Fern (Awful Hospital)

Fern is the main character and primary antagonist in the webcomic Awful Hospital.

Overview
In the intro layer before this webcomic starts, Fern is blue instead of green. More importantly, it is shown that she has a sick son and is willing to do anything to cure him of whatever illness struck him. She eventually wakes up in a place completely alien to her, with her son separated from her, and this webcomic starts. She finds herself in what appears to be a hospital, though it looks far less sanitary at first glance, and this, alongside her missing son, fills her with both confusion and rage. She takes this out on Dr. Phage, who claims to be the head honcho in this hospital while appearing completely aloof in this hospital, and whom Fern blames for her son's absence. She decides to take the matter of finding her son into her own hands.

Interestingly, at this point, her name was not revealed to be Fern, and this revelation would take 433 layers, over a year. Bogleech, the author, had intended to keep her name unknown for much longer, though he later decided to name her after growing attached to her, and this happened after her battle with Balphin. This led to people referring to her as Green Lady or Ms. Green or similar names pertaining mainly to her color. Throughout the webcomic, Fern often seems skeptical and fearful of any new figures she meets. This is understandable, given that she finds herself in a world vastly alien to her own where the rules of reality go against the oens that she knows. This makes her appear hostile and even aggressive to some. Despite this, she can form alliances with those whom she finds less threatening, and even offers to help them with their own problems. It is unknown if she fully trusts anyone in the hospital, though her strong alliances with some characters make it seem like she does trust some of these characters ot some extent or another, and also shows that, despite her own troubling situation, she has a heart to help others who could need her help. This can be seen earlier on with other patients in the same ward where Fern wakes up for the first time, where she finds frightening creatures that appear unreal to her, rather early in the webcomic, as well as in later scenario. When Fern fin