Rye Lancaster - District 12

Rye Lancaster stands at a decent 5 ft. 5 in., and has a frame of about 117 lbs. He has long, sturdy legs, making him a fast runner. His face is somewhat dry, making him burn in the sun easily. His favorite clothes are an old, blue T-shirt and some type of pants, that used to belong to an unknown cousin.

Rye has thick, straight, blonde-brown colored hair that he usually grows out in the Fall and Winter, but during the Spring and Summer, is cut short. He has hazel eyes, the color of the rocks in a stream, but most people often mistake the color as dark green, or light brown. He considers himself as average looking, because he doesn't know what people around him think. His skin is lightly tanned from being outside in the sun often, but not much because of the often cold temperatures of District 12. He has an apperance that gives him a type of courageous feeling, with all of his traits combined.

Rye is not like most average teenagers in Panem. He doesn't let people step all over him and is sometimes Stubborn when it comes to this trait, but other than this, he is usually calm. He often questions the Capitol society and often tries to find loopholes in their laws, giving him less restraint. Being the second, and last child in his family, gave him a reason to be more stubborn, trying not to be selfish.

Rye tries to do everything he can for his family, salvaging food from the fire in his Father's bakery, killing animals that wander out of the fence (Although this is very rare, a rabbit strays away around once a year.), trying to haggle with the people at the Bakery to pay more for bread, and taking roots and greens that have grown out of the fence and in cracks in the road. He often trades leftover Bakery bread with people at the Hob for better things. Because of this he usually has to take precautions so he doesn't get caught.

Rye is determined and headstrong, but secretely is starving and somewhat shy. He often hides this side, except to his best friends and family, although he doesn't have many friends either way. Rye has one fatal flaw, and smaller flaws as well. His fatal flaw is being headstrong too often, which sometimes results in violence at school and on the streets. He likes school, and often thinks of it as a retreat, other than the obvious brainwashing. He likes to study the land once called North America, but studies the Great Rebellion at home. For studying it at school, he could be publically punished. He likes to study the tactics and how the Rebels used their surroundings. He also likes studying the past Hunger Games, and watches recordings at home on his old worn TV. Rye still thought of himself as imperfect because of his fatal flaw. He tried to sooth this flaw as much as he could.

Rye Lancaster was the second, and last child of Terrence Lancaster and Dakota Lancaster, born on April 3. When Dakota gave birth to Rye, she was suffering from Trauma minute by minute, until she died 4 hours after Rye's birth. This loss put Terrence and Rye's older brother, Pat in Despair, and they couldn't get over it for months. Eventually, Terrence calmed down, and he taught Rye how to make bread in the Bakery when he was 2. Rye was a great baker, but often burned his hands. Moving dough around the bakery made him a great runner. At the age of 5, Pat was caught stealing from the coal mines, and was publically executed at the age of 14. The Next year, Rye went to School for the first time. Hed didn't understand it, but he learned his A-B-C's and songs about the greatness of Panem, the country that rose from the place known as North America, and the past of the place North America. He learned about the Hunger Games, and one day at Lunch, they brought out small T.V.'s and set them on the table. What he saw on the T.V.'s was frightful, it gave him nightmares. The teachers called these events the Hunger Games. They horrified him and his friends. After these, most of the students tried to become stronger at Recess. Rye decided if he was ever to be picked for these games, he would use his Agility.

Now at the age of 9, Rye was a great baker, and often Haggled with customers in order to earn more money for him and his Dad. He often sold scraps and leftovers to people at the Hob for better food and clothes. Occasionally, a stray rabbit or squirrel would wander out into the streets, and Rye would quickly kill it back at the Bakery. Every day at school they would be taught math, history, spelling, and the Greatness of Capitol, and how rebellion is bad. Brainwashing. What other reason is there for that, Rye thought. Half of the students were becoming obidient slaves of the Capitol, and the other half, like Rye, questioned the Ethics of the Capitol. Rye was now 11, and he was in 6th Grade. Everything became more advanced, and like every year, for 2 weeks of the year, they watched the Hunger Games getting more brutal and brutal. The people who questioned the ethics of the Capitol, questioned the Hunger Games. Rye usually got rid of his anger and questions by baking. His favorite bread to make was the one that sported his name, although it didn't sell too well. It became harder and harder to earn money, so haggling became less useful.

Now at the age of 14, Rye was smart, and fast. School was hard, and it was obviously straying away from teaching, to Brainwashing. He still loved learning about the Rebellion, but his studying time was restricted due to lack of money, causing him to spend more time in the Bakery. There luck was better, but they were still struggling to keep up with money. Rye had an idea to keep up with money. Instead of wasting valuable inventory at the Hob, they sold Burned bread, which was still brown inside, and got just as much money as a normal piece of bread. This increased their money by some, but still, they were low. Rye faced a large problem at school. He and the other Ethic-Questioners were being watched, some even killed or imprisoned, because of chance of Rebellion. The questioners was forced into a special class called, "Mental Help" where they were shown different forms of Capitol Punishment, such as execution, Avox-ization, and Physical Labor. Rye stopped questioning the Capitol, for his father's sake. Rye realized that everything was under the Capitol's control. He tried to resist however he could without being caught. He stole the occasional thing, and sold bread to Peacekeepers, and etc. Rye tried to find a better way to keep his dad and him alive. He realized that this would be a task to be seized. He found better, but less efficent ways. But he realized, that it would only get harder and harder in a place like The Seam.

Sorry about kinda' rambling on, but thanks for reading anyway, and sorry for no pictures.