Aesop Animation: The Skinwalker (Patreon)

Alright, final character for Aesop's reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood. It's the villain for story, the wolf, reimagined as a monsters demonic shapeshifter, the Skinwalker!

ORIGIN

Aesop Animation's take on the Big Bad Wolf in their adaption of Red Riding Hood was reimagined into a monster of Native American myth- a Skinwalker. It's true form that of a demonic coyote-like creature, the Skinwalker went down in Aesop Villain history for causing death, distrust and disharmony amongst the villages of the story by killing and taking the forms of those who's lives it took, fueled by nothing expect for his lust for chaos and Kai Redcrest. In the end, the truth was exposed and the skin walker met his death in a fiery blaze of destruction. When Helvira took over Toontopia, The Skinwalker was one of the many cartoon villains to sell out and side with the cartoon villain. Ostracized after her defeat, Skinwalker found himself approached by Simon Says to use his bloodlust and love of disharmony as a double agent within the Toons who joined forces with Toonman. But a question remains if Skinwalker, for someone who enjoys pulling strings from all sides of the conflict, is really working for Simon, or is just working him for his own end game.

So yep, the Big Bad Wolf of my take on Red Riding Hood is an iconic monster of Native American lore. Really, I think this reimagining is what fueled my my decision to try my hand at a Disney Princess take on Red Riding Hood and reimagine it for Native American lore- I starting thinking about unique ways to adapt the wolf and eventually I decided I wanted to do a more mythological take on the animal, eventually leading me to the idea that he was a skinwalker. For now, I'm having him side with Simon, but to me his character is just someone who loves stirring the pot from all angles that maybe he's really playing Simon for someone else or his own ends. Whether Simon realizes it or not is up in the air.

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

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