User blog comment:Enraptured Misfit/The 377th Annual Hunger Games/@comment-24561298-20151127005435/@comment-24561298-20151127005936

Name:   Boston Van Ackerton

Age:  18

District:  7 (could work for 9 and 11 too)

Gender:  Male

Eye Color:  Blue

Hair Color:  Dark Brown

Height:  6'1

Personality: Boston is a cool, funny and laid-back guy that has a natural charisma and charm. He really doesn't care taking his shirt off for anything at all. He actually does seem to feel more comfortable without clothing, so if anyone asks him to become shirtless, he will most likely shrug and follow the order. Very photogenic and peaceful, Boston doesn't like the idea of war at all, but he won't hesitate in killing anyone if it means he gets to live another day. This does somehow imply that he is selfish at times, but Boston is also a real family guy, so he does also think a lot of how his family may be affected by his decisions. Boston is also used to living a somewhat luxurious life, but he also has quite a lot of the forests'. Boston also has an amazingly strong will. Even if he's in pain, he'll finish whatever he's doing no matter the cost (except if it involves harming his family and/or really close friends). He is also not easily persuaded. This doens't mean Boston's stubborn, it just means that once he has taken a decision of what's the best thing to do, he will be convinced by it, and it will be very hard for someone else to change his opinion on it.

Fears: Strengths: Weaknesses: Weapons:
 * Having nightmares after the Games of the people he killed.
 * Dying with unfinished business.
 * Being tortured.
 * Physical prowess.
 * Very high pain tolerance/ determination to finish something.
 * Livehearted charisma; tends to be liked by people.
 * Indiference towards other humans' lives.
 * Closely-attached to family.
 * His thoughts aren't very organized.
 * Twin throwing Axes
 * Big Axe

Backstory: The Van Ackerton family had long been one of the high-class families in District 7. They were known for being kind, hard-working and charismatic. Boston of course wasn't an exception. He was the middle child out of 7 kids. Only the youngest was the female, while the other six (including himself) were all males. It was a tradition for them to volunteer on the games once they were 18 years old if they hadn't been reaped before. When Boston was 12, he was reaped, but of course, his oldest brother had just turned 18, and so, as family required, he volunteered to replace Boston. Surprisingly, his brother did win the Hunger Games, but then, when Boston was 15, he was reaped again.

The odds were definitely not in his favor. The brother with who he got along the best with was with Mason, the third oldest of the family. By then,  Mason was just 16 years old, so Boston figured he wouldn't volunteer. But then again, Mason did. In the Games, Mason was killed in the last day. Boston mourned over his brother for a long time and decided to train a lot, to make sure that he'd win the Hunger Games once he vounteered when he turned eighteen. The family's business was lumber, and Boston was really good at that. Cutting down trees with axes made him really strong and have an advantage with them, besides helping him grow knowledge on the woods.

When he turned 18 and the reaping day came, the Mayor's son was reaped, but Boston volunteered right away. He would win these Hunger Games. Just for Mason.