Scoundrel Sans

**Scoundrel Sans is a semi-popular AU character from Malfratale, made and owned by Draw Wolf (can be found on YouTube) and is featured in several medias such as "The Villain Sans Squad" series on YouTube. Please go give credit to the creator as this is not mine!**

## Appearance

Scoundrel is described as being slightly taller or the same height of the average Sans, standing at 4'1" with his hood up, sometimes depicted as 4'5" to 5' in certain media. His eyes are red with the left one having a dark blue-purple outline like Dust Sans's, and the right one being a diamond. He used to have normal purple Sans eyes in his earlier years. Scoundrel also has a scratch-like scar on his right eye, and it is assumed he got that when he fought the gang of monsters.

He wears a grey hoodie with slightly lighter sleeves with two purple stripes and a hood of the same light grey color, which he usually keeps up. Scoundrel's hoodie also has an upside-down broken heart symbol which used to be intact in his earlier days. He has a light grey, almost white turtleneck under his hoodie. Scoundrel also wears the standard Sans shorts but they are longer, and he sports a pair of purple and white sneakers. Scoundrel accesorizes with a chain dangling from his pants and black fingerless gloves.

When in a heavy fight, his left eye turns fully red. Scoundrel's right eye develops a thin red outline around it and his sockets start to bleed hate. After he joins Nightmare's squad, both his eyes turn purple and constantly bleeds hate. His soul also turns a very dark shade of grey glowing with an outline of the same purple color.

Scoundrel's full battle mode (speedpaint by Draw Wolf)"Corrupted" Scoundrel with Killer and Insanity in the Villain Sans Squad series
## Personality

In his early days, Scoundrel used to be a quiet, shy but kindhearted individual. He would live without "real" friends due to the fact that others did not favor his kind attitude. He considers his brother as his role model and deeply admires him.

After Scoundrel encounters a gang of three mosters, his soul and mind become rather dark, and he turns into an extremely violent, sly, serious and edgy being. Scoundrel has been pushing back anyone who tries to hug or touch him, in fear that one of them will attack him by surprise (he only accepts the hugs of his brother, from Tsukitchi and a few other people whom he trusts). Scoundrel often performs criminal activity with Papyrus nowadays. He is shown to have a good taste in things, as shown in the "Date with Scoundrel Sans" video made by his creator.

Although he is very edgy, Scoundrel does show affection to the people he cares about. He also jokes around frequently, is a good sport in games/bets and is described as being a kind father to Sachi.

Scoundrel has a deep hatred for Undyne (who is the chief of police in the AU), often throwing knives at posters with her face on it and having nightmares of fighting her. He has been injured multiple times by Undyne but for some unknown reason, she has never been able to arrest/kill him.

He seems to be somewhat neutral and more of an anti-hero in terms of good and evil, as shown in the "*One of Us*" animation (by Draw Wolf) where he resists Nightmare's persuasion to join the Villain Sanses. When corrupted, Scoundrel's memories and feelings are blurred, resulting him into becoming a sadistic, obedient and loyal companion to Nightmare, having a constant grin on his face as he aids the other Villain Sanses.

## Background/History

Scoundrel used to be a regular monster and has a brother named Papyrus, who is infamous for committing crimes in the Underground. He admires Papyrus and dreams of becoming just like him despite being a 1HP monster.

Scoundrel walks quietly in the forest of Snowdin where suddenly, a troop of three monsters call him and asks to join them. As Scoundrel is usually alone, he felt happy that monsters like these are interested in him. So, he walks over to them and the leader (the grey monster named Nick) hugs him to show his confidence and friendship to Scoundrel. Scoundrel doesn't really understand why but it doesn't stop him from being filled with joy.

But obviously, nothing is too good for this poor skeleton. The leader shows him his "hug of friendship", but instead he plants a knife in Scoundrel's back. He falls down in tears of pain, while the 3 monsters continue to make fun of him. They belittle him, insult him, and continue to say horrible things about Scoundrel who feels stupid for believing believed in their trick. These monsters are also jealous of Scoundrel because he has a very good defence compared to his brother who has him a very good attack.

Scoundrel looks over and finds an old baseball bat laying on the ground. He realizes that if he's going to follow in his brother's footsteps, he should at least be able to defend himself from three street thugs. Scoundrel has a drastic change of heart as he pulls the knife out of his back, stands up and kills all three monsters with the bat, gaining LV in the process.

Scoundrel remembers that fateful day, laying against a brick wall as he speaks about how the ground should've accepted him as he looks over the now dead bodies of the gang members.

He also encounters Nightmare Sans somewhat later and is forced to join his group of other villain Sanses after he gets overpowered and brainwashed by Nightmare.

## ***Here are some canon abilities Scoundrel Sans posesses. Despite being one of the more "regular" Sanses, his attacks are unique.***

**Bones:** Scoundrel can control bones that have an appearance similar to Dust Sans's but they have a red outline. When in a heavy fight, his bones turn either fully red or purple. After brainwashed by Nightmare, his bones turn a dark shade of grey with a purple outline/glow.

**Gaster Blaster:** Scoundrel has the ability to control Gaster Blasters which have a sharper, more menacing look than the original, having red diamond eyes. When corrupted by Nightmare, the blaster turns a dark shade of grey with the same purple eyes as its owner.

**Soul Manipulation:** Scoundrel, just like his classic counterpart, can use telekinesis to grab souls and move them around at will. The soul turns blue when grabbed.

**Hand-to-hand Combat:** Scoundrel often carries around a baseball bat (a token of his mass murder) which he uses to engage in combat with regular thugs. He is quite deft in terms of melee fighting, as shown in his backstory where Scoundrel, with no combat knowledge, manages to take down rather experienced monsters.