Alistair

Alistair is a teenage anthropomorphic Gila monster with albinism and the right-hand man of Finch, frequently assisting with their projects and work in NGHQ. When he isn't doing that, he's off causing chaos across all of the Ashlands and finding brand new places to explore.

## Appearance

Alistair is very tall, being well over seven feet by the time he was sixteen. He looks much older than Finch does when standing next to him, despite them being ~40 years older.

His skin is incredibly tough and a pure white shade, with small pearl-shaped bones covering the area from the back of his head to the back of his tail. Like most juvenile Gila monsters, he doesn't have any splotches on his skin...yet! He wears a dark purple hoodie, ripped jeans, and is always carrying around a heavy metal pipe strapped around his back. His right arm is missing after an incident with a friend from another company.

He has very sharp and tough teeth, and the back of his jaw contains the glands that store his venom. Due to his slow movement, he isn't much of a threat, but his venom is impressively strong and can take out grown adults if he isn't careful.

## Known Personality

Once a timid and quiet man, Alistair has become far more extroverted since he joined National Geographic. He has an affinity for getting into danger, loving to run out and explore the Ashlands against Finch's wishes. He also eats pieces of rubble if left unsupervised, and has a strange fixation on rocks.

After spending time in Locus, he developed a hero complex, and wants to take down evil and right wrongs that he finds amongst his new home. This works both for and against him, and is the reason why his body is scarred and slow. Even so, he loves to go outside and fight "crime."

## Lore

Abandoned by his parents at a very young age, Alistair was picked up by Finch and taken into their care. This was done to study his venom and potentially raise him as a scientific assistant. Despite this, Alistair doesn't like regarding Finch as his parent and prefers calling them "the doctor."

During one of Finch's many portal-related experiments, Alistair ended up falling into the portal what would eventually lead him and Finch both into Locus. It is unknown how long they traveled before finding National Geographic. Since joining National Geographic, Alistair has taken a liking to Barold and often encourages him to join him on his many expeditions throughout the land. These expeditions have proven to be very dangerous, but Alistair tries his hardest to bring Barold along anyway.

## Relationships

### Finch

Without Finch, Alistair would have never been motivated to become a powerful hero like he hopes to be. That being said, Alistair has gone on a rebellious streak since being granted the freedom of NGHQ. Despite this, he still loves Finch and sees them as a great scientist and...okayish guardian.

### Barold

Barold is, without a doubt, Alistair's favorite member of the Geographic family. He sees a great potential for an adventuring partner in him, and frequently begs Barold to go explore Locus with him...to little avail, just because of how dangerous shit is out there, but he tries his best. Basically they're like that "Aren't you tired of being nice?" image of Peach and Daisy but more innocent

### Lo

The only NGHQ employee that Alistair trusts is Lo, a girl around his age who works as a journalist. okay i'm gonna update this when i make lo her own page sorry