User blog comment:FrostyFire/The 46th Fear Games/@comment-26577058-20150820220858/@comment-26577058-20150820221829

Also, some additional stuff I forgot:

Etymology: Briggs' first name comes from the lunar crater of the same name, while her last name comes from the astrophysicist Maria Mitchell. Both names relate to Briggs' District.

Backstory: Briggs was born in District Zero to an astrophysicist named Stario and an engineer named Felicity. The two of them were a happy, upper middle-class couple. After six months dating, Stario proposed to Felicity, who accepted. Twelve months later, little Briggs was brought to the world. She had an usual childhood; going to school, studying, meeting her parents and living like any other District Zero girl. However, as soon as she turned thirteen, she became a victim of bullying. She would often get teased because of her skinny frame and quiet persona, which upset her greatly. She spent years as an outcast, without making any friend, and that's why she gained all her knowledge. She spent all her free time reading textbooks and learning of the District's industry, hoping to follow her mother's career one day. While she was not very outgoing, she was very intelligent, and got a part-time work on the laboratory her father worked on. She may have lived an average life, but she was happy. Until she was reaped at the age of sixteen, and her world came crashing down onto her.