If you are just now reading this thread, you have to read the whole thread to understand what the heck is going on.
Sorry :/
Feron was assigned as the leader for what goes on in the clockworks, by Ozlo.
Feron is in Operation: Crimson Hammer. He leads the assault, since a knight scout found out about it, to his dismay. He is in that room before you face Seerus. Obviously, he is "injured" or whatever, and cannot move to help you fight Seerus. Now, of course, he has Gremlin bodies near him to supposedly show that he "killed" them. But the bodies were proven (in this one thread) to be WAY too close to Feron in order to have been killed by him. First of all, he is injured, so he couldn't have dragged them near his feet himself. His weapons would have obviously caused knockback, throwing the gremlins far from where they supposedly died. He had to have had SOMEONE drag the bodies for him. Who that someone is, I would also like to know. Perhaps another traitor of the Spiral Order working with Feron. But I believe it was Seerus.
The following above paragraph is explained in great detail in this thread, and this thread deserves full credit for this discovery: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/48346
Feron was actually talking to Seerus, of course, which is why the gremlins that you fight in the room right before Seerus let Feron run by and talk to Seerus quick. Why else would there be monsters in a room before a boss on the same depth? The perfect distraction. My first guess is that Seerus dragged the gremlin bodies near Feron to cover for our leader. Take a look at the description of Dark Retribution:
"The perfected version of the shadowy bomb that Warmaster Seerus engineered with the sole purpose of eliminating other gremlins that stood in his way. It is thought to have been reserved for use against other members of the Crimson Order."
Hmmm. So Seerus uses a weapon for the purpose of killing gremlins of the Crimson Order. This means that he HAS Gremlin bodies around. SOMEWHERE. He used those gremlin bodies to help out cover for Feron quickly because that dang knight (you) managed to clear all of the gremlins guarding Seerus and Feron from their meeting. Obviously, they did not think hard enough and failed at covering this up.
Now, why did Seerus and Feron meet right before you kill Seerus? Well, Feron was surprised to find out that we (the knights) managed to clear out most of the place. He hesitated at the last depth, and had to quickly tell Seerus to be prepared. How else could Seerus magically just start exploding the room after he died??? So he can cover up the secrets. Secrets that would expose Feron, which would need to be destroyed if he were to be defeated by the brave knights. This is why you notice the explosion after Seerus dies does not affect you. The explosions set off by Seerus after you defeat him are not meant to destroy you: only the secrets.
This is the proof that Feron does in fact work with the Crimson Order. Remember, the only reason OCH was given light to us is because some scout, the only explanation, discovered a ton of freaking weapons and freaked out and told everyone instead of just Feron since he was freaking out.
But you cannot just be a "traitor" for no reason. Feron actually want to help the Spiral Order. Just in a different way. He believes that the best way to get the energy from the core is to make an agreement with the gremlins. Our way (the players) is to slaughter them until we reach the core. Feron is more of a diplomat than a leader, obviously.
Feron found out about Gremlins early on when we landed on this planet. Captain Ozlo assigned him to lead us on our expeditions through the clockworks and see if we can solve this mess. Of course, we haven't seen much of Captain Ozlo, now have we. Since us knights are assigned w/ Mr. Feron, he is basically our real leader of us. He has the real say in what goes on in the clockworks.
He knew that the only knights that stood in his way were us. The other knights, including himself, aren't really..... fighty. They're weak, and we are strong. Why else would we do all of the dirty work for them? If there were knights to go about trying to extract power from the core in non-peaceful ways, it is us. We are his only threat, and the gremlins started to notice that we were their only threat as well. Feron cannot submit and make agreements with the gremlins with us around, and he is going about solving his issue the wrong matter: silently making us eliminate ourselves. He went about this two ways.
1. Strong knights tend not to be the smartest. Set up Project Roarmulus with Seerus's help because there has to be a reason for us to go there (oh noes, germlins b trying to destroy the Havens! OOOOH NOOOOO!). Seerus perfectly designs the Roarmulus Twins. How are two giant gun puppys going to destroy Haven? Extend a super long neck that just happens to land in the center of Haven, ultimately crushing it? That is complete nonsense. The twins were designed one facing another, extending up to a platform that contains a puzzle. Puzzles. The one weakness of strong but stupid knights. Trick the knights into thinking that there is a threat towards Haven, and get them in there to fail at a Puzzle. Obviously, Feron underestimated our smarts, and the knights solved the puzzle (because you know, the devs couldn't make an unbeatable puzzle for certain reasons..... and no strong knights being dumb is a stereotype).
2. Strong knights tend to have giant egos and want to show off their skillz Let the bloodthirsty knights kill themselves for fun. (Of course, since we don't play a video game to just die and have to give up, we revive after dying in Lockdown). An arena, no other better way for knights with huge egos to prove themselves by slaughtering other knights, right? And who could benefit more than Feron. Get Krogmo to open up his blast network for us, and have us willingly die trying to prove ourselves.
Does this make Feron truly bad? His intention is to help us, and he understands that we might be wiped out if we resort to violence against the Crimson Order itself. It's the gremlins' home planet. They would be more than capable of wiping us out right now if they felt like it... but Feron is keeping us from being destroyed. He is the diplomat, making sure there exists some type of peace between the Spiral Order and the Crimson Order.
Feron must be a spy from the Society of Disguised Gremlin Socialites(SDGS)! Ready the heavy artillery! Man(/woman) the boundaries! Muahahaha... >:3