Arlo Mikalsson

> "*Lana...I’m not THAT special!*"
> ― Arlo’s final words to Lana before her death.
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Arlo is a resident of Anthropolis. He was one of the few characters Lana would confidently talk with.

## Arlo Mikalsson

### Relatives

Lives with his parents. (see Astrid Mikalsson)Doesn’t appear to have any siblings

## General information

### Appearance

As he is a new character, he doesn’t have an illustration as of yet. He is designed as a slightly beige and rather skinny anthropomorphic rat with a slightly darker shade of beige-brown hair with dark eyes. He would most likely wear a red hoodie, also owning a ring locket after Lana’s death, and a red chain after meeting her ghost.

He‘s around the same height as Maira Lorelei, and Eline Verlegen.

### Personality

Arlo is noted for being rather sarcastic. He doesn’t take anything too seriously and will crack a joke at any opportunity he gets, provided it’s not a place where he absolutely has to be serious. As he is one of the few characters Lana warms up to, he appears to be very approachable.

After Lana’s death, it’s understandable he’d lose this part of his personality, becoming increasingly reclusive. In the aftermath of the incident he would refuse to sleep or eat, but after he meets Lana’s ghost he begins going back to his old self as he still has his girlfriend back in spirit. He also begins to wear a red chain around his wrist, as the ghost does.

Strangely enough, the Verlegen family are, despite most of them having a degree of social anxiety, all able to chat freely with the Mikalssons. The reason for this is unknown.

## Relationships

* Lana - Arlo’s girlfriend. After she died, her ghost joked she was unofficially “dating” Arlo still, despite him tearfully not believing it was possible. They became friends when they were about eleven or twelve.
* Melanie - A friend that attended the same primary school as Arlo. She met him soon after she moved to Anthropolis (about seven years ago) and, while she spends increasingly more time with other friends, she's still as close to Arlo as she used to be.
* Nightingale - Seemingly, an acquaintance of Arlo’s. He met it after it appeared to re-introduce Lana (in spirit) to him and the others. As Nightingale was a fellow ghost it was understandable that it would meet the rabbit.

## Trivia

* Darkest Blossom has no clue how Arlo’s relationship with Lana will change in the next decade. At this point, Arlo would be 25, and Lana biologically 14.
* Arlo would most likely never totally lose contact with Lana’s ghost.
* As is the case with Niran and Kannika, Arlo is based off a real person. \*However, it is exceedingly obvious in Arlo’s case, who he’s based off of.
* If he lived in the real world, he would be English of Swedish descent, hence his surname.
* Three years ago, in Arlo’s first year, there were rumours around the school that he has a crush on his best friend, in part spread by Lana.
* Many of his quotes, including the one at the top of this page, are inspired by the real life person Arlo is based on.
* Owing to the fact he’s heteroflexible, there may well have been a truth in the matter.
* As he’s not finished growing, his final height will be around 5’11”.
* According to Lana, he's only ever once work an outfit that had no red pieces of clothing, when he went to a school concert to watch Melanie and her band. He was formerly in said band.