C. Round
(Its previously violent expression has turned to kindness...)
(It will now live a peaceful life.)Narration when interacting with C. Round, Chapter 1
C. Round (JP: C.ラウンド) is a Darkner from Card Kingdom. C. Round is a harmless enemy encountered after Susie joins the party, but Susie insists on using violence against it.
It becomes crowned at the end of the Great Board, transforming into the recurring miniboss, K. Round.
C. Round resembles a red uncrowned checker piece with brown legs protruding from its edge and a smiling dog-like face on one of its flat sides.
In the Light World, it is a checker piece.
Despite always appearing to smile, C. Round is described as doing things it does not seem to be aware of. C. Round does seem to be unaware of its surroundings and does not speak a known language, nor understand one.
C. Round is presumably short for "Checker Round", while K. Round is presumably short for "King Round". Both can also be phonetically read as "crowned".
C. Round first appears in the Field after Susie joins the party. Ralsei suggests that Kris includes Susie in an ACT in the upcoming encounter, and Kris remembers this advice as the encounter starts. However, C. Round does not understand the warning about Susie's attacks and gets hit, causing it to run away.
Later, at the Great Board, C. Round is introduced by Lancer as "something terrible" that even he is afraid of. The C. Round steps on the last row of the Board and transforms into K. Round for the battle. After the party makes K. Round's crown fall off, it transforms back into a C. Round and rolls away.
On Floor 5F of Card Castle, C. Round reappears as K. Round under Rouxls Kaard's control during his third attempt to thwart the party. The party manages to knock the crown off again, reverting K. Round back to its original form.
After being defeated, C. Round remains in the same room, its viciousness having changed to benevolence. If the party defeats King without harming anybody, they can find C. Round by backtracking to the throne room, where it blocks the southward exit and prevents further backtracking.
C. Round can be found in the Castle Town prison, where narration states that it's violently guarding the prison.
A C. Round appears at the entrance of Ralsei's castle, participating in Shuttah's "wildlife fashion shoot". The C. Round guarding the castle prison is now asleep. The narration states that it's doing an absolutely reprehensible job of guarding the prison, likely enabling the escape of the Cage Animals and most of the Former Kings.
In the Xbox version of Undertale, C. Round is depicted on the unlockable Border from the Dog Casino. It is featured as a checker piece.
C. Round is only fought once when not in K. Round form. It has no attack, as the party's first action ends the battle.
- Taking Ralsei's advice, Kris can ask Susie to participate in an ACT and COMPLIMENT the C. Round. Susie attacks it instead, knocking it away and ending the battle (her Attack stat is temporarily set to 90 for this attack, dealing up to 630 damage).
- If Kris and Ralsei warn the C. Round about Susie, she asks why they are giving the enemy advice and attempts to attack it. However, it worriedly walks away at that moment, causing the attack to miss and ending the battle.
- Any other action the party performs results in C. Round being knocked off screen, ending the battle.
- [Susie] ... what? Why the HELL would I do that? [X-Compliment]
- [Susie] IT attacked US. Let's smash it before it moves.
- [Ralsei] Aww, look, Susie! It seems harmless!
- [Ralsei] If you act nice, we might win without hurting it!
- [Susie] ...
- [Susie] ... okay, okay.
- [Susie] Hey, little guy.
- [Susie] I really like the ax in your face.
- [Susie] Where'd you get it? Heh heh heh heh.
- [Ralsei] (Umm, Kris, maybe I should talk to her...)
- [Susie] Hey, wait. Why the hell are you giving the ENEMY advice? [Warning]
- [Ralsei] Umm, so we don't accidentally hurt it...?
- [Susie] ...
- [Susie] HURTING IT's the point, you MORON.
- [Susie] It attacked us. So it dies. Simple, right?
- [Ralsei] B-but Susie, what if the enemy might be, um, nice?
- [Susie] ...
- [Susie] Okay, yeah, there's a word for that.
- [Ralsei] Oh? What is it?
- [Susie] Striking first.
- [Susie] Urgh, you IDIOTS! It got away!
- [Ralsei] (Wow, that was close, Kris...)
- [Ralsei] (M-maybe I should talk to her...)
- Despite appearances, it's trying its best to defeat you. [Check]
- C. Round attacked violently! (You recall Ralsei's advice to include Susie in an ACT.) [Encounter]
- C.Round continues to act extremely violent. [Neutral; unused]
- You ordered Susie to flatter the enemy! [X-Compliment]
- You warned C.Round about Susie. It seems barely cognizant of what that means. [Warning]
In-battle
Hurt
Fleeing
Sleeping
A C. Round wearing a pink ribbon in Chapter 4
An unused Chapter 3 sprite of C. Round as a wheel
- C. Round becoming K. Round is a reference to American checkers, in which pieces can be "kinged" by reaching the far end of the board. Kinged pieces gain both a "crown", usually another checker placed atop the first one to visibly differentiate it from uncrowned pieces, and increased mobility, a powerful advantage.
- However, it does so by moving forward orthogonally, which is an illegal move in checkers.
- While only a red C. Round is seen in the Dark World, both red and black checkers are strewn on the board in the Empty Classroom.
- If Susie's attack stat is edited in the Save Data, C. Round can survive one hit, but this causes it to become tired the next turn. Attempting to "Pacify" it causes the game to crash due to the game attempting to display the spared sprite for C. Round, which does not exist. C. Round never attacks, even if it survives multiple turns.[2]