Bran Crescat (District 9)

Bran is a very slim, lithe teenager. He gets through small spaces easily, happy to contort to fit. He is fairly flexible and thin enough to hide in small spaces quite easily. His bright blue eyes are probably the one thing that stands out the most about him. He can often be caught watching things. Despite not saying very much, Bran sees a lot and uses it to his advantage, always tracking and keeping a watchful eye on what's around him.

His skin is sort and smooth but often marred by various bruises and dirt and soil. He often finds himself outside and that means a lot of moving through fields and falling off of roofs. Despite his need to keep to himself, Bran still manages to get into trouble and gain an injury or two every now and then. Bran has very soft dark hair, often catching twigs and dirt quite easily. His clothes are usually just as caked in dirt and soil but that never seems to bother him. He is fairly tall and deceptively strong for his lanky frame but he never bothers to show it off in anyway. If it came to a physical fight, Bran is still more likely to avoid it altogether. (pb: Jaco Van Den Hoven)

Bran is incredibly quiet. He keeps to himself and prefers to go unnoticed. He can be quite talkative at times but only when his mind starts racing. In those cases, he can go off on crazy tangents and ramble on for many minutes, forgetting to even breathe but that doesn't happen often.

He is a fairly awkward teenager, having trouble meeting people or just being around them. He prefers to hide out in the fields, just moving through them, often making up silly games like testing to see how far he could get through them and how quickly without disturbing the plans enough for anyone to know that he was even there.

He grew up with a very close family to rely on and they are the ones he trusts explicitly. Bran is incredibly loyal to the point where it may even be detrimental to his health. If he were to be a part of the games, any alliances will no doubt end his his death as he will not have the ability to go back once he's loyal to someone or feels he owes them.

Bran was born out in the middle of a field. His mother worked every day, through every pregnancy. She needed the money to feed her family. Her husband works as well but with the number of children they had, it wasn't always easy to sure that they got enough to live on.

Food wasn't too much of a problem, the district's business was grain. It was easy enough to find food when they needed it but that wasn't all the children needed. There were clothes and other necessities as well.

All the Crescat children grew up getting everything they could to help them if the odds were ever not in their favour. They each learned simply skills that may come in handy but never really trained. Each had their own minor strengths along with weaknesses. Bran in particular was always very good at sneaking around unnoticed and hiding out in very small spaces. He is as quiet as a mouse and often goes unnoticed, even in a crowd.

When he was born, Bran hady three sisters and a brother. His brother was the oldest but at only 13, he died. It was an accident that couldn't have been stopped. The boy was up climbing the ladded, playing near the water tanks and fell in. None of the children even knew how to swim. Bran is the youngest and was only four years old at the time but his mother's screams and those moments would be forever engrained in his mind.

He avoid deep water for some years after that but when he was about nine, he decided on his own that he needed to kick that fear so he taught himself to swim. It was little steps at first and several almost accidents but he stay close to the edge or kept a rope around him to pull himself up with and eventually learned. He had always been resourceful and always takes initiative when survival is at stake.

Bran is often off doing his own thing, getting into trouble but he does take the games quiet seriously. Often wondering if he would survive if his name was ever called. Every year, Bran hopes that he isn't chosen but at the same time, feels empathy for those that are all while hoping to be ready if it was ever his name that's called out. His sisters are all older now and he is the last in his family to still be at the mercy of the reaping.