Aureliano was Luna’s best friend. He is a pretty noble and honest cat but he can get annoyed and lose interest in something very easily. He himself seems to falsify the stereotype made up by dogs, that all cats are thieves, as he is against stealing. He does seem to have a lot of morals. He also hates cowardice and grows to resent Luna because of it. Both Luna and Aureliano were orphaned kittens when they met each other and they became great friends. Unlike Luna however, Aureliano grew to make even more friends. He did not resent Luna at first but she became very clingy towards him because he was her only friend which, in addition to her cowardice, agitated Aureliano. However Luna only became more dependent on Aureliano to help her when she was in trouble. Aureliano also kind of knew about her crush on him but he simply could not reciprocate similar feelings to her. One day Aureliano had had enough of Luna and scolded her for being a coward. He explained that she wasn’t independent and that she could be very selfish because of her cowardice. He stated that he didn’t want a coward for a friend. Aureliano did feel sad for Luna when she was begging him to stay with her but he felt like it wouldn’t be good for either of them if he stayed with her. Aureliano is the reason Luna set out to be a new cat. Aureliano could also unintentionally be the reason that Luna took up disloyalty. Despite her cowardice and selfishness, she never seemed outright disloyal when she was still friends with Aureliano. However her disloyalty could also come out of fear for her new supposed “friends,” as she believes she could never trust them like she trusted Aureliano. She states numerous times though that she does not like to be a traitor. When she betrays one of her associates, she says to herself “It’s better I betray them before they betray me.” She only says this as a reason to justify her paranoia as well as her disloyalty. Aureliano eventually becomes the leader of a group of cats hoping to create a revolution and take down the dogs who discriminate them. Aureliano’s name means “Golden” in Spanish. ©