Toriel

Toriel
The mysterious goat lady.
Character Information
First Appearance	Ruins
Relationships	Asgore Dreemurr (ex-husband)
Leitmotif	Toriel
Appearance in Undertale	Toriel

Toriel is a major returning character from Undertale who plays a minor role in Undertale Yellow. She interrupts a battle between Clover and a Froggit at the beginning of the game and attempts to guide them through the Ruins before a cave-in separates the two.

Profile

Appearance

Biologically, Toriel remains unchanged from her appearance in Undertale. She is a Boss Monster resembling a white-furred Nubian Goat with droopy ears, short horns, visible fangs, and long eyelashes. Her outfit has been changed - she now wears a red scarf with a knot and her robe is now a different shade of purple. The robe is still emblazoned with the Delta Rune located near her chest.

Personality

Toriel's personality is, for the most part, unchanged; she is a caring mother figure that takes pleasure in guarding the Ruins and any fallen humans. However, she still maintains her stern personality, as is seen when she scares off a nearby Froggit.

Main Story

Before the events of the game, she was married to Asgore and had a child named Asriel, and later adopted the first human. After an incident that led to the death of both their children at the hands of humans and Asgore subsequently declaring war on humanity, she abdicated her role as the Queen of the Underground and retreated to the Ruins, sealing one of the only two doors leading to Snowdin. There, she tries to convince any fallen humans to not leave the Ruins and to live with her, in order to prevent Asgore's plan to gather seven human souls to destroy the barrier and eradicate humanity.

Neutral Route

Toriel is the second monster Clover meets in the Underground, who saves them from an encounter with a Froggit. She guides them through the Ruins and educates them on a few puzzles. However, after a puzzle malfunctions, she and Clover are forcingly separated as the floor under Clover caves in, dropping them into the Dark Ruins – a previously unexplored layer of the Ruins with no other connection to the rest of the dungeon – except for a sole gate out to Snowdin.

While she is not seen again for the rest of the route, Flowey reveals that Clover would be convinced to abandon their crusade and lived out their days with Toriel. When Flowey intervened and got the two of them to fight, Clover would die to everything else the Underground would throw at them, hence the sabotaging of the puzzles to prevent her from interfering.

True Pacifist Route

In the True Pacifist Ending, she is seen in the Ruins, walking by the tree before realizing that its last leaf had fallen off and that Clover has passed on, much to her sadness.

Gallery

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  Official artwork of Toriel formerly on the Game Jolt page.

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  Toriel guiding Clover while holding their hand.

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  Toriel sitting in her chair while holding a book.

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  Toriel senses that Clover has passed away.

Trivia

• Once the player waits 5-10 minutes in the starting room of the Dark Ruins, Toriel will toss down a rope. Going up said rope restarts the game from the last save point you saved at, or from the beginning if you haven't saved.
  • This is due to Flowey resetting, as is suggested by his dialogue during the Neutral ending where Clover would stay with her.

See Also

• Toriel article on Undertale Wiki.