User blog:AustinDR/PE Proposal: King (Deltarune)

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WHAT IS THE WORK?
Deltarune is a video game created by Toby Fox, who is otherwise known for his previous entry Undertale. For Deltarune...it's kind of a more "dubious" continuation of Undertale. Though it's not as much a sequel to that game...nor is it that much of a prequel. Unlike Undertale in which pacifism is more optional, Deltarune shows that sometimes some enemies are beyond the point of being redemption and are often best defeated through violence.

CHARACTERISTICS
The King of the Dark World is a fat, sadistic tyrant who is the guardian of a fountain created by a knight with the sole purpose of creating a balance between light and darkness. The King has a deep hatred for Lightners, and part of his plan is to use the fountain to essentially commit genocide on all of the Lightners and take over their land.

MORAL EVENT HORIZON
Aside from the attempted genocide, when his son, Lancer, befriends Kris, Susie, and Ralsei (a Lightner-sympathizer), he angrily strangles his son and threatens to toss him to his death. After the gang gives in to his threats, he attempts to sadistically kill them in front of his son. This then culminates in a battle where upon being defeated, he makes it seem as though he was remorseful for his actions, spurring Ralsei to heal him of his injuries.

Of course, it turns out that he was lying and he resumes his attempts at murdering the lot of them. The King had also imprisoned some of the other rulers of the Dark World so that he could be the only one in charge.

HEINOUS STANDARD
Attempted genocide, murder, and horrific child abuse. Much like I said, Deltarune is more of its own thing given how vastly different it is from Undertale (there are some implications that W. D. Gaster is responsible for this game's existence, but I feel that it's best to take that with a grain of salt). Given how the game will be in development for perhaps years, I feel the King could stay and if the game adds more crimes to his rap sheet, or he receives mitigating factors, we can remove him.