History WMG / DeltaruneTheAngelTheKnight

** A subtle hint: During the "Great Board" segment in Chapter 1, an NPC (who mostly talks about Ponmen, obviously pawn counterparts) calls Kris "horsey". What is the proper term for the horse in chess, hmm?

[[WMG: The Angel isn't based off any existing character in [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}}]].]]

[[WMG: The Angel isn't based off any existing character in [[VideoGame/Undertale]].]]

With that in mind, the Angel will likely be an OriginalGeneration character who will only show up during the true final chapter after Grandmaster Gaster's plan begins. The Angel is a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes that a world tainted with evil doesn't deserve to live and [[OmnicidalManiac must be cleansed with fire.]] Lured in by The Roaring and only fightable in [[SecretFinalCampaign Chapter 8]], The Angel [[TrueFinalBoss is a powerful foe]] who tests the player and [[FinalExamBoss everything they've learnt throughout the game]], indulging the player with a full on BulletHell extravaganza amidst [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowItthe backdrop of the world ending [[EveryoneHasStandards after killing Grandmaster Gaster in disgust]] and forcing Kris and their party to prove to them that this world is worth saving.

* Chapter 3 will build up Undyne as the Knight due to her wearing a set of armour in ''VideoGame/Undertale'', and also being law enforcement in ''VideoGame/Deltarune''. After being defeated at the end of the chapter, Undyne insists she can still fight, only to be taken down and forced out of the Dark World by the second Knight who tells her that she has disgraced the reputation of their grandmaster.

[[The Knight isn't an individual, and is actually a CollectiveIdentity.]]

* The third knight is Asriel, who as it turns out had wilfully thrown in his lot with the Grandmaster and helped to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt bring about The Roaring]], allowing the Titans to rampage across the world. As the main antagonist of Chapter 7, [[RecurringBoss he is fought multiple times]], with [[VaryingTacticsBoss each fight using different abilities.]] After the first fight, Asriel seemingly dies, though his soul manages to escape long enough to find a new body. [[ChekhovsGun That body being the vessel created at the beginning of the game.]] During this battle, Asriel [[ArmourPiercingQuestion questions Kris on why they'd ever want to protect a world that doesn't care about it's people and doesn't care about them.]] It's only after Kris manages to refute Asriel's nihilistic beliefs that that they're able to defeat the Asriel possessed vessel.
After the second fight, Asriel rants about how this useless puppet is just like you, [[EmptyShell a meaningless shell that pretends to have anything of worth]] because it refuses to die. Asriel then disappears and is later found in a field of flowers. Asriel rants and rages about Kris and their party have reduced them to this pitiful state. Asriel's final body is a familiar looking golden flower, who then threatens to show Kris the true meaning of this world. After being slain for the final time, Asriel breaks down and [[DespairEventHorizon hits despair point]] upon [[HeelRealization realizing that his time as the Knight has done nothing but turn him into an awful person]]. Before he can start to change his ways, the Grandmaster's voice can be heard. They decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they see no further use for this puppet]] and [[KilledOffForReal crushes Asriel's soul]], [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattering it into pieces]].

Given how most of the characters seem to keep their personalities and some aspects of them similar, what if Asriel in this universe started out as a kind person only to turn evil just like he did in ''Undertale''? Kris and Susie accidentally enter the Darkner kingdom in their school; what’s to say that Asriel didn’t go through something during his time at college? What if he entered the Darkners’ territory somehow and was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed into servitude]], possibly by the Queen, a villainous character mentioned by Jevil? It helps that his final form in ''Undertale'' resembled the angel of death in the prophecy; Ralsei says that the three heroes need to stop the “angel’s heaven.” Perhaps Asriel is the angel in the prophecy? It’s also worth noting that the ''Undertale'' games take a lot of inspiration from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''. Since Asriel in this game is Kris’ brother, maybe he’s an {{expy}} of Claus from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', and the Knight is ''Deltarune''[='=]s version of the Masked Man?