Ferroq
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Ferroq is a fictional character from the The Legend of Zorro. He was played by Raul Mendez. Ferroq had served as a butler and a loyal henchman for Count Armand. For the most part he was a very silent man who only spoke when necessary, and was always ready for a fight, armed with a switchblade of unique design: two elegant, overlapping crescent blades, sharp enough to gut a man with ease. According to the "Legend of Zorro Movie Novelization" (by Scott Ciencin), he is quite a sick character who quote: "has the desire to "take one's blade and unzip another person from throat to groin" (referring to Elena de la Vega, Alejandro/Zorro's wife). Ferroq serves Count Armand for, when young, he was attacked by a group of three knife-wielding thugs, and the Count, also young at the time, had interveined and risked a stabbing to save Ferroq's life. Armand had given him the choice to either: a) work for him, serve him, be ever-faithful to him (as it turns out his family had for generations, and that's the only reason the Count jumped into the fight) or, b) live a life on the filthy streets of back-alley Paris. Armand believed Ferroq was forever destined to call him "master", because, after looking back into the de la Fere history books, he found references to Ferroq's ancestors and had spent much effort trying to find him.
[edit] Story
Unlike Count Armand, Ferroq spent most of his time lurking behind the scenes, but he would attend to his master's every whim when needed. Wherever Armand went, Ferroq wasn't very far behind. To most, he was just a simple butler. But in the eyes of the De la Vegas, he was a deadly assassin. After Elena's true identity was discovered, Ferroq made sure that all possible means of escape were covered. He is the one who actually uncovered the plot, by following the pidgeon Elena sent to the Pinkertons. Killing the pidgeon and bringing the bodies of the Pinkertons back to prove his point, he convinced Armand of his near-fatal error and plotted to trap Alejandro's ex-wife. He then escorted her onto Armand's train, while Jacob MicGivens took care of Zorro. When Zorro escaped death and boarded the train as well, Armand gave Ferroq the command to kill Elena and her son while he took care of the intruder.
[edit] Prevention
Ferroq pursued Elena and her son to the end of the train, but Zorro's son managed to escape with Elena's help. Elena then went back into the train only to face Ferroq. There was a fierce fight inside that one car. Elena managed to keep herself clear of Ferroq's switchblade. She even managed to knock it out of his hand for a moment. Ferroq acted swiftly after Elena disarmed him. He pulled a metal chain with a spike ball out of his coat pocket, and then tried to kill her with that instead. After Ferroq recovered his deadly switchblade, Elena got the upperhand. She took a bottle of Nitroglycerine and held it in front of her. Ferroq did not attempt to run her through because of this. She then kicked him in the chest, stuffed the bottle into his pants, and knocked him out of the train. Ferroq landed in a circle of Confederate troops, who were going to transport the Nitro to the east, and all of them blew up in a violent explosion that shook the entire desert.
