District 12 Male~ Marcus Silverhand

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Name: Marcus Silverhand

District: 12

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Weapon: A mining pick or sling shot.

Appearance: Standing at 5' 3" Marcus  is short for his age, but people who see him don't describe him as short. He has a proud upright posture and a slim athletic build. His usually unwashed black/brown hair hangs down below his jawline, giving him a wild boy of the woods look.  His skin is usually tan, and discolored from coal dust, dirt and burn scars. His face is a very nice triangular shape, with a very straight nose and noble cheekbones. Marcus has every appearance of a bedraggled boy, but his dreamy periwinkle blue eyes and pleasant expression make people rethink their initial opinion of him. Cleaned up his appearance is very striking.

Personality: forever Marquez is described as an old soul, hard-working, determined, good-natured and with a smart head on his shoulders. But that's only the image he puts out. He trusts no one, keeping his feelings and thoughts to himself, he is very superstitious and suspicious, he is prone to over thinking and overreacting. If you cannot follow his superstitions and beliefs he gets quite upset.

Strengths: He's good at hiding his true thoughts and feelings, good at lying, knows people's bad intentions.

Weaknesses: He fears everything, superstitious about everything, believe he cannot be happy, cant see the good in people, thinks that ghoasts hunting him.

Backstory: Marcus lived on the edge of District 12 with his father older sister Saya and three younger siblings.  his father was a drunk who sold his illegal booze to people in the district and his mother was a healer who believed in pagan gods before dying in childbirth. Marcus's father would go on drunken rages and Marcus's sister Saya would be forced to hide her siblings, taking their father's blows to protect her siblings. Eventually the peacekeepers got wind of their fathers alcohol marketing and went to arrest him. When they came to their house their father became enraged and tried to kill the peacekeepers, they stopped him, but not before he had thrown a candle, setting the entire house ablaze. Fearing for their lives Saya moved Marcus and his brothers out of the house. The peacekeepers following behind. But their father would not leave. Desperate to save their father Saya went in to get him, Marcus tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen. Marcus went in after her, only to see a burning beam fall on top of his sister, he saved her, inflicting serious burns to his body. The house collapsed after Marcus dragged Saya out. Leaving them orphans and Saya blinded from the embers that had flown into her eyes. After that they were homeless , staying in home to home, unwanted. Marcus was forced to leave school and work in the mines, then Saya got sick. Trying to save her Marcus entered his name 40 times in the reaping in an attempt to get supplies to trade for medicine. But still she grows weaker and weaker with no hope of her surviving.

Token: A rabbits foot necklace, given to him by Saya who had been given it by their mom

Other: Marcus is terrified of owls since he's seen one before every tragedy in his life.

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