alien came to earth in the 90's, freely wandering the earth and observing the culture, despite not having normal sight. he has three eyes, and the third eye stays closed unless he finds something new. they are covered up by his blue hair (hair is not optional), and he sees only shapes and strong colors. he interacts with stray dogs because of his desire to play, but he ends up scaring them off.

he enjoys older music, and stays away from "electronic" music because the pitches hurt his four ears. he injures himself often with earth's harsher gravity, as it differs from his home planet's. he falls often, more often while running or jumping off things. his blood is the same minty tone as his nose.

alien only knows himself to be "rigeim", his name from his home planet, which means "eager" in his home language. unknown to him, he is called alien by the locals because of their frequest sightings of him. while alien doesn't understand earth's languages or speak them, he has picked up some words in varying languages by hearing them often.