Minnow Hitch| District Four

Minnow Hitch
Age: 15
Gender: Male
District: District Four
Face claim: Daniel Laros

Family: Coral Hitch, Mother(npc)
Marlin Hitch, Father (npc)
Sirena Hitch, Older sister

Appearance: Minnow is a bit of a tall teenager, having inherited his fathers stature he stands at around 5 feet 7 inches. He has rather pale skin that is painted with freckles . He is usually squinting to protect his eyes from the sun but underneath his lids sits a pair of deep hazel eyes.

He isn't exactly scrawny but he isn't well built either, he is a comfortable 87 lbs, having not really experienced going hungry before. He has a few little scars on his fingers and palms from accidently cutting himself with fish hooks when being careless. He likes to wear clothing that is easy to swim in, so a lot of thin singlet tops and shorts, even though his sister tries to make him dress a little nicer. The only thing he considers ‘nice’ is the necklace his sister gave him when they were kids made of an old seashell and fishing line.

Personality/attributes: Minnow is a sweet young man who wears his heart on his sleeve. He is well known in his community as someone who helps out whenever they can, no matter the task. He isn't the type to blow off his work and actually seems to quite enjoy it. He almost always has a smile on his face and is deemed quite popular around his peers due to his cheerfulness.

He is quite talented when it comes to spear fishing, seeming to have a good eye for the moving targets in the water and has only improved in the sport as he has gotten older. Minnow enjoys crafting his own hooks out of scrap pieces of metal he can find around his fathers workshop, which he pairs with the fishing rods his father crafts to be either used by the family or sold off to other people.

History: Minnow was originally the nickname given to him by his father when his mother was still pregnant with him, but when he was born it was obvious that the name stuck. He was born the youngest child of his parents and although they planned another child, they decided two was more than enough for them. Being as Minnow is only 3 years younger then Sirena, they got along quite well throughout their childhood and did almost everything together. That is till Sirena went to school and made more friends and no longer had time for her little brother.

Being home with his parents for those few years gave the young child plenty of time to explore the coast with his mother and pick up some of the trade of their family. He learnt how to read the oceans tides and currents and figure out when was the best time to fish and when was the best time to look for certain shellfish. The best thing he learnt though was that he loved the ocean and everything to do with it.

By the time Minnow was 6 he’d proven to be a very strong swimmer, having spent most of his free time paddling in the ocean with his friends or swimming with his family and soon took on the small judge of swimming in the shallower waters to gather up any kind of shellfish he could find for his family to eat or export. He would leave the house with his mother and an empty metal bucket and return with it full of all kinds of delicious shellfish.

When he finally started school he instantly became rather popular among his peers, his sunny attitude seemingly infectious with children his age and the popularity has continued well into his teen years. He dosent really spend time with his friends outside of school though, instead he works with his family to help earn extra money.