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{{character
|died=killed by [[Khriss]]{{book ref|ws3|2}}
|profession={{cat tag|scholars|Anthropologist}}
|ethnicity=Darksider
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[White Sand]]
'''Jon Acron''' is a professor and
== Appearance and Personality ==
Acron has dark skin, shoulder length black hair with a receding hairline, and a mustache with a small goatee. In Volume 1 he wears a white coat except for in one frame where he wears a black coat.{{book ref|ws1|5}} In Volume 2 he wears white, grey, and purple coats. In Volume 3 he is only seen wearing purple coats.
He has a somewhat haughty personality. He thinks he is better than so-called primitive peoples and often comments to that effect.
{{quote
|Either that or he thinks he died and his god has a very odd sense of humor, Duchess.
|Jon Acron{{ref|text=In this scene the speech bubbles are switched around, Acron's bubbles are given to Cynder and vice versa}} to [[Khriss]]{{book ref|ws1|3}}}}
== History ==
=== In the Desert ===
Acron travels with Duchess [[Khrissalla]], fellow Professor [[Cynder]], and [[Baon]] to visit [[Dayside]] ostensibly to find [[Gevin]] and the [[Diem|sand mages]]. Acron and his party find [[Kenton]] unconscious in a tent near the area of the [[Kerla]] that the [[Diem|sand masters]] were massacred. They awaken him and he shows them how to find water from the [[dorim vine]]s, and then guides them to [[Kezare]].{{book ref|ws1|3}}
=== In Kezare ===
After an eventful journey during which they were attacked by [[Kerztian]] assassins, they arrive in Kezare. Kenton and the group then part ways, Kenton heading to the Diem, and Acron and the rest of the group going to the Darksider quarter, [[Lonzare]]. Acron picks up a trinket, a Kerztian headband, while passing through the market.{{book ref|ws1|3}} Later he comes to Khriss while she is alone to try to make her suspicious of Baon.{{book ref|ws2|2}} Soon after Khriss confronts Baon, who admits to have been working for the [[Dynasty]] and leaves the group.{{book ref|ws2|6}}
When they move into the [[Diem]] Acron carries Khriss' suitcase and she admonishes him for not being careful with it. To which he replies:
{{quote
|I'm no Baon, my lady. I'm ill-equipped for such heavy physical labor.
|Jon Acron to Khriss.{{book ref|ws3|1}}}}
In the conversation that follows, Acron laughs off the possibility that either he or Cynder could also betray Khriss, calling it preposterous. Afterwards Khriss gives [[Gevin]]s pistol, which she received from [[Nilto]], to Cynder to use to guard her since Baon is no longer around to do so. Later when Khriss and Kenton get attacked in the restaurant, Acron uses the pistol Khriss gave Cynder to save her life. Afterwards when Khriss confronts him asking why he has the gun and not Cynder he claims to have taken it from Cynder for her safekeeping:
{{quote
|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.{{book ref|ws3|2}}}}
Afterwards he seems to be in a state of shock, and [[Aarik]] tries to comfort him. But when Khriss goes off with [[N'Teese]] to see Nilto, Acron stammers a mumbled excuse and runs after her. Aarik notes that it was an oddly quick recovery.{{book ref|ws3|2}}
Later, when Khriss confronts Nilto at the docks and reveals him to be Gevin, Acron pulls out a gun and tries to kill Gevin, revealing himself as an agent of the Dynasty on a mission to kill Gevin. Baon then reappears and pushes a crate of fruit onto Acron knocking him over. While Khriss and Baon are speaking Acron reaches out to the gun that was knocked from his hand and fires, grazing Baon on the arm and knocking him over. Khriss and Gevin scatter and Acron chases Khriss. When he catches up to her, Khriss uses a crane to knock Acron off the pier and to his death in the harbor.{{book ref|ws3|2}}
== Quotes ==
{{quote
|'''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.{{ref|text=In this scene the speech bubbles are switched around, Acron's bubbles are given to Cynder and vice versa}}{{book ref|ws1|3}}}}
== 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.{{ref|name=typo}}
== Notes ==
{{17s ref|name=typo|post|466778|White Sand Volume 1 Typos|date=27 July 2016}}
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