Marvel Albright, Victor of the 34th Games

## Background

Marvel Albright is the eldest son of the contemporary Albright family and victor of the 34th Annual Hunger Games. He is tall with light brown hair, plain-spoken, and is an avid sportsman. In conversation, he’ll approach with a serious, almost sullen face, but will slowly ease into a smile as he grows more comfortable. He grew up horribly jealous of thinking that their father prefers the middle child Midas, but early on found comfort and his own “glory” through acting. Directors abroad praised his inspirationally soulful acting. However, by the age of 16, he was banned from performing because of his duty to his father’s company: Albright Co. As the oldest, he was set to inherit the family business, and businessmen cannot have a "performer’s reputation." That was, at least, his father’s mandate. This exacerbated his deep depression, and he secretly became a drug user to bury his worry-prone nature.

The primary cause was, at the age of two, Marvel’s mother disappeared from his life. When his father was caught being unfaithful, the pair divorced and his father immediately married his lover. While the full circumstances remain a secret, gossip implies that the Albright Company had gone bankrupt since the Dark Days, and his wealthy lover had the means to save the family from financial ruin. When Marvel’s mother discovered his unfaithfulness, Marvel's father took this “convenient” opportunity to divorce her: she was too sickly and “boring” to have more children and, therefore, was no fun for him. Only a few years later, Marvel’s mother passed away under mysterious circumstances. He refuses to speak about his deceased mother.

Because of this, Marvel grew up feeling unwelcome in his own home. He was angry at his distant father, and was forced from the arms of his mother into the household of a new, flashy woman. Feeling unwelcome to host friends, eat from their kitchen, or even use this "foreign couple’s" furniture, Marvel became very independent.

Feeling isolated from the comfortable home life most people of his status tend to enjoy, Marvel consistently seeks to find his niche in the world, but can also tend to develop “radical” ideas- Members of the District One elite do not usually volunteer for the Hunger Games. There’s no need to when they already have all the glory and wealth they could ever want, and it’s a dangerous risk to lose your heirs to a simple game. However, when his father expressly forbade him from volunteering with a reportedly demeaning tone, Marvel finally snapped. He volunteered for the 34th Hunger Games.

## Games

During the games, Marvel Albright received the mediocre odds of 16-1. He posed a decent threat but was decidedly “outshined” by the abilities and pomp of other tributes. He used that fact to his advantage laying low most of the games to use all his saved strength for three riveting kills at the end. For more information, refer to the 34th Hunger Games page.

## Life as a Victor

After his victory, his half-siblings welcomed him back happily, but even the sight of his father sickened Marvel. He jumped at the opportunity of living in his own home in the comfortably far away Victors’ Village. However, as he aged and further matured, he grew the confidence to face his father and the circumstances of their relationship. When his father developed a comatose state, Marvel was granted legal ownership of the Albright Company spearheading a successful merger with Oculus Group. At the same time, he took up a very public role in District One’s politics winning the seat of governorship which he held for many years. His depression caused him sporadically sleepless nights, but his busy work keeps him blissfully distracted during the day. Marvel Albright was reaped alongside his wife, Eclipsa Maraj, for the 50th Hunger Games. Both perished leaving behind an infant pair of twins. Marvel's body mysteriously disappeared, his grave in the Albright Family crypt reportedly shattered. His heavily desecrated remains were discovered years later in the forest outside of District One. To this day, what had happened after his burial remains a closely guarded secret.