Althea Zenodoros District 7 (FINISHED)
Mar 22, 2014 13:48:51 GMT -5
Post by <illusion> on Mar 22, 2014 13:48:51 GMT -5
Name: Althea Zenodoros
Age: 17
Gender: Female
District: District 7
Appearance:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me."
Althea doesn't care on her looks, it's never bothered her. She isn't like "I'm so pretty." nor is she like "I'm so ugly." she sees herself as ok but would never call herself pretty. Althea stand 5'4", she has long legs that match her body, it took her three years to fit into her long legs. At first when she was 13 she just didn't look right but soon she started to grow into them and actually look good. She has light brown hair that goes past her shoulder, her skin is a pink pale colour which tans slightly in the hot summer if she's out in the sun enough. Her eyes are grey green colour and when she's mad enough they become grey like a storm cloud.
She has a small waist and her wrist a pretty small too. She is a small person in weight, smaller then she should be. She barely eats but just enough that you can't tell by looking at her face but can see it in her ribs and the only time you'd see her ribs is when she's changing and she'd never let that happen. Althea is very fast but isn't strong, she will never get herself into fights with anybody and if she does her best choice is to run. She has a bit of muscle on her from helping her brother work but it is't much. She has scars here and there from her past, her pain tolerance is high so if she cuts her hand wide open it really doesn't affect her except for the blood loss.
Her flaws are the scars on her wrists from a few years of her rough life, the faded burns on her body from the horrible memories she will never bring up again. She usually looks tired and sometimes sick, but she can usually hide that from people and her older brother.
She normally wears what she has and some of that is her fathers shirt or jacket but she also wears jeans and always has a hat on when she goes out. Doesn't matter if its a ball cap or beanies, she just likes hats. She wears a lot of long sleeved shirts to cover the mess on her wrists and sweaters.
Personality:
"At the end of the day, I have myself to blame."
Althea isn't the most charming girl to meet, she won't let anyone into her circle except for her siblings and even then it's sometimes hard. She use to be a very happy young girl, healthy and happy but it went away after the death of her parents. She had to become an adult too soon, having to help her brother look after the family she became very serious and protective. She barely shows emotion to others, not wanting them to get too close. She's been like that from the start hiding her feelings but since here parents death its just a constant thing. She shows emotion around her younger siblings but thats for them not for her or anyone else.
She is almost depressed, barely happy and every now and again she'll come out but she isn't totally out of it when she does. To keep others away, she is very hostile and mean. Mostly with males who want to "help" but really she believes they want something in return when they're done with helping and she already told herself she isn't into that. She'll flip them off or threaten them and her threats are real if you don't back off.
She hates pity from people and if she takes it she's taking it for her family. She is a very secretive and mysterious person, not many people know anything about her and she'd like to keep it that way. Her brother doesn't even know that much about her ether but she doesn't care in some sort.
Althea has a lot of built up anger that she blames on her parents, she always states that she's angry at them and she is but she is also angry at the world and the capital. She couldn't bare to have her siblings die, they'd die with out her older brother working and she couldn't live with one of her younger siblings dead.
I guess you could say she's a bit of a bad ass, she'll break rules and manipulate people to get what she wants or needs. It's one of the only times she's not threatening to rip your head off. She will go after merchant males who are her age at school more then anything, pretty much seducing them into something and once she gets what she wants she's gone. She'll never let a guy come to her and try to give her something because then they're too hard to get rid of. She usually can't get girls to give her stuff, they're either too snobby or hate her for making guys chase her. Personally Althea doesn't want people chasing her, her brother tells her it's because she's hard to get and some guys like that. Althea thinks thats stupid, they can chase her all they want it isn't happening, but she only does this when they're tight on money or food. If it wasn't for her family she'd be as skinny as a rake.
You don't catch her smiling or laughing a lot ether, she'll do it to hide herself but thats only because she doesn't want her brother worrying about her. She can be a bit sarcastic but thats when she's trying to tell someone off "nicely" which is rare. Althea believes for her sibling to be nothing like her which is hard but she tries, telling them to be nice to others and don't piss anyone off. Thats her usually pep talk, her brothers is more heart filled and sweet.
Althea isn't all dark and gloomy, she can open up a bit and sometimes relax around people but she has to know them really well to be able to do that and she needs to trust that person so they don't run off with all her hidden secrets .
History:
"I start where I am. I will use what I have. I'll do what I can, It will be enough."
Fire, is all the 14 year old girl can see. Red, like the devil and just so hard to breath. Every step is almost painful, her lungs filled with heavy smoke, she coughs but it isn't enough. But she can't stop, no never. She needs to find the two things she keeps close to her heart. It burns and hurts, the pain. She wants to sit and stay but no.
What she sees makes her forget the burns and pain and the devils horrible flames. A toddler safely in his crib, he screams but he's is ok. Taking him she walks, using her jacket to protect him. Before she leaves the almost burning room, the room thats red with the devils flames. She grabs the locket, the hot heart shape locket the burns her hand. Before this young girl can escape the burning home, her daddy on the floor has been taken by the devils horrible flames. She runs, tears that fall as she calls for her mom. Bursting through the door she sees her siblings and her mother, safe and not taken by the flames.
"My father died in the fire when I was 14, we all managed to get out but my dad went back in for my little brother. I have 6 siblings my brother who is 18 his name is Spruce, Philana who's 12 my younger sister, Lander who's 8 he's my little brother, Elm he's 4 and the last little brother is 2 he's name is Zayden. My dad had a thing for naming his sons after trees but he wasn't around for Zayden, mom had him right after dad died. My mother died a year after she had Zayden, she became very ill very fast and she suffered for the longest time. She died in the spring, Spruce says it was for the best she was suffering anyway."
"After that me and Spruce had to start figuring out away to survive, cause we weren't the riches people even when dad and mom were around and now all the moneys gone and we had to figure out what to do. So of course Spruce started working in the forest, cutting down trees and crap. My job was to be the "women" and take care of all my siblings. Which I did but thank god we had a family friend. She's older and has no family so we let her stay with us and she helps look after the kids, I'm glad too because I wasn't becoming a "mom". I work out in the woods myself but because I'm weaker then most people I only do a bit of stuff which doesn't give us enough. I thought about doing what some girls do but then I thought no that wasn't happing plus Spruce would kill me if he found out. I don't take pity from anyone. I'll make people give me stuff but I will not take it if I've never asked. I usually ask for stuff from the guys cause the girls don't really like me. I usually get money or food, then they expect a kiss or something. Do I have a sign on me saying "I give kisses out". No so back off."
"I know some guys are mad at me for tricking them, so I watch myself and usually have a dagger on me at all times. I think its just good to have a dagger on me anyway cause its good for lots of things not just stabbing people. I don't usually fallow rules, like our family rules and some district rules I don't always fallow them but I try to fallow the rules that might get me killed if I don't."
"I barely eat, not because I don't want to but because I'm making sure everyone but me gets something. I have a small plate so Spruce doesn't yell at me, I eat enough so you can't tell by looking at my face but if I was to ever take my shirt off you could tell by my ribs and arms but I usually wear long sleeves to hid my old scars. I eat a bit in the morning and then I eat a bit at night. I don't get a meal a day, maybe I get a full meal every three days but it depends on what we're having.'
"I blame all this on my parents, in away I know I shouldn't and it wasn't their fault that they died but still after 2 kids you should of stopped because now we're all suffering. Now I love my siblings dearly and I would never wish for them to be gone but sometimes I think life would be easier for them and me if they weren't around."
Codeword: odair
