Hope Woodards [District 8]

Hope is small for her age, and physically thinner too. Her cheeks are hollow from malnutrition and her skin a very pale, almost ghostly white. She is not strong, nor athletically fit, nor fast. She lacks any defining physical traits.

Hope has long mousy brown hair that she often ties up in a ponytail or pigtails. In hot weather or high humidity, her hair will frizz madly, and she takes to wearing a sunhat in these conditions.

She can be found wearing a variety of dresses in the Summer. Her brother, Rubik, insists that she dresses smartly at all times when in education, as it will get the best out of her. In the winter, Hope wears leather trousers and a thick coat. Either way, she is always well dressed for the occasion.

Hope is a very innocent girl. She has always depended on her two brothers, who have protected her from their abusive father. She loves both her brothers in different ways. Pandora is a slacker with little ambition, but he makes her laugh and always puts her in a good mood. Rubik is always looking out for her, so she naturally cares a lot for him in return.

She is very sensitive about her mother, who died giving birth to her. If anyone brings her up, she will often get defensive, she feels directly responsible for the death of her mother. She cares a lot for her Father, despite his violent outbursts. She sees through what her older brothers do not, he is a man who has lost his wife - Half of himself.

Hope is a very generous girl. She often will take less food than she needs so that her father or her brothers can have more to eat. She will give the odd coin to homeless old folk with scarred pasts. Generous, but Naive.

She is very hardworking, following suit of her brother Rubik, she does not want to end up with no qualifications. She enjoys the rewards of hard work and is a shining example in school. She makes friends very easily and rarely gets into arguments.

Born the third Woodards child, six and half years after Pandora and Rubik were born. In childbirth, her mother passed away. District Doctors had said this wasn't uncommon in a woman of such age. Usually people stopped having children before thirty five, as before then was the peak of their health. Having a child in the late thirties was always a risk.

Her father turned depressant and abusive. Pandora and Rubik were always there when he was having a bad day, and subsequently she has never been on the receiving end of one of his episodes.

When she was five, Rubik had told her that she was to work hard if she wanted to keep the family going. Rubik was the provider, as Pandora was lazy and underachieving, and that he couldn't provide on his own, Hope would have to get a job and work hard for it.

Hope agreed, it was only fair that Rubik had someone helping him to feed the four of them. She always studied hard from then on, knowing that hard work led to a well paid job and a better lifestyle for all of them. She dreams to be a stylist, maybe even for the Capitol one day.

Sister of Rubik and Pandora Woodards.