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@ripred Oct 5, 2019 9:30:26 GMT -5

Post by delila on Oct 5, 2019 9:30:26 GMT -5

Name: Delila Oscars

Age: 13 yrs old

Gender: Female

District: 7, lumber

Appearance:

I have long brown hair with hazel-amber coloured eyes. My hair is straight! I have an oval face and white, pale skin. I wear glasses and I am skinny. I have strong legs and arms but not a strong core. I am not muscular although I can be strong. I can run fast and I am pretty nifty with a knife and a bow and arrow and an axe. I don't like hand to hand combat. I hate pain but can withstand it.

Personality:

I am kind and funny. I hate murder so I would only kill somebody if it was self defence. I am an animal lover so I would kill animals but emotionally I can not! I am very organised and always ahead of others in my district. I am nimble and agile but noisy. I could probably get sponsors by making people feel bad for me, I am a great liar and I am very witty.

History:

I live in the seam with my mum, dad and younger sister. My younger sister is 11 so her first reaping will be next year. My mum works as a carpenter in the hob, she make the homeless furniture for the homeless shelter me and her have set up. My dad works with all the other men, chopping down trees all day long. I want to get in the games and win so my family no longer need to work in the awful conditions they work in now. So my sister gets to never experience what she potentially might. Please get me in the games or at least let me volunteer in place of whoever is reaped.

Other:

My skills are- I am good with blades of any sort and a bow and arrow although my main weapon would be daggers and maces. I can distinguish edible and inedible plants and foods, I can navigate and camouflage myself and others.

My weaknesses- I have to wear glasses full time, somebody nock my glasses off and I am basically blind. But that is a risk I am willing to take to free my family!! I am also a sucker for the wounded. I cannot betray anybody so I would definitely be better going solo than in an ally group.

Thankyou for reading and please accept me and reap me! x

@ripred Oct 5, 2019 15:27:00 GMT -5

Post by Arrows on Oct 5, 2019 15:27:00 GMT -5

Hi Delila, welcome to the site!

I’m Arrows one of the Librarians here and I’m super excited to get to write with you soon(we love new members)! I just read your character application and wanted to reach out and help you with a few things!

Starting off with your question about the Reaping in your other post, we have three Reapings per year. The characters selected to be tributes are chosen through a randomizing code created by one of our Admins. Our most recent Reaping for the 83rd Hunger Games just passed, so the next one won't be for several months as it will be the first Reaping of 2020. As for the the 83rd Hunger Games, they will be beginning in a week, but you can already start reading the tributes' posts by checking out the Reapings posted in each district, the train posts here, and/or the training center posts here. Even when not in the games, members love to read through, feel, and discuss the tributes' stories with one another.

Turning towards this character application now, you are off to a nice start! Here are just a few things that should help you and get your character accepted in no time!

Here on HGRPG we have one account per member which can have a multitude of characters. For instance, I have characters in every district but only this account. And since you’ve joined you are all set to get to creating characters as well!

For character creation we have a nice guide here that can help you with figuring out our requirements. Basically we ask for around eight paragraphs, and for newer members we recommend using the character template here, which you seem to have found which is great. Essentially the three main areas to cover are appearance, personality, and history so that we can get a nice view of who the character is and where they come from. Again, you already have a great start on this, it just needs a bit more length! I would try adding what you've listed in your 'other' section to different sections in your bio. If you need any tips or suggestions on how to lengthen it further, I am more than happy to help!. Lastly, once you are finished you can reply to the thread with @*ripred(without the *) to get a staff member to review your application.

I've also moved your other post to our introductions board since that’s where members usually look to see the first posts of incoming members! Along these lines, joining our site slack(chat) channel here is the fastest way to meet the other members of the site and to start planning plots between characters! We are quite the chatty bunch!

With that, I know this can all be a lot when first joining so if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. I am more than happy to help anytime! When you feel like you've made the mentioned adjustments to your bio, post a reply below and a staff member will check it again for you!