Rory Benstaloe | District 10 | FIN

Living in District Ten it is pretty common for a civilian to wear a cowboy hat, a checked shirt and a pair of blue jeans; Rory is none of that. Being the typical stereotype is not a part of Rory’s style, he’d rather be different. Allowing his head to have full view of the sun, Rory tries to pick out the wildest shirts and a pair of blue jeans cannot be found in his drawers. Plain tees with collection of colours, although he does have a few checked shirts, he likes to wear them over one of his many colourful t-shirts. Rory soaks plain old t-shirts in a variety of natural colourings such as berries over night, as it is hard to obtain colourful t-shirts in the district. On many occasions, the t-shirts have stained his body although with a good weeks worth of scrubbing his skin, he has been able to remove the stains.

Placed below his bushy eyebrows are a pair of blue eyes, which are nothing like his older brother’s. Growing up in a lower district helps with his lack of weight, although he does get a minimal amount of food on his plate, it isn’t enough the hide the ribs pulsating through his skin. Rory is quite a skinny kid, although he has a few workers muscles, from the long hard hours he works. Nearing to his older brothers' height, Rory is 5ft’5 and is expected to tower his brothers once he ages up and he hopes that times comes quickly.

Working outdoors all the time has helped the sun tint his skin brown and if he has worked hard enough, his face can become a tomato. Rory particularly hates his nose, it is probably the biggest limb he has on his body. Regularly people like to remind him of the abomination on his face, Rory wishes one day he could shrink it but no such practices can be done in District Ten.

Pretending to be confident is probably Rory’s biggest flaw. He likes to think he can get anyone to befriend him but tries too hard and typically fails. Forever trying to swoon over girls close to his age, he is tagged as the failed stud as his tricks never play through well but it doesn’t stop him, he still continues to do it. Even trying to make normal friends with people, he tries too hard to make himself look like a brilliant person, when really he isn’t. Whenever Rory picks out the wrong people, it puts him into bad situations, usually his face being planted into a pile of cow manure.

Being silent is not a part of Rory’s lifestyle; since his was a kid he has always been loud. Rory can talk about anything for a great period of time; he can talk with anyone and even to himself. He probably has better conversations with himself, as he actually listens to what he says. Rory doesn’t have many particular interests, so his topics of conversation can be anything from the condition of the hay in this year’s harvest to the tributes in the current games. Whatever is worth talking about, he talks about it.

When he does win over someone as a friend, it is typically someone who wants to harm Rory. Rory is easily influenced and believes everything. If someone tells him to do something, he will do it without hesitation. From setting fire to a bale of straw, to tipping over a cow, he doesn’t think about the consequences that could happen. However Rory must have luck on his side as he has never been snitched or hurt for the things he has done; but there is always the time.

Rory tends to relate more with girls and has many female friends, the ones that he can win over usually laugh at his stupidity and they tend to be the ones that influence him more. In a female presence he feels weaker and thinks he must obey to them, no matter what.

Growing up behind two older twin brothers, Rory had much hell as an infant and still does now. Having two identical brothers was hard for Rory, they were both partners in crime and Rory was their victim most of the time. Slowly Rory grew afraid of them as they abused his dumbness and made him do all sorts of stupid things as a child. Rory hated being in their presence and as he grew older whenever he was at home he used to just lock himself in his room or not spend much time at home. Rory can never get away from them as there are two of them!

Rory isn’t much as an idiot as his brother Rodrick however who got into an accident and banged his head. Since the accident, Rory has noticed something strange with the twins. Rodney seems ever so more close, too close. One night Rory wandered down the hallway, his brothers' bedroom door was slightly open…he saw his brothers together in bed. Rory couldn’t string it all together, were they having sexual relations? Was Rodney using Roderick due to his vulnerability? Rory kept it to himself, fearing his brothers may beat him if he told anyone. It pretty much scarred him and caused him to come home late a lot, not wanting to be near them.

Working all the time, the thought of his brothers dabbling together always runs in his mind, which is usually why he likes to be around other people. Chatting away all the time, working, keeping his mind off the thought. Rory is a stable hand, he mucks out horses and does all the usual chores around the barn. He is good at his job, he enjoys it but it is too much of a routine for him. It is always the same thing day after day, even though the horses may do different things, everything is so predictable. Rory wishes he could just leave the District, see other things, meet other people and especially get away from his brothers.