Lukas Becker | District Seven | COMPLETE
Jan 29, 2017 3:27:59 GMT -5
Post by Lukas Becker on Jan 29, 2017 3:27:59 GMT -5
Name: Lukas Ethan Becker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
District/Area: District Seven
Appearance:
Luke is 5'9" and slender with long blonde hair and hazel eyes. He helps his father as a lumberjack so he's strong enough, though he doesn't look like it. Luke doesn't have a lot of dress clothing since he works in the forests and he sold a lot of his dressier stuff when his mother died since his father practically stopped working, so he usually wears a t-shirt or button-down shirt, jeans, his father's old jacket and boots, with his hair in a ponytail when he's working to keep it out of his eyes.
Personality:
Sweet - Luke is honestly one of the sweetest boys you'll ever meet. He's always trying to cheer someone up, and won't stop until he gets a smile from them.
Protective - If you're close to Lukas, you have someone who will always have your back no matter what. He's fiercely protective of his friends and sisters and would die to save them.
Resourceful - Luke is very resourceful and is able to make use of pretty much anything he's given.
Honest - Luke, quite simply, hates lying and isn't going to sugarcoat or BS things. He knows when to be tactful and is able to keep his bluntness in check.
Funny - Luke has a pretty sarcastic sense of humor and when he's annoyed he doesn't hold it back.
General Personality: Luke is a dependable, sweet kid with a sarcastic sense of humor, a stubborn streak and a smart mouth. That's what most people say about him when asked to describe him, but it's a very brief summary of who he really is. Luke has a tendency to put his foot into his mouth, but he's generally a pretty nice guy. He has a protective side, and is more of a nurturer than a fighter. He tries to be there for people he cares for and hates seeing them unhappy or crying. He's gotten himself into trouble with peacekeepers more than once for mouthing off to them or getting out of line with them. Lukas learned early on how to take care of Beth and Alyssa since his father was always working and didn't always want three kids around, so Luke started taking care of the girls and keeping them out of the way.
History:
Lukas was born in District Seven as the oldest of three children, along with his two little sisters, Elizabeth and Alyssa. His father Joseph was a lumberjack and his mother Annette worked in a paper mill. From the beginning, Lukas was allowed to help his father in the forest, given the job of climbing trees to chop the over grown branches before the trees were cut down to keep them from hitting anyone on the way down. Lukas became a skilled climber in no time, and often spent his free time in the forest with his friends and sisters climbing and hanging out in the forest when he wasn't at school. He was a good student, but got himself in trouble at times for mouthing off to teachers or getting into small fights at school. Not because he was a trouble maker, but he was usually trying to defend someone who was being picked on. Most of the time though, he was most comfortable working with his father.
Luke's mother fell ill when he was 13, and was unable to work, so the rest of the family pitched in. Lukas taught his sisters to use an axe and climb trees so they would be able to help out. With four people working in the forest, they were able to make a decent enough living. Lukas' mother unfortunately became too ill for the healers to help and she passed away when he was 14, which devastated the family. They eventually bounced back but Luke's father had pushed them away while he was mourning his wife and they remained rather distant, and when Joseph resorted to drinking to get over his grief, Luke started taking his sisters out of the house and into the forest so they weren't exposed to it. He wasn't above dumping his dad's liquor when the man wasn't around. Joseph wasn't abusive, but he just wasn't quite there for his family, too grief-stricken to do anything but sit around. Luke eventually got sick of seeing his father not doing what he needed to and stood up to him, taking his liquor and dumping it, saying he'd get peacekeepers to take him and his sisters away if his father didn't straighten out. It took a long time but they eventually talked everything out, since Joseph didn't want his children taken away.
Luke is now quite good with an axe thanks to his father teaching him how to use one, and as he's smaller than most boys is extremely agile and a quick climber. With the help of a friend's father, he started learning to fight with an axe (though not often enough to tip any peace keepers off to what he was doing) as his tesserae count climbed. He refused to let Beth take any tesserae, not wanting her to get her name in the bowl more than it was. He and his father aren't as strained as they used to be, since Joseph quit drinking and started working regularly again. They're not close, but Joseph is trying to be a better father to his children than he has been.
Other:
Family:
Joseph Becker, 39, lumberjack
Amelia Becker, 32, deceased
Elizabeth Becker, 15, student
Alyssa Becker, 13, student
Best Memory: His father teaching him to climb and use an axe
Worst Memory: Losing his mother
