Aesop Animation - Berdur Brodehem (Patreon)

And here is Berdur Brodehem - Dwarf miner and hunter villain of Snow-White and Rose-Red. The Gaston of Aesop’s iconic villains. More of a Tolkein/RR Martin type of Dwarfs.

The iconic villain from Aesop's rendition of Snow White and Rose Red, Berdur Brodehem was the perfect foil villain to all the characters of the movie. He was the kinda alpha male who pined after the sisters and whom they feared being married to. He was exact person Thor and Loki would have grown up to be had their curse not shown them the error of their ways. And more to it he was no where near as kind or loyal as Klaus, considering the little sidekick a disgrace to their dwarf brethren. In the end, Berdur got what was coming to him- initially being cursed with the same ursthropy that the princes' did before ultimately falling to his death in a blind animal fury. Despite his own popularity as an Aesop Villain and his catchy warrior song about himself, Berdur never felt he had the same respect as more villains into Toontopia did, being regarded as nothing but dumb muscle, and he initially chose to side with Simon as a means to be seen as a credible villain just like the Madcap Mentalist. And he probably would have too... if he wasn't another one of Amelia's targets of toxic masculinity turned to gold.

So yeah, Berder is basically the Gaston of Aesop Animation, and he unfortunately is one of the many turned to gold by Amelia. Sorry if you guys were hoping there would be a bigger role for him, but I mean he IS the Gaston expy, how could I not give him the same fate as Amelia's husband and Bluebeard. Also, it might be strange that I have 2 different types of dwarfs for Snow White and Rose Red. The original fairytale consisted of a dwarf as the main villain in some context, so I wanted to keep that in the adaption. I mostly thought it would be fun to have 2 types of the same character race in one movie- one disneyfied and one more Tolken based.

Anyway, hope you guys like this new NRGVerse cartoon! Let us know with a comment below!

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