Arlen Glass

Arlen Glass is a ghoul living in The Slog in 2287.

Background
Arlen Glass was the lead toy designer for Wilson Atomatoys shortly before the Great War. He served nearly thirty years for the company, working alongside George Wilson to build the company on the hope of providing a better future for children through imagination and dreams. When George retired, his son Marc Wilson took over as the new president and CEO of Wilson Atomatoys. Shortly after taking up the position, Wilson had submitted a bid and gained approval to participate in the SCYTHE project, ultimately cutting toy production by more than half to manufacture landmines for the military. On October 22, 2077 Glass was terminated from his employment after calling Marc Wilson out at a board meeting with Col. Thomas Nelson, and was escorted from the premises three times throughout the day and once the following day, about an hour before the bombs fell.

He had a daughter and a wife, both of whom died after the nuclear bombs destroyed their home. When Arlen arrived, he saw that there was only a hole where his home had been. In despair, he went to the center of the crater and went to sleep. After he awoke, he had become a ghoul.

Arlen presumably came to The Slog in order to escape persecution of being a ghoul. He acts as The Slog's current technician and engineer by doing tasks such as checking the plumbing, fixing the pool filters, and patching up the fence. He is working on a personal project where he is trying to construct an upgraded Giddyup Buttercup. One can assume that the automaton Arlen is trying to fix is an original model, however since the original can already be acquired throughout the commonwealth, one can further assume Arlen is trying to make a better model.

Quests
Giddyup 'n Go - Arlen asks the Sole Survivor to travel to the Wilson Atomatoys factory and recover spare parts for a project he is working on. If asked for a reward, he'll offer a base payment of 150 caps and can be pushed into offering 225 or 300 caps with some speech checks. A third reward speech check, if passed, will give a Wilson Atomatoys ID card, used in the quest.

Other interactions
If the Sole Survivor takes Marlene's holotape from Arlen's office at Atomatoys HQ, a new dialogue option will be unlocked that allows the Sole Survivor to give him the tape and caps will be given as a reward, as well as a unique version of the Giddyup Buttercup toy called Buttercup toy.

Appearances
Arlen Glass appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs
If the initial interaction with him is interrupted, it may cause him to no longer speak with the Sole Survivor, but just say "Hmmm..." to any attempt at conversation, making it impossible to start his quest. Killing and resurrecting with use of the console does not fix this.