Barnabus Goldcrest~ District 7

Barnabus stands at a moderately tall 5feet 11inches, and weighs more or less 141lbs. Barnabus is lean, not skinny; there is not an ounce of fat on him. Though this means that he possesses excellent muscle tone, his light weight leaves him susceptable to illness, such as the hay fever he constantly suffers. Barnabus wears his hair in a fringe, with the back cut into a neat-ish wedge. Barnabus' hair is a rich,oaky brown, and is often an utter shambles. His eyes are a pure,honest, almost cheerful green, with a vibrance that is uncommon in his family. Barnabus' tan is a healthy one; it's olive tone contrasts with his eyes, while matching his hair. Barnabus is often too energetic to sleep, and as such his emerald-green eyes have developed a natrual dark rim around them.

Barnabus' wardrobe is drab at best; he seldom wears anything that isn't moss-coloured or brown. He hardly ever wears shoes, and as such his feet have developed strong arches and a good grip, making climbing easy for him. Barnabus' hands are cracked and leathery around his palms, and scars criss-cross across his fingers due to working lumber in the woodlands of District 7.

Barnabus has a warm, bubbly personality, that is not unlike that of a very small child, which is unusual as his life has recently been wrought with hardship. This, quite wrongly, leads people to believe that he is dim-witted, whereas in actual fact he is of above average intelligence. As a consequence, his ego can sometimes strangle his sense of judgement, causing him to make poor decisions when he is winning. Barnabus, being from one of the poorer districts, is accustomed to a life of relative poverty, and as such is thoroughly easy to please. He is seldom in a bad mood, and skips through life with an almost manic grin slapped across his face.

Barnabus spent the majority of his childhood working alongside his father, and as such grew distanced from women, making him shy and even aggressive in their company. He is disgusted by the prospect of a long term relationship, though he cherishes friends, particularly those who share his appreciation for nature. Barnabus has been surrounded by life since he was born, and as such has an aversion to death, in all its forms. He is reluctant to eat meat, and will never harm a weak animal unless it is essential. He is interested in learning, though he is of a more practical nature than an academic one, and the vast majority of his knowledge concerns forests and their contents. Barnabus' father told him of the need to defend one'self before others, but he never really grasped the concept of putting himself first.

Barnabus has always been concerned with his physical fitness. His favourite passtime is climbing; trees,rocks,buildings, anything climbable really. His time around lumbering equipment has taught him caution, while allowing him some practice in the way of axe-based combat. In fact, Barnabus often uses a pair of tomahawk-style axes when climbing. His father saw his passion for these axes and taught him to weild them in self-defence. Barnabus has a fairly positive attitude to failure, due to his father's warm and understanding nature. This however, has led him to a point where he does not concern himself with failure all that much, causing him to disregard important mistakes.

The Goldcrest family, named after the tiny bird, were, quite appropriately, small in stature. With the exception of the middle child, Barnabus and his brothers. Barnabus was born into a moderately well-off lumbering family, with his father Magnus and his brother Nettle bringing in a substantial income. Both Magnus and Nettle Goldcrest were skilled lumber-workers, and passed down their secrets and techniques to Barnabus. Though Barnabus found his brother Nettle, with his jet-black hair and cool,calculating eyes, to be somewhat scary, he respected and admired him. However, Barnabus admired no-one quite like he admired his father Magnus. Magnus was a mighty,bearded man, rippling with muscle and decorated with scars. Magnus brought his little son to work almost every day, and Barnabus made himself usefull. Though he wasn't quite as talented as Nettle had been whilst learning the trade, Barnabus was persistant and gradually conquered the saws and axes of District seven's lumber mills.

Barnabus' mother, Lily Goldcrest, was very much a housewife, rarely conversing with the young Barnabus. He never really developed a relationship with his mother, and as such learned very little from her. He did however, connect with his younger brother, Errik, who was born in the autumn of Barnabus' seventh year alive. Barnabus carried his baby brother on his back almost every day, taking him climbing and to work at the lumber mills. He developed a sense of responsibility for the young Errik, and Errik became very fond of his brother. Nettle was often concerned with his younger sibling's safety, and so always watched them from a distance, acting as a somewhat frightening gaurdian angel.

From age ten onwards, Barnabus' life became an emotional and eventful one. At four years old, Errik succumbed to a terrible infection in his calf, having been bitten by an insect one evening. Barnabus went through a period of depression, before stabilising and returning to work. His mother's death,having endured a battle with a crippling case of fever, was less emotional for him, though it did distance him from his father for a time,which deeply saddened him. Two years later, his father decided to begin training him to fight, with the help of Nettle's sparring expertise. Nettle constantly defeated his younger brother, which aggravated him; he knew that he would need to train him should he ever be reaped, and subjected to the torture of the Hunger Games. To solve this issue, Nettle and Magnus hatched a plot, to give Barnabus some motivation. Nettle stumbled home drunk one evening, and punched his father to the ground. Barnabus, enraged, attacked his brother and fought him out into the streets. Nettle struck him hard, and Barnabus ran to the lumber mill, with his brother in pursuit. After a breif,vicious axe fight, Barnabus succeeded in slicing his brother's little and ring fingers from his right hand. Nettle, smiling to himself, vowed a revenge that would never come, and staggered off to live in the woods as a wanderer. Barnabus returned home a warrior, ready for the challenges of the harsh world he lived in.

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