Stärke

Made by Pepper-Mint

**Stärke** is the non-canonical ‘ship child’ of Epic!Sans and Cross!Sans, and was created by **Pepper-Mint** on Tumblr.

Despite being an offspring of the two, she was not biologically created by them. Therefore, she is not an actual child of Epic and Cross.

## Profile

### Appearance

Stärke is a young, female monster with the physiology of a skeleton. They have a red scar located on the left side of her skull. She also has a purple pupil that floats in the center of her right eye socket, and a purple iris with a red half on the top that has a black pupil on the inside.

Her main attire usually consists of a somewhat-tattered long cloak; with dull purple lining vertically on the inside, and having some fur on the ends. Their sleeves are short with two, matching horizontal lines of dull purple, with a triangular cut on the middle of the each sleeve that stops at a black cross on the top that proceeds into a short vertical stitch. She dons a gray sweater, dark shorts with shaded purple linings on the bottom, black fingerless gloves, and a matching black scarf that is wrapped around her neck. Her boots have black laces and a black ending outline on the top, with black soles.

### Personality

Stärke acts like a “cool big sister” type of figure that many would want to have. Being raised by Epic!Sans, she eventually grew up to be a strong, and awesome young monster. Like Epic, she is engrossed with memes, along with having the habit of using the pronoun, “bruh”, on her friends and family. She’s been known to act as a tomboy, and often disguises herself like one so that she wouldn’t be underestimated by others, or treated as if she were a weakling.

She commonly acts childish and lazy around those she is well acquainted with, as well as being very troublesome, and quite the prankster to her cousin. Hope. She enjoys having fun with her brother, Masbub, and likes to pull pranks on others with him; the two of them share a relationship that’s similar to Epic and Cross’s.

Stärke specializes in hand-to-hand combat, and occasionally uses a pair of brass knuckles with little blades on them. Though, she rarely uses this weapon of hers, as it can easily break someone’s skull. She’s quite inept in handling other weapons; other than the sword she once used against Undyne. Whenever her left eye turns red, her childish personality fades quickly, and she acquires a more serious, frightening personality that’s similar to Hope. She’s been known to act very mature—and cold—to strangers.

### Abilities

* **Great Strength**: Having been raised by Epic!Sans, it’s no surprise that Stärke has a great deal of strength that’s able to put up a good fight against older entities. Despite having limited knowledge in handling weapons, when paired with the brass knuckles she specializes with, she can be very lethal against others.

## Relationships

### Epic!Sans (Father)

Stärke, having inherited most of her father’s traits; their love for memes and the occasional habit of referring to others as “bruh”, it is no doubt that the two have a great relationship between each other. Stärke is quite compassionate and funny with Epic, with the two often being seen reviewing memes, and having the usual meme battles.

### Cross!Sans (Father)

Stärke loves her father, Cross, and overall shares a relationship with him that’s quite similar to her and Epic!Sans. They both enjoy memes, and occasionally pull off pranks on others. It’s apparent that she simply adores, and admires Cross for his abilities, and also enjoys seeing Epic and Cross interacting with one another, even if they aren’t, and won’t ever be a couple.

### Masbub (Brother)

Masbub and Stärke both share a similar relationship that can be compared to that of Epic and Cross’s. The two enjoy pulling off pranks on others with each other, and also love to have fun with one another. The two seem to have a passion for memes.

### Hope (Cousin)

Stärke seems to enjoy pulling pranks on Hope, and loves to annoy them in general. She also likes the angry expressions Hope makes sometimes whenever he’s angry, but does remain to be light-hearted towards them. Hope dislikes the behavior of Stärke, and is usually irritated by her shenanigans.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* Stärke was once in a ship-art (paired with Lucid) made by Pepper-Mint.
* Stärke is the only EpicCross ship-child made by Pepper-Mint

## References

1. ↑ https://pepper-mint.tumblr.com/post/172203538583/bell-lucid-nei-orfeo
2. ↑ https://toyhou.se/6432011.st-rke