Sean Ricaji District 2

Tall, pale, built, and menacing are all words that come to mind when looking at Sean's overall physique. Standing 6' 4" and weighing in at about 185 pounds, Sean looks much smaller than he is. However, looks are very deceiving in this case and while his build is rather slim, it is all muscle. He has dark brown hair that is almost black, pale skin that despite spending large amount of time running outdoors never tans, and is covered in freckles. Although Sean himself views these freckles as a flaw, they don't take too much away from his appearance either.

Sean's eyes are blue-green, and tend to change color with his mood. For many years of his life, he viewed this as a weakness. As he grew up and realized that in the Games and in life itself very few people would pick up on it, he relaxed into loving the trait. To him, it was a plus as long as it didn't get him killed or make him seem weak to others.

Sean dresses in a way that is both relaxed but preppy. In the spring and fall, he wears jeans and sneakers with a button up shirt. The colors are almost always black and gray, with the sleeves rolled up and relaxed. In the winter, he covers this same style with a black leather jacket from a top stylist. In the summer, he usually wears cargo shorts and a tee-shirt that is cut to show off his muscles. When he is training as a Career, he generally just wears a pair of nylon shorts and a sleeveless shirt, if he wears a shirt at all.

Sean is a rebel born in a District of conformists. In such, he is always hiding his true intentions to those he meets on the streets. Although he is a Career, he still harbors the dark secret that he is vehemently against The Games. That being said, he often pushes down his emotions in order to conform to the standards set by his father who is a high ranking Peace Keeper.

In keeping with the image, Sean often acts as if he is 'too cool' to deal with anyone else. He is quiet, brooding, and the only emotion most people will see from him is anger. When training, he is very cocky, especially when he was approached about becoming a Peace Keeper if he did not get a chance to volunteer for The Games.

However, for those who get to know Sean, he is a very different person. He is sarcastic, funny, and very protective. While Sean does actually take most things in good humor, insults towards him or one of his friends triggers a nasty temper that is second to none. He uses this anger at times when he is training, because he cannot actually get too far into Career training with the only drive being riches courtesy of the Capitol.

In spite of his anger, cocky, rebel born personality, Sean can also be very sweet as well. He has a soft spot for young children, especially his three younger siblings. Also, when he truly loves someone, he will go through hell and high water to for them. He has been burned, so he doesn't trust easily but when he does, he is the nicest person you will ever meet.

Born to a fairly well off mother of District 2, Sean has never wanted anything physical that he couldn't have. His father was a high ranking Peace Keeper who made enough money to to send in secret and keep his kid alive without he or his mother having to work a day. However, his mother was smart and trained as an engineer through all of school so that she could help plan out the mining in the stone.

As was expected of him, when he reached the age of seven Sean joined the Career training program. Although he wasn't forced to continue with schooling, he opted to and quickly not only joined the top of his class physically but academically as well. He found he had an affinity for math, logic, swords, knives, and hand-to-hand combat. He also is fairly good with a bow and arrows but it is by no means his weapon of choice.

When Sean turned 12, the first of his younger siblings was born to his mother and step-father. His step-father had just barely been back to see the birth of the young girl, Kenna, before leaving again on business. Sean took on the 'father' role for Kenna in his step-father's absence. Three years later, there was another addition to the family, a boy named Matthas. By this point, Sean was already taking a lead role as protector in Kenna's life, so he decided it should be no different with Matthas.

With his step-father traveling more and more to the Capitol and back, Sean had no ability to talk to him about his younger siblings training, or rather, their hopeful lack of training. When he finally got up the guts to ask when he turned 16, Sean got a reality check. His father hit him hard, and explained it was expected of him to train all of his children as Careers. Sean never felt the same way about his family again.

Finally, just after this interaction with his step-father, Sean found out he would be spending a whole year at home before traveling for a full year to the Capitol leaving Sean as the man of the house. It was for this reason that Sean knew he would be passed over as the District Two volunteer pending some miracle, because his step-father would make sure he wasn't.

After finally being approached to begin Peace Keeper training after he left the Careers, he knew his future was cemented. Yet, he still trained hard with the hope of if he was chosen, his siblings would be spared the need to train with one victor already in the family.

His final younger sibling was born just before his step-father left, a small girl, Nikki. She was born premature and weaker than any baby should but fought back from death to be stronger than most babies her age. The first words out of her father's mouth was "She'll be a victor, she's a fighter." Ever since, Sean has trained with the goal of being the victor of his own Games, so he can protect his baby siblings.