Arlo

Arlo got roped into the religion by pure accident when he was sent off to study because he was basically incapable of living in the first due to the fact that he was shockingly weak. So his parents pretended he was a child and sent him to a monastery where the lost goddess found him.

But he didn't want to say anything because he promised his parents he would behave and not give it away, thinking they were going to come back for him but honestly they were glad he was gone because he was not suited to their way of life.

So there he was minding his own business and enjoying the latest edition of the who’s who of classical Eldritch authors when who should come along but an avatar to the goddess telling him he needed to bring her back to the world.

Now mind you, he is an intelligent lad and thought something fishy might be up with all this bringing back the Lost Goddess and all but she had always been nice to him and so he went with the avatar who pointed him in the direction of a ship.

He boards it, the captain takes him for a galley boy and he ends up washing dishes and all the while waiting for another sign which comes when the ship promptly ends up in a storm and he was thrown overboard (just as the goddess wanted), but survived and got picked up by pirates. The pirates thought he was a small elf lad and set him to work once again in the galley.

So then the pirates got attacked just as he finished the dishes and young Arlo was free to join another ship! Quite frankly he was getting a little tired of ships but it was what the lost goddess wanted so he joined the Wiley crew and awaited the next sign from the Lost Goddess.

Arlo has made many close friends, in particular Pooko, Kelpie and Clunk have been able to withstand the oddity that is Arlo. This has given him a sense of family, yet as they continued their search for Big Slappy, Arlo has heard the call of the Goddess more and more frequently. His naivety has slowly warped into something darker, as he has been exposed to more and more suffering he has begun to embrace the winter of the Goddess. Desperate to not lose the remainder of his hope, he has let himself embrace the energy of death and become her avatar.

However, this has led to Arlo being determined more than ever to find the Lost Goddess. To do so he has also embraced a number of unorthodox methods, including turning one of his tiny hands into a tiny magical skeletal one and an obscene addiction to crystal.