Isla Ackleson

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About Isla


Full Name: Isla Felony Ackleson

Age: 16

District: 2 (1, 4, 14, 5)

Gender: Female

Height: 5'9

Appearance: Isla is fairly tall for her age, standing at 5'9. She has straight dark brown hair that reaches just past her shoulders. Isla's chocolate colored eyes hold a feeling of discipline and order, like with one look, she could massacre anyone in her way. Isla has a leaner build, which doesn't allow her to have the same physical strength as her fellow Careers, but instead be faster than her dangerous allies.

Personality: From the outside, Isla seems like your typical sixteen year old. But peel back those layers and underneath you'll find a disciplined girl who's behavior is borderline psychopathic. She isn't known to show mercy towards people who don't deserve a second chance - due to them not being good enough for Isla because they stand in her way of victory.

Backstory: Isla was born in District 2, but her mother died during Isla's birth, leaving a strict, disciplined and shell-shocked father to raise a daughter. Doing his absolute best to raise Isla into a respected member of the district, he taught Isla the way of a disciplined warrior: having a fighting spirit, yet holding respect for others. One thing that Isla's father did not know was that his daughter was born with a lesion in her brain that caused her to act like a psychopath when provoked.

The first time that this lesion took effect was during a training session when Isla couldn't seem to throw a knife straight into the target. Her father was quickly losing patience with his daughter, though he tried to hold on for her sake. When Isla's father couldn't take his daughter's incompetence anymore, he slapped his daughter across the face and proclaiming that she was a useless child who would never bring honor to their family. What happened next shocked not only Isla's father, but the little girl herself. Isla took the knife she was throwing and launched it towards her father's heart as an act of defense. She prayed that the knife would miss her father and plant itself in the wall behind. Instead, the knife landed straight in her father's heart, making that Isla's first perfect throw. Due to being in a state of distress, Isla ran out of the house and took refugee in the Career Academy in District 2, where Isla trained for many years.

Every other student in the academy didn't mess with Isla even though she was built lean and tall for they learned extremely quickly that underneath a girl that seemed small and powerless was a lesion that could kill them all. So, except for a couple of words exchanged every now and then, most people avoided Isla, mainly fearing for their lives if they said or did something wrong around her.

When Isla was 16, she volunteered to participate in the Hunger Games. Everyone else that was preparing to run up to the stage quickly decided against it, letting themselves live another year. Isla felt ready to take on the challenges outside of her district in the Hunger Games and wasn't going to let anyone stop her from doing so.

Weapons: Isla prefers to use throwing knives but is skilled with bolo knives and daggers as well.

Strengths: Due to throwing knives being her signature weapon, Isla has amazing aim with this weapon, but also has skill in close combat with them. Her build allows her to run extremely fast and have good stamina. (In District 4 and 14, she will also have strength in swimming skills).

Weaknesses: Being in a Career District, Isla never took the time to learn plant identification because she never thinks that identifying plants will help you win a games. Her body build doesn't give Isla the capacity of physical strength because of her leaner shape. Isla doesn't always think things through, often "shooting first and asking questions later".

Fears: Isla fears that her psychopathic behavior will get the best of her and cause her to due things that seem out of place. As well, Isla fears the inability to please people around her, such as when her father called her incompetent.

Allies: Isla will most likely align herself with the Careers or she will go alone.

Trivia

 * This is The Wayward's Daughter first tribute, meaning that it will likely be her crappiest.


 * Also, Isla is based on a character in TWD's upcoming novel (publishing date: not confirmed)