Andrew Wellington

**Andrew Wellington** was a roboticist, the founder of Wellington Robotics, and the creator of Chris Wellington and various other androids. He was a co-founder of Alchemilia Corporation, along with Bea Arsene and Gabriel Arsene I.

## Appearance

Andrew was a red-haired man who had bright green eyes and stood at average height. He usually wore formal clothing such as a blue suit with black slacks. He donned the regular green Alchemilia Corporation uniform during his time as an employee there. After establishing his own company, he used a uniform of blue jumpsuits and wore this design often throughout his last years.

## Personality

Andrew was an intelligent and inquisitive man. He was also insecure, causing him to be short of patience. He preferred running his own company and proved to be a quite benevolent boss. However, regardless of his accomplishments, he saw himself as a failure. He was always trying desperately to succeed in any aspect, but this proved impossible since he never saw anything he did as a success.

## Biography

Andrew was born on Xerus 38th, 5954 AT to Christopher and Diane Wellington. Growing up, he was increasingly interested in robots, especially humanoid ones like androids. He would watch movies and connect to the robots rather than the people. His parents considered him to have a genius IQ, but Andrew was under the assumption he could not do anything with his intelligence. However, this changed when Andrew received a scholarship to Thompson University, one of the most prestigious universities in Thales.

At Thompson University, Andrew took a variety of interesting classes, including Biology and Computer Science, meeting a woman named Lilian Vernon in the former and a man named Gabriel Arsene in the latter. Andrew divided much of his time between his new friends, choosing to often walk with Lilian in the park, and to discuss class content with Gabriel. The two men formed a strong friendship that would last for years, continuing even after they graduated from Thompson. The two had a major disagreement when Gabriel revealed his feelings for Lilian to Andrew, but this quarrel simmered.

In 5978 AT, Andrew and Lilian got married with Gabriel as Andrew's best man. Andrew got a job as a toy salesman with hope to one day achieve his dream of having his own company. However, it became much harder than he initially expected, so he instead began to work on his handy skills and technological expertise. In 5980, he and Lilian welcomed their first child, Hailey. In 5985 AT, they had a son, Chadwick.

In 5987 AT, Gabriel reentered his life, asking Andrew for help in restarting his company, Alchemists Co. Andrew was ecstatic and gladly took up the offer. Along with Arsene's sister, the trio reformed the company as Alchemilia Corporation. Andrew contributed to many of the major projects and weapons first designed by the company, but found there was something he was unable to crack: how to create fully functional robotic companions. When Andrew began using Chadwick for his cybernetic technology, Lilian took the children and left Andrew.

His family separation and his insecurities sent Andrew into a depressive spiral. At first, he was able to cope fairly well, but his productivity at work began to suffer. He began to be jealous of Gabriel and his success. Andrew's insecurity caused him to steal Gabriel's android blueprints and he constructed some of his own. Once Gabriel found about this, the two fought and Andrew was fired.

Andrew was at an extremely low point, but he continued to work diligently on his androids. He decided to make their programming set to taking down the entirety of Alchemilia Corporation — especially Gabriel himself. However, his androids proved to be rather destructive, limiting the amount of trips Andrew allowed himself to take.

In 5993 AT, Andrew made a major breakthrough with finally creating an android capable of thought and sentience outside of his own programming: Chris Wellington, named after Andrew's father who had died a decade earlier. He took note of the successful emotive android blueprint and decided to make an entire company dedicated to making these types of androids. The company, Wellington Robotics, made various products that were used by the general public.

While Wellington Robotics was successful for several years, the Great War brought it (quite literally) crumbling down. Demons and angels had destroyed most of the factories, and the employees of the surviving were making demands for pay raises. Andrew had to sell and close the company down in order to make ends meet.

Hailey was fatally wounded in a demon attack, causing Andrew to isolate himself from the world. One day, Andrew returned to the farmhouse where he hid the original nine androids he had created, though only seven were present as with Cheryl and Charles currently serving as maintenance for the few old factories he had left. Andrew decided to spare Chris because of his value, and he deposited him in a barn down the road.

A fire incident in his laboratory killed Andrew and the remaining six androids. The cause of the fire remains unknown.