deltarune -- FAILED HEROES AU
Welcome to my elaborate dessriel hyperfixation pit, ft my friend Hover because we are inseparable and they know deltarune more extensively than I do lmao
But uh this is focused around the concept of Dess's character before the events of deltarune, and her experience, alongside Asriel and a young Kris, of exploring the dark worlds long before the story began.
This AU follows a lot of our personal headcanons and what we see of these characters, and all will be explained in due time. For now, I just wanted to show the sketches I've been working on for the AU.
Mainly the Light World designs for Asriel and Dess!
First up, we have Asriel! A lot of softer/rounded shapes to contrast Dess's far sharper design. He wears a green and white varsity jacket with a few custom patches that he and Dess made together, patches being of Dragon Blazers 2, Yoshi and a Puppy respectively. He has a simple black shirt with the triforce from The Legend of Zelda on it, as well as a simple pair of shorts. Still debating on the Heart Locket, both in terms of if he has it and the fact that if he does, is it for Kris or Chara and Frisk (if Kris, he has it during the story, if Chara and Frisk, he got it in College and doesn't have it in the story). He has fur-dye tattoo-esque markings based on his UNDERTALE Hyperdeath form, and the bottom of his ears are dyed a slight green!
And we have Dess!! She's a very detailed design, but one of my favourites. She wears custom-edited clothing, with the only basic piece in her attire being the plain black crop top she wears. Her jacket and pants are littered with personal design through custom patches, embriodery and attaching scraps of metal to the clothing. Notable choices are that she also has a Dragon Blazers 2 patch, and one of the Delta Rune, not that she's interested in the prophecy, its just a cool symbol that she thought would look fun (and has no weird feelings over later in the story). Her jacket does have a hood, and its deeply awkward to wear because of her horns, but it's really cool human culture (something she has an interest in) so she keeps it. Everything is custom designed, even down to her cutting her own hair and piercing her own ears. She lives by the 'do it yourself' mentality.
So yeah! There's a really basic first-look at what I'm working on, and some sketches that I'm super proud of. Can't wait to talk about Failed Heroes more! Dessriel my beloved
