Aesop Animation: Calm Eagle (Patreon)

Time for some more Aesop Animation cartoon characters! Up next is Kai Redcrest's grandmother, Calm Eagle, who is the chief medicine woman of Kai's tribe and also serves as her teacher.

ORIGIN

In Aesop Animation's reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Calm Eagle served as the grandmother of the story, reimagined as the chief medicine woman of Kai's tribe despite living off the reservation. Strong and nurturing, Kai was studying under Calm Eagle's teachings to become the next medicine woman of their tribe, and she shared in Kai's disappointment that her father, the chief, was going to marry her off to some warrior. But when the Skinwalker began plaguing the area and turning the neighboring factions against each other, it was Calm Eagle's death at the hands of the skinwtalker that fueled Kai's decision to track down and defeat the monster, while Calm Eagle's knowledge of their ancestors history and mythology providing the key to taking it down. As one of the few Aesop Animation cartoons who had experienced death as part of their series or movie, Calm Eagle has since taken her role as a healer more seriously, offering her services to all the toons of Toontopia should they ever need it. But the horrors of Helvira and the growing conflicts between toons and humans have left a lot of bloodshed and bodies in their wake. And in so Calm Eagle has decided to take her healing abilities further- by studying medicine in the human world. She hopes that the toon magic and medical science of both worlds can help mend wounds caused by the conflicts, and has since become not just a noble ally to Toonman, but NRG's chief medical expert Dracula.

So, naturally when I decided my original take on Red Riding Hood was going to be reimagined into Native American mythology, I of course had to include the grandmother from the original story. The decision to make her a medicine woman made the most sense, but really in my take the grandmother's role has always been more focused on her death the fuels Kai's adventure in the story, kinda like Moana's grandmother in her movie. But I knew I couldn't just end it there if she was going to be part of Toonman, so I decided her role would be a journey to become an actual doctor in the human world and eventually an ally to Dracula. Who knows, maybe Kai and the rest of her cast members will become allies to the Prince of Nocturne too?

Hope you guys like this new original NRG Cartoon character. Let us know with a comment below!

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