Thumbless

Lovell (by Bo)

Bullfinch (by Tomas and Bo)

Subject 1 (by Tomas)

Kid (by Camilla)

Little One (by Bo)

Mio (by Tomas)

Vincent Hällberg (Older Brother)

Subject 2/"Niklas" (Younger Sibling, *deceased*)

Subject 3/"Tindra" (Younger Sibling, *deceased*)

Anita Modig ("Adoptive" mother)

Vildhamn Church (Vildhamn island) [*formerly*]

Thumbless or lovell is the protagonist in Uriah. The identity of Uriah was forced upon him by Anita, for the most of his life Thumbless thought that "Uriah" was his name. He has has no existing legal documentation or name. He still has no legal name but in episode 109 after Lovell had re-lived a lot of memories while unconsius, bo gave him his own name, Lovell.

## Appearance

Thumbless is a 15-year-old boy of short physique. He has round grey-indigo eyes and thick eyebrows like his biological mother, Kristin, and bright red hair like his biological father, Tomas. His hair is styled in a bowl cut, resembling the late Uriah. However, he later on cuts his own hair to gain his own idenitity and break free from being Uriah. Like his brother, Thumbless has the word 'MURDERER' engraved on his back and he is missing the thumb on his right hand.

In his most recent appearance he wears a white crop-sweater with blue sleeves paired with an orange vest and black joggers. He wears long football socks, and two mismatched shoes. One white sneaker with red details on his left foot, and one black slide shoe on his right foot.

## Personality

Thumbless is initially quiet, withdrawn, and distrustful due to living alone with Anita for so many years - without having contact with the outside world. He was very sheltered during his time with Anita, and this causes him to become both curious, and afraid of the outside world; as he would hide and stay silent whenever people knocked on their door. He has low self-esteem due to factors such as his inability to read and cluelessness about the world. As Thumbless regains his memories, he becomes more impulsive and angered at times when facing things he doesn't understand, or can't remember.

The voice inside his head is depicted as Uriah; as the representation of all the suppressed guilt, trauma, and anger caused by the environment he grew up in. He eventually realizes this and confronts these suppressed feelings, causing the illusionary Uriah to disappear. Thumbless is trying to break free from the identity of Uriah, and find his own identity, however his ties to Vincent and the Hällberg family, conflict with his goal.

## Relationships

### Anita Modig

As a young child, Thumbless was given to Anita by Bo after Uriah's death. She was to to take care of him in exchange for having Bo bury her son on holy grounds, and under the condition that Thumbless would not exist anywhere outside of Anita's house in order to protect him from his biological family.  When Anita first adopted Thumbless, he was afraid of her due to his abuse from Tomas. He was almost considered to be feral; as he was mostly non-verbal and would hiss at, and bite Anita. Anita treated Thumbless as if he was Uriah by giving Thumbless his toys, and enforced the idea that his name was 'Uriah' and that he was eight years old - despite being four years old at the time.

Thumbless is aware that he is not her biological son, but still sees Anita as his mother and refers to her as his mom. As he grew older Thumbless grew suspicious of Anita. He was unsure if his family really was dangerous, and often wondered what the outside world was like. Anita taught Thumbless how to sing, but he stopped singing with her as he got older because he was embarrassed. Thumbless would often sing songs about the outside world and finding love, and would feel bad when he found out that Anita was eavesdropping. After Thumbless' encounter with Vincent and experience with the outside world, he realizes that Anita was protecting him and breaks down into tears; regretting ever leaving the house and doubting Anita.

### Bo

Bo met Thumbless when he was a child, and Thumbless became attached to Bo as he would often shield Thumbless from his family's abuse. Bo secretly disproved of Project Bullfinch and ultimately wanted to protect Thumbless from his family. Because Thumbless was so young when they met, he no longer remembers who Bo is, but instead partially recalls his name. He states that Bo's face isn't familiar, but his voice is, and recounts his "soothing voice", "friendly touch", and "safe embrace". Thumbless states that he sees Bo as a dad, just as how Anita became his mom. It is revealed that Bo had given Thumbless the name, Lovell, prior to Thumbless asking him for a name, and despite Tomas's warnings about growing attached to him.

### Kristin

Kristin is Thumbless' biological mother. He does not have much memory of her, as he was quite young when he was taken away from his family - however, he does recognize her as his mom when Vincent kidnaps him. When he was young, Kristin would often yell at Thumbless for getting in her way. She has no attachment to Thumbless; as she birthed him solely for Project Bullfinch, and never cared for his well-being when being abused by Tomas and Vincent. She later carves the word 'MURDERER' into Thumbless' back and tells Vincent to get rid of the evidence. Thumbless doesn't acknowledges Kristin as his mother, and instead acknowledges Anita as his mom. It is likely that Thumbless picked up his habit of yelling "(GO) AWAY!" from Kristin.

### Nathalie

Thumbless is wary of Nathalie when they first meet, grows attached to her after spending time with her. He becomes distrustful of her and Liam when he realizes that they were lying about their identities, but recognizes they must have had a reason to and forgives the two. They become closer after Nathalie consoles him about Kristoff mixes Tomas' ashes with Anita's. Thumbless trusts Nathalie deeply and asks her to stop him if he ever loses control of his temper. It is implied that Thumbless has a crush on Nathalie.

### Vincent

Thumbless does not have many memories of Vincent; as he was very young when he was taken away from his biological family. When they lived together, Vincent would frequently abuse and bully Thumbless; even biting his cheek at one point. Vincent would often invite Thumbless to 'games' where he would hurt him, and Thumbless tried to ignore him and retaliate against him.

### Tomas Hällberg

Thumbless was born into the Hällberg family for the sole purpose of a snuff project, created by Tomas under the name of 'Project Bullfinch'. Tomas and Kristin never gave him a name, stated that by doing so they may grow attached to him. Thumbless does not acknowledge Tomas as his father.

## Trivia

* Thumbless can't remember his name because he was never given one
* Thumbless recalls his age as 19, and birthday to be August 13th, however this is proven to be untrue later on and is due to Anita's influence
* Bo states that even the family cat was given a name, but Thumbless did not receive one
* According to Bo, Thumbless has asthma
* The name Lovell, was given to Thumbless by Bo and means 'young wolf'

## References

1. ↑ Episode #42 | https://www.webtoons.com/en/horror/uriah/episode-42/viewer?title\_no=1607&episode\_no=44
2. ↑ Episode #28 | https://www.webtoons.com/en/horror/uriah/episode-28/viewer?title\_no=1607&episode\_no=30
3. ↑ Episode #79 | https://www.webtoons.com/en/horror/uriah/episode-79/viewer?title\_no=1607&episode\_no=81
4. ↑ Episode #61 | https://www.webtoons.com/en/horror/uriah/episode-61/viewer?title\_no=1607&episode\_no=63