FNaF:Underworlds

FNaF: Underworlds is an *Alternate Universe* (AU) of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, originally created by Scott Cawthon. The creator of this AU is Blackimus.

## Overview

FNaF: Underworlds has a strong focus on the paranormal aspect, but with drastically altered aspects related to the story; lore and plotlines of the FNaF franchise. The AU was originally created in 2015, when the only available games were from the first to the third installments. However, its story and plot only came into an acceptable state from the creator in 2016.

As of such, the AU has taken into consideration the following games and their elements:

* *Five Nights at Freddy’s* (2014)
* *Five Nights at Freddy’s 2* (2014)
* *Five Nights at Freddy’s 3* (2015)
* *Five Nights at Freddy’s 4* (2015)
* *Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location* (2016)

The games that were created after 2016 were **not** implemented into the AU, namely:

* *Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator* (2017)
* *Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted* (2019)
* *FNAF: Special Delivery* (2019)

However, according to the creator it is possible that *Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach* could be implemented into the alternate universe.

The book trilogy (*The Silver Eyes*; *The Twisted Ones*; and *The Fourth Closet*) and the *Fazbear Frights* are also **not** acknowledged in the AU, so references of any kind are to be considered as coincidence.

## Timeline

The timeline of *Underworlds* can be considered as the following, for an ease of reference:

1. *Five Nights at Freddy’s 4*
2. *Five Nights at Freddy’s*
3. *Five Nights at Freddy’s 2*
4. *Five Nights at Freddy’s 3*
5. *Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location*

## The Status of the Official Series

The initial plan for the *FNaF: Underworlds* official series was to begin alongside with the creator's second series, based off of Team Fortress 2 and known as *The Scratched Universe*. According to Blackimus, the workload on handling the two official series at the same time was *very overwhelming*, so the decision was to put the official series of *FNaF: Underworlds* on an **indefinite hiatus**.

Another fact pointed out by the creator is that in comparison with *The Scratched Universe*, *FNaF: Underworlds* is a lot more ambitious, demanding and quite difficult to successfully develop in the animation program used by him - Source Filmmaker.

However, the creator had a plan to "kickstart" the *AU* instead of the actual series for the time being by creating *Slice of Life* - a casual "slice of life" genre inspired series where it is focused more on establishing its characters and overall setting. This series is considered as the **epilogue** of the official series.

## Notable Differences

There are quite a vast amount of differences that Underworlds has in comparison to the original franchise.

### FNaF 2 is considered as a sequel

Instead of being considered as a prequel to *Five Nights at Freddy’s* like the original franchise, the entirety of *Five Nights at Freddy’s 2* is acknowledged as a sequel.

### William Afton

In this story, William Afton has only killed the original four children (the fifth child does not exist), but **indirectly**. No other murders were inflicted or caused by him.