Ceroba Ketsukane

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Ceroba is here! This is in an AU where Clover, Kanako, and Chujin are all still alive after (most) of the events in Undertale Yellow took place, minus the deaths of Clover, Kanako, and Chujin.

This takes place after the Ceroba pacifist battle 10 years later into the future where Clover and Kanako are now 18 by this point. Kanako arguably older if you count her temporary time as an amalgamate.

Kanako was fully restored after Clover offered up his determination to have her restored with Chujin's help. Clover got his determination from Axis spilling the beans about what he did to one of the human souls, but because it wasn't a genocide run, Clover merely spared him, but hates Axis.

Ceroba Ketsukane is a major character in Undertale Yellow. She is Chujin's widow and the mother of Kanako. She was intent on taking Clover's SOUL and advancing Chujin's legacy, she serves as the final boss of the Pacifist Route.

Appearance Ceroba is a fox-like monster with beige fur and long, wavy ginger hair. Her hair is tied up in a ponytail by a red ribbon with a small gold bell in the center. She has a long, white kimono with red trimmings, a red obi sash tied around her waist and long, white boots to match.

During her battle phases, she carries a long red staff with a bright yellow bell at the end two little red ribbons tied around the ends of the bell. Her attacks in the overworld are represented as white and pink flashes of light.

Personality Brilliant, supportive, and skeptical, Ceroba is a powerful ally when it comes to wanting to help those closest to her. She is shown to care a lot for her loved ones. However, she is highly stubborn, even going so far as to question the true meaning of Asgore's words when confronted with the truth of her husband's employment. Because of this, she is firm on her husband's legacy as a scientist and a hero of the underground, and she spends the days after her husband's passing trying to complete the work that he had passed down to her. However, when she finally tests it on Kanako and has it result in her falling down, Ceroba's beliefs strengthen to the point that she was fully willing to kill Clover to save the rest of the underground.

Ceroba is observant, and can tell how others are feeling just by a glance, and can also notice a shift or change in the other's moods. Though she is not hesitant to say them to others, she will try to hide them from those she loves as long as it does not harm others. An example of this is her relationship with Starlo, and she didn't confront him about his behavior until after his friends had come up about how it was making the rest of them feel. She is quite honest and straight-forward as well. This is evident from how she treats Starlo's shenanigans in the Wild East, saying she doesn't understand it and acting nonchalant when included in them, as well as her realistic assessment of Clover's fate before and after her battle in the Pacifist route. The exception to her realism is her husband, Chujin, who she always holds in high regard no matter what information is displayed to her that may say otherwise.

Relationships Chujin Ketsukane Chujin is Ceroba’s husband. It is shown throughout the game, (mainly in the Pacifist Route,) that Ceroba loved him very dearly. In the Steamworks, it is clear that Ceroba shows somewhat strong resentment towards Asgore because of his disregard of the eventual creation of Axis, (Chujin’s creation). Despite this, Ceroba and Chujin were somewhat distant when it came to Chujin’s work. Until going into the Steamworks, Ceroba was unaware that Chujin had finished creating Axis. She also remarked that she does not see Chujin very often, as he is usually in his lab. Most of all, she was not aware that Chujin had been fired from this job, claiming that he had retired. Regardless, it is Ceroba’s strong love towards Chujin, possibly to the point of unhealthy obsession, that influences her motivations throughout the game, (specifically in the Pacifist Route.) She was willing to obtain Clover’s soul by ending his life, and deceive Starlo in order to progress her plans.

Kanako Ketsukane Kanako is Ceroba’s daughter. Ceroba is shown to deeply care about Kanako through dialogue and flashbacks. At some point, Kanako discovered the tapes in the basement. Upon finding out that Kanako discovered these tapes, she told her that she wasn't going to make Kanako a part of Chujin's plans. Despite this, Kanako eventually convinces Ceroba to use her soul, injecting the Integrity SOUL extract into her to extract the serum from. Kanako fell down which is monster term for near death soon after Ceroba gave her the extract which caused Ceroba to fall into depression.

Starlo It is shown throughout the game that Starlo and Ceroba are close friends, presumably ever since childhood. Despite that, during the Pacifist route she still refuses to tell Starlo about her former plans to finish Chujin's work using Clover's soul, and attacks him right before the final boss-battle of the Pacifist route. She does still deeply care about him though as shown during the Genocide route.

When talking to her in the Steamworks, Ceroba mentions that she considered dating Starlo when she was "a naive kid", suggesting their relationship was a lot closer in the past. She also states her reason for moving on was because she wanted to grow up, and Starlo didn't follow.

Though the two are close, Ceroba holds some disdain for Starlo's activity of roleplaying as a Sheriff, believing it to be damaging to his personality and in general, childish. Ceroba makes this clear immediately before and after Starlo's bossfight, and is the one to help Starlo out of his unhealthy behaviour. Though Ceroba's beliefs hold some ground, she is evidently unappreciative of the fact that Starlo's "North Star" persona was partially created to distract her from her own worries.

Martlet is a blue anthropomorphic bird-like monster with two wings used as arms. She wears two brown boots over her feet with a cotton trim. She has a mop of hair on top of her head with outsticking parts and a feather-like tuft near the back. She wears a greyish blue sleeveless shirt and dark blue pants.

When Martlet transforms with her serum, her eyes turn a glowing yellow, and her hair, wings, and legs become longer. Her hair drapes down more and is more wavy. She sports a breastplate with a heart design in the middle and shoulder pads fitted into the suit pointing up. Her boots disappear from her original design, with talons replacing them. Martlet's hair is also more elegantly displayed, with the outsticking motif from her original hair style being accentuated. Her battle sprite, along with the bullet board, both turn blue.

Personality In February 2019, a comic was made about her, depicting her running late to work and falling asleep when trying to be productive. In the game, Martlet is shown to be, as the game states, scatterbrained. Martlet seems to struggle with concentrating on her duties and often relies on a manual or lists so she can know what she has to do. Her laziness is also hinted at in the game with a note on Information booth that tells passerby to wake her up if she dozes off on the job.

While she seems a bit naïve on the surface, what Martlet makes up for in her disorganized workflow is her strong morale. Martlet has a strong sense of justice, and is more serious compared to her Pacifist counterpart. She even runs away from her initial battle via a tactical retreat, and monitors Clover for most of the game. She will go to great lengths to put a stop to anyone trying to harm monsterkind, including injecting herself with a fabricated serum, just so she can have the power to put an end to any threat!

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