History Characters / DeltaruneTheThreeHeroes

* SupremeChef: While we don't get to taste the cake he baked on account of Susie [[BigEater immediately chomping it down]], her immediately asking for more implies that cake tastes good.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A [[EmptyShell depressed]] TokenHuman who's AmbiguouslyEvil, an AxCrazy [[BullyTurnedBuddy monster bully girl turned best friend]], and a [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]] pacific [[DarkIsNotEvil Darkner who [[IdenticalStranger looks]] like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]].

* NiceHat: Ralsei wears a green witch[=/=]wizard hat.

* KafkaKomedy: He's the sweetest person in the whole game (barring Noelle) and he's also the subject of a lot of humiliation in both Chapter 1 (where Susie throws him at K. Round) and 2 (where he gets used as a stool by Kris). All of this is PlayedForLaughs.

* SupremeChef: While we don't get to taste the cake he baked on account of Susie [[BigEater immediately chomping it down]], her immediately asking for more implies that cake has an aromatic taste.

As with the main page, '''all spoilers are unmarked'''. Due to the ties of various elements and cast members derived from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and the game expecting you to at least have some familiarity with it, spoilers involving ''Undertale'' are also unmarked.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: TheHeart Ralsei, TheLeader Kris, and [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] Susie are this respectively.

** Kris is [[TheLancer the stoic]] [[TheSmartGuy strategist]] of the trio expected to deliver commands for party members to follow, and they appear as blue and cyan in the Dark World and the UI.

** Susie's colors are purple and red, [[PurpleIsPowerful for very]] [[RedIsViolent good reasons]].

--> '''Susie:''' Come on, that all you got!? Kris, get up...!
--> '''Ralsei:''' This is not your fate...! Please, don't give up!

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A [[EmptyShell depressed]] [[TokenHuman human]] who's AmbiguouslyEvil, an AxCrazy [[BullyTurnedBuddy monster bully girl turned best friend]], and a [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]] [[DarkIsNotEvil pacific Darkner]] [[IdenticalStranger who looks like]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]].

** He apparently has knowledge of the Light World to the extent of knowing the layout of Kris's school and the contents of specific rooms in it, while also being aware of how Darkners (apparently) exist within the Light World as inanimate objects, but ''how'' he's privy to all of this isn't clear either. Especially since he stated in Chapter 1 that he's spent his entire life in the Kingdom of Darkness and never ventured outside. That being said, other Darkners seem to be aware of their status as inanimate objects in the real world as well, including a few who actively change into key items even in the Dark World to enter Kris's inventory, so it may just be an inherent part of a Darkner's existence.

* MrExposition: Explains the prophecy that resulted in Kris and Susie falling into the Dark Lands, as well as gameplay mechanics -- he does a better job at giving tutorials than the puzzle pieces in the tutorial room.

* BattleButler: ...{{defied|Trope}}. Though The Queen makes him put on a butler outfit, Susie makes him take off the outfit before he can be used in battle again.

* BeautifulAllAlong: Not that he starts off particularly ugly, but he definitely gets prettier the more of his true appearance is shown. With his FaceFramedInShadow he's more cutesy than anything else, but once he reveals his face he borders on being a {{Bishonen}}, at least by monster standards. If you progress far enough in Spamton's sidequest and see an interaction where Susie [[TheGlassesGottaGo steals his glasses]] it's taken even further; without them he's so pretty he looks like he has makeup on, and could probably pass for a girl.

* '''[[Characters/DeltaruneRalsei Ralsei]]'''

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!!Ralsei
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[[caption-width-right:183:''"I hope we can become friends!"'']]
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->''"This world is full of all kinds of people, Kris. In the end, how we treat them makes all the difference. So let's try our best to get by without [=FIGHTing=]. If we can manage to so that... I believe this tale may have a happy ending."''

The Prince of Darkness, who's been waiting for a very long time for a Human and Monster to fulfill the prophecy and become part of the Delta Warriors. Ralsei is a sweet, kind-hearted Darkner, who is still learning what it means to have friends.\\
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In combat, Ralsei fights with his scarf. As the team's healer, [[SquishyWizard he doesn't deal much damage, nor does he have a lot of health]], but his spells are used to put enemies to sleep, and heal the party.
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* AccidentalProposal: Trying to equip the Snow Ring on him will make him ask if you're proposing to him. He won't wear it, however.
* ActualPacifist: Tries to be this in Chapter 1. While this approach works out just fine for the majority of the game, this ends up becoming a FatalFlaw towards the end of the chapter. After the King gets tired out from the fight, Ralsei heals him out of sympathy, not suspecting the outcome where King [[ISurrenderSuckers wasn't being sincere about his]] HeelFaceTurn, nearly getting the entire party killed. After this incident, Ralsei becomes a little more willing to use violent approaches when absolutely necessary.
* AmbiguousInnocence:
** While his intentions seem good, it's never fully clear just how much Ralsei knows about the world or where his allegiances lie, and he seems especially interested in making sure Kris never dwells too much on the more disturbing parts of the Dark World.
** In Chapter 1, when Kris and Ralsei are stuck in a jail cell and the point of view switches back to them after watching Susie for a while, Ralsei is shown saying "...so that's why, OK, Kris?" This happens again in Chapter 2's normal route, where Ralsei asks Kris if he imagines what Susie is doing. Responding that they do results in the point of view switching to Susie again for a cutscene between her and Noelle; when the cutscene ends, Ralsei is shown saying "So that's why..." to Kris before Susie interrupts. Something's happening behind the scenes between Ralsei and a fully-in-control Kris.
** Adding to the above, in Chapter 2's Weird route, when Ralsei asks Kris if they wonder what Susie and Noelle are doing, no cutscene plays. Ralsei then asks Kris again if they wonder what the other two are doing and when Susie returns, with no cutscene having played, exclaims "Wait, we were supposed to --". It's almost as if he's intent on having a cutscene play there -- either because he's aware of the script, or he is trying to hide things from ''the player''.
** He apparently has knowledge of the Light World to the extent of knowing the layout of Kris's school and the contents of specific rooms in it, while also being aware of how Darkners (apparently) exist within the Light World as inanimate objects, but ''how'' he's privy to all of this isn't clear either. Especially since he stated in Chapter 1 that he's spent his entire life in the Kingdom of Darkness and never ventured outside. That being said, other Darkners seem to be aware of their status as inanimate objects in the real world as well, including a few who actively change into key items even in the Dark World to enter Kris's inventory, so it may just be an inherent part of a Darkner's existence.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Ralsei is a Lightner, Darkner, or something else entirely. The King's forces lump him in with Kris and Susie as Lightners, but the King himself mentions that Ralsei "worships the Lightners". In the manual hidden in the game data, Ralsei explicitly refers to his body as being formed from darkness itself thanks to his kingdom's Fountain. Almost every other Darkner is formed from some sort of object they turn back into in the Light world, but there's no obvious item Ralsei could have been made from, and he's never seen in the Light world. This is accentuated in Chapter 2 when Ralsei transports himself to the Library Dark World, with no apparent means of travel in either the Light or Dark world. It's also revealed that Darkners get TakenForGranite if they're brought into other Fountain regions they don't belong to. Ralsei seems to be completely exempt from this rule, likely due to coming from the central Fountain.
* AsideGlance: One of his portraits in Chapter 1 depicts him like this, clearly annoyed at Lancer's antics.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: He ''is'' technically the reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Darkness, but he's such an ExtremeDoormat that not a single person respects his authority and he doesn't even bother invoking it but a couple of times... Including getting Kris and Susie to ''actually start on their group project'' by temporarily banishing them from his kingdom until they do so.
* BattleButler: ...{{defied|Trope}}. Though The Queen makes him put on a butler outfit, Susie makes him take off the outfit before he can be used in battle again.
* BadassInANiceSuit: See BattleButler above. He doesn't get to wear the suit for long, but ''damn'' does he look good in it... and adorable, too. [[{{Squee}} The Swatchlings certainly think so.]]
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: He's a goat-boy with a green robe covering his entire torso, but no footwear. This was ambiguous in Chapter 1, as his legs and feet, like his head, were in shadow, leading to some belief that he was wearing black boots, but the shadow is no longer there in Chapter 2, and the resulting depiction is unmistakably barefoot.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Not that he starts off particularly ugly, but he definitely gets prettier the more of his true appearance is shown. With his FaceFramedInShadow he's more cutesy than anything else, but once he reveals his face he borders on being a {{Bishonen}}, at least by monster standards. If you progress far enough in Spamton's sidequest and see an interaction where Susie [[TheGlassesGottaGo steals his glasses]] it's taken even further; without them he's so pretty he looks like he has makeup on, and could probably pass for a girl.
* BlushSticker: Present on some of his sprites and dialogue portraits, including when he takes his hat off and reveals his face.
* CallBack:
** A few of his lines during the battle tutorial early on are lifted directly from Flowey's introduction in ''Undertale''.
** The robe he wears when he first shows up also happens to appear identical to that of the River Person.
* CannotConveySarcasm: Ralsei is so earnest and innocent, he has to be taught the concept of sarcasm by Susie, [[GoneHorriblyRight who started regretting it later on]].
-->'''Susie:''' ''[=[=][[ItMakesSenseInContext Lands on top of Ralsei]][=]=]'' Heh, miss me?\\
'''Ralsei''': Of course not!! (Just kidding! That was sarcasm! I missed you!!)\\
'''Susie''': Man, we gotta work on your delivery.
* CharacterDevelopment: At first, Ralsei thinks every conflict can be resolved through peace only until after the fight against King in Chapter 1, where he comes to [[HardTruthAesop the realization]] that some violence is necessary. Tellingly, the Giga Queen fight in Chapter 2 has Ralsei actively suggest how to better knock her lights out rather than trying to spare/pacify her, resulting in a battle that can only be won through violence. Chapter 2 gives us more insight into his character: the reason he tried to go full pacifist was because he believed that all you needed to do to make friends is be nice but he realized that people like [[BloodKnight Susie]] can be his friend without being nice all of the time.
* CheerfulChild: He's very sweet to everyone, and while his age is unknown, his innocence and pacifism make him seem more childish.
* CheeryPink: Has a pink scarf and pink horns in his character portrait, and is the friendliest and most optimistic out of the heroes.
* TheChick: A RareMaleExample: he's TheHeart of the trio, the one who insists the most on not worrying about dubious things and the [[CombatMedic medical support]] of the group.
* ClothFu: His weapon is a scarf, which he uses as a whip.
* ClothingAppendage: Ralsei seems to have complete control of his scarf, using it to shield himself when defending and to lift his hat for his item animation.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter:
** He's contrasted against Asriel from ''Undertale''. Ralsei is pretty much exactly what it would be like to have an innocent Asriel as a party member... and, in ''Undertale'', you never actually get to interact directly with Asriel in that state. Moreover, when you ''do'' interact with Asriel in ''Undertale'', he's clearly been tempered by his past traumas and long life as Flowey, making him come off as someone WiseBeyondTheirYears. Ralsei, on the other hand, is more exuberant and innocent, akin to the actual young Asriel seen in the Dreemurrs' home videos near the end of ''Undertale''.
** Just like Flowey, he gives you the combat tutorial. Quite unlike Flowey, the tutorial Ralsei gives is ''completely'' sincere, and he's genuinely interested in helping Kris. His EstablishingCharacterMoment also serves as an inversion of Flowey's own introduction. Furthermore, their philosophies in said moment turn out to be proven wrong by the end of the story.
-->'''Flowey:''' In this world, it's kill or be killed.\\
'''Ralsei:''' In this world, you don't have to kill anyone.
* CuteLittleFangs: His fangs can be seen "biting" onto his scarf in his Chapter 1 portraits.
* CuteWitch: A RareMaleExample. He's cute as a button, wears a RobeAndWizardHat, and is the team's primary magic user. He even cooks with a MagicCauldron!
* TheCutie: He's innocent, adorable, and friendly to everyone.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His face is shrouded in darkness, he shares certain aesthetic elements of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''[='s=] {{Black Mage}}s, and he is quite literally the Prince of Darkness in regards to the primary Fountain of Darkness that maintains his side of the world's balance; the manual hidden in the game files even has him proclaim that his ''body'' is made of literal darkness. He's also probably one of the most adorably nice and pleasant characters in the whole series, he refuses to let anyone be killed, and he's also packing healing and pacification magic as the WhiteMage of the party.
* DimensionLord: Of the central Fountain of Darkness in Castle Town, having mastery of it and able to move to other Fountains with ease. Though he's more like a ''[[LamePunReaction Dimension Doormat]]'' because of his ExtremeDoormat personality everyone including his own subjects walks over him (sometimes literally).
* DoesThatSoundLikeFunToYou: Gives a scathing one to Berdly, Noelle, Susie and Queen after they agree to create another Fountain of Darkness at the end of Chapter 2, telling them that their idea of "fun" would not only result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, but also the deaths of all Darkners and locking all Lightners in a FateWorseThanDeath.
* DoWrongRight: He has a number of lines that involve advising the QuirkyMinibossSquad, including suggesting they don't procrastinate in creating their Thrash Machine.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Is called "Toothpaste Boy" by Susie and Lancer throughout Chapter 1 due to his bright green clothing and the generally conical shape it forms, resembling a squeeze tube.
* EmptyPilesOfClothing: When knocked out, Ralsei's body seems to vanish, leaving behind his robes, scarf and hat (the latter isn't present in Chapter 2 onwards).
* ExtremeDoormat: Zigzagged a bit. His reaction to Susie's bullying is to assume that he's the one who's done something wrong by not showing her enough friendship and tells Kris to buy the pastry from her and Lancer's stand just to keep them quiet. He reacts similarly if the player tosses the manual he wrote or derails his tutorial. However, he doesn't hesitate to show his impatience for Lancer's antics and insists that Susie stop insulting on him when she offers to try his baking. He also wastes no time uncharacteristically pointing out the asininity of Berdly and Noelle's plans of creating more Dark Fountains in such a blunt manner while pulling no punches.
* EyeGlasses: Downplayed in Chapter 1. For the most part, his eyes move independently of his round glasses, but when he's sad, the frames are shown curling inwards like eyebrows. Chapter 2, meanwhile, completely avoids this, consistently depicting his glasses as round and independent of his eye movements in all of his portraits.
* TheFaceless: Toyed with. First, he shows up in a concealing robe and reveals himself to appear to be covered in black fur with minimal facial details. It's not until the end of Chapter 1 when he removes his hat that it turns out he's had his FaceFramedInShadow the whole time.
* FatalFlaw: As it turns out, being an ActualPacifist nets you a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when you trust that the tyrannical BigBad wouldn't pull off a sneak attack once you let your guard down. After exactly that happens in Chapter 1, Ralsei becomes more open to violent approaches when necessary.
* FighterMageThief: The Mage to his team with Kris and Susie. Ralsei's role is primarily as a support, for his ability to spare Tired enemies early and heal his teammates is invaluable, but [[SquishyWizard he has the lowest attack and the lowest health]].
* {{Foil}}: Ralsei's unending patience and kindness comes out much stronger in his introduction thanks to being contrasted against Susie's recklessness, apathy, and cruelty.
* ForcedSleep: Pacify puts an enemy to sleep and out of combat, though they have to already be tired for it to work.
* FriendlessBackground: Ralsei has no subjects in his entire kingdom and has spent his whole life waiting for the heroes of legend to arrive all by himself. He admits this contributes to his shyness and hesitance to show his face at the beginning of their journey since he's so worried about first impressions and what to do when he ''gets'' friends. The game itself even refers to him this way in his class description starting off, and likewise in Chapter 2 when he's since befriended Kris & Susie it changes to reflect this.
* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Ralsei is capable of directly referring to the game's mechanics, interface and controls. This is in contrast to Susie, who usually has no idea about what he's talking about.
* HopelessWithTech: When fighting Poppups, his mis-clicks are some of the ''worst'', and in one case he panics so hard he deletes the browser's shortcut on the desktop but feels guilty as hell because he thinks he deleted the whole internet.
* IdenticalStranger: Looks near-identical to ''Undertale''[='=]s Asriel when he removes his hat, but there's no other indication he's actually related to the Dreemurr family at all. Noelle even seems to acknowledge this similarity, indicating the resemblance to ''Deltarune''[='s=] Asriel goes beyond both being goat monsters.
* IdleAnimation: Standing close to Ralsei for a period of time will cause him to blush.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "The Legend", which plays when Ralsei tells you about the Prophecy, seems to be his theme-- it's remixed for "Empty Town" and interpolated by "My Castle Town", both of which are associated with his domain, and he sings it to put Ponmen and Susie to sleep.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Defeating Spamton NEO by force (including in the Weird Route) yields a [=PuppetScarf=] which can only worn by Ralsei. It ''drastically'' reduces his Magic stat (and by extension, his Heal Prayer healing), but ''drastically'' increases his Attack stat to on par with Susie's.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine boy to Susie's masculine girl, being more affectionate and gentle.
* MayorOfAGhostTown: Ralsei is the "prince" of a castle town, and when we first meet him its only resident. It's only after the evacuation of other Dark Worlds that Ralsei has subjects [[AuthorityInNameOnly to be ignored by]].
* MediumAwareness: A strange case. HeKnowsAboutTimedHits as an explanation of the pacifist side of the combat system, seems to comprehend how Kris's inventory works, and has a general idea of how the world mechanics seem to operate to the point that he might occasionally point it out if something doesn't quite work as planned. However, much like with the Monsters in ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'', this all seems to be in-universe factors that many Darkners are used to.
* {{Meganekko}}: A male example. He wears large, round glasses that just add to his cute appearance.
* MrExposition: Explains the prophecy that resulted in Kris and Susie falling into the Dark Lands, as well as gameplay mechanics -- he does a better job at giving tutorials than the puzzle pieces in the tutorial room.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** After he's [[WoundedGazelleGambit tricked into healing King]], Ralsei feels guilty for almost getting his friends killed.
** Played for laughs whenever he clicks on a Poppup ad in-battle, which he always responds to with loud repentance. One particular ad causes him to panic and delete the browser shortcut, making him believe that he deleted the entire internet; the in-game narration describes Ralsei as feeling extremely guilty about that even before his dialogue starts.
* MysteriousPast: Between Ralsei not expounding much on his nature, other characters having nothing to say about him because nobody else apparently knew him beforehand, and no one choosing to ask, there isn't much known about him besides what's given for the sake of the plot. [[AmbiguouslyHuman What he truly is]], [[AmbiguousInnocence how he knows some of the things he knows]], and [[IdenticalStranger why he's so similar to Asriel]] are all as-of-yet uncommented on.
* NiceGuy: Very kind and hospitable towards everyone, and always looks for peaceful solutions to conflict.
* NiceHat: Ralsei wears a green witch[=/=]wizard hat.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The NiceGuy to Kris's HeroicMime and Susie's JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: If he's knocked out in battle, his body seems to just vanish out of thin air, leaving [[EmptyPilesOfClothing only his clothes]] behind.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Back in Chapter 1, his response to [[MundaneMadeAwesome Lancer dramatically assuming "Stool Forme", to help Susie reach some candy in a tree]], is to point out that he just put his hands on the ground. By early Chapter 2, Ralsei does the exact same thing after ''practicing'' it, calling it "Magical Stool Forme R". [[JustifiedTrope To be fair, however]], it must take a lot of practice to be able to hold up two people who are both heavier than you on your back.
** During one of the typing puzzles from Chapter 2, Susie asks Kris if they can write out a swear, and Ralsei responds that they can't with the letters given. Susie excitedly realizes this means he not only knows swear words, but he also checked whether you could make them. Ralsei hurriedly shifts the focus back onto finishing the puzzle.
* OffModel:
** Ralsei's horns curve inward on his dialogue and battle menu portrait, but curve outward on his map, party menu, and in-battle sprites. Even weirder, this gets inverted when he takes off his hat, with his horns curving ''outward'' in dialogue and ''inward'' on the map, in addition to being longer and more curved.
** His hair points to the right on his dialogue portrait but points left on all other sprites.
** Like his horns, Ralsei's ears seem to magically get longer and less fuzzy the moment the hat comes off.
** When Ralsei is confused, his portrait changes to a [[https://i.redd.it/8ixr3px6smx11.jpg badly drawn version]] with no shading in the vein of Toby Fox's artwork.
** Ralsei's robe in Chapter 2 replaces the heart emblem with an upside-down spade (matching Temmie Chang's Chapter 1 concept art) on the overworld, but most of his in-battle sprites (with the sole exception of his dance during the Sweet Cap'n Cakes fight) and even a few situational overworld sprites inexplicably switch back to the earlier heart emblem.
* OhCrap: During the K. Round rematch, when he realizes Susie's [=ACTing=] plan is a FastballSpecial.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering Ralsei's entire goal is to stop more Fountains of Darkness so the balance is kept, hearing Noelle and Berdly openly contemplating opening more fountains so the good times never end causes the normally cheerful prince to sternly [[WhatTheHellHero call them out]] and outline what would ''[[ApocalypseHow really happen]]'' if too many fountains are opened, which scares both them and [[EvenEvilHasStandards Queen]] straight. Ralsei's explanation is so blunt, without attempting to pretty up the context, that it almost feels like a different person talking.
* OutOfFocus: In a weird way in Chapter 2 in the minds of some characters -- Noelle, Berdly and the Queen don't seem to particularly acknowledge his presence unless he makes them notice him. Noelle briefly seems to hint in one scene that Ralsei looks like Asriel, but when she and Kris meet up with Susie and Ralsei, they don't even seem to introduce themselves to each other. Likewise, Queen ''completely forgets Ralsei exists'' until she realizes she neglected to prepare a cage to capture him. When Queen tries to give compliments to the party, she passes over him ''twice'', eventually trying to compliment [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Berdly]] of all people first.
* PersonalityPowers: Magic for healing and forcing sleep couldn't be a better fit for someone as kind and pacifistic.
* ReverseArmFold: His overworld sprite in Chapter 2 always has his arms folded behind his back, signifying his character as a patient and considerate prince.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Ralsei is very cute and fluffy and almost everyone finds him absolutely adorable.
* RobeAndWizardHat: His outfit of choice, though he ditches the hat at the end of Chapter 1.
* SatanIsGood: Ralsei has a strange amount of Satanic concepts associated with him: he's a literal Prince of Darkness who hides his face, is goatlike in design, is opposed to something called the "Angel's Heaven", and has a sort of opposite connection to Asriel, who's named for an angel. Despite this, he's a very kind, helpful person who at least says he's trying to save the world.
-->'''Ralsei''': ''[Equipping the Jevilstail]'' I'm a good devil, OK?
* ScaryShinyGlasses: When revealing the Roaring's existence in Chapter 2, the lenses of his glasses turn completely white on his overworld sprite, highlighting [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness his uncharacteristic sternness in that moment and the gravitas of the Roaring]]. His dialogue portrait similarly features visible glare on his glasses at that point, though his closed eyes can still be seen through them.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In Chapter 2, when Kris and Susie get out of their prison rooms in Queen's castle, they hear a high-pitched scream that Susie immediately assumes it's Ralsei. When they meet him again... it turns out it was just the Swatchlings letting out a {{Squee}} because of his butler outfit.
* ShipTease: He gets a little bit of it with Kris. In Chapter 1, he blushes every time Kris does something nice or shows him affection, like hugging him during the tutorial. In Chapter 2, the swan boat ride is framed almost like a TunnelOfLove, and Kris can say that "it's good that Ralsei is Ralsei"; their words cause Ralsei to stammer quite a bit. Giving Ralsei the present from a bottle-throwing booth also has Ralsei choke back his words somewhat, again while blushing. The swan boat segment is especially telling since, while it's not blatantly romantic, it gets juxtaposed in-game with Susie's rescue of Noelle which ''is'' more obviously romantic.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Downplayed: enemies like [[{{Superboss}} Jevil and Spamton NEO]] actually target every member, but because Ralsei has less HP and defense than others, he falls down quicker.
* SignificantAnagram: Ralsei to Asriel.
* SilkHidingSteel: In a RareMaleExample of this trope, Ralsei is usually compassionate, feminine in both hobbies and appearance, and when it comes to Kris, borderline submissive. However, when the King issues a death threat to him, he responds with this:
-->'''Ralsei:''' ''[While smiling]'' Sorry, but my friends and I aren't going anywhere!
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's a magic user who is very knowledgeable about the Dark World and the legends that Kris and Susie have found themselves in, and he wears a pair of round spectacles.
* SquishyWizard: Ralsei's Magic is varied and versatile, from healing the party to removing tired enemies from the fight, but he has the lowest HP and physical attack.
* StepfordSmiler: While his cheerfulness and optimism are genuine for the most part, if the player does [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential particularly cruel things]] like discarding his manual or beating the tar out of his dummy, it's clear he's making a mighty effort to act like he's not upset by it.
* StunnedSilence: His reaction to Kris hugging him is to basically be reduced to a silent, blushing wreck.
* StylisticSuck: His Chapter 1 portrait when confused is notably less detailed, looking like an MS Paint doodle complete with crooked lines.
* TechnicalPacifist: Heavily pushes Kris and Susie to not attack monsters, and really regrets fighting, but if Kris orders him to fight, he will. Thankfully, the worst the main group can do to enemies is a NonLethalKO.
* TechnicolorEyes: As shown when Susie steals his glasses, his irises are a vibrant pink in color, which highlights his feminine traits even further.
* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: He blushes a lot, despite being covered in fur ''and'' having his hat casting a shadow over his face.
* TookALevelInCynic: He eventually concedes to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Susie]] that [[JerkassHasAPoint she was right]] about not every enemy being willing to parlay and befriend them, and expect it to work out. He still doesn't like to fight, but as of Chapter 2 is more willing to do so if the situations dictate that there's no choice.
* TranquilFury: If you decide to goof off during his combat tutorial, whether it be by repeatedly missing attacks or using other mechanics when he's specifically teaching you something, he'll end the tutorial then and there while almost at a loss for words.
* {{Tritagonist}}: Set up as this as the third DELTA WARRIOR, but doesn't get much time for his own character arc in the first two chapters.
* UnknownRival: More than once the Queen forgets he's even there in Chapter 2, which leads to things like her ''forgetting to bring a cage for him'' when she tries to capture all of the heroes at one point.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Besides Kris and Susie, most characters (especially the Lightners) barely acknowledge Ralsei's existence, usually only noticing him only when it's impossible for him not to stand out.
* VoiceGrunting: His voice clips resemble a goat bleating, similar to the Dreemurrs'.
* WhiteMage: Despite resembling a black mage from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' with his hat on, Ralsei's spells are entirely noncombative, emphasizing his pacifist preferences. One spell is for healing, while the other (which is literally called "Pacify") is for putting tired enemies to sleep, which removes them from battle.
* WideEyedIdealist: He enthusiastically instructs Kris on how to ACT without hurting anyone, does everything he can to befriend Kris and Susie, and is always willing to believe an enemy when they say they don't want to fight anymore. [[WrongGenreSavvy Unfortunately, the King takes advantage of this.]]
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Is called "Toothpaste Boy" by Susie and Lancer throughout Chapter 1 due to his bright green clothing.

** Played for laughs when he clicks on a Poppup ad in-battle that causes him to panic and delete the browser shortcut, making him believe that he deleted the entire internet.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering Ralsei's entire goal is to stop more Fountains of Darkness so the balance is kept, hearing Noelle and Berdly openly contemplating opening more fountains so the good times never end causes him to [[WhatTheHellHero call them out]] and outline what would ''[[ApocalypseHow really happen]]'' if too many fountains are opened, which scares both them and [[EvenEvilHasStandards Queen]] straight. It's so blunt without attempting to pretty up the context that it almost feels like a different person talking.

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[[Characters/DeltaruneDarkners Darkners]]: [[Characters/DeltaruneCardKingdom Card Kingdom]] | [[Characters/DeltaruneCyberWorld Cyber World]] ([[Characters/DeltaruneQueen Queen]], [[Characters/DeltaruneSpamton Spamton]])\\

* ActualPacifist: Tries to be this in Chapter 1. While this approach works out just fine for the majority of the game, this ends up becoming a FatalFlaw towards the end of the chapter. After the King gets tired out from the fight, Ralsei heals him out of sympathy, not suspecting the outcome where King [[ISurrenderSuckers wasn't being sincere about his]] HeelFaceTurn, nearly getting the entire party killed. After this incident, Ralsei becomes a little more willing to use voilent approaches when absolutely necessary.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: Downplayed: enemies like [[SuperBoss Jevil and Spamton NEO]] actually target every member, but because Ralsei has less HP and defense than others, he falls down quicker.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: Downplayed: enemies like [[BonusBoss Jevil and Spamton NEO]] actually target every member, but because Ralsei has less HP and defense than others, he falls down quicker.

* TechnicalPacifist: By all accounts, the trio cannot kill anyone even if you play violently rather than take the pacifist route, not even Susie despite her malicious demeanor at first. This doesn't stop you from achieving peace through violence, however, and with cases like the Queen they have no choice but to fight. Meanwhile in the Chapter 2 Weird Route, Kris ''technically'' isn't the one actually killing anybody...

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A [[EmptyShell depressed]] [[TokenHuman human]] who's AmbiguouslyEvil, an AxCrazy monster bully girl turned best friend, and a [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]] [[DarkIsNotEvil pacific Darkner]] [[IdenticalStranger who looks like]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]].

** Back in Chapter 1, his response to [[MundaneMadeAwesome Lancer dramatically assuming "Stool Forme", to help Susie reach some candy in a tree]], is to point out that he just put his hands on the ground. By early Chapter 2, Ralsei does the exact same thing after ''practicing'' it, calling it "Magical Stool Forme R".

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A [[EmptyShell depressed]] [[TokenHuman human]] who's AmbiguouslyEvil, an AxCrazy monster bully girl turned best friend, and a [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]] pacific Darkner [[IdenticalStranger who looks like]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]].

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A [[EmptyShell depressed]] [[TokenHuman human]] who's AmbiguouslyEvil, an AxCrazy monster bully girl, and a [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]] pacific Darkner [[IdenticalStranger who looks like]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]].