Iron

Iron, real name Ronald (Ron for short), is a regular Drimare from Soarite, born in Bonemaw and currently living in the Rem Forest.
He was Zelly and Blade's roommate before eventually moving back with his adoptive guardian Atomus. He enjoys assisting with Atomus' work and is even a mechanic apprentice, but his dream is to become a pianist like his mother. As such, him and his partner Blade often play and sing together.
Aside from this, he also enjoys helping his adoptive brother Rust with his workshop, as well as reading comic books, drawing terrible manga and watching human anime.
== Appearance ==
Iron is 171cm with an average strong build. He has brown skin and darker brown hair styled in a side cut, he has hazel green eyes and his right eye is covered by his bangs due to him being blind from it. 
He has an upside-down triangle-shaped soarite crystal above his chest, which keeps him alive due to a terrible accident in his childhood that almost took his life. Said accident was what also took his vision from his right eye, as well as his right arm and horn, the both of these having robot-like replacements in their place.
Most times, Iron can be seen wearing a visor, which artificially grants him vision on his blind eye. On rare occasions, he might opt for wearing an eyepatch instead, or nothing at all if he's comfortable enough.
His right horn is metallic and flexible, moving much an animal's ear at times, and is divided into sections to allow for this movement.
This horn will glow a faint teal-blue colour if Iron attempts to use his psychokinetic abilities. His left horn remained untouched, previously having a white colour, but due to his contact with soarite crystals, it has adopted a soft teal tint to it.
He wears a futuristic-looking black and white suit with teal accents, white in the front and black on the back, black pants and white boots.
== Personality ==
Imagine if a geek and a jock had a baby because that's what Iron is like.
At first sight, Iron appears to have a friendly and energetic demeanour. He's light-hearted, goofy and loves his friends and family unconditionally, being very protective over them.
Despite his energetic appearance, he is actually very polite and mild-mannered, usually having no trouble keeping a cool head when dealing with stressful situations.
When dealing with strangers, he will be soft-spoken, kind and willing to help if needed, but he can be a bit naive and has no problem intentionally playing dumb in order to avoid certain uncomfortable situations.
However, when with friends, Iron's a lot louder and energetic, especially when accompanied by his best friend and boyfriend Blade, who's a particularly bad influence (In the best way) on him, he can become quite the prankster and troublemaker.
Aside from this, Iron is also very invested in his interests, being particularly enthused by anime and manga. 
However, he is self-conscious of this fact as he has been made fun of it in the past while at the same time, being able to infodump on any poor soul that dares ask whether he prefers subs or dubs. (It's subs by the way.)
His biggest passion is music as he's an aspiring pianist due to this mother who taught him as a child. He mostly plays the piano, but he also really enjoys the keytar. 
He has a hard time feeling or displaying any anger, usually accumulating resentment over time instead. He's very forgiving and tends to close himself off when angered, knowing himself to be quite verbally merciless and aggressive once he snaps.
Past experience with friends, and particularly his brother, caused him to be quite cautious with his anger and words.
When asked about his family or current guardian, Iron will grow tense and attempt to change the subject. He prefers to avoid conflict at all costs, but he has no trouble fighting back when he finds a situation unfair. 
However, he can be a bit of pushover when his friends are involved, usually backing away from situations whenever one of them is trying to create conflict with him, becoming quite anxious in the process.
Despite all this, he tries his very best to always keep a smile on his face, due to having been not as kind in the past, he sees it as his sworn duty to always be optimistic and there for others.
== Abilities ==
Being a regular Drimare, Iron has no special abilities he was born with. However, his body modifications, particularly the soarite crystal in his chest, have granted him psychokinetic abilities as side effects.
His powers are very weak compared to most psychics, he is capable of raising certain small to medium-sized objects with his mind and even bend mental if he tries hard enough, but this often causes him a lot of strain, especially if he hasn't done it in a while, which makes him prone to headaches. 
Due to his body modifications, Iron also has increased stamina and is quite physically strong, but he refuses to credit that to his mods and would rather believe it's all-natural to him.
== Relationships ==
=== Atomus ===
adoptive guardian and friend
they've had a lot of ups and downs, but they're generally in good terms
But Iron still has some trust issues
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=== Rust ===
adoptive brother who he loves a lot
He teases him a lot but is also really protective over him
They used to hate each other at some point, but things ended up working out
Iron is kind of paranoid about upsetting him sometimes and feels horribly guilty for how he treated him when they were younger
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=== Zelly ===
Close friend and ex gf, they didn't work out for various reasons, mostly repressed gayness
They were kinda awkward after breaking up but now almost act like nothing ever happened and are really good friends
They're kind of embarrassed over having dated and prefer to pretend like nothing ever happened
He's a bit self-conscious about dating her brother but is grateful for her understanding
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=== Blade ===
They met as young teens and become inseparable best friends and trouble makers ever since
Textbook case of heavy mutual pining and "What if he doesn't like guys? :(" thoughts taken to an extreme
His best friend (AND BOYFRIEND) who he also loves a lot and would 100% kill for
an angry bastard who he totally wasn't secretly crushing on and being all like "I love being straight and I love my best friend Blade, we're bros :)"
dumbasses *bawls*
Iron was crushing on him for a lot longer than he's willing to admit and kinda got pissed off when Blade confessed to him after he was already moving on which resulted in a bunch of contrived sequence of events that got them dating eventually.
They're absolute bastards in public but go very soft for each other when in private
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=== Steam ===
Cool friend who likes the same jokes he does
Mostly his partner in crime when it comes to seeing who can annoy Rust the quickest, he was one of the first people she met when moving in so they get along quite well
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=== Malice ===
Thinks he's a freak, wants him to stay away
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=== Lahyt ===
Lahyt is just a local forest ghost who has approached him a few times in his walks. He doesn't mind her as much and will strike a conversation at times, but he can't help but feel unsettled over her being a ghost. At least she's harmless enough.
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=== Ether ===
they spoke like once
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=== Angela ===
more deceased friends :(
They were really close
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=== Takeshi ===
Childhood friend from Soarite, I haven't figured out exactly how or why they met but they did
Pretty sure they speak exclusively in japanese
== Backstory ==
THIS IS A DRAFT JUST SO I CAN GET A BASIC IDEA OF IT. Currently on dubiously canon territory because introducing Takeshi shifted things around a bit as far as the childhood section goes
Iron was born to a simple family in Bonemaw. His father was absent, and his mother was a pianist whose shows provided for her and her son.
They would travel often and Iron would always tag along with his mother. He had aspirations to become like her one day and she taught him on their free time from a very young age.
One of her shows was in Soarite and they eventually made their way into the large city, taking the means of transportation available. However [really bad and gruesome accident probably involving getting run over by vehicles maybe idk, I haven't figured it out yet] happened, causing his mother to pass away and Iron to become partly mutilated. He lost his right horn and arm as well as his vision on his right eye.
He was unconscious for most of this, being taken to a hospital in Soarite to get help. He had lost too much blood and was thought to have no chance of survival, but not before one of the doctors made her way to him and demanded that they operated on him immediately.
Iron woke up later, dizzy and with a strange feeling in his chest, only to find a strange teal coloured crystal on his skin, but this was nothing when compared to the panic he felt upon noticing his missing horn and right arm, memories of the gruesome incident with his mother flashing in his mind.
His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed one of the doctors coming in, he didn't know this, but she was the one who demanded for him to get operated. She was ecstatic when she saw he was alive and well, but also apologetic, lamenting the passing his mother.
The thing in his chest was a soarite crystal, which empowered him, allowing him to heal quicker. It was an experimental treatment created by that doctor herself, that they hadn't yet used on actual patients. Unfortunately, this couldn't bring his horn, nor his arm back, nor his mother.
Ron was panicking and crying, his mother was gone, he didn't have any close family members and he was stuck in a town he knew nothing about, and most of all, he was the reason his mother was dead.
Angela comforted him as best she could, saying he'd be redirected to her brother and some others who would work on creating a new arm for him. Then saying she'd be checking in on him to make sure everything was okay.
Ron was grieving but stayed in that hospital while being treated, he was now an orphan and knowing that no one was going to be there for him just made him depressed, he was no older than 7 at the time.
He had bonded with both Angela and her twin brother Atomus who was working on his arm over the weeks. He was seen as a miracle survivor and got some unwanted attention because of his state.
After his treatment was done, Angela offered to adopt him so he could live with both her and her brother, and he was quick to accept, being terrified of the idea of being sent to an orphanage.
As such, he was adopted into their family, but always kept his mother in his memory. He grew up with them, happily helping around with their work in what he could. He ended being mostly closer to Atomus, whose job was more mechanically inclined, while Angela was often busier with her career.
Iron adored his guardians unconditionally but was never aware of the grudge held by one of the siblings.
Blah blah blah yadda yadda exposition
Out of jealousy, Atomus sabotaged one of Angela's works, but it turned out it didn't go as planned and a large accident happened, involving an explosion or smth idk
The accident resulted in Angela's death and everyone was shocked, specially Atomus lol
Iron was also pretty shocked and freaked out but never suspected Atomus of any ill-doing, neither did Atomus come out to admit to his crime despite how guilty he felt. Somehow idk this literally just occurred to me, but Iron found some document thing or smth that made him realize that someone had sabotaged Angela. And he soon realized that Atomus was at fault, so he confronted him.
Things didn't go well as Iron was so mad and heartbroken that he just fled from home, being no more than 13 years old at the time. Soarite was a huge place, but Iron didn't feel safe one bit, he just wanted to go as far from him as he could, so he decided to travel away, where he wouldn't be found. On the other side of the sea there was Coperton, the steam-powered city, but beyond that, it was a mystery, but Iron saw no problem with this, he was used to travelling, this wasn't going to stop him.
He travelled beyond Coperton, he was beyond terrified of what Atomus had done and grew anxious of crowds, being anxious by how much he stuck out. Beyond Coperton, there were only woods, but the roads were always leading somewhere, so he walked and walked.
In the Dream Dimension, all the roads lead to one place.
The Rem Forest.
Iron felt absolutely lost, but he found solace in the loneliness of the forest, compared to the overwhelming crowds he had grown used to, he would much rather stay safe and alone. Although used to the comfort of a home, he didn't mind living outside, making his home in some ancient ruins.
== Trivia ==
* He was named Iron because of him originally being a full robot in his early concept made in early 2011, Iron being (duh) a reference to metal.
** Scratch that, he was named 1R0N because of me thinking a name being written with numbers would make him sound more futuristic and not tacky whatsoever.
*** I scrapped this because people kept calling him "One Ron" and also it was really stupid lol
* Despite their similarities, Iron was not inspired on Cyborg from Teen Titans, tbh I didn't even know who that was until much later on.
** I do, however, always cry a little whenever I see the Teen Titans Go design since they have such a similar colour scheme
* His real name being Ronald came later after his development lead me to ask the question "Who names their kid 'Iron'?"
** It also came from Iron's nickname being Ron, which is also a common nickname for Ronald.
* He's had the most amount of redesigns of all my characters, being currently on his 6th one.
** And even his past designs were under constant revisions, I just can't win with this guy.
* Iron is of Afro-Asian ethnicity (Or the Drimare equivalent of it, because race within Regular Drimare is a weird concept anyway).
** His mother tongue is English but he does speak some Japanese, both from his family and from living in Soarite for so long.
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