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Kron, though he fills the role of an antagonist, wasn’t intended to be a villain, as his supervising animator, Eamonn Butler has stated.

“What interested me about Kron was that I didn’t see him as a villain at all. (…)

I kind of saw him as a fallen hero. I found anchors for the character that I could envision. Here’s a guy who’s lived in fear most of his life: always on the run, living in fear of terrifying creatures, being forced out of his home, always moving. What would you turn into? Kron has had to become tough to survive. 

He is also the biggest, strongest, best-looking guy in the herd - the alpha male - but it’s a constant struggle for leadership, because he’s always being challenged for that position. So not only does he face threat from the external predators, he’s facing a constant challenge to his position from withing the Herd. 

So here’s a guy who lives in a very hostile environment. Everywhere he goes there’s a challenge and a threat. So I gave him this determination. If he has to get the Herd somewhere he’s gotta get them there no matter what - even if that means sacrificing some of the weak. I thought that made him strong but fallible. To me that was heroic in its own way.”

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*Source*

Kurtti, Jeff. (2000) Dinosaur: The Evolution of an Animated Feature. New York, NY: Welcome Enterprises, Inc. pp. 89.

Character development art of Kron was made by David Krentz