User blog comment:Icanhasnofriends/The 42nd Hunger Games/@comment-5052606-20140303191607

Name: Esteban Ortiz

Age: 16

District: 1

Weapons: Bow and Arrow, Slingshot

Weaknesses: Swimming, Climbing Trees

Strengths: Physical Strength, Identifying poisonous and nonpoisonous plants

Backstory: When Esteban was born, his father saw that he had blond hair, and thought that his wife had cheated on him (even though she didn't), as they were both tan-skinned. His father physically abused his mother before, but this time, he nearly killed her. Since the security is pretty good in District 1, his father was arrested and taken into captivity. But his mother was severely injured in the spinal chord, and was told she could never walk again. For the first few months of his life, Esteban was taken care of by a neighbor. Six months later, and Esteban's mother was released from the hospital and took care of Esteban while in a wheelchair. Since his mother wasn't pulling in income, they were eventually cast onto the streets, where Esteban had to find food for him and his mother each and every day. His mother loved him very much, but she was the only one. One day, when Esteban was thirteen years old, he was kidnapped while looking for food. For two months, he was left in a dark room with no windows, nor furniture, and no doors. Food and a flashlight were put on the floor when he woke up on the first day, and each consecutive day, more food was given to him. He eventually found out that while he was sleeping, his captors were dropping food through a little hole in the ceiling, but since he was so small, Esteban could fit. Though he couldn't figure out how to get up there, he was determined to escape. The next time they lowered down food, he noticed it was on a rope. He grabbed onto the rope, and surprisingly, his captors didn't notice. He was pulled up, and he caught a glimpse of his captor. It was a young man who caught him stealing food once. Esteban's eyes opened with fear, and knocked over the mechanism that pulled the rope up and down. In that room was the first natural light he had seen in two months. His eyes were squinting, and he saw a door and ran through it. The man chased after him, but after running down a couple of blocks, Esteban found small alley. For half an hour he stayed there, then he wandered back to his mother. When he arrived, he completely forgot about how she was lacking food. Fortunately, she was alive, safe, and sound when he came back, thanks to panhanding. He smiled and ran back to her, but she gave him a solemn look. She showed him a note she received asking for ransom. It was way too much for her though. She handed him a small harmonica that she would play for him as a child. She told him to leave, because she would be killed for not paying the debt. After many hours of denial, Esteban was finally convinced to leave. He returned to the spot his mother would stay a week later, and saw that she had been strangled to death. After crying for a while, a Peacekeeper came and picked up his mother's body and brough him to an orphanage in southern District 1. He has lived there until now, and his only consolance would be to play on his mother's harmonica.

Appearance: Lunaii will be posted

Alliance: (I'll decide after I see the full roster of tributes.)

Token: Harmonica