Arlen Glass

Arlen Glass is a male ghoul located in The Slog in 2287.

Background
He was the lead toy designer at Atomatoys. Shortly before the Great War he was fired from the company after getting into an argument with the company's new director, who'd ordered his employees to decrease toy production by half and instead start making landmines for the military. He had a daughter and a wife, both of whom died after the nukes 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 woke up, he had become a ghoul.

Arlen presumably came to The Slog so he could escape persecution because he was 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 a Giddyup Buttercup.

Quests
Giddyup 'n Go - 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, that goes under Misc section and only has a weight of 2 instead of 8. If the Sole Survivor visits the Wilson Atomatoys Factory and finds the Toy Parts after having given him Marlene's holotape he can return to Arlen and there will be a new dialog where he can tell that he has found toy supplies. Arlen will reward him with Caps and then travel the Commonwealth and leave a finished Giddyup Buttercup toy on his workbench.

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.

Arlen Glass