Wirick Eames (District Three)

Wirick fits perfectly the stereotype of his district. Bespectacled, very pale, usually found sporting vests with bow ties on them or long, sterile white lab coats, Wirick looks like... well, like a nerd, which he actually sees as quite fitting seeing as how that is exactly what he is. His hair is not black as is commonly found among his district, but a striking bright blonde which immediately singles him out, coupled with icy blue eyes that unnerve just about everyone who looks at them. His skin is pale, not ashen, like he has spent the majority of his life indoors, and he has short blonde hair with spiked bangs that protrude outwardly that he simply doesn't care enough to get styled or have cut regularly, instead simply letting it grow in natural and leaving it be. Essentially, he looks like the sixteen year old boy you'd ask for help if your computer ever suddenly broke down, and truth be told, you were completely right in thinking that he could fix it for you.

Wirick is still very young, and comes in about 5'8 and weighs roughly one-hundred and thirty pounds (BMI 19.8) He has the complexion one who never spends time outside, and it true, he really doesn't, him leading the sheltered lifestyle he does. His frame is exactly what his name implies, wiry, thin yet at the same time surprising healthy and well toned for someone who seldom ever leaves the comfort of his home. Wirick is not a bad looking guy, being healthy and in good hygiene most days, and many see his fashion sense and mannerisms as somewhat "adorkable." His hard, black framed glasses seem to be the primary indicator of his personality as far as his appearance goes, a tech-savvy, yet somewhat shut in young prodigy. His body lacks any real scars or birth marks whatsoever, him never having received an injury that left any real lasting damage.

Wirick is exactly what the rest of the great nation of Panem expect from a District Three denizen, a hyper intelligent, geeky looking, technologically adept young man who has been raised from birth with technology of all kinds. But even by District Three standards, Wirick is something else, having been able to create algorithms and mechanical devices since he could barely walk. A born technician and a renowned chess master, Wirick's strengths lie in everything technological, as is standard for the people of his district. His technological prowess aside, Wirick has had very limited contact with people over the course of his life. His insular existence have left his social skills... somewhat lacking, but even so, his genius serves as primary means of propelling along conversations, having a wide range of interesting, esoteric knowledge he often encaptivates his piers with.

Personally, Wirick is... well... less than personable, to say the least. Incredibly smug, snide, self-satisfied, sarcastic, smarmy, lazy, apathetic, and at times insufferable, Wirick's unparalleled intellect seems to only further justify his exterior persona. Having grown so used to simply being by far the smartest person in the room, Wirick's personality is the result both his absurd intellect and his near complete social isolation. And while he is by no means shy, he is also completely indifferent and uncaring towards the social stigmas of "tact" and "manners," and simply conducts himself in the far less than agreeable way he wants to. He's smarter than you, he knows he's smarter than you, and he has absolutely no qualms about reminding everyone repeatedly just how much smarter than them he is.

While Wirick has had little exposure to the harsh world he lives in, that in no way implies that he is naive to the goings on around him. Au contraire, Wirick seems to understand more than most people do in their entire lifetimes, possessing a wisdom beyond his years and an innate ability to see things as they really are, which naturally puts him at odds with the authorities. Wirick is ever mindful of what he says, even when alone, and keeps a vigilant eye out for any sign surveillance, to the point his care for not being watched borders on paranoia (he terms it "hypervigilance," and is quick to point out that someone is only paranoid when they are wrong.) With hyper perception and with awareness bordering on inhuman, and in addition to his less than appealing default personality, there are very few people that Wirick can connect with, and he often feels isolated and lonely, which leads him to having severe depression. He often finds his life dull and tedious, which only serves to deepen his depressed state, and often wishes that one day he could go on an adventure that would shake things up a little.

Being an upper crust citizen of District Three and even Panem itself, in addition to his unnerving intellect, has caused many people do view him with both resentment and fear. And considering his place as one of Panem's more influential citizens (at least by district standards,) the government has taken care to keep a close watch on the boy, fearing what an intelligent citizen with more than modest means could do to it. And indeed, Wirick is a rebellious soul, as teenagers often are, but in a world like the one he lives in, that could have...deadly consequences. This, mixed with his overwhelming desire to simply make his life just a little bit more interesting, makes Wirick a rather mercurial and unpredictable person. He's just as likely help someone out of the kindness of his heart as he is to manipulate government officials for fun.

Wirick was born to one of the wealthier families of the District Three, and has lived his entire life in a very rich and prominent part of the district. Being the only child of a family which had intended to have many children, Wirick's parents became fiercely overprotective of him, sheltering him from the horrors of the world they lived in everyday. Being an exorbitantly wealthy only child with very little contact with the outside world (Wirick spent most of his early life on his family's estate,) Wirick had no real friends growing up. His parents were and are ardent supporters of the current regime, seeing it as much more beneficial and far safer for both themselves and their son to simply bend knee to the totalitarian state, and they were rewarded greatly for their loyalty. Wirick, however, was a different story, as he was a young boy with a brilliant mind and a keen intellect, and it was inevitable that he would come to form his own opinions...

It too was inevitable that Wirick would one day grow curious as to what lay beyond the estate's walls, the walls which had been the limit of his entire world until that moment. It did not take much time or effort for him to escape, even when he was a young boy of eight, venturing out onto his own and exploring the district that was his for the very first time. What he saw both fascinated and frightened him, for while the colossal machines of industry inspired in him a sort of primal awe, the way the gears and cogs worked in cohesion with one another to produce a greater, working machine that without each individual part, was completely and utterly useless (a comparison he made to the districts, the Capitol, and Panem in general,) the clouds of sable black smoke which caused people to cough and heave and keel over on the ground terrified him, and he quickly ran back to the world he once knew to be all there was to see. His parents had never knew he left, as the entire trip had not taken very long, Wirick only seeing a very small fraction of what life in the districts could be like. What Wirick saw that day, and how starkly it contrasted with the perfect world he had always lived in, left a lasting effect on the boy, and came to influence what kind of person the boy grew up to be.

Wirick stills lives within the confines of his family's estate, safe and secure, but also all too aware of the lives of destitution, poverty, starvation, and fear the people of the other districts and even the people District Three seem to lead. He thinks that maybe one day, he could change Panem for the better, and help create a world were there doesn't have to be any more pain and suffering, fear and hatred. But when Wirick looks over the walls of his estate, into the industrial abyss below, he knows this may be easier said than done. But maybe things only stayed the way they were because someone never bothered to change them. And maybe one day, if they're lucky, the citizens of Panem can live in a world without the Hunger Games.