Chromaverse

Chromaverse is an AU that was created and written by GraveTheMythic. It's a Story Overhaul AU, meaning that although it does have obvious relation to Undertale, it's changed to the point where the concept and world itself is completely different.
== Background ==
Post-Note: Chromaverse takes place in a different time period than the original story, using a calendar separate from the Gregorian Calendar. This Calendar is known as the Chrome Calc (or CHC), and thus things such as 2001 or 1997 do not refer to our world's knowledge of these dates but rather the Chrome Calc's timeline.
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=== The War ===
For hundreds, if not thousands of years three races existed on Earth in unison. Despite being creatures of equivalent intelligence, they managed to find peace between them that persisted for generations. These races were the Humans, Monsters, and Homotenebrae (Also known as Humanoids), and each established societies that, although separate, managed to have an interconnected society with the other races. Humans constructing trade routes for both Monsters and Humanoids, Monsters being the greatest at utilizing Magic (An ancient and obscure source of energy that allowed them to perform supernatural feats and provide massive amounts of power to certain technologies), and the Humanoids being extremely knowledgeable on many things.
Out of these races Humanoids remained the most abstruse, all humanoids look almost exactly like Humans if not for the fact that they had horns (each Humanoid's horns vary in size and shape based on biology, age, and personality). The thing about Humanoids was that they didn't technically age, their age would simply lock at a random point, with their telomeres being unpredictable. This can mean a newborn could become thirty the next day, or an elderly person could become 14. Once these ages have been locked, they do not change for the rest of the Humanoids' lives (Humanoids are not immortal, but they cannot die from age).
For a while, tension had started to build between Humanoids and Humans. Questions rose about their origin "Why do they look like us?" "How come they don't age?", Humanoids preferred not to extend this conflict any further. However, humanity was stubborn and envious, there was no way that the fact they looked almost exactly alike was a coincidence. 
This conflict built up for around one hundred years, around the same time a young human named Chara was born. Humanity was prepared to establish peace with the Humanoids as after all this time there was no true reason to be so hateful of their species. As the current leader of humanity, Dawn Ohara, was a person who wished for peace. But the day that these two races had agreed to sign a treaty on, the mother of Chara rushed into the building, accusing the Humanoids of murdering her daughter.
Not once in the three races' existence had their ever been a murder, there was simply no purpose to it. But with this conflict, such a thing wasn't unexpected, Dawn attempted to calm the mother and the humans who attended the conference to no avail. Both Humanoids and Humanity began to brawl, and in the chaos, the leader of the Humanoids was killed.
This was the event that led to the War of Lacromosis (War of Weeping; Named as such due to millions of casualties). Humanity closed their trade routes with the Humanoids, cutting off their main method of obtaining resources and forcing them into more primitive methods like hunting. Monsters were forced onto Humanity's side as they threatened to do the same thing, this would result in a power hierarchy between Monsters and Humans in the future.
Humanoids were completely destroyed, they lacked both energy and resources, leading to an extreme decrease in population and a lot of them resulting to cannibalism to keep their families and selves fed. They didn't have weapons to properly fight against the technology and magic of the monsters or physical capabilities of the Humans.
The Humanoids did possess one trait though, this being their vast knowledge accumulated from their nigh-infinite lifespans. From books written by their ancestors and from those who have lived long before the war, they learned of the power of their horns. Things like wood and stone had no effect against the sophisticated arsenal of the other races, but with their horns they could craft weapons stronger than anything the others could create. Many sacrificed their horns for their families and for a better future.
These weapons (which were simply named Horns) gave Humanoids a fighting chance, each one possessing special properties such as explosive blows or poisoning attacks. For a while, it was unknown which side would win, the Humanoids or the Humans. But in one desperate attempt to protect the lives of the Monsters, Doctor W.D Gaster built the CORE. A nuclear weapon capable of decimating cities in a single explosion, in only three major explosions, Humanoids surrendered to the Humans and the war ended.
=== Post-War ===
After the war, Humans reigned as the superior race. Monsters of course were finally free from servitude and violence, but were still forced to be subservient to Humanity out of generational fear. Humanoids no longer were a lone race, but rather served as Humanity's servants due to their loss. This inspired the creation of The Dopplegangers, a group of rebel humanoids who were strongly against the enslavement of their species.
The Dopplegangers spread the message of Humanity and Homotenebrae being the same, the leader of the humans and grandson of Chara's mother, Keo was in a high position at the time. Being the current leader after Dawn Ohara he managed to convince and trick society into believing The Dopplegangers were a threat to society and a group of nothing more than terrorists despite the fact all of their attempts at healing the relationship between Humanity and Homotenebrae as well as freeing their people were completely peaceful and non-violent.
Eventually a group of powerful humans called the Humanoid Extermination Unit (or HUE). The HUE practically decimated The Dopplegangers, reacting to their protests with intense acts of violence and mistreatment. In only a month the group had been lowered from 1000 to a shocking 10 members. 
Seeing that Humans weren't going to accept Humanoids if they continued their methods, Sans (the founder and leader of The Dopplegangers), decided that they're best option was to fight fire with fire. Prompting the start of The 2001 Protests, five simultaneous protests that occurred all around Human territory that heavily damaged homes and led to the deaths of many people.
HUE of course, didn't take kindly to this, and as a result they were able to easily and quickly capture all of the remaining members of The Dopplegangers and executed them publicly. Enforcing the idea that Humanoids were no longer an independent species but rather were fated to serve as humanity's doormats for the rest of their lives.
One humanoid however, raised in the slums and mistreated by her parents was inspired by the feats of The Dopplegangers. She developed a hatred towards humans, believing them to be the cause of everything she was going through. This humanoid's name was Red, and she'd eventually come to be known as one of the biggest icons for Homotenebrae in all of history.
Red began to devote her life to studying magic, stealing books from local monster-owned libraries and homes and figuring out the mechanics of it. This was of course not only to increase her own overall abilities (due to malnutrition and neglect she lacked the physical strength to go about her plans.) But to also revive the final members of HUE, however, when she managed to perform this act after years of training and practice, her skills were still unable to perform the necromancy properly. This ended up turning the humanoids into a subspecies of monsters known as undead. Sans and Papyrus being turned into skeletons, four other members were turned into ghosts (two of which would end up adopting the names Napstablook and Hapstablook). Shyren and her sister were turned into odd, fish-like beings, and lastly were Jam (who was turned into a zombie) and Wraps (Who became a mummy)
Red was regretful for what she did to her childhood heroes, after all she changed them from their original, proud forms into a species that had helped their aggressors. The Dopplegangers of course, didn't care about what form they took, they only cared about achieving peace between all three races. Even if this meant they had to resort to violence. But when prompted, Sans refused to continue the fight, after their deaths he no longer perceived the goal as possible, let alone worth it. His brother especially tried to convince him, but he had to admit he felt the same, he despised violence despite his outwardly confident demeanor he didn't enjoy what they had resulted to either.
Eventually, the two abandoned the group, leaving Red to become the new leader.
=== Red's Leadership ===
Once Red gained control over The Dopplegangers, she immediately went into action. Not even a week went by before she completely annihilated HUE, killing Keo without hesitation and destroying the majority of human territories occupying what was once the land of the Humanoids. This was all done single-handedly, with the other members being told to stand back. This immediately placed a target on her back, however this was her plan. Usually stories like this were either omitted or altered to make it seem like the efforts of rebel humanoids were easily thwarted or practically had no effect (excluding the 2001 Protests which instead changed the narrative to make Humanoids seem like creatures and animals rather than what they were). This way, she could prove to those Humanoids who either doubted their common sense or believed it was hopeless that there were people fighting who had a genuine impact.
After this, she orchestrated another attack on the vice-leader (who would soon become the current), named Lance. Lance was an incredibly powerful and unique human, able to utilize Horns in conjunction with his inhuman physical power. This attack required the help of every member, Jam and Wraps were both slaughtered in the fight but eventually they emerged victorious.
Having destroyed the primary human government in a mere two days, Red was soon known as an icon to all Humanoids. The Dopplegangers were praised as true revolutionist by both Monsters and Humanoids while being criticized as anarchist by Humans.
Red however paid no attention to the insults but only further expanded her ideals, targeting the main who caused the loss of the Humanoids, W.D Gaster.
Gaster of course was no laughing matter, and in fact posed a greater threat to the group than Lance. Despite the fact he was lacking in physical strength, he was equal to, if not better than Red in utilizing magic as well as having a wide arsenal of Horns to use to his advantage. In the end, The Dopplegangers were completely defeated, Napstablook and Hapstablook were susceptible to attacks from Gaster's Horns which was a major help against Lance who didn't have the same properties. Surprisingly, Gaster let the group live, he had no intent to help humanity after the war.
Instead, he made a deal with Red who reluctantly agreed. The deal of course stated that Gaster would supply and assist The Dopplegangers in the quest to regain their species' freedom. But in return they would need to provide him with certain materials for a project he was in the process of working on.
This is the beginning of where the story takes place.
== Characters ==
Red: Red is a humanoid from the slums within human territories. Although she was not forced into servitude like many of her species, she was still neglected and abused by her parents due to their financial situation and lack of basic needs. She later becomes the leader of The Dopplegangers and a powerful user of magic as well as an icon to all of the Humanoids.
Sans The Skeleton: Sans The Skeleton (originally known simply as Sans) is a former humanoid turned monster by Red. He was the main cause behind the 2001 Protests. After he was revived, he abandoned The Dopplegangers and decided to go about his life as he wished without the worry of responsibility.
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