In the 1950s, Farder Coram saved Serafina Pekkala from drowning in a lake. The witch was being attacked by a large red bird, which Coram shot before he realised it was another witch's dæmon. Serafina told him he could call on her any time he needed her. At some point, Coram was shot by a Skraeling. Pekkala healed him. Coram and Pekkala had a son. However, the young boy fell victim to an epidemic and died.