Aaron Liares

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## OOU information

### Novel debut

Chapter 1

**Aaron Liares** *(アーロン・リアレス, Āron ria'resu.)* is the primary protagonist of the Republic Zero series. He is introduced in Arc 1.

His personal callsign is **Python**.

He is a soldier in the Unification Army and a memeber of Task Force Spearhead. Currently he is ranked as a Rank 1 Blue ribbon. He is renound as being an expert marksman with a perfect track record.

## Appearance

Aaron's parents were a Jasma and a Hilt, he has the Lime green eyes of the Jasma but due to some effect of his father's chimera genome, his hair color became a dark brown instead of either of his parents' natural haircolor. Aaron has a fit but balanced physique, his body is toned but not overtly muscular, he is also quite tall.

Aaron is seen in a variety of casual clothes throughout the book, but he most commonly wears the standard UA uniform, complete with his personal insignia depicitng a green python snake, as well as his medal and duty ribbon.

* During Arc 6 in Skirmish of Miami, Aaron's eyes gained a slight neon yellow tint due to him assimilating Jen's Zeta blueprint and gaining the race aspect of the Topaz.

## Personality

On the inside, Aaron is an incredibly kind and respectful, if not a little hot-headed, person. He rutinely goes out of his way to help others and makes sure the people around him are safe and happy before worrying about himself. But at the same time, he is extremely paranoid and treats people coldly and somewhat rudely as a defense mechanism against betrayal.

* He has a soft spot for his sister, he treats her extremely gently and she is his sole source of comfort a good majority of the time.

### Mental health

Aaron has severe PTSD and depression from his time in Camher. He sometimes has episodes of hearing voices from his past, most often from the Al-Hummal massacre. These fits often lead to him vomiting and passing out.

Later on his mental health declines even further with him beginning hallucinate a twisted version of Grace Aguilar who judges his actions during the finale arc of Skirmish of Miami, this seems to eventually subside however as the last his last hallucination of Grace seems to be a more friendly and encouraging version of her, closer resembling the real Grace.

## Background

Aaron was born on July 7th 1997 SSY/505 NWY in Havana, Cuba in the Caribbean Federation to an as of yet unnamed mother and Adelmo Liares. He supposedly was introduced to his current best friend, Jonas Garcia, at a very early age due to their fathers' friendship. When he was 3 years old, his sister, Ciara Liares, was born.

When Aaron was around 5 years old, a strange woman he called Aunt Natalie was introduced to him by his father as his aunt, he supposedly spent a lot of time with Natalie before she suddenly dissapeared sometime later.

Aaron went to school in Havana and studied until highschool, where he dropped out at 17 and joined the Caribbean National Guard along with Jonas, there he served the mandatory two years, before enlisting into the ranks of the FMC. His father (Supposedly) died shortly there after and his mother remarried a week later, leaving Aaron alone with his siter at the age of 19.

Due to his employment in the FMC, he was able to get affordable housing in Varadero, where he shortly after moved with his sister as well as Jonas who meved into a different appartment.

Later in 2018, Aaron had advanced to the rank of Novice. In January that year, Aaron was drafted into the Maritoban liberation war, where he fought for the next 8 months before returning.

During Aaron's deployment, his sister seemingly moved out of their shared apartment and began looking for a job. She eventually found one after Aaron had come back, but it turned out her boss had only hired her for her body, and raped her. This led to Aaron employing the help of the FMC in killing his sister's former boss, and disposing of the body.

Later in 2021, Aaron was once more ordered to deploy into a war, this time to Camher. He stayed there for approximately 3-4 months with nothing much of note happening, until the very end. Aaron, with his close friend and commanding officer Grace Aguilar, went on a two week long expedition into their enemy's, the Federation of Pyran's territory. They eventually came across the small village of Al-Hummal, where they encountered a sizeable enemy force. This led to a bloodbath which ended with Aaron going into a flow state and killing almost the entirety of the village's population in a blind rage. He has suffered lasting mental scars from this event.

## Abilities

### Combat skills

#### **Martial arts**

Aaron seems to be skilled in at least one form of martial arts as he can hold his own in hand to hand combat. Such as when he was able to fight off three thugs simultaneously in Siblings.

#### **Expert marksman**

Aaron is an extremely skilled sharpshooter, he is deadly accurate and able to hit targets from significant distances. He is ranked 7th in the Caribbean Federation and 39th in the entire world in terms of accuracy.

* **Trajectory prediction:** Aaron seems to also be able to predict an enemy's trajectory, he can hit a moving target just as easily as he could a still one. In Chapter 38, he was able to deliver a successful shot into the shoulder of Eve the Autonomous before even seeing her.

### Race powers

#### **Chimera - Assimilation**

Aaron, due to the genetics of his father, is a half Chimera. As such he has the Chimera's power of Assimilation. By ingesting the blood of another person with Zeta, or rather the Zeta blueprint of a person, he is able to gain some of their attributes. Mainly their Race ability.

#### **Topaz - Clear Twilight**

In Arc 6, Aaron ingested Jen's blood and gained the ability of the Topaz, Clear Twilight, which grants the person advanced Night vision which allows them to see in the dark as clearly as they would in the day.

### Zeta

Aaron can use Zeta, his aura is the extremely rare and dangerous Crimson color, which means unending hatred. He has an extremely high potential for zeta, but in comparison a dangerously low affinity, meaning that he has trouble controlling his zeta and he is easily sent into a destructive and uncontrollable Flow state.

Aaron's mental image is that of bloodflow and a bleeding, slit wrist.

#### **Deflection**

Aaron is able to use the deflection aspect of Zeta by creating an outflow with his aura, generating a sort of protective forcefield. Due to his immense potential, his deflection is actually quite effetive, such as when he was able to survive a near direct hit from Lyza's G.O.D.

#### **Amplification**

As of Book 2, Aaron has been shown to be capable of using the basic form of Amplification, meaning using his Zeta to amplify his fist in order to make his strikes more powerful. His Amplification, even in its basic, non Crimson Flash form, has been shown to be dangerous due to his immense potential. But as Aaron still lacks full control of his Zeta, he does not seem to be able to channel his full potential into his Amplification yet.

#### **Flow State - "Crimson Wrath"**

Aaron has the ability to go into a Flow state, a Zeta induced state where the user's body fully or partially controls itself, making it seem like the user is flowing through combat. It is implied that unlike Third, Aaron cannot willfully go into a flow state, but instead he seems to require an outside trigger, this trigger being the sight of blood. This blood can be from his friends, such as when he went into a flow state for a short period after seeing Abigail get shot, or his own, such as when he slit his own wrist in Chapter 49.

#### **Modified techniques**

Aaron can modify his Zeta to create unique techniques to use in combat, he seems to lean towards the Tasū (多数) fighting style, where a Zeta user will create multiple specialized techniques instead of a single versatile one such as Killian's Volt.

##### **Crimson Flash**

Crimson Flash (クリムゾンフラッシュ *Kurimuzonfurasshu)*, is Aaron's first modified technique. It seems to be a form of Advanced Amplification technique where he will pour a large amount of Zeta into his fist in order to deal more damage. When he uses Crimson Flash, the aura around his fist will shine bright red and take on the form of a Higanbana (ヒガンバナ), or Red Spider Lily, once his fist strikes a target the petals of the flower will scatter into a shower of red confetti, a reference to the extremely fragile petals of the flower. The extent of the damage this attack is able to deal is as of yet unclear, it is also unknown whether he can use it outside of his Flow state.

##### **Crimson Fake out**

Crimson Fake out (*クリムゾンフェイクアウト, Kurimuzonfeikuauto*) is Aaron's second modified technique. He created it spontaneously while fighting the Black Whisperer. The beginning of the strike plays out much the same way as Crimson Flash, but as Aaron goes in to hit, instead of following his fist, the Zeta instead manifests behind the target, creating a disembodied crimson fist which will strike the target with almost the same force as Crimson Flash.

## Battles

*Main article: List of Battles*

Aaron Liares Battles

**A gun for hire**

* Aaron Liares vs Street Thugs
* Aaron, Jonas, Frans and Benjamin vs USFIU
* Aaron Liares and Jonas Garcia vs USFIU

**Overseas Obligation**

* Aaron Liares vs Frans Spark
* Aaron Liares vs Jen Stuart (Compound)
* Aaron Liares vs Jen Stuart (Beach)
* Battle of Flagler street

**War Worthy**

* Spearhead Company vs Legion 1
* Aaron Liares vs Killian Diehard part 1
* Aaron Liares and Jen Stuart vs Sixth (Street)

**The Prowling Eagle**

* Aaron Liares vs FRA guard
* Aaron Liares and Jen Stuart vs Sniper
* Aaron Liares vs Rudy
* Aaron Liares vs Sixth
* Aaron Liares and Jen Stuart vs Sixth (Rooftop)
* Aaron Liares vs Reiner Stuart

**Laying down the Claim**

* Task Force Spearhead vs Fourth
* Gabby Barren and Aaron Liares vs Fourth
* Aaron Liares and Abigail Braun vs FRA troops
* Aaron Liares and Frans Spark vs Nemesis O'Brien
* Aaron Liares and Frans Spark vs Lyza Sternhart
* Aaron Liares vs Killian Diehard part 2
* Aaron Liares vs Killian Diehard part 3
* Aaron Liares vs Killian Diehard part 4

**Foreboding Fantasy**

* Aaron Liares vs Ren Frantz

**Race down the Railway!**

* Aaron, Reiner, Gabby and Frans vs the Black Whisperer
* Aaron Liares vs the Black Whisperer
* Aaron Liares and US forces vs Rusvaal forces
* Aaron Liares and Jonas Garcia vs Ronbun Yoshio

## Quotes

* > **“Damn, well I can’t let him die after that display.”** ― To himself, after seeing Ollie's courage in the battle of Flagler street: Book 1, Chapter 15
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* > **“I agreed to have Ciara here and work with you on the condition that she would only be a civilian worker. If you bastards put her in a dangerous position, like fighting the Dawn fucking Eagles. The US will be the least of your worries.”** ― Threatening Helena, after learning of Ciara being selected as a candidate: Book 1, Chapter 16
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* > **“What kind of sci-fi bullshit is that?”** ― To himself, after seeing Killian's ability for the first time: Book 1, Chapter 19
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* > **"Just die already."** ― To Killian, after defeating him for the first time: Book 1, Chapter 19
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* > **"I'll use everything."** ― Aaron's catchphrase.
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## Trivia

* Aaron's last name, "Liares", is completely fictional. The author came up with it randomly while writing the first chapter of Book 1 and thought it sounded spanish enough.
* Both Aaron and Ciara originally had dark green eyes, but the author forgot about it and wrote them as Lime green in a later chapter. Later after returning to the first few chapters he noticed the mistake, but liked the lime green version more, so he officially changed the eye color to Lime green.
* Aaron's height, 191cm, is the same as the author's height. This is so he could more easily write how Aaron would look at people of different height's than he is.
* Aaron can speak fluent spanish, it is rarely mentioned in the book except for an author's note in Chapter 8 and when he speaks to Frans in spanish briefly in Chapter 45
* Aaron carried a Solicitor P12 handgun for the first Arc of Book 1, but this gun is never seen again as he uses a newer Solicitor P21 model supposedly provided to him by the UNIA, and in Book 2 it is never mentioned either. Presumably, he either sold or lost the P12 at some point during the timeskip between Book 1 and Book 2