Kris

Kris is the main protagonist and one of the three main characters in Deltatraveler. They awake together with Susie in the Ruins at the start of Section 1 - In Ruins.

They take the role as the leader of the party, having access to different ACTs during battles, as well as being able to empower Susie and Noelle's spells during boss fights. Kris also has the second best initial attack stat and increase of the party, more than Noelle but less than Susie. They can't use spells, as they don't have and can't get magic.

Their Flavor color is Mint.

Profile

Appearance

Kris initially has their exact same appearance as in Deltarune: a human teenager with amber-colored skin, long maroon hair, green shirt with a horizontal yellow stripe, and brown pants and shoes. For almost the entirely of Section 1 and 2, as well as roughly one-third of Section 3, Kris appears to have a blank expression, but other characters can see their facial expressions.

In Section 2 - Oh, Mother, Kris becomes concussed on the Obliteration Route, altering their appearance slightly. Kris gains a bandage around their head, covering some of their hair, and the shadow that obscures their eyes becomes larger and darker.

Midway through Section 3 - Hell's Forest, Kris moves their hair, and reveals their right eye through their shadowed face. Kris's hair changes slightly to accommodate for this, and they also gain a black eyebrow above their revealed eye. While not visible in their overworld sprite, more detailed artwork of Kris with their eye often depicts them with eyelashes, including their talk/menu sprites. After this point, Kris becomes more animated even with the SOUL inside them, such as various moments where they are shown to be surprised.

Personality

Kris retains their personality from Deltarune, though it is expanded in Deltatraveler in various moments where Kris's thoughts can be heard; they seem to be unhappy with being controlled by the SOUL and want to get rid of it. Kris's dislike about being controlled is especially apparent in the Obliteration Route, as they are aware that the SOUL/player is making the party kill all enemies and, when knocked out in Section 2, hopes never to wake up so that their forced massacre can end.

Kris is also shown to deeply care about having good friends like Susie and Noelle and seems scared at the thought of being alone. After waking up in Section 3 after having imagined themselves dying alone, Kris is visibly upset and quickly looks to their friends for support. Kris becomes calmer after explaining their situation to Susie and Noelle, after being reassured that they don't mind about Kris acting somewhat strange due to the SOUL (in the case of the Normal Route) or that they'll try to do something about it (in the case of the Obliteration Route).

Some of Kris's past is also explored in Deltatraveler, such as during the Section 3 intermission in Snowdin, where interacting with the window of Grillby's causes Noelle to reminisce about when she and Kris used to visit the Grillby's in their home world. Kris also seems shocked to see Dess and a young Noel after waking up in the Snowdin inn.

Main Story

Section 1

Kris awakens next to Susie in the world of Undertale, and they stick together as they start exploring the Ruins. They meet Flowey, who is fended off by Susie, and Toriel, who appears extremely shocked upon spotting Kris. The two follow her through the Ruins until they see her crying, because she mistakes Kris for Chara, one of her dead children. After she realizes that Kris isn't Chara, she introduces herself formally and suggests the duo find the royal scientist in Hotland.

After making their way through the Ruins, Kris gets some rest in Toriel's house, and suddenly has a dream sequence where they hear Gaster's voice, instructing them to traverse the grey doors to find him. After waking up, Kris and Susie prepare to leave, though face a deadly encounter with Flowey first. When they do finally leave the Ruins, Kris finds Noelle with Susie, whom accompanies them. They also meet Sans (Undertale), who informs them about his brother. When Noelle falls through the grey door at the very end of the section, Kris follows behind her and Susie.

Section 2

Waking up inside of the Twoson Caves, Kris casts LightClear with Noelle to transform the world into a more familiar style. They traverse through Peaceful Rest Valley until they reach Happy Happy Village, where they explore for a while until meeting Paula. Gaster freezes the world around Kris momentarily to tell them that Paula is an essence holder and has a SOUL just like Kris's. After unfreezing the world, Kris appears to be nervous about having Paula joining the party, but she does so anyway.

After defeating Mr. Carpainter and reaching the end of Lilliput Steps, Kris and the party are suddenly ambushed by Porky, who they defeat, and bid farewell to Ness and Paula. Kris goes through the grey door with Susie and Noelle afterwards.

Obliteration Route

After killing all the enemies in Peaceful Rest Valley, Kris feels strong enough to draw blood, and then kills the Coil Snake. Susie rages at Kris for what they're doing, though they can only say that they can't control themselves. After entering Happy Happy Village, Kris kills the first Blue Cultist they encounter, which attracts the attention of a creepy yellow lady who hits Kris in the head with a pan, giving them a concussion. Kris wakes up in the hospital and they explore the now-empty village until they find Paula, who doesn't join them after seeing Kris's condition.

After killing everything else in their way, Kris's concussion heals completely at the end of Lilliput Steps, but are then ambushed by Ness and Paula. Kris and their friends kill them and leave through the grey door, with them all now in a very miserable state.

Section 3

Kris and their friends start progressing through Desolate Snowdin and meet Papyrus (GG!Underfell) and Sans (GG!Underfell), the latter of whom instantly tries to kill Kris, but is stopped by the former. Kris and their friends continue on, surviving an invisible electric maze made by Papyrus and avoiding an extremely deadly letter filled with bones made by Sans.

When reaching the Forest of Wild Beasts, Kris finds a house in the woods and they sleep in there for a little while with their friends, though Kris doesn't sleep well after thinking about being stuck under the influence of the SOUL and then imagining themselves suffocating. Kris hugs Susie for support after waking up, and then goes downstairs and explains their situation with Susie and Noelle, who understand and assure Kris not to worry.

After surviving an ambush by Sans (GG!Underfell), Kris continues through Desolate Snowdin, completing more puzzles and eventually crossing the bridge to the Gauntlet of Deadly Terror, where Sans tries to kill Kris yet again. Kris slams Sans into the bridge, causing him to fall off, but Kris also jumps down to go after Noelle after she falls off too.

Kris survives the fall with their friends and finds the grey door, but Sans (GG!Underfell) grabs Kris again though is saved by Susie. Kris stabs Sans in the back, but is shaken off and engages in combat with him. After leaving Sans on his last legs, Kris may either spare or kill him. Sparing Sans leads to a cutscene where Papyrus (GG!Underfell) apologizes to the trio, especially Kris, for his and Sans's actions.

Eventually, Kris wakes up to the voice of Dess and Noel from Undertale, who talk with Kris for a little while. Once they leave, Kris explores Snowdin Town for a short while before continuing through Waterfall and evade Undyne, until Kris and their friends are cornered next to another grey door. Kris rips out their SOUL in front of Undyne and jumps through the door alone after realizing Undyne won't follow Kris through the grey door if she can't return home.

Obliteration Route

Kris is quickly left alone after killing Snowdrake, and eventually rejoins their friends in the Forest of Wild Beasts after they explain their situation with the SOUL and how it's the reason why they were making the trio kill all the enemies they found. From this point onwards, Kris tries to discourage the SOUL from continuing to make them kill everything by acting deceitful, such as supposedly giving the option to use Red Buster in battles but it actually leading to an instant game over if used.

Relationships

Susie

Continuing from Deltarune, Kris and Susie continue to be good friends, with the two sticking together after waking up and working together in battles. The two also continue to have positive or jokey interactions. Kris also looks to Susie for emotional support in Section 3 on the Normal Route, and begins crying in front of her on the Obliteration Route when she tells them that they should be glad that she and Noelle aren't killing them, showing that Kris truly values their friendship. Kris also is quick to help Susie in critical moments, such as when Sans (GG!Underfell) starts gloating to Susie about having supposedly killing the GG!Underfell version of her, Kris stabs him in the back to stop him from talking and get revenge for not just themselves, but also Susie.

While Kris and Susie's relationship begins to become strained on the Obliteration Route due to Susie not knowing about Kris's situation with the SOUL at first, Susie is quick to support Kris when she finally understands, and the two quickly become sure that they want to bring any pain back to the SOUL if possible.

Flowey

Kris is quick to engage in battle with Flowey after first meeting him, showing that they trust him just as little as Susie does at the beginning of the game. At the end of Section 1, Kris appears in pain when grabbed by Flowey, and also begins shaking as Flowey starts egging them on, before they and Susie draw their weapons on him. Despite this, Flowey does seem to have an interest in Kris, not just because they have a human SOUL, but also because they heavily resemble Chara.

Noelle

Kris and Noelle's somewhat distant friendship continues in Deltatraveler, though they grow a little closer as they team up after Section 1, such as when Noelle looks to Kris to cast LightClear together. Noelle worries about Kris's unusual behaviour on the Obliteration Route, and asks them why they are killing everything they encounter. She also quickly becomes concerned about Kris's outburst in Section 3 on the Normal Route, and supports them after she finds out about Kris's situation with the SOUL.

Paula

When Kris first meets Paula in person, they find out that she is an essence holder after Gaster freezes time around them. This seems to unsettle Kris, and they seem to be somewhat hesitant to team up with Paula, possibly worried that the SOUL may be tempted to try and take her Clean Pan. However, Kris never outright refuses Paula's help and sticks around when the trio exchanges their goodbyes with Paula.

Ness

Kris can randomly call Ness when using the Cell Phone in Section 2, which confuses Ness at first, though he doesn't have much time to talk. When the two finally meet on the Normal Route, Ness is grateful for the trio's help with taking care of everything in Happy Happy Village and allowing Ness to absorb the power of Lilliput Steps. Kris and their friends say their goodbyes afterwards. However, Kris can also stop Ness briefly if they call Ness's dad through random Cell Phone usage to inform him that his dad gave him $347, which Ness awkwardly thanks Kris for, showing that they at least want Ness to know about his father's generosity.

On the Obliteration Route, Ness views Kris and the rest of the trio negatively, but if they spare him and Paula, Ness begins to understand Kris's situation, possibly due to the fact that he is also an essence holder.

In Battle

Stats

LV	HP	AT	DF	MG	EXP to next LV	Total EXP to LV
1	20	0	0	0	10	0
2	24	2	0	0	20	10
3	28	4	0	0	40	30
4	32	6	0	0	50	70
5	36	8	1	0	80	120
6	40	10	1	0	100	200
7	44	12	1	0	200	300
8	48	14	1	0	300	500
9	52	16	2	0	400	800
10	56	18	2	0	500	1200
11	60	20	2	0	800	1700
12	64	22	2	0	1000	2500
13	68	24	3	0	1500	3500
14	72	26	3	0	2000	5000

ACTs

X-Slash

An attack that hits an enemy two times with diagonal slashes, dealing high total damage. It's only available during the second phase of Paula's fight in the Obliteration Route. It costs 40% TP (24% TP pre-v3.0).

Status Effects

Currently, all status effects are exclusive to the Obliteration Route.

Concussed

In Section 2, Kris will receive a concussion after killing the first Blue Cultist the party meets. This causes a creepy lady to hit Kris on the head with a pan, knocking them out. Kris wakes up later in a hospital bed with a bandage on their head. Side effects of the concussion include:

• AT will drop by 6
• DF will drop by 3
• Occasionally will be unable to attack in battle
• Cannot carry Paula

Additionally, all of the party's GOLD will be lost in order for the group to pay the medical bill to treat Kris's concussion.

The concussion will only go away when the group reaches the end of Lilliput Steps.

Deceitful

In Section 3, Kris will become deceitful after they go to sleep in the bunny house in the Forest of Wild Beasts. Kris will explain to Susie and Noelle (offscreen) that they are being controlled by the player. After reinserting the SOUL, Kris will have the Deceitful status. Side effects include:

• Red Buster will become available in certain regular battles, but using it will instantly kill the party, resulting in a game over.
  • In the Sans (GG!Underfell) fight, Susie and Noelle will be downed and Kris will be left with 1 HP instead.

The only way to remove the Deceitful status currently is to abort the Obliteration Route.

Menu Portraits

Current

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  Neutral, at the start of the game.
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  After killing all enemies in the Ruins.
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  While Kris has a concussion in Section 2.
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  Neutral with eye, after revealing their eye in Section 3 on the Normal Route.
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  After revealing their eye and receiving the Deceitful status on the Obliteration Route.

Old

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  Neutral, start of the game and outside of the Obliteration Route.
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  After killing all enemies before Napstablook.
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  After killing all enemies in the Ruins.
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  While Kris has a concussion in Section 2.
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  Neutral with eye, after revealing their eye in Section 3 on the Normal Route.
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  After revealing their eye and receiving the Deceitful status on the Obliteration Route.

Gallery

Weapons

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  Pencil, Section 1
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  Toy Knife, Section 1
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  Pencil, Section 2
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  Toy Knife, Section 2
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  Snow Ring, Section 2
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  Cracked Bat, Section 2
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  Aluminum Bat, Section 2
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  Pencil, Section 3
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  Toy Knife, Section 3
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  Snow Ring, Section 3
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  Cracked Bat, Section 3
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  Aluminum Bat, Section 3
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  Clean Pan, Section 3
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  Tough Glove, Section 3
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  Permacicle, Section 3
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  Bluster Blade, Section 3

Other

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  Concept art featuring Kris and Susie in Section 1.
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  Concept art of Kris using the Snow Ring.
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  Concept art of Kris with a concussion whilst holding a Cracked Bat.
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  Concept art of Kris with a concussion, falling over during Gaster's speech in Section 2.
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  Real-life concept art of Kris throwing their SOUL in Section 3.

Trivia

• Like in Deltarune, Kris doesn't have visible dialogue under normal circumstances, though other characters understand them just fine regardless. However, if the player isn't controlling them (whether the player is instead controlling Frisk in Hard Mode or Kris ripped their SOUL out), their dialogue will become visible when they speak. Such as when their thoughts briefly become visible to the player when they're knocked unconscious during the Obliteration Route, when talking to Noelle and Susie about the player in QC's house and at the end of section 3 when talking to Undyne.
  • The only time Kris speaks with the SOUL in them is when interacting with the snow statue of Ralsei.