#glory&accepted

Short Bio: Diamond never wanted for anything. As the daughter of the mayor of District 1, she was raised in a very wealthy lifestyle. But her mother was a victor and expected the same of her daughter. So at the age of five, Diamond was enrolled in the District’s Academy. It was there that she learned and trained. She learned to right in the same day that she learned to throw knives.

Her life wasn’t all glitter and sunshine though. When she was nine years old, Diamond’s mother passed away due to cancer. Diamond used her mother’s passing as even more motivation to go on and win the Hunger Games. She trained harder and quickly became top of her training class, though her grades in her schooling began to slip.

How did they feel about the games before being reaped? Diamond was raised in a district where winning the Hunger Games meant great pride. She watched the games religiously and trained diligently for the games before her seventeenth year in which she volunteered.

What was their arena like & how did they win their game? Diamond’s arena was a tropical forest dotted with volcanos, some active and some inactive. She played the part of a Career tribute. She joined the Career pack. She is very manipulative and convinced her allies that the other members of the pack were out to kill them. Eventually it dwindled down to the boy from one and herself as well as the girl from seven. Volcanos erupted everywhere in an effort to gather them together. Diamond seeing this as an opportunity went after her ally first, shoving the larger boy into the boiling lava with much effort with just enough time to get out of the way. Making her way towards the final battle ground, Diamond knew it would be no trouble to kill the girl from seven. Much to her surprise, the girl from seven was a good match for herself. Diamond barely survived, being pulled from the arena as she bled out from a wound inflicted by a knife the girl from seven was wielding.

Victory year: 68th

How were they affected by their experiences in the game? She was raised that the Games brought pride to her district and has never questioned that statement, however she sometimes feels the guilt of killing her District partner. To hide her guilt and the depression that follows when those memories surface, she drinks wine heavily.

Three strengths and three weaknesses: Strengths – Good intuition, ability to think things out and solve problems, empathy for her tributes. Weaknesses – Recurring bouts of depression that come on with no advance notice, tendencies to throw fits when she doesn’t get her way, she’s very private about her personal life

What are they like as a mentor? She treats all of her tributes the same. She loves them like they are her own children and cares for each one. She knows what they’re going through and will do anything in her power to keep her tributes alive.

Short Bio:

Alexandra was born to a former career tribute turned trainer and a mother who worked in intelligence within The Nut. She never wanted for anything growing up, except perhaps affection from her parents. This lack of affection and attention lead to a cold persona. She began training at home just as soon as she could walk and was enrolled in the district academy as soon as was possible (12 of course because who would ever think of breaking the law -sarcasm). The one person who did show her any sort of affection was her elder sister - Victoria. The two were near inseparable until her elder sister volunteered when Alexandra was 12. Her sister didn’t make it home, thus plunging Alexandra further into herself and the cold facade those around her are used too.

How did they feel about the games before being reaped?

She was raised to love everything about them. The Games are like Super Bowl or FIFA Finals for her family. She hasn’t missed a game since she was born.

How do they feel about being chosen? She volunteered and is proud.

Three strengths and three weaknesses:

Weaknesses

1Unwillingness to let others in.

2 Unwillingness to work with others.

3 Can be a bit cocky at times.

Strengths

1 Very smart.

2 Cold outlook on her competitors will make it easy for her to kill others.

3 Knows how to and when to turn on the charm to win others over - its all a show though.

Chosen weapon(s) : Daggers

What is their district token & who gave it to them (if they have one)? A lock of her sister’s hair worn as a bracelet.

What is their personality? Alexandra is cold and unwilling to get close to others. She refuses to open up, however she knows exactly what to do and say to charm those around her. One second she can be smiling and laughing with you and the next she’s turned her back and resumed a cold facade.

Arista grew up with a small family to start with, and poor yet caring parents. She loved going with her father to work, playing in the sand and spearing fish to take home. But things quickly changed when she was ten. Arista was the youngest child in her home until the age of ten. Her parents had enough on their plate trying to care for her and her older sister, they hadn’t intended to have anymore children. But her mother fell pregnant once more and instead of one child, she gave birth to twins. An infection in the aftermath of her birth caused her death. It was at that point that Arista was forced to grow up. Her father couldn’t possibly afford to feed four mouths or one paycheck and so Alana, her older sister, dropped out of school and went to work. That left Arista to care for her younger siblings while her father and sister worked. One day she came home from the park, one twin on either hip to find only her sister home. Their father had been attacked by some sea faring creature, perhaps a shark, while trying to retrieve a net he had lost his grip on. He hadn’t survived. Arista was fourteen, Alana twenty and the twins only four. In the space of four years, Arista had lost both parents. Alan insisted Arista stay in school and struggled to do what she could to keep their family afloat. But things were slowly crumbling. It was one night that she was out far to late, that she realized just what she could do to help her family and still stay in school. She turned to prostitution. She would get Aquarius and Arno to bed and then go out. Alana didn’t know, not that she would have approved. Things finally began to look up. Alana thought Arista was helping to clean some of the richer families homes by night and Arista was okay letting her sister think just that. She worked her way up the social ladder, so to speak, until she was spending her nights in the company of peacekeepers and healers, and even sometimes the mayor.

• How did they feel about the games before being reaped? Arista hadn’t thought much of them. She had too much on her plate and surely fate wouldn’t be cruel enough to taken even more of their family.

Short Bio:

“follow your dreams.” they said.

serendipity had big dreams for as long as she could remember. big dreams that involved things like building her own business! going to space! training the dolphins she’d heard about being somewhere off the coast of four. acting! singing! world famous jelly bean tester! the dreams tended to vary greatly (and in levels of realism). but one thing was for sure. serendipity littleheart was destined for great things.

“you can be whatever you want to be.” they said.

the only issue was, she’d always been a creative kid. and that was hard to focus into any one specific thing. her aunt, like her, had a creative gene. one her parents hadn’t invented, neither had her older brother lucky. they didn’t know what to do with her. her aunt knew where to take her. she started going to the park daily after school from her toddler years with her aunt. serendipity became fascinated with nature. it wasn’t the real thing, of course. she could only dream of districts like 7, 9, and 11. but it was good enough for the little capitolite.

which is why when at school the other children decided her name was too hard, she had no qualms shortening it to wren. her favorite bird. Se-WREN-dipity. she didn’t know they weren’t spelled the same, but that wouldn’t matter. it worked for her.

she also discovered another thing at the park at age seven. not just her nickname. tai chi. it calmed her, centered her, and brought her deep into herself introspectively. that stayed with her also, making her think closer to everything she did. it wasn’t a religion, not in the formal sense. but it was hers. she would swear by it, knowing it made her more organized in thought and more stable. when she was stressed over a project for school or something that helped calm her and center her. she began to take notes on things, not just doodle. but still, she did draw. and over the years, she began to draw one thing more and more. outfits.

her own style was very simplistic. a long loose (usually white) cotton dress with a matching flower crown and her hair down long. no shoes. shoes prohibited creativity. she kept a pair of sandals in her purse, but only for gravel or other dangerous substances. she began keeping a notebook at eighteen, sure that when she was 25 she’d be chosen for a stylist role. she knew it would be one of the lesser districts, but those would probably suit her interests better anyway. she didn’t mind.

what actually happened when she was 25? she applied and got rejected. her styles weren’t outlandish enough for the capitolites. seriously. watching the parade hurt. because she thought her designs were a bit better than a piece of bread with a gold medal around its neck. still. she did some tai chi, some deep breaths, and called lucky to help her get over it.

“follow your dreams” they’d said.

until she got a call from the capitol, during training. pack your bags, we’ve got a position- YAY! as an escort.

apparently, they’d liked her attitude in interviews, not her outfits. her dreams were dashed. still. everything happens for a reason. maybe she’d get a job as a stylist if she worked hard enough at her current job. this was where she was meant to go. this was what was meant to be. she would embrace it and move forward. this was just one step of the journey.

“you can be whatever you want to be” they’d said.

they hadn’t been talking to her.

How do they feel about the Games?: she has no feeling towards them, really. she accepts them as a part of life Three strengths and three weaknesses :creativity, kindness, acceptance: oddness, inability to express wishes, overall capitolite ignorance

What are they like as a stylist/escort?: she’s very creative with her planning process. honestly, she has the creativity of a natural born stylist, so her methods of handling sponsor funds are a little… unorthodox. (escorts are in charge of getting funds from sponsors hands into mentors, and doing all of the math and paperwork involved.) she doesn’t put as much effort as some might into- what do you call it - the mannars management side of being an escort? she loves watching people’s natural humanity too much to mess with it.

Short Bio:

Ryker Stix was born amongst the outskirts of District Two to parents who had worked in the stone quarries all their lives. Nero and Lana Stix were young, but they loved each other and they worked hard for all these had. He attended the district school, however his parents were never able to afford him attendance to the district academy and he was just fine with that. At 12 he began to help at the quarry as well, building callouses and muscles though no one would ever tell looking at the scrawny boy. 

He was content with his life. An only child, much loved by his parents. Working on the quarry. He didn’t know much different and he was content to no know much different. 

How did they feel about the games before being reaped? Ryker knew they existed. He watched them as was mandated of him. But being from Two and not training at the Academy he never thought he’d see the inside of the Games, so he didn’t pay them much thought.

How do they feel about being chosen? Ryker is scared. He knows he’s not ready or prepared enough for these Games, especially in comparison to the other Career tributes.

Three strengths and three weaknesses : 

+He is unusually strong for his scrawny build. Willingness to work with others and learn from others. Kindness could win people over. 

- He is vastly unprepared and has never thought through a day of strategy in his life. He’s impulsive and doesn’t think things through before acting. His weaknesses in training make him pessimistic in terms of his own outlook.

Chosen weapon(s) : Something small - a dagger, small knife, etc.

What is their district token & who gave it to them (if they have one)? N/A

Briar grew up the youngest of five and the only girl. Though her family was large the children did not go without what was needed as well as much of what they wanted. Her father is a physicist and her mother an engineer. Though they were often away from the home, when they were home, Briar’s parents were loving and doting, especially to their only girl. To say Briar grew up spoiled would not have been an understatement. But she was not a brat in the least. She was sweet and behaved well except when her brothers were involved. They taught her how to fight and defend herself. Not for the cause of the games, but because they were boys and that’s what boys did. In fact, Briar never once fathomed she would be reaped for the games. She came from a wealthy family. There were families with much less than her in Three. Families that had to take out the tesserae just to get by. She never paid the games any mind, instead playing the days away while they were aired all around the country. Briar’s name was in the bowl once that morning. She didn’t believe there was a way that she could be reaped until her name was called from the stage. She had stood frozen, hr eyes on the escort. She had looked hurriedly to her parents and then searched for her brothers in their respective crowds. But she was escorted to the stage before she could find them. She was stunned and silent, not knowing how to react to the fact she was surely going to die in the coming weeks.

Short Bio:

Growing up, Athena idolized the District One victors and mourned those that went in and didn’t come out. Her parents were avid fans and so some of her earliest memories are of watching the Games with her parents. It only made sense that she would begin training as soon as was feasibly possible. The Academy took precedence to academic schooling the year before she reached reaping age, the academy already being her after school curricular. At the Academy it was clear to see that Athena was destined to be a future tribute and at sixteen though dreams came through when she volunteered and made her way to the Capitol. 

How did they feel about the games before being reaped? Athena had trained for the Games for as long as she could remember. Raising her hand and volunteering was the second happiest day of her life, the first being named victor. 

Victory Year: 69th

What was their arena? A vast swamp. Murky, smelly water was stock full of animals from edible fish to mutated alligators. Tree loomed high and towering and covered in moss. Mosquitos carried a hallucinogenic venom similar to that of Tracker Jackers without the death sentence. 

What was their strategy that lead to Victory? Career alliance and overall charming personality.

How were they affected by their experiences in the game? Athena, like most victors, likes to pretend she doesn’t have any ill effects of the games. But to close of a call with an alligator in the arena often pops up in her dreams. Not to mention the scars from that encounter that scale her left leg and sometimes cause her pain.

Three strengths and three weaknesses : 

Confident, energetic, amiable

-Impulsive, vain, blunt

What are they like as a mentor? Easy going, but helpful. Being from One she doesn’t often have to push her tributes into training or alliances. She talks strategy and makes plans with her tributes on how to make it out alive. However, she can be blunt in her unabashed way of telling it like it is.