Todd Hewitt (District 10) Done!

Name: Todd Hewitt
Age: 14
Gender: Male
District/Area: 10
Apperiance:

District 10 is one of the poorer districts and that is resembled on Todd. Scruffy, in desperate need of cutting brown hair, that resembles the color of moldy barley. Hazel eyes that are just a little darker than his hair, only lightened by the slight tang of green mixed in. Todd's face is a mixture ofsoft and sharp, his cheekbones are defined by his malnourishment and his jaw is a sharp angle that defines his face. Most of the time his features are ruff and work worn, but even when his eyes show the harshness and bad experiences he's been though, there is always a softness hidden behind them, no matter how far Todd thinks he's buried it.




Todd physical build has grown since he started putting his name in for a month worth of grain. He has grown to his full potential of a healthy 6" but still he has been unable to gain weight that would be considered for a 14 year old boy. Running around after the livestock has built him up but its hardly visable. His health is not the best, missing a few teeth after he got into fights with peacekeepers, a few broken bones that never really healed that only sometimes give him trouble.


Personality:

When first meeting Todd he can seem a bit withdrawn and if he's in a spot of power, he can give off a air of "I've got my own problems" and walk away. However if something means something to him, he will be the most unselfish person in the world, he would kill and be killed if it meant the whoever he was helping would stay alive. Todd is very much in the middle of being a follower or a leader, he will follow if it is needed so but if he thinks things are going to turn nasty in a few moments if he doesn't do anything, he'll take that step forward to take charge even if he doesn't want to.




Todd is sensitive even though he wouldn't admit it, he sufferers when others suffer. This is his one weakness and strength. Todd has come up into one situation where he should of killed when he had the chance and didn't, this has left him with the name of 'the boy who can't kill'. Todd's life would be very different if he had killed, but at the same time it saved him. For people who have kill seem to loss a part of themselves, riped by guilt and grief, if neither then they are most likely classed as psycho. Yes Todd can be transformed by guilt but he can always be called back by the right voice, never has he fully lost himself. The fact he never got back at the man who shot his dog for no good reason, has left him with a heavy heart, never really forgiving himself. 




Todd is probably the least educated person in district 10, that's how he feels. He can't read or write, even when Ben tried to pull him out of his daily chours to teach him, Todd always found a excuse to get out of it. He is very secretive of his lack of education and that has been the main reason why he hasn't tried to get into one of the schools in his district. One thing that can't be ignored is his non-standard English way of speaking, words like "ani't" and "yer" are all in his limited vocab. Todd has a scent of humour that most wouldn't find funny, but if you know him long enough, he can seem alright with his odd joke.




History:

Todd's parents couldn't be more different, his father was a rich, layed-back land lord who always had a eye for the pretty girl who had her own stall at the market selling sheep wool and whatever else she could spare to sell. His father would walk by her stall every day, buying from her even if her prices were high, leaving his change and avoiding asking her for the stall money. Until one day Todd's mother was robed as she walked home, only for his father to find her by the road side crying. After helping her back on her feet did they both fall in love. Todd's father had a tough disition to make, stay with her in district 10 slums or go back to his family and marry another rich person. He stayed and married the shepherd's daughter.

Sadly Todd never met his father, one day he just didn't come home and three days later was found dead in a ally way. His mother struck by grief held together as best as she could, having to look after the family farm and expecting a child would have been too much. Seeing she needed help, Ben and Cillian came and helped her back on her feet. Ben was a family friend and Cillian his partner. However at the age of two, Todd's mother was executed in front of the district for treason against the capital. Left parentless, Ben and Cillian have always been Todd's family.

At the age of twelve, Todd was given a sheepdog called Manchee for his birthday, which he hadn't asked for. He was the worst sheepdog they had ever had. Even though Todd gave him a hard time, he was always open to more comapany when their were only sheep to talk to. Manchee had even saved Todd's life a couple of times. On market days, Todd would set up stall and wondered around and taking every oppotunity as it came. From a young age Todd has had to steal just to keep his head above hot water, he wasn't one of the poorest in the district but who would say no to a free meal. Todd always felt bad stealing from other district 10, so peacekeepers and the mayor were his most frequent victims. Being caught led to severe punishments and once when he accidently pickpocketed a weapon from a peacekeeper, was threatended with public exucution, but Ben alwas git him out before anything got too bad.

However having Manchee around did save Todd from many punishments of being caught, until a soured faced peacekeeper just took out his gun and shot Manchee as they were both running away laughing. Never forgiving and forgetting, Todd broke into the room that the peacekeeper was living and was going to kill him for the revenge of his dog. But Todd just couldn't bring the knife down. Todd never told Ben or Cillian about his it, so he kept all the feelings of revenge and anger bottled up in his chest. Being quiet antisocial,  many people wouldn't mind to see Todd gone and that's just how it is.


Codeword: Odair
Other: I will write in first person and in a way of which he thinks, so wrong spelling and all. From the book The Knife of Never Letting Go.