Neve Davett :: District 5

Neve has long, black hair and a pale complexion. She has small, dark brown eyes and is average-height for a girl her age(around 5"7'). Neve is quite skinny but not malnourished. Her body is lean and not very muscular, Neve never saw the importance of being physically strong. One part of her appearance that Neve loves is her long, nimble fingers which she believes help her to steal objects unnoticed from people's pockets. Her face is a long oval shape with a widow's peak hairline.

Neve doesn't own many items of clothing but she does have a few faded dresses and some stolen skirts. Now she wouldn't dream of wearing anything else. She hates wearing trousers and will always be seen with her hair tied up with a purple ribbon. One item of clothing that means a lot to Neve is a nicked pair of gloves; black in colour with thin lace around the cuffs. She also has a birthmark on her knee; a darker patch of skin that constantly reminds her of her parents.

Neve has a mischievous nature, not minding causing a little havoc when she can. She mainly has good morals but not when it comes to stealing from the richer folk of District 5. The girl believes that life is unfair in the way that not everything is shared out; wealth, love and good fortune, and doesn't care therefore about stealing from those who obviously have drawn a better lot in life. Neve is quite superticious and does believe in fate. She often getting angry at whoever deity runs the world for causing such a mess for the poor within Panem.

However, Neve is quite quiet due to her perfection of her stealth over the years. She doesn't often speak to others about her feelings, preferring to melt into the background and hide away. She can also be prone to jealous streaks. The girl can get envious of those who a lot more fortunate then herself and will sometimes steal from them in order to even things up, as Neve believes. She tends to take an immediate dislike to sich people; one that it hard to shift. Neve is a judgemental person, making snap decisions about people.

However, she is also a good reader of people. Neve has spent much time observing others and their behaviours to be able to deduce a lot about them in a glance...or at least so she thinks. To those who don't know her well enough, Neve has quite a cold and mysterious exterior. Th girl is confident in her abilities and often focuses on this confidence to mask her insecurities about herself.

Neve was the only child of Ezra and Aliyah Davett. Her parents died when she was eight from an untreatable disease. The death obciously hit her hard, as it would any child, but her already quiet nature became ever more reserved. She didn't wish to talk to anyone else or let anyone else in. Despite the help and support offered by distant family members; Neve remained adamant that she would suffer alone. She kept herself away from other people, staying within her own company. Finally, deciding that to live with the cruel fate in the world, she would have to learn to survive on her own.

Neve ran away before she could be placed with other relatives or in an orphanage and roamed the streets of her district for a short time before joining a small gang of thieves. Working carefully with them for many years, Neve learnt the art of stealing things silently and has perfected the ability to move her hands quickly. Neve grew friendly with the other children there but would never consider any of them a friend. It takes a lot for this girl to admit to having one. She's a quick learner and the confidence in her abilities did help to ease her reserved personality a little.

At the age of fourteen, Neve decided to leave the group, now one of the eldest there, and discovered another collection of misfits like herself. Many were much older than herself and, although Neve may not admit to it, she felt happier to be looked after rather than to be relied upon to look after others. Neve has lived with this gang of misfits for over a year and feels like she is thriving there. Determined always to improve