July Cartwright, D 7

July stands 5'7" inches tall and weighs 142 pounds. She is slightly stocky, though it is muscle, not fat that contributes to that; July is also a fairly curvy girl - she looks like a grown woman, not a child, and as if she exercises strenuously and eats regular decent meals. With dark brown hair to her shoulders and a healthy tan, she seems like a girl who spends a lot of time in the sun. Light brown eyes are her face's most arresting quality and save her from being plain, but, she also has even features, and a wide smile often on her lips.

July wears the rugged clothes and boots that go along with her job; she hates how she looks in a dress and tolerates it only when she has no choice. She has great balance and is light on her feet and faster than she looks. Whether walking or standing she carries herself with poise, seeming self-possessed but friendly, as she goes about her day, nodding 'hello' to everyone she passes. She has no unusual markings and does not wear makeup or jewelry.

July is an openly friendly person who exudes warmth and invites people to talk with her and socialize. On the other hand, she takes no shit, and, in defense of herself or her younger siblings, July has gotten into more than a few fights, and she doesn't always win, but she fights fiercely. Most things that July does, from cutting down a tree to making up stories to tell her little brother and sister, she does passionately, and this enthusiasm also makes her a person others enjoy being around.

July has a good number of casual friends, and several close friends, and flirts with the boys, though the flirting is not really very serious, particularly in the last month after she and her boyfriend of a year split up because he wanted to marry July and July adamantly refused, saying she was too young and anyway had no desire to marry him or anyone. With her family, she is obviously happiest and loving towards her sibs and her father.

When not at work or at home, July does have a rebellious streak. She is not fond of school, considering it a waste of time, and sometimes deliberately annoys the teacher. She also has been known to get into a bit of trouble with her friends, of, of course, a very minor kind that no one cares about except her father, who, naturally, worries about July. She is seldom the leader in these little spurts of bad behavior, but does follow along if it's already underway. Otherwise, especially at work and around her siblings, July is responsible and careful.

Having been only seven when her mother died trying to bring her fourth child into the world, July does not really remember her. Rather than growing cold at the death of his wife, July's father, Eane, focused instead on raising his children in an environment of love and respect. July has two siblings, Davys, her brother, who is now thirteen and Marrissa, age eleven, and the four of them are a close and caring family.

Though the Cartwright home is small and cramped, Eane does make enough money as the foreman at the sawmill that, along with July's income, they are able to keep the family decently, if blandly, fed. July's current job is pretty simple: cutting down trees for processing at the mill. Along with hundreds of her peers, July gets to disappear into the stands of trees every afternoon after school with her partner. She is proficient in the use of an axe and hatchet and saw. She actually enjoys the exercise provided by her strenuous labor.

The Hunger Games has not really touched July's life other than it's providing the occassional moments of terror; she has known some of the children who were chosen to die, but is lucky in never having been close friends with any of them. Most of the time, the Games, and the damned dress she has to wear to the Reaping, is the furthest thing from her mind. So far, too, July is a virgin, simply because between the Games and her own mother's death, she has no wish at all to risk becoming pregnant (not to mention she has to help support her brother and ss She does enjoy flirting and dating except for those reasons, though she has had only one, as she thinks of it, semi-serious relationship.