User blog comment:HawkWD/The 48th Annual Hunger Games/@comment-25272673-20131202231503

Name: Emery FennAge: 15District: 6Gender: FemalePrimary Weapon: Emery finds herself more skilled with knives than any other weapon, particularly throwing knives because her lack of stability makes it uncomfortable for her to witness the impact of her weapon on her victim up-close.Alternative Weapon(s): Despite her strong preference of knives, Emery is also willing to use a sword as well as darts. Appearance: Emery has long, medium brown hair that reaches her knees and makes her look shorter than she is. Her skin is slightly tan but it is not very noticeable. She is about five feet, and as stated before, her hair makes her body seem small in comparison. Her eyes are a hazel colour and are somewhat dull in appearance. Her hair is straight, but also messy as it is too long for her to frequently tend to and she generally does not care.Backstory: Emery was poor as a kid, and her parents had no patience or liking for this child. She often lay awake listening to her parents ranting to each other about her horridness, as she had not been accepted into adoption by another family. Sometimes she just wanted everyone around her in her family to die, because they did deserve it, and because all she wanted was to be left, alone. Not with these people, who think they have a close bond to her. She didn't want to be with such selfishness, but she had no choice. These were the people who disreguarded her beliefs, who thought she was insane. Her cold distance from them was what they thought was unusual, which angered Emery even more. Eventually, Emery's mother was finished with Emery. She sent Emery to the capitol where she was supposed to have been taken care of and spoiled. Instead of sending Emery on a train to a rich woman (who was taking in poor children)'s house in the Capitol, Emery's mother made a mistake and sent her into a looming, sinister city in the capitol. Emery found herself lost amongst the sea of buildings until she came to a house that was alive with colour. Emery was only nine years old at the time, with a poor education, so she found it as a last resort to knock on the door and meet the person inside. This person, a middle-aged woman, listened to Emery's story, claimed that she knew where the rich woman lived, and offered to drive Emery there in her car. She offered to hold Emery's few possessions (about $10 worth of money and a small package of food was all her mother was willing to give Emery for her journey to the Capitol) as Emery got into the car. After driving until it was nearly midnight, the deceitful woman told Emery she had reached the caretaker's house. Emery drowsily stepped out of the car and began to go to the other side to retrieve her belongings when the woman stepped on the gas pedal and sped away.Nearly knocked over by the side of the car, Emery took only a few seconds to realize that her "ride" was fake, she was in the middle of nowhere, with her ankle sprained. Emery discovered that if she moved, it would bring only more pain, so she stayed laying on the curb with the soft grass beside the Capitol streets that would be crowded the next day. And they were, especially with Peacekeepers. One of them discovered Emery and questioned her. He picked her up by the ankle, not believing her story, and dragged her away. When Emery woke up, she was in one of the Capitol's hospitals. It was not the kind reserved for people of value and victors, but the kind for poor district citizens who came to the Capitol. Emery found that she was wearing a beeping monitor bracelet, which she carefully slipped off. An alarm sounded somewhere in Emery's room, but she didn't care. She made it far enough down the hallway until one of the nurses saw her and injected a sleep fluid into Emery's arm. Emery collapsed, and when she woke up, she was in a totally different place. This place looked similar to a dormitory, but it was a hospital. Emery was in a place in District 6, for unwanted children in the Capitol. This place took her in and although she was isolated, she was content here compared to the Captiol and her old home. That is, until the reaping. Emery had dreade d these days but had ma naged to end up lucky, her name not being called. At least, before this one... Personality: Emery is generally cold towards people in general, except those who accept her. She is curious and often reapproaches situations and people but is nonetheless harsh towards those who have harmed her. Her will to be alone makes her a bit edgy around many people. She is also determined and can become selfish when she feels weakened.Strengths: Emery has learned to be independent but this can also lead to selfishness. She keeps to herself, and will not let herself be outsmarted. She is skilled with knowledge of wild plants as well as speed.Weaknesses: Emery is weak in combat and any sort of fighting, so that holds her at a disadvantage against other tributes. She is also hard for most people to get along with due to her temper and personality, so she is likely to make some enemies. She also does not know how to swim.Bloodbath Strategy: Emery plans to run away from the bloodbath, but run after a weaker tribute. She plans to stalk any weak tributes or alliances and steal their supplies. Once they are weak enough she plans to kill the weakest off and make things worse for the slightly-less-weak tributes.