Given his family's intricacies (to say that nicely), Arlo has often been slow compared to his siblings. His twin, Everest, graduated two years earlier than expected due to the plethora of AP classes. Sheridan is a girl-genius, becoming famous for her collage portraits when she was only ten. She really only goes to university to have a degree to back up her skills. There's nothing particularly special about Arlo, and he likes it this way. He's fine with drifting through life in his own way. Hell, the Caesar way of doing things doesn't seem to really be working out, given his father's abuse, so maybe the Arlo way will be better?
Arlo hasn't always been connected to the rest of the family. He recently was reconnected to Winona, his mom, and Everest because of Harrold, his dad, going to prison. For the past ten years, Arlo hadn't talked to his family outside of Sheridan or, more recently, with their once-a-month family dinners (Harrold and Winona are paying for his education, so it seems to be a fair trade-off). After a final, one-sided fistfight with his father, Arlo refused to withstand being a punching bag. At 15, Arlo left home and lived with his high school friends, moving from couch to couch. After one of their moms reported him to CPS, Arlo found himself in a group home. Lena, the group home supervisor, became one of his closest allies, despite being the same age as his mom. Although it was difficult getting along with the several personalities within the home, Arlo left on good terms, and he still goes to visit with Lena whenever he finds himself in New York.

Born in Berlin, Greta grew up a happy child, with all her dreams supported by her loving parents. She only had one dream, however, and that was to become a prima ballerina. Beginning to study at the age of three, she was found to be a prodigy. Greta became a massive success in the ballet world almost immediately, attending the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg at the age of 12, two years earlier than most. However, when she moved to Russia, she was questioned by the CIA, and it was then that she learned about her family. Thankfully, she’s managed to avoid much of the scrutiny it should cause, primarily due to the fact that her ballet skills outshone her parent’s past lives. Therefore, it came as no surprise when by 16, Greta was asked to tour with the Royal Ballet as their guest, visiting over 20 countries in a matter of weeks. She was not star, but she was the understudy for Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, and on the last night, she got to experience the thrill of the black feathers, the ballet shoes, and the freeness that came with the role. The director said that it was one of the best performance she had seen, especially for a young girl like Greta.

It didn’t last long, however. By the time Greta turned 17, the pressures of the industry had poisoned her. She became highly competitive, turning to pills and steroids in order to make her faster, stronger, and more focused. The people around her started noticing a change in Greta. She became more irritable, cruel, and downright envious. Her tarot readings were becoming more ominous, and people stopped seeing her as the quirky little waif they knew and loved. They worried for her, and she responded to this concern with a slap, literally and figuratively. It all came to a head at the World Ballet Competition. Her strongest competitor, Yerim Lee, fell on her foot and broke her ankle. The culprit was found to be the shoe, which had threads cut from the ribbon so it would tear when she went on pointe. No one could lead it back to Greta, and rumor has it there is still a pair of scissors sitting in an evidence locker in Russia. Because of this, Greta was expelled from Vaganova Academy, though under the guise of poor performance and use of enhancing drugs (which wasn’t off base, and the drug test proved as such). Still, most people don’t know about her involvement with Lee’s broken ankle. It was perhaps the threat of who her parents are that kept word from spreading.

Now, Greta Von Müeller attends OIC, a strong step down from Vaganova. She’s on the outs in the ballet world, and she’s determined to prove herself once more. Greta continues to attend dance classes. She just needs to find her way back to the simple love for ballet, the type she felt on stage that night when she was 16. It’s been years, and she still can’t find her way back.

will work on this more. THis is simply a test to see if the picture is still messing it up. Why are you still reading this? If your still reading this then im about to type some abosulte giberish just to test out this whole picture thing. honestly i have no idea why your reading this far after ive already told you not to. are you still here? did you come back to see if there was actually more than just this nonsense typed out. Well sorry to disappoint but i was telling the truth.