Bordertale

Bordertale is an AU that crosses over Undertale with aspects of Borderlands 2. AU by Madnesscrazy, Otherwise known as KageJason.

## Plot

### Before the Beginning.

On a distant Planet called Pandora, there was a mountain called Ebott. A young child had fallen into the mountain, trying to escape from the world. There he was found by a young siren named Asriel and taken by the Dreemurr family, and raised as their adopted son. Despite the Dreemurrs pure intentions, this child was anything but, and as the months went by, this child planned to steal the power of monsters and claim the riches of the underground, in a plan to return to the surface and purge the planet, and so he attacked his parents, kidnapped his adopted brother and vanished into the night, not to be seen ever again.

A decade has passed since then, as another child fleeing from the bandits of Pandoria meets the same fate and falls into Ebott.

### Neutral End

The unnamed Protagonist breaks into Central Command with the help of monsters where they Find Chara, who has strapped Asriel to a machine (Resembling Omega Flowey) in order to turn him into a mindless weapon of ultimate power. Chara engages the Protagonist in order to claim the last and final soul to complete their goal, but is denied by not only the Protagonist's capabilities, but by the main monster cast defending them. In their frustration, Chara forcefully merges himself with Asriel and the 6 souls, with his conciousness taking control of the resulting fusion. As the fight goes on, The Protagonist then convinces both the 6 souls and Asriel's soul to revolt against Chara and forcefully eject him back into his own body, at which the Protagonist then can choose to Kill or Spare Chara. After the choice is made, depending on the Protagonist actions thoughout the run, the ending will change.

### Dark End

The Protagonist destroys the entrance into central command by force alone, to which they find Chara, and he offers them to join his side and obtain ultimate power, The Protagonist declines and attacks Chara, the ensuing battle knocks Chara into the machine, causing the machine to malfunction, and explode into a determination bomb, killing Asriel inside the machine, and turning any remaining monsters into horrific amalgamates, in the remains of the explosion, Chara and The Protagonist fight one final time, upon which the Protagonist kills Chara. The Protagonist limps towards a throne made of scrap metal and the collapsed central command and sits, as the moans of the amalgamates and the atomized remains of fallen monsters blows around them.

## Locations

### Frostwaste (Ruins)

An area of unforgiving cold, littered with bodies of the unfortunate that don't survive the tempratures, or charred from the monsters who have no mercy for the wicked.

### Sanddune (Snowdin)

A humble desert town, in the middle of a sandy desert, while the monsters of the dunes are violent, those who live in the town are significantly less so, protected by a pair of brothers who more or less try to keep some kind of order.

### Sheercliff (Waterfall)

A series of cliffs, with the occasional waterfall. Inhabited by very few due to the difficulty to traverse, and those who do hide in fear of the inconherient screams of lunacy.

### Toxinlake (Hotland)

Once a Beautiful lake, now turned into a place of toxic runoff coming from Firefactory due to their mass production. Here lies a junkyard of scrap metal and objects, where one rummages through for their next greatest creation.

### Firefactory (Core)

A large towering building, inside, enslaved monsters and machine work together in unison for a sinister cause while the building burns with heat and fire, creating new machines to cause havoc for the rest of the underground.

### Central Command (New Home)

Deep inside of Firefactory lies a mysterious stucture, entry forbidden by monsterkind, occassionally screams and cries for freedom can be heard, hidden inside are valuable items Chara has stolen from monsters through his EXPbots.

## Characters

### The Protagonist

A young child who had fallen into the mountain, and chooses their own fate. Nothing personality defining besides DETERMINATION.

### Toriel Dreemurr

An Elderly Goat Siren, with powerful flame magic, a maternal instinct and impressive Cooking Skills, Once adventured with her husband, had settled down in Frostwaste and is reluctant to return the lifestyle, although she doesn't show it, she is haunted about their son's assumed death. Toriel will fight the protagonist during the neutral run in an attempt to stop them from leaving, not wanting to lose another child.

### Asgore Dreemurr

An Retired Commando who decided to settle down with his wife. Wise beyond his years, and while longs for adventures with his wife, is unsure he'll be able to keep up. He maintains a robotic trident in his spare time, which morphs into a mini turret. While he prefers pacifism, he is willing to anything to protect what he has left. Asgore is fought during the Genocide run, where he has seen what you have done to the inhabitants of Frostwaste, and refuses to let you go any further.

### Asriel Dreemurr

The young child of Asgore and Toriel, A siren like his mother, and born with an adventurous spirit like his father. He's long presumed dead, and currently held captive by their adopted brother for their own sinister plans. Although alive, he is malnourished and blind due to a decade in captivity and in the dark, his horns are permanently stumped under his hair due to Chara wanting to prevent escape attempts. Despite this, he tries to maintain a happy attitude.

### Sans the Skeleton

A skeleton assassin, while acting casual and friendly to the monsters of Sanddune with a knack for puns, getting a target painted on your back will mean certain death. He can attack with deadly efficency, but you can bribe him with ketchup to get him off your back. Due to his line of work, he refuses to make any significant attachments to anyone but his brother, having raised him all by himself. He had lost his left eye in combat but had replaced it with mechanical one which displays a 0, this eye can emote however cannot be turned off.

##### AU exclusive attacks

Bone Kunai: Throwable homing bones with a sharp point.

Vanish slash: Where he sets up multiple blades like the one on the right around the battle board, which vanish before they swing right through the battle box, the direction depends on which way the sword points before it vanishes.

The Gaster Sniper: Unlike regular Sans, Bordertale Sans can only have up to 4 and instead of rolling from the sides and blasting, they home in on a soul with the target reticle and fires at the spots it's targeted 3 times which leaves holes in the battle box, these holes last the remainder of the turn and the soul cannot move over these spots. Using all four at once makes a tracking laser which decimates the box in the path it goes for the remainder of the turn.

### Papyrus

Loud, naive and with enough Ego to put others to shame, this Bonezerker of Sanddune will run around the borders screaming how great he is, all the while helping to maintain the peace of their desert town, wanting to be the hero of Sanddune. Papyrus has never met Undyne, and while hearing the terrifying rumors of Sheercliff, he feels an urge to befriend them. He also owns a car which he drives around in the wide area that is Sanddune. Papyrus will try to stop the protagonist from leaving Sanddune in attempt to keep them safe, but is ultimately convinced to let them go.

### Monster Kid

Brash, reckless and a head strong child with a heart of gold, he has ambitions to join Sans and Papyrus in defending the town of Sanddune. He invites the Protagonist to discover the screaming terror of Sheercliff. (Undyne)

### Undyne

A resident of Sheercliff, this lady screams about random nonsensical things all while terrorizing the people of Sheercliff for sport with spears and explosions, earning the name "The screaming terror.". While exceedingly violent, an inner voice in her head does try to steer her into not harming the residents. She doesn't show the same curtesy to humans simply because she doesn't like them.

##### AU exclusive attacks

Dynamite Spear: Undyne throws her spears from multiple directions into the battle box where it will explode on contact with with the soul or the edge of battle box itself.

### Alphys

A resident of Toxinlake before it was poisoned, this shy, nervous lizard has her own lab where she tinkers with machines all day and scavenges the junkyard for any materals. She had lost her arm in an unfortunate accident but replaced it with a mechanical replacement to which she uses to control her mini army of robots known as Mini Mettas, as well as her primary fighting robot, Mettatrap.

##### AU exclusive attacks

Shock Reflector: Using her Mini Mettas, Alphys fires bolts of lightning into the box which bounce off walls before disappating, it will always bounce in the direction of the soul.

### Ms. Muffet

A shopkeeper who has set up in Toxinlake, selling cider and pastries to the residents, while her prices are fairer than her main counterpart, she will insist on getting tipped for her work. Those who don't tip, are usually never seen again.

### Mettatrap

A robot which has a flamboyant personality, all the while weilding a deadly arsenal of weaponry and being loyal to Alphys. Although created for destructive purposes, He does harbor an desire to entertain the monsters of the Underground. He ends up playing an antagonistic role throughout Toxinlake due to his programming being messed with by Chara.

##### AU exclusive attacks

Dazzling Slash: Using their claw, Mettatrap cuts the Box into 3 parts.

### Chara Dreemurr

The adopted son of Toriel and Asgore, the kidnapper of Asriel, and the creator of the EXPbots that terrorize the entirety of the Underground, he uses his machines created in Firefactory to target and locate anyone he deems a threat to his plans, be it humans, or monsters, due to his exposure to magic in the underground and his sinister nature, his eyes can become sunken in and dark while his lips become cracked all while revealing sharp monstrous teeth.

## Trivia

* Monsters in this AU have real tangable bodies and physical matter, while still not as sturdy as humans, means they do not turn to dust when someone dies. They can still become Amalgamates though determination, but unlike standard Undertale monsters, it takes much higher levels in order to do so. (Regular human levels of determination can cause monsters to still melt.)
* There is a concept of level in this AU, marked as lvl, while LV and EXP terms still apply, lvl would be raised through experiences and knowledge, harming non-sentient EXPbots will not affect The Protagonist's LV, LV is only raised when harming monsters. Lvl, affects their health exclusively while LV affects the damage they can do.