#eschatale update

Progress on the comic will vary and will be slow as I am in university. But when the prologue is done I will release the pages and will share progress for the writing and the future batch releases of the FATE Route, which is the true storyline of Eschatale.

From Soultale to Eschatale: A reflection of the past 8 years

Over two years ago, I drew concepts for a rework and overhaul of an AU I created in 2017. The designs and ESPECIALLY the story went through quite a few changes and reworks since, and, honestly, I am quite happy now with the concepts I have and the audience I want to attract for this AU.

Eschatale used to be Soultale (not to be confused with the au created by uru1), which was an AU that served as a way to express how I was feeling and a way for me to experiment with my art and creativity. Undertale became my special interest and I had no intention of letting it go.

The first iteration of this AU that I can find online is on Wattpad, where it was centered around my self-insert and touched on dark topics in ways that only an uneducated and immature ten year old could. And then I got ahold of deviantart, and it was history (I won't reveal how to find my old stuff because god forbid anyone sees how I was in 2017 as a ten year old with free reign of the internet).

A self-insert turned into an Undertale OC, more characters based off of past friends were created, and Soultale grew up with me. I made physical comics of the AU for a childhood friend until 2019 and there were times when I turned to the AU for comfort and expression when I was at my lowest (which was most of the time back then).

Soultale became a culmination of my trauma, feelings, thoughts, and my imagination. And, in 2020, there eventually came a time where I decided that it was time to let it go. It served its purpose and I was finally in a safe environment.

Before Eschatale, in 2022, I made concepts for Kismettale. Obviously, I didn't like it. The AU felt bland and didn't seem like it could stand out. Plus, all the characters I have grown immensely attached to weren't present.

2023 rolled around and so did my Undertale special interest. I was giving non-university courses a try in the creative industry, I was content with the fact I left high school after completing year 10, and I had a renewed creative drive. I began committng to the AU in August of 2023 and ...

... Yeah. I scrapped Callisto and redesigned Alphys and Eve.

I even tried my hand at pixel sprites...!

How terrifying!

... Peak design!!

It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to add to this AU. I didn't want the locations to take place in a standard USA environment, because I am not a US citizen. Australia seemed to be significantly lacking its representation in the Undertale AU department, so I decided that I wanted to impliment my country into the story and some of the designs. After all, I live here and it's the most familiar environment and culture to me.

Now, two years after Eschatale's conception, I have a good hold on what I want to do with this AU. It even has its own multiverse continuation or "sequel" because why the fuck not.