Modem Garrison (District 3)

Modem has a body type that can best be described as lean; his limbs are small and narrow but still posses an enormous amount of strength, mostly due to the fact that he has been lifting machine engines and climbing up and down factory equipment since the day he took his first step. He is also rather short, and wears a grey T-shirt that is constantly grease-stained and often torn; with jeans that are about as well off.

Modem has hazel-colored eyes and dirty blonde hair that is cut very short, mostly as a safety precaution for the kind of equipment he handles in the factories. Often, he doesn't bother to comb it and as a result it is rather frayed and messy, giving him a disheveled appearance. He wears glasses; a lightweight, wire-rimmed pair that tuck snugly behind his ears and lock on to keep him from losing them, a valuable asset for a factory maintenance worker.

Since he was mostly sent to inspect and repair defecting machinery, Modem has gained a rather quiet, introverted disposition; preferring to isolate himself if the circumstances give him a choice. As a result, he is often passed off as "eccentric", and his fellow workers leave him be as much as he tends to shy away from others.

Modem is also a compulsive builder, usually starting projects that seem to serve no other purpose than to amuse him and becomes extremely annoyed if he is pulled from his obsessive concentration for even a minute. He has gotten into trouble with his overseers because of this, and sometimes has to work under the watch of a Peacekeeper to be sure that his tasks are getting done on time.

He is also rather clingy to his sister and the rest of their family, tending to stick closer to them than any of his coworkers.

Born to Gizmo and Carbine Garrison in District 3, Modem is the youngest in a family of vehicle factory workers, along with his brother Cobalt and sister Sparkie.

After losing Cobalt to the Hunger Games when he was only an infant, Modem has been in constant fear of being drawn for the reaping himself, choosing not to think about the games and feeling nothing but abhorrence for the victors who have been paraded through Three on all the Victory tours he has witnessed.

Modem has been working with his family in one of the largest vehicle factories in his district, where they create hovercraft for use in the Capitol and, oftentimes, the chariots that the tributes are drawn in during the initial stages of the Games. As a result, Modem is quite handy with simple machines, including the lever, screw, and inclined plane and often includes these in most of his inventions.