<strong>Name:</strong>Merrit Gamble<br/><strong>Division:</strong>District 8<br/><strong>Age:</strong>16<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://wallpaperscraft.com/image/alex_pettyfer_actor_briton_guy_young_blond_18680_132x176.jpg)</div><strong>Height:</strong>5'3''<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>135<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Brown<br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Blond<br/><strong>Skin tone:</strong>Pale<br/><strong>Distinguishing Marks:</strong>Tiny scars on the tips of his fingers.<br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong>He is short but proportional, not necessarily strong with a swimmers build.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Color, poetry, being close to people, children<br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong>Cruelty, cats, being alone, feeling helpless<br/><strong>Fears:</strong>Being held prisoner. He's afraid of extreme darkness and the noises of things unseen, he has a wild imagination for the many terrors hidden in the shadows.<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Merrit is extremely loving and compassionate. He finds most of his joy making friends and talking to people. When it comes to his work, he is dedicated and specific. He has a strong faith and believes in doing your best always.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>He lost his father at a very young age, when the man tried to escape and was taken by the capitol, neither Merrit nor his mother knows whether he is still alive. Being so small he was picked on growing up and when he came of age to work in the factories he was put in with his mother, sewing and making the peacekeeper uniforms. He has a huge talent for sewing and tends to work so intently that he frequently pricks his fingers and usually needs numerous bandages. He has a secret wish to one day make colorful clothes but in his world this is an impossibility. After years and years of seeing the Hunger Games and witnessing the terrible deaths he grew to resent everything about the world he lived in and felt a huge guilt over making the uniforms day after day. He's never felt that he could do anything about his feelings and when is name was chosen for the games he was almost positive it was his death sentence. He promised his mother he would try his best to survive the games but he held her like it was the last time when is came to say goodbye. One of his largest fears is that he won't be able to let himself kill another person in the games.<br/><hr/><div align="center"><strong>Played by boyblue23</strong></div>