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Continuing the series of posts about my upcoming book, Savage Frequency, let's talk about the second villain of the story: Aeron Cobalt.
He dresses like a classic, gentle intellectual, wearing knitted vests and impeccable shirts. His large eyes convey an image of innocence and complete honesty. He's the group's "safe haven". While Jack Savage is clumsy and Claire Warren is tough, Aeron is calm, patient and extremely helpful. He's the one who always has chocolate to offer when someone is sad or who stays up all night adjusting Jack's prosthesis without asking for anything in return.
He acts as a mentor to Jack, encouraging him to believe in his own potential. This kindness is what makes his betrayal hurt the reader so much. Behind the smile, Aeron is a tormented genius. He grew up hearing that he was too "soft" because of his sweetness. He loves the group, but the voice of his abusive father in his head is a constant ghost that says he will only have value if he protects the family legacy. Sometimes, he remains silent for too long, staring into nothingness, or clenches his hands tightly when his father's name is mentioned. The audience will think it's trauma, but it's the guilt of leading his friends into a trap.
When he betrays the group, Aeron doesn't become a screaming monster. He becomes cold and calculating. The sweet look disappears and gives way to a cruel mathematical logic. He explains the betrayal as if it were a necessary "software update". At this point in the story, he becomes a very detestable character because he uses the emotional weaknesses his friends confessed to him (in the moment of the hug and vulnerability) to psychologically hurt them, trying to convince them that resistance is futile.
Regret comes when he realizes that his father would discard him as easily as he discarded the protagonists. Returning to the side of the good guys, he is no longer the "perfect bunny" from the beginning, nor the "jerk villain". He's someone who accepts his flaws and uses his genius to overthrow the system he himself helped create. The scene of Aeron receiving forgiveness and a warm hug from his best friend, Dash, is key to the story's emotional impact. Dash is the only one Aeron truly considers a best friend.
Dash is the "heart" Aeron always wanted. When Aeron redeems himself, it's Dash's forgiveness that keeps him standing. The fact that Dash embraces him even after the betrayal is what destroys Aeron's last defenses and makes him fight against his own father. In case you don't remember, Aeron is my third fursona, created by my best friend, NOTG, as a birthday present. In 2024, I completely changed Aeron's design, transforming him into a movie star (one of those very handsome and muscular actors).
But I regretted doing that because I simply love the first version of Aeron created by my best friend, which was a very cute design. That's why I decided to discard that version of Aeron because I really wanted to bring back his original version. I mean, I didn't discard that Aeron, that handsome and hunk Aeron still exists. He's just an alternate version of Aeron that will exist in another story of mine: A Splash of Imagination (also known as "the story of drawings/arts that come to life").
If you want to know more about this different Aeron, click here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60685720/
Or if you prefer, you can also see all the artworks of this good-looking Aeron that was done by several amazing artists I know:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973293/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973520/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973579/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973252/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973200/
Soon I will post more art involving this alternate version of Aeron and other important characters from this somewhat older story.
While that Aeron inspired by Dante from Devil May Cry still exists but is an alternate version, the original Aeron is back, being the true version that will be one of the important characters in my new story. As for his last name, Cobalt refers to a deep blue tone and something chemical/metallic, which matches the fact that he's a technology genius and the son of the creator of the tame collars. And before you ask, yeah, Aeron's storyline is inspired by Pawbert Lynxley's storyline from Zootopia 2.
And before I forget, Hanik, who used to be an alternate version of Aeron, is now a separate character, becoming my fourth and penultimate fursona. The curious thing is that besides being a child, Hanik is also a blue rabbit and is also one of the main characters in another book I'm still going to write with NOTG, O Sereno do Deserto.
If you want to know more about this book, click here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684117/
Or if you want, you can see other arts I have of Hanik that I posted here on FurAffinity:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684639/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684707/
Below are some more details about Aeron Cobalt in my new story:
Just like Pawbert, Aeron will be the second villain in the story. However, unlike Pawbert, my character will truly repent for all his crimes and side with the good guys.
In the story, he needs the help of the two protagonists and the other characters to gather enough evidence to incriminate his father, as he is tired of his tyranny and the oppression the predators are suffering. However, he's someone desperate for approval, willing to sacrifice his friends to protect his father's criminal legacy. He wants to use the protagonists to "clean up" his father's mess without his father knowing, just to surprise him and prove his worth. The rabbit felt inadequate and constantly pressured to prove his worth to his family, especially his abusive and narcissistic father.
He was truly despised and hated by everyone in his family, especially his father, who saw him as a failure, his greatest disappointment. The last straw was when his father and siblings left to attend to important business, leaving Aeron to look after his 5-year-old younger sister. The problem is that she disappeared when her brother took his eyes off her. Desperate, he sought help from his best friend, Dash, hoping to find the child.
Indeed, they manage to find the little girl, but after Aeron's father found out everything, he gave his son a major scolding, calling him all sorts of horrible things. Even so, his son apologized and admitted his irresponsibility, but his father punched him in the face, humiliating him in front of his other siblings. Determined to earn his family's respect, Aeron decided to help his father on his own without his consent, acting in the shadows. He even planted a bomb to kill the AMS team and frame Jack and Claire. Here's the rabbit's evil plan:
To get the good guys to risk collecting the evidence, Aeron needs a convincing lie. He tells his friends that, as the villain's son, he has access to codes but can't be seen at the file locations. He pretends he wants to overthrow his father because he "can't stand the oppression anymore". He sends the two fugitives and the other characters to dangerous locations to collect the hard drives and documents that prove the medical malpractice hoax and the social control plan.
However, Aeron knows that if the AMS catches the fugitives with this evidence, he can say they stole it to blackmail the government. But his plan is even more cruel: he wants to get the original evidence, destroy it, and then hand his friends over to the authorities on a silver platter. Aeron is a tech genius, in fact, he helped design the interface for the tame collar lights, believing he was contributing to security. Since he's a tech genius and the son of the system's creator, he possesses what no one else has: The "Master Algorithm".
He may have developed a "Signal Emulator", a device the size of a Game Boy that tricks the collar, making it believe it's still on the wearer's neck and that everything is normal, while he works to disable the mechanical locks. Here's a very tense scene imagining the following situation: Jack is sweating profusely while Aeron fiddles with the circuits with tweezers.
— Don't move. — Aeron murmured. — If my emulator oscillates half a millimeter, the fiber optic sensor will think you're escaping and inject you with enough sedative to knock out an elephant. And I didn't bring the antidote today.
Since Jack and Claire are fugitives, the tame collar is their greatest enemy because it's a tracker. They need to live in "dead zones", which are places without radio signal, or use something to block the signal, like wrapping the collar in aluminum foil or lead, a common myth in the 90s and 2000s. For Aeron's plan to work, he needs the predators to be operating at 100% of their physical and mental capacity. A predator sedated or "clouded" by the collar's chemicals wouldn't be able to hack into a high-security server or escape the police with agility.
Aeron will use his technology to unlock the tame collars. He leaves the collars on their necks but disables the chemical injectors and GPS. To the world, they appear controlled, but inside, they are feeling everything for the first time in years. Imagine the lynx, the Utahraptor, the fox and the cat feeling the world "in color" again. For the first time in a long time, Jack could look at Claire and feel his heart race with love without being drugged.
Dash, on the other hand, can feel the adrenaline of the race without fear of fainting. This was the first time these predators had their collars removed since childhood and the feeling of freedom made them blindly trust the blue rabbit. They think Aeron gave their souls back, being a hero. Now all that's left is for you to ask me: "Okay, but how and why does he want to redeem himself?". Here are some more details of his evil plan and the answer to your question:
In the 2000s, digital photography was beginning to become popular (think of those Sony Mavica or Cyber-shot cameras). Aeron can use this in a brilliant and evil way. While the other characters are in action, the rabbit takes photos from specific angles that make them look aggressive. Basically, he uses image editing software of the time to alter the photos.
For example, he takes a picture of Claire holding a flashlight near the electrical panel and edits it to make it look like she's holding a bomb detonator. He plans to send these photos "proving" the protagonists' terrorism to the newspapers. Thus, he clears his father's name by destroying the real evidence and becomes the "model citizen" who helped capture the criminals.
Here's a detailed scene of him revealing himself as a traitor:
In the hideout, they are holding the evidence, smiling, feeling free. Claire, even though exhausted, smiles, saying: "We did it! Your father will fall today". However, Aeron says in a trembling voice, as if finally feeling powerful:
"My father isn't going anywhere. But you? You'll go down in history as the villains who tried to destroy the peace of our city".
Suddenly, Aeron brutally stabs Claire, to the protagonists' great surprise. Before Jack and the others can do anything, Aeron presses a button on his device. The lights on everyone's necks instantly change from gray to red. The chemical invades their blood. They fall to their knees, reverting to that "zombie" state, while the blue rabbit calmly walks between them to retrieve the discs, revealing that freedom was merely a tool for his plan. He picks up the discs and looks at them with a cold glint in his eyes.
Before he can destroy all the evidence incriminating his father, the other characters try to convince him to abandon his plan, saying that he's becoming a villain just like his father. When Jack says that he can be different from his father, Aeron retorts that he doesn't want to be different from his family, he wants to be accepted by them and no longer wants to be a failure in his father's eyes.
But Dash says that a true hero would never kill the person who truly respected and loved him for who he was, and his father refused to see how wonderful his son is because of an inflated ego. A true father loves his children and sees them as individuals with their own feelings, not tools to feed his own ego. And to conclude, Claire says a phrase inspired by Aunt May's iconic line from the movie Spider-Man 2.
"I know you just want them to see you, but the hero within us isn't born from the applause of those who belittle us. It's born from the courage to protect those who truly love us. It's this strength that keeps us whole and ennobles us... But it comes at a high price. Sometimes, being a hero means being strong enough to give up what we want most. Even the dream of being accepted by a family that only makes you suffer. Don't become a villain to gain the respect of those who have no heart; choose to be the hero we always knew you were".
Aeron then feels great remorse and wonders if what he's doing is really right or wrong. He sees the pros and cons of his plan, but even though he's in doubt, he decides to proceed with it. Aeron hands over the the forged photos and the evidence to his father, expecting a hug or a compliment like "I'm so proud of you, my son".
Instead, his father says something like this: "You took too long and almost ruined everything. You're incompetent, even when you try to help". This is the moment Aeron realizes that his best friend and the other characters, even though they were betrayed by him, still care about his life when the villain tries to discard him as a "loose end".
Remembering what Dash had told him and the phrase Claire uttered, he finally regrets everything he did, using his hobby (cameras) to record a confession from his father on video or audio, using what he loves most (technology) to finally do the right thing. Furthermore, it's revealed that he lacked the courage to destroy all the evidence because until then he was unsure whether he was doing the right or wrong thing, but now he sees the mistake he was making and decides to use the evidence to incriminate his father.
All that's left is for you to ask me: "Don't you think this rabbit plot is too similar to Pawbert Lynxley's plot in Zootopia 2?". Honestly? I don't need to worry about Pawbert because my character has layers that Pawbert, as far as we know, doesn't have. My character has a best friend whom he emotionally hurts. Furthermore, he deals with a father who is a technological dictator through the tame collars, not just a common criminal. And the dynamic of "cleaning up evidence to protect the father" is a classic trope of Greek tragedies and police dramas. What makes it original is my world and the context of the collars.
He dresses like a classic, gentle intellectual, wearing knitted vests and impeccable shirts. His large eyes convey an image of innocence and complete honesty. He's the group's "safe haven". While Jack Savage is clumsy and Claire Warren is tough, Aeron is calm, patient and extremely helpful. He's the one who always has chocolate to offer when someone is sad or who stays up all night adjusting Jack's prosthesis without asking for anything in return.
He acts as a mentor to Jack, encouraging him to believe in his own potential. This kindness is what makes his betrayal hurt the reader so much. Behind the smile, Aeron is a tormented genius. He grew up hearing that he was too "soft" because of his sweetness. He loves the group, but the voice of his abusive father in his head is a constant ghost that says he will only have value if he protects the family legacy. Sometimes, he remains silent for too long, staring into nothingness, or clenches his hands tightly when his father's name is mentioned. The audience will think it's trauma, but it's the guilt of leading his friends into a trap.
When he betrays the group, Aeron doesn't become a screaming monster. He becomes cold and calculating. The sweet look disappears and gives way to a cruel mathematical logic. He explains the betrayal as if it were a necessary "software update". At this point in the story, he becomes a very detestable character because he uses the emotional weaknesses his friends confessed to him (in the moment of the hug and vulnerability) to psychologically hurt them, trying to convince them that resistance is futile.
Regret comes when he realizes that his father would discard him as easily as he discarded the protagonists. Returning to the side of the good guys, he is no longer the "perfect bunny" from the beginning, nor the "jerk villain". He's someone who accepts his flaws and uses his genius to overthrow the system he himself helped create. The scene of Aeron receiving forgiveness and a warm hug from his best friend, Dash, is key to the story's emotional impact. Dash is the only one Aeron truly considers a best friend.
Dash is the "heart" Aeron always wanted. When Aeron redeems himself, it's Dash's forgiveness that keeps him standing. The fact that Dash embraces him even after the betrayal is what destroys Aeron's last defenses and makes him fight against his own father. In case you don't remember, Aeron is my third fursona, created by my best friend, NOTG, as a birthday present. In 2024, I completely changed Aeron's design, transforming him into a movie star (one of those very handsome and muscular actors).
But I regretted doing that because I simply love the first version of Aeron created by my best friend, which was a very cute design. That's why I decided to discard that version of Aeron because I really wanted to bring back his original version. I mean, I didn't discard that Aeron, that handsome and hunk Aeron still exists. He's just an alternate version of Aeron that will exist in another story of mine: A Splash of Imagination (also known as "the story of drawings/arts that come to life").
If you want to know more about this different Aeron, click here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60685720/
Or if you prefer, you can also see all the artworks of this good-looking Aeron that was done by several amazing artists I know:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973293/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973520/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973579/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973252/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58973200/
Soon I will post more art involving this alternate version of Aeron and other important characters from this somewhat older story.
While that Aeron inspired by Dante from Devil May Cry still exists but is an alternate version, the original Aeron is back, being the true version that will be one of the important characters in my new story. As for his last name, Cobalt refers to a deep blue tone and something chemical/metallic, which matches the fact that he's a technology genius and the son of the creator of the tame collars. And before you ask, yeah, Aeron's storyline is inspired by Pawbert Lynxley's storyline from Zootopia 2.
And before I forget, Hanik, who used to be an alternate version of Aeron, is now a separate character, becoming my fourth and penultimate fursona. The curious thing is that besides being a child, Hanik is also a blue rabbit and is also one of the main characters in another book I'm still going to write with NOTG, O Sereno do Deserto.
If you want to know more about this book, click here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684117/
Or if you want, you can see other arts I have of Hanik that I posted here on FurAffinity:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684639/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60684707/
Below are some more details about Aeron Cobalt in my new story:
Just like Pawbert, Aeron will be the second villain in the story. However, unlike Pawbert, my character will truly repent for all his crimes and side with the good guys.
In the story, he needs the help of the two protagonists and the other characters to gather enough evidence to incriminate his father, as he is tired of his tyranny and the oppression the predators are suffering. However, he's someone desperate for approval, willing to sacrifice his friends to protect his father's criminal legacy. He wants to use the protagonists to "clean up" his father's mess without his father knowing, just to surprise him and prove his worth. The rabbit felt inadequate and constantly pressured to prove his worth to his family, especially his abusive and narcissistic father.
He was truly despised and hated by everyone in his family, especially his father, who saw him as a failure, his greatest disappointment. The last straw was when his father and siblings left to attend to important business, leaving Aeron to look after his 5-year-old younger sister. The problem is that she disappeared when her brother took his eyes off her. Desperate, he sought help from his best friend, Dash, hoping to find the child.
Indeed, they manage to find the little girl, but after Aeron's father found out everything, he gave his son a major scolding, calling him all sorts of horrible things. Even so, his son apologized and admitted his irresponsibility, but his father punched him in the face, humiliating him in front of his other siblings. Determined to earn his family's respect, Aeron decided to help his father on his own without his consent, acting in the shadows. He even planted a bomb to kill the AMS team and frame Jack and Claire. Here's the rabbit's evil plan:
To get the good guys to risk collecting the evidence, Aeron needs a convincing lie. He tells his friends that, as the villain's son, he has access to codes but can't be seen at the file locations. He pretends he wants to overthrow his father because he "can't stand the oppression anymore". He sends the two fugitives and the other characters to dangerous locations to collect the hard drives and documents that prove the medical malpractice hoax and the social control plan.
However, Aeron knows that if the AMS catches the fugitives with this evidence, he can say they stole it to blackmail the government. But his plan is even more cruel: he wants to get the original evidence, destroy it, and then hand his friends over to the authorities on a silver platter. Aeron is a tech genius, in fact, he helped design the interface for the tame collar lights, believing he was contributing to security. Since he's a tech genius and the son of the system's creator, he possesses what no one else has: The "Master Algorithm".
He may have developed a "Signal Emulator", a device the size of a Game Boy that tricks the collar, making it believe it's still on the wearer's neck and that everything is normal, while he works to disable the mechanical locks. Here's a very tense scene imagining the following situation: Jack is sweating profusely while Aeron fiddles with the circuits with tweezers.
— Don't move. — Aeron murmured. — If my emulator oscillates half a millimeter, the fiber optic sensor will think you're escaping and inject you with enough sedative to knock out an elephant. And I didn't bring the antidote today.
Since Jack and Claire are fugitives, the tame collar is their greatest enemy because it's a tracker. They need to live in "dead zones", which are places without radio signal, or use something to block the signal, like wrapping the collar in aluminum foil or lead, a common myth in the 90s and 2000s. For Aeron's plan to work, he needs the predators to be operating at 100% of their physical and mental capacity. A predator sedated or "clouded" by the collar's chemicals wouldn't be able to hack into a high-security server or escape the police with agility.
Aeron will use his technology to unlock the tame collars. He leaves the collars on their necks but disables the chemical injectors and GPS. To the world, they appear controlled, but inside, they are feeling everything for the first time in years. Imagine the lynx, the Utahraptor, the fox and the cat feeling the world "in color" again. For the first time in a long time, Jack could look at Claire and feel his heart race with love without being drugged.
Dash, on the other hand, can feel the adrenaline of the race without fear of fainting. This was the first time these predators had their collars removed since childhood and the feeling of freedom made them blindly trust the blue rabbit. They think Aeron gave their souls back, being a hero. Now all that's left is for you to ask me: "Okay, but how and why does he want to redeem himself?". Here are some more details of his evil plan and the answer to your question:
In the 2000s, digital photography was beginning to become popular (think of those Sony Mavica or Cyber-shot cameras). Aeron can use this in a brilliant and evil way. While the other characters are in action, the rabbit takes photos from specific angles that make them look aggressive. Basically, he uses image editing software of the time to alter the photos.
For example, he takes a picture of Claire holding a flashlight near the electrical panel and edits it to make it look like she's holding a bomb detonator. He plans to send these photos "proving" the protagonists' terrorism to the newspapers. Thus, he clears his father's name by destroying the real evidence and becomes the "model citizen" who helped capture the criminals.
Here's a detailed scene of him revealing himself as a traitor:
In the hideout, they are holding the evidence, smiling, feeling free. Claire, even though exhausted, smiles, saying: "We did it! Your father will fall today". However, Aeron says in a trembling voice, as if finally feeling powerful:
"My father isn't going anywhere. But you? You'll go down in history as the villains who tried to destroy the peace of our city".
Suddenly, Aeron brutally stabs Claire, to the protagonists' great surprise. Before Jack and the others can do anything, Aeron presses a button on his device. The lights on everyone's necks instantly change from gray to red. The chemical invades their blood. They fall to their knees, reverting to that "zombie" state, while the blue rabbit calmly walks between them to retrieve the discs, revealing that freedom was merely a tool for his plan. He picks up the discs and looks at them with a cold glint in his eyes.
Before he can destroy all the evidence incriminating his father, the other characters try to convince him to abandon his plan, saying that he's becoming a villain just like his father. When Jack says that he can be different from his father, Aeron retorts that he doesn't want to be different from his family, he wants to be accepted by them and no longer wants to be a failure in his father's eyes.
But Dash says that a true hero would never kill the person who truly respected and loved him for who he was, and his father refused to see how wonderful his son is because of an inflated ego. A true father loves his children and sees them as individuals with their own feelings, not tools to feed his own ego. And to conclude, Claire says a phrase inspired by Aunt May's iconic line from the movie Spider-Man 2.
"I know you just want them to see you, but the hero within us isn't born from the applause of those who belittle us. It's born from the courage to protect those who truly love us. It's this strength that keeps us whole and ennobles us... But it comes at a high price. Sometimes, being a hero means being strong enough to give up what we want most. Even the dream of being accepted by a family that only makes you suffer. Don't become a villain to gain the respect of those who have no heart; choose to be the hero we always knew you were".
Aeron then feels great remorse and wonders if what he's doing is really right or wrong. He sees the pros and cons of his plan, but even though he's in doubt, he decides to proceed with it. Aeron hands over the the forged photos and the evidence to his father, expecting a hug or a compliment like "I'm so proud of you, my son".
Instead, his father says something like this: "You took too long and almost ruined everything. You're incompetent, even when you try to help". This is the moment Aeron realizes that his best friend and the other characters, even though they were betrayed by him, still care about his life when the villain tries to discard him as a "loose end".
Remembering what Dash had told him and the phrase Claire uttered, he finally regrets everything he did, using his hobby (cameras) to record a confession from his father on video or audio, using what he loves most (technology) to finally do the right thing. Furthermore, it's revealed that he lacked the courage to destroy all the evidence because until then he was unsure whether he was doing the right or wrong thing, but now he sees the mistake he was making and decides to use the evidence to incriminate his father.
All that's left is for you to ask me: "Don't you think this rabbit plot is too similar to Pawbert Lynxley's plot in Zootopia 2?". Honestly? I don't need to worry about Pawbert because my character has layers that Pawbert, as far as we know, doesn't have. My character has a best friend whom he emotionally hurts. Furthermore, he deals with a father who is a technological dictator through the tame collars, not just a common criminal. And the dynamic of "cleaning up evidence to protect the father" is a classic trope of Greek tragedies and police dramas. What makes it original is my world and the context of the collars.
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