Shifting Realities is a Switch Up type AU made by CharWoof03! The characters maintain their original personalities and interests while set into their new roles within the Underground.
Long ago, a human fell to the Underground. Their name was Chara. Having been found by the Prince, Asriel, Chara became a part of the Dreemurr family. Toriel and Asgore took care of them as well as they did Asriel. Chara became very fond of the monsters, and wanted the best for them. They devised a way on freeing monsterkind for good. No one knows what happened on that fateful day, but it resulted in Chara becoming the Exalt of the Underground, after the death of both Toriel and Asgore, and with Asriel gone missing.
Character Changes[]
These are the canon character changes in Shifting Realities.
- Alex is The Protagonist
- Fushsy is The Empty Role
- Asriel is The Caretaker Role
- Sans is The Recluse Role
- Undyne is The Judge Role
- Alphys is The Ambitious Role
- Frisk is The Captain of the Royal Guard Role
- MK is The Royal Scientist Role
- Papyrus is The Celebrity Role
- Chara is The Monarch Role
- Toriel is The Soulless Angel Role
- Asgore is The Fallen Role
- Metta is The Forgotten Scientist Role
- Blooky is The Perseverance Vender Role
- Gaster is The Idolizer Role
- The Snowdin Inn/Shop Keeper Swap with Catty and Bratty
- The Canine Pack swaps with Royal Guards 01 & 02
- Muffet and Grillby swap
Alex - Persistence Human[]
Alex is the 8th human to fall into the Underground. They are the Persistence Human. They wear a purple and pink shirt, with dark purple pants, and grey boots and glasses. They start with their notebook as a weapon, although a bit torn up from the fall.
Fuchsy - Fuchsy the Fuchsia[]
Fuchsy is the soulless flower that tries to take your SOUL early on into your time in the Underground. It is a lavender colored fuchsia flower. It was the first flower to bloom after the death of Toriel, and MK used it in DETERMINATION experiments, however the flower one day went missing.
Asriel - Lonely Prince in the Ruins[]
Asriel ran away feeling betrayed that Chara went through with their plan, causing both of their parents to die. He regrets his decision to leave everyday, knowing it would be better to be by Chara's side, but he stays in Old Home regardless. He knows how Chara acts, so he tries to keep every human from leaving the Ruins; however, he is still a big softie and lets them through anyway. Only one human kept in contact with him, and only one human stayed and lived with him.
Sans - Lazy, Mysterious Skeleton[]
Sans lives in waterfall but frequently visits Old Home, but no one knows how he gets in. He supports his brother in all of his endeavors, even if it has been a while since they last talked.
Undyne - The Honorable Guard of Sundown[]
Undyne is an anime loving guard living in Sundown. She lives with Alphys, and believes that anime is real human history. She made a promise to a young man beyond a door to protect any human she may come across, and Undyne never breaks her word. She asks the human to stick around a bit, as Alphys's mood has seemed to gotten better with their arrival.
Alphys - The Anime Fanatic[]
Alphys lives with Undyne in Sundown, and loves anime even more than she does. She pretends that anime is real because of how much Undyne enjoys it. She is very shy, but tries to make friends with the human to impress Undyne. She eventually starts to feel bad for just using them.
Frisk - The Exalt's Voice[]
Frisk is the 6th human to fall into the Underground. They became great friends with every monster they met, and begged Chara to spare them and let them live in the Underground. Chara let them go, and Frisk became Chara's figurehead, speaking on their behalf and running the Underground for Chara. The monsters were much more fond of Frisk then Chara, but Frisk made sure that allegiance was not to them, but Chara.
MK - The Cool Royal Scientist[]
MK became the royal scientist after Chara saw their projects. MK has since been building crazy machine, gadgets, and running wild experiments in the lab. Chara entrusted them the SOULs they harvested to extract the DETERMINATION. While at first a success, it quickly failed, and MK hid all evidence, going back to making cool machines.
Papyrus- The Magnificent Puzzler[]
After being rejected from the royal guard, Papyrus went on to build on his other dreams. He became the Undergrounds best source of entertainment, providing extravagant puzzles for contestants to solve. All puzzles are designed by Papyrus and built by MK, and all of his jokes came from Sans.
Chara - The Cold Exalt[]
After directly causing their parents death, and driving their brother away, Chara becomes the last Dreemurr, taking the throne to rule the underground. They became very cold and barely leave the capital anymore. People that used to be friends with Chara began to fear them. But that did not stop their plan. They killed every human that stood before them. All but one.
Toriel - The Late, Loved Queen[]
The late queen of the Underground. She was loved by all and regarded as the real brains behind Asgore. Her death affected the monsters the most, and a statue of her was built in memory of her in the Snowlands Inn. Her dust ended up on some flowers that managed to make their way into MK’s lab.
Asgore - The Vengeful King[]
Asgore's death effected monsters less than Toriel's, but his statue was built alongside Toriel in the Snowlands Inn. He wanted to free monsterkind, and his mind kept that same ideology, and would achieve freedom for them, one way or another.
Metta - The Glamourous Scientist[]
Long forgotten scientist prior to MK. His plans were used by MK to build the DT machine. While extravagant and over the top, his work was profound and provided exceptional results. He disappeared one day, only leaving a barely active machine in the lab.
Blooky - The Sad Shopkeeper[]
After Metta's disappearance, Blooky doesn't get out much anymore, expect to run his shop in waterfall.
Gaster - The Eager Child[]
Gaster is the brother to Sans and Papyrus, living in their house in Waterfall. Papyrus isn't their much anymore, so Sans primarily watches him. He greatly looks up to Frisk, wanting to be just as strong.
Important Humans[]
The humans, and specifically the eight who fall down, act differently in this AU. They are all the same humans as from Undertale, but they all fall in different times and impact the story in a different way. All humans (except Patience), beg Asriel to leave Old Home, and being the softie that he is, lets them go. Chara, Frisk, and Alex are specified above, and only important humans will be discussed. The others do not impact the story greatly.
Integrity[]
Integrity is the fourth human to fall, after Kindness. They make their way through the Underground up to the Royal Lab, of which Metta still works at. There, they create a bond with Metta, inspired by his work, and how he preforms said work. They decide to stay with him and help him, and even offered to have test ran on them and their SOUL. Their death left Metta heartbroken. He used their SOUL to build a prototype DETERMINATION EXTRACTOR, which malfunctioned and resulted in his disappearance. Chara was still able to retrieve Integrity's SOUL, however.
Patience[]
Patience is the seventh human to fall, after Frisk and before Alex. Patience falls and gets severe amnesia, leaving them with no desire to return home. They live out the rest of their life with Asriel in Old Home. Asriel made them a proper memorial on their death, and holds on to their SOUL.
Minor Characters[]
Ruins Dummy[]
The same dummy that appears in UT. Frisk decided to decorate it with their stick and bandage they fell with. The dummy didn't show emotion, but was pleased.
Royal Guards[]
Royal Guards 01 - 04 are seen throughout the outskirts of Sundown. All wear heat-cooling armor to keep themselves cool. 01 and 02 are a pair, and 03 and 04 are a pair. In both groups, one is trying to profess their love to the other, but is having a hard time doing it.
Muffet[]
Muffet has opened a diner in Sundown. Her slogan is made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders. Her pet sits outside acting as a mascot and guard.
Catty and Bratty[]
Catty and Bratty run a small store next to Muffet's Diner. They sell of sorts of things they find (mostly from the trash).
Snowlands Inn Keepers[]
Two bunny sisters that run the Snowlands Inn. One maintains the front desk checking people into the rooms, while the other runs a shop full of baked goods.
Grilby[]
The restaurant within the Snowlands Inn. Mostly a burger joint, but Grillby can make anything.
Location Changes[]
Old Home[]
The Ruins of the Underground. Primarily a lighter green color. Where all the humans fell, and where Asriel lives.
Sundown[]
Home of Undyne and Alphys. Always bright and sunny, and mostly grassy with a free beaches. Undyne prefers the heat much more than to Snowlands cold.
Waterfall[]
Home of Sans and Gaster, as well as Frisk. Mostly the same to original Waterfall.
Snowlands[]
Frigid region of the Underground. Harsh winters constantly blow through. Where MK's lab is located, as well as where Papyrus makes all of his puzzles, as Chara won't let him puzzle anywhere else. The Snowlands Inn, run by the Bunny Sisters, is also here, housing the Dreemurr Memorial inside.
Additional Changes[]
- The Humans fall down in a different order:
- Chara
- Bravery
- Kindness
- Integrity
- Justice
- Frisk
- Patience
- Perseverance
Story[]
Complete story can be found below, this will take you to the Prologue. Each subsequent chapter will receive its own link. Story
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Shifting Realities initially was born when its creator, CharWoof03, wanted to make a BAaTH for Frisk. After that, he worked out all the other shifts to create its current form.
- As of now, Shifting Realities is a one person team, with CharWoof03 making all the OST, art, story, and even this very wiki you are reading right this very second. Hi.
- The patience human is a reference to CharWoof03's other AU, WolfTale (currently no wiki), which follows the Patience Human throughout an alternate branch of the original timeline. In both AUs, Patience gets severe amnesia, leaving them with no desire to return to the surface. They both live their lives with the caretaker of the ruins, and both create a special bond with Asriel.
- Besides Chara, Frisk, and Alex, the humans are currently unnamed. Most are not super relevant to the story, so it may remain that way forever. The deaths of all humans are also unspecified, except for Patience, and Chara and Frisk if the player kills them in their run.