Toriel

Toriel is a recurring NPC in Chapter 1 and 2 of Deltarune, and a returning character from Undertale. She is the mother of Kris and Asriel, the latter of whom is off at university. She lives with them in a neatly kept house at the northern end of Hometown.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Toriel shares a similar appearance as her Undertale counterpart, though she has a small tuft of fur on the top of her head, and does not wear her distinct Delta Rune tabard. Instead, she favors casual clothes, which consists of an iris long-sleeve jacket, a black blouse, and a polka-dot skirt. She also wears a heart pendant and color matching glasses, though the former is not visible on her overworld sprite, and the latter cannot be seen on her dialogue sprite.
=== Personality ===
Toriel has a kind and motherly temperament, as she is a parent to Asriel and Kris; and is a teacher for the younger students at the local school. She is tidy and old-fashioned, as her house has a landline telephone, as well as a television with an external antenna; her interests include baking, teaching, reading, snails, and puns. Toriel is religious and keeps a book of hymns in her home.
Toriel is also prone to being judgmental. She appears to expect trouble from Kris since she recalls their past mischief, such as the time they put a bath bomb in the toilet, and emphasizes that Kris should not consume all the pie. Her judgmental nature extends to her severed relationship with Asgore. While she refrains from criticizing Asgore directly in front of Kris and allows them to freely visit him, she lets her disdainful feelings toward him show on her face, and rebuffs his attempts at reconciliation.
== Main Story ==
=== History ===
In her younger years, Toriel went to college parties with Rudy Holiday, who describes her as "fuzzy n' sweet on the outside, a total NUT on the inside!" Though initially reluctant to cut loose, she tended to get very excited, and once hit Rudy clear across the room with a key lime pie.
At her wedding to Asgore, she carried a bouquet of seven flowers. They had a son, Asriel, and later adopted Kris, bringing the two children up like siblings. When she learned that Asriel had kissed "someone," she reacted badly and the family went to Church practically every day that week. The family used to order the special at the QC Diner on Sundays after service. At some point, Toriel divorced or separated from Asgore, retaining the house and becoming the primary caretaker of their children. 
Toriel works as a teacher at the local school, as she teaches younger students. Her name, written as "Ms. Toriel" on the blackboard, has not been erased for a while. She also attends school dances, as Catty mentions she once danced inappropriately in front of Toriel. Susie respects her, calling her a good mother.
=== Chapter 1 ===
At the start of the game, Toriel wakes Kris, telling them they can still make it to school if they hurry. When Kris exits the house, she mentions Asriel's upcoming visit, and wonders if he will still enjoy coming home to their little town. She takes Kris to school in her van, passing by several neighbors along the way, and holds their hand as they enter the building. At the hallway, Toriel hugs Kris before letting them go to class.
Before Kris exits the school building at the end of the day, Toriel phones them if they do not use their Cell Phone to call her first. Toriel explains she was "worried sick" after she had tried to call their cell phone and had waited half an hour for them after school. She feels obligated to punish Kris for disappearing, but allows them to stay out longer after learning that they spent the day with "a friend."
Kris can learn from Sans that Toriel visited his store the previous night and bought chocolate kisses. If Kris visits Asgore in the Flower King shop, they can receive a "secret" bouquet to give to her.
When Kris returns home, Toriel has just finished baking a "butterscotch-cinnamon pie" and is sitting on "Chairiel" reading a book. She lets them know that if they go to sleep, the pie will be cool enough to eat when they wake up later. If Kris chooses to interact with her, she can reminisce about a post birthday incident that caused Asriel's dislike of green eggs, Kris's childhood belief that they would grow horns like their family, or comment on the pie and it feeling a bit lonely at home. If they decline to talk, she notices that Kris looks tired and recommends sleep.
If Kris has the bouquet, they can give it to Toriel. When she realizes the flowers are from Asgore, she promises to find "something" to do with them. After giving the bouquet and re-entering the room, the trash can emanates an even stronger floral scent, implying Toriel threw away the bouquet.
=== Chapter 2 ===
The following morning, Toriel is shocked at her discovery. She rushes into Kris's room with Kris's blue-handled knife in an empty pie tin, and assumes they ate the pie. Amused, she asks if she has to "lock the oven again" before getting Kris out of bed and driving them to school.
If Kris wanders towards the school entrance after obtaining the "trash orb" from the unused classroom, they can overhear Toriel conversing with Alphys about Kris. Toriel inquires on how Kris has been performing in class, and if they have been "up to anything strange." Alphys responds that they are doing well, and when she notices Kris nearby with a ball of stuff balanced on their head, states that Kris is "normal." Toriel is relieved, though admits to being "a little concerned lately" for Kris. In the hallway, depending if Kris has overheard, Kris can call Toriel to let her know they either made a "trash orb," or is "normal," which puzzles her.
Toriel is not physically seen again until the end of the Chapter, but can be called at multiple points in the Light World. If Kris calls after leaving Castle Town to go study at the Library, Toriel jokingly tells them that if Berdly brings up Asriel's overdue library book fine, she will throw a smoke bomb so they can escape.
When Kris and Susie are exploring Hometown towards the end of Chapter 2, they can enter Sans's grocery store. If they explore the leftmost side of the building, Toriel enters the store, telling Sans that she forgot her eggs that she purchased previously. The two share many egg-related puns until Asgore barges into the store to joke that he is her "eggs-husband." After an awkward silence among the group, Toriel quickly attempts to exit the store. Before she can however, Asgore asks Toriel what will they do when Asriel returns home, with Toriel simply saying they should discuss that soon, before leaving.
When Kris and Susie arrive at Toriel's house, before Susie can walk home, Toriel opens the front door and notices her. Elated to meet Kris's new friend, Toriel invites Susie inside and suggests that she help make a pie with her and Kris. Kris goes to the bathroom to wash their hands as Toriel and Susie begin to prepare the pie, with the two quickly forming a friendship and questioning Kris's absence. When the pie is close to finished, Toriel realizes she left the sugar in the car, and goes to retrieve it. Alarmed from her findings outside of the house, Toriel disregards finishing the pie and invites Susie to sleep over for the night.
Later that night, after Kris and Susie fall asleep in the living room, Toriel calls the police. She reports that she saw someone crawling around her house, and that her van's tires were slashed. After the officer confirms they will visit, Toriel stays in the living room and reads a book. She later falls asleep, with the lights and TV off.
== Relationships ==
=== Kris ===
Years prior to Deltarune, it is implied Toriel had difficulties raising Kris. She had frequently borrowed "How To Care For A Human" from the Library's second floor. She is notably unaware of what became of the red-horned headband that she and Asgore bought for Kris when they were a child. Toriel also does not seem concerned by the absence of personal items on Kris's side of the children's bedroom. She also seems unaware that Kris has been teased for her tendency to hold their hand.
Despite this, Toriel is patient and motherly, occasionally referring to Kris as "honey" and often perceiving most of their antics as endearing. She also tries to limit Kris's impulsiveness, such as locking the chocolates in her room. Toriel has also frequently helped Kris with their homework, including if they do not have a partner. She often uses homemade, "butterscotch scented glue-sticks" for their projects.
=== Susie ===
Toriel knows about Susie and her tendency to consume chalk from Alphys. Toriel and Susie do not meet in game until Chapter 2's epilogue, when Kris and Susie go to Toriel's house. When Toriel notices her, she invites Susie to stay for some pie. It is implied through Susie's dialogue that she has met Toriel before, though Toriel does not seem to remember. When Toriel notices that Susie is tense, she is welcoming towards her, and considers Susie to be a "nice girl." They quickly become friendly with each other through light-hearted puns when they prepare a pie together.
=== Alphys ===
Toriel helped Alphys earn a job as a teacher in Hometown's school. It is implied she checks in with Alphys frequently, as Alphys's wallpaper is slightly altered in Chapter 2. Toriel has stated to Susie that she is "good friends" with Alphys, who mentions Susie often.
=== Rudy ===
Rudy and Toriel has known each other since their college years. While Rudy is bedridden in the Hospital, it is implied that she is concerned enough to purchase a get well soon card for him and have Kris sign it, as well as insisting that Kris visits him.
=== Sans ===
Toriel is a customer at Sans's grocery store. Sans mentions that they met the previous day prior to Chapter 1 when she was shopping for chocolate kisses. They appear to be good friends since then, as they both have a fondness for bad jokes and puns.
== Trivia ==
* Toriel answers the landline telephone with "Dreemurr residence," but refers to herself as "Ms. Toriel" in her classroom.
* In Chapter 1, flushing the toilet in Toriel's home multiple times without leaving the bathroom leads to a string of interactions.
** After flushing for the third time in a row, Toriel knocks on the door and asks "Kris...? Is everything... alright in there?"
** After the sixth flush, she knocks again. "Kris, WHAT are you doing? You did not put a bath bomb in the toilet again, did you?"
** After the ninth flush, she knocks for the third and final time. "Kris, if anything bad happens, you are paying for the plumbing bill."
* Rudy mentioning Toriel being crazy at parties and hitting him with a key lime pie is likely a parallel to her counterpart throwing pizzas at Sans.
* If Kris keeps going in and out of Toriel's home at the end of Chapter 1, some interactions occur.
** Next time, she says "Back again? My, you are active today, are you not? Perhaps you can use some of that energy to wake up on time? Your brother cannot carry you to school any more, you know."
** After the seventh time, she says "Kris...? Why do you keep leaving and coming back? Would you like me to install a revolving door?"
* The floral scent somehow emanating from the kitchen trash can hints at the possible fate of Asgore's bouquets.
** In Chapter 1, the scent gets stronger after giving Toriel the bouquet received when leaving Asgore.
* Toriel has pictures of her, Kris and Asriel in her home and her school computer:
** A picture on her refrigerator shows herself, Asriel, and Kris, though Asgore is absent.
** The desktop wallpaper on Toriel's school computer is of Kris and Asriel dressed up for Halloween eight years before. During Chapter 2, the wallpaper changes to a picture of Kris and Asriel playing video games, with Asriel using the knock off controller.
* Toriel wears the as her Undertale counterpart in a post-credits scene from the True Pacifist Route.
* Toriel's talksprite does not depict the glasses from her overworld sprite. This contrasts from her counterpart, who has a matching talksprite when she wears reading glasses.
* Like Undertale's Toriel, she tends to leave white fur stuck in the drain of the kitchen sink, and a large container of pet shampoo in the bathroom is likely used by her. Unlike her Undertale counterpart, she leaves cinnamony batter on the stovetop, indicating that she does not use fire magic to cook.
* "Chairiel" is a name that was previously used in Undertale for Toriel's small chair in her room.
* In the Undertale 6th Anniversary stream, Toby Fox confirms that in Chapter 1, Toriel calls Kris if they do not call her first, and that she will not call if they use their Cell Phone to call her.
* During the Spamton Sweepstakes 2022 charity event, the official Deltarune website added URLs that are implied to be from Noelle's blog. One of Noelle Holiday's private posts state that Kris does not tell Toriel about Susie bullying them.
== References ==
== See also ==
* Toriel article on the Undertale Wiki.
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