Blayz has a lot of promise and would let herself by seen as a dumb half-orc through training, pulling out her magic only in the final assessment to get a decent score. She is surprisingly eloquent on camera and it seems like she has a good chance. She is willing to join in with a small group of other Tributes, agreeing they will work together to see what they can get from the Cornucopia but split up after that. She isn't surprised when one of them turns on the rest once they're clear and her defence on the others makes her de facto leader of their group. She tries her best but is out of her depth and doesn't do well at making decisions on the fly so they soon go their separate ways. Alone, Blayz falls for a trap and bleeds to death.
Belladonna is clearly a career Tribute, more likely a Two than a One (she's not that kind of girl). She understands combat, is tough and has a few useful miracles. She doesn't need to make alliances - the Career Pack is a sure thing - and she performs well on camera telling Flickerman about Brilliance and how she hungers for glory and fame. She has no qualms about killing, having done so before in training, and works to guide the direction of the Pack, without actually trying to take charge and risking conflict among the Careers. Unfortunately her impulsiveness and desire for personal glory see her killed in glorious battle taking out the last couple of the outsiders with the two surviving Careers left to fight it out.
Hel and Winterlight are my two real contenders.
Winterlight has a lot of survival skills and knows how to use her knife. She saves her magical skills for the final test and places very highly. At the Cornucopia she is in and out to get only the tools she need, but she is prepared to kill, or at least maim, in the process. She keeps to herself but doesn't avoid the main action, taking out other loners with traps or magic and then, when cornered in an ambush, killing one and injuring the other attacker with her blade. Unfortunately she is wounded in the exchange and her limited sponsors only send minimal first aid supplies but it's enough to keep her able to cast. She has made in to the last few but the Career Pack remain and they're dangerous. The Gamesmakers force her out into a confrontation with them and, without the advantage of stealth, it's a foregone conclusion. She does manages to take one out with darts, then injure the others in melee combat but she is outnumbered and overpowered.
The nature of the Games brings out all of Hel's worst qualities. She does well in training as she is quick, dextrous, stealthy and skilled with two swords. While not being a career, she clearly has potential and makes it clear she would be useful to get herself adopted into their group. She scores reasonably well on the final assessment and is appropriately charming when interview. it's inside that she reveals her last two skills - absolute disregard for anyone else's life and the ability to lie so convincingly - "I didn't see the trap", "she fell", "he couldn't keep up", "they were just behind me" - that her allies believe her and even the Capitol audience doubt the version of events they saw televised. She gladly kills the other Tributes along with the Pack, while slowly weakening them from the inside while making herself indispensible (and teasing them with the implied offer of sexual favours). When there are only three of the Pack left, she coolly kills two of them in their sleep. Unfortunately, without throatslit, the struggle must she is unable to finish the last cleanly but she has thought ahead and removed their weapons. She toys with him, making him think he has a chance, while slowly wounding him then leaving him to bleed out and heads off after the last couple of outliers. One of them she tricks, telling them she has only narrowly escaped the Pack and pretending to be injured, before killing him. The last two she plays off against each other before killing the winner.
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Date: 2014-04-10 10:46 pm (UTC)From:Belladonna is clearly a career Tribute, more likely a Two than a One (she's not that kind of girl). She understands combat, is tough and has a few useful miracles. She doesn't need to make alliances - the Career Pack is a sure thing - and she performs well on camera telling Flickerman about Brilliance and how she hungers for glory and fame. She has no qualms about killing, having done so before in training, and works to guide the direction of the Pack, without actually trying to take charge and risking conflict among the Careers. Unfortunately her impulsiveness and desire for personal glory see her killed in glorious battle taking out the last couple of the outsiders with the two surviving Careers left to fight it out.
Hel and Winterlight are my two real contenders.
Winterlight has a lot of survival skills and knows how to use her knife. She saves her magical skills for the final test and places very highly. At the Cornucopia she is in and out to get only the tools she need, but she is prepared to kill, or at least maim, in the process. She keeps to herself but doesn't avoid the main action, taking out other loners with traps or magic and then, when cornered in an ambush, killing one and injuring the other attacker with her blade. Unfortunately she is wounded in the exchange and her limited sponsors only send minimal first aid supplies but it's enough to keep her able to cast. She has made in to the last few but the Career Pack remain and they're dangerous. The Gamesmakers force her out into a confrontation with them and, without the advantage of stealth, it's a foregone conclusion. She does manages to take one out with darts, then injure the others in melee combat but she is outnumbered and overpowered.
The nature of the Games brings out all of Hel's worst qualities. She does well in training as she is quick, dextrous, stealthy and skilled with two swords. While not being a career, she clearly has potential and makes it clear she would be useful to get herself adopted into their group. She scores reasonably well on the final assessment and is appropriately charming when interview. it's inside that she reveals her last two skills - absolute disregard for anyone else's life and the ability to lie so convincingly - "I didn't see the trap", "she fell", "he couldn't keep up", "they were just behind me" - that her allies believe her and even the Capitol audience doubt the version of events they saw televised. She gladly kills the other Tributes along with the Pack, while slowly weakening them from the inside while making herself indispensible (and teasing them with the implied offer of sexual favours). When there are only three of the Pack left, she coolly kills two of them in their sleep. Unfortunately, without throatslit, the struggle must she is unable to finish the last cleanly but she has thought ahead and removed their weapons. She toys with him, making him think he has a chance, while slowly wounding him then leaving him to bleed out and heads off after the last couple of outliers. One of them she tricks, telling them she has only narrowly escaped the Pack and pretending to be injured, before killing him. The last two she plays off against each other before killing the winner.