Horrortale

***Horrortale Wiki***

This article contains information that is from an AU with multiple stories that has at least one story completed.
Stories that have been completed:
Book 1

*For the original Horrortale, see Undertomb.*
*For the AU inspired from this one, see Axetale.*

### Author/s

Sour-Apple Studios  Sour-Apple Studios
@SourAppleTweets

### Date Published

January 16, 2016
April 19, 2016
July 13, 2018

### Link/s

DeviantArt
DeviantArt (Story)
Newgrounds
Tumblr (Story)

### Medium

Animation
Comic
Game

## Contributors

### Creator

Sour-Apple-Studios

**Horrortale** is an AU that takes place many years after a neutral run caused by Frisk. The monsters of the Underground have gone crazy and savage due to wide-spread starvation, the consumption of human meat, and the new laws established by the new queen, Undyne.

The action takes place many years after Frisk had fallen down. Monsters have lost hope, have gone insane and their appearance has changed in terrifying and horrifying ways. For example, Papyrus has a slightly torn scarf and has bloody, uneven, broken teeth and now he is preparing spaghetti made of humans, and his brother Sans tries to kill Aliza at one of the earliest parts of the game. The demo only shows the characters, Horror!Toriel, Horror!Flowey, Horror!Sans, and Horror!Papyrus. The demo game is now no longer accurate to the story

The story takes place after "the overthrowal of the queen," ending where Toriel, after a neutral ending, returned to the throne, but Undyne drove her back to the Ruins and occupied the throne, wanting to destroy humanity more than ever. The Horrortale AU occurs many years later where monsters are in despair after many stages of failed attempts to get out of the Underground.

A good bit of Horrortale's backstory is actually relayed to the new fallen human/player, Aliza, through stories told by monsters. However, some is unknown to her and only available through backstory comics. Through these, we learn that the CORE has lost power, and that Alphys originally suggested that Undyne remove Sans's "eye", saying it was "immensely powerful" and contained enough power to restore the CORE.

Undyne is originally opposed to the idea, but after a failed suicide attempt, she resorts to trying to kill Sans and obtain his "eye" extracting it, leaving a giant hole in his head. To her surprise, Sans survives the attack and gives Undyne the impression to leave him alone by attacking everyone in sight, destroying the CORE and lobotomizing Alphys (who encouraged Undyne to sacrifice Sans). This encounter jars her enough to convince her not to mess with Sans again.

Throughout the AU it is heavily implied that one of the major causes for the fall of the Underground is a lack of resources, more specifically food. The lack of resources is in part due to the CORE shutting down. This has lead several of the monsters becoming insane and instead of harvesting human souls when a human falls down, they eat them. This rule was told to the people of Snowdin by Sans, though there are those that speculate that Sans made up this rule in direct opposition to Queen Undyne to spite her for trying to kill him. Mentioning this policy to Undyne, according to Sans, will result in incarceration.

## Story

### Comic

#### Book 1

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6

* Page 1
* Page 2
* Page 3
* Page 4
* Page 5
* Page 6
* Page 7
* Page 8
* Page 9 (Flash Animation)
* Page 10
* Page 11
* Page 12
* Page 13
* Page 14
* Page 15
* Page 16
* Page 17
* Page 18
* Page 19
* Page 20 (Animation)
* Page 21

- Page 22 (Flash Animation)

- Page 23

- Page 24

- Page 25

- Page 26

- Page 27

- Page 28

- Page 29

- Page 30

- Page 31

- Page 32

- Page 33

- Page 34

- Page 35

- Page 36

- Page 37

- Page 38
	* Page 38.5

- Page 39

- Page 40

- Page 41

- Page 42

- Page 43 (Flash Animation) (Warning)

- Page 44

- Page 45

- Page 46

- Page 47

- Page 48

- Page 49

- Page 50

- Page 51

- Page 52

- Page 53

- Page 54

- Page 55
	* Page 55.5

- Page 56

- Page 57

- Page 58 (Warning)

- Page 59

- Page 60

- Page 61

- Page 62 (Animation)

- Page 63

- Page 64

- Page 65

- Page 66

- Page 67

- Page 68

- Page 69

- Page 70

- Page 71

- Page 72

- Page 73

- Page 74

- Page 75

- Page 76

- Page 77

- Page 78

- Page 79

- Page 80

- Page 81

- Page 82

- Page 83

- Page 84

- Page 85

- Page 86

- Page 87

- Page 88

- Page 89

- Page 90

- Page 91

- Page 92

- Page 93

- Page 94

- Page 95

- Page 96

- Page 97

- Page 98

- Page 99

- Page 100

- Page 101

- Page 102

- Page 103

- Page 104

- Page 105

- Page 106

- Page 107

- Page 108

- Page 109

- Page 110

- Page 111

- Page 112

- Page 113

- Page 114

- Page 115

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- Page 121

- Page 122

- Page 123

- Page 124

- Page 125

- Page 126

- Page 127

- Page 128

- Page 129

- Page 130

- Page 131

- Page 132

- Page 133

- Page 134

#### Book 2

* Page 1
* Page 2
* Page 3
* Page 4
* Page 5
* Page 6
* Page 7
* Page 8
* Page 9
* Page 10
* Page 11

### Game

The game of Horrortale is still in the earliest stages of development. You can view and play the early access here (released July 13, 2018).

## Trivia

* The name "Aliza" is translated from Hebrew as "joyful", "happy".
* Years of consumption of "special spaghetti" have made Papyrus's teeth reddish and crooked.
* For those who still do not understand the essence of AU: Asgore is dead, and Chara is not related to this universe.
* For animations, simple drawings, and painting, Sour-Apple Studios uses Flash CS4, and for a more textured look - Adobe CS4.[citation needed]
* In Horrortale Sans and Papyrus are still very close; even if they are a bit psychotic, they can rely on each other, as a single monster, which they can trust. Their relationship has not changed. However, Sans is revealed to be a little embarrassed of him and can argue with him at times.
* Alphys and Mettaton are yet to be seen in the "modern-day", their status is unknown. The flashback comic shows that they were alive after Frisk left, albeit Mettaton was damaged but was slowly being repaired. Alphys was lobotomized after she encouraged Undyne to kill Sans and use his magic to re-power the CORE, which left her in a crazed state.
* It is unknown why Alphys sold Sans' magic out to Undyne. While it is said that she wanted everyone else to live, she may have done this out of jealousy and selfishness when Sans gave Undyne blueprints of the CORE after she and the latter had a brief falling out, as shown when she angrily stared at Sans as she and Undyne reconciled[citation needed]. Ironically enough, Sans was the one who encouraged Undyne to repair their relationship.
* It is unknown about why Flowey now has one eye. Possibly after becoming Omega Flowey, Frisk chose to kill him, he regrew but now with one eye instead of two[citation needed].
* In the game there will be a real "fight", the gameplay differs from the original Undertale. Horrortale is more like an interactive story than an interactive game, and the protagonist is too helpless to fight back.
	+ This likely means a Genocide Route won't be possible.
* There is an easter egg hidden in the game. While Papyrus is making the puzzle, you are given an opportunity to ask questions.
	+ Ask about Alphys.
	+ When done asking about Alphys, click **under** the "...". This option is to ask about Gaster.
	+ Once this is done, Sans will flash an unsettling smile, grinning ear to ear, while his red eye shrinks. He will then impale you with bones. Papyrus will yell, "SANS!!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!" At the game over screen, Flowey will say, "That's a touchy subject down here." and you continue with the playable teaser.
* Sans has a mild case of amnesia. The amnesia was caused by Undyne causing the hole in his skull. Most of his memories remained, but the ones that disappeared were the ones of Frisk.
* Going to the Ruins will result in the Aliza talking with Toriel. In order to proceed, you **must** forgive and promise that you would save her, otherwise, she is going to kill you.
	+ If you agree with her, her face shows kindness and desperation.
	+ If you don't agree with her, her pupils will turn a light shade of green with swirls inside her eyes. Her face is now psychotic and shows no signs of emotion. She will have a wide smile and she will laugh while killing you. She will raise her arm and burn you with her fire magic. You will see your body burn and go from skin, to blood, to a skeleton, and finally to dust. You will then be sent to the "Game Over" screen.
* At one point, Sans will lure you in with a hot dog. He will stare at you intensely while he asks if you want the hot dog.
	+ If you keep disagreeing with him, the music will stop and he will say, "*Your funeral.*"
	+ If you do agree with him, the music will stop and Sans will behead Aliza, saying, '*One head dog, coming up!*'. The same things happens if you attempt walk past him without eating Papyrus's Spaghetti.
* When you finished talking with Sans, if you click the up arrow, Sans would spawn the same attack from the Horrortale comic (When Aliza died for the first time), while responding with *'Nope.'*
* After the "Horrortale trailer game" became a huge success, Sour Apple Studios announced that there will not be a full/completed version of the game, but instead, there will be a comic that will explain the story. The comic is currently updating and you can find it on Sour-Apple's Deviant art account.
* The game is similar to his panache Fran Bow.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/sour-apple-studios/art/Horrortale-38-Dinner-Time-700919132
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/aliza