[Ready] Clara Mead // District Eleven

District Eleven is a harsh place to live. There is little to no freedom. Nobody is there to comfort you when you are down, and nobody can help you up when you fall. If they try, they fall too. The Peacekeepers guard us throughout day and night, and there is nothing we can do but comply. The crops are harvested, and nothing is given to us in return. Rations to keep us able to work, and that is it. There are those who defy, but they do so whilst running the risk of every consequence possible that will follow. It does follow.

Appearance

Brown hair, brown eyes. Dark skin. She is typical of the average District Eleven member. She is quite short for her age at around 5"2. She is rather slim yet she has a little muscle due to recent work on the fields. Her skin is smooth and nicely kept. She and her brother both look alike in that they have rather large eyes. Yet she is female so her jawline isn't as prominent and her face is smaller and less masculine. It is however very defined and nicely fitting of her head shape which is, unlike her brother, oval.

She usually looks really happy, smiling and cheerful most of the time. Until recently she has been unassuming and innocent to the realities of the world. She knows of the Games, of course, she is fifteen. But she has been, until now, unaware of the poorness of the district she lives in. So previously, she would have been smiling a lot of the time. Now, if she is at work she has an apparent resentment for it. Not just the typical I don't want to work today but the I really hate the Capitol for this. When she is among her family, she is much happier. This shows in how she acts, as it is in complete contrast to her work life. At work, she follows her older brother, Rocky, and this makes her happy and secure. Allowing her to appear that way.

Personality

She is kind just like her mother. Fierce just like her father. She shows great leadership skills when the time comes for it. But because she has been inspired by her brother, she depends on him a lot. This has made her emotionally and socially weaker when not around him. She has her own friend groups though, and she is quite capable of making friends.

Her father has encouraged her to be more independent, but her mother has depended on her brother to look after her. This has caused her life to be a strong one, with clear and guided routes to follow. She has great role models, her father, mother and brother - those of which she intends to follow until she no longer can. From there, she will strike off on her own and live for their memories.

Her mannerisms consist of kind acts that she feels compelled to carry out. She is most definitely a community girl. She really likes the thought of everybody around her being happy and successful. Her mother encouraged her in this respect as their bond is perhaps a little stronger than her and her father's bond is. Though not to say either is bad at all. The way she was brought up has helped solidify her opinions. Her father is hugely opinionated and with this she has also took to being opinionated. Though she has been allowed freedom to gather her own opinion, rather than copy from others (though that tends to happen anyway).

History

In Eleven, being born is a community building event. Due to a lack of profession in medical care, the society around the families always tie together and help ensure the births are successful. Clara's birth was difficult as she took a long time to be born, but it had no ensuing affects on her well being. Her brother helped her grow up just as much as She taught him things about himself. They grew up together at similar times, only a two year gap. They understood each other perfectly. She and him are close, and if anything were to happen to either of them then there would be difficulty continuing on without each other. A sibling love, and nothing less or more.

When she was old enough to see the Games, it scared her. She was so scared when she turned Twelve that she thought she would avoid going to the Reaping. It wasn't possible, but she consoled in her brother who looked after her as he was fourteen at the time. This made their relationship solid. Nothing could break them. Her mother at the time was finding it overwhelming. Having both children eligible for the games made it twice as likely for one of them to be reaped. And a girl and a boy made it once more likely that both could be reaped at the same time. It overwhelmed her and she was unable to stay strong during those times. Her Father coped well, understanding more that the odds were in the favor, for once.

Now, she is an unassuming girl who would want nothing more than to just live out of the district and in the lands arms, not the Capitol's. She would endure storms, tornadoes and hurricanes just for the hope that things could be good once more. If it even was in the first place. She is determined to make the district a better place. Whether that is a reality, she will have to work and see.