Monster Friends

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Created by Hatbeemo

> *"Would you consider yourself... happy? Can you say that you are living happily ever after?" I doubt you could say yes to that with ALL your confidence. There's always something between us and that happily ever after. Those things I am to explore with this story I've been writing! I call it... Monster Friends. A future bestseller I hope!*
> " *– Nacarat (the narrator), Ruins intro*
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**Monster Friends** is an Undertale AU sprite-comic set in an alternate timeline where Asriel and Chara abandoned their plan to free monsterkind, averting their tragic fate and the consequences that came from it. This results in a very different Underground one hundred years later, centered around a new Olympics-esque competition known as the **Royal Games**.

Instead of following a singular human's perspective, the story of Monster Friends is told through an all-new cast of monster characters, both new and returning from Undertale. Locations previously seen in the Underground (e.g. the Ruins) are either viewed through a new perspective (e.g. the Ruins settlement of Fountown) or altered significantly (e.g. Snowdin Town).

Monster Friends also features a brand new tactical combat system, which reflects the unique nature in which monsters fight each other, and is a significant part of every arc. Every character is equipped with a unique set of SKILLs, a Passive ability, and a SPECIAL ability that reflect their personalities and role in a team.

The Ruins chapter of Monster Friends was completed on November 2019, with Snowdin currently in development since January 2021.

## Characters

### Whimsie

**Whimsie Quaint** is the protagonist of the Ruins arc, a Whimsun with a distinct hat who found peace and happiness working for Muffet and Mopsy in their pastry parlor, Spider House. His mind and daily routine are shattered by the closing of Spider House, the arrival of the Royal Games in Fountown, and the return of a "friend" he does not recognize.

### Gospel

**Gospel** is a Migosp with a distinct mechanical arm and cloak. Following the traumatic incident that took his arm, he returns to his hometown of Fountown years later to find that while much has changed, the hurt he caused has not.

### Mopsy

**Mopsy** is a spider monster with psychic abilities who runs Spider House with her older sister Muffet and her friend Whimsie. Believing she has lived in Fountown her whole life, Mopsy is ecstatic over the prospect of exploring the rest of the world through the Royal Games.

### Toadie

**Toadie** is a Froggit with a distinct hat, tie, and pipe, who watches over Fountown as its Sheriff. His recent implementation of a strict lockdown and curfew on the town has proven unpopular among the townsfolk, though Toadie is determined to keep them from knowing of the deadly, dormant threat beyond Fountown's gates...

### Muffet

**Muffet** the spider monster returns from Undertale as the proprietor of her Fountown pastry parlor, Spider House. Her decision to close Spider House and spread word of the Royal Games to Fountown forever alter the lives of Whimsie and Mopsy, for better and for worse.