Rook's Pawns.

ROOK

(killing time, as time slowly kills me)

username rook
age twenty one
gender male
joined january 2012
skype therookofspades


AWARDS

best newbie, 2012
most improved roleplayer, 2012
most likely to be a wizard, 2014
most likely to have killed a man, 2015
most likely to steal free bread (just to troll you), 2015

june 2012 couple of the month (destiny lentsil and pandora woodards)
june 2012 hunger games thread of the month (six feet down and i'm still falling)
november 2012 hunger games thread of the month (dies irae)
november 2012 couple of the month (wednesdae drummond and kiera dempsey)
december 2012 character of the month (wednesdae drummond)
december 2012 roleplayer of the month

september 2013 thread of the month (non sum qualis eram)
october 2013 hunger games thread of the month (fifteen candles)

january 2014 roleplayer of the month
march 2014 thread of the month (kingdom of lies)
march 2014 hunger games thread of the month (if the night is burning)
may 2014 thread of the month (we are imperfect)
august 2014 thread of the month (bad seed)
october 2014 tribute of the month (patricia valfierno)
october 2014 hunger games thread of the month (or chasm)
december 2014 roleplayer of the month

january 2015 character of the month (murdoch fenn)
january 2015 plot of the month (corps des vers)
april 2015 enemies of the month (lethe turner and patricia valfierno)
june 2015 member of the month
july 2015 couple of the month (diamond millison and patricia valfierno)

june 2016 member of the month
september 2016 member of the month

♕ THE QUEEN OF QUEENS ♕
(to the victor go the spoils)

Patricia Valfierno - District Five, 20
Victor of the 68th Annual Hunger Games

Stubborn, snappy and unorthadox. Patricia isn't the enthusiastic young technician she used to be. Since winning the Games she has struggled to reintegrate with society, shutting herself out of social circles and generally being short with anyone who tries to draw her back in. She used to have a vendetta against the Capitol, more notably during her Games. Since then, President Snow has kept a close eye on her, using her little sister Rose as a bargaining chip. Patricia doesn't like being threatened, but she knows her new life means she has to tame her aggressive nature. Patricia suffers from long term achluophobia, which is fear of the dark. This is a direct result of her Games.
-Thread Tracker-

♔ THE KING OF KINGS ♔
(the real winners are those that don't play)

Murdoch Fenn - Gamemaker, 35
Gamemaker of the 69th Annual Hunger Games

As unprofessional a person as you will ever meet, Murdoch is the definition of controversial. Starting life as a criminal in District Twelve, he was recruited as a Peacekeeper thanks to his exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills. From street brawler to Peacekeeper, Murdoch received the Capitol Medal of Honor for stopping a terrorist attack in the Capitol. In a short space of time, Murdoch graduated to a personal trainer for the Hunger Games, where he developed into a manipulative worm, feeding his superiors what they wanted so he could climb the ladder. He was made a Muttations handler at twenty-nine, and apprentice Gamemaker at thirty-one. He became Head Gamemaker of the Sixty-Ninth Hunger Games, alongside colleague Paul Smith. He remains one of the most controversial figures in the Capitol, suffering from ADHD, compulsive lying, and substance abuse.

GOOD
(extensions of my purity)

♔ THE WHITE KING ♔



Errol King - District Two, 18

Errol is a master assassin, head of the order. He is brash and opinionated, and likes to flaunt his power. He is sexist, crude and obsessive, but if you peer past his oversized ego, you can find a gentle boy who loves nature and beauty. Breaking him is hard, as his years of training have made him ruthless and without pity or mercy. His skill with a gun is unmatched, his accuracy infamous. He carries around a rifle hidden in a walking cane. Beware the boy who goes by the name "The King", because he hates not being the center of attention.

♕ THE WHITE QUEEN ♕



Quentin Peters - District Seven, 18

Petal Quinn ran away from hope and reinvented herself as the street-smart, fast-talking, liquor drinking Quentin Peters. Along with her band of misfits, she looks to bring justice to the little people of District Seven, acting very much as Robin Hood and Band of Thieves style operation. Since losing her right hand woman - Margaret DuBois, she has somewhat lost the enthusiasm she once had.

♗ THE FIRST WHITE BISHOP ♗



Vector Concat - District Three, 54

Vector is the Mayor of District Three. He is a very popular choice with the population of Three, as his reforms have massively improved living conditions in the slums and less built areas of the District. He is well respected both in Three and in the higher community. He has increased industrial output whilst also introducing profit sharing schemes with workers, boosting morale and efficiency simultaneously. He is not popular with everyone, however, as the energy-controlling mafia of District Three are suffering from the prosperity of the slums.

♗ THE SECOND WHITE BISHOP ♗



Holland Hart - District Nine, 18

Holland woke up in District Nine with no recollection of who she was or why she was there. She wandered the District, alone and afraid, until she woke up in the garden of Jacob Hart, a military man. He assumed she was from Thirteen, and offered her refuge. Holland went on to help him maintain his farm, and proved a good worker. But there was something else. Some instinct inside of her. Jacob realized it a long time ago, but Holland herself is blind to it. She is a Career.

♘ THE FIRST WHITE KNIGHT ♘



Bones - Peacekeeper, 34

Leonard McCoy is on the wrong side of a divorce, with no money and no friends, only his career as a medic aboard the Enterprise. He is a sarcastic sod, who has a fear of flying and a love for alcohol (the two go hand-in-hand nicely). He likes to use clichés and metaphors to get his point across, to the annoyance of everyone around him. He is a good man, despite all his weathered features, and one of the best medics in Panem.

♘ THE SECOND WHITE KNIGHT ♘



Danyel Le Meur - District One, 23

When he was twelve, Danyel was chosen to undertake a unique Career exercise, lasting six years. He was isolated in a single room and given no interaction. Instruction videos taught him how to fight and survive, whilst he maintained a certain amount of independence through the varied apparatus which he could train with. Danyel broke out when he turned Eighteen, killing a man and injuring others in a fit of rage fuelled by his father's manipulation. He was homeless, hiding in abandoned houses for several weeks before Opal Shore took him in and cared for him.

Danyel felt a burden to Opal, and shortly after turning nineteen, he left her home and sought independence. He found work on the road, living as a traveller, yet never leaving District One. Peacekeepers still hunted him after several years, and one day the past caught up with him. He currently occupies a cell in the Detention Center.

♖ THE FIRST WHITE ROOK ♖



Vespyr/Zephyr Candlewyck - District Five, 17

Vespyr has a split personality, and it's one he fears. He is a very capable chemist, and an all round nice guy, but when he changes - he changes. He has named his alter ego Zephyr - A nasty personality shift that wants to take full control of the body. As they struggle for power over the body, they must also figure out a way to work together so that they can keep their job in the chemistry quarter.

♖ THE SECOND WHITE ROOK ♖



Matty Haemer - District Three, 18

Matthew works for the Mayor, Vector Concat, as a groundskeeper, on the outskirts of Three. The mafia in Three decided that this was a good opportunity for Matty to restore unbalance in District Three, shifting power back to the Mafia. They decided that Matty's access to the Mayor's house would be the best way to kill him. To be extra sure that he wouldn't fail, the mafia decided to take him family hostage, with their lives on the line should he fail to do exactly what they told them to. Gardening in the day and being forced to learn how to kill at night, Matty lives a double life, one he can't afford to let slip from his diminishing control.

♙ THE FIRST WHITE PAWN ♙



Lester Wren - District Nine, 14

Lester and his brother Tucker used to scavenge through District Nine in search of artefacts from before the great war. Some things they uncovered they would sell, and some they would keep. When they found an ancient book from the times before, they were very adamant that it shouldn't fall into the wrong hands. It spoke of a God, and a prophet, and all the lessons of humanity. They dare not preach it with the Peacekeepers breathing down their necks, and other people wanting to get their hands on the book.

♙ THE SECOND WHITE PAWN ♙



Aries Styche - Avox, 29

Aries stalked the night, slaughtering sheep in the night, hoping to drive up the price of wool for his own financial gain. The Peacekeepers in District Ten soon caught the man who went be the alias of Chupacabra, and he was avoxinated for his crimes, and sent to the Capitol. He has lost his mind as well as his tongue, scribbling on the walls of his cell, where he is held as a competitor in an illegal fighting pit.

♙ THE THIRD WHITE PAWN ♙



Lilith Kerbroski - District Eleven, 18

Lilith is a stubborn girl who seems to draw too much attention to herself. She sometimes finds herself in situation that could have been avoided, if she weren't so careless. She is blind in one eye, bad scarring makes it difficult for people to look at without feeling queasy, and so she often covers it up with her long hair. She sometimes wears dark glasses, which don't help her vision at all, but they do hide her scar. She tells people that she damaged her eye falling on barbed wire in an alpaca stampede, but even she is starting to doubt her own claims. She has a suppressed memory that threatens to resurface.

EVIL
(extensions of my darker side)

♔ THE BLACK KING ♔



Jano Karmichael - District Seven, 16

Jano and his twin sister Castor are fugitives, hiding deep in the District 7 forests, high up in a treehouse. They are wanted criminals - Their crime? The murder of a Peacekeeper. Only it wasn't that simple. There had been a riot. Peacekeepers shot at civilians. It was fluke that Castor took baby Ellise to the market that day. It was fluke that the Peacekeeper's bullet strayed and killed her. What wasn't fluke was Castor stabbing the Peacekeeper to death in blind, searing rage. Jano's been trying to clear their names ever since, but clearing up a mess this big takes time and hard work. In the end, is it worth going back to how things were?

♛ THE BLACK QUEEN ♛



Annie Leonhardt - Peacekeeper, 20

Annie is from District Thirteen. At a young age she was hi-jacked with tracker jacker venom to become a killing machine hell-bent on tearing down the Capitol. She travelled to the Capitol and enlisted in the Peacekeepers, so that she may destroy the Capitol from the inside. She owns a hi-grade military combat suit known as the Titan Suit Mark 8.1, which stimulates the muscle tissue to allow extra agility and strength. Annie's greatest weakness is her attachment to her fellow Peacekeepers, in particular Armin Arlert, a boy who she has grown too fond of.

♝ THE FIRST BLACK BISHOP ♝



Bartholomew Birch - District Two, 18

Barty is part of a double act. His twin brother Elliot is a behemoth of a Career who can tear through any Tribute's defensive stance, whereas Bart is a quick, acrobatic Career who invests his time in avoiding attacks, and surviving. Together they are Ying and Yang, cancelling each other out with their fighting styles. Their sparring sessions often end in stalemate, but that isn't to say that they're enemies. They are friendly rivals, as well as brothers, and would do anything to protect each other. Expectation is heavy on both of them.

♝ THE SECOND BLACK BISHOP ♝



Kasper Cowie Libertine - District Four, 17

Kasper is one of the most civil, polite young men you can ever have the pleasure to meet. Manners means a lot to Kasper, and he enjoys engaging in constructive conversation. However, he is also a murderer. If you're rude to him and get on his wrong side, you may end up dead, but if you're polite to him, you may find you have a hitman on your side.

♞ THE FIRST BLACK KNIGHT ♞



Morton Reus - District Eleven, 18

Morton was born the weakest child in the Reus family, and wasn't expected to live past his first year. Morton's always been a survivor, and what's more, he's thrived since overcoming his illness. He is a behemoth of a man, standing at 6'5 tall. He has an incredibly high pain threshold, and so he partakes in street fighting competitions, for money, where he is known as "The Ogre".

♞ THE SECOND BLACK KNIGHT ♞



Hitch Woodards - District Eight, 18

Hitch spends his days looking after Rubik Woodards. He is only half-brother to the Woodards' twins and Hope, but he still grieves for the same losses. He is wry character with an appetite for causing trouble, but since Hope's death he has matured a lot. He is now very defensive over Rubik, and hates people trying to intervene.

♜ THE FIRST BLACK ROOK ♜



Reiner Braun - Peacekeeper, 26

Like Annie, Reiner is from District Thirteen, and was also indoctrinated to take down the Capitol from the inside. He has few friends, and keeps to himself. He is a very paranoid individual, and aggressive too. His suspicions that his colleague Marco Bodt knows more than he lets on may well land him in trouble. Reiner hides a 9ft mech suit known as the Titan Armour 2.0 in a boathouse on the outskirts of the Capitol.

♜ THE SECOND BLACK ROOK ♜



Rene Rallis - District Eight, 18

Rene's mind is maze of possibilities. He does not see the world like normal people. He sees alternate outcomes and parallel worlds. Rene participates in back-alley knife fights, where to win you must cut the opponent down the back three times. The winner gets to keep their fingers. Going by the alias "Æsahættr", Rene is unbeaten, having won all twenty six fights he has been in. That isn't to say that he isn't broken - He is badly scarred down the back and mentally fragile. With more money than he can manage, he lives in a derelict building site, where a strange girl named Elena Ebowe looks after him from time to time.

♟ THE FIRST BLACK PAWN ♟



Isabella Rodríguez - District Six, 18

She goes by the nickname "Blue" on the streets of Six. Izzy deals drugs for her cartel, but she also supervises drops and trade-offs, acting as the main muscle. She is tougher than most the men who work in the gang, and has no tolerance for people who break the rules. Rules, to her, are iron, and must be obeyed.

♟ THE SECOND BLACK PAWN ♟



Naura Jay Tern - District Nine, 14

Naura is a brash, headstrong girl who acts before she thinks. She's got a loud mouth and a strong opinion on everything. She is part of the Tern family -rivals to the Jays of D9. She hates Jays with a passion, and has been in fist fights with rival siblings at school. What she doesn't know is that she was swapped at birth, and that she is actually part of the family she hates so much.

♟ THE THIRD BLACK PAWN ♟

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Nestor Olejnik - District Five, 20

He is a sinner, masked as a mere for-hire Butler in Five. Nestor works with a housekeeping company, trying to manipulate his way into the upper class by swiping any riches he finds in the manors he resides in. He is cold, and completely selfish. No one particularly likes him, and so he finds himself isolated, but he doesn't mind too much.

PIECES OF THE GAMES
(extensions of what i've lost)

♔ THE FALLEN HERO ♔



Pandora Woodards - District Eight, 61st Games

Before the Games, Pandora was a sleazy, trouble-making slob who spent his days eating, drinking and sleeping with girls. His Reaping was a shock to him, and he felt a new responsibility to get home and help his twin brother Rubik support the struggling Woodards family. Pandora teamed up with Cyrus Malloc and Noreen Lexington, outsiders who stood little chance against the Careers of the arena. The boy from Eight fell in a forbidden love with Destiny Lenstil. He was not used to it, having never been in love before, and it distracted him from his Games performance. When Pandora came face to face with Elon, Walker, Mahlah and Jae on day four, he bravely fought to defend Noreen but in doing so accidentally slashed her in the throat with his sword. After running away from the crime scene, he returned the next day seeking to redeem himself. He single-handedly fought Elon, Walker, Mahlah and Jae - Killing Walker whilst avoiding all other attacks. When he tried to flee he was killed by a latch crab explosion that he took the brunt of to save his allies.

Finished 12th - Died Day Four, Latch Crab Explosion
2 kills

♔ THE PERFECT VILLAIN ♔



Wednesdae Drummond - District Nine, 62nd Games

Wednesdae became obsessed with cleansing the impure, and right from the start of the Games he looked to win it. He joined the Careers - Kiera Dempsey and Peridot Myler from District One, and Atlas Cornell. Following the quick death of Atlas, the trio managed to hold the Cornucopia and win the wealth. The group became divided after Peridot took Aria Wolfe under his wing. Kiera and Wednesdae fell in love, and the two halves of the once mighty alliance had many an argument. After Kiera was killed by the night terrors of the alliance, Wes left Aria and Peridot in fear of being killed in his sleep. He fell into a deep crag in the later stages of the Games and found himself fighting the odd tribute. Having killed Demeter Merwin-Glory and decapitating Naveen Casovnik, he pushed himself to the edge of death. Wednesdae was close to dying and faced the tag-team of Aria and Peridot in the finale. It was two on one, but Wednesdae was able to kill Aria before submitting to Peridot and bleeding out.

Finished 2nd - Died Day Nine, Killed by Peridot Myler
5 kills

♕ THE QUEEN WHO NEVER WAS ♕



Hope Woodards - District Eight, 65th Games

Hope volunteered in place of Andorra Konstantine because her life was not worth living. With her brother Pandora dead and her only remaining relative, Rubik, going into emotional shut-down, Hope felt volunteering was the only morally right thing she could do any more. However, she soon regretted the decision and had several violent and angry outbursts in the Capitol. She adopted Pandora's potty mouth, swearing viciously at any given opportunity. She was killed on Day Two. After accidentally spilling tar over herself, Hope was too slow to react to Emery Moreno, who quickly set her on fire. After smothering out the flames by rolling in the dirt, Hope found herself at the clutches of Iago Izar-McClaine, who cut her eyes out with the point of his glaive. She bled to death, blind and alone.

Finished 16th - Died Day Two, Killed by Emery Moreno
0 kills

♔ THE SPIRIT KING ♔



Willis Keeni - District Six, 66th Games

Willis was a troubled Keeni cousin living in the broken down, shanty area of District Six. He used to play Darts for money - something he was particularly good at for a while. Abused by his father and scarred by the losses of his only friends (Gypsy and Pyrian), he turned to alcohol. Upon being Reaped, he was forced into sobriety by the Capitol, to his dismay. He had a talent with throwing knives, but his psychosomatic shaking made it nearly impossible to sustain the accuracy he was blessed with. He realized that alcohol would grant him the steady hand he needed, and in the Games he decided to take advantage of this. However, it backfired. Willis, being starved of alcohol for days, drank too much and became too drunk to fight, or defend his friends. Claire Partridge and Eye Saw both died because of Willis' incompetence, and he ran away from his only remaining ally (Laila Sycamore) out of shame. He was killed by Soap near the end of the Games, with an axe to the skull, having notched up four kills himself. He regretted killing, and was glad to die.

Finished 3rd - Died Day Eight, Killed by Colgate "Soap" O'Leary
3 kills

TAKEN PIECES
(extensions of what i've sacrificed out of choice)

♗ THE HAUNTED BROTHER ♗



Rubik Woodards - District Eight, 23

Rubik was once a twin, but his sleazy brother Pandora was Reaped for the 61st Games. Ever since his death, Rubik has never been the same. Unable to support his little sister Hope and their dying Father, Rubik turned to Hitchcock - his bastard brother - for help. Together they were able to survive, working extra shifts and sharing a house. Their father hung himself shortly after Pandora's funeral, which was hard for them, but made things easier. Then Hope was Reaped for the 65th Games. Rubik couldn't take the loss of two siblings, and mentally shut down. Now Hitchcock looks after him, refusing visitors.

During the 65th Victory Tour, he kidnapped Saffron Lowe and held her hostage in the woods. He had conflicted thoughts and cold feet, and tried to use her as a bargaining chip for his escape. Things went south fast after Klaus Goravich got involved as a negotiator, and in the heat of the moment, Klaus shot Rubik at point blank range, killing him.

♘ THE AVOX AVENGER ♘



Mellor Carruthers - Wanderer, 20

Mellor left District Six when he discovered that his parents were still alive, living in the Capitol. With the help of the Avox named Devroux Creighton, he was able to enter the Capitol and find them. He lied to Devroux, posing as an Avox himself, to gain his trust. When Devroux discovered the truth, the two parted ways. Mellor found his parents ran an entire Avoxination clinic in the Capitol. They took him in and let him live with them. Unable to live with the shame of who his parents were, he brutally murdered them in their own apartment - Snapping his father's neck whilst his mother chocked on poisoned wine.

He was shot on sight by Peacekeepers, who hunted him down for four days through the backalleys of the Capitol following the murder of his parents.