Aranica Petros

Aranica Petros is the victor of the 55th Hunger Games. She is noted as the youngest ever victor of the Games in site canon.

Aranica Petros

Victor of the 55th Hunger Games
District	12
Age	12 (now 55)
Weapon(s)	Falchion, Blowgun
Training Score	7
Token	Acorn Rock
Alliance	Shameless Euthanasia
Victims	Dru Charlesburg Semper Capone Shanks Kensington Jango Graves Reeallia Thorne
played by WT

History

Originally named Nisa; younger of two children born to Aranica and Tarok Petros. Aranica tried to kill her family and only succeeded in killing her husband; Anani Petros escaped with Nisa, but was overwhelmed by the responsibility of caring for her and ultimately abandoned her. Nisa lived on her own for a while and started calling herself Aranica because her memories were scattered at best. She was eventually taken in by an elderly woman named Ms. Cherise and helped out in her secondhand shop in exchange for a place to stay.

Aranica coped with her time alone by talking to inanimate objects. She still does this; in particular, rocks are family and clouds are malevolent. She always carries an umbrella when it's cloudy or when she feels particularly anxious or unsafe (so, for the entirety of every Games).

55th Hunger Games

She won these.

Early Games

(Goes through training in a bubble of optimistic naiveté.) (Strong showing during the Bloodbath, which horrified her. Spent much of the day in shock. Traded weapons with Dru.) (Pitfall Lizard attacks—poisoned with Dru, both cured.) (Quiet day. Bonding with Shameless Euthanasia; offers to let the others eat her.) (Day 4 Hurricane; fight; killed Reeallia Thorne with an arrow to the eye. Talked to Semper and Sami while finding water.)

Relationship with Dru Charlesburg

If Druara isn't your platonic otp you're wrong.

Late Games

(Travels with Dru; together they find water.) (Reunion of Shameless Euthanasia, and a few other people. Carex saw her with Reeallia's knife, put together the previous day's events, and attacked her, so Dru put the falchion through his eye. Shanks manipulated Aranica into attacking Jango; she happened to kill him, but refused to accept his death; everyone was briefly distracted by Mel's arrival, but after chasing her away they returned to their infighting. Ara fainted briefly, then scrambled to Argent's defense but accidentally killed Shanks, which was useless because Argent was already dying. Waited with items and bodies while Dru went to kill Mel.)

Finale

(Islands sink, stranding the final three in the water. Ara kills Semper, because it's him or Dru. She doesn't want to fight Dru, but Dru pretends to be possessed by clouds, so she fights to chase them out and eventually succeeds (after the finale HP limit was extended because nobody involved was ready to let go). Tries to kill herself but is captured by the Capitol hovercraft, then sedated. The world is horrible and everything sucks.)

Post-Arena Life

Aranica's left arm was severed at the elbow during the finale; the Capitol replaced it with an imperfect but mostly-functional synthetic arm, which was refitted several times as she grew up. As an adult, she rarely wears the prosthetic at home, but continues to wear it in the Capitol and at similarly public events.

Despite her newfound riches, she returned to work for Ms. Cherise, and ended up looking after her through the onset of Alzheimer's and her eventual death after the 62st Games. Aranica inherited the shop and now co-owns it with her friend Illario Krine, who handled the accounts for Ms. Cherise and agreed to stay on after her death.

Aranica's only blood sibling, Anani, resurfaced shortly after the 55th Games. Their reunion was difficult, but Aranica soon forgave him for abandoning her. In the following months he helped her begin to recover memories of their childhood and the two bonded tightly. Unfortunately, Anani was Reaped and died in the 56th Games.

During the course of the 60th Games, Ara had a brief fling with fellow victor Mace Emberstatt. Their son, Kieran Lionel Emberstatt, moved to District Ten to live with Mace as a preteen, but Aranica keeps in touch with both of them via phone. Kieran was eighteen years old for the 79th Games, and was not Reaped; though Ara still worries that his connections with her and Mace will always keep him too far in the public eye to be truly safe, his escape from that particular danger is a relief.

Aranica has done her best to stay out of Victor Drama and make an effort to get along with the other victors as much as possible, though she hasn't forgiven Cricket Antoinette for her role in the 75th Games. She is deeply invested in District Twelve's tributes, but incapable of emotionally detaching from the other districts' tributes as well. The stress of the Games contributes to her shaky mental health; she's better adjusted than she used to be, but still struggles with suicidal ideation and is prone to anxiety attacks. However, she has a steady support system and a strong resolve to make the most of her time.

Preceded by Arbor Halt

Victor 55th Hunger Games

Succeeded by Topaz Ross