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District Nine Female: Rhea Martinez-Rye

Author: josie_tee

Name: Rhea Martinez-Rye

Age: 16

Sex: Female

District: 9

Physical Description:  Unlike most of the girls she knows, Rhea isn't breathtakingly gorgeous.  Her dark, close-to-auburn hair - chestnut, really - is common in Nine,  even its just past the shoulder length, and paired with her tanned, near  olive skin it doesn't make her look beautiful, merely plain. Her face  is angular, almost looked emaciated, but when she smiles - not often -  it becomes wider. Her eyes are the most beautiful thing about her and as  they're usually angled towards the ground, it's hard to see the light  golden green that pigments them. She'll sometimes wear an army green  jacket that compliments both her hair and her eyes and that's when she  feels the most beautiful. Rhea is about 5'7", average height for her  age, with arms and legs that are slightly muscular from working in the  fields.

Personality: Rhea is  quiet and sort of shy. Her looks help her to be forgettable and she's  okay with just hanging out with her two friends most of the time. When  she's alone, or only with people she's comfortable, she gets marginally  louder but not much. Rhea often has trouble talking to people like  teachers or bosses, and will sometimes make Cyprus or Cedric do it for  her. She is rather smart, though would probably be more described as  clever. She loves working in fields and does it cheerfully, as long as  she doesn't have to talk to anyone.

Background: She was  raised as a typical District Nine kid, playing in the fields during  winter and working in them every other season from when she was nine  onward. She was an only child, but always wanted a younger or older  siblings. Her family was poor, but usually scraped by, though she can  remember a few winters when she went hungry for days so they could  survive. Her childhood best friends, Tyrine and Hayttie, were in the  same situation, which she realized later was probably the only reason  they were friends.
When Rhea was thirteen, her mother became  pregnant. Despite knowing it meant an extra mouth to feed, everyone was  ecstatic, until one night when Rhea woke up to screaming. When she tried  to help, she was met with only blood and tears.
Afterwards, she was  told that her mother had lost the baby and she gradually fell into  depression, especially as Hayttie and Tyrine started avoiding her. After  a few months of this, she met new friends, twins named Cyprus and  Cedric. They had been through the same thing and she discovered real  friends in them, and they helped each other cope. When they Hunger Games  rolled around, Cyprus and Rhea made a deal that they would volunteer if  the other were to be reaped.

Volunteered

Reason: Cyprus was  reaped and she was holding up her end of the deal. She did have a moment  of hesitation, but then she saw Cedric trying to stay strong while he  watched his twin walk up and volunteered. She also remembered the  'twist' and knew exactly what she wanted

Strengths: She's a  moderately fast runner, but only in sprinting - she can't do long  distances. She's good at plants and can punch surprisingly well.

Weaknesses: Not good at  long distance anything, can't do hand to hand other than her punches.  She's not good at making friends or getting people to like her which  means a small chance of alliances or sponsorships.

Weapon: Throwing knives.

Token: A small corner of blanket that's from her baby blanket and the blanket that was going to be her sibling's.

Wish: For a little sister - the one her mother miscarried.