(It's what they call "you.")
-LEMONADE when Kris inspects a mirror in Volume 2.
Kris is a human Lightner and the main protagonist of Deltarune and UNDERTALE. They are the adopted younger sibling of Asriel and Clover. They are presumably the human Hero of Light in the Prophecy. In a Dark World, they function as the party's leader.
Kris is directed by LEMONADE for the majority of the time. The few exceptions are brief cutscenes, or when they tear SOUL out of their body.
Kris excels at ACTing in battles, they wield a sword and can summon a shield when DEFENDing.
Personality[]
Undertale[]
Kris, formerly known as Frisk, used to be rather extroverted, yet quiet. They had a very selfless nature, helping others even when not wanted. That’s what led them to follow Clover into the underground.
Deltarune[]
During the events of Deltarune, Kris is mentioned to be an introvert. Susie and King refer to Kris as a "quiet person," and Noelle is astonished if they converse about "anything." Clover was also shown to be rather utterly surprised as Kris walks around town talking to others. After Kris's brother, Asriel, left for college, they are distant from their few friends. Kris's side of their shared bedroom is also strikingly bare. The shared game console is underneath Asriel's bed, and their old children's books are in Toriel 's classroom instead. It is also shown that only Asriel and Clover have an alarm clock and Kris doesn’t. Toriel has also mentioned that Kris is not normally energetic. They have a history of not waking up on time, and often slept through the start of class. Kris also preferred their mother driving them to and from school than walking.
Contrary to Kris's apparent detachment, they do have a variety of interests. Kris has always been mischievous, pulling dark pranks such as covering themselves in ketchup and claiming it was blood. For example, Kris has the option to keep flushing the toilet before or after going to school, with Toriel replying: "You did not put a bath bomb in the toilet again, did you?"
Kris enjoys playing the piano. Prior to the game, they frequently played the hospital piano, despite it "missing most of the good keys." They have searched for tutorials to improve, and Red Big Mouth believes they can play the hospital piano "beautifully." In a private post from Noelle's blog, Noelle mentions that Kris would often come to her house and use her piano since Kris did not have one in their home. Noelle explains that whenever she followed them into the dining room to listen to them play, Kris would immediately stop playing. Without an interruption from Noelle, however, Kris would continue playing, sometimes for hours at a time. However, despite this, Kris seems comfortable playing in front of Jaden and Clover as when interacting with Jaden in hometown, he mentions how he misses hearing Kris play and wishes to hear them again. As for Clover, she comments on it while in the hospital, she mentions on how she Kris and Jaden used to play together like a band. Jaden would play his flute, Kris would play the piano, and Clover would sing.
When younger (Presumably 12), Kris studied the occult with Catti. They appear to still have an interest in this topic, as one of their search queries was "how to use magic."
At the end of Chapter 1, Red Big Mouth, Toriel and Clover all comment on Kris's physical appearance. They cite that Kris seems "a little sick"-Red big mouth, and does "not look quite yourself"- Toriel, and that they "Look a little funny"-Clover, respectively. It is implied that the SOUL or LEMONADE is the reason, though the exact cause is unknown. Notably, Kris wants to be perceived as "normal" despite their family’s concern.
Kris is shown to have a significant amount of agency outside of LEMONADE’s choices. This is most clearly shown in scenes where Kris rips the SOUL out of their body, but also in how characters react to Kris's dialogue choices: occasionally, LEMONADE may choose an option that other characters note sounds like Kris is straining to say. Kris is also shown performing actions independently of LEMONADE’s control, including protecting Susie from King or awkwardly trying to escape the Sweet Cap'n Cakes fight with Ralsei and Susie, showing their friendship with the two exists outside of LEMONADE’s influence. Additionally, there are some instances in Chapter 2 where Kris stops inspecting something relating to their home life, preventing LEMONADE from learning more: when inspecting Asriel's room in Queen's Mansion, Kris closes their eyes before peeking into Asriel's room in the Guest Hall; when inspecting an article about Asgore's firing and Undyne's promotion, Kris intentionally stops reading before the reason is given. The separation between LEMONADE and Kris is most clearly shown in the Snowgrave Route, where it is heavily implied Kris's actions are being done against their will. Noelle describes the voice she heard giving her orders as terrifying, noting Kris has been acting very strange lately. When Kris reunites with the party after defeating Berdly, Susie, Ralsei, Clover, and Jaden immediately notice Kris appears distraught.
Another instance of this happens in the normal route of Chapter 2, where after defeating Spamton NEO, Susie notices Kris appearing to be in shock. If LEMONADE responds to Susie that they’re okay by saying Yes, Kris appears strained in their response, making Susie think that they’re not okay; if LEMONADE responds to Susie by saying No, Kris yells out the response, concerning Susie and Ralsei. This heavily implies that Spamton's dialogue during his boss fight about being a puppet and cutting his strings to be free, combined with his ultimate fate, deeply unsettled Kris.
Physical appearance[]
Kris is a teenage human with a carmelish skin tone and messy, back-length dark maroon hair. They wear a long-sleeve lime shirt with one horizontal yellow stripe, and nondescript pants, with red shoes, one of the laces are completely untied. One of Kris's distinct traits is that their long bangs cast a shadow that hides the upper half of their face. In the brief moments they tear the SOUL out of their body, their red eyes can glow in the dark. One of their red eyes is also visible for a few frames when they descend into a Dark World.
In a Dark World, Kris's entire appearance transforms, making them resemble a knight. Kris dons silver armor: shoulder pauldrons, a cuirass, gauntlets, and high heeled boots. They wear a navy blue bodysuit underneath the set, and a pink cape drapes across their right shoulder. A brown belt is also secured around their waist, and protruding are two bottom silver plates. Many hearts pattern around Kris’ outfit, like belt buckle, and the top of their boots as well as their gloves (palm and forearm.) Finally, Kris's skin changes to cyan, and their hair transits to navy, their tips fade to pink. The shading for their skin is also used for their cape, giving the illusion of blue stripes in a few of their sprites.
To LEMONADE, Kris consistently has a blank, neutral expression. They seemingly stand straight during the majority of non-scripted actions. Kris's expressions and movement are different when they are about to remove or have removed the SOUL and disconnect from LEMONADE.
History[]
Relationships[]
“LEMONADE”[]
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Asriel[]
Asriel has been consistently kind to his younger sibling. He has used the knockoff controller to play video games, begged for forgiveness for Kris's "sins," and had carried Kris to school whenever they felt too tired to walk. The duo are very close since childhood, and various Hometown residents acknowledge this. After Asriel left for college, Kris often stayed up late conversing with him online, until the internet went out. Despite this, Kris deeply misses Asriel.
Clover[]
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Toriel[]
Years prior to Deltarune, it is implied Toriel had difficulties raising Kris. She had frequently borrowed "How To Care For A Human," from the Library's second floor. 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, and keeps their childhood drawing in her classroom. Although she loves Kris equally to Asriel, she tries to limit Kris's impulsiveness, such as locking the chocolate kisses in her room.
Jaden[]
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Muffet[]
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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 terrified of her. They observe Susie's friendliness towards Lancer, and she tries to recruit Kris for their "DARK" team. However, after Susie promises not to hurt Lancer's dad, she decides to listen to Kris's commands. After the battle against King, Kris shields her from a spade attack, only to get knocked down by the King. Now seeing Kris as her friend, Susie stops King from killing them. Upon returning to school, she asks Kris if they can return to the Dark World with a friendly smile, along with Clover and Jaden. When Toriel calls Kris afterwards, Kris tells her that they were hanging out with a friend, indicating that Kris had a good time with Susie. Notably, 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 is 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.
Ralsei[]
In Chapter 1, Kris and Ralsei work together throughout Deltarune, including several times the two are separated from the rest of the party. It is implied that Ralsei likes Kris very much and sees them as a friend. However, it's implied that Kris doesn't consider Ralsei as close as a friend as they do Susie or Jaden, as his Tea only heals 70HP (although Noelle's, who is a childhood friend, only heals 10HP more) to them.
However, it’s noted that Kris enjoys how fluffy Ralsei is, as when he instructs for them to hug the Dummy, Kris hugs him instead. As well as in Chapter 2, when they hug Ralsei instead of choosing one of the other options LEMONADE gave them. In volume 3, they seem to trust Ralsei much more as they go through much trouble to save him from Diana, and even give him another hug before sealing the fountain and returning home. When returning to the dark world during chapter 3, they will now wave at Ralsei before returning to the light world.
Noelle[]
Kris and Noelle are childhood friends. They spent a lot of time together when they were children, and used to hang out together with their respective older siblings, Asriel, Dess and Clover. Kris used to prank and scare Noelle a lot, but she in turn was mostly nice to them. In Chapter 1, Noelle implies that she usually helps Kris with their homework, and gives one of her pencils to them if they have lost their own.
In Chapter 2, Kris and Noelle make a truce and work together through Cyber City. Noelle learns to be more brave and loses her fear of mice. Noelle then opens up to Kris and remembers the time they spent together as kids, and even says that it's unfair how Kris is the only person who knows how weird she is, because everyone knows how weird Kris is.
In the Snowgrave Route, Kris's relationship with Noelle is severely strained by LEMONADE’s "creepy" demands in the Dark World. Despite being reassured that it is a dream, Noelle is still suspicious of Kris and becomes genuinely terrified when they meet in the Hospital.
Berdly[]
Kris and Berdly have a rivalry with each other, but they are implied to have played video games (especially fighter games, by Berdly's mentions of wavedashing) together in the past. They become allies through the later parts of Chapter 2 and work together to defeat Queen, with Berdly saving Kris, Susie, and Ralsei before the GIGA Queen fight. Although Berdly believes the adventure in the Dark World to all be a dream, he gives studying with Kris and Susie a chance and even nicely wishes them both a good day before leaving the Library.
Cosmic[]
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Dess[]
As children, Kris and Asriel used to spend time with Noelle and Dess. It is implied that they were friends, though she did not tolerate some of Kris's mischief. Dess once smacked Kris with a wiffle bat until they stopped lying to Noelle that "ICE-E was real and eats kids."
Rudy[]
Rudolph Holiday 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 visit him, and assumes Toriel urged them.
Delilah[]
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Razaly[]
Despite not trusting Ralsei (which is Razaly’s original counterpart.) all that much during the first volume, Kris seems to be particularly fond of Razaly once they form a truce and get him in their party. Upon his first arrival, Kris seemed distant to Razaly and far to focused on rescuing Ralsei as he’s been captured and taken to Diana’s candy castle, they treat him like they do any other boss enemy in previous chapters.
However when forming a Truce with Razaly to help save Ralsei, Kris and Susie discover his true side which is quite similar to Kris’ situation with Clover. They learn that he feels as if he is nothing but a clone, who is forced to forever live in the Prince’s shadow, he states that "At least if the Princess has what she wants (which is Ralsei) I could be free and be someone else." This is to be the implied reason on why Kris trusted Razaly more after learning this, they relate to him and know exactly how he feels. After retrieving Ralsei from the basement, the two seem to have become good friends as Razaly allows Kris and their party to give him a name, so they can differ him from Ralsei.
Angel[]
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Lancer[]
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Diana[]
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Queen[]
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Abilities[]
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Kris is a non-binary and uses They/Them pronouns
- They were unlabeled in undertale, but they're stated to be bisexual in Deltarune (my interpretation)
- Kris is selectively mute, sometimes they use sign language to speak.
- The name "Kris" holds several potential meanings: A kris is a type of Indonesian dagger, a possible nod to the knife Kris wields at the end of Chapter 1.
- The etymology of the name being "follower/carrier of Christ" could be a nod to the fact that Kris's family is or was very religious.
- The name is a rearranged form of "Frisk" without the F, and also an anagram of "risk."
- Kris can call Toriel after sealing the Dark Fountain. If they do not, the call still happens regardless once Kris is near the school door. Notably, the dialogue is the same. If Kris calls a second time, they ask Toriel if she can drive them home. She declines, and suggests they "try walking. It builds character, honey." On the third call, Toriel states she is "grading papers." She then says she can talk once Kris returns. If Kris tries to call Toriel a forth time, Clover will interrupt and state "Kris, quit bothering mom. C'mon let’s just walk."