Gleam Chryses | District One | 54th Victor
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace, because when I'd fight you used to tell me I was brave.
∬ STATICS:
Name: Gleam Chryses Nickname: NA Age: 37 Gender identity: cisgender woman , she / her Orientation: heterosexual Place of birth: District 1, Panem Occupation: District 1 Victor, Rebel
∬ APPEARANCE:
Faceclaim: Claire Holt Height: 5'7" Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Musings: Pinterest | Playlist
∬ 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘:
tw : trauma, torture, murder
Gleam was born the youngest and old daughter of the Chryses family, following only three years behind her older brother, Jasper. They were taught to view themselves as lucky, being born into The Capitol’s favorite district. How could they not be? Gleam never had to want for anything, and neither did her brother. So, following her brother’s footsteps – Gleam enrolled into the training academy. It was there she was taught how to wield a sword and how to kill for sport. In her eyes, The Hunger Games had been about honor – not a fight to the death. All the young girl ever wanted was to bring Fame and Fortune to her district like so many others had before her. Despite being eligible in age to become a tribute, her first year she had not been chosen. It only pushed her to train harder. At the age of sixteen she had volunteered and became the female tribute for District One. In the brief moments she had to say goodbye to her parents and brother, they could not stop gushing over how proud they were of her. It never clicked that in those few minutes, it could have been the last time she ever saw them. The only thing in Gleams mind was winning.
The arena was an island with a large volcano sitting the middle. It didn’t take long for Gleam to establish dominance among the career pack. Her battle skills were shown instantly throughout Panem, and it didn’t take long for her to be favored amongst the citizens of the capitol. Although she was skilled in sword fighting her intelligence is what helped her claim victory. Her first kill had been the boy from district five, and while she trained – The look in his eyes as she plunged the sword into his chest were burned into the front of her mind – The blue eyes were the only thing she saw when she closed her eyes. During the finale, the volcano erupted claiming the lives of the female tribute from two, and the boy from three – both scorched in a pyroclastic flow. That left Gleam and the boy from two – The game makers forcing them to fight in the aftermath. What lasted for only five minutes or so, felt like years to Gleam – and while she had ultimately been crowned victor, she didn’t come out unscathed. His knives gashed open her cheek, and stabbed into her left arm before she was able to deal out the final blow with her sword. Gleam was paraded around the capitol as their shiniest new trophy, and it didn’t take long for Snow to recognize that the blonde was no doubt a popular victor. When the president attempted to use her as entertainment amongst captiol citizens, her sharp tongue and bitter attitude landed her into trouble. Her parents were burned alive inside their home in District one as punishment for her acting out. Jasper had been allowed to survive so that he could deliver the news of their parents’ death to Gleam personally. Over the years Gleam has only grown more bitter and her resentment for the capitol has grown – She might have escaped the games with her life, but she would never be allowed to escape the grasps of the capitol – as a victor she had been doomed. Now she has joined the rebellion in hopes to take down the capitol and Snow.
