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Name: Astrid Mae

District: 3

Age: 16

Personality: Astrid has multiple personalities, going through constant mood swings due to her diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. She has trouble with speech, learning to speak at a slow rate. Already being 16 she still has problems with pronunciation and stuttering. She’s been able to control over her Autism until now, where it eventually got the best of her and became a serious problem. She lacks common sense and thoughts are placed into her mind causing drastic mood swings. Although her disorder is serious, inside of her is a sweet intelligent girl. It isn’t known what’s floating in her mind, but depending on the state she is in, she can tell the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Although making careless decisions at points of time, she can surprise everyone depending on the state she is in. Sometimes she is unable to think straight, yet at other times she’ll be able to think clearly. Her parents find it a hassle to take care of her, but they’re happy to know that she’s trying her best to function in life as a normal human being and to fit amongst the rest of the group. She may be struggling due to her disorder, but she tries her best to take control.

Appearance: Astrid has short, messy amber hair and hazel eyes. She isn’t considered physically attractive, she isn’t thick nor thin. She has porcelain skin and she still continues to dress as if she was younger.

Strengths: Astrid used to study wildlife, planning to become a zoologist. Because of this, she knows quite a bit about nature and will have a better time adapting to an outdoor arena. Also, she’ll have a better time scavenging for food and finding shelter due to her wide sense of nature. She is a very gifted climber despite her autism, as if she was born in the trees.

Weaknesses: Astrid has personality changes and autism, which can drastically affect her in the arena, by increasing casualties and decreasing common sense. She could attract opponents which could lead to a possible death. She also isn’t very strong, not the best at hand to hand. Without a weapon she’s nearly powerless while in combat, something she’d rather avoid if she had control over her mind.

Fears: Gelotophobia

Weapons: Knife

Weight: 120 pounds

Height: 5 feet and 7 inches, 54.4311 kilograms

Backstory: Astrid was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at an early age. Social interaction, speech, pronunciation, and behavior were all issues dealt with the Autism Disorder. Astrid is impaired in eye contact, posture, and other nonverbal expressions used in social interaction. Because of this, Astrid acted as a repellant when it came to making friends, not being able to relate to anyone. Behavior issues have always been a problem of hers too, due to the thoughts flooding her head. Her constant mood swings are considered normal if you were to ask any member of her family, which could be either good or bad. Astrid has never been able to speak properly, slurring her phrases and stuttering. She was barely even able to talk until the age of 6, which is the age where an average child would’ve started first grade. What followed later as she aged was constant bullying, which caused her to become home schooled once she first turned 12. The bullying never left her even after homeschooling, which haunted her for the rest of her life. She was never able to escape it, and she didn’t wasn’t able to say how she felt. Once she was home schooled with her parents, she started to develop hobbies like most other children affected by an autism disorder. At first, her natural hobby had been the study of wildlife, and she planned to become a Zoologist in the future. Although suffering from autism, once she hit around 13 years of age, she became slightly intelligent despite her Autism Disorder. She was never able to express her intelligence, though she was always proud of what she had so far succeeded in life, and she planned big things ahead of her. Although she wasn’t capable of perfect grades in school, she had studied hard enough to succeed in her classes while home schooled, which doctors considered a miracle considering her severe Autism Disorder. However, her hobbies changed once she turned 14. Her Autism Disorder eventually got the best of her, become more severe than ever. In this case, she started to obsess over the Hunger Games. She wasn’t aware of how terrible and cruel the games had been, and she was blinded by her obsession because of her autism disorder. Her parents tried to discourage her of the obsession, but Astrid’s disorder got the best of her. She volunteered for the Hunger Games during a weak state, not knowing what had become of her. Not until she entered the arena did she realize what she had done was a terrible choice, and now she has to face her bad life decisions in the arena.

Token: None

Alliance: Astrid would die for an alliance, but wouldn’t try to find one unless approached since she fears of being bullied again, addition to the fact her mental disability would not allow her to do so.

Bloodbath Plan: It all depends on the arena. If it’s an outdoor themed arena with lots of possible vegetation Astrid is familiar with, she’ll only need to collect a simple weapon such as a knife or dagger near the outskirts of the Cornucopia and then she’d be fine. However, an arena with no vegetation would require more items to survive such as a backpack. Either way, she wants to flee the bloodbath as soon as possible.

Games Plan: She wants to stay nearly camouflaged; although she’ll stand out during her visit in the Training Center she’ll try to stay hidden throughout the games. She’ll hide herself somewhere where she’ll hopefully not be seen. She’ll want to camouflage herself with the wildlife so she isn’t very visible despite the racket she could make due to her Autism Disorder. If she plans to do any trouble in the arena, she’ll want to do it quickly and quietly as if she was never there.

Interview Plan: She’ll try to at least put up a suitable performance, but her interview angle could be anything depending on the state she is in. If she’s able to gain control for the time being, she’ll hopefully stay remotely normal and sly. However, if she has absolute no control of her Autism, she could do anything.

Training Score Guidelines: There isn’t much she could do to impress the game makers, but she’ll definitely try. If her Autism had the best of her, she’d at least try to be angry, maybe even frightening the Gamemakers influencing a good training score. However, for the time being while she has control of her temper and mind, she just wants to blend in and go unnoticed. She’ll most likely just demonstrate plant identification, climbing, and other skills that the Gamemakers that may not be too fond of.