Techna Electrabrook

### Allies

Visio Lowrock, Fawn Daytide, Pandora Moonside, Cane Speck, Ivy Starvale, Lee Reneburg, Twyla Venusare, Baron Rickshaw, Rosemary Edith

### Enemies

Silver Lockwater, Amethyst Steelpetal, Garrison Ashcreek, Dylan Redlake, Cora Redlake, Raven Galloperith

### Cause of Death

* Drowning (Pushed into Flood by Cora Redlake)

## Relationships

### Family

* Mr. Electrabrook (Father)
* Mrs. Electrabrook (Mother)
* Pixel Electrabrook (Younger Sister)
* 2 Other Unnamed Sisters (Younger Sisters)

### Love Interests

Ivy Starvale (Possible Romantic Attraction)

## Appearance

### Skin Color

Black

**Techna Electrabrook** was the female district 3 tribute in the 53rd Hunger Games. Techna became well-known for her intelligence, especially with electricity, and her stone-face demeanor. She was the leader of an alliance that consisted of herself, Fawn Daytide (district 2), Visio Lowrock (district 3), Pandora Moonside (district 5), Ivy Starvale (district 7), Cane Speck (district 7), Twyla Venusare (district 8), Lee Reneburg (district 8), Rosemary Edith (district 10) and Baron Rickshaw (district 10).

Techna was a close friend and ally of Rosemary Edith, the winner of that years' games. She came in third place, and died on the last day after drowning in the flood designed by the gamemakers.

## Biography

### Life Before the Games

Techna lived in a middle-class area of district 3, with her father and three younger sisters, one of whom was named Pixel. Techna's mother died from a sickness sometime in her middle childhood, and the aftermath of her death led to her father coping with liquor.

Techna and her family were wealthier than many people in the district, due to Mr. Electrabrook being a manager and supervisor of a local power plant, the biggest one in that neighborhood. Techna was known to be very interested in and knowledgeable with power and science, especially electricity. She was intrigued and fascinated by how the processes worked, and did very well in school, earning high grades.

When Techna was seven years old, her father brought her and her sisters to the power plant, where something went wrong and Techna was splashed with a skin-searing chemical. This chemical caused partial blindness in her left eye and required extensive skin surgeries and medication to numb the pain. She started wearing an eye patch soon after, as she began getting unwanted comments and was teased in school for looking weird. Even after getting these surgeries, she still had faded scars on the upper left-half of her face, and couldn't see well in her left eye.

## The 53rd Hunger Games

### Before the Games

#### The Reaping

Techna was better-off financially than most other people in district 3. As such, she had no tesserae taken out in her name, meaning at 18 years old, she was reaped with her name in the glass ball seven times. When Rosemary and Devin watched the reaping highlights, Rosemary noted that Techna didn't seem particularly shocked or outwardly emotional, and that she seemed to "accept her fate" as she solemnly walked to the stage. Her district partner, Visio Lowrock, was someone she knew very briefly and was acquainted with, due to them going to the same school. Despite living in the same neighborhood and going to the same school, they were likely not in the same classes, as Techna was two years older.

#### Arrival in the Capital and Chariot Parade

The first time Techna is seen after the reaping highlights is after the chariot parade. She and Visio were dressed in white and silver jumpsuits, with intricate, colorful headpieces meant to represent the inner-workings of a machine. According to Techna later on, this costume had been over-done and used for decades and was nothing new. Her eyelids were painted with silver and dusted in gems. Her scars were also carefully covered with concealer and rhinestones.

Rosemary sees Techna glaring at Amethyst Steelpetal, the district 1 female, Cora Redlake, the district 4 female, and Raven Galloperith, the district 6 female, as they laughed and seemed to gossip and giggle about Rosemary's tacky costume. After glaring at them, Techna later looked at Rosemary, with a soft gaze.

#### Training and Interviews

Techna kept to herself during her training sessions, not wanting anyone to see what her strengths were. She wasn't very strong, but made up for this lack of athletic ability and actual survival skills with her intelligence and ability to outsmart people. During the second day, seeing Fawn be publicly humiliated by the other Careers due to her non-aggressive attitude and fear of the games, she approached her and became friends with her. This is where the beginning of her alliances began.

During the third day, Techna approached Baron and Rosemary, wanting to be allies and inviting them to join her already established alliance. By this point, her alliance had grown to include her partner, Visio, the district 7 tributes Ivy Starvale and Cane Speck, and the district 8 tributes Twyla Venusare and Lee Reneburg. Baron was initially more willing to accept from the beginning, but Rosemary had to be convinced, due to her being unable to read Techna's intentions. Rosemary was later convinced into joining the group, due to being told that they weren't aggressive or "blood-lusting".

Techna received a score of 6 in her personal session with the gamemakers, impressing them with her ability to make a weapon out of seemingly anything, and being able to explain in detail how the innerworkings of electrical currents and mines worked. Her odds of winning were 13-1.

Techna's interview angle was that of a cold, yet very intelligent and blood-thirsty girl. She spoke in a rather emotionless tone, about how these different mechanisms of electricity worked, and she spoke in a way that didn't bore the Capital, but instead intrigued them, causing Caesar Flickerman to be impressed by her high intelligence.

### The Games

When the gong went off, Techna immediately ran into the Cornucopia, grabbing a backpack, and a few seemingly "useless" weapons. She then ran into the woods, ignoring the massacre that was going on. She instantly got to work, using these weapons and small items to make more complex designs and traps to use later. Later that day, Techna eventually met up with all of her allies, with Rosemary arriving last.

Accompanying Rosemary was Pandora Moonside, the district 5 girl that Rosemary risked her life saving, Techna trusted Pandora, since she was so young (13) and because she didn’t come from a “blood-lusting” district. She quickly set herself up as the leader of the alliance, wanting to stay clear of any conflict and work on survial skills, getting food, and ensuring they all had enough supplies. As a strong-willed leader, Techna kept everyone's spirits up and kept everyone in line.

On the second day, while split up as a group, Techna discovered Cane dead with an arrow in his neck, implying it was done by Dylan or Cora Redlake, cementing the rivalries between the alliances. That night, the group tried to lighten up and bond more, telling stories about themselves and their lives back home to try and not be focused on the dire circumstances they were in. Techna talked about her life and about her parents, and spoke about her sisters. She expressed how much she respected Rosemary, explaining that if Pixel (one of her sisters) was reaped, she would have volunteered for her too.

On the third day, Visio was killed after Techna’s mines, which she had been working on and setting up for the past few days, went off in the wrong order. She blamed herself entirely, and it wasn't until the next day (day four) that she realized it was the work of Cora's group, specifically Raven, who rearranged the mines carefully after discovering the group's campsite in the middle of the night. After discovering this, Techna was no longer the kind, quiet, and stoic leader from before. She was quick to anger and had a strong desire for revenge, wanting to slowly torture and kill the Careers, feeling a deep-rooted hatred for them, specifically, Raven. At first, the group assumed this change of attitude was due to her trauma from losing Visio, and everyone believed that Techna would “come back to them” once she had time to process his death. But, this didn’t happen. As the day continued on, Techna grew more and more unstable, and tensions rose in the group, with them not getting along as well as before. Rosemary became more afraid and worried about Techna, believing she was starting to "lose her mind" from being in the games and being up close and personal with death. The next two days of the group were very tense and awkwardly quiet, with the members often leaving Techna alone and going out themselves, both because Techna wasn’t stable enough to do things like before, and also because they needed an excuse to get away from her.

On the sixth day of the games, Techna, Fawn, and Twyla saved Rosemary and Baron, who had been ambushed and tied up by Raven, Amethyst, Silver, Cora, and Dylan. Rosemary had been beaten to a bloody pulp, tied to a tree, and forced to watch as Baron was beaten brutally as well. While Techna and the others could save Rosemary, in spite of her face being slit up with a knife, by the time they arrived, it was too late to help Baron, and he died from blood loss and blunt-force trauma.

That night, after overseeing Twyla clean and medicate Rosemary's face, Techna promised her they would kill all of them. Rosemary, in her blood-thirsty, traumatized daze, was able to see Techna in a more positive light again, at least for a little bit. With that, the next morning, the group set out on a quest for revenge. For the first day, Techna set up different traps to throw the other group off. This continued to the next day, day eight. Eventually, these traps ensured that Dylan and Raven were left alone. After they were sure they was alone, Ivy kept watch as Rosemary stabbed and slashed Dylan to death, while Twyla and Techna gagged and tortured Raven with a knife. Techna was able to get the last part of revenge, leaving Raven tied to the tree after she slit her mouth from ear to ear, causing her immense amounts of pain.

On the tenth day, after being cornered by Amethyst, whom tried to apologize and explain her past actions, Techna did not believe she was being genuine, and instead of welcoming her, she insulted her. Eventually, as their fight got more intense, Techna shoved her back, near the rocky cliffside. After Amethyst got up, Techna jabbed her neck with a jagged rock. This caused Amethyst to become confused as she bled from her injuries, giving Techna the chance to grab her by the wrists and forcefully push her off the cliffside, backwards. Rosemary later suffered nightmares from witnessing this horrific murder, and said she was never able to get the sight and sound of Amethyst screaming and falling to her death out of her mind. This was the final straw for Rosemary, Pandora, Twyla, and Fawn, who grew increasingly uncomfortable with Techna's increasing violent and unhinged tendencies, and left her and Ivy soon after getting back to their campsite in the woods, forming their own split-off alliance.

Techna ran back into them, three days later, on day thriteen, looking for Ivy. She had disappeared while hunting, but no cannon had gone off. As the group searched the forest for her, Techna ran to Pandora as she heard her scream after searching a bush. Here they found Ivy's body in a compromising position, her wrists cut, and with a cord wrapped around her neck, tight enough to cause severe pain and make her unable to move, but not enough to kill her. Ivy’s position, with her pants ripped down to her ankles, and her legs and in between them covered in blood, made it obvious that she had also been sexually assaulted. Techna decided to be the one to put her out of her misery, using Twyla’s knife to slit her throat and cause her death to come quicker. Before her death, Techna apologized, tearfully, for not being able to protect her more, and Ivy held her hand, unable to speak or move.

The group reformed with Techna one last time, just for the purpose of tracking down and murdering Ivy’s killer, Garrison Ashcreek, the district 2 male. On day fourteen, Rosemary, Twyla, and Pandora kept watch and guarded the area, as Techna ambushed him and brutally killed him and mocked him for what he did to Ivy. This murder was so brutal that Rosemary held onto Pandora and shielded her eyes from the scene. This brief reconnection allowed the group to disband on better terms, and allowed Techna to find out about Fawn's death, being told she had sacrificed herself to take down Raven, which helped her find closure.

Rosemary invited Techna to stay at their camp that night, just so she wouldn’t have to walk a long distance back, but Techna refused, telling her she needed to focus on winning, but thanking her for being a good friend. This was the last time Rosemary ever saw her alive. Even though Rosemary didn’t see her during the acid ink rain attack two days later, she knew Techna survived, since her face doesn’t appear on the fallen tributes memorial.

#### Death

On the sixteenth day, the gamemakers the small lake in the center of the arena to break the dams. This caused a flood, which affected the area of the arena that the three remaining tributes were in. Techna could not swim very well, so this was an obvious weakness for her. She managed to escape the water and get to dry land, but was discovered by Cora, a strong swimmer, and was easily pushed back into the water. Techna began to panic and started to drown.

While looking for Cora, Rosemary found Techna, drowning. Despite her jumping into the water and managing to pull her to land, it was too late. As she was pulled out of the water, Techna's cannon sounded, signifying her death. She came in third place overall.

#### Aftermath

Rosemary later expressed to Devin that Techna was her second closest friend, even if she didn't get along with her all the time. This was evidenced by the fact that she invited Techna back into the group despite their differences, and even tried to save her life, despite it obviously being too late.

During her Victory Tour, while visiting district 3, Rosemary identified Techna's family. She noted that her sisters looked similar to her, and how her sisters were all tall like her, unlike their somewhat short father. Rosemary also noted that, like Techna, her family seemed to keep a stone-faced demeanor as they stood on the podium during Rosemary's speech.

## Character Description

### Personality

Techna was described as being very stone-faced and "emotionless", especially in the beginning, before anyone knew her. This "unreadable" personality and facial expression led Rosemary to not trust her very much in the beginning. However, she later began to see Techna in a more positive, likable light.

Techna was very intelligent, and was also able to explain how things worked in an interesting and understandable way, eager and very willing to help members of her alliance understand mines, and explaining how they worked and their functions.

Despite this, Techna seemed to become more "unhinged" as the games went on, due to the deaths of several of her allies. Techna began to crave revenge and thirsted for violence, and she became more quick to anger, which made her other group members uncomfortable.

The first time Techna showed genuine sadness and remorse was when she and the others discovered Ivy, after she was brutally raped and left for dead, which led to Techna taking her out of her misery. Techna had grown to view Ivy as a close friend, and blamed herself, due to her close proximity when she was attacked. Discovering Ivy and talking about it after the fact is the first time the others had seen Techna cry, showing how much stress she was under and also how close she had grown to Ivy.

### Appearance

Techna was described as being very tall, but not very muscular. She had very dark brown skin, dark brown eyes, and curly dark brown hair, which was stylized in an afro style. Techna also had scars on her face, close to her left eye, from where she had been splashed and burned severely with a chemical as a child, and had to have reconstructive surgery. These scars were well-covered by the Capital makeup artists, during the interviews and chariot parade, but were better seen and more visible during training and during the games.