Ferrum

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Ferrum is a bouncer, line cook, bartender, dishwasher and whatever else his boss makes him do for the Devil’s Hole, a bar out on the piers of a small town in east coast USA.

Appearance

Ferrum pretty much looks the same as his human disguise in Judgment, but is 10 years younger, and is a lot more relaxed and cheerful.

Personality

Ferrum is a chill, laidback individual who did a lot of terrible things in his youth but did all he could to make up for it and forgive himself. While he’s kind and sociable, he can be highly sarcastic and a little emotionally mature. He won’t take anyone’s shit and won’t let people get away with their horrible behavior, but he’s also very sympathetic and protective of those who were as unfortunate as he was. He does, however, like to watch people do stupid shit so they can learn their lesson. He has a big soft spot for children, especially his nephew Tersus, even if he can be a little mean to them.

History

WARNING: Brief mentions of hard drug use, alcoholism and slur reclamation.

Born James Gregory Faleola McCoy, Ferrum is originally from central lowlands Scotland and is the son of two mothers, Sean (“ma”) and Crystal (“mum”), and the oldest of his three siblings Fiona, Ashley, and John. His family has been living for several generations in Scotland, but much of his cultural identity as a Tongan has been erased due to cultural assimilation. He doesn’t really care much about it either way, and simply identifies as Scottish to everyone.

Since he was a child, he was rowdy and outgoing, and has been calling himself a proud bisexual faggot since then. He was heavily influenced by his carefree alcoholic mum, so he was always getting into trouble and making the wrong decisions for the fun of it. He had the capacity to be kind and affectionate, and sometimes he was, but he felt it was always funnier to rattle people instead since he lacked the emotional maturity to express himself better. He was academically intelligent, however, but he also has ADHD, so paying attention to his studies was near impossible due to how easy and tedious things became; he had the capacity to excel in school, but felt it was all meaningless. He never went to university after finishing secondary education, much to the chagrin of his ma who wanted him to do something better with his life since most of their family was poor and never went to university.

Unfortunately, in his adulthood he made more terrible decisions that got him into a bad crowd when he moved to the US with his sister Fiona, who eventually kicked him out for his behavior. It only got worse when he met his girlfriend Sarin and moved in with her. They had a horribly toxic relationship where they committed all sorts of crimes, did all kinds of drugs, got into fist/knife fights, and broke up several times then immediately made up afterwards. He also relished in causing drama and betraying those who expressed even a little bit of dissent towards him. He was, to describe it succinctly, a very awful and pathetic man who only cared about indulging in his vices in order to hide the pain from his failures.

His mum only encouraged him to continue having “fun”, and he rarely listened to his ma’s harsh but well-intentioned warnings. This led to a cycle of depression, drug abuse, and alcoholism, and eventually it got to the point where he got into heroin and meth. Sarin, who started cleaning up her act at the time, eventually found out and told him to come clean with her or she’ll kick him out. He didn’t listen, and ended up living in his car for a while since all of his “friends” turned their backs on him out of apathy. With nowhere else to go, he went back to his sister, who reluctantly took him in on the condition that he clean himself up.

He was a former shell of himself when she took him in, and it took him a long, arduous 5 years to get his act together. Fiona wasn’t the kindest to him since she simply didn’t know how to handle the situation, but he felt like he needed the tough love. The biggest reason he wanted to improve his life was because he didn’t want his nephew Tersus, who his sister was still carrying at the time, to be around someone who could negatively influence him. He had also matured during the time he was recovering, and finally realized his mum only encouraged all of his bad habits; he slowly talked to her less to avoid relapsing, which did happen several times, and then eventually stopped talking to her all-together, only keeping up with his ma’s updates of her. He struggled to keep a job for more than three months, but eventually he’d remain in one long enough to support himself better.

Nowadays, Ferrum is still much of a rowdy self-identifying punk but he’s more mature and kind. He got into drag for fun, and went back to school to get an associate’s degree in computer science since that was always his interest as a kid; he also met his boyfriend Laius there. He now lives with him and his other future boyfriend J(oseph). He somehow landed a programming job at a tech company, and while it made him a fat paycheck, he absolutely hated everything about it so he left after a year and is now working at a bar called the Devil’s Hole while doing programming help on the side.

Trivia

• Ferrum’s nickname comes from some video game he played as a kid, and it stuck ever since. Most people call him his nickname despite knowing his real name, which is so plain that people forget it anyways.
• Ferrum’s facial scars are a combination of wounds from knife fights and a fall at the playground when he was 10.

James McCoy

Information

Name	James Gregory Faleola McCoy
Nickname(s)	Ferrum
Age	30 (August 6th ♌︎)
Height	6’4″ / 1.93m
Gender	Male (he/him)
Personality	Laidback, kind, intelligent, immature, overly sarcastic
Likes	Hands-on activities, programming, makeup, doing drag, his boss
Dislikes	Tech culture, his shitty job, cleaning, losing his temper, sleeved shirts, Furbies, Funko Pops