Inquisitor sans

"well, somebody's gonna have to do somethin' with all these evil spirits runnin' amok." - sans, who has become the Inquisitor
sans the skeleton, also known as "Inquisitor sans", is an alternate version of sans who was hired by Asgore to host worship hours for their monster Gods (known as the Epimonsters). He seems to not be different from his original self at first glance, but his work as a priest has (kind of) lead to him ascending beyond his limits, making him a much more better priest and judge compared to his canon self.... or at least, he's more efficient at the judgement stuff.
== Storyline ==
It all began a decade before The fall of the 8th fallen human, when Asgore was assigning his roles (primarily the royal guardsmen) to certain monsters. When papyrus was signing up for the royal guard, he decided it would be about time his lazy brother finally got a job, and thus asked Asgore if any job was available for him. While Asgore first suggested a food vendor, papyrus believed that it wouldn't change him at all. Before all hope was lost, Undyne took notice about how nobody chose the job of priest, which is reserved for monsters who had religious faith within their Gods; the Epimonsters.
to keep the religious faith intact, and considering that many were more interested in joining the royal guardsmen, Asgore made the risky decision of making sans the new priest AND a food vendor, which turned out to not be as terrible as he first thought. At first, sans really never took his job as priest very seriously, and usually said that "the whole 'preaching the gospel' jazz is nice n' all, but i'd rather pay attention to sellin' food."
However, as sans was about to quit his priesthood, something happened in his dreams. he was visited by an unseen force known as "Lord blackletter", a short-and-snappy skeleton said to carry the souls of the deceased to the afterlife. Blackletter explained to sans that keeping their faith was Important, as one day, it is said that the awakening, an event in which the souls of the wicked, including the devil herself (Tam Tam), may come to bring penance and unfair retribution amongst the world and everything beyond. frightened by the very lecture the strange reaper made to him, he followed the Instructions that Lord blackletter gave him:
* ℑ𝔫 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔩𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰, 𝔴𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯. ℑ 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔴 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 ℑ𝔫𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯... 𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰, 𝔟𝔬𝔶; 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔧𝔬𝔟 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔩𝔶. 𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔭𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔰, 𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔴𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔰𝔦𝔫! 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔤𝔢 𝔳𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰, 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔶𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔩 𝔡𝔢𝔭𝔱𝔥𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫!
After his reunion with the Lord of death, sans changed forever... a little bit, becoming the very priest he was bound to be. As years went by, he prayed to the Gods and read the scriptures of the Epimonsters, as well as the history between them and the humans. He would go to bless his brother when his times were tough, and eventually, when Asgore noticed the changes that sans made, he entrusted him with a secret: the holy mantle, a gift from the boss monsters that would always be entrusted from one virtuous priest to another... that Isn't to say that sans was perfect, he was still busy cracking bad puns after preaching and often was sleeping on the food vending job, so papyrus, to his misfortune, would often have to wake him up. that being said, If the end of monsterkind was to come, one way or another, sans will do whatever it to eradicate the source, using his blessings and magic to bring penance to heretics and surprise-Outcodes alike.
== Profile ==
=== Quotes ===
* "say, kiddo, i have a question for ya'. do you think even the worst person can change? that even the most sinful person could repent for their actions if they just tried?" "heheheh... here's a better question. How long have you gone without praying to god? lemme tell ya', i'll give you two options: you can get on your knees and rethink about your actions, maybe even do a bit o' prayer... or, you could take another step... but i don't think you'll like what'll happen if you take the next step." - sans warning the human to turn back and repent in a genocide run.
** "hey uh, they say that not everyone goes to heaven... and uh, now i can see why... guess ya' like doing things the hard way... sorry ol' lady, this is why i can't keep promises." - [Upon choosing "take a step"]
** "alright pal, take a deep breath in... and out. just think about it all for a bit, maybe even pray... but most importantly... keep those eyes closed." - [Upon choosing "repent"]
* "say... do you know how to greet a new pal? come on, shake my hand." - sans, before successfully pranking frisk in the neutral/pacifist route. 
* "well, i'd like to thank ya' for saving me ol' pal... you sure remind me of an angel, the angels in repentance 9:1; one day, Alisgriel will bless us with a physical visage of his being, and will come down to bring us salvation, salvation from the awakening that is foretold to come and wreak havoc amongst the world." - sans reading the new testament of monsterkind to frisk at the end of true pacifist.
=== Appearance (normally and during Prayers/judgement) ===
Normally: while in public, sans usually tends to wear pink slippers, a white T-shirt, black shorts and a blue jacket. The teeth (the part where the zipper connects) is actually layered with gold foil, as well as a golden cross sticker which has been taped to his jacket.
During preaching hours and judgement/combat: during judgement or preaching hours, sans will wear a much different set of attire, consisting of a Cyan coat with a golden zipper (that he refuses to zip), and a white, blank T-shirt with dark-chocolate colored pants and a pair of brown leather thatches (similar to pilgrims). some may also notice that he wears a necklace which has a silver cross on it.
=== Personality ===
sans seems to act Identical to his canon self, cracking a couple pranks or puns and generally being chill, but when preaching, he shows to be rather enthusiastic or sometimes serious. He will sometimes quote the testaments of monsterkind during certain situations, and will even pour olive oil on a unsuspecting, praying monster, occasionally commenting how it was done to an ancient monster hero, before he defeated a dreaded titan with a single stone. However, he may occasionally appear troubled, especially when monsters start to go missing. He states that without any preaching the Epimonsters, the devil themself may have more influence over the world, being able to enter and twist people's minds with just a snap... due to this, he will do what he can to stop the spread of death, even if it means risking his life. 
=== Abilities/Tools ===
while sans does have his basic abilities (Gaster blasters, Soul gravity, Karma, shortcuts, and bones), he does have a few new tricks up his sleeve:
* "transformation" - through his written rites, sans is capable of switching his attire on the fly between his current outfit and his priest attire, just by writing "may the gods be with ol' me".
* Sacred Blessing - sans is capable of using his prayers to manifest the might of the Gods, healing the sick and wounded, and purging any wickedness in a large radius.
* Holy Mantle - one of, if not his most crucial tool, the holy mantle is a magic pendant given to him by Asgore, which gives the wearer access to holy magic and is even responsible for increasing his stamina and durability... most Importantly, however, is that this little cross is capable of harnessing the very presence of the Epimonsters to mitigate the very influence of strange forces, regardless of how "absolute" their power is (be it having "power over all fiction", "word domination", or even Omnilock), for the Epimonsters are the eternal ancestors that, alongside the GOD of humanity, brought existence form.
**Iron Angels - A holy conjuration that takes the form of a large silver ring with 8 eyes, each capable of firing small holy bullets. on command, the eyes will fire 3 bullets per second whilst rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise.
** Written Rites - these are written prayers that are often utilized by sans, capable of doing different tasks dependent on what's written. after being written, sans will let go of the paper, which will be "seemingly caught by the wind", and taken to a desired direction.
*** "may the sinner be singed in sacred flame!" - upon writing this, "the wind" will direct the rite towards an attended target and will proceed to set them on fire, exposing them to heat equal to that of the center of a white star (in fact, the nearby area may even set on fire if not careful).
*** "The Gods wills it!" - Upon writing this down and throwing it, the souls of a dozen monsters & men who worshipped the Gods will be brought back, with their purpose being to band together and banish any heretic or being of malevolence they were brought for.
*** "blasphemy against the ancient spirits!" - Upon writing this, "the wind" will direct this towards a sinner, branding them as "wicked" and binding them in black chains; the same chains that will be used to permanently seal the devil/Tam Tam.
*** "the poor shall prosper with the rich" - upon writing this down and casting this rite while in the presence of paupers, the poor will be blessed with essentials such as food, clothes, and water, and will be met with an avatar of Lord blackletter, who will preach the name of Alisgriel and (most of the time) change their lives forever. 
*** "may the Gods be with us all!" - when writing this down, this rite will just fall to the floor, but will open the gates of heaven so that the prayers will be answered until the Epimonsters decide everyone has been answered to.
** rods of Remorse and Retribution - When being forced to fight physically, or when in certain situations, he will pray to the lord himself, Alisgriel, The God of logic and divinity, who will bestow upon him the Rods of remorse and retribution. the Rods are a pair of sword-like sticks that embody the concept of karma, and will do the following:
*** rod of Remorse - this yellow shortsword may be used as a typical weapon, which can deal 5+ ATK, but is more so useful in it's other purpose; purification and forgiveness. Upon being asked for forgiveness, or upon finding an unfortunate, possessed individual, he may cast the spirits and wickedness of someone by tapping the individual with the flat sides of the sword.
*** rod of Retribution - This Blue Broadsword is a more straight-forward weapon, being used to banish the uncleansed to the deepest parts of the void (which in the scriptures is referred to as "the unknown", or Hell). it is also capable of dealing +5 KR and 35+ ATK damage, but will trigger INV frames in situations with a human.
== Trivia ==
* Inquisitor sans really Isn't all that different from canon sans, other than the additional attire and what is mentioned in this document (including trivia). His relationships are the same as in the canon and his personality is almost Identical.
* sans tends to go to grillby's to drink ketchup, mustard, or even Honey BBQ sauce, and instead of just dodging his tab, he instead gives grillby religious advice... and pay half of the price, given that he gets more money for Inquisition.
* This version of sans, while he used to be a normal UT timeline resident, eventually ended up in the Godverse via an Entryway, which has lead him to the discovery of the multiverse... now he preaches twice a day, once in his timeline, and again in a city in the Godverse.
* sans is not necessarily the best at his work in terms of being a priest, but even with his flaws, sans's teachings (which are enforced by Asgore) are the only thing stopping Tam Tam from entering our domain.
* while sans is capable of banishing out!codes, he's more so inline with a pacifist, due to the testament of karma stating that those who slaughter and take pleasure in murder are no better than ravenous demons. 
*To his own displeasure, Tam Tam is indeed another foreigner, but has yet to enter the True Godverse... maybe it has to do with something big. 
* His role as Inquisitor and his ability to conjure a pair of one-handed weapons may be a reference to Dlanor A. Knox from Umineko
* There are many references to Christianity when looking at Inquisitor sans;
** His priest outfit may be a reference to the Puritans, who worshiped the lord day and night, and punished those who refused to listen to God's word... of course, the coat replacing the basic robe may be a reference to various priest characters in fiction & fairy tales, who wore long, silk coats.
** Both of his designs have a cross on them, which represent the Cross that Jesus carried when he was crucified... this is a more obvious one.
** The term "Blasphemy against the ancient spirits" may be a reference to "Blasphemy against the holy spirit", a line that is yelled in the song "living in the light", which is used for the final boss "Dogma" in "the binding of Isaac: repentance".
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