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Character information: Chara and Asriel
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Chara 'Dreemurr' Evans; Soul mage
Soul color: Red
Family: Frisk (sibling), Kristopher (parent), Asriel (adoptive sibling), Torel (adoptive father), Asgore (adoptive mother), W.D. Gaster (godmother), Demetry (adoptive sibling)
Sex, Gender, and pronouns: AFAB Nonbinary (They/demon)
Hobby: Knitting
favorite food: dark chocolate
Random quote: "Howdy new partner. I'll be helping you through the Underground. Flowey wants Frisk to suffer. I do too. But I can tell that Frisk is no longer the one in control. So I will help you survive, but no killing. We've had too much of that with Frisk."
Asriel Dreemurr; Monster
Soul color: monster soul (Before Flowey), empty soul (as Flowey), black soul (as Goddess of Hyperdeath), artifical soul (On the surface)
Family: Torel (Father), Asgore (Mother), Chara (adopted sibling), Demetry (sibling) W.D. Gaster (godmother)
Sex, Gender, and pronouns: Cis female (she/her)
Hobby: Making flower crowns, gardening/botany, flower matching
Random quotes:
-(as Flowey) "Howdy Frisk! Time to play a new game for once! It's called 'Don't kill'. Good luck! You're gonna need it. Especially when we tell EVERYONE what you did."
-(as GoH) "Every time you die, they will forget you little by little. I will erase your horrid existence from their memories!"
-(as Asriel) "I can see now that you aren't Frisk. I do apologize. I hope, mysterious soul, you can forgive me. And Frisk, if you are listening from within, and IF you gain access to the reset button again, which I highly doubt, please don't undo this happy ending."
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Chara was born a year before Asriel. Chara grew up in the small village community, and within the PoS religious group their father, Kristopher, actively took part in. Kristopher was one of the few non-soul mages let into the council's inner circle; he became their secret informant, lawyer, and archivist. Chara resented the PoS and all it stood for because at the age of 4, they had a front row view of an execution and was horrified and appalled at the attrocities. Using their status as a soul mage, they committed acts of rebellion. In their adolecant years it was speaking out in class against the falsehoods they are told about monsters and monster-humans. Then they moved on to infromational posters. And later on still they moved to graphiti. They were all things only Chara would get in trouble with. Anyone that joined had to promise that they would leave the rebellion sites, and if questioned, blame everything on Chara.
Chara would also warn incoming families of the atrocities committed by the PoS. The families wouldn't believe them. So demon showed them all show video proof of past executions, articles, etc. that are kept in the village's library archives. Most well meaning people that came in quickly moved out. Some families, couldn't move away due to specific reasons. One such family was the Cortez family. They were tight money wise; both parents have to work, both parents have jobs in the inner city, but housing was much cheaper here in the village. Chara got to know the parents and their child, Sanse. Chara volunteered to watch over Sanse while the parents worked. The parents agreed. Chara watched over Sanse while the parents' went to work, as well as teach Sanse to be wary of the PoS, to treat monsters and monster-humans with kindness, and make up a coded language for fun.
Chara made sure that there would be no more executions, and demon succeeded. At least until it came to their own.
When Chara was 14, demon was caught harboring a monster up in their family's attic. Chara had gone to get groceries, and the elderly tortoise monster went down stairs to get some water. Chara's father and mother came home from work to find the monster mister. They called the soul mage council and waited for Chara to come home, and then held an immediate execution. Chara was held at the front by two of the cult's members, while the elderly tortoise monster was dragged up the steep slope of the mountain. The ceremonial knife was taken by Derrin, the Justice soul mage of the soul mage council, and he swiftly sliced through the monster's soul. Chara, in a fit of rage, broke free of the two people's grip and rushed the soul mage. They grappled the knife out of his hands. Demon would have done more damage, but knew deep dwon that they would soon be overpowered and dragged away. Demon kew one soul mage's death would mean nothing, but the loss of the nex generation of a soul mage would, at least, piss off Sol. So instead, Chara chewed out the PoS, Sol, the other soul mages, and bid a crypted message to Sanse, that only the two know about, and jumped down the hole.
It had been 10 years since anyone has fallen into the Underground. Asriel was finally allowed to go to the end of the Ruins by herself. All Asriel wanted to do was create a small garden in the entrance area. Instead she finds Chara lying down on the grounds, in pain. Asriel rushed over and helped Chara to Torel's second home in the Ruins, applied some basic first aid and healing, and called Torel and Asgore for help, as Torel had moved the orphanage to the Capitol. Torel showed up to assess if there are any greater injuries to be healed, and if Chara's soul was damaged. Luckily there wasn't, just some bruising and a slightly twisted ankle. He gets Chara to the Capitol, and Chara tells him what happened.
Chara stayed at the orphanage for a couple months. Asriel frequently visits. The two became the closest things to siblings, so Torel and Asgore decided to adopt Chara into their family. Chara and Asriel would explore the Underground together, finding as many secret hiding spots as possible. Chara even helped Asriel make that garden in the Ruins. Chara also hand knitted various clothing items for their new family, and the children in the orphanage. Chara would go to tell Asgore the banning of Halloween in the village, and tell Gaster about the executions, sharing their similar disdain for the PoS.
A couple years later, when Chara was 16 and Asriel 15, they were playing in the entrance of the Haunted Ruins. Chara had assured Torel that they should be the last to fall down, as they made sure people that could be targeted never settled in the village, so they were hesitantly allowed to play at the entrance. A package fell down the hole between the two. It looked very similar to the packaging for monster-human children's masks. It was addressed to Asriel herself. While Asriel was excited about this mysterious present, Chara was cautious. There was a mixture of confusion and excitement to find a flower monster mask inside. Asriel thought that maybe it was a sign of peace from the PoS. But when she put the mask on to goof around, that good will evaporated.
At first the mask wouldn't come off, like it had been fused to Asriel's face. Then Asriel became engulfed in a blinding light. When the light dimmed, in Asriel's place was a yellow buttercup flower monster. Then Asriel's soul hovered in front of her new form and started cracking. Both Asriel and Chara tried to hold Asriel's soul together, but nothing seemed to work. Right as Asriel's soul was about to shatter, Chara tore a piece of their own soul off and shoved it into Asriel's flowery form, replacing the monster soul with a bit of determination. Chara then took Asriel in an empty flower pot and ran as fast as they could to Gaster for an emergency soul replacement.
While Gaster worked on Asriel's soul, Chara laid on the other examination table to do a wellness check on their soul. Two human scientists strapped them in and then started attacking the other scientists. Chara screamed to get Gaster's attention, knowing Gaster's tendency to hyperfocus unless it was made abundantly clear that danger was present. Gaster got the surviving scientist out while simultaneously distracting the two undercover PoS spies and shielding herself and Asriel. Chara took their distraction to undo their bindings. Gaster wound up collapsing, but not before successfully landing a bone attack on the normal human; their soul, what will be come to known as an empty soul, shattered. Once Gaster collapsed, and the justice soul mage went to fire a soul bullet, Chara got between them, taking the damage instead. Chara took a sharp piece of metal and stabbed the soul mage through the heart. They then dragged Gaster and Asriel to the secret entrance Gaster showed them. Demon didn't get far before they too collapsed and their soul also shattered. The justice soul mage, before they succumbed to their wounds, destroyed everything in the lab: all of Gaster's formal notes, the prototype artificial souls, machinery, everything. Asriel feebly slid a metal sheet over the secret passage, hoping to create a barrier between the three people.
A recue team found everyone and took Asriel, Chara, and Gaster to the hospital. Asriel, Torel, and Asgore mourn Chara's death. Asriel requests that Chara be buried in their special garden at the entrance of the Haunted Ruin.
Asriel would learn about their new abilities as a flower. She would also find that she doesn't feel emotions as strongly as she used to. It all mostly feels numb. In a desperate attempt to feel something strong, she tries falling into the core. The fear of dying and her resolve to stay alive gave her the ability to reset. Also, because of her strong determination, as well as the fact that her empty soul is a fraction of Chara's soul, Chara's spirit awakens and attaches to Asriel.
Torel would permanently move out to the Haunted Ruins, and take the orphanage with him as well. He can no longer take the risk of anything happening. He habitually makes sure to walks to the entrance every morning to check for survivors and to pay respects to Chara. It would seem that Chara's grave has been magically spellbound to cause less injuries to those that fall down.
Asriel, now requesting to be called under the pseudonym Flowey, would become friend with Papina, while Chara reunites with Sanse (once Sanse is able to see them). And both Flowey and Chara would meet their new sibling Demetry, whom they look after and keep safe.
Due to Flowey's empty soul, she has become bitter and angry. She still feels compassion and other emotions, but she doesn't feel them as strongly as the more negative emotions. Turns out this this the fate of all empty souled beings; they become embittered and angry, feeling hopeless, helpless, and wanting to lash out at everything and everyone. Despite her parents knowing who she is, she doesn't spend much time around them, not wanting to accidentally hurt them. Flowey becomes more apathetic to how she treats people, often putting on a friendly guise to get what she wants. She has tried that with Papina, but Sanse and Chara would put a stop to it before she could even try anything.
Chara, as a phantom, can't freely roam around, and is stuck to those that have a piece of them and demon's determination, or are related to them as will be the case of Frisk.
Their story ends there for now.
Up next: Sanse and Papina