The REAL Delta Warriors (DeltaRune Theory)

Alright yes, here is another DeltaRune theory. I think this might be the third one I've come up with so far? Well, this one is a lot shorter than the others. As a warning though, this one is based entirely on the events that took place in DeltaRune and so is entirely spoilers if you haven't already played it.

Right! So you know the story if you've played Chapter 1. The balance of light and darkness has been disrupted and a prophecy tells of three heroes that will close the dark fountain and restore balance to the worlds of light and darkness. Those three heroes are a human, a monster, each from the light world, and a price from the dark world. The game doesn't waste any time at all, having you jump in and introducing the characters almost right off the bat; Kris the human, Susie the monster, and Ralsei the prince from the dark world.

And then Lancer kinda just shows up???

That seemed weird to me from the start and I wasn't sure why. Why is Lancer there? As a character I never really liked him all that much, but he ends up playing a major part in the story by overthrowing his own father and helping the main characters to fulfill their mission. But here's the thing: his father is a king, which makes Lancer a PRINCE.

So what if Lancer is actually the prince from the story, not Ralsei? After all, we don't really know all that much about Ralsei when you think about it. He's apparently been the only inhabitant of his kingdom in forever. He went out of his way to make a dummy modeled after himself because he didn't have anyone to base it on. We don't know for sure that his parents were actually royalty and, if they were, since they're not around now wouldn't that make Ralsei a king instead?

That would mean the real Delta Warriors are Kris, Susie, and Lancer.

I want to believe that Ralsei kind of just inserted himself into the story because he was lonely and wanted friends. I'm pretty sure my reaction was pretty typical with everyone else's when first seeing Ralsei. "PLEASE, don't let this precious fluffy boy be secretly evil." But, I mean, considering the fate of two worlds rested on whether one of the dark fountains was closed, it would have been a lot easier to close the fountain in his uninhabited kingdom rather than travelling to a hostile foreign kingdom and usurping their king in order to close theirs. Just something to think about I guess.

 

You don't need to use his pacify spell. I got through the whole chapter just by sparing. That was enough to get the good ending and Ralsei is really happy if you do it that way.

I don't think they're the same characters. Even without his hat on, Ralsei looks pretty different from Asriel. They're probably just the same species. There's a common trope with parallel universe stories where there are characters in one universe who are like that world's equivalent of someone in the other universe. So Ralsei would be like Asriel's double.

I do like the idea of him being some kind of prophet. In Greek stories there are sometimes female characters called "helper maids" who follow the main character and support him in his quest. I think that would work as Ralsei's role.

I'm kind of hoping there will be some allusion to him being a villain later on, then there will be a sudden twist. Maybe resulting in Ralsei being injured or killed so we feel bad about suspecting him.

 

Especially since her friendship with Lancer ended up being pretty fundamental to the story, which is one of the main reasons I think Lancer might be the actual prince from the legend. In that case it would make sense for Kris to be the human too, but I do really want to see other humans in the game. Bringing back the player character you make at the start of the game would be interesting, since the voice at the start, probably Gaster, was supposed to have destroyed it. Well, the voice does say "discarded" so maybe that vessel is still around.