Hello again my Thought-Bubbles! I'm here with my third character sheet and as you can see from the title this one is about good old Gaster. This is pretty much like my other two character sheets, basic background information that overlaps with previous posts, family relations, Soul Eye color, stats and certain abilities Gaster possess due to his unique Soul Eye color.
Now for basic background information: Gaster was 'born' on the surface and lived alongside humans for the majority of his life, he found humans to be interesting and was one of the first Monsters to initiate peaceful contact with one, after the first alliance between humans and Monsters was formed Gaster was enlisted into the army, Gaster's father was a Lieutenant in the Royal army and fully expected Gaster to follow his line of work and enter the army. During training Gaster met Asgore, Gaster was '3' (300 human years) his senior, Gaster and Asgore developed a symbiotic friendship, Asgore being the physically stronger of the two while Gaster specialized in strategy and magic.
Independently or together the two were forces to be reckoned with, however after graduating Gaster immediately left the army to study science while Asgore was brought to the Monster capital to be trained in the ways of royalty. Gaster had no idea that the goat monster he had befriended was the crowned prince until '50' (5000 human) years later when there was a call for a new Royal scientist. Gaster had apprenticed under the old Royal scientist since he got into the science field, he was deemed a protege and was immediately picked up by the Royal scientist. However the title of Royal scientist needed to be approved by the King whom at the time was Asgore.
Asgore and Gaster immediately recognized each other and the title of Royal scientist was passed down to Gaster with no second thoughts, Gaster's work spoke for itself and Asgore already knew Gaster. Monsters and humans were flourishing at this point as both nations worked together to improve their lives. '4' (400 human) years after Gaster became the Royal scientist he became a god-father to King Asgore and Queen Toriels son Asriel. And 8 (800 human) years after becoming Asriel's god-father he watched his charge die.
Asgore and Toriel knew that Gaster would never willingly allow harm to come to their son but the relationship between the three of them was forever strained. '5' (500 human) years after the death of Asriel, Gaster bid the humans he had worked with farewell before retreating to the underground with the rest of Monsters.
Gaster threw himself into his work to help the Monsters now stuck underground. Eons later Gaster was once again asked by Asgore and Toriel to be the god-father of their newly adopted child Chara. Gaster initially declined the position for fear of failing his closest friends again, however after much thought he excepted the position of god-father.
During his time as Chara's god-father, the monarchy was beginning to face severe retaliation from the Monsters, riots and rebellions were forming left and right. Asgore contacted Gaster to discuss counteractive means of defending the kingdom, eventually the two settled on the creation of a functioning human Soul that would be used as a weapon against the mounting rebellion.
Gaster obeyed Asgore's demand and began researching the limited sources available on human Souls he often did small harmless tests on Chara to gain better understandings of the human Soul before he attempted to create a functioning Soul. The first 57 Souls were nonfunctional or dispersed shortly after being removed from their incubators, however the 58th Soul held promise, instead of a human Soul Gaster created a Soul that was neither human nor Monster as it was created using his Soul as a template. It held human and monster Soul characteristics but it was neither, to accommodate the new Soul Gaster attempted to build a body for the Soul using Chara as a template.
Within a week the correct bone structure had formed around the Soul. However instead of continuing on to make a human the growth rate stopped and the newly formed skeleton awoke. The skeletal structure was distinctly human however it bore a Soul Eye, a trait only found in monsters. Further testing proved that the new monster did indeed share other human traits including unnaturally high levels of Determination and other traits as such.
Gaster brought his findings to Asgore, while the new Soul could be used as a weapon he was asked not to destroy the monster. Gaster complied and began to create what he hoped to be a non-sentient Soul. Despite the pseudo success of creating a functional Soul, Gaster was unable to recreate the Soul, making the young monster unique. Eventually Gaster decided to adopt the young monster as his own, he named the young skeleton Papyrus. '4' (400 human) years later Gaster managed to create another Soul, this Soul was much much closer to that of a humans while it still held some traits only found in monsters including the Soul Eye.
However after an attack on the Core, the new Soul was left fragile and weak. Gaster devoted all of his time to the new Soul, often leaving Papyrus alone for weeks at a time. Eventually the Soul managed to stabilize and create a body, this time the Soul's body was much closer to that of a humans, a delicate transparent film of 'flesh' covered the visible bones of the skeleton. Shortly after the stabilization and creation of Sans, Chara passed away.
Immediately after her death her Soul arrived at the core, by reluctant order of the King and Queen, Chara's Soul was to be used to gain more Souls to be used in the civil war that was currently taking place. However Gaster could not, nor could he bring himself to touch the Soul, after spending just shy of a year (100 human years) watching over the human and caring for her Gaster could not bring himself to harm the only remnants of Chara, however his newest assistant Alphys could.
After reviewing her teachers notes Alphys concluded that a human Soul needed to have an organic host in order to properly manifest itself. Alphys decided to use golden flowers as they were plentiful and they reproduced rapidly. Chara's Soul was inserted into a flower and everything Chara once was was transferred into the flower. However Alphys had no idea that the Soul she was dealing with belonged to the King and Queens deceased child.
It wasn't until Gaster recognized the flower to be Chara, he quickly removed his reincarnated charge from Alphys and reunited the human turned flower to her adopted parents. Both parties were ecstatic to be reunited. A week later the Monarchy fell.
Gaster took Papyrus and Sans to the marshlands around Waterfall where the three hid from the rebellion looking to recruit or kill monsters. As Sans was far weaker than his brother Gaster spent more time with Sans to prepare him for the future. '14' (1400 human) years after going into hiding Papyrus abandoned the two of them to join the rebellion. Sans was distraught over the loss of his brother however Gaster remained partly indifferent.
It wasn't until Papyrus returned with the intent of killing both himself and Sans did Gaster realize how dangerous his creation had turned out to be. During his time with Sans he trained him how to conceal his Soul signature which would make it impossible to detect or follow him. After Papyrus returned Gaster ordered Sans to run so he could take care of Papyrus, Sans refused to leave which forced Gaster to teleport Sans away from the fight. After retreating from Papyrus Gaster realized that he had no way to find Sans. Gaster had lost two sons in one night.
Sans blamed Gaster for driving Papyrus away and abandoning him, while Papyrus wanted to reap his Soul Eye for his own purposes. Gaster tried countless times to reconnect with his boys and he was either met with a cold glare or a sharp blade.
That's all I can really give on Gaster's back ground, I think that also covers his relations to Sans and Papyrus. Now onto stats and his Soul Eye.
HP: 50000: Gaster does not carry Soul Eyes, he did however do self experimentation during his time as Royal scientist which gave him not only a health boost but also high resistance to pain.
Def: 5000: Similarly to Sans Gaster uses Gaster Blaster, bone constructs and other forms of magic to reduce or prevent damage.
Atk: 10000: Gaster wields bone constructs infused with his magic to deal massive damage, which is also partly due to self experimentation.
Satk: 25000: Gaster is very good at multitasking, allowing him to use multiple long ranged magic attacks simultaneously.
Magic: N/A: Gaster has no limits on his magic usage.
Speed: 500: Gaster has teleportation capabilities and he has a naturally lithe structurally.
Stealth: 500: Gaster has mastered the art of 'shadowing' an ability that allows the user to practically melt into the shadows to become invisible to the naked eye.
Most of Gaster's stats are directly related to the color of his Soul Eye. Gaster has a unique purple Soul Eye which appears in his left eye, the center of his Soul eye is a light mauve color that bleeds into orchid, violet and ultraviolet. The Soul Eye sits on a black plum base. These colors also tie into Gaster abilities, other than teleportation Gaster also possess...
Soul seal: The ability to seal ones magic imprint making it impossible to locate or follow a monster by following magical residue left behind by them.
Soul sight: The ability to pinpoint a monsters exact location based on their magical imprint.
Shadowing: The ability to become one with the surrounding environment as a form of camouflage.
Soul Leech: The ability to leech off another magic well and absorb attacks.
Soul Reading: The ability to look into an individuals future.
The Soul Reading ability Gaster has is the main reason he never tried to reach out to Papyrus, he saw every available future and no matter what he did Papyrus would find a way to hate him, the same went for Sans. Instead of trying to change the future Gaster took to savoring what little time he would have with his sons.
That's all I can say for that really.
W!Gaster wears a black trench coat, it's frayed beyond repair and the entire right sleeve is missing. Beneath the damaged coat is a now gray turtle neck and dusty 'white' scarf. Gaster wears what used to be black dress pants which are now frayed and torn. Gaster wears a set of high steel-toed boots.
Gaster also sprouts many more cracks, alongside the iconic two cracks running from the top of his right eye to his forehead and the bottom of his left eye down to the corner of his mouth. To put it simply, the only thing holding Gaster's skull together is magic. Let's leave it at that...
Asgore: As stated prior Gaster met Asgore on the surface during army training. The two bled off each other in a way, their strengths ans weaknesses balancing each other out. Asgore trusted Gaster with his life and once Asriel was born he trusted Gaster with his son's life too. Even after the death of his son Asgore still considered Gaster to be the most loyal friend he had.
Toriel: While Toriel was never as close to Gaster as Asgore was she could still see how trustworthy Gaster was, Gaster and Toriel developed a close bond based on trust, Toriel trusted Gaster's input and judgment on most subjects which was one of the main things Toriel liked about Gaster. At the time Gaster was an calm, collective monster with a good head on his shoulders and if Asgore had never proposed to her, Toriel would have asked for Gaster's Soul.
Alphys: Alphys was an unexpected presence in Gaster's life, much like him Alphys was a protege. Shortly after meeting Gaster took her under his wing to teach her. Alphys was a soft spoken girl with a love of knowledge and mechanics, which was the main reason Gaster assigned her to experiment on Chara's Soul, if anybody could figure out how a human Soul functioned it was Alphys.
I'll probably add more to Alphys' relationship with Gaster, I feel like I could have gone further but honestly I can't think of anything else right now.