Arlo was born in 2266, the child of a Rafter (whose family had been rafters since the Great War) and a local prostitute in Vieux Carré. Despite not being there for the actual pregnancy, Arlo's father quickly adopted Arlo when he was born (much to the mother's relief). Arlo was later told that his mother was killed when a gunfight broke out in the honky-tonk she worked at although Arlo was never able to fully find out what happened to his mother. What Arlo did know what that his last name came from her, as Arlo's father never had a last name (or at least to his knowledge).