Wren Croft

Marjorie Bell (maternal aunt)

**Wren Croft** is a rebel from District Eight who was relocated to District Thirteen after the bombing of her home. Just weeks before the beginning of the war, she and two other citizens were caught stealing rations from Capitol trains, and she was publicly whipped. After years of seeing her loved ones die to sickness and starvation, losing her closest friend to the bombing was the final straw. She moved to Thirteen to become an official member of the Rebellion after engaging in smaller acts of rebellion for decades. She currently serves as a field medic.

## Supporting Characters

#### Saffron Croft

Wren's biological mother. She lived with lupus and died from complications due to her disease when Wren was five years old. Wren then moved in with her aunt, uncle, and three cousins.

#### Marjorie Bell

Wren's maternal aunt and caregiver after the age of five. The two never had a particularly close relationship, but they bonded over the mutual loss of Saffron. She already had her hands full raising three children, and she had another when Wren was thirteen years old. Unlike her cousins, Wren actually helped care for the infant as much as she could.

#### June Bell

Wren's youngest cousin, who was born when she was thirteen. Wren helped care for her as much as she could, since her Aunt Marjorie already had three other children on her hands. Wren was a natural big sister, taking her 'Junebug' everywhere she went. When June was a young teenager, she fell ill with smallpox, an epidemic that spread like wildfire every few years in District Eight. Wren dropped everything, missing days in a row from work to care for June. The young girl ended up succumbing to her illness, and this was the first real loss that Wren had experienced since the death of her mother. However, it would not be the last.

#### Solstice Bane

Wren's roommate and closest friend. Though they were inseparable in their adult years, they weren't always that close. They first met in elementary school, where they would incessantly pick on each other to the point where their teacher had to physically separate them. They finally came around at the age of sixteen, when they both left school to work in the factories. They were assigned to the same shifts, and a familiar face in the smokestacks was a blessing, even if you had spent the past decade bickering. They were simply colleagues until a factory fire killed the majority of both of their families. With almost no one left and money becoming sparse, they moved in together.

They lived together for about five years, during which they became incredibly close. In the year 74 ADD, they saw that the citizens in their District were suffering more than ever. They devised a plan to begin stealing rations from trains headed for the Capitol; they wouldn't dare taking food from other Districts in need. Months of monitoring schedules and questioning train workers ensued until finally, their plan was ready for action. They started small as not to be caught, but they were eventually discovered by Peacekeepers. Both Wren and Solstice were whipped. Just ten days later, their District was bombed, and Solstice didn't survive. Wren was left with no one, so the decision was easy: it was time to finally go to District Thirteen.