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Character.
Name: Finnick Odair Canon:The Hunger Games Canon Point:Mockingjay, chapter 17. Finnick and Annie have recently been married in a nationally televised propaganda event, and preparations are underway for the rebels' invasion of the Capitol. CRAU Timeline/Game(s): Fresh from canon.
World Description: N/A Character History:Here CRAU History: N/A
Personality:
Finnick Odair is one of the most beautiful and famous people in Panem and he knows it. As a victor, he grew up in the public eye, always aware of appearances and reputation. Victors are forced into a role chosen for them. Finnick's is that of a social darling, vain and promiscuous, enjoying the gifts and attention lavished on him by his many lovers until he gets bored and moves on.
Finnick is charming, flirtatious, cocky, self-assured, acutely aware of what his beauty can get him. He's sometimes overbearing and overwhelming, and flirts aggressively with Katniss when he first meets her. But the arrogant playboy is as much an act as truth. His lovers were never lovers, but patrons who had bought him from the President. Finnick's greatest weakness is his vulnerability to threats against the people he cares about, and that kept him seemingly subservient to the Capitol for years.
His only true love is Annie Cresta. Because he had to appear available for the Capitol, she was a secret from his adoring public. But despite appearances, Finnick loves Annie with everything he has. When she's taken by the Capitol, he falls into a deep depression and spends weeks in and out of hospital. He has trouble concentrating, he suffers from panic attacks, and it's strongly hinted that he's suicidal. It's implied that this is not the first time he's suffered from depression, and he shows some signs of post-traumatic stress. Annie is his support, and in many ways his wellbeing relies on her.
When he's reunited with her, Finnick is tender and loving towards Annie, and shows great patience with her emotional fragility. In the happiness of his marriage, Katniss notes that he seems to come alive, showing himself to be self-effacing, good-humoured, easygoing and easy to get along with.
This is the Finnick that exists beneath the persona he adopts for the Capitol, but it can be hard to get past the arrogant jerk to find the good-natured man underneath. He's spent so long having to be who the Capitol demanded of him and having to hide his true feelings that he can have trouble just being himself. He's aware that this makes him hard to like; in Catching Fire he openly admits that most of the other victors don't like him. This isn't helped by his the fact that he's often direct, even blunt, especially in practical situations such as in the arena, or when he forgets to lay on his charm and the subtlety that allowed him to survive in the Capitol.
Finnick is deeply passionate about the things he cares about. The most obvious is Annie, who he'd die for, but he's also a believer in the rebellion, even to the point of naivete. Even when he's hospitalised, he still wants to do whatever he can to help, recording propaganda videos and begging to accompany Katniss on a mission despite being too unwell to dress properly. He becomes an intensely loyal friend to Katniss, and he's utterly devoted to Annie.
Finnick can also be ruthless, even cruel. He collected blackmail material on his patrons for years, and released it all to help the rebellion rescue Annie. He openly discusses wanting to kill President Snow, and in the arena he shows no hesitation in killing to protect Katniss. He can be cunning and strategic in his thinking, but his self-assurance sometimes makes him reckless, and it's loyalty and recklessness that sees him insist on following Katniss on a mission into the Capitol that leads to his death.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities: combat skills: Finnick was a Career tribute who trained for the Hunger Games before his victory at age 14. He's kept in training and is still very skilled in combat with knives, spears, and his weapon of choice, the trident. He's also recently been receiving military training including in marksmanship. fishing and fish-related activities: Before he was a Career, Finnick was the son of fisherfolk. Born and raised in District Four, Finnick was originally meant to grow up to be a fisherman. Education in Panem focuses heavily on a district's industry, so Finnick learned about fishing, maintaining and managing fish populations, marine biology, and other fish related topics. He's also an excellent sailor. survival: As a two-times survivor of the Hunger Games, Finnick has excellent survival skills. He knows how to find food and water, how to fashion containers, shelter, ropes and nets out of plants, and how to fight for his own protection.
Inventory: A short length of rope, a wedding ring, a gray military style uniform, combat boots, a military-issue assault rifle, and a high-tech custom-made trident.
Anything Else? As mentioned above, Finnick has some chronic mental health issues, particularly depression. I play these as primarily stemming from being forced into prostitution, with a side order of the heavy responsibility of being a mentor to other tributes from a young age and seeing so many tributes die. At his canon point, he's in a fairly good place emotionally, but he's also fragile because of the harm his involvement in the revolution has done to Annie.
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Name: Finnick Odair
Canon: The Hunger Games
Canon Point: Mockingjay, chapter 17. Finnick and Annie have recently been married in a nationally televised propaganda event, and preparations are underway for the rebels' invasion of the Capitol.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): Fresh from canon.
World Description: N/A
Character History: Here
CRAU History: N/A
Personality:
Finnick Odair is one of the most beautiful and famous people in Panem and he knows it. As a victor, he grew up in the public eye, always aware of appearances and reputation. Victors are forced into a role chosen for them. Finnick's is that of a social darling, vain and promiscuous, enjoying the gifts and attention lavished on him by his many lovers until he gets bored and moves on.
Finnick is charming, flirtatious, cocky, self-assured, acutely aware of what his beauty can get him. He's sometimes overbearing and overwhelming, and flirts aggressively with Katniss when he first meets her. But the arrogant playboy is as much an act as truth. His lovers were never lovers, but patrons who had bought him from the President. Finnick's greatest weakness is his vulnerability to threats against the people he cares about, and that kept him seemingly subservient to the Capitol for years.
His only true love is Annie Cresta. Because he had to appear available for the Capitol, she was a secret from his adoring public. But despite appearances, Finnick loves Annie with everything he has. When she's taken by the Capitol, he falls into a deep depression and spends weeks in and out of hospital. He has trouble concentrating, he suffers from panic attacks, and it's strongly hinted that he's suicidal. It's implied that this is not the first time he's suffered from depression, and he shows some signs of post-traumatic stress. Annie is his support, and in many ways his wellbeing relies on her.
When he's reunited with her, Finnick is tender and loving towards Annie, and shows great patience with her emotional fragility. In the happiness of his marriage, Katniss notes that he seems to come alive, showing himself to be self-effacing, good-humoured, easygoing and easy to get along with.
This is the Finnick that exists beneath the persona he adopts for the Capitol, but it can be hard to get past the arrogant jerk to find the good-natured man underneath. He's spent so long having to be who the Capitol demanded of him and having to hide his true feelings that he can have trouble just being himself. He's aware that this makes him hard to like; in Catching Fire he openly admits that most of the other victors don't like him. This isn't helped by his the fact that he's often direct, even blunt, especially in practical situations such as in the arena, or when he forgets to lay on his charm and the subtlety that allowed him to survive in the Capitol.
Finnick is deeply passionate about the things he cares about. The most obvious is Annie, who he'd die for, but he's also a believer in the rebellion, even to the point of naivete. Even when he's hospitalised, he still wants to do whatever he can to help, recording propaganda videos and begging to accompany Katniss on a mission despite being too unwell to dress properly. He becomes an intensely loyal friend to Katniss, and he's utterly devoted to Annie.
Finnick can also be ruthless, even cruel. He collected blackmail material on his patrons for years, and released it all to help the rebellion rescue Annie. He openly discusses wanting to kill President Snow, and in the arena he shows no hesitation in killing to protect Katniss. He can be cunning and strategic in his thinking, but his self-assurance sometimes makes him reckless, and it's loyalty and recklessness that sees him insist on following Katniss on a mission into the Capitol that leads to his death.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities:
combat skills: Finnick was a Career tribute who trained for the Hunger Games before his victory at age 14. He's kept in training and is still very skilled in combat with knives, spears, and his weapon of choice, the trident. He's also recently been receiving military training including in marksmanship.
fishing and fish-related activities: Before he was a Career, Finnick was the son of fisherfolk. Born and raised in District Four, Finnick was originally meant to grow up to be a fisherman. Education in Panem focuses heavily on a district's industry, so Finnick learned about fishing, maintaining and managing fish populations, marine biology, and other fish related topics. He's also an excellent sailor.
survival: As a two-times survivor of the Hunger Games, Finnick has excellent survival skills. He knows how to find food and water, how to fashion containers, shelter, ropes and nets out of plants, and how to fight for his own protection.
Inventory: A short length of rope, a wedding ring, a gray military style uniform, combat boots, a military-issue assault rifle, and a high-tech custom-made trident.
Anything Else? As mentioned above, Finnick has some chronic mental health issues, particularly depression. I play these as primarily stemming from being forced into prostitution, with a side order of the heavy responsibility of being a mentor to other tributes from a young age and seeing so many tributes die. At his canon point, he's in a fairly good place emotionally, but he's also fragile because of the harm his involvement in the revolution has done to Annie.
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