Lydia Carmine Harmon

Name: Lydia ["Lyd"] Carmine Harmon
Age: 15
Gender: Female
District/Area: District 3
Appearance:

Lyd is impressively tall for her age - 6'1" to be exact. She towers over most people her age, even the boys. Her hair falls a little past her shoulders and is blond with natural blonde streaks - it's glossy on the surface but wispy and curly beneath. Normally it's pulled into a ponytail. Her eyes are blue grey, like a storm cloud that collided with the sea. Her face is classically shaped, though her upper lip is scarred from a fall when she was young. Capitol technology could've fixed it easily - as if her family had that kind of money. Her skin is fair with red tones and burns easily. Though she isn't athletic, she isn't chubby either - just average.

Personality:

Lyd tries to be a good person - she avoids conflict, smiles for customers, and helps her family's restaurant immensely. Though she burns with a slow fuse, once she's mad she holds a grudge. She loves to read books and imagine tales of her own, but secretly she detests her dreary life. She craves adventure. She always tries to face her fears. She is quick to love and slow to forgive.

Though she's heard whispers that she is lucky, Lyd doesn't feel lucky. She feels lost. She thought the Peacekeepers were there to keep her district safe ... until she saw her long time crush dragged out of her classroom by them. It wasn't until later that she learned he had a complex robot hidden in his home. Whispers said it was a weapon, but he'd always seemed so peaceful. He vanished from District 3. When she'd inquired about him to a Peacekeeper, he'd simply told her to clear her pretty head of such things.

She'd never felt so insulted in her life. She was smart - nearly at the top of her class. She'd once shown her teacher a design for a self clearing table, and he'd told her that she could perhaps be one of the Capitol's scientists one day. Lyd's not sure how she feels about that. She cannot tell if the Capitol wishes for the Districts' well being or not.

History:

Lyd was born to a restaurant owning family in District 3. Her older brother began working in a hovercraft factory two years ago and is rarely around the house. Her twin sisters, who are both 11, help with some of the easier jobs at the restaurant: washing dishes, setting tables, and the like.

Lyd, meanwhile is a waitress. She has terrific balance and charisma and multiple regulars who request her in specific to be their server. The best part is the tips she can give to her family; the worst part is the leering men who have had a drink too many.

Though they own a business, Lydia's family is anything but wealthy. Most of the food they eat are scraps off their customers plates. Though her brother used to sign up for tesserae, he is now nineteen. This year, it will be her responsibility. At age 15 and with six tesserae, she'll be entered 10 times into the reaping this year.

When she isn't waitressing, she is designing potential products in her notebooks - even a few muttations - a cow that needs no food, only water, is one of her proudest creations. It could save lives in many districts, she guesses.

Codeword: Muttations
Comments/Other:

Lydia was a major fan of that District 12 tribute from the 2nd Quarter Quell - that curly hair was to die for.