Ash Placer

## bio

*Ash Placer (he/him). District Twelve Tribute. Twenty-five. Emilio Sakraya.*

* What was their childhood like?

Ash was the oldest of three children, he has a younger brother and a younger sister. His father worked in the mines, and his mother worked in a bakery and then also a washerwoman. Food was tight, but the Placers were hardly the poorest family in District Twelve. They were able to make do. As soon as he was old enough, Ash was working in the mines alongside his father. He wanted to help contribute to his family. When he wasn’t working, he was often helping look after his two younger siblings, providing his parents who worked more hours the help that they needed, often singing them to sleep or preparing dinner for them. The Placer Home was not grand, in fact it only had the main room, a bathroom, and two bedrooms which he shared with his siblings. It was however a happy home, one that was filled with warmth. Ash has nothing but fond memories, and even in the hardest times, he was able to smile because of the people around him.

When he wasn’t with his family or working in the mines, he was with his his very close knit friend group. They also all made sure each other were taken care of, and if they were able to, provide for one another. Their company bringing each other joy that often could be lost in the hardship of Twelve. Within the group was also Ash’s partner, Dustin. He and Ash were virtually inseparable. He had no family of his own, so he lived with the Placers after befriending Ash in school. Their friendship grew into something more. A mining accident however ended up taking Dustin’s life when the two were twenty-two. When District Twelve was bombed it was thanks to Ash and his father’s work in the mines that enabled them to know where would be the most secure, and therefore safest. However, an even worse tragedy would strike, despite this being Ash’s last games, the Escort would call his younger sisters’s name, and he knew he had no choice but to step up and save her from the horrors of the Hunger Games.

* How do they feel about the Games

Ash thinks the games are barbaric and despicable. He was always terrified that his siblings would end up in them. He thinks anyone who could support them has something seriously wrong with them. Its because of the games that he has such a harsh and judgemental view of the Capitol and the government of Panem. Not that he had ever said anything or acted on those thoughts. He does after all have a family he cares about, and he would never want to be the reason that anything ever happened to them. Now that he is in them to save his family, he plans on walking even more carefully on all the eggshells that surround him to protect his family, and to get back to them alive. Though Ash does not know if he will have the ability to be able to kill anyone, he know he is going to have to if he wants to live.

* What is their personality like?

Ash is a free spirit, and he’s an optimist despite everything that has happened. He believes Panem can and will be a better place, eventually. Sure he fully believes he is gonna die in the arena, but he’s saving his sister. Besides it also just means there will be one less mouth his family has to worry about feeding. They’ll be able to take better care of themselves now, especially with the recent bombing of Twelve. He’s more afraid of the arena, then he is of death, but he doesn’t show it. Ash is also creative, and he’s constantly smiling. They can take his life, but they can’t take his smile.

* What is their district token?

Ash’s token is a piece of rope that his sister tied around his wrist during his time to say goodbye. She has told him, she expects to bring it back to him, because she needs it to tie her hair up.

* Three strengths and three weaknesses.
* Magnanimous + Optimistic + Playful
* Excitable - Gullible - Naive

PENNED BY: DEVIN