Hugh Martwain { District Twelve

Name: Hugh Martwain
Age: Twelve
Gender: Male
District/Area: District 12
Appearance:

The Martwain children all share a large room; hay covered with cloth, acting as beds and large piles of clothes as a closet. No one owns a shirt or pants, they share. Each child ranges in size and so they have come to know what articles fit them and which don't. Hugh on the other hand, makes no note of how he looks and has ended up wearing Scott's shirts or even Kevin's. He can go for days without changing clothes and has very possibly the worst hygiene of all the children. The only person who has a fouler smell is probably Tim.

His hair is tangled and curly. Thea has tried many times to contain it, but has failed again and again. She took up the duty of his hairdresser after Delilah tried time and time again, only lashing out in distress and pulling out some of Hugh's hair.

He has dusky eyes that changes shades of blue. It seems that the dark the sky is, the darker Hugh's eyes become and visa versa.

He's short and skinny, but has a small hump on his belly from starvation. Compared to the average well fed twelve year old in district one, he looks like a boy of seven.

Hugh has blotches of red all over his body from the hay of which he sleeps on. It turns out that he's allergic to it. He's small in apparent size, but has a bigger heart than most.

Personality:

Hugh is always looking out for those other than himself. He loves his siblings dearly and would give his life up for them. It's the only love that he knows of.

Though, with good intentions, Hugh can sometimes be a bit to caring. He gives those things of his possession that are dire to his survival like food and clothing without a second thought.

Hugh makes others laugh with his lack of knowledge. During school he often dozes off and has to be tutored by Scott, Thea or Darcy at home. Cassidy and Brigette are to mean to help him. They would teach him the wrong lessons on purpose.

Hugh always means well, but a little sense slipping into his mind couldn't hurt.

History:

Hugh lives in an rather unstable environment. Apart from having little to eat, his father (Tim) spends all of his earnings at the coal mines on whiskey and has stolen at least eight bottles of the toxin. He's yet to get caught. Hugh's mother (Delilah) works hard to support her eight children, but breaks down into emotional tantrums. In the capitol she would be diagnosed with bipolar disease, but the lack of medical attention district twelve has, she's labeled just weird.

The Martwain children tend to take on the parental roles. The eight of them work together to support each other and their parents.

The two youngest Martwain children are closest to Hugh. Gracey Martwain is the baby of the family at only two years old. Hugh often gives her a portion of his meals to make sure that she never has to feel hunger. Kevin is next at six years old. He follows Hugh around, idolizing him.

The five other Martwain children are all older than Hugh. Scott is the oldest son at twenty years old and works at the coal mine with his father, though spending his money on food instead of whiskey. Thea is the oldest daughter at seventeen and is just about to finish up schooling. She has a small potato farm in the family's yard. Cassidy and Brigette are sixteen and can always finish each other's sentences. They work together to trade other children and families. They're tricky and often receive more than they give knowing so. Darcy is fourteen years old and often pesters Scott and his tipsy father that he is old enough to work in the coal mines. Scott though, will never let him in fear that something bad will happen to him.

Each of the Martwain children who qualify, have their names in the drawing for the hunger games as many times as tesserae will allow. Hugh with only a few slips with his name on them was drawn to compete in the hunger games only a few days ago. His family is already mourning his life, knowing that he is weak and naive.

Codeword: <edited out by Rue>
Comments/Other:

Lulu/Aya (since you two said you shared a brain xD), this is Abby with my district twelve tribute. =] The application isn't good because I had no set plot in mind. I doubt little Hugh will make very long anyways. -mourns-