and reloads. Flowey experiments with this ability and grows bored of life, eventually becoming the manipulative character we meet in the game. Endings Explained True Pacifist Ending In the True Pacifist route, Asriel regains his form during the final battle and breaks the barrier. However, he returns to being Flowey afterward, and the monsters are freed. To keep this ending, don't reset the game or do a Genocide run. Genocide Ending In the Genocide run, the player kills all the monsters. After defeating everyone, Chara is resurrected and asks the player to delete the world. Whether you agree or not, the world is destroyed. Chara offers to reset it for your soul, but if you accept, the world remains corrupted forever, and Chara takes control. True Genocide (Post-Genocide) If you sell your soul to Chara and then do a True Pacifist run, Chara takes over Frisk’s body after the barrier breaks, killing everyone, leaving only the player as their puppet. Other Theories and Speculation The Six Humans Before Frisk Before Frisk, six other humans fell into the underground, and their weapons and armor can be found throughout the game. Their deaths seem tied to where these items are found. It’s unclear who killed these humans, but possible suspects include Undyne and Sans. Sans and Time Travel Sans seems to know about the player’s ability to reset and manipulate timelines. He talks about a "time anomaly" (the player) and has technology in his room suggesting he might have studied or experienced time travel. During his Genocide fight, Sans reveals that he’s aware of the timeline shifts and tries to stop you, but he’s also bound by his promise to Toriel. W.D. Gaster Gaster was the royal scientist before Alphys and created the Core. He supposedly died in an accident and was scattered across time and space. Some theories suggest he is connected to Sans and Papyrus, possibly as their father. There’s also a mysterious entry (#17) in a hidden font (Wing Dings) that talks about darkness growing and an interesting experiment. Chara: Human, Monster, or Something Else? While Chara is referred to as a human, there are hints that they might be something more. In the Genocide route, their face becomes demonic, and they have the ability to possess others, like Asriel and Frisk. It’s also suggested that Chara and Frisk may share a deeper connection, with some theorizing that Frisk is a reborn version of Chara
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Undertale's Story Overview
The War Between Humans and Monsters
The game begins by explaining that monsters lost a war against humans and were trapped underground by a magical barrier. This barrier can only be broken by 7 human souls or a fusion of one human soul and one monster soul. While anyone can enter the barrier, only these conditions can allow someone to exit.
Asriel and Chara
After some years, Queen Toriel and King Asgore have a child named Asriel. Then, a human named Chara falls into the underground, and Asriel saves them. Chara becomes like a sibling to Asriel, and the royal family adopts them.
Chara falls seriously ill and dies, and Asriel absorbs their soul to fulfill Chara's wish to see the flowers from their village. When Asriel returns with Chara's body, the humans misunderstand and attack Asriel, who refuses to fight back and dies as a result.
Later in the game, you discover that Chara had a darker plan: they intended to use their death and soul fusion with Asriel to destroy humanity. However, Asriel resisted Chara’s violent intentions, which led to both of their deaths.
After this, Asgore, in his grief, declares that any human who falls into the underground must die, and he plans to collect enough human souls to break the barrier and destroy humanity. Disgusted by this, Toriel leaves Asgore and goes to live at the entrance of the Ruins.
Alphys and Determination
Alphys, the royal scientist, creates Mettaton by giving a ghost a robot body. She starts working on soul-related experiments to find a peaceful way to break the barrier. Alphys discovers "Determination," a force that lets human souls persist after death, and injects it into monsters, hoping their souls could be used to break the barrier.
The experiments go wrong, and the monsters lose their forms, becoming strange, melted creatures. In another experiment, Alphys injects Determination into a flower, creating Flowey.
Flowey’s Story
Flowey, who is actually Asriel reincarnated, is unable to feel emotions. He discovers that he can "reset" time, like how the player saves and reloads. Flowey experiments with this ability and grows bored of life, eventually becoming the manipulative character we meet in the game.
Endings Explained
True Pacifist Ending
In the True Pacifist route, Asriel regains his form during the final battle and breaks the barrier. However, he returns to being Flowey afterward, and the monsters are freed. To keep this ending, don't reset the game or do a Genocide run.
Genocide Ending
In the Genocide run, the player kills all the monsters. After defeating everyone, Chara is resurrected and asks the player to delete the world. Whether you agree or not, the world is destroyed. Chara offers to reset it for your soul, but if you accept, the world remains corrupted forever, and Chara takes control.
True Genocide (Post-Genocide)
If you sell your soul to Chara and then do a True Pacifist run, Chara takes over Frisk’s body after the barrier breaks, killing everyone, leaving only the player as their puppet.
Other Theories and Speculation
The Six Humans Before Frisk
Before Frisk, six other humans fell into the underground, and their weapons and armor can be found throughout the game. Their deaths seem tied to where these items are found. It’s unclear who killed these humans, but possible suspects include Undyne and Sans.
Sans and Time Travel
Sans seems to know about the player’s ability to reset and manipulate timelines. He talks about a "time anomaly" (the player) and has technology in his room suggesting he might have studied or experienced time travel. During his Genocide fight, Sans reveals that he’s aware of the timeline shifts and tries to stop you, but he’s also bound by his promise to Toriel.
W.D. Gaster
Gaster was the royal scientist before Alphys and created the Core. He supposedly died in an accident and was scattered across time and space. Some theories suggest he is connected to Sans and Papyrus, possibly as their father. There’s also a mysterious entry (#17) in a hidden font (Wing Dings) that talks about darkness growing and an interesting experiment.
Chara: Human, Monster, or Something Else?
While Chara is referred to as a human, there are hints that they might be something more. In the Genocide route, their face becomes demonic, and they have the ability to possess others, like Asriel and Frisk. It’s also suggested that Chara and Frisk may share a deeper connection, with some theorizing that Frisk is a reborn version of Chara
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