Jon Acron

Jon Acron
by Nabestse Zitro
Died	killed by Khriss
Profession	Anthropologist, Assassin
Groups	Dynasty
Ethnicity	Darksider
Homeworld	Taldain
Universe	Cosmere

Jon Acron is a professor and anthropologist from the Darkside of Taldain. He is an assassin working for Skathan, ruler of The Dynasty.

Appearance and Personality

“No running water, no carriages, no theater! How quaint!. ”

—Jon Acron

Acron has dark skin, shoulder length black hair with a receding hairline, and a horseshoe mustache. He most often wears a purple duster-length coat, often with a white vest and puce necktie. He has a somewhat haughty personality. He thinks he is better than so-called primitive peoples and often comments to that effect.

History

Acron travels with Duchess Khrissalla, fellow Professor Allstren Cynder, Baon, and their Elisian soldiers to visit Dayside, ostensibly to find the sand mages. He discovers a Kerztian merchant in the port of Dosha-Har'Ken that speaks Dynastic allowing them to purchase supplies when Professor Cynder has difficulties communicating with the locals. Acron is perplexed at the mixed indications of the technological level of Dayside when he notices a lack of what, in his view, would be basic technology combined with evidence advanced understanding of some technological accomplishments like pneumatics. Acron and his party find Kenton unconscious in a tent near the area of the Kerla that the sand masters were massacred. They awaken him and he shows them how to find water from the dorim vines, and then guides them to Kezare.

After an eventful journey across the kerla, during which they were attacked by Kerztian warriors, they arrived in Kezare. Kenton and the group then parted ways, Kenton heading to the Diem, and Acron and the rest of the group going to Lonzare, the Darksider quarter. Acron bickered with Cynder while they waited outside of Loatan's "office" during Khrissalla's meeting. Acron and Cynder remain in Lonzare while Khriss attempts to meet with the Taisha.

“I'm no Baon, my lady. I'm ill-equipped for such heavy physical labor.”

—Jon Acron to Khriss.

Later he came to Khriss while she was alone to try to make her suspicious of Baon. Soon after Khriss confronted Baon, who admitted to have been working for the Dynasty and left the group.

When they moved into the Diem Acron carried Khriss' suitcase and she admonished him for not being careful with it.

In the conversation that followed, Acron laughed off the possibility that either he or Cynder could also betray Khriss, calling it preposterous.

“Yes, for safekeeping. Which is to say your safekeeping. But Cynder can be such a cack-handed oaf that I thought it best if I... bring it.”

—Jon Acron to Khriss.

Afterwards Khriss gave Gevins pistol, which she had received from Nilto, to Cynder to use to guard her since Baon was no longer around to do so. Later when Khriss and Kenton were attacked in the restaurant, Acron used the pistol Khriss had given Cynder to save her life. Afterwards when Khriss confronted him, asking why he had the gun and not Cynder, he claimed to have taken it from Cynder for her safekeeping.

Afterwards he seemed to be in a state of shock, and Aarik tried to comfort him. But when Khriss went off with N'Teese to see Nilto, Acron stammered a mumbled excuse and ran after her. Aarik noted that it was an oddly quick recovery.

Later, when Khriss confronted Nilto at the docks and revealed him to be Gevin, Acron pulled out a gun and tried to kill Gevin, revealing himself as an agent of the Dynasty on a mission to kill Gevin. Baon then reappeared and pushed a crate of fruit onto Acron, knocking him over. While Khriss and Baon were speaking, Acron reached out to the gun that was knocked from his hand and fired it, grazing Baon on the arm and knocking him over. Khriss and Gevin scattered and Acron chased after Khriss. When he caught up to her, Khriss used a crane to knock Acron off the pier and to his death in the harbor.

Quotes

Acron: "I wonder what kind of city it will be, professor. "
Cynder: "The kind where men of learning get shot at by savages, I would hazard, Jon. "
Acron: "Now remember, my esteemed friend- a true man of learning retains an open mind! "

―Jon Acron speaking with Cynder.

Trivia

• In White Sand Volume 1 Jon Acron and Cynder's speech bubbles are occasionally misattributed, particularly when they converse with one another. Noting the clothing of the speaker and context of the quote is required to catch these mistakes. For example, Jon wears white in most of Volume 1, though in at least one frame their clothing was switched.
• In the Omnibus Professor Acron is shown in some scenes with some combination of chin hair - either a soul patch or goatee. A shaven chin with the horshoe mustache seems to be the most predominant image.

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