What we do know is that Chara fell into the Underground a long time ago and became friends with Asriel, who was Asgore’s son and the prince of the monsters. You can get some clues on the Pacifist route, though you don’t encounter Chara except on a Genocide run. So how does one get the devil from this character? Pretty easily, actually, by studying the little information we’re given. The devil in the Underground is the first human to fall into it, the nameless character most commonly known as Chara. It’s not Asgore, and no, it’s not Flowey either. The angelic and demonic imagery associated with the Dreemurr family could be a whole article in itself, but that’s not what I’m here to discuss. However, it turns out that Asgore is actually a very kind being trapped in an impossible situation, and so the devil parallel gets turned on its head. Asgore is a tall, broad-shouldered monster with goat horns who fights using a bright red trident, a weapon that closely resembles a pitchfork the imagery here is obvious.
One of the last bosses you face in Undertale is Asgore Dreemurr, the king of the Underground.
Regardless, the parallel between the Underground and Hell isn’t too hard to draw: a world below the human world to which the monsters were banished and trapped for eternity.
There’s also a rumor (unconfirmed) that Toby Fox initially planned to call the Underground the Underworld, but decided that was a little too on-the-nose. For instance, souls are real, tangible things in Undertale, and a major part of the plot involves a prophecy about an angel who will descend into the Underground and empty it out (see: The Harrowing of Hell). Undertale has some well-defined religious themes running through it.
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