District: 2 Export: Masonry Government: Mayor Duo, a strict looking, harsh woman who hasn’t seemed to laugh in years. Her dark hair is pulled tight to the back of her head, accentuating her sharp cheekbones.
Mood: Although this district is favored by the Capitol, there is a strict tension in the air. It’s like everyone is working too hard to prove how loyal they are. Everything said comes off as a sort of phony propaganda-ladened script.
Those in Two are none too warm to the Tributes. Mostly it is just a cold welcome, but if someone was to push, it would not be hard to start a fight. And although there are a lot of Peacekeepers here to break things up, none of them seem particularly interested in protecting te Tributes. Some citizens will just snub the Tributes or mock those who didn’t perform well in the last Arena.
Environment: The main city is not a long train ride from the Capitol. The landscape is beautiful, even if the city is not. To the west, mountains cut sharply into the sky, their peaks covered with a thick blanket of snow. To the east are the plains, and if you find a high enough vantage point, they will stretch as far as you can see.
The weather is cold, and snow clings to the ground, but for the Tributes visit it is generally sunny. The city is worn down, obviously a working city. Most of the population uses the trains to commute to mines in the mountains, particularly “The Nut”, a hollowed out mountain that sits just west of the city. They work long hours and are not seen returning home before dark.
The area that would count as “downtown” has a patched-together old west sort-of feel, with small brick buildings lined up along the main street, and more recent, shoddily-made buildings spread out from there. When darkness falls, all power is diverted to the heating systems, and outside of the street lamps and city hall, everyone uses lanterns and candles. Curfew has been imposed, but Peacekeepers are extremely lax in enforcing it, and citizens consider it something of a popular joke.
Locations:
The city hall is a brick building, clearly newer than the other, but built to match their style. The banquet is held in its main foyer.
The Tributes are staying in a small, old hotel. It is musty and creaky and not too terribly warm, though they are given plenty of blankets. Some of the walls in the rooms have been worn away, revealing the brick foundation beneath, and the heaters are old and temperamental. Like the rest of the District, the hotel ceases to use electric lights after dark, insisting instead on candles. The hotel overlooks City Hall and is within a stone’s throw of the train station, although the hotel staff insists that the sound of the train isn’t so disruptive that the Tributes shouldn’t be able to sleep.
Tributes can also explore along main street. There are stores, though not very exciting ones; work clothes, imports from the other Districts, butchers, candy shops, bakeries. A restaurant and pub is at the end of main street, a dark and rowdy place, and from there it is into the neighborhoods, a sad affair of rough working people in cheap housing. Technically Tributes are not allowed past mainstreet, but Peacekeepers might let them get a few blocks in before pulling them out.
Misc: Cats and domesticated weasels are popular pets in District 2, as they are both self-sufficient and useful for warding off rodents, a endemic problem for the working neighborhoods. The weasel especially is seen as something of a mascot of the District, and its emblem is visible not only on the pub sign, but in the nickname ‘The Weez’ for the train that goes into The Nut.
DISTRICT 2
District: 2
Export: Masonry
Government: Mayor Duo, a strict looking, harsh woman who hasn’t seemed to laugh in years. Her dark hair is pulled tight to the back of her head, accentuating her sharp cheekbones.
Mood: Although this district is favored by the Capitol, there is a strict tension in the air. It’s like everyone is working too hard to prove how loyal they are. Everything said comes off as a sort of phony propaganda-ladened script.
Those in Two are none too warm to the Tributes. Mostly it is just a cold welcome, but if someone was to push, it would not be hard to start a fight. And although there are a lot of Peacekeepers here to break things up, none of them seem particularly interested in protecting te Tributes. Some citizens will just snub the Tributes or mock those who didn’t perform well in the last Arena.
Environment: The main city is not a long train ride from the Capitol. The landscape is beautiful, even if the city is not. To the west, mountains cut sharply into the sky, their peaks covered with a thick blanket of snow. To the east are the plains, and if you find a high enough vantage point, they will stretch as far as you can see.
The weather is cold, and snow clings to the ground, but for the Tributes visit it is generally sunny. The city is worn down, obviously a working city. Most of the population uses the trains to commute to mines in the mountains, particularly “The Nut”, a hollowed out mountain that sits just west of the city. They work long hours and are not seen returning home before dark.
The area that would count as “downtown” has a patched-together old west sort-of feel, with small brick buildings lined up along the main street, and more recent, shoddily-made buildings spread out from there. When darkness falls, all power is diverted to the heating systems, and outside of the street lamps and city hall, everyone uses lanterns and candles. Curfew has been imposed, but Peacekeepers are extremely lax in enforcing it, and citizens consider it something of a popular joke.
Locations:
The city hall is a brick building, clearly newer than the other, but built to match their style. The banquet is held in its main foyer.
The Tributes are staying in a small, old hotel. It is musty and creaky and not too terribly warm, though they are given plenty of blankets. Some of the walls in the rooms have been worn away, revealing the brick foundation beneath, and the heaters are old and temperamental. Like the rest of the District, the hotel ceases to use electric lights after dark, insisting instead on candles. The hotel overlooks City Hall and is within a stone’s throw of the train station, although the hotel staff insists that the sound of the train isn’t so disruptive that the Tributes shouldn’t be able to sleep.
Tributes can also explore along main street. There are stores, though not very exciting ones; work clothes, imports from the other Districts, butchers, candy shops, bakeries. A restaurant and pub is at the end of main street, a dark and rowdy place, and from there it is into the neighborhoods, a sad affair of rough working people in cheap housing. Technically Tributes are not allowed past mainstreet, but Peacekeepers might let them get a few blocks in before pulling them out.
Misc: Cats and domesticated weasels are popular pets in District 2, as they are both self-sufficient and useful for warding off rodents, a endemic problem for the working neighborhoods. The weasel especially is seen as something of a mascot of the District, and its emblem is visible not only on the pub sign, but in the nickname ‘The Weez’ for the train that goes into The Nut.