Aaron

* Current
* Candus

Lieutenant Colonel Aaron is the leader of the 21st Starry Forest Squad Battalion and Catherine's father. His wife died shortly after giving to Catherine and raised her by himself. He was in charge of the Candus City garrison where he was known to be kind and charismatic leader but completely changed after losing Catherine. After losing his only daughter, Aaron develops a deep hatred against NED Company and the SoulDregs. After an conscription order was placed to defend Grace City, Aaron ignores the order and continues his work to eliminate all SoulDregs. The Starry Forest League sees Aaron as problem and the Lords send Veneris Raged to make a deal with him to gain his cooperation. He was in charge of the Starry Forest League's investigation into Dipluce Horizon and the SoulDreg Queen but failed when Luna Nox escaped. He originally expected to be executed after Dipluce Horizon due to his disobedience but the Lords eerily let him go easily. He is the current commander of the Starry Forest Squad in the Grace Western Forces.

## Background

Most of Aaron's background is currently unknown. Around the time of the Great Void, his pregnant wife became sick and was rescued by Jin Seipatsu. Thanks to Jin's help, she was able to give birth to Catherine but died sometime shortly after. Aaron recalls that before his wife died, she gave a ribbon to Catherine: the one that she would constantly wear. Some years later, he was separated from Catherine due to the Great Void but manages to reunite with her again sometime after. It is unknown if Aaron joined the Starry Forest League after losing Catherine initially.

He is known to be a kind person due to taking care of orphans after the Great Void such as Shade and became the leader of the 21st Starry Forest Squad Battalion. Catherine was known to bother him a lot since she often demanded to assist him as a SoulForcer. However, her poor ability with SoulForce ends making Catherine a nuisance for the Starry Forest League and a bother for Aaron. He is well acquainted with several members of the Starry Forest League such as Miriam, Benjy, Toru and Seoni. After the Starry Forest League identified the location of the SoulDreg outbreak, Aaron was sent to Candus City to find the source of the incident but was unable to advance any further due to the sheer number of SoulDregs. The garrison was being slowly overwhelmed and he prepares to retreat from Candus City. After the arrival of the SoulWorker, his plans change and the Starry Forest Squad is able to control the outbreak. He is protective of Catherine and tells her to not leave the garrison. After he discovers that she leaves the garrison, Aaron tells Luke III to be her guard. When Catherine is infected with enhanced pike, Aaron makes no effort towards expending the possible resources to save her. After Catherine's death, Aaron becomes a changed person only seeking to completely annihilate the SoulDregs. His behavior becomes obsessive and he begins to lose the trust of his troops due to the risky operations he began to start. He refuses to assist with the assault force on Firestream Battalion during the Grace City arc. During the advancement quests of certain characters, he becomes angered that the SoulWorker tells him to forget about revenge and changes his opinion of the SoulWorker who he now believes only considered Catherine to be a brief acquaintance.

As the situtation with Grace City grew dire, Aaron ignores the conscription order and continues with his quest to eliminate all SoulDregs. Because of his stubbornness, the Lords send the SoulWorker and Veneris Raged to convince him to help with Grace City. He agrees to help after obtaining information about Henryk and the SoulDreg Queen and agreed to help after the conclusion of the Dipluce Horizon operation.

During the construction of the transporter, Aaron orders multiple suicidal missions to the Starry Forest Squad in order to hasten the progress of the transporter. His actions drew the ire of Chloe and multiple Starry Forest soldiers. Due to the dissatisfaction of several members, Aaron decides to execute the dissenters for disobedience. Unknown to Aaron, Shade secretly hid one of the dissenters, Greywell, and he eventually starts a rebellion against Aaron. Initially, Aaron did not care about the dissenters and focused on the mission but decided to hunt the traitors after he discovered that they stole his locket: a memento of Catherine. After Shade nearly dies after retrieving the locket, Aaron realizes his errors and begins to return to his former self.