Icarus Rayne - District 1

Icarus stands a modest 5'9", and has a wiry-slender body type that, at 138 lbs, does not look particularly strong. But brute strength is not Icarus' best physical ability: speed is.

This career tribute of District 1 has been entirely groomed not only in the skills he has been taught, but in his appearance.

Icarus' has shoulder-length straight hair which is dyed platinum blonde, his large eyes are a light and vibrant blue, his face is symmetrical, with high cheekbones and a full mouth.

He now wears luxurious but DARK clothes.

His appearance is always carefully groomed; his mother insists on it vehemently and its not worth it to fight her.

Icarus has sort of given up, sort of given in to rage: he feels he is doomed. Especially as he got bigger but some of the others got MUCH bigger, he actually believes his chances are slim. This is rare for a Career and, so, he tells no one.

He covers his feelings with humor as much as he can, though sometimes in a joke his eyes seem a bit hollow. He is witty and sarcastic, relying on these attributes to keep anyone he might have to lose - or harm by dying - at a distance.

He seems generally perfectly nice, he is respectful in most all cases, though this is a mask over contempt, and hatred. He seems, in fact, too 'perfect' - but it's all a mask, a stylist's trick over what he really feels inside. Sometimes, though, the mask slips and someone perceptive can see what lies inside.

As the son of a father (Aldous Rayne) who married late after a highly successful career as a Peacekeeper, and a mother (Quincella Rayne) who is herself "in" the games as a stylist, Icarus almost certainly could have avoided the Hunger Games entirely - he hardly would have needed to buy tesserae, and so would have had minimal entries, and if he WERE chosen, a Career would have taken his place.

But, as a young boy of nine, his first innocent crush was on a Victor, and that is what he wanted to be. When his parents were approached by the trainers about him, after they had seen how fast the boy was. He thought, in a childish, illogical manner, that once he was a Victor too, they would be together and be happy. So, he approached his training with full-on viciousness and effort, especially when his "Love" was there to see him.

By the age of 14 he was starting to ask "What's wrong with this picture"; further soul searching was not required as that is when Icarus' motivating factor overdosed on morphling and died. Icarus was sad, grieving, of course, but he also was confused and feeling lost, and he initially approached his training with greater fervor.

His teachers realized the fact about the young man's life: he was furious WITH life. Icarus came to realize that, too, himself, and quit training more or less altogether, though, as he knows, he will still be expected to take his place as a Tribute. He does not care. Or tries hard not to. Either he is so good no one will touch him or he isn't and he will die.

He'd almost prefer the latter: beats dying cold and alone off your only friend, a drug in your veins. Oh, and yes: he has come to LOATHE the Capitol for doing this to them all.

Icarus Rayne.. Boy on Autopilot. School, home, wait to be told it's his turn to volunteer. And ..at his age? Its.. surely coming soon.

I love the Hunger Games and hope to play here, so I hope that you like him. XD