Baize Claremont, D8

Baize isn’t something extraordinary to look at. She is very slight, but has the soft curves of a woman. She is of average height for her age, standing at about 5' 5". Sometimes, however, she appears to be much shorter because of her poor posture. She hunches her shoulders over herself in an attempt to avoid being noticed. She has light, uneven, beige skin. She has various scrapes and cuts on her arms from hurting herself when throwing a tantrum as a child, or from accidents with the knives she works with.

Her hair is a light, dusty brown. It waves gently as it falls just past her shoulders. She tends to wear it down, but is constantly running her fingers through it to keep it out of her face. This leaves it frizzy and standing out at odd angles. Her eyes are the signature deep green of the Claremont family. They are framed with dark brown lashes and sit just underneath her slightly arched eyebrows. They are known to sparkle, but mostly from tears that have yet to spill onto her cheeks.

She has generally petite features. Her nose is very petite. It slopes gently downward ending in an unattractive, somewhat round lump. Her lips form a small, curved mouth. She can often be seen biting her lower one. When she isn’t biting it, you can tell from the dark pink that it is chapped and dry.

Baize isn’t emotionally stable. No one knows exactly why—she has been like this her whole life. For the most part, she is quiet and reserved. She often cries for no obvious reason. Sometimes, she will have random outbursts of anger, though she usually fumes to herself. She can sometimes take her emotions out of a situation by thinking in terms of hard facts. Even though she isn’t emotionally stable, she is very intelligent.

Outside of her job and family, Baize doesn’t seem to acknowledge that anything else exists. She walks around with a glassy expression on her face. She is slow to answer if someone asks her a question. She generally avoids public places like the market and the schools.

She has become more stable ever since meeting her fiancé. She acts differently around him than she does around anyone else. She smiles more, laughs more, and talks more. They are very intimate around each other. They are always holding hands, or cuddling. They seem to be trying to stay as close as possible, as if one of them might float away at any moment.

People often think Baize must have been dropped on her head as a child. The reality is that she has minor birth defects. Some of the neurons in her brain don’t connect properly. She has been sheltered her whole life, and because of this she has no close friends. Most people aren’t sure how to act around her. This has also made her closer to her parents. They are her best friends. Her mother, Myra, gets along with others very well, and is always smiling. Her father, Ture, gets mad quickly, but calms down just as quickly. She has no siblings.

A few years ago, Baize met a boy a few years ahead of her in school named Adam Liles. Despite his quiet nature, they became great friends. They are engaged now, and Baize loves him more than anything. They hope to get married as soon as their financial position allows for it. Something about being around his quiet strength and mild temper make her feel more at ease and normal than she feels being with anyone else.

Like most people in Panem, Baize works as part of her district industry. She spends her days in a workhouse cutting fabric into the patters needed to make Peacekeeper uniforms. While others often find the meticulous knife work tedious, Baize enjoys the simplicity of it. She takes pride in producing the most accurately cut patterns in her section. Her hand is always very steady as she holds her knives.