User blog comment:Horsefinatic/1st Hunger Games/@comment-4340842-20121202140525

Name: Shadow Reid

District: 3

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Personality: Tactical, Survivalist, Smart

Backstory: Shadow Reid was an average boy but had a knack for building fantastic motors and other devices out of a few tools and nails. He could make a catapult from a pair of trees and an oversized suit, he could dissasemble a Peacekeeper gun, name all the parts and then stick it back together in under an hour, and he could easily build working engines and even small vehicles, provided he had the tools neccessary. He lived with his father, Jaden Reid, and his 19 year old brother Jutta Reid, himself the sole winner of the trial Hunger Games five months prior,  thanks to a fantastic first performance by District 3, with the two tributes killing 4 of the 6 Career Tributes and another 3 normals before the female was ambushed. Jutta then went on to teach Shadow and another five possible tributes the skills they would need to survive if they had the bad luck to be called up as a tribute. His rather odd (Normal for us) name also made him stand out much, with some calling him an "Alien". He fancied a girl named Ottilie, who was two weeks younger than him and also another student of Jutta's. However, it must be noted that Shadow did not volunteer.

Appearance: Shadow has brown hair, is muscular with a visible six-pac, has green eyes, weighs 68 kilograms, is of an average build and is a very smart boy. He is 6 foot 1, making him taller than most D3 kids of his age.

Weapons: Anything he can stick together, Deer Horn Knives, Throwing Knives. He has also done some training with a sword and shield and spears but does not prefer these over the weapons he trained for months with.

Skills: Ability to create weapons and traps using nature, snares, pinpoint accuracy at ranges of over twenty metres with throwing knives, hand-to-hand fighting, diplomacy, bribing, better-than-average general performance giving him great power in the arena, adept eyes and ears, good tree climbing skills.

Weaknesses: Slight lack of agricultural skills, fears Carnivorous trees, requires energy to keep up stamina over prolonged periods of time.

Strategy: Take the desired weapons and run like hell to Arena Segment 4, taking out any pursuers or maybe one or two people at the bloodbath, but nothing in which his own life is at more risk than neccessary. Gather loads of peaches and other supplies and immediately head out to Arena Segment 1, hoping for warm clothing and a quick supply drop to help for the days ahead. Take out anybody who comes near and prepare some long range weaponry. Get one or two allies, presumably much younger people (I.E. like Katniss with Rue) and sabotage any large food dumps. Kill the ally if they attempt to kill you, but keep them close. Hide among the trees.

Bloodbath strategy: What is said above and the same as what Shen Seraph is planning.

Alliance(s): With District partner, anybody with high intellect who is trustworthy.