Chelsea Palmer - District 4

Chelsea Palmer is your typical District 4 resident in appearance. Her long, flowing blond hair and stunningly serene aquamarine eyes are so beautiful that they earn her many compliments. Her body is toned and tan, mostly from working long hours on her father's fishing boat. Her skin has that “sun kissed” look that a lot of women strive for. Her arms have distinct muscles underneath her tight skin, as does her legs, which are long and visibly strong. She is very obviously a hard worker, as her body suggests that she can lift quite a few pounds and is relatively strong.

Chelsea has a stunningly beautiful face, although, she has many physical imperfections. On her left calf, she has a large scar, spanning from the bottom of her knee to the middle of her calf. It's shaped like a “C,” which she jokes is a “C” for Chelsea. The scar is jagged and rough, and is by far her worst imperfection. Because of what happened, she runs with a slight limp, but her walking is left completely unaffected by it. Her hands are calloused from hours of long labor, and her nails are never kept clean or manicured. She has another scar on her abdomen, right between the ribs on her left side.

Honesty is the best policy in Chelsea's eyes. She is always open, honest, and polite. She is very nice on the surface, and always tries her hardest to make friends. She has good morals and is well meaning. Her most desirable aspect is her ability to charm her way into the hearts of those she wants. She is fun and flirtatious, and it hides her deep rooted fear of rejection. Chelsea is terrified of being rejected by those she finds attractive, so she overcompensates by being too forward and honest. Sometimes, her honesty is brutal, and sometimes it lands her in hot water with those around her.

Chelsea is very self conscious about herself. Although sometimes she comes over as confident, she is the first to slam herself and belittle her achievements. This is because of multiple faults she finds within herself. She is clumsy and sometimes air headed, which annoys her severely when she succumbs to one of these personality traits. In society, she is very outgoing and tries her hardest to make people like her. Maybe she tries too hard. She comes over as desperate sometimes, and when she digs herself into a situation, she continues to dig until she hits rock bottom.

In relationships, she can be clingy and flighty, which doesn't help her in terms of making friends or having boyfriends. Though she is genuinely caring and loving, when she gets angry, she says horrible things to those she loves and tends to over-exaggerate. Of course, she isn't always like this. Most of the time, she is just a regular, district 4 gal, who likes to fish, swim and sail. Her favorite hobbies include spear fishing, deep sea diving, and sailboating. She's practiced a lot with a spear and it's by far, her best talent. She can make nets and fishing hooks, but her skill in those doesn't compare to her deadly accuracy with a spear. She can spear a fish very easily, and hardly ever misses.

In Chelsea's life, she had a few relationships, but none to date have been meaningful (or ended well for her). She had her first boyfriend at age 8, and he was a neighbor kid that had a crush on her. His name was Ray, and Chelsea is still friends with him, or at least, still acquainted with him. Ray works as crew on her father's fishing boat, and the two work together a lot, but don't talk very often ever since they got into a fight. Chelsea doesn't even remember what they fought about, and wishes there was some way to rekindle their friendship.The Palmer family makes a moderate income, and they are not rich, but not poor. Though they edge closer to being poor, they have never needed for anything.

Her best friend in the whole world is her little sister, Laura, and together, they talk about love and boys all the time. Laura is the only friend in Chelsea's life that sticks by her side no matter what. When Chelsea was 14 and Laura was 12, Laura fell off a sailboat in the middle of the sea. Obviously, being from district 4, Laura knew how to swim, but that wasn't the issue in this case. As she fell, Laura scrapped her arm on the side of the boat and it attracted the attention of a shark. Before the shark could get Laura, Chelsea jumped into the water to distract the shark, allowing Laura to get to safety. Unfortunately, the shark bit Chelsea, leaving her with a brutal, crescent shaped scar on her leg. In repayment for her big sister saving her life, Laura picked up one of Chelsea's spears and threw it through the eye of the shark. To this day, Chelsea wishes she could find a way to repay her little sister.

Chelsea and Laura live with their father, as their mother left them at a young age for another man. Ever since, the two girls, mostly Chelsea, resent their mother and refuse to even speak to her. Chelsea has never had any training for the Hunger Games, although, she wishes she had. Every so often, she has a nightmare about Laura getting reaped and dying in the games. She makes a vow to herself that if Laura ever gets reaped, she will step up and volunteer. Though she doesn't want that to happen, she would rather die than let Laura go into the games.