Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell also known as The Lord Protector, is a character and the main antagonist of Cartoon Saloon’s 4th film Wolfwalkers. He is the protector of an Irish town called "Kilkenny". While the creators admit that he is based upon the historical figure of the same name, he is never addressed by that name in the story.
== History ==
=== Early life ===
Oliver Cromwell is based on the real Oliver Cromwell who by 1650 had successfully quelled insurrections in England and Scotland. He is now come to Ireland to do the same. He establishes himself as ruler of Kilkenny. He wants the forest cleared in order to open good farming land in Ireland for English transplants. When the woodcutters are repeatedly attacked by wolves, the Lord Protector calls Bill Goodfellowe, a wolf hunter, from England to come and deal with the problem.
== Role in the Film ==
== Personality ==
== Trivia ==
* This Character is based on Oliver Cromwell, an English General who lived during the English Civil War, but since the artists took liberties on the historical figure, he is only referred to as the "Lord Protector", a title that Cromwell claimed for himself in 1653.
* In real life, his financial rewards for hunting wolves led to wolves being driven to extinction in Ireland in 1786. Because he dies much earlier in this story and it concludes with a large wolfpack under the guidance of four Wolfwalkers, it creates the possibility of an "alternate history" where wolves still exist in Ireland.
* There are some comparisons between Oliver Cromwell and Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's the Hunchback of Notre Dame as these two share a few similarities in common like believing their vile and cruel actions are accordance to the Lord's will and wants to commit genocide against wolves and gypsies due to believing their presence are against their religion and prove to be both irredeemable in the end though only difference that Cromwell only shows remorse for failing in his duty but not for his actions while Frollo shows no remorse for his actions at all. Cromwell even remind me of Frollo by his actions that are the same to Frollo's a little bit.
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