User blog comment:Annamisasa/The 58th Hunger Games/@comment-3391590-20171216034639/@comment-3391590-20171216045403

Name: Kyva Heat

District: 6

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Height: 5'0

Appearance: Kyva is a girl of small size and stature. She grew up in one of the poorest sections of her district, which is a major factor of why she has such a small, weak body. Kyva also has soft brown skin that's free any major blemishes or scarring. Her jet black hair has always been cut short in a bob, and with her house having no running water, its rarely washed and therefore usually fairly greasy and knotted. Overall, the girl is rather plain looking, but with the help of a stylist, they could clean her up well enough to pass her off as a cute little girl.

Weapon: Kyva has had NO experience with weaponry of any kind, and is so weak that the only weapon she could use would be a small knife. For her to even be effective with it, however, it would have to catch her opponent completely off guard. Any larger or more experienced tribute could easily disarm and kill her if she had to get into a straight up fight.

Strengths: Kyva's primary strength is that she is able to identify edible plants. As a young little girl, Kyva was taught extensively by her grandmother on what wild plants were safe to eat, and which were not. She has a vast knowledge on what berries, leaves, bark and roots are edible, and where one should look for them as well. Therefore, Kyva is quite capable of forgaging and gathering food for herself and possibly any allies. Secondly, because of Kyva's small size, she is fairly stealthy. Her low weight means that she is less likely to snap a branch by stepping on it, or make loud sounds as she walks through undergrowth. Furthermore, the tiny girl is capable in hiding in knooks and cranies that a larger tribute might not be able to fit inside of, or think to look in when trying to hunt her down. Being able to hide effectively and using the element of surprise is Kyva's only shot at being able to kill another tribute. Finally, Kyva's family was always very poor, meaning she's used to going without food for longer periods of time. An empty stomach will not effect her as much as it would a career tribute.

Weaknesses: Sadly, Kyva has plenty of disadvantages heading into the area. Firstly, Kyva is going to be completely incompetent when it comes to using any weapons. She can't even lift a broadsword or club in the first place, let alone wield it. Throwing knives or a blow gun won't be helpful to Kyva either, she wouldn't know how to aim them. Kyva is also fairly weak physically, she can't fight hand to hand, wrestle an item away from another tribute, climb quickly or even run very fast for long distances. Any tribute that is stronger or faster than Kyva (which will probably be 95% of the other tributes) already has an upperhand over her. Kyva has never been exposed to large bodies of water, meaning she can't fish or even swim.

Personality: First and foremost, Kyva is a good natured, sweet girl. She always tries to be kind to others, even if they have wronged her in the past. She does her best to look out for those she cares about, and cheer people up when they're feeling sad. Kyva is also relatively shy and quiet, only coming out of her shell after getting to know someone or assertaining that they only have good intentions. Kyva is also very cautious. She never wants to put herself in a dangerous situation, so she always carefully asseses her options to make sure she limits the ammount of risk she's in. Finally, she's also relatively perceptive and observant, noticing subtle changes in someone's tone, attitude or body language.

Backstory: Kyva's family leaved in the slums of district 6. A few weeks after Kyva was born, her mother died from complications (probably due to the fact that they couldn't afford for her to give birth in an actual hospital). Kyva's father, Ryke always unfairly blamed his daughter for the death of his wife, sometimes even casually mentioning to her that he wishes she was never concieved. Ryke could not stop grieving his wife, and turned to drugs as an escape. Within months, he had been transformed to a complete morphling addict and was fired from his job as a porter. He started doing odd jobs here and there, but almost all of that money went towards drugs. It was up to Kyva's maternal grandmother to take care of her. Kyva's grandmother continued to work past the age when many others retired in order to support Kyva and her father financially. Her small salary wasn't enough to put food on the table consistently, but luckily she was able to forge for food outside the district walls in the woods. Once Kyva was oldenough, she passed her extensive knowledge of plantlife down to her. Kyva quickly caught on, and was soon capable of collecting edible plants without her grandmother's help. In school, Kyva was relatively well liked and had a small group of friends. Due to her sweet nature, a shop keep took pity on her and gave her a job of cleaning his store at night. It paid much better than any of the work down at the transportation hubs. Still, some of the money had to go towards her father's addiction, so money was still tight. When Kyva was twelve, her grandmother fell down a flight of stairs and work and fractured her hip. That injury signaled a sharp decline in her health. She had to quit work and was bedridden. Without her grandmother's additional income, Kyva was forced to start taking out tesserae, greatly increasing her odds of being reaped. Sadly, when she was 14, she was reaped. Her grandmother and some of her friends from school came to visit her. Kyva knows she has to win because without her, she knows her grandmother is doomed to die.

Alliance preferences: Kyva would only consider a smaller alliance, and would have to believe 100% that these tributes would not try and stab her in the back the moment they got the chance. The anti-careers are completely off the table- Kyva would never throw herself in such a dangerous situation such as taking on the careers head on.

Family: Kyva's only living relatives are her father (Ryke) and her grandmother (Petra).

Fears: The careers and large mutts.

Reaction when reaped: Terrified. Kyva tried to control her emotions, but couldn't help but cry as she walked up to the stage.

Interview angle: Play into her weakness and low training score in order to make the target on her back even smaller. She wants to make sure she isn't even remotely on the other tribute's radar. Play up the dramatics to attract some sympathetic sponsors.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Strategy for bloodbath/games: If Kyva is not in an allaince, she will not risk the bloodbath, instead running for whichever area of the arena is the best area for forging food. If she is with an alliance, she will only grab the item closest to her plate, then run a short distance away. If she cannot spot them or they do not come to her by the time most of the other tributes have left, she will abandon them. During the games, Kyva will be focused on forgaging for edible plants and hiding from the other tributes, only changing locations when forced to by danger. She will only fight if she has no other alternative, and will try to surprise them in order to avoid a straight on confrontation. If she is in an alliance, she will try and forage enough food to feed them all so they aren't reliant on sponsors or what they got from the cornucopia, and she will let them do the fighting. If the going gets tough, Kyva will not hesitate to abandon them (althoughs she would feel HORRIBLE about it after hand).

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Token: None.