It took an overdose and a trip to juvie for Arden to succumb to the realization that she needed help. She went to a rehab center a few months prior to her 18th birthday and with the help of her family and two police officers who knew her well, overcame a cocaine and heroin addiction. From then on, life got much less difficult, and she was finally on the path to being a much happier person. After her recovery, Arden went to college and obtained a degree in forestry, with a minor in psychology. She went from a spiteful teenager to a ruthless and savage but friendly young adult who only
sometimes smoked so much weed she had hallucinations. She had gotten a seasonal job at a provincial park, and from there met a handful of conservation officers and non-LEO rangers who ignited her desire to help protect mother nature. Arden took the first chance she could and did everything she needed to do to achieve her dreams. And finally, the day came where she was an officer. And life was easy.
Too easy.
Arden is an anomaly: She likes the calm of laying tan by the beach, but if there isn't a smelly hobo asking her for crack every 10 minutes, she doesn't want it. Her job was just that; all laying, no cracked out hobos. It was secure, it was cozy, it was actually pretty safe compared to regular
Law Enforcement. She
loved where she worked...but she didn't like the stagnancy. She wanted adventure, ambition, adrenaline, and more gangbangers than you can wave a harmonica at. But most importantly, she wanted to meet her hero, Tony Hawk. So, with her bags packed, her dogs at her side, and a few loving middle fingers to her family, she flew from cozy Canada all the way to the state of the superficial...San Andreas.
Life has been more hectic than not. She's fucked at least 4 gang members, smoked weed with a clown, fired her gun at a person for the first time, got fired at in the same instance...She's met a slew of people from all walks of life and made many friends. But it's become time for her to move on. She's said goodbye to BCSO, to her late promotion, to her coworkers. And now...she feels lonely.
Her move to San Andreas was a complete waste of time, and she has to pick up the pieces of what it's done to her. But Arden isn't so sure she can even find the willpower to move back home. The shadows in the alleyways are eating her alive.