Berkley Ichabod D8

Berkley can be called cute, not exactly sexy, or hot, but cute. His hair is light brown with darker roots, and is always a shaggy mess atop his head, falling just above his eyes. He has deep set blue-gray eyes that at times appear mostly blue, and other times straight up gray. The irises are ringed in gold. His eyelashes are short, blonde, and barely visible. He has a lopsided grin, that he flashes often.

Berkley is 5’11” and is of medium build. He is relatively muscular after working for years on his parent’s ranch. He has finely developed muscular arms, but his stomach isn’t as cut as he’d like it to be. He is pale even after countless hours in the sun shearing sheep, and throwing around hay bales. His hands are rough and scarred from life on the ranch.

Berk keeps to himself. Being homeschooled, he spent most of his time alone. He didn’t have any friends, or anyone he was close to outside of his family, so he never learned how to relay, or trust other people. He is suspicious of anyone who tries to get close to him, thinking that the person as an ulterior motive for wanting to be close to him.

Berkley is very analytical when it comes to people and relationships. Since he had no formal knowledge in dealing with people, he started observing them, and how they react in certain situations. Because of this, he has distanced himself even further from others, but making them appear to be mere test subjects or the like. Over time he has come to understand the concept of ‘friends’ and ‘lovers’ but he doesn’t understand people’s dependency and need for friends and lovers. Still after all this, he doesn’t know what to do when, or where to say what. He is honestly trying to connect, he is just going about it in all the wrong ways.

He is a soft spoken person, and doesn't loose his temper often. When pushed in prodded, he will likely retreat instead of retaliate. He follows whatever his mother tells him to do, and does not question her authority. He has tried before, and quickly learned that it was best to follow her lead. He is always trying to please the people around him.

Berkley led a sheltered life…as sheltered as it could be growing up watching the Hunger Games. His mother and father owned the biggest ranch in District 8. They raised the sheep that supplied most of the wool that the weavers bought. They had a multitude of other animals; horses, cows, chickens, pigs, dogs, and a few cats. They led a very privileged life.

Berkley was homeschooled. His mother was very worried that her son would become a morphling addict or a drunk. She had had trouble getting pregnant, and had suffered through many miscarriages. As a result, she was protective of her only son, and ruled over every aspect of his life. He rarely went into town; in fact it was mostly just for the reaping. His mother was always unbearable around reaping time, she would fawn over him, and was always on the verge of tears.

He never had any friends growing up. There were other workers on the farm but they were all too old for him to play with. He learned to entertain himself with imaginary friends, or people made out of straw. Needless to say, he grew into an awkward boy, that doesn’t know how to behave in social situations. The other workers on the farm are his age now. Most of the kids in the town work on Berkley’s ranch at one point or another, its always hiring and a good source of money for anyone in need. Berk tried to make friends with them at first, but they were intimidated by him because of who his father was and treated him like he was the boss. After many failed attempts, Berkley gave up and kept himself away from the employees.

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