Griffin Tucker [District Two]

The one word that very clearly describes him is messy.The hair that sits on his head was not cut in any particular style,although he does trim it every once in a while.It hangs limply and wildly on his head,and falls right down to before his eyes,where it usually gets in the way.He has never had it dyed,leaving it a plain,dark shade or brown.So dark that it almost looks black.

His eyes are precisely the same color,deep and brown,usually hiding what he is thinking.They're large and round,and always seem to look right through you when he turns his attention to you.He's not one to be embarrassed when he is around people,and he always looks someone in the eye when he is talking to them.He was taught that,growing up in District 2.He was training as a Career after all.A person who could look you straight in the eyes was someone who had no fear.

The shape of his face is nothing perfect.His forehead is too wide,his nose too large,his cheekbones too prominent. He isn't exactly ugly,but he's not exactly someone you would want to sit there staring at for hours on end either.The only thing that is captivating about him is of course,his eyes.He also has some scars from when he was younger and training,on his face.Scars are not uncommon for Careers.As they learn,most make mistakes and hurt themselves.

Griffin really is not the kind of person who values personal hygiene too much.His face is almost always covered with an amount of hair,although not too much that it becomes a bother.His face is usually spotted in some kind of dirt or grime from hanging around outside too much.He washes every few days,but little enough that most people in District Two frown upon him,while most of them wash twice a day at least,because of their jobs.His appearance tends to drive away people who do not know him well.

His years of Career training did not however,go to waste.Along with many skills that he learned,his body is very physically strong and muscled.He has stayed fit throughout his whole life.He can sprint fast,run long distances,lift heavy things,along with many other athletic abilities that benefit from the training,although he never was chosen for the Hunger Games.(He did not also volunteer,because he was being forced to train).

Although he doesn't always use it,Griffin's Career training was much more then just physical stuff.Along with his athletic ability,he learned how to act around people,how to impress them,what to say.He was,and still is,very good at persuasion.He learned to speak to almost anyone and impress them,but he seldom uses it anymore.He hated training to be a Career,and although he likes being strong,he hates manipulating people unless it is a must.If it was important that he needed his persuasion,like as an act of escape,he would do it.

Griffin really is a wacky person.He always acts like he's on top of the world,and he can become very full of himself.He likes to be in charge of any situation,and he hates it when he is not.He can be bossy,although he should be.He has been trained to handle many different situations,so it would not be a surprise to anyone to see him take charge and start yelling.He likes to say that he is always right about everything,even though he makes mistakes all the time.

He is usually a quiet person,and he has few friends.He keeps to himself a lot,but he can be talkative.Every once in a while he will randomly start talking to some person that he doesn't even know,and have a good time.He likes to make random jokes that aren't always funny,but he laughs anyways.When he does talk to people,most of the time they think he is crazy,but entertaining enough.

He was born in District 2 and has lived there ever since.One of his parents-his father,is a doctor.He's not the most elite of doctors,but they get by.It was Griffin's mother's income that really helped the family when he was growing up.She worked training kids to become Careers from a very early age,Griffin being one of those children.

He started training when he was just 8 years old.Of course,he didn't handle actual weapons then,and the work was lighter,but all the kids learned technique in the beginning.How to handle a bow with fake arrows,how to throw a rubber knife,that kind of thing.It was almost fun.

As he grew older,the training of course became harder.He learned how to handle real weapons with precision,all kinds of them.Along with the weapon training,they would constantly work on their conditioning.Most of the days were spent lifting weights and running.It was exhausting work,and he hated it.His mother and father didn't really care though.All they saw was the image of their son,in the Capitol,on that stage,wearing a crown of victory.

Of course,when he started focusing in on actually being in the Games,they worked on more tactical things too.Obviously,they learned all about people.How to act,what to say,everything that could make the crowd love you.This was the thing he hated the most.He couldn't stand the fact that if he wanted,he could manipulate what people thought of him that easily.

When he turned 19,he finally was able to become himself.The crazy,wacky,quiet self that was Griffin.He still excersized out of habit,but he stopped trying to impress people.

But after all that training,there was nothing more on this earth that he hated then the Capitol and their Games.It was horrible,watching people die,as he wondered how easily that could have been him.

Because the Uprising has kind of died,I plan for him to run away from District 2(but also kinda wander back in every once in a while..he's still a citizen..) and become the leader and start recruiting.I don't want the gang to die totally just because Quint left.