Aeralene Ekiert

This is a tribute made up by Pippycat. Please don't use her without permission.

Aeralene
Name: Aeralene "Aera" Genesis Ekiert

Pronunciation: Air-a-leen "Air-a" Jen-a-sis Ek-ee-ert

District: Any, most likely District 13, District 7, or District 8

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Weapons: Aeralene has used a machete before, so that would be her first choice, and she also likes thrown weapons, so she would choose throwing stars as her second. Lastly, she would choose a curved sword.

Appearance: Aeralene has long, strawberry blondish-brown hair that falls in curly waves down her back, and it's very thin. She has light, porcelain skin, and big, forest green eyes. She has less of a figure as most girls her age, and is very tall. Her lips are usually in a straight line or a frown, and she rarely smiles, and when she does, it can be for horrid reasons.

Height: 5'10

Personality: Aeralene, on the outside, seems shy, helpful, and caring, which is how she acts usually towards other people. She doesn't talk very much, which can make you wonder just what is going on inside her head. She is also quick to judge or get envious or angry of other people. When you get to know her, you still don't really know her. She keeps so much inside of her.

But, when you do think you know her, you will see that she can be cruel and unforgiving, letting all of her anger and envy out. She is very quick to blame, and has a bit of an anger issue thing, hurting people when they don't do what she wants them to and screaming at them, not caring how much she hurts them, as long as she can rid of her anger. She is very serious and doesn't like to joke around or have fun, and would rather stay serious and on the pessimistic side of things. She cares about almost no one but herself, putting herself before everyone else, sneaking food when no one is looking... she's the kind of person who, if the alliance came to an old bridge over a giant cavern, she would make everyone else go first to see if it's safe.

She's selfish and cruel, but, every once in a while, she does love someone. For some odd reason, she feels differently about them, and she has no idea why. Neither will anyone else. All they should know is that they should treasure that fact.

Skills: Aera is very physically strong, and has almost no compassion, which can be a strength because she will feel nothing if she kills. She is also good with medicine and healing.

Weaknesses: Aera isn't very good with survival skills, nor social skills, and isn't good with stealth since she is so tall.

Fears: Aera is scared that if she does find a person she loves in some way, that she will hurt them, or they'll leave her, since they know how cruel she is. All she really wants is to be loved, but she doesn't know anything about love, so she can't love, and she doesn't really know what love is.

Alliance: Aera will ally with a small, manipulatable and trustworthy alliance. She will try and be nice to them, even though it isn't in her nature. She will basically want them to help her survive, and she'll try her best to return the favor.

Interview Angle: Aera will act myserious and strange, showing almost no feeling, sounding a bit sweet and innocent, but her tone of voice will also sound sort of flat and sarcastic. If they ask her any questions about the games, she will try to sound morbid and bloodthirsty.

Group Training Strategy: Aera will focus on finding an alliance, and getting to know them, but not letting them find out too much about her. She will try and learn more survival skills and weapon skills, and other skills she isn't very good with. She will only show her skills if her alliance needs help with those areas, but otherwise, she will save all of that for her private training.

Private Training Strategy: Aera will walk in, determined and angry, and use her machete to chop and destroy dummies, then use her throwing stars to throw at targets, and run past them, slashing them with her throwing stars and mangling them with her curved sword, then, tearing up the dummies furiously with her brute strength. Before she leaves, she will give the most sarcastic smile ever to the Gamemakers, then stomp away, dropping her weapons on the floor, making a clatter on purpose.

Reasons for Winning: Aera wants to return to Mabel, the only person she is sure that she loves, and knows loves her back.

Backstory
Aera was born to a single mother who worked at an orphanage. Aera grew up there with the other children, and for years, everything was normal. She had a few friends, and was helpful around the orphanage, helping her mother clean, cook, and do other things to take care of the place.

Aera thought she was a normal child there, since her mother never had the guts to tell Aera that Aera was her child. Aera just thought she had a special job to help out at the place, and didn't question why. But, at the age of fourteen, she knew she was different. She had been there her whole life, while other children came and went, getting adopted. But Aera had never once had a hopeful family come and visit her. One day, she asked her mother -- whom she knew as Mrs. Ekiert -- why she was never to be adopted.

Mrs. Ekiert started bawling, and sat down at her desk in her room. Area sat in the window, watching the people pass by in the district, with no worries. "Tell me why I'm different." Aera pressed. "All the other children know I'm different, too, and if feels horrible. Because I'm the only person who doesn't know."

Mrs. Ekiert finally said, that Aera was hers. TBC

Trivia

 * Aeralene was Pippycat's second 18-year-old tribute
 * Part of Aeralene's backstory was based off of Crazy Cora's from the movie Quiggly Down Under