Bryony Grandchamp; District 10 [done]

Bryony is graced with a petite bodice, however slightly underweight. Standing around 5'2", she weighs a mere 100 lbs. Her dark brown hair is thin and straggly, mainly styled by old razor blades. Most of the time, her deep brown eyes are covered by her side-swept bangs. Bryony wasn't graced with a bodacious body as her sisters were, but she's more boyish with a small chest and very slight curves. She has long legs, which she loves to show off. Even for her small form, she has not an ounce of fat on her. Most of her body is well-sculpted with muscle, from helping her family out and running daily. Grandchamp has a gorgeous hispanic side, which is shown through her darker skin tone. She has a thoughtful face, with full lips and big eyes. This young adult isn't one to smile often, but she loves to smirk.

Often, Bryony is seen in ragged shorts or jeans, with tight tank tops covered by baggy t-shirts. For shoes, she usually wears her beat up old cowboy boots, a hand-me-down given to her by her mother. When her hair isn't pulled up in a ponytail, as it often is, she tops her style off with braids. Bright colors are just a dream to Miss Grandchamp. She longs to be able to wear bright colors, but usually ends up wearing black or lighter, more subtle colors. Bryony is used to being looked over every once in awhile, but usually nothing gets much further than a smile.

Flirty, yet stubborn. Colorful and radiant. Bryony never took after her name, which derives from the name of a flower. In fact, this young lady grew up to be the exact opposite. Unlike the calm nature, she's always been a loud, "wild child." Obnoxious at times, but nobody seemed to mind much. Miss Grandchamp was never the darling daughter she was raised to be. She tricked everyone she was around to fall for her deep eyes and small figure, portraying herself as a weakling until she hit about sixteen years of age. Then her true personality began to show. Trouble became her middle name as many said, however, it never bothered her much. She's almost always able to sweet talk her way out of anything.

Work was never her strong point, however she loves being around the ranching and farming aspect of her district. Bryony is a country girl, and she knows it. Even when supposed to work, she'd do the simplest chores, leaving the more difficult ones to her people around her, usually getting away with dreaming. Most of the reason she didn't work often, is because she's caught up in her daydreams. This young adult dreams of someday living in the Capitol or one of the first four districts, even though she'd hate leaving the vast fields of District Ten. Bryony is one to dream of the city, but she's never had the chance to visit herself. Being one of the lucky ones, her name was never drawn to be placed into the games.

Bryony would rather lay down in a field of tall grass, being around the animals and day dream than do anything else. She dreams of colors and big city lights she only sees on the TV during the Games. She doesn't stay inside her home for very long, because she'd rather be exploring outside. Even though she's a young adult, she still has an inner child who just wants to play. She can be intelligent when needed, but she'd rather keep that side of her hidden, so she can just enjoy what she has. It's not much, but she loves the little things and simplistic stuff around her. She dreams big, but knows she'd probably never get that high in society.

Boys are another story entirely to Bryony. She's a flirt, but she can never stay tied down in a relationship for very long. She's more of a girl to bounce around, but she's far from slutty. Miss Grandchamp is strong-willed and independent. When she feels she's to reliant on the boy she's in the relationship with, she'll dump him quick. She'd rather rely on herself than anyone else. She's confusing to most, but she understands herself. Unlike most girls her age, she doesn't play hard-to-get. She'll play every game in the book, except for that one. She loves to tease guys, but only those who will tease her back. Yet, if they go too far in teasing, she's got the temper on her, and isn't afraid to show it.

Friendship wise, she's more likely to keep those than a relationship or a family. She's trustworthy, open-minded and friendly. She gets along with pretty much anyone who doesn't tick her off. Bryony isn't one to second-guess a person, and will believe most of what her friends tell her, within reason. Some could call her gullible for that, but she's a slight bit smarter than that. Because of her stubbornness, she'd have her friend's back in a second in a fight, no matter who was right or wrong. She doesn't question much, but she does tend to jump to conclusions. If her friends tell her someone is hurting them or bullying them, she'll assume her friend is the one doing right, and the other is doing wrong. She's got the policy of "act first, ask questions later," which goes along with getting in trouble more often than not.

She was born on May 17, but her mother went back to work as soon as possible, leaving the infant to be cared for by her older sisters. Being the youngest by quite of few years of 4, Bryony was always tossed to the side and forgotten. Seeing as she's so tiny, she was always the last to eat, because she couldn't physically take her sisters to get to food fast enough. A rarity, this darling girl was born into a family of all girls. Sadly, she was the lesser beauty of all of them. Her older sisters inherited their curvy bodies from their mother's side of the family, while Bryony inherited her father's side of the family. At a young age, Bryony taught herself to read by looking at pictures and putting words with them. She was an intelligent child, fending for herself in order to eat or play the games with the older children in District 10.

It wasn't until she was 8 that she finally understood the games. She never personally encountered the games, but people from her classrooms and neighborhoods just disappeared, with some of them never to return. She asked questions around her District, without thinking about others feelings most of the time. Half of her questions were unintentionally blunt and direct, which didn't make her very popular with the crowd of District 10. As she grew up, she began to understand more about life and poverty. She wasn't ever too worried about money, even though her family didn't have very much. She was just content with what she had, and didn't ask for more, only dreamed about it.

By the age of 9, Bryony began to work along side her family on the ranches, trying to keep up with everyone in the work she'd never done before. Her dreams just kept getting in the way. Half the time, the girl would fall asleep in the haystacks meant for the animals, dreaming of somewhere grand. Her older sisters tended to be the ones to find her, luckily. For if the Peacekeepers were to find her...that'd be another story. At the age of twelve, Bryony encountered a Peacekeepers for her day dreaming, rather than working. She was beaten with the end of his weapon, breaking her collar bone. For some odd reason, the Peacekeeper on duty was apparently being quite generous that day. Since then, she'd been more cautious about working, making sure she only slacked off when she had someone covering her back.

Bryony never ran into much trouble with the law as she was growing up. None of her close friends or family were pulled into the Games, nor were they killed by the Peacekeepers. She tended to make sure her friends were safe around her as they worked on the farms and in school, threatening anyone who threatened her friends safety. For her small figure, she had some deadly power in her. She never actually broke anyone's bones or anything, but there were a few abusive teens who (barely) walked away with sore groins.

When she turned sixteen years old, she finally broke out of her shell. She hated being the runt of her siblings, forgotten and neglected most of the time. All of her sisters were married by this time with families of their own to take care of, and her parents didn't pay much attention to Bryony anyhow. Yet, boys were beginning to notice Bryony, and she found the boys the perfect way to cause some trouble. She was attention-deprived and loved the attention the boys gave her when they weren't working.

At eighteen, Bryony gave up with her family. She left to fend for herself, although she'd been doing that most of her life anyways. Miss Grandchamp was never one too hook on emotionally to anyone, therefore leaving her family was not much of a problem for her. Of course, she still saw them in the workforce every day, and around the district, but she no longer lived with them, and they no longer cared. Which leaves Miss Bryony to figure the rest of her life out from here.