Ifan

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> The silver-tongued devil or a hero with a heart of gold who couldn’t let go, depending on who you ask.
>
> - Personal remarks of Archivist Vreenak

A loner for most of his life and startled by his sudden uprooting, Ifan was the winner of the Hunger Games Season 1. Hailing from District 1, he managed to amass allies who were willing to throw themselves in the line of fire for him despite his isolated childhood. Undoubtedly, his social game led him to victory, despite ending the Games with more kills than any other tribute. He was a part of the Tree Huggers Inc. alliance as well as Ifan's Angels and the Last Dragon.

## Character Bio

### Appearance

Ifan is about 5'11'', has mid-length dark brown hair, green eyes, pale skin, and is toned but not muscular. He was 18 years old at the time of his reaping and is prone to sudden changes in his mood. His clothing is mostly practical, consisting of natural browns and other neutral tones with some green to highlight his eyes.

### Character History

#### Childhood

Ifan’s family, jewelers who produced many unique and sought-after accessories in District 1, is fairly well off. However, Ifan spent his childhood wanting more. Ifan yearned for what his family could not provide him: the beauty and peace of the outer wilds.

#### Adolescence

Ifan quickly became enraptured with the mountainside of District 1. His heart no longer with his family, he was kicked out of his home during his teenage years. Forced to live away from his family, he found solace in the quiet hum of nature. He learned to provide for himself and work until his tasks were complete; a model Panem citizen.

## Preparing For The Games

### Interview

Ifan was quite the personality in his interview. He presented as quite confidant and teased a fraction of his power. However, the District 1 native's confidence seemed to have been limited to his interview. Ifan's personality with his fellow tributes was much more timid. Whether this fact was an intentional social strategy or he was hiding his true self in his interview has never been confirmed by the Season 1 winner in a multitude of interviews since his departure from the arena.

### Time in the Training Grounds

Here, Ifan showed a different side of himself than what was seen in the Interview. He was much more confrontational with District 4 and first-eliminated tribute Zerlina but vulnerable with future allies Amara, Alexander, and Thyra. Many found it refreshing to see a more intimate side of the Human. However, some sponsors who were rooting for his allies saw him as a threat. While he was amassing alliances, establishing relationships outside those alliances, and leveraging situations on the fly, he was likewise earning enemies inside the Capitol.

The evaluators likely took his multi-pronged approach into consideration when doing his evaluation. While his combat skills were formidable, he was a social threat in the Games and his score of 9.3, second-highest among Season 1 tributes, reflected as much.

## During The Games

### Bloodbath

Ifan managed the Bloodbath like a well-trained strategist. He led his alliance to victory and gained control of the Cornucopia with no casualties. He was successful in ending rival Zerlina's alliance but was none the wiser to a traitor in his midst.

### Day 1

Ifan's first day was quite eventful. After the Bloodbath, he was strung along by the clever ally-turned-traitor Alexander. Along the way, he managed to encounter Lane, whom after a short chase managed to escape by boat. The rest of the day was uneventful for his alliance aside from enjoying the luxurious scenery.

#### Battle at the Lifespring

Ifan's group narrowly spotted Alexander's ambush thanks to Thyra's sharp eyes as they met up with their so-called ally. After retreating, they decided to turn back to attack their assailants. Once Ifan and his allies were in an unfavorable position, Alexander turned coat and launched an Entangle spell. Ifan was fully incapacitated for the entirety of the fight due to Alexander's spell. The majority of Ifan's team, however, was not restrained by the spell and won the encounter, wiping out the Disaster Gays alliance.

### Day 2

The group's second day was just as busy. While Lithuana and Ettezroc split from the group, Amara, Ifan, and Thyra successfully hunted down Beef and Steve before quickly pivoting to dispatching Cefrey and Betha. Their day concluded with Ifan receiving an apparent gift from an anonymous Capitol sponsor. He attempted to open it without notice of his allies but it swiftly revealed itself as a mimic. His allies helped him destroy the dangerous beast, albeit with a promise to avoid secrets moving forward.

### Day 3

Day three for the alliance featured Szosa's manipulation of the games by finding the Western Temple. Ifan's Angels were able to reunite despite tensions brought about by miscommunication and all stepped through the portals that led to the temple. They were able to quickly find Szosa, who was impersonating Ifan, and defeat him. Soon after, they encountered and defeated a Couatl.

### Day 4

On day four, the group left the temple and headed east toward the center of the arena. Their plans were put in jeopardy by a combination of a bug-infested swamp and a massive Dragon Turtle that blocked their path. Allies Ettezroc and Lithuana were slain in this encounter leaving Ifan, Thyra, and Amara as the remaining Ifan's Angels. After a series of setbacks, the group turned back to find shelter in the temple from whence they came.

### Day 5

The group used the existing portal that remained at the temple to move safely past the Dragon Turtle. In a twisted bit of fate, the group happened to encounter Lane, who was under the influence of an aberration at the time. Their pursuit of their evasive rival led them into a cave system where Lane and the aberration fought Ifan and his group viciously. Thyra and Amara eventually defeated the unlikely duo and escaped the cave system.

### Day 6

Oh the final day of the Games, the Gamemasters decided to end the event where it began by using natural forces to bring the trio back to the Cornucopia. Evenly spaced and with a wall of force surrounding them growing smaller, they began to position. None of the friends moved aggressively toward one another as long as was physically possible, though Ifan chose to morph into a bear. The three tried desperately to evade the enclosing circle but doing so proved impossible. Eventually, Amara attacked Ifan but ran out of time, as the wall of force engulfed her and Ifan was left with his final ally, Thyra. In the end, Thyra gave her life to ensure Ifan's victory. An unfortunate end to the first Games, as Capitol viewers later were polled and a vast majority wanted to see more of a fight from the Games' two strongest players.

## After the Games

Ifan, being an altruist, has elected to construct a temple near his home in the mountains, which is under construction at the time of this writing. There, he trains a select few individuals for potential reaping in the Druidic arts. The Capitol has no further comment on his current activities.

### Post-Game Interview

A few weeks after the Games, Ifan was cordially invited to a closed-door dinner interview. Those in attendance were only Ifan and lead Archivists in charge of documenting the Games in all their glory. What follows are the accounts of that dinner interview.

Ifan's character proved to be complex. The interview began with a focus on his allies. When asked about his experience experience with them, Ifan testified that he felt "guilty that I was the only one that survived." When asked about Amara, he expressed a recognition of times she could have betrayed him but chose to not. This kind of response suggested a level of distrust for Amara, a feeling he did not have with regard to ally Thya. Ifan's opinions of Lithuana were less concrete. Their primary connection was being from the same district, secondary to that, Lithuana introduced Ifan to a deity she called "The Guide Mother." *Archivist Note: While the Capitol cannot confirm the existence of said goddess, we do encourage you to do independent research before engaging in religious activities and decide if they are right for you.* Ifan's opinions of Ettezroc were similarly brief. When asked about Ettezroc and his willingness to depart with Lithuana from the group, he offered a cold response, saying that "in all cases, I was in the majority. The fissures even helped protect me in a way." Ifan recognized that he managed to get himself into a safe position in the group but never admitted to manipulating the alliance in his favor.

Ifan was also asked about tributes outside his alliance, namely the District 2 duo held dearly by the hearts of many viewers, Steve and Beef. This dynamic duo met their unfortunate ends thanks to Ifan's Angels. At one point while engaging in idle chat, Ifan quite humorously chuckled while saying "I honestly couldn't tell you who the tributes from District Two even were." When asked more directly about Beef, specifically his death, Ifan did not seem to make the District 2 connection. He did agree with the theory that Beef was [REDACTED].

Ifan's response when asked about the District 12 sibling duo was fairly standoffish, as he saw them as simply a bloodthirsty duo who were unfortunate enough to have died to him. His feelings were noted as neutral toward the two. Ifan likewise provided a strong but brief opinion of Lane. In Ifan's words, "he was an obstacle." A similar sentiment was shared with his feelings about Szosa, whom he was not perturbed by despite the seemingly strange encounter.

Famously, Ifan did not get along with District 4 tribute Zerlina. Ifan views her attempted alliance as a messy one. He knew that "their secret alliance had a sole purpose to kill me, Alexander, and Amara" and reasoned that because of that, "their downfall was entirely self-made." Perhaps there is some merit to his words, although it cannot be denied that his alliance was made with the sole reason of killing Zerlina. He saw the rival alliance as weak and ready to fall apart the moment Zerlina died, a prophetic observation made in hindsight. His feelings about Alexander's betrayal suggested that Ifan simply discounted Alexander as unstable. Perhaps Ifan fails to acknowledge their heartfelt conversations from the Training Grounds in lieu of his former friend's betrayal, though this is just speculation.

Lastly, Thyra and Ifan's relationship was a primary focus for viewers of Season One. It is unfortunate, then, that Ifan sent mixed messages about the nature of their relationship while Thyra was alive. When presented with the totem necklace he gave to her during the Games, his reaction was violently emotional. Ifan claimed that he made the totem to help protect Thyra and seemed confused as to how the Capitol obtained it. For the public record, when Ifan was being collected at District 1 to attend this interview, a Junior Archivist under Archivist Vreenak was instructed to collect the item. The item was returned to Ifan's care afterward. When asked further on the topic of their relationship, Ifan explained that it was "complicated." When pressed on the subject, he was evasive, stating that the Games "aren't exactly the best place to talk about or process feelings," and that "we did genuinely care about each other." Perhaps he truly was in love with Thyra and was unsure about her feelings, so chose to instead maintain a complicated, vague stance on their relationship.

## Trivia

Ifan's demeanor and name were taken from Ifan ben-Mezd from the video game Divinity Original Sin 2.

He entered the Games intending to be a loner and fly under the radar but became a leader of sorts after interactions with fellow tribute Zerlina pushed him to join forces with some of his competitors.

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