Ronan A. Damarion [District 4] - Finished

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BIRTHDAY: February 8[/font][/size]

APPEARANCE[/font][/size]



Standing at just 4 feet 3 inches and 77 pounds, Ronan is quite small for a boy his age. He is neither muscular nor tall nor strong as the other boys his age, but his diminutive figure holds a very agile and speedy form. What he lacks in size and strength, he makes up for with agility and a sharp mind. Light skinned marked by slight freckles with dark brown hair that often curls at the edges and bright green eyes, Ronan holds a very angelic look that people can often mistaken for being weak.

While he isn't buff and muscular, it doesn't mean he has no muscles at all, he is a swimmer after all and it shows on his graceful athletic thin form that may often look deceptively weak despite it being far from that. His small height and weight along with a thin figure gives him the speed and agility he needs to get away quickly from a bad situation or to make himself rather invisible.

His normal outfit consist of a long sleeved shirt with a hooded jacket over it, and black or tan pants with grey or brown shoes. It keeps him warm and it's not too heavy clothing for him to quickly move around.

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One would think being a career tribute all his life would have snuff the idealism and hopefulness out of Ronan, after all, the life of a tribute is harsh and discipline and strict orders, it's no place for imagination, independent thinking, and optimism. But if there was any one thing that stubbornly remained in Ronan, it's always that innate sense of hope, and with it comes a boy who still dares to believe. Sure it's hidden behind the facade of a hardened battle ready soldier, but there are moments when his eyes would bright up and you see a curious young boy again.

If it wasn't for Ronan's vast intellect which had him scoring higher than any other boy in his age range, he would have never made it far as a career tribute, not with what the trainers saw as being too weak and soft for the games, especially his small height which he was always mocked for. But what he lacked in brute strength and violence, he made up for it with his ability to always be two steps ahead of everyone else, to strike first and cripple his enemies, always coming up with the best plans to survive, the best route to take, the best food to eat, and how to expertly avoid trouble and get what he wants. He's a quick-study, mind always sharp. This is his talent, what he's good at more than the swords or ax or weapons. For the pint-size career tribute, his brain is the best weapon there is. But it can also lead to trouble-making and overconfidence in himself, thinking he can easily take down bigger opponents just because he is smarter and more agile.

When he was young, people called Ronan a precocious child, it was cute to the adults that he often tried to join in and be all mature, but nowadays, that superior intellect along with his size has made him a loner from the other kids who see him as some freak and too different for their liking. But at least it's taught Ronan one thing, to always count on himself and never trust other tributes because he had learned the hard way that in the end, it's every man for himself after all. He takes the word of one of his trainers to heart - never forget who you are because the world will not and use it as a weapon to take down your enemies first and it would never be used to hurt you again.

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Born on a sunny afternoon on February 8th, Ronan Alaric Damarion was the third child and only son of fisherman Dillon Damarion and wife Larissa Damarion. Living life in the mostly wealthy District 4 meant a good living condition in which young Ronan was brought up, food and resources were not scarce so he had led a decent happy life, certainly more than most people of other poorer districts. But being a member of District 4 also meant having children brought up as career tributes. The Damarion family had a good standing in the district, and having a child in the training was expected, but Ronan was small and not strong, he wasn't the disciplined and obedient child like others, nevertheless, as the only son of the Damarion family, the burden was left to him to carry on a legacy for the family of always having a son trained in the career tributes to participate in the Hunger Games.

Ronan hated it, he hated the violence and the battles that other seemed to relish, and his small size normally meant he was one being picked on. Ronan had preferred reading books and gaining knowledge than swinging a sword. He was also a sensitive child who was easily hurt, but soon he learned quickly that he had to adapt to survive, one could say, it was beaten out of him. Over the long years of his training, the once curious, sensitive, endlessly imaginative, talkative and rebellious child had changed drastically, became more aggressive as he learned the ways to kill, maim, and disable. His intellect was now a sharp lethal weapon used to know how and when to strike first and the best way to kill. He did not make friends with the other children in his training as they viewed him to be a freak and outsider so Ronan learned to stand on his own.

He continued to have contacts with his mother and father and his four sisters throughout all of his training, if anything, his father was more than pleased that his only son was now a proper man instead of a silly boy running around imagining silly things. One could say, there is a part of Ronan that resents his father for bringing him into the career tribute training that turned him into what he is now, someone so different than what he had wished to be. Ronan and his mother always had a very loving relationship, and he very much admires his mother for being a strong independent woman and not just a house-mother who doesn't work for anything. Ronan seems to have taken much of his stubborn independent attitude from her. She taught him to love and respect people and protect and honor his sisters.

Growing up has not been easy for Ronan who had just turned 12 very recently before Day 2 of this recent Hunger Games ended. He was not old enough to be in the last drawing but he is still training so very hard, after all, being 12 now means it's just the beginning for him, and for the next 6 some years, he could very well be the next one representing District 4 to the Games, and he doesn't intend to end up dead.

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