Arlo Finley

> *"May your journey to the afterlife be merciful!"*
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**Arlo Finley** is one of the main characters of the Vesalius Project. He is the only child of Patrick Finley-Walsh and Anna Finley, as well as a student at the Vesalius Institute.

He, along with the other Chosen Ones, found the Ancient Artifacts in the catacombs below the institute after receiving detention on the first day of class. He is the current wielder of Lusartius.

## Appearance

### Normal

Arlo is a lean, pale man with a youthful appearance. He has green eyes and messy dark green hair with slightly long bangs. He has a pair of fangs and freckles that are dotted throughout his body. As a clumsy and carefree person, he is often covered in some scrapes, bruises, dirt, and dust.

Hidden underneath his clothes are a pair of large, black bat-like wings with a couple of holes in them.

His school uniform consists of the black blazer, pants, shoes, white Oxford shirt, and a green tie.

## History

### Past

Arlo was born as the only child of a common family, both of his parents human. He was the only child born because his parents were afraid that more of their children would be vampires. They lived on the outskirts of a wealthy neighborhood heavily populated by vampires. His family moved there because, as two human parents of a vampire, they knew that Arlo would stand out in a regular neighborhood and they simply wanted him to fit in. He was often teased and physically bullied by the other children in the neighborhood because of the fact that his parents were human. A particularly awful incident led to him letting out his wings to attempt to escape, but he was grabbed before he could escape and they were ripped out. His parents showed no remorse, getting him fitted with bionic wings, but were constantly ashamed to be seen around him. They enrolled him in the academy in an attempt to “turn him into someone they can be proud of.” However, their neglect and disgust towards him led him to finally running away from home to live on his own, where he lives happily surrounded by neighbors that he has befriended.

### Current

#### First Year

On the first day of school, Arlo received detention for accidentally tripping the headmistress, resulting in both of them getting concussions.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Ariaric Finley

Arlo's grandfather, Ariaric, is the only member of his family who he has a close relationship with. Despite his death shortly after the war, Arlo's ability to speak with the dead allows him to maintain a close relationship with him. Having been rebuked by his parents, Arlo finds solace in his grandfather's company and finds himself able to go to him for advice or simply to share about his day.

#### Patrick Finley-Walsh

Arlo has no current relationship with his father after having run away from home. Influence from his parents and wife are what led to his neglect of Arlo. For most of his life, he held no strong opinions toward vampires, but Anna giving birth to one forced him to choose to either defend Arlo and lose his family, or neglect him and keep his other familial relationships.

#### Anna Finley

As with his father, Arlo has no current relationship with his mother. Anna resents her parents, and especially Ariaric, for keeping her vampire heritage a secret from her and this is part of what fuels her disgust toward Arlo. She is ashamed to have given birth to someone who belongs to those who, in her eyes, betrayed her.

### Other

#### Aurora

Arlo's pet ball python. After Arlo ran away from home, he missed having some sort of companionship so he brought in Aurora. In his free time, he crafts tiny hats for her and posts pictures of her wearing them to her verified Instagram account: “@slinking\_beauty”

## Abilities and Powers

### Mediumship

Arlo has the ability to talk to the dead, but has to speak out loud in order to communicate with them. He uses this ability to help the deceased be at peace in the afterlife.

### Weaknesses

Most of Arlo's weakness come from his vampirical nature, though due to his partially human genetics, not all of the weaknesses of vampires apply to him.

* Silver - can harm but not kill (similar to an allergy)
* Garlic - can harm but not kill (slightly worse than a peanut allergy)
* Fire - set a vampire on fire (confirmed to kill)
* Wooden stake - a wooden stake through the heart (instant death)
* Decapitation - instant death

The following weaknesses of vampires do not apply to Arlo: Sunlight, Holy water

## Trivia

### Likes

* Arlo *loves* counting things, more than normal for vampires, due to his biological urge mixed with his love for collecting random things. It's off the *charts* how much he loves counting.
* His favorite store bought brand of blood is Blood PackTM and his favorite blood type to drink is AB-.

### Other

* Arlo is in major denial about his need for glasses during the day and is adamant that he can see just fine when it is clear that he cannot.
* He is afraid of olives.
* Prefers to drink organic donated blood, and finds the blood served at the cafeteria in Vesalius to be tasty. His least favorite is Blood for SuckersTM because they don't offer enough variety and he thinks the taste is too high in iron.
* He does not have a blood type himself.
* Not very good at accessorizing.
* He has killed at least one person.
* Arlo does not own a hairbrush.
* He has accidentally swallowed a penny more than once.
* Arlo has gone through many "phases" in his life including a stoner phase and an edgy phase.
* Although he doesn't care too much to label his sexuality, he would fall under the bi/pan general vicinity.
* He once wrote that he wanted to be a leech in the middle ages on a future goals worksheet that a counselor gave him.
* His first year class schedule is as follows:
	+ Period 1: Alchemy 104: Making Potions that WON'T Kill You
	+ Period 2: History
	+ Period 3: Science
	+ Period 4: History 300: The Great War
	+ Period 5: Math
	+ Period 6: Astrology 111: How to Read the Stars
	+ Period 7: Botany 101: How to Forage Properly and NOT Die When in the Wild
	+ Period 8: Home Ec/Survival