My name is Ferrum. I was the first, born of the forges, when mankind first began to experiment with iron. I rose from their imagination, from their ambition to conquer the world with a metal that could slice through bronze like paper. I was there when the world started to shift, when humans took their first steps out of the Dark Ages into civilization. For many years, I thought I was alone. But mankind is never satisfied. Others came, risen from these dreams of a new world.. Then, with the invention of computers, the gremlins came, and the bugs. Given life by the fear of monsters lurking in machines, these were more chaotic than the other fey, violent and destructive. They spread to every part of the world. As technology became a driving force in every country, powerful new fey rose into existence. Virus. Glitch. And Machina, the most powerful of all. Julie Kagawa
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The name Ferrum is a Latin word meaning "iron," and the name for this particular fey is a reference to the fact that she was a mechanical creature, a mix between machine and living creature. The idea of gremlins was more of a cultural phenomenon in the United States, but in some other countries, such as Finland, gremlins were more commonplace. In general, the fey are creatures from folklore and myth. In modern times, they are often seen as an embodiment of technology gone wrong.

They were not always seen as being powerful or dangerous, but rather just the opposite: harmless and cute. Perhaps this is because many people have a hard time grasping how technology can go wrong. There's a misconception that technology never fails on purpose, but rather a mistake is made by a careless person or organization. When this happens, it's very easy to blame the technology itself instead of the people who use it.

Source: The Iron King

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