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Jared Strahan was the District 8 Male tribute of the 54th Annual Hunger Games.

Life

Early Life

Jared was the second child born to the Strahan family, in the year of the 37th Hunger Games, when his older brother, Ian, was ten. This age gap meant that, as Jared was growing up, it was much easier for him to bond with the brother four years his junior than the older one. Despite this, the family cooperated, and Jared lived the first ten years of his life without much to dispute or complain about. However, when he was ten, Ian moved out after a fight with the Strahan parents, leaving Jared as acting oldest brother. He took on this responsibility wholeheartedly, and even managed to transfer the duty to put his family before himself into social situations, as well. At sixteen, he met and fell in love with a girl named Heidi Cross, and loved and cared for her up until he was Reaped - devastating her along with his family.

54th Hunger Games

The Reaping

Jared's first though when he was Reaped alongside Senia Alexanderson was simply "No." He had so much to lose in the District and he wasn't ready to leave it behind. Standing on the stage, surveying the audience, Jared heard his parents and Heidi begging for a volunteer, softly despairing at Jared's odds of winning. The boy knew that he was as good as dead already, and that he could do nothing to change his fate. No one but his closest companions tried to help him, and his last thoughts before heading off to the Justice Building and the Capitol were only of them.

Training Centre

Coming from a lower District, Jared realised that it was probably better to remain under the radar in the training centre as much as possible. As Careers and confident tributes paraded themselves around, the District Eight male stayed quiet and secretive, not sustaining a conversation further than a brisk greeting. Jared knew that he wouldn't be able to keep this low profile forever, though - particularly when he scored a 10 in his Private Training Session, truly impressing the Gamemakers. He was fortunate that this was only a few nights before the Bloodbath, rather than at the beginning of the week, allowing him to finish training without being harassed, by friend or foe, too much. In his interview, Jared told Caesar that he was as confident as his score let on, and that he was determined to overcome his fear of the Games and return home. With this mindset, and the final message "Happy Hunger Games", Jared prepared for the Bloodbath.

Bloodbath & Day 1

Jared entered the Bloodbath knowing exactly what he was looking for. Without hesitation, he was off as soon as the Gong rang out, even as tributes were already falling around him. Grabbing a pack, Jared was out of there to seek safer soil.

Day 2

Overnight, Jared travelled east to the pine forest and rested there to recover from the adrenaline of the Bloodbath the day before. There, he climbed a tree to sleep and keep lookout for advancing enemies. After some practice, Jared managed to spear a squirrel with one of his knives and prepared to it eat straightaway. He was releived to not meet any tributes on Day 2, but listened as the canon fired, marking the dead of the day.

Day 3

Jared stayed in the forest that night, hoping that tributes would be seeking each other elsewhere as they had the previous day. Unfortunately, he wasn't so lucky. Jared saw the two enemies - Jestina Lelborn and Blue Kilio - approaching before they saw him, and leapt out of his tree to meet them. The fight was fast paced, with Jared and his opposition constantly blocking and attacking almost simultaneously. However, Jared came out on top, even though he was outnumbered, and Jestina's cannon soon fired. Jared fled the scene to allow the hovercraft to do its work and, when he came back, she was gone. The peace after the craft left attracted a flock of Alarm Owl muttations. Jared knew he'd have to run away, or be found by othe tributes without doubt, so he headed for the Mountains.

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Day 7

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Day 8

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Finale and Death

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