Laurel Da Raven

Laurel Da Raven is the 17-year-old victor of 40th Hunger Games. In Victors' Village, she lives next door to Victoire, who is now 19 years old. She lives in District 5 and depend her survival instincts majorly on water and wire--anything that produces electricity. She and Victoire are great friends.

Character Imformation and Backstory
Laurel is the only child in her family. She never hunted in the woods and is quite civilized, never looking like a girl born for the Hunger Games. She lives in the upper-class and likes befriending the richer kids as well. When she was reaped for the Games, to others' surprise, she was calmed and not scared at all.

In the training center, she socializes with the Careers and trains with them. From that, she is later skilled with many weapons, especially the sword. The Careers took interest in her, as well as she did with them. Soon, the boys from District 2 and 4 liked to flirt with her, but she took no response to their attempt.

Tactic in the Games
Laurel used her knowledge from her district to survive in the arena, killing other Tributes both noticeably and silently. But whenever she killed them, she often aimed for their head, explaining "I don't want to see you suffer".

Some Tributes see Laurel as generous as she doesn't torture them, but others are afraid of her because of her lack of hesitation before she kills. That's also why sword is her favorite weapon, because she gets to kill them from split of seconds to lightning of speed.

Personal Life in the Games
Laurel usually puts wires in her pockets whenever she finds one. Some of them are for murdering other Tributes, others simply for enjoyment. Whenever she gets bored, she would find a safe place and fiddle with them, twisting them into varying shapes. Alliances In the Games, she joins the Careers and hunts with them. She displays extreme loyalty to her ally and stays true to her words. If she sees one ally preparing to betray, she would kill him or her quickly. She was exiled from her group after she killed one of her Careers for killing someone from other district.

Etymology
Laurel is named after the flower of victory. In classical times, laurel is placed upon people bearing victory as a symbol of honor.

Bonus Facts
Laurel and Victoire are great friends. Later when Victoire is married, Laurel even came to her house to celebrate.