Joseph Newberg

Joseph is lean and deeply tanned from long days in the sun. He keeps his dark hair cut short and close to his head to keep from needing to bother with it. Joseph has dark green eyes, a small nose, and a thin mouth, all well placed on an oval shaped face.

Joseph is strong from working on the fishing boats with his father, though his muscles are only barely visible when he flexes them. His hands are rough and calloused, but the rest of his skin is quite smooth and soft.

Joseph is a good natured boy with a quick wit and love of the sea. His sense of humor tends more toward the ironic than the silly, but a bit of slapstick gets him just about every time.

When under pressure, Joseph tends to respond with jokes. As such he manages to keep in generally good spirits, and can raise the spirits of most around him as well.

Joseph considers himself pretty fearless, if only because he grew up with little to fear. Natural disaster and the occasional water-dwelling carnivore are the biggest threats to life in his district, which one learns to deal with quite well.

Joseph is the son of a District 4 fisherman, and has lived a somewhat decent life. His family has never been exactly wealthy, but they've had enough to eat, and Joseph has never had to take any tesserae. As such he hasn't worried too much about the reaping. He's aware that it could happen, as are all young people, it seems to be this thing that happens to other people.

He comes from a family of four, with both of his parents and a brother that has recently turned 19, escaping the reaping. He and his brother both grew up working on fishing boats when not in school. In what spare time they have, they tend to compete with each other in various sports, especially wrestling and swimming.

Joseph has been passed over in three Reapings so far, and has been fortunate that none of his friends have been chosen either. To his relief, he has never known a Tribute personally. Especially considering that the District hasn't had a winner in a few years. He's not sure what he would do if a friend, or he were picked, but he hopes that he'd be able to joke half as well as he does when entertaining the idea.