Alden Dedrick Vacker

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**Alden Dedrick Vacker** is a part of the Vacker family and married to Quinlin. Previously, he was married to Della, who he has three children with. He also used to be a Councillor, before he realized that it was too stressful and he couldn't handle the job. Alden also has a history of his mind breaking, which has happened multiple times.

He identifies as male and gay.

## History

### Childhood

Alden was born to Horacio and Katya Vacker, the younger brother of Nikita. He was friends with Quinlin. Because of his parent's influence, he grew up to be homophobic.

When Alden was around two years old, Katya took him to visit a specialist, as she noticed Alden was learning in different ways and didn't act like most children (and also didn't talk at birth, which is a strong indicator of autism in elves). The specialist told Katya that her son likely had autisim, and to come back another time. However, Katya never came back, and instead did her best to "discipline" Alden into behaving "normally."

During Foxfire, he and Quinlin dated secretly. However, they broke up after Nikita outed herself and Alden during an argument, and Katya forced Alden to break up with him. Quinlin crashed Alden's first Winnowing Gala, and they never really spoke after that. After the Winnowing Gala, Alden got to know and started dating a girl named Rose, if only to please his parents. Obviously, they didn't last very long.

### Adulthood

Alden Vacker married Della, despite being gay and not having any romantic feelings for her. He had three children with her: Alvar, Fitz, and Biana.

Quinlin and Alden were assigned by the Council to work together and train to be cognates, which ended after they broke Prentice's mind together. They still exchanged words every now and then, but for the most part didn't speak often.

### Universe 2 timeline

On April 30th, 2022, Sophie kidnapped Alden to give to the Neverseen in the hopes that by infiltrating it, she could get Keefe back. This plan did not work.

When the Council decided to expand and add three more members, Alden was elected and made a councillor, along with Livvy and Cadence.

His last death was caused by Gethen, who kind of went insane and tortured Alden to death. Eventually, he was revived in the mass revival, the one with the side effects.

When the Council needed to decide whether Alvar would be put back in Exile or if he would be put in a mental hospital and rehabilitated to be fit for society again, it was nearly a tie. The final vote came down to Alden, who broke down under the pressure. On one hand, he didn't want to condemn Alvar to suffer in Exile again. On the other, he didn't want to be biased and he wanted to do the right thing. Pair that with all the stress he was already under, plus everyone staring at him, he finally broke down and started crying in front of everyone. Quinlin led him away and helped him calm down. When Alden returned, he voted for Alvar to go into the mental hospital, breaking the tie.

## Relationships

* **Della (platonic spouse)**

Because of his internalized homophobia, instead of marrying who he wanted to, Alden married Della instead. He never really had any romantic feelings towards her. However, the two are very close friends, and Alden even chose her to be his person of honor at his wedding.

* **Alvar (son)**

Obviously they don't have the best relationship, seeing as Alvar would gladly torture Alden if he was given the chance. He even assisted in one of Alden's deaths when he kept himself and Alden vanished on top of Tribunal Hall.

* **Fitz (child)**

When Fitz came out as bisexual, Alden made homophobic comments, causing them to fall out. After Della talked to him, they made up. The two had a rocky relationship over the following months. Now they have a fairly healthy father-child relationship.

* **Biana (daughter)**

* **Nikita (sister)**

The two are fairly close to each other.

* **Quinlin (husband)**

Alden and Quinlin started dating in Level 5, but after Nikita accidentally outed herself and Alden in an argument with her mother, he was forced to break up with Quinlin.

Some months after the Vacker family therapy thread was created, Alden stopped pretending to be straight and the two got back together again. They've had their ups and downs, but it's obvious that they both love each other very much. They are now married.

* **Kesler (friend)**

* **Horacio (father)**

* **Katya (mother)**