Claret Cor: District 1

Her hair is short, dark, and, at random times, completely unmanageable. Claret wields her ivory skin, heart shaped face, plump lips, and unremarkable (yet still attractive) nose with experience. Her irises are a hazel-green, set in large, almond eyes. Thin, sleek eyebrows frame them, and a surgically perfected smile completes the picture. Her body is small, lithe and powerful, a dancer's form. Cleavage wasn't ever her most captivating feature, but she is nowhere near flat-chested.

Her stance is always a pose, ready to act in whatever way is best. This, obvious to anyone who knows her well, juxtaposes her personality brilliantly. Her walk is dance-like, meant to intrigue. It's part of her training: to entice, to make others drop their guards.

Despite her training as a Career, Claret has an upbeat, sunny personality. People are naturally drawn to her, and are put off by the fact that she is a Career (who are normally seen as ruthlessly ambitious and despondent). Around others, she's lively—a party girl. She brakes out into dance at random times, strikes up conversations with older strangers (who find her just a tad insane), and gets along with everyone.

Her father, whose father was a Hunger Games winner, trained her thoroughly. Her proficiency with knives is unmatched, but her dexterity and aim with any weapon is superb. Being the person she is, the only use she's ever gotten out of her knife-throwing ability is its popularity as a party trick. Her stamina is good, but her strength lacks, and her thin body doesn't provide much heat.

Claret hasn't ever taken her training seriously. However, she isn't the same around her parents. She becomes stiffer, and a tad sharp-tongued. It upsets her friends, who believe it is due to some sort of not-spoken-of abuse during her childhood, or her training. Despite her dislike of her training, she has always wanted to be a Tribute.

Claret Cor was, as per a tradition of her mother's family, named after a color. Her mother's family are fashion people. Claret is a deep red, and is consistently referred to as her favorite color. Her father's family have been Careers for generations, much before the destruction of District 13. Her grandfather won his Games--something that instilled a sense of duty in his fifth son: Claret's father, who never made it to the Games.

Her older brother, who she treated as more of an acquaintance than anything, was killed in the Hunger Games three years ago; her mother hasn't ever stopped grieving. This continually causes an impasse between Claret's father and mother on Claret's training. She persistently stay out of these arguments. She doesn't think her opinions matter much to her parents.

Her childhood was... Unconventional. From the time she was 4, she was trained in herbology, anatomy, and the Hunger Games. In the last, clips of Hunger Games past were played to her, studied by her, and solved perfectly. Her brother, a Career prodigy, was her Trainer until his death, when her father took over.

A new character made in the spirit of the activity check. I REEEEEEEALLY want her to be the Tribute for District 1. ;D