Thread:Hybrid Shadow/@comment-24712732-20150414000307/@comment-5824375-20150414033617

I oddly made Vine a part of the Careers, though this was mainly because I forgot about his personality. I ended up going with it because I thought it would be interesting. Oxford, on the other hand, was planned to be in a small alliance composed of himself, Dempsey, and Farina. Oxford represented the brains, Dempsey the bulk, and Farina was the medical expert.

I expected Vine to gain three kills and Oxford was going to receive only one. Vine was supposed to be responsible for the murder of Esther, Kier, and eventually Fang. Esther was a bloodbath victim, Kier was simply because he was injured prior and Vine pitied him, and Fang was due to Vine's betrayal of the Careers around the penultimate of the Hunger Games. Vine eventually passed due to injures caused by his outing with Fang, however, which would cause him to place in 8th place. Not bad, however.

Oxford's only kill was granted to him after Lorcan managed to defeat and slit the throat of Dempsey after managing to surprise him from behind. Oxford, who had suffered from the loss of Farina a day before, was furious and tackled to Lorcan to the earth. He strangled the life out of him. In the end, he was assaulted by the remaining Careers after the claiming the life of one of their own. Oxford attempted to escape, but his plans were foiled after sustaining an arrow from Auriel. Fang later picked him up and slammed his head against a collapsed wall, giving him a severe fracture which eventually resulted in the shards of his cranium puncturing his brain. He was going to place 14th. You could also mention he had somewhat of a fling with Farina, which definitely contributed to his outburst around the last moments of his life.