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In Character Information
character name: Katniss Everdeen
Fandom: The Hunger Games
Timeline: End of "Catching Fire"
character's age: 17
powers, skills, pets and equipment:
Growing up in the slums really teaches one how to survive, as the weak stand little to no chance of either getting out of poverty, or getting out of it alive. And as food is one of the least possessed items in Katniss's home, she became a hunter. Well, technically, her father was the hunter, and taught her how to shoot a bow and arrow. After he passed, and their mother seemed to show no intent on feeding her family, Katniss took to the woods herself and refined her hunting skills.
Once in the Hunger Games training, she practiced other skills - knot tying, identifying edible plants, etc. - which she also showed quite a flare for, and when it came time to receive a score on her training, she received an 11 out of 12 for being an excellent marks man and having the balls to shoot at the Capital judges when they were ignoring her.
Additionally, she is also fair as singing, another skill she picked up from her father. But after his death, she is very reluctant to sing. She is good at hunting, and her light figure is ideal for climbing trees, which she is quite good at.
Katniss really has no qualms killing if need be with her bow and arrows, but she is more about survival than murder, and would only do as much if her life was threatened and she even had a bow. If it came down to it as a necessity to survive, she could hunt for her own food, and perhaps if she's in a very good mood, someone could happen upon her singing.
But other than that, unless there is any life threatening event, Katniss is not likely to use any of her (dangerous) skills. The cooking and food searching ones are still fair game.
A N A T O L E ADDITIVES
Requesting enhanced:
✖ vision, especially to be used in targeting targets placed at a longer distance and increasing her accuracy and consistency in hitting those targets. Given, she could already shoot things out of peoples hands, but as she grows into the new confidence in her eyes, there would just be generally less worry as to missing on her part...
✖ balance, for when she does things such as climbing trees or runs. Katniss is already pretty graceful when she climbs, but it never hurts to have a little more agility. She will not yet compare to Rue's talent for running and jumping from tree branch to tree branch, but it will be something.
✖ hearing, in the same way the Capitol enhanced the ear that was blown out. Her hearing is not balanced - her left picks up more things than her right, and as this can be a little discombobulating, the senses in her right ear will gradually heighten until they are at the same level; perhaps even surpass that, but not to the point where she can hear through walls or anything.
canon history:
❝ May the odds be ever in your favor ❞ (canon history link)
personality:
Katniss is first and foremost an independent survivor.
Subsequently family oriented and a decent actress. She's been described as lethal, and is also very good at thinking outside the box, especially when relating to that first bit - the survivalist bit. But while she does instinctually think of herself first in a whole lot of situations, the second her brain really kicks in, Katniss shows a fierce determination to protect the ones she loves - first offering herself to the Hunger Games for Prim, shields Gale from being whipped (with her face - very smart, girly), going back for Peeta when he's injured in the arena, etc.
With the survival aspect so firmly ground into her personality, she doesn't have a very good concept of social cues and social norms. She's "pure", "innocent" and sheltered by the Capital norms, becoming incredibly flustered when her inexperience with romance surfaces, be it when faced with Finnick Odair's sugar cubes or Johanna Mason's breasts. Even with the televised romantic encounters with Peeta and the density she shows towards Gale's growing affections.
She's a bit of a pessimist, too, not believing in wanting romance or love - not wanting children because she fears they'd be subjected to the games - not expecting to live in the arena both times she was sent in.
It sort of goes hand in hand with the survival bit, don't you think? Expect no good fortune so you won't be disappointed. Katniss is also a loner - almost the textbook definition of a loner, in fact. She had few to no friends though out her younger years (perhaps only Madge Undersee, if she counts - they hardly ever talked, yet sat together often enough) and held herself with such a manner that people were supposedly afraid of her, from the way Peeta tells it. It wasn't until she met Gale that Katniss had what could really be called a friend, and even then it took them a good while to really become comfortable with each other.
After the games, as well, Katniss seems to have somewhat...say, lost a little bit of respect for herself, as embodied by one specific quote: "No wonder I won the games. No decent person ever does."
And while it's true, most Victors turn out to be drunken, drugged up crazies with a side of PTSD, she does inevitably turn out to be better. Perhaps a bit crazy, but who isn't after that sort of thing. So, while crippled with some insecurity about her worth, she is a good person.