Jerrok

Jerrok un’Rok is a main character in When She Belongs. He is mated to Sophie.

## Appearance

His most notable features are the prostetic parts of his body, an arm, a leg, a foot, an eye and an ear. He has badly healed scar tissues around the most of them.

He is described to be beautiful and young-looking, with long and thick lashes, and thinner features than most mesakkah faces. He has heavily tattoed collarbones and chest and piercing on the nether regions.

## Personality

He is wary of people he doesn't know and tends to come through as caustic and biting on first impression.

With Sophie he is soft and likes to cuddle, he is also quite possessive.

## History

Ex-soldier, he comes from a very low upbringing (his mother lived in a station) and he always had to fight to survive. He was drafted into the army at a young age since his family name is considered

During the threshian war, he is captured as a prisoner of war and he ends up losing three of his limbs during torture (he often suffers of nightmares). He’s eventually rescued after the war ended and was given cheaply made prosthetic limbs for his arm and legs; which causes him daily pain

He ends up on a abandoned station on an asteroid and he lives there as a ship scrapper, never leaving unless for the few trips to nearby station where he wears a disguise and has an alter ego, Lankham os'Riit, a junker.

### When She Belongs

One day, the Va Sithai brothers came to his station in order to ask a favor of him. They needed a place for Sophie and the carinoux; Sleipnir to stay for a few weeks while they searched for The Buoyant Star. At first , he tried to turn them down, but seeing that Sophie had no where else to go; he unhappily took her in. Both he and Sophie were unhappy about being stuck with each other in the beginning; Jerrok especially since he had no idea she also has a carinoux with her, and they started off very hostile towards each other. As weeks passed, however; they began to bond over their pass trauma and enjoy their time together while scrapping ships (and making love in between scrapping). He also comes to care for Sleipnir since Sophie loves the creature as her own pet. Eventually,

Eventualy, Jerrok realizes he loves Sophie and wants her to stay, but isn’t sure whether she feels the same for him or want a to leave once the brothers return to retrieve her. After getting a visit from The Jabberwock crew while also finding out the brothers have gone missing, Sophie and Jerrok admit their love for each other and decide to stay together on his station.

Jerrok went with Sophie, Sleipnir and The Jaberwock to retrieve The Little Sister from V’tann. While looking for clues on the ship, the couple and Sleipnir get overpowered by V’tarrians who snuck aboard in order to steal the ship. During the fight, Jerrok tore off his cybernetic arm to use as a weapon and managed to defeat the V’tarrians. After the fight, Zoey informed the group of the secret message left on a bathroom mirror that was discovered by Sophie which spelled out the name Lord Straik sa’Rin. The Jaberwock decide to go continue the search while Jerrok and Sophie head to Three Nebula station to replace his prosthetics and then return to their home.

16 months later, Jerrok throws a small birthday party for Sophie and has Methiah bring her a female baby carinoux as a gift for Sophie as well as a companion for Sleipnir. Sophia takes Jerrok into a separate room then share a private moment of love making; both feeling happy and it’s where they belong