River Bahn

A San Junipero (El Funk) tribute

Basic Information
Name: Julien “River” Bahn

Age: 17

District: District 6, Transport

Gender: female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Personality: Named after nature amongst the juxtaposed concrete upbringing of District 6, River has come to embody that Juxtaposition. She is free-spirited, rebellious and reckless. Though a romantic and susceptible to love’s spell, River is afraid of being tied down. She wants to experience a world un-divided by conflict, she is however pragmatic and not naive. She prioritizes freedom, adventure, and fresh experiences above loyalty, security, and monogamy.

Fatal Flaw(1*): Free-Spirited, Reckless. Rivers curiosity can get the better of her, nor is she ever really satisfied with the status quo.

Backstory/History: Born Julien, River used to listen at the foot off her Grandfather, and hearing of his tales of nature and different times from his own father, she adopted the name “River” from one of his stories as her own. River was always had an indistinguishable energy growing up, constantly adventurous and curious girl. The oldest sibling to two respectable and well-presented siblings. She was the source of consternation for her parents till her two younger sisters came along and she was left largely to her own devices. She was noted by the residents of District 6, to have done a great amount of climbing around District 6 and having never fallen, showing a considerable amount of bravery on her part. Over time she discovered every unexplored nook and cranny. Nobody knows the geography of District 6 better. She let the boys chase after her and delighted in beating them in races to climb dangerously unstable scaffolding and ruin. For this she earned their admiration and the animosity of the more traditional girls and off her teachers, who regarded her as troublesome and unmanageable. She had a close knit group of friends, who were the only ones privy to the explorations she made: The athletic but dim Clutch (m), the funny but cautious Manuel (m), the impressionable Mercedes (f) and Will (m), her best friend whose easy-going nature and witticisms hid a love for River that River she would never notice. Untameable in her youth, as she got older River retained her sense of individuality, but also matured regarding her attitudes towards her family and the government. She understood better the position they were in under the Capitol and became more cautious when conducting herself in public. Although she never lost the free-spirited attitude and continued to seek solace and refuge in abandoned trainyards, underground tunnels and construction sites. As she developed her late night rendezvous became the subject of wide speculation at school and she would often sneak off late at night with one off her male admirers to her hiding places and even on the odd occasion one of the girls. During the rebellion she operated as a lookout for the rebels. Her intimate knowledge of the terrain useful in prolonging attacks on Loyalist supply. The bombing ended that. Although River’s involvement was not discovered. Despite her useful knowledge, as a child she was not considered important or prominent person in the war by rebellion leaders. Merely a child who was the source of information. Never a competent and never deemed prominent by either side. As a result, there were no repercussions for her family, till her reaping.

Loyalist or Rebel: Rebel through and through at heart, River desires the freedom of expression and to govern their own lifes. Her values are in direct conflict with the Capitol. She would be a vocal proponent of self-governance but is astute enough to avoid incriminating herself, and as brazen as she is would not speak out in isolation.

Habits/Mannerisms: River likes to fidget with the single blue streak in her hair when nervous.

Dominant Hand:  ambidextrous, capable with either hand since she had a very active childhood.

Other Information: Her favourite place in District 6 was an abandoned subway car that her and her friends affectionately and ironically dubbed ‘the lake’ for its faded and worn blue fabric seats. The term “River’s lake” became commonplace amongst her inner circle. A term that confused anyone else that would hear.

Appearance: River is an attractive girl, though looked down outside her admirers at school for her non-traditional appearance. Her hair is kept in a rough messy bob. Like her behaviour, she has resisted all attempts to corral her appearance. Since she was young she bleaches her hair, a practice uncommon in the conservative districts and more commonplace for the capitol. To compliment this, she dyes a single blue streak, an evocation after the River she takes her name from. I imagine once she had been forced through the remake centre and scrubbed clean of the dirt and mud from her adventurous lifestyle. She would surprise a few for her looks and be considered one of the more desirable tributes.

Primary Weapon: (sword, River would consider it the easiest to familiarise herself with)

Alternate Weapon: (slingshot, would be useful at range and something the tomboyish River would have played with)

Strengths: Athleticism/Climbing, River has spend her whole life climbing and is a nimble and experienced climber, she is also a very athletic tribute and is fleet-footed.

She is also not afraid to get her hands-dirty

Weaknesses: Cannot swim (Ironically, with urban setting of District 6 there was no way to learn), Physically imposing tributes would also be difficult opponents to any speed or height advantage River would look for.

Fears: Conformity, oppression.

 Strategy 

Open to Allies?: Open to alliances, she would not initiate them so would depend if a tribute asked her.

Bloodbath Strategy: Her speed and athleticism would help her retrieve some supplies and evade pursuers. Then she should rendezvous with allies or if alone, make for a height advantage.

Arena Strategy: Would initially remain in any alliance, but she is not somebody that sticks around for long so this would depend on her relationships to allies and their position in the games. If alone, she would probably cope better, able to use her height advantage to avoid conflict.

Etymology
Bahn comes from the german for train. District 6 is the transport district.

The Trial Games by Frosty Fire
https://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:FrostyFire/The_Trial_GamesDate Created: July 7, 2020

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Status: Ongoing, ​​​

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