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You’d think it’s common sense not to mess with the guy who can toss hay bales with just one arm.

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If y’all like dungeon crawler Carl hopefully you’ll like this

Samantha is literally the best character in the series

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And last but not least, say hello to…

Undertainer~

Think like entertainer lol

Undertainers au begins with a bit of a spin on the war between humans and monsters. The war happened, the humans won, and the monsters were…. Scattered! Not trapped. Instead of creating a barrier, humans simply wrecked the sh*t out of every monster settlement they could find. Monsters were separated into traveling groups reliant on the goodwill of the humans they passed. Afraid of a second war between the species, any human country the survivors entered would only allow the monsters to stay a short while before forcing them to move again.

Of course without enough magic settling in one area due to the monsters travels, magical fauna became extremely scarce. At first to survive, they relied on hunting, feeding on the fleeting souls of animals. Over time monsters adapted becoming able to feed off the ambient magic of the stronger souls around them. The smart ones realized that humans just ooze magic when excited. So naturally this led to the only possible conclusion-

✨✨ENTERTAINMENT✨✨

Generations later, the war is just a myth to monsters and humans alike. Monsters have established themselves instead as beings of delight, drama, excitement~ they still keep themselves in close knit groups, but now as established traveling theaters or carnivals instead of little families. When the crash happened a total of 33 traveling groups crossed over as well.

Because of their “diet”, there’s a few key differences between the circus monsters (as the others call them) and their peers.

Undertainers don’t just enjoy performing, they NEED it to survive. When a crowd gets hyped, their souls feed off the ambient magic wafting from the crowd. Human audiences work best, but a monster audience can do in a pinch. The groups that stayed in ebott stick to the touristy areas because of this. 12 of the groups are permanently in the country while the rest are currently traveling the world.

None of these guys had magical food before the crash. Their bodies are unable to properly process the magic from typical ebott food. They may feel a slight buzz like if they were drinking coffee, but nothing substantial

On the other hand, they can take in their basic nutrients and calories from human food without issue. The circus monsters can eat anything a human can!

This is the most diverse au with the most types of mages of any au, and over 1/3 of the monster population being half breeds.

And now for the boys~

Jester (undertainer sans)

Jester is a skeleton monster standing at 5’8 and aged 81. He has duel magic colors, cherry red and blue raspberry. When his ecto is out he is shockingly muscular. At work he often stuffs his suits to give himself a rounder look.

On the stage jester plays the bumbling fool. He will “clumsily” put himself in danger then do crazy acrobatic tricks to get out of it, only to trip over his own feet lol. He is loud, airheaded and very silly. Off the stage he is relaxed, calm and soft spoken. He’s still a silly guy, just way more low key about it. Jester is a very self assured person, comfortable in his own skin. He is also a great listener and has found himself playing therapist to random strangers before. People just find him easy to talk to.

Jester is officially a harlequin who’s main role is to perform acrobatic tricks in his groups carnival. He usually acts as a bumbling antagonist to his brother’s routine. If another member is sick or occupied, he’s trained to be a juggler, balancing act, dog handler, palm reader and arial dancer.

His special ability is called spontaneous popcorn lol. Jester can summon damageless half formed bullet attacks at will in massive numbers. Due to only halving half a form, they rapidly expand upon leaving his soul then pop in a little cloud of red or blue dust. It appears to onlookers as if he’s shooting a cannon of rapidly popping popcorn.

Things he loves: performing for a crowd, gymnastics, weightlifting, opera and musicals, clown suits, shadow puppets, arts and crafts, paper mache, small dogs, the color gold, pomegranates and cherry soda, cool vintage bells and ribbons, dueling, horror books, haunted houses, comedy acts, red roses

Cane (Undertainer papyrus)

Cane is a half breed skeleton aged 50 with a pink soul for passion. He is 6’2 and has dual magic colors- salmon and lime green. When his ecto is summoned, he’s a real beanpole of a guy so he stuffs his suits to make his shoulders wider and himself appear more muscular lol.

Cane is a PASSIONATE character. He lives for the stage and roar of the crowd. When performing he’s vibrant, loud, eye catching and always dressed with a dazzling smile. Off the stage cane is a tad shy. He’s a gentle sweetheart and has a bit of trouble opening up without the “safety net” his stage persona gives him. He can be really clingy with the few true friends he does have.

Cane is the carnival’s animal act! He works with the dogs in the circus and mixes their tricks to work with his gaster blasters! Dogs will jump on top of the magical attacks, “ride” around the carnival, have “fierce” battles with the blasters- all kinds of cool stunts! He’s a crowd favorite of course! When he’s off the stage, he also helps care for the carnival’s other animals which includes horses, two camels, some sea lions, a fat pack of raccoons, cats, rats, and the bear- miss honey.

Canes special ability is called bone moulding- a normal skeleton monster can only change the size of their bone attacks, and their gaster blasters shape and size is set in stone after the first time they summon it. Can however is able to shape his bone attacks and blasters to give them different looks. So for example, he can make gaster blasters that appear as an animals entire skeleton, or as different types of skulls.

Things he loves: HIS DOGS, animals of all kinds, the color pear green, the color plum, funnel cake and corndogs, punk rock and guitar covers, dancing, morning runs, tongue twisters, vintage brooches, face paint, paint by number kits, carnival rides, roller coasters, screaming at people on Fortnite, white roses

Side characters

Houdini: undertainer gaster, the godfather of jester and cane. After jester and cains father ran off with a sexy human millionaire (at least that’s the story they were told) their godfather took them in. Houdini is easily excitable, extremely talented and a touch bit insane. But he’s also amazing at his job and was a loving father figure to the brothers. He is the carnivals escape artist. Every dangerous situation Houdini puts himself through is 100% genuine too.

Ringmaster: undertainer Asgore- Fantasia’s on and off lover and the face of the dreamers carnival. Ringmaster has a beautiful husky voice and acts as the announcer to every act in the circus as well as a comedic commentator. He has a wonderful sense of humor as long as his bitter drama with his ex doesn’t come up

Fantasia: Undertainer toriel- ringmasters on and off lover and the top act of the dreamers carnival. Fantasia is the “magician” showcasing nearly every type of magic monsters are capable of in the flashiest manner possible. She’s also a fan favorite for all the rude gestures she tosses her ex during her act lol.

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Remember this old drawing?

Well I decided to redraw him in my new style! Say hello to the new and improved Pepper!

Now with more bling ruffles and attitude! lol

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Say hello to Horizontale!

The newest au! Horizon tale starts with the classic war between humans and monsters. Like many other aus before, the humans banded their best spellcasters together to lock away their enemies permanently. The intention of the humans was to throw the monsters "past the heavens" or thrust them into space like what happened with the outer aus. What happened instead was the curse travelling underneath the continents and targeting random patches of land. The earth became torn up; sections of random patches of land are now floating as islands in the sky. Parts of the ocean rises too, creating magical watery channels in midair. Of course, this crazy phenomena didn't stop the war. Humans and monsters continued to reign terror upon each other until the strain of surviving in the new climate became too much to ignore. Eventually a stalemate is reached where the monsters take dominion of the sky, and the humans ownership of the surface.

Many-many-many generations later, monsters and humans have both adapted to fit their new world. The humans develop technologies that allow their homes and farms to become mobile in order to escape any rising land or dodge the falling islands. The monsters evolve magically, developing an ability to slow and speed up their falls magically- a cruder version of outer monsters anti gravity magic. Tensions had cooled between the two species over time too. While monsters generally stay in the sky and humans on the ground, trade is common between the two.

The biggest changes to the world:

The world of horizontale was constantly moving, not just the islands in the sky. With how the land was "loosened" by chunks flying away, even the land below would constantly travel as massive islands floated around the sea. This made the climate unpredictable both in the air and below. One month you could be in a nice humid tropical section of the earth, and the next month you're caught in a blizzard.

Also the islands would regularly switch between land and sky. The curse that had meant to evict the monsters infected the deep bedrock below the land. The stone would "charge" then begin to float away when ready, and when all that energy is used up, it falls down again to crash into the ocean.

The fauna and animal life changed with their enviorment too. Animals became smaller and faster while plants became.... mobile. Flying ferns, crawling trees and stampeding bushes. The plant life seems to travel more than the land sometimes. And don't even talk about the seaweed. Nobody lived on the water for a reason.

Humans became experts at creating these walking tanklike homes. Massive metal structures that can act as greenhouses, boats and busses all in one. And monsters became experts in creating airships, smaller speedy structures in in the sky, perfect for hunting or gathering supplies before making a quick escape.

When the aus merged in ebott, floating islands containing the Horizontale monsters appeared above the country. The poor monsters were nervous wrecks for the first couple of years worrying that their islands would eventually fall down. For some reason though it never happened. Now that they finally have a taste of stability they've become very enthusiastic and adventurous people. The horizontale- or sky monsters as they're called by the others- have a reputation for being very hard to manage but great to party with lol. Big ride or die guys.

and now the boys!

Zeppelin-or zepp (Horizontale sans)

Zeppelin, or zepp (he prefers the shorter nickname. His family only called him zeppelin when he's in trouble) is a sky skeleton monster standing at 5'3 and aged 55. He has sky blue magic, a missing front tooth and very crooked teeth from previous injuries. He's currently wearing braces until his next set of teeth grows in (around 150 for skeleton monsters).

Zepp has that nervous manic energy that is common with all the other sky monsters. He always has this need to move and snoop around. He is generally a cheerful and silly guy. He's never cared about how people see him and will confidently be his true self in every situation, even if it's inconvenient. He is a big jokester and finds a lot of humor in the absurd. Things like making planes shaped as pigs for that phrase "when pigs fly" is a great example. He is very intelligent and creative and has made some true masterpieces when it comes to his airships. He hates waste when building and will utilize every tool and supply available even if it isn't the best quality.

Zepp is a part time "ferry captain" and is a full-time retriever. He has this uncanny talent for locating packages lost in the system or personal belongings that had been stolen or accidentally left behind in ebott. He has a 100% success rate and is very proud of his skills. On the side when he doesn't have a retriever gig, he will ferry tourists up to the sky islands in his rather... questionable airships.

Zepp's special ability is called mental image. He can get a very clear image of what someone is thinking through touching their hand. He uses this ability when first meeting a client, so he knows exactly what he's trying to track down.

Things he loves: urban exploring, exploring the underground, hiking, flying, robotics, robot dueling, the color golden yellow, weed, homemade cookies, first person shooters and open world video games, dandelions, country and folk music, hearing about tourists' travels, travel brochures, dumpster diving, building airships, spraypainting, his pet seagull named Florida man

Pilot (Horizontale papyrus)

Pilot is a sky skeleton monster standing at 6'7 and aged 51. He has ice/teal blue magic. His ribcage is slightly yellowed from constant smoking.

Pilot has that nervous manic energy that is common in most sky monsters. He had trouble adjusting to the slow peaceful life of ebott and still finds himself expecting the sky to literally fall. He is jumpy and a touch paranoid. While he is friendly to strangers, it takes a very long time for him to actually relax and open up to new people. He takes safety VERY seriously and will throw a fit if someone ignores basic common sense. His long rants about the stupidity of mankind are like his own form of therapy lol. Despite his nerves, pilot is a ride or die friend and will easily ignore his instincts if he thinks a loved one is in trouble.

Pilot has a beautiful blimp first designed by Zepp, then improved on by himself that he flies as a full-time ferry captain. Four days a week he spends all sunlight hours taking passengers back and forth between the floating islands and ebott city. The fifth day he gets absolutely baked to recover from dealing with the stress of life and the final two days of the week are dedicated to chores, obsessive blimp upkeep and his hobbies lol.

His special ability is called the danger meter, or his spidey sense by zeppelin. When pilot meets another magical being that is stronger than him, he gets an undetectable soul check to tell him what their LV is.

Things he loves: WEED, dog treats, nicotine, brownies, airships, leather acessories and clothing, watching the sunset, strategy video games, weightlifting, gymnastics, kickboxing, robot dueling, the color navy blue, durantas/sky flowers, anime- especially isekais, country and choir music

side characters:

Flappy: horizon catty, an absolutely nuts cat monster. Flappy is a twisterweed rancher and her herd constantly seems to get in the way of pilots ship rout. They get in weekly screaming matches over it. Also, she's his childhood best friend. Everyone thinks they're dating since they kissed once when they were little kids. stars people.

Ratty: horizon bratty, a VERY bold and brave crocodile monster. She is big in the robot dueling scene and has had a lot of success in the competitions with her creations. She is hopelessly in love with flappy but is convinced she is dating pilot.

BP: horizon burger pants, the bp is short for blimp pimp. His actual name is skye. The terrible nickname is a long story and is heavily blamed on zepp. BP is a twisterweed weaver, creating the cloth used in blimps, hot air ballons, zeppelins and other popular airship forms. He and zepp are childhood besties and love to make fun of the oblivious love triangle that is flappy pilot and ratty.

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Ehehehe get ready for the next au, Undermars!!

Set meant many many millennia in the future, this au is centered all around a colony settling on a barren planet! Earth had been practically decimated by war, pollution, deforestation, rising ocean acidity, you name it. All living races remaining knew that the damage was irreplaceable. All the remaining viable resources were pooled into creating ships capable of withstanding space long enough to reach a better home.

Monsters, mages and humans carefully engineered chosen and trained were sent in packed pods to a selection of planets with just the right gravitational pull and atmosphere to work with! The colony that was pulled into the crash on ebott had been on their new planet for almost a decade. They had still been doing their best to carve into the rocky barren landscape of their new home. The air was thin, plant life struggled to thrive and water had to literally be mined from the asteroid belt above. But they were making it work.

After the crash, many of this AUs people made a reputation for being… well perfect! They were brilliant, strong, hardy and rather fanatical in their loyalty to ebott. They view ebott as a paradise, some fantasy place their ancestors told stories of to motivate them. They would do ANYTHING for their new home. They’re lovingly called the “Martians” by other monsters

*note: all the monsters, mages and humans of this au are unrelated. The individuals chosen were intended to be as biologically diverse as possible to ensure healthy new generations as well*

Now the new boys ;)

Nitro (nitrogen) -formerly Head Botanist 0043 (undermars sans)

Nitro is a skeleton monster with a few curious differences from your average skeleton. He was carefully modified during incubation to have a better respiratory system as well as more tolorance to radiation and harsh light. The result is denser bones, permanently summoned ecto and being able to hold his breath for an obscene amount of time without passing out. Like almost two hours. Nitro has a smattering of freckles on his skull and shoulders as well as deep ice blue magic. He stands at 5’2. He thinks he is aged around roughly 100 years old (time was a bit wonky in their au).

Nitros personality is like a double sided coin. On one side, he is efficient, super organized, collected, strict, stoic and domineering. He is used to handling a lot of pressure as the former protector of what is literally the colonies only chance at sustaining itself. On his other side, he is creative, curious, sassy, and a real goofball. During those rare moments where he has no responsibilities, nitro is a huge dweeb. He loves cheesy puns, small pranks and just being an overall nuisance.

Formerly, nitro was the head botanist and was tasked with getting the seeds and saplings to thrive on the new planet. He has some background in genetic engineering and would do his best to customize the plants to better suit the dead-land his people were stuck with. After the crash, he remained in that field and spends his days with the royal scientists. He spends his day in a lab and his test fields seeing how his new crop varieties stand against the elements.

Nitro has three special abilities. Tw Two were carefully implanted into him as a fetus. The first is rapid seed- it basically forces a plant to seed or pollinate outside of its season and age. It kills the plant, but allows for faster cross breeding. The second is called atmospheric magnet. He can literally “pull” heavy gasses out of the air around him and force them to pool around his feet as he walks. Incredibly useful if there’s ever a breach in his breathing vest. on the bare planet. The third- his natural born ability, is called skip step. If he skips, he can sort of “glide” across water. It only works for a few minutes so it’s not a viable mode of transportation.

Things he loves: plants of course, finding new crop varieties, the color grass green, non-grass lawns and eco-friendly architecture, fantasy books, pillow fights, parkour, farm monsters, hard candies, dandelions, puns, punk rock, gardening, bugs, solar.

Solar -formally power cell engineer 0186

Solar is a skeleton monster with a few curious differences from your average skeleton. He was carefully modified during incubation to have a better respiratory system as well as more tolorance to radiation and harsh light. The result is denser bones, permanently summoned ecto and being able to hold his breath for an obscene amount of time without passing out. Like almost two hours. Solar has a peachy yellow magic, freckles on his skull and ribcage and several tattoos decorating his spinal cord. He stands at 6 feet even and thinks he is aged around 100.

Solar is a very determined, hard working, loyal and rather intense personality. He has issues with pacing himself and will often skip sleep causing him to always look a bit trashed lol. He can be impulsive but is honest and owns up to when he makes mistakes. He almost didn’t make the cut for joining the colony, but they had too many elementals, so he was switched out with another prospective engineer. Because of this, he is very determined to prove himself and worries a lot about not doing enough. Babies scare him lol. They’re too unpredictable. He thrives in routine

Solar, like his name suggests, works with solar energy! On the ship he managed the power cells along with the other engineers. Once on the surface he was in charge of building new power generators for the colony. Now in ebott, he works with the royal scientists managing and improving the core. He is more of a handyman than a researcher and will do all the building tasks for their tests.

Solar has three special abilities. Two were carefully implanted into him as a fetus. The first is flare shield. For a period of five minutes, he can make himself totally immune to heat damage. There isn’t a limit listed to how much he can take, mostly because he hasn’t found one yet. For his second ability, named foundation sweep, Solar can smooth out stone into a perfectly flat surface by rubbing it with his bare hands. The stone being moved away is turned into a fine dust or sand. His third, the natural one, is called smokers mouth by nitro lol. Solar can turn his teeth yellow at will.

Things he loves: robotics, renewable energy, energy drinks, chocolates with interesting filling, parkour, hiking, boxing, those fair rides that you can manually spin, farm monsters, sky blue, puzzle boxes, robot dueling, motorcycles, that really fast rave music that makes you feel like you’re having a heart attack, nitro.

Side characters:

Risk: undermars frisk, one of the humans chosen for the colony. Risk is a tactician genius and was pulled straight from the military. They have joined the royal guard and work closely with the air force division.

Gene: undermars gaster: also a royal scientist these days, he is the lead scientist in researching genetic disease in both monsters and humans. He is G’s boss and knows more than he lets on.

Flareby: undermars grillby, a brilliant nutritionist, flareby now is the personal chef to the royals. He is the one to prepare the meals of any currently inside the capitol building.

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Say hello to drakegold!!

Oh boy, this au really got turned upside down after the crash. In drakegold, three main kingdoms ruled the world. Before the crash, all three kingdoms were at war and had been for millennia. Why? The common drakegold monsters and humans who crossed over in the crash couldn’t tell you. In fact only the royals seem to know. Octavia and Augustus worked very hard to bury their AUs history.

After the crash, when the drakegold monsters appeared, there was mass confusion. Only a fraction of the people from the au had crossed over, leaving people scared, lost and missing family friends and leaders. The few nobles who were mixed into the crowd attempted to gather forces and fight against the strange groups of monsters already inhabiting ebott. Of course the drakegolds were totally outnumbered so it didn’t end up well for these wannabe rulers.

When things in ebott settled enough, and two monsters were chosen to be the drakegolds representatives, a massive plot to undermine the royals still new authority was uncovered. The whole noble class of drakegold was culled in one swoop. It was easily the biggest round of mass executions in ebotts short history. The example made of this au did wonders in getting the rest of the more unruly AUs to stay in line. Now only the normal class, more level headed members remain.

Now to introduce the siblings!

Garnet Threadgil (Draketale sans)

Garnet is a skeleton monster standing at 5’5 from drakegold. She has a deep crimson magic, two large horns that curl behind her skull and a very long scaled tail matching her magic. She is aged 93

Garnet is a very proud character and a touch vain really, but she deserves it. All of her success in life she created by her own hands alone. She is extremely ambitious and driven. Garnet was born with an insatiable hunger for the finer things in life~ She loves extravagance and works hard in order to enjoy it. She is very intense and intimidating around those she deems a threat to her lifestyle, coy, teasing and alluring to anyone she sees as useful, and for true friends, she is affectionate and nurturing. She has an intense need to feel in control of those around her and tends to dislike any monsters or people who she deems more powerful than her on principle. Not that she’ll ever admit that of course ;).

Before the crash, garnet had just been another nameless soldier in the endless wars of her au. After, she saw a chance to change her fate and took it. Using loans and a lot of personal labor, she managed to purchase and start running the Marble mouth, a large mine located near New Hope. Garnet paid off her loan sharks years ago and now owns her mine completely. She’s done very well for herself and is rightfully reveling in it at the moment.

Her special ability is called candy breath by topaz. When she leans her face in close to another persons, the scent of her breath helps them relax, feel pleasant and tends to make people rather loose lipped. She only uses this ability on those she feels threatened by as a defense mechanism since it has such a strong tell. Anyone affected gets a strong aftertaste of Cotten candy in their mouth.

Things she loves: her brother, precious metals and gemstones- rubies and sapphire especially, fancy fabrics and embroideries, nail art, dueling, screamo and folk music, getting dressed up for concerts/parties/conventions, renaissance fairs, little kids, stone furniture and decor, the color gold of course, sun lotus, fresh salmon or trout

Topaz Threadgil (drakegold papyrus)

Topaz is a drakegold skeleton standing at 6’4 feet. He has golden magic, two forward facing horns on his skull and a very long scaled tail matching his magic color. He is aged 49

Topaz is a kind, gentle and sensitive soul. He has terrible social anxiety and will cling to anyone he trusts when out in public. It takes a good while of knowing him before he can look people in the eyes and speak to them directly. He can be very passionate about the people and hobbies he loves in life. When he finds something worth keeping, he will pour everything he has into it. It was obvious growing up that he wasn’t made for his au. Garnet kept topaz sheltered and hidden from their war torn surroundings which was good then, but now after the crash that same protection is more like a glittering cage. He doesn’t want to be a burden on his sister, but is unsure at how to change their dynamic.

Topaz is supported by his sister, so no job at the moment. He does spend a lot of time creating absolutely stunning embroidery pieces. Garnet wants him to come out with his work, but he is too scared of the attention it’ll bring. Anything topaz makes will inevitably find its way into garnets closet somehow lol.

His special ability is called live wire. In battle topaz can electrify his tail and use it as a whip and taser combo. It’s very draining and more of a last resort move

Things he loves: his sister, embroidery, weaving, cross stitch, tapestries, those f*cked up looking medieval cats in old manuscripts, screamo and 80s, zinnias, art history, the color indigo, jellied eel, dating sims, playing the sims

Side characters

Octavia: drakegold toriel. She is a ruthless, stone cold cut throat leader. She is confirmed to be immune to the effects of LV, so is the royal to perform any executions for high profile criminals. When that task isn’t needed, she spends time with ivory editing what is allowed to be published in the public histories.

Augustus; drakegold Asgore. He is a quiet and private character for a ruler. Augustus prefers to blend into the background of the others. He has a good head for law and works specifically in criminal defense law.

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If you’ve ever wondered what his dueling fit looks like, now you know! Here’s Helios ready to kick butt and take names!!