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Name: Xia Sūn

Age: 12

Gender: Female

District: 8

Height: 4'10

Appearance: Xia is a charming looking little girl from asian decent. She has a cute looking face with rather big very dark brown eyes, almost appearing black. She often smiles and has two small dimples within her cheeks. Her hair falls straight and black as the night down her back, down to a bit below the chest. She likes to let it lose, almost as if she was hiding behind it. Her skin is rather tanned. Like most 12-year-olds, she's fairly skinny and with no muscel mass whatsoever. She likes to dress in rather plain clothes, though she usually wears an apron because she likes to cook. Usually, her cheeks are "unintentionally decorated" with flour/cocoa powder/sauce/dough or any other type of food which tends to get onto skin while cooking.

Personality: Xia is above all, a happy girl. She tends to focus on the best things in life, with a postive view on the future. A special trait of her is a rather large curiosity. If there's something unknown, she'll mostlikely do whatever she can to explore it. Mysteries interest her, drawing her near with it's promises of new knowledge. Another very special trait to Xia is her wiseness. She's not intelligent the same way that most of District 8's tributes are. She can't just list all the types of fabrics there exists or tell you which types are the most useful. Instead, she can ask questions that most people haven't even thought to ask such as "why does life need a point?" or "Why does humans have a desire to be correct?". In her room, she has a gigant folder just with potential theories to the answers of those questions, and most of the time she'll spend time thinking of sorts of stuff like. Xia is extremely philosophical and has an interest in it as well. A more common trait she share with many 12-year-olds is her shyness. She still has a lot to learn about her life and how to behave around other people, so mostly she'll be very quiet around strangers, toying her hair around or looking at her feet, though it usually don't take her that much time to open up. She has a very big interest in cooking as well. A more loud and passinonated Xia is brought to life within the walls of the kitchen.

Backstory: Xia grew up in a family with no less than four other siblings. Two older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister whom were still wearing a diaper when Xia was reaped. In addition, she also had a mother and her father who were fairly rich. Xia's father had inherited one of the bigger fabric producing factories from Xia's grandfather and Xia's mother came from a family of highly skilled designers. Because of this Xia lived in quite a big house in a town mostly inhabited by quite rich people. She lived in one of the few towns that had access to a small forest and she even had her own backgarden, a rarity in District 8's mostly naked lands. Most of Xia's family were quite ambitious. Xia's two older brothers had already made plans on how they should evolve the company when they once were to inherite it, and Xia's older sister had the ambition of becoming District 8's stylist in the Hunger Games, already having numerous design sketches ready. Xia was different. Unlike the others, she had no idea what to do with her life. She had no interest for fabrics or clothing what so ever. Often she would ask: 'Fabrics and clothes are cool and all, but what does it matter, compared to the matter of life?' to which, most people would laugh and brush her off. Her siblings mostly ignored Xia, often making fun of her rather odd thoughts and questions, calling them "rambellings from a mental person". Xia so felt lost and confused, as if the fate of the world depended on her choosing a future career. One day, when Xia was merely 9-years-old, she sat down after school, at the school grounds just looking out. There had been yet another school test about different types of fabric work, which she knew she had mostlikely failed. School wasn't easy for Xia, she felt very distanced from all the other smart kids, and she didn't fit in with all the sporty ones either. She didn't have many friends. The hospitality teacher, Miss Bennett, came by asking her why she was sitting all alone after school time, and Xia expressed her concern, That she felt lost, that she was worthless because she wasn't ambitious and head strong like the rest of her siblings. That she felt like she was never gonna succeed with anything. Miss Bennett smiled at her and asked her to come bake with her, saying that 'a little cooking can put most people back in the good mood' and so, Xia went to the school kitchen, and cooked the meal with the teacher. That day, a whole new world was opened to her. Somehow, it seemed much easier for Xia to understand that curry went good with chicken, than how a sewing machine worked. After that day, she would cook every Friday after school with Miss Bennett. The world of cooking, seemed to be a good distraction from all the ambitious people rushing at her at home. One day, while cooking a stew Xia stated: "Life is kinda like a stew... you can add good things to it, and it tastes better. You can add bad things to it and it tastes worse. But you have no receipe, so you have to trust your instincts about what you add." Miss Bennett, smiling at her, and asked if she liked those types of questions and answers, to which Xia nooded. Next day, Miss Bennett didn't let Xia cook with her, but rather she took her to the librabry and presented her to the librarian. She asked for books to the subject of "Philosophy" and Xia was given a small little book, rather old but with drawn illustrations and fit for children. 'The world of Philosophy' it was called, and so Xia began to read. She had some interest for stories, though, she wasn't a bookworm or anything. This book changed her perspective on non-fiction books. She was swallowed up in it, reading about questions of life and the people had to devoted their lives to find the answer. Now, when she wasn't at school or cooking at home or with Miss Bennett, she reading, writing and even drawing her way into the world of philosophy, ironicly enough often drawing parallels between the world of cooking and the world of philosophy. She finally seemed to get answers. The interest of philosophy opened her up, she began to develop other possive traits, such as a certain desire for exploring. She got two friends, Penelope and Ezra. Penelope shared her interest in cooking; they would often prepare three course meals for each other. Ezra was hooked on exploring, and so, Xia and Ezra satisfied their need to know the world of unknown things, often going on hour long adventures in the small forests or just their backgardens. A little part of even began to fall in love with Ezra (or atleast what a 12-year-old thinks love is). She felt more confident too; she was never gonna be that smart girl with her own fabric producing company, nor the girl with the best grades of the class. But she could be herself, which was all she needed. Her life was good; and then she was reaped.

Weapon: Xia's not very good with weapons mostly. She's one of those persons who believes that things should be solved with wisdom, not with violence. However she ironically enough does know her around bigger knives, those ones would use in a kitchen, and can use them with almost perfect preciseness. Another weapon she is somewhat experinced in using '''bow and arrow. '''Normally, she wouldn't have gotten near one of these weapons herself, but Ezra made her a children's size bow and some improvised on one of their adventures together, and they would run around, shooting at treetrunks and rocks. However she has never actually shot at anything to harm it.

Strengths: Xia does not have very many strengths to be useable in a Hunger Games. One of the few things she has learned while residing in District 8 is the art of climbing, a quite unsual skill for a tribute from 8. She picked this skill up while exploring with Ezra in the small forest area. Another skill Xia possess is some quite small yet crucial survival, this would for example be that she's good at recognizing which plants and animals that are edible, and she's quite experinced with lighting fires as well. Xia is also quite quick, though not good at for example running or being agile.

Weakness(es): Xia being merely 12 years old has many weaknesses. First there is her size, as she's mostlikely the smallest tribute in the games. Her size makes her quite weak, in terms of strengths. This also make her very easy prey in a a hand-to-hand combat as most people are stronger than her. Another weakness she has is her '''stamina. '''Of course, she would try and continiue running or fighting, she would fight as long as she's able to, but her skinny, young body just can't keep going for that long.

Interview Angle: Xia will try and win over the audience by being mostly herself. Showing off her odd but loveable nature and her wiseness. She'll stay positive and try and praise the Capitol for their artistic city, instead on focusing on the negative aspects of the games. She hopes to become a loveable, memorable tribute in the Capitol's eyes, even if her interview will not make her out as a big threat in a her fellow tributes eyes.

Bloodbath Strategy: Xia will keep mostly to the outskirts, trying to use her quickness to get a few vital items, such as a knife, a flask of water, anything like that. She'll mostlikely have an alliance before the games begin and if so, she'll stay with them until they decide to leave the field. If she for some reason is on her own, she won't stay in the bloodbath for long, and if anyone seems to target her, she'll flee immediatly.

Token: Ezra once gave her a an anklet while being out on one of their small adventures. It's made of a little weird white stone with a hole in the middle and a naked black string. Xia decided to wear it into the arena.