Kris

(It's what they call "you.")

Narration upon inspecting the Dreemurr residence's mirror, Chapter 2

Kris Dreemurr (JP: クリス・ドリーマー) is the main protagonist of Deltarune. They are the quiet first hero of the prophecy, who becomes braver in later Chapters. Kris lives together with their mother, Toriel, at the Dreemurr residence in northern Hometown.

While in a Dark World, Kris functions as the party's leader, issuing commands, giving equipment, and managing the team's inventory. During a battle, Kris excels at ACTing, and their ACTs have varying effects. Kris wields a sword to deal damage, and can summon a separate, pink shield when DEFENDing.

For the majority of the game, Kris is controlled by the player, with their choices transferring via Completion FILEs. Kris moves independently during cutscenes, or when they tear the SOUL out of their body.

Profile

Appearance

Kris is a human teenager with amber-colored skin and shoulder-length brown hair, with a couple of stray strands sticking out at the back of their head. Kris's long bangs are somewhat messy and are mainly swept to the left, which also casts a shadow over their eyes. In certain circumstances, Kris's eyes turn red and glow, such as when Kris descends into a Dark World. Kris's clothes consists of a brown collared, long-sleeve lime shirt with one horizontal yellow stripe, and nondescript brown pants and shoes. Their shirt uses the lime green and yellow colors from the default Microsoft Paint palette, and Kris's skin tone uses the yellow-orange color from the very same palette.

In a Dark World, Kris's skin becomes cyan blue, and their hair color changes to navy. Kris's clothes are also replaced with silver armor, which makes them resemble a knight. This includes a set of pauldrons on their shoulders, a cuirass for their upper torso, two cuffed gauntlet leather gloves, and a set of greaves and sabatons covering their lower legs and feet. Kris gains a navy blue armless bodysuit underneath the set, and a pink cape/mantle/ascot drapes across their right shoulder. The shading for their skin and armor is also used for their mantle, which gives the illusion of blue stripes in a few of their sprites.

To the player, Kris consistently has a blank, neutral expression, and their animation is often less expressive and fluid than other characters, often reusing their standing stance or minimal edits of it. Their stillness is often contrasted with various special animations for comical effect; they perform the kozachok when dancing in Sweet Cap'n Cakes, Rouxls Kaard, and the Mikes's fights; they awkwardly shuffle left and right and perform an over-the-top pirouette when jumping in the Cooking Show, and mimic Ralsei's "squashed" sprite in the Dark Sanctuary's locked archway. During non-scripted actions in the overworld, their actions are often not displayed graphically, and merely described via narration instead.

Kris's body language is markedly different when they are about to remove or have removed the SOUL. In this state, they appear to struggle to move; their head is shown hunched over tilted down, and they stumble and stagger when walking. Their animations also have a noticeably higher frame rate in this state.

Kris's Light World appearance bears a resemblance to an unused human sprite from Undertale. In turn, their Dark World appearance resembles Varik from the Brandish series, whom Toby Fox used as the protagonist for the EarthBound Halloween Hack. The Brandish and Mother/EarthBound series have also been used as an inspiration for Deltarune and other projects by Toby Fox.

Personality

Kris is quiet and introverted. Their reticence causes others, such as Susie, to be more observant of Kris's body language to gauge their reactions. Kris tends to speak in a "deadpan, mumbly voice", which causes others to occasionally repeat what they say. However, during the events of Deltarune, Noelle notes that Kris's voice sounds unusual, as if it was "on speaker". On the Weird Route, she instead does not recognize it as Kris's voice.

Kris is not normally energetic. They have a history of not waking up on time, and often sleep through the start of class. Kris also prefers someone else getting them to and from school. After Kris's brother, Asriel, left for college, they grew distant from their few friends in the intervening time before the events of Deltarune. Kris's side of their and Asriel's shared bedroom is strikingly bare; the shared game console rests underneath Asriel's bed, their old children's books are stored in Toriel's classroom, and there is nothing on their shelves. It is implied that Kris enjoys thinking back on their childhood, and that they are unsettled by the thought of growing up.

Kris protects Susie from King without the player's input, as Gallery plays

As the story progresses, Kris begins to disobey select prompts or choices they dislike or do not agree with. Kris does so by relaying the chosen prompt in a different tone, covering their mouth, coughing, or not doing anything at all. They are also shown performing actions independently of the player's control, including protecting Susie from King and the Sound of Justice or drinking juice with her in church.

Interests

Contrary to Kris's apparent detachment, they have a variety of interests. Kris has always been mischievous, frequently pulling pranks on Noelle such as hiding under her bed to scare her. Kris also attempted to flush a bath bomb down the toilet at their home at some point, and Toriel is wary that they will try it again. When they were younger, Kris studied the occult with Catti. They appear to still have an interest in the topic, as one of their search queries shown in Queen's Mansion is "how to use magic". Kris also likes video games, having frequently played games with Asriel in their childhood and being good enough that they can seemingly defeat Berdly in competitive games. Kris is shown to have some knowledge of anime and its related subculture, showing a distaste for some words associated with it, such as "tsundere".

Kris enjoys playing the piano, and they have searched for tutorials to play video game songs. They are proficient, as Toriel and the nurse praise Kris's skills. During the events of Deltarune, Kris is not able to fully and smoothly play the piano with the player's input. Kris still has an interest in playing the piano, as they can play piano renditions of several songs from the Deltarune soundtrack offscreen, and has a negative reaction to the "I'll never play again" prompt in Chapter 4.

Kris favors sweet food, with Toriel's pie being their favorite. They enjoy chocolates, as they always sneak one unprompted from a Box of Heart Candy, and prefer a Hot Chocolate to have "melted candy bars". Additionally, Choco Diamonds heal Kris the most compared to the other party members. At one point, they dedicate some of their time to mix together chocolate syrup with milk and gulp the concoction down all at once.

Gender

Much like Frisk from Undertale, Kris is portrayed as a gender-neutral character. They are consistently and exclusively referred to with the gender neutral singular "they" pronoun in the game and all external material. At one point during the UNDERTALE 6th Anniversary stream, where co-hosts Reid Young and Dan Moore refer to Kris by saying "He's stuck in a cutscene", Toby Fox repeats them by saying "They're stuck.", seemingly correcting Young and Moore.

Aside for their pronouns, various elements in-game avoid specifically gendering Kris. When using the "TakeCare" or "TakeCareX" ACT against Virovirokun in Chapter 2, Kris can appear with either a doctor's headband, a nurse's cap, or neither. This is unique to them, as all other characters only have one possible outfit. A sign in Mancountry describing the location as "A MAN'S WORLD" has an addendum noting that "NON-MEN ARE A-OK, TOO." "Kris" is also a gender-neutral name.

Main story

History

Years prior to the events of Deltarune, Kris was adopted by the Dreemurrs when they were a young child, and grew up in a loving family. However, as the only human in Hometown, Kris often felt like an outsider. Kris once asked their adoptive parents when their "horns were going to grow in". In response, Toriel and Asgore bought a headband with red horns for Kris, who wore it for months. At some point, Kris gained an interest in playing the piano. They frequently played the hospital piano despite it missing "good keys".

Growing up, Kris was very close with their older brother, Asriel. The two often spent time with their neighbors, Dess and Noelle, watching TV together and exploring the forests around town. While the four were close friends, Kris and Noelle grew apart over the years. The cause for this is unknown. Kris had also wanted to befriend Bratty, as she was one of the "big kids". They willingly complied and retrieved food for her until she became sick.

At some point, Toriel and Asgore divorced. While their family was broken, Kris and Asriel remained inseparable. On occasion, Asriel would buy Kris a hot chocolate at QC's Diner, the place they used to frequent as a whole family. One day, Asriel moved out to go to college, leaving Kris alone and without many friends, though they kept in contact before Hometown's internet outage.

Chapter 1

Kris entering the class, as School plays

Kris is woken up by Toriel, who warns them that they will be late for school. Kris gets out of bed and can explore their house before leaving. Outside, Kris enters Toriel's van, and she drives southeast. At the school's entrance, Toriel grabs Kris's hand and guides them inside, while Kris follows with their head tilted down. After Toriel's parting hug, Kris enters Alphys's classroom to the left.

In the classroom, Kris asks Noelle to be their partner for the upcoming school project. When Susie suddenly barges in, Alphys instead assigns them to be with her. She then asks the two to retrieve some chalk from the supply closet.

Outside the classroom, Kris catches Susie eating chalk, and due to their silence, she accosts them. Susie releases Kris, and insists that Kris should do the group project before the two move on. Upon opening the supply closet, Kris and Susie find it inexplicably pitch-black. When Susie insists Kris should enter first, Kris steps away from the closet. She suggests they go together, and Kris follows after her. After failing to find a light switch, the floor suddenly gives way, and the two fall into the closet Dark World.

Kris wakes up alone in an unknown area, but they reunite with Susie shortly afterward. Kris and Susie get attacked by a shrouded silhouette, who chases them as they slide into an empty Castle Town. In the town, they meet Ralsei, who offers to tell a prophecy. Kris can agree to listen or claim they already know it. After Lancer ambushes Ralsei, Susie leaves on her own, and Ralsei joins Kris. Ralsei offers a Manual to them, and believes that Kris's choices matter before they enter the Card Kingdom to find Susie.

As Kris ventures through the Field, they find Lancer multiple times, solve puzzles, and reunite with Susie again. Susie reluctantly joins when Ralsei emphasizes that only Kris can seal the Dark Fountain. At the Great Board, Lancer lets Kris choose a team name for the three party members.

Kris and Ralsei battle Susie and Lancer in Forest, as Vs. Lancer plays

In the Forest, Kris repeatedly finds Susie and Lancer, who had formed their own team after Susie left Kris's. When Ralsei agrees to help Lancer impress Susie, Kris designs a Thrash Machine for Lancer. Past the Forest's maze, they confront the "DARK" duo and engage them in battle. Upon their defeat, Susie and Lancer decide to rejoin the team. They are later caught by King's minions and imprisoned before they can enter Card Castle.

In Card Castle's prison, Kris helps Susie solve a puzzle and escape her cell. Ralsei pulls Kris aside and tells them to close their eyes and think about Susie. They are freed by Susie soon after and venture through the castle to confront King. King feigns defeat, then violently subdues Kris and their allies. Kris attempts to protect Susie, but King knocks them back, lifts them up in the air, and taunts them. King is later defeated either with the help of Card Kingdom's Darkners or through Ralsei's Pacify spell.

Kris seals the Eastern Fountain and returns to the Light World. After bidding goodbye to Susie, they return home, where Toriel is waiting. In the middle of the night, Kris tosses and turns in bed, only to suddenly leap from their covers and make their way into the center of their room. As they stand on the carpet, Kris slowly raises their arm before violently tearing out their SOUL from their body and forcefully tossing it into a cage in the corner of the room. Kris then brandishes a knife before turning their head and smiling menacingly, with their eye flashing red.

Chapter 2

Kris is woken up by Toriel, who reveals that they had eaten an entire pie the previous night. They arrive late to school, and after meeting up with Susie, they return to the supply closet Dark World. There, Kris meets Ralsei again, who asks them to bring the objects from the neighboring classroom with them. Kris then leaves the Dark World on their own.

Kris, Susie, and Ralsei reunite with Card Kingdom's Darkners, as Lancer plays

Returning with the objects, Kris explores the newly-restructured Castle Town, populated with Card Kingdom's Darkners. They are later expelled from the Dark World by Ralsei to work on their school project. In the Light World, Kris suggests working in the library, after which Susie departs on her own.

In the library, Kris enters a Dark World formed from the computer lab. In the Cyber World, they encounter Queen and discover that Noelle and Berdly had also found themselves in the Dark World, with the latter voluntarily joining forces with Queen. After reuniting with Ralsei again, Kris's party confronts Berdly in Cyber Field and falls into Cyber City.

In Cyber City, Kris separates with Susie and Ralsei and reunites with Noelle, who temporarily joins them. Together, they solve puzzles and confront Berdly again while evading Queen. While stuck in traffic, Kris ventures alone and encounters Spamton in a dumpster. They later reunite with the rest of the party, but they are all caught by Queen and imprisoned before they can enter Queen's Mansion.

In their own personalized room, Kris is freed by Lancer, who had entered their inventory when they were expelled from Castle Town. They venture through the mansion and confront Queen, who holds Noelle and Berdly hostage. Queen escapes to her GIGA Queen mecha, but Kris defeats her with their own Thrash Machine mecha.

Kris creates a Dark Fountain in their living room

Kris seals the library Fountain and returns to the Light World. After depositing the Cyber World Darkners in Castle Town, they return home with Susie, where Toriel invites Susie to stay over. Kris asks to wash their hands before they prepare a pie, and upon turning the water on in the bathroom, they rip out their SOUL and leaves through the window.

Kris returns after some time and re-inserts their SOUL, then watches the TV with Susie. When Susie asks who Kris wants to go with to the upcoming festival, they can choose to mention Susie, Noelle, Ralsei, or not say anything. The two fall asleep watching the TV. Later in the night, Kris rips out their SOUL again. They open the front door, turn on the TV, then briefly look at Susie before creating the Dreemurr residence Fountain in the middle of their living room. Kris returns to the couch and re-inserts their SOUL as the room fills with darkness.

Chapter 3

Kris playing The Legend of Tenna, as Board Clear! plays

Kris wakes up in a Dark World with Susie. After reuniting with Ralsei again, they are approached by Tenna, who invites them to participate in TV Time. Kris and the party begin playing The Legend of Tenna's Desert Board and later participate in the Cooking Show physical challenge. In the Cooking Show, Kris plays the role of the server, tossing food to hungry customers and dodging fire.

Kris then participates in the Island Board, where they are given the camera and tasked with reaching Atlantis Stadium. Partway through the board, Susie shuffles the controllers, allowing Kris to temporarily play as HERO_AXE. The board's physical challenge, the Rock Video, has Kris take the role of a guitar player, and they are tasked with playing a concert.

After Susie grows suspicious of Tenna, Kris and their party sneak out of the Green Room and discover an imprisoned Toriel. Tenna sends them back to the game show and forcibly subjects them to a bonus round. During the bonus round, Kris participates in each physical challenge alone, but they later escape by exploiting a Zapper's ACT options.

Kris and Susie exit TV World in pursuit of the Knight

Kris traverses the greater TV World and confronts Tenna, who implores Kris to remember the times they used to watch him. A flashback scene depicts Kris along with the rest of the Dreemurr and Holiday families watching TV together. As each member of the group disappears one-by-one, Kris is the second-to-last to disappear, preceded by Asriel and followed by Toriel.

Kris then engages Tenna in battle and defeats him. They later engage in battle against the Knight when it attacks Tenna, after which Kris pursues the Knight into the Light World. Kris is dragged by Susie to the shelter, whereupon the door slightly opens in front of them after Susie leaves them alone.

Sword Route

Main article: Sword Route

Upon earning a S-rank or above, Kris initiates the Sword Route alone after Tenna's TV Time rounds. While playing the Original Game, HERO_SWORD obtains a sword that allows them to kill enemies in the original Desert Board. In the City Board, when HERO_AXE and HERO_SCARF are killed by HERO_SWORD, Kris turns pale for a second and looks away. When HERO_SWORD tries to enter the shelter, Kris periodically tries to prevent them from entering by repeatedly moving away from it. Later in the shelter, Kris then spots a game version of Tenna, who talks about his history with Spamton. After spotting HERO_SWORD, he talks to Kris about his deal with them, only to be killed afterwards by HERO_SWORD.

Kris pulls Susie away from HERO_SWORD's attack

During the fight against the Shadow Mantle holder, Kris takes damage and can get a Game Over upon death, instead of the console turning off. After the fight, the Shadow Mantle appears in a chest that is out of reach from HERO_SWORD. HERO_SWORD then exits the game, startling Kris, resulting in them backing away from HERO_SWORD. After HERO_SWORD leaves, Kris temporarily enters the game to collect the Shadow Mantle. Susie then appears and talks to Kris. Optionally, HERO_SWORD returns for a short time, and if they try to attack Susie, Kris pulls her away.

Completing each board in the Sword Route changes Kris's title, and adds a special stat for them (simply an asterisk) that counts the number of enemies HERO_SWORD killed.

Chapter 4

Kris is woken up by Toriel in the living room and has breakfast with Susie. They then travel to the church for service, where Kris questions the churchgoers for information concerning the shelter codes. Concluding that their best lead is Carol, Kris and Susie ask Noelle if they can work on their school project at her house in order to investigate further. Kris and Susie can then explore Hometown and hang out with each other.

Kris attempting to deter the SOUL in Dess's closet

At Noelle's House, Kris investigates Dess's guitar, but they rip out their SOUL before they can fully read the code inside. They toss the SOUL in a small storage closet before heading to the kitchen, where they hold a call with an unknown person while preparing chocolate milk. If the SOUL is caught at this point, Kris tosses it back into the closet and returns to the kitchen, where they eventually walk to the piano and play piano renditions of several songs from Deltarune's soundtrack.

Eventually, Kris catches the SOUL as it attempts to reach the guitar again and traps it in Dess's closet. They repeatedly strike the SOUL with a hockey stick as it attempts to reach the guitar on the other side of the closet. After Susie takes the guitar, Kris informs the unknown person of the situation and re-inserts their SOUL, after which they briefly collapse to the ground.

After being expelled from Noelle's House by Carol, Kris heads back to the church to wait for Toriel, only to find a Dark World inside the lobby, In the Dark Sanctuary, Kris confronts the Knight again, but they are knocked down to the lower levels of the Dark World. Injured, Kris collapses again, but Ralsei arrives and heals them. They then traverse the Dark Sanctuary to make it back to the Dark Fountain.

Kris and Susie run from chase enemies in the 2nd Sanctuary, as From Now On (Battle 2) plays

After sealing the Dark Sanctuary Fountain, Kris traverses Susie's 2nd Sanctuary in search of the code to a locked church door in the Light World. Eventually, they both come across a darkened room and are attacked by the Sound of Justice. Kris parries one of its attacks in Susie's defense and fights until Ralsei destroys the statue. Kris then seals the Dark Fountain after learning the code to the locked door and returns to the church lobby.

Kris then traverses the 3rd Sanctuary and confronts the Knight again, upon which the Knight creates a Dark Fountain and gives form to a Titan. Kris defeats the Titan by jumping into it and sealing it as if it were a Dark Fountain. They then seal the 3rd Sanctuary Fountain and return to the Light World.

Upon returning home with Susie, Kris discovers Toriel dancing with Sans in the living room, prompting Susie to leave. In the middle of the night, Kris tosses and turns in their bed attempting to drown out the muffled noise from Toriel and Sans until Susie's arrival quiets them. Kris walks up to the window and climbs up the windowsill when they receive a call from the unknown caller, reminding them of a promise they had made.

Weird Route

Main article: Weird Route

Kris initiates the Weird Route by commanding Noelle to freeze Cyber City's Darkners and complete puzzles by herself. They eventually take a deal with Spamton to acquire the ThornRing, which they equip onto Noelle. Over the course of the route, Kris becomes increasingly troubled with its events. After instructing Noelle to freeze Berdly, Kris reunites with Susie and Ralsei, who notice their discomfort.

Kris later arrives at the library Fountain alone, and they get ambushed by Spamton NEO. Near the end of the battle, Kris tries to call out for help.

Kris repeatedly kicks the SOUL after equipping the ThornRing onto Noelle in her house, as tinnitus plays

In Chapter 4, it is revealed that Kris had taken Berdly to the hospital and removed the ThornRing from Noelle sometime offscreen. In Noelle's House, Kris briefly removes the SOUL before having a private conversation with Noelle. When the SOUL returns into Kris's body, Kris gives the player multiple prompts to abort the route. If the route is not aborted, Kris accosts Noelle and forces the ThornRing back onto her. Shortly after, Kris punishes the SOUL by throwing it in the bathroom trash can and kicking it in a violent outburst.

In the Dark Sanctuary, the Old Man can comment on Kris's "peculiar" tone, and tries to comfort them that the events will eventually pass.

After sealing the Dark Fountains, Kris returns home and receives a phone call from Carol, who mentions Noelle is eager to spend time with them at the festival.

Relationships

Asriel

Asriel is Kris's adoptive older brother. The two were often seen as inseparable since childhood, and Kris often played video games with him.

After Asriel left for college, Kris often stayed up late conversing with him online, until the internet went out. Kris's search query on college indicates they miss Asriel.

In Chapter 2, Kris closes their eyes when attempting to check Asriel's room in Queen's Mansion, indicating they are protective of him to an extent.

In Chapter 3, when the player implies they have seen Ralsei's face before, Kris will break into laughter while also assuring them that Ralsei and Asriel are different. In Chapter 4, when Susie mistakes Asriel for Ralsei, Kris adamantly points out every difference between them.

Toriel

Toriel is implied to have had difficulties with raising Kris prior to the events of Deltarune, as she had frequently borrowed How To Care For A Human from the library. Despite this, Toriel is patient and motherly, and finds most of Kris's antics endearing. She still holds Kris's hand when taking them to school in the present day, and keeps their childhood drawing in her classroom. Although she loves both Kris and Asriel equally, she tries to limit Kris's impulsiveness, such as locking the chocolate kisses in her room.

Asgore

Asgore is Kris's adoptive father. When Kris was a young child, they used to watch Asgore's favorite cowboy program with him, and played catch with him.

After Asgore and Toriel's divorce, Kris does not live with him. It is unclear if they visited the Flower King shop prior to Deltarune.

Kris appears to dislike some of the circumstances that have occurred to Asgore. This includes the lack of food in Asgore's refrigerator, as they refuse to take the last pickle. If the Egg was found, Kris puts the Egg inside the fridge without a prompt. In the Police Station, Kris becomes uncomfortable while reading a news article, as they skim read before stopping entirely on Asgore getting fired.

Susie

In Chapter 1, Kris is initially intimidated by Susie's rough demeanor. After Susie warns Kris and they escape the spade storm together, Kris is no longer afraid of her. When Susie emphasizes that she is counting on them to make the right choice, Kris later shields her from King's spade attack unprompted.

After returning from their adventure, Kris can inform Toriel that they were hanging out with a friend, indicating that Kris had a good time with Susie. In contrast, Monster Kid's ridicule of Susie offends Kris after their adventure.

During Chapter 2, more evidence of their friendship is shown through Kris's actions. They focus on Susie when they drink her Tea, and are distinctly compliant to Susie. If Kris inspects the "Susie-like statue" and "ICE-E statue", Susie wants the former, and insists Kris gets the latter for their room. Kris steals either or both without a prompt, even if the latter statue discomforts them.

Susie and Kris pour fruit juice in each other's mouths

Throughout Chapters 3 and 4, Kris and Susie grow even closer. Kris is reassured by Susie's presence and most moments during the Chapters when Kris's personality is shown are through their interactions with Susie, such as when Kris and Susie pour drinks into each other's mouths or when Kris lifts Susie without a prompt while she eats the snack tray outside Noelle's House. Kris is also shown to care a lot for Susie through the Sword Route, as Kris flinches away from the screen when the player directs them to kill HERO_AXE and, if the player attempts to use HERO_SWORD to attack Susie when she enters the room, Kris will pull her away. Kris is also shown on multiple occasions to enjoy staring at Susie.

Ralsei

Kris and Ralsei work together throughout Deltarune, including several times the two are separated from the rest of the party. Kris appears to be indifferent to Ralsei at first. It is implied that Kris likes Ralsei less than Susie in Chapter 2, as the Ralsei Tea restores less HP for them than the Susie Tea.

Kris comforting Ralsei

However, as the story progresses, Kris occasionally shows some kindness towards Ralsei, such as laying flat on the ground next to him to "show him compassion" after he is stepped on by Susie during a scene in Chapter 4, or comforting him after Susie destroys the final part of the prophecy. Moreover, Kris will occasionally cover their mouth or cough mid-sentence if they are prompted to say something that would upset Ralsei. As with Susie, Kris looks away from the screen when prompted to kill HERO_SCARF in the Original Game.

Noelle

Kris and Noelle are neighbors and childhood friends. Years prior to the events of Deltarune, Noelle and Kris used to be close and spent a lot of time together, sometimes as a group with their older siblings. Kris had a reputation for pulling pranks on Noelle, but was often swiftly reprimanded by Dess for it. However, the two began to grow apart over time and Kris became somewhat of a loner without her.

In Chapter 1, Kris trying to talk about anything causes Noelle to be confused.

In Chapter 2, Kris and Noelle end up forming a truce and traversing Cyber City together. There, Noelle reminisces about their childhood and opens up to Kris, slowly rekindling their friendship. One of the Addisons asks if the two of them are friends or something else, and Noelle is happy when "We're friends" is chosen. Noelle also mentions that Kris is the only person who knows how weird she is, and that Kris and she know each other better than anyone, indicating a deep familiarity between the two of them.

In Chapter 4, Noelle is surprised when Kris compliments her singing and mentions that she misses hearing them play the piano. While at her house, Kris automatically steals one of Noelle's pencils out of habit, which she doesn't react to, presumably being used to it. When eavesdropping on her and Susie in Dess's room, Noelle mentions Kris's odd behavior and voice in the last few days, making her one of the only people who noticed a change in Kris since the player took control.

Weird Route

Pursuing the Weird Route puts a considerable strain on Noelle's and Kris's relationship.

In Chapter 2's Weird Route, Noelle becomes increasingly scared of Kris because of the violent orders given to her, and even considers harming them at one point, before seemingly falling into a trance-like state where she actively wants to become stronger with Kris's help. After waking up in the Light World, Noelle initially thinks the events in the Cyber World were just a dream, but becomes terrified when Kris corners her at the hospital while wearing her Wristwatch.

Kris forcefully re-equipping the ThornRing onto Noelle

In Chapter 4's Weird Route, Noelle is focused on Kris rather than Susie when she invites the two to her house, and asks Kris to speak with her in private once there. She reveals that Kris visited her, comforted her and apologized, before removing a thorn from her finger. Noelle mentions feeling relieved when she heard Kris's normal voice as opposed to their voice when controlled by the player. She is shocked and becomes terrified of Kris again when the ThornRing is re-equipped to her. Kris gives the player multiple options to abort the route, flees the room with Noelle if they spot the SOUL early, and reacts violently towards the SOUL if the route is continued, showing they are very protective of Noelle. Despite everything, Noelle seems excited to see Kris at the festival by the end of the day.

Berdly

Kris and Berdly have a rivalry with each other, but are implied to have played video games together in the past (especially fighting games, by Berdly's mentions of wavedashing). When selecting who they would like to go to the festival with, if Berdly is selected, then Kris repeats his name loudly. They become allies throughout the later parts of Chapter 2 and work together to defeat Queen, with Berdly saving Kris, Susie, and Ralsei before their fight with GIGA Queen. Although Berdly believes the events in the Cyber World to be a dream after waking up, his opinions of Kris and Susie slightly soften, giving studying with them a chance and even nicely wishing them both a good day before leaving the library.

Dess

As children, Kris and Asriel used to spend time with Noelle and Dess. It is implied that they were friends, although Dess may have been much closer to Asriel than she was to Kris. Dess seems to not have tolerated Kris's torment of her younger sister, as she smacked Kris with a wiffle bat when they were lying to Noelle on at least one occasion. It appears that Dess used to discipline Kris in this way often, as hinted at by Noelle's dialogue, as well as Kris's reaction to some of the things in Dess's room.

Rudy

Rudy is a friend of Kris's father, Asgore. He affectionately sees Kris as "the creepy kid next door" he once yelled at for getting tangled in the Holidays' light display. Rudy treats Kris kindly regardless, and jests if they inspect other objects in the room. In Chapter 1, Rudy is surprised to see Kris visiting him, and assumes Toriel urged them.

Spamton

By default, Kris first encounters Spamton in a Cyber City alleyway. From there, they have the option of making a deal to help him become Spamton NEO by opening the basement in Queen's Mansion using KeyGen and transporting the Disk to the derelict machine located therein. Kris initially seems afraid of Spamton, as they stagger backwards before his encounter. If Spamton's side quest is continued, Kris agrees to his requests to interact with him alone, telling the other party members to stay behind. Additionally, Kris seems frustrated when the machine in the basement initially doesn't do anything, kicking and shaking it without any player input.

At the end of the Spamton NEO battle, Spamton's faith in the heroes increases as he turns into the Dealmaker or PuppetScarf and gives them a Shadow Crystal. When Susie asks if Kris is okay after the battle, Kris turns away and yells the response if the player selects "No". Otherwise, they noticeably strain to say "Yes", and get goosebumps, which implies that Spamton's words about being a puppet, combined with his ultimate fate, deeply unsettled Kris.

On the Weird Route, he sells Kris and Noelle the ThornRing. If the ThornRing was obtained, he feels betrayed if he is attacked during the fight against him in Cyber City.

Tenna

Kris was one of Tenna's most frequent users, watching him with their family and the Holidays and playing games with Asriel and Noelle. They, with Susie and Ralsei, become his contestants on TV Time during Chapter 3. As with the rest of the party, Tenna attempts to appeal to Kris's nostalgia to keep himself plugged in. Without completing the Sword Route, Kris deals less damage to Tenna during their battle.

During the Sword Route, Tenna is the final character they must kill to reach LV MAX. Before dying, he nervously states that he had followed his side of their deal and asks whether they will turn him off again.

Knight

The Knight knighting Kris

Kris is shown to have some relationship with the Knight, though the exact nature of that relationship is unclear. During the party's battle with the Knight in Chapter 3, Kris deals less damage than any other party member unless Ralsei and Susie are DOWNed, in which case their damage output increases. This implies that while Kris is holding back against the Knight, they do not tolerate it harming their friends. Furthermore, if the party deals a sufficient amount of damage to the Knight, it attacks both Ralsei and Susie directly, knocking them out in one hit each, but doesn't attack Kris, instead forcing them to kneel by pushing down on their shoulder with its weapon.

In Chapter 4, if Kris is able to reach the Knight in the Dark Sanctuary, they do not attack it despite Susie's insistence. When Ralsei asks Kris to close their eyes, if they do not choose to picture Susie, they are given the choice to think of the Knight. When Kris imagines it removing its helmet, they vividly imagine Jockington and Temmie instead to avoid thinking of the Knight's identity.

Creation and development

Toby Fox's concept art of Kris from 2014/2015

One of Toby Fox's earliest concept art of Kris is from 2014 or 2015, which was shared on his official Twitter on 2018.

Gigi helped with Kris's character design, and has also created the various alternate costumes for Kris. Chess worked on the Dark World color palette and had created some base sprites and animations for Temmie Chang to work on. One of the animations Chess has created includes Kris's idle animation during encounters.

During the UNDERTALE 6th Anniversary stream, Toby Fox made some comments regarding Kris about Chapter 1:

• At the start of the game, Toby states that the scene of Susie menacing Kris is inspired by a real bully in his life, who was familiar with his mother.
• During the start of ??????, Toby confirms that buttons can be mashed to make Kris stand up sooner. He describes it as a "pointless detail".
• During the spade storm sequence, Kris is set to automatically run, as Toby was unsure if it was possible to finish the sequence by walking through it, and if players would be aware of the running feature due to it not being present in Undertale.

In a 2023 Live A Live interview, Toby implies that Kris may have been inspired by Oersted, as Kris may similarly have another role than only being a "hero".

Outside of Deltarune

Chapter 1 Spoiler-Free Trailer

Kris petting an Annoying Dog with their face censored

Kris appears a few times in the DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Spoiler-Free Trailer. However, their face is censored by an Annoying Dog. Versus Rudinn, their name is written as "Dogs" in the encounter. In Castle Town, Kris pets an extra Annoying Dog while their face is still censored.

Spamton Sweepstakes

During the Spamton Sweepstakes 2022 event, pages were added to the official Deltarune website. The following anecdotes feature or mention Kris.

The rotating banner, deltarune.com/icee/, is an ICE-E sightings report from a young Noelle, who screamed when she thought she saw the ICE-E on a pizza box wink at her. Dess burned out the eyes on the box, and Asriel suggested they bury the box. As Kris was about to bury it in the graveyard, Noelle fussed over potential zombies. Kris instead wore the box over their head and scared her, which caused Dess to hit Kris and throw out the box herself.

Two are private posts from Noelle's blog, which can only be seen by friends.

In deltarune.com/kris_dreemurr_kris/, Noelle reminisces about how Kris used to visit and play with her nearly every day. Noelle mentions that Kris would suddenly go still, and leave to go to the dining room to "get a snack", where they instead played the piano. If she watched, Kris would stop playing. Kris continued to play when Noelle stopped watching.

The URL foreshadows that Kris inherited the Dreemurrs' surname; making their full name Kris Dreemurr. In Chapter 3, it is confirmed via "Dreemurr" being a correct answer in TV World's first quiz section.

A variant of pianpian also appears in this private post, which briefly plays in the Dark Sanctuary after Kris plays the piano in Chapter 4.

In deltarune.com/the_n3w3st_g1rl_g1rl/, Noelle writes about Susie actively being hostile towards Kris, though she notes that Kris seems "oblivious" and does not inform Toriel about the bullying. She writes about an incident after school where Kris was asleep at their desk, and Susie begun bullying them for using apple-scented shampoo.

When Susie threatened them as she bit an apple, Kris suppressed a laugh. With their "gamer reaction speed", Kris deflected it at an angle, caught, and bit into the apple she threw. Susie immediately grabbed them by the hair and claimed Toriel would soon be tired of them, and would be happier if they disappeared. Noelle noted that Kris had quietly responded back, which caused Susie to abscond. Afterwards, Kris heard Noelle and flung open her locker. They stared at her, then slowly closed it and left.

In deltarune.com/rain/, Noelle believes that Kris has seen the rare cat that lowered points, though she assumes they would not give a straight answer if she asked. It is one of the Silence links added on May 9, 2025.

In battle

Title

Main article: Title § Kris

Kris's title on the POWER stats menu varies primarily from the player's choices, or story progress. Some of which are route based, or involves moss.

Stats

Main article: Stats

Main article: Stats § Light World stats

LV	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic	Guts
1	90	10	2	0	1
2	120-160	12-15	2	0	2
3	160-186	14-15	2	0	2
4	200-240	17-19	2	0	3

Kris can gain +1 Max HP in Chapter 4 by telling the Old Man that they would go "Futher left" on which path to take.

Kris's special stat slots change: the first slot can rarely have a "Dog" when moving between party member stats, with the taken slot varying in other Chapters. Otherwise, Kris's second slot can list "*", "Slain", or "Purify" based on the route or Chapter progress, with the tallies are based on the amount of defeated enemies.

ACTs

Main article: Encounter § ACT

Execute various behaviors. It can't be considered magic.

POWER Spells menu, Chapter 4

Kris's standard ACT

Kris performs various ACTs from their ACT command menu, which does not use TP and can help SPARE an enemy. These ACTs can also occasionally be done as a team with other party members, with Kris occasionally issuing commands. In Chapter 2, Ralsei states that ACTing is Kris's "unique talent" as opposed to casting spells. Typically, Kris's ACT earns a higher Mercy percent than a party member's S/R/N-Action.

Most ACTs do not require TP to perform, with the following ACTs versus bosses and select enemies being exceptions. These can temporarily alter a stat, heal, inflict extra damage, or end the fight:

ACT	Enemy#Strategy	Effect
Courage	vs. King	Kris encourages their party members, which raises their Defense for one turn.
Pirouette	vs. Jevil	Kris spins on one foot, and an effect occurs based on the turn.
Hypnosis	vs. Jevil	Kris gazes at Jevil, which lowers his Attack.
HealDeal	vs. Spamton	Kris accepts a deal, and their HP is healed.
Take House 2	vs. Rouxls Kaard	Kris takes two houses in the minigame.
X-Slash FriedPipis	vs. Spamton NEO	A strong attack, and a healing ACT respectively. Weird Route only.
PowerPhoto	vs. Shuttah	A fast photo shoot, also uses Susie's turn.
Mute	vs. Zapper	Makes enemies Tired and increases Zapper's Mercy percent.
OffButton	vs. Zapper vs Zapper and Tenna	Spares everyone. The party escapes.
Minigame	vs. Tenna	Starts a random minigame, and can use Susie and Ralsei's turns.
Whirlwind	vs. Winglade	Instantly spares all enemies, also uses Susie and Ralsei's turns.
Banish	vs. Titan Spawn	Kris's SOUL emits light.
Unleash	vs. Jackenstein vs. Titan	Kris's SOUL emits a bright light.

Versus certain bosses, Spells can appear in Kris's ACT menu, which uses both Kris's and the party member's turn, such as Ralsei's DualHeal and Susie's RedBuster/DualBuster. These spells are stated in-game to be enhanced by Kris's SOUL "shining its power" upon the other party members.

X-Slash

Costs 25% TP. It is an attack ACT that hits the enemy twice with delayed strikes in a single turn, and does more damage than the FIGHT command. It deals damage based on Kris's AT, rounded half-up . In Chapter 2, X-Slash can deal a maximum of 558 damage total (279 damage per slash) with the MechaSaber, Jevilstail, and a IronShackle equipped against Spamton NEO, not including stat bonuses from defeating enemies.

Gallery

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  Kris's outfit for attending church
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  Kris's color scheme in the 2nd Sanctuary
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  Kris's running animation
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  Kris's running animation with their sword drawn
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  Party menu portrait
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  Battle menu portrait
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  Kris pulling out their sword
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  Kris's idle animation within an encounter
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  Kris's victory animation
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  Kris attacking
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  Kris's standard ACT animation
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  Kris using an item
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  Kris defending
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  Kris hurt
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  Kris sitting down or knocked out in battle
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  Kris bowing versus K. Round
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  Kris performing a "Pirouette" versus Jevil
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  Kris "jiggling" versus Werewire
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  Kris's "Dance" versus Sweet Cap'n Cakes
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  Kris's nurse and doctor outfits from "TakeCare"/"TakeCareX" versus Virovirokun
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  Kris's "wan" sprite from "OrderX" versus Tasque Manager
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  Kris's gangster outfit from "Sharpshoot" versus Shadowguy
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  Kris pulling out their knife at the end of Chapter 1
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  Kris creating the Dreemurr residence Fountain
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  Kris making the peace sign
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  Kris sneaking quickly in TV World's stealth segments
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  Kris compassionately splatting on the ground
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  Kris playing the piano
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  Kris parrying a hit from the Sound of Justice
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  Kris kneeling to comfort Ralsei in the 3rd Sanctuary
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  Kris's silhouette while young
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  Kris's HERO_SWORD avatar in The Legend of Tenna
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  Temmie Chang's artwork of Kris from March 2019's Weekly Famitsu Magazine issue
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  Kris LINE sticker

Trivia

• Kris's name is one of the names that prompts a unique response from the voice in the introduction during Chapter 1.

Kris's SAVE file in Chapter 1

• The name "Kris" appears on a SAVE file menu in Chapter 1 before it is overwritten by the player's chosen uppercase name.
• Pressing the "[CANCEL]" key when Kris gets out of bed at the beginning of a Chapter causes them to leave their bed faster.
• Kris's red eye flash at the end of Chapter 1 is reused from Undertale, as indicated by its sprite name, spr_asgore_eyeflash_serious.

Comparison of the color palettes of Frisk and Kris

• Kris shares several characteristics with Frisk and Chara from Undertale:
  • All three characters use singular "they" as a personal pronoun (albeit Chara distinctly goes by "it" as well).
  • Kris has a similar name to Frisk, and has the exact skin and hair colors. The palette of their armor's mantle is also reminiscent of Frisk's shirt.
    • Clam Girl discusses "Suzy", her neighbor's daughter who appears to be Frisk's age, and suggests that Suzy should be Frisk's friend. This may be a parallel to Kris and Susie's friendship in Deltarune.
  • Like Chara, Kris enjoys chocolates, appears to have an interest in knives, is adopted by the Dreemurr family, is good friends with their brother Asriel, and wears a green-yellow striped shirt.

Version history

Game edition	Version tag	Changes
Chapter 1&2 Demo	v1.08	The description of Kris's ACT command was changed to "You can do many things. Don't confuse it with magic." In previous versions, this description was instead "Do all sorts of things. It isn't magic."
Deltarune Chapter 4	v1.03	Fixed an issue where Kris would still appear to be wearing their church clothes even though they'd been removed.