Chara

Chara

Series	Undertale
Age	6-12 (was a child)
Birthday	Unknown
Sex	Androgynous
Species	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral

“	HP. ATK. DEF. GOLD. EXP. LV. Every time a number increases, that feeling... That's me. "Chara".	„
	~ Chara

Chara is a major character in the plot of the indie RPG Undertale. They are the narrator throughout the game, while they are only mentioned in the Pacifist Route of the game and they sometimes possess the playable character, Frisk, in the Neutral Routes, they basically take their place in the Genocide Route.

Backstory[]

Chara was an androgynous human child that hated all of humanity. One day, sometime between 2010 and 2019, Chara climbed Mount Ebott (most likely to commit suicide or just spend some time alone), but in the process slipped, and fell down a hole that brought them to the underground. Here they were soon rescued by Asriel Dreemurr, the son of Asgore and Toriel Dreemurr, respectively the King and the Queen of all monsters. The royal couple agreed to take care of Chara and considered them as their second child, while Asriel treated them as his sibling and became best friends with them. The whole underground was filled with hope by the news of such a lovely relationship between a human and monsters. At some point, both Chara and Asriel accidentally made at Butterscotch Pie made, of buttercups, giving Asgore Buttercup poisoning, but with this accident, Chara formed a plan: they would allow themself to be killed so that Asriel could possess their soul, and release monsters from the underground. One day, Chara got terminally sick, and their last wish was to see the golden flowers from their village for the last time. For this reason, Chara told Asriel to absorb their soul after their death, so that Asriel could gain enough power to surpass the barrier and bring Chara's corpse to their village. Asriel accepted, and then Asriel and Chara became something that no one had seen before. Once Asriel had arrived in the meanwhile, the humans saw Asriel holding Chara's corpse and thought that he killed them, so they instinctively began to attack him. Chara likely insisted for Asriel to FIGHT, but Asriel instead returned with the last of his forces to the underground. Asgore and Toriel were shocked: they lost both of their children in one night thanks to the misunderstanding of the humans. Chara's corpse was buried under a bed of yellow flowers, while their and Asriel's spirits were left vacant for the underground. Asriel's eventually took possession of a flower that the Royal Scientist, Dr. Alphys, was experimenting on, and became the apathetic, soulless Flowey. Chara's soul was eventually reawakened by the determination of Frisk, the eighth human child that fell into the underground (and ironically, landed right over the bed of flowers hiding Chara's body), and also the main character of Undertale. The events after the reawakening of Chara can either lead to the Pacifist, Normal, or Genocide routes.

Power & Abilities[]

High-Intelligence: Chara seems to remember the timelines (considering when you do the Genocide Route and ERASE and do it a second time and click DO NOT, Chara says “You made your choice long ago”, implying remembrance).
- 4th Wall Awareness: As said, Chara is aware of the Player’s existence, the SAVE and RESET, and the routes.
99999 Attack: At the end of the Genocide Route, Chara does an extremely powerful attack, which seemingly destroys the entire universe.
Possession: At the end of the Soulless Pacifist Route, Frisk is shown with red eyes and pink circles on their face, implying Chara is possessing them in that moment (although, this is still partly speculation). Chara can only possess somebody if they have high amounts of Determination or if they require a SOUL.
- Frisk’s Abilities: Considering Chara can likely possess Frisk; it would be likely they would have Frisk’s abilities and weapons.
  - Transmutation: Chara can manipulate events in the timeline with Determination.
    - SAV(E)ing: Due to having Determination, Chara can SAVE and LOAD from past events.
    - RESETing: Chara can RESET the timeline back to the beginning.
Face Manipulation: It was shown Chara can make their eyes and mouth wider and even cause black/brown goop to drip from their said eyes and mouth.
Knifemanship: It is implied Chara has some connection with knives. This, and considering each fallen human has a weapon and armor that represents them. For Chara, the "Real Knife/Worn Dagger" and "Heart/The Locket".
Concept Manipulation: Stated by Chara, whenever the Player/Frisk gets stronger, the "feeling" is Chara themself.

Equipment[]

Can use these through Frisk / possessing Frisk:

Real Knife: Their main tool for killing, it has enough power to kill most monsters and creatures in a single hit, doing +99 damage.
- Worn Dagger: Pacifist counterpart of the Real Knife; is less powerful than the Real Knife, doing 15+ damage.
The Locket: Maxes out their defense by +99.
- Heart Locket: Pacifist counterpart of The Locket; is less powerful than The Locket, doing 15+ protection against damage.
Instant Noodles: Restores +4 to 99 HP.
SnowPiece: Obtained from Snowman, it restores +45 HP.
Steak: Steak in the Shape of Mettaton´s Face, it heals +60 HP.
Sea Tea: Heals +10 HP and increase speed.
Stained Apron: Increases +11 DF and restores +1 HP every other turn.
Legendary Hero: A sandwich in the shape of a sword, it heals 40 HP and increases +4 Attack for one battle.

Feats[]

Strength[]

Destroyed the timeline with single slash.

Speed[]

Unknown.

Durability[]

Survived the destruction of their universe.

Skills[]

Caused the death of their brother, Asriel.
Was (inadvertently) the reason behind Asgore killing all the humans that fell into the underground.
Destroyed a whole timeline with one slash of their knife, making them just as, if not more powerful than Asriel Dreemurr, a god who himself erased the timeline as well.

Weaknesses[]

They can only possess someone when they have determination in their soul.
Are emotionally unstable as evidenced by all the potentially dangerous things being filled down to a dull point in their old home.
Arachnophobia: Chara´s fear of spiders.

Fun Facts[]

Chara looks extremely similar to Frisk, down to a similar fashion sense. Also, they both are androgynous human kids who are about the same height, and their SOULs share the same colour, red. Plus, they both are always referred to as "them" due to their unspecified gender
- Ironically, when they felt into the underground, Frisk landed right on the place Chara's corpse was buried in
It's heavily implied that Chara loves chocolate, and that they also made a sweater for Asgore with "Mr. Dad guy" written on it
While many think the opposite, the child is shown in the intro of the game, and the one that you name at the beginning of the game, is Chara, not Frisk
Toby Fox, the Undertale creator, said that players should name Chara after themselves, but only if they don't have any other idea.

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