Just for the fun of it I decided to make a Fun Facts chapter for my story. You know, reasons for why I did this and that and just for the sake of putting it up because the idea keeps on bugging me until I finally write it out. And of course you don't have to read it if you don't want to, or whatever your reason, but again, I just wanted to do it. So here they are!

Chapter 1

When I first decided to write the first chapter it was just one of those things you just got to do or you'll never get any peace of mind. My original plan was just to have it up for about a month or two and then take it down, but that changed after getting a wonderful review almost immediately so it encouraged me to continue what I started ::You know who you are so thank you XD ::

The idea of Azaria partly came from, obviously, Katniss volunteering for Prim in the games, partly from the idea if one was a brother and one was a sister, and partly from my own feelings if it was my own little brother. Azaria, of course, acts differently than I would have but the goal would mostly be the same or similar.

My District escort, the clown dog, was inpired from Tigris. Especially the moving tail. But I didn't go all out with the facial features and stuff

Chapter 2

Most everyone, except Azaria, Jaran, and Ariana, was named specifically so that their names kind of matched them in a way. With the meaning of Azaria's name, however, I found out what it meant and it helped me to think of a token for her and Jaran. A girl, thought of at first as an angel, enveloped by wings. At the same time the token gave me an idea for the ending too so that her token symbolized her in a few different ways.

Gabriel Oscar was of course thought of and named because of the angel token since his role in the end was to be Azaria's comforter when Jaran died. Since the majority of my story was just thought of on the spot and not planned at all I had originally made up Gabriel, under a different name, to be just a random side character that you would never really see again. Until I thought of the token

The clown dog District escort was actually named by a friend of mine who I asked what would be a good name for my weird charater, and Cadogan... I forgot how I got that name for him. Throughout the story his personality was mostly based on dramatic characters from other animes I've watched.

As for my mentor character both names Vincent and Randi, from what I looked up, both have a meaning relating to a wolf. Reason being is that I love wolves and I just had to put in at least something about them in almost every story I do. I wanted him to be more like a real mentor so I had him talk as if answering almost any possible questions that you could ask abou the situation, but I also want him to have some kind of issue. Just like how Haymitch likes to drink, Vincent likes to sleep and never really fix his hair.

Chapter 3

For Azaria's stylist, Aylin Kayl, both names came from two different, I believe, uknown stylists. Her design... seriously made up on the spot while Rune was based off of another mouse character of mine from a different story. Just different personalities.

Same goes for the costume designs for Azaria and Jaran at the Tribute parade at the opening ceremonies. Just made it up nearly on the spot but had to work out some things here and there.

Chapter 4

For some reson, even I don't know why, I decided to make Mikeg and Tobias brothers cause I though it would be a short fun idea.

Just as I was ending the chapter I first got the idea that this should probably be where Jaran first asks Vincent to help him know what he could do to make sure that Azaria makes it as the victor. The idea was of course inspired from the second book of the hunger game how both Katniss and Peeta want to keep each other alive while trying to hide their intent from the other, except, with my characters one of them dies.

Chapter 5

Because I was wondering what I was going to have Azaria and Jaran do in the arena I thought about having them to team up with someone. So I suddenly made Aster on the spot, but just so I could have more to work with and to put some mystery, or maybe it was obvious, I don't know, I made her a traitor. But she was an unwilling traitor at least. Design was kind of based off of a funny comment about droopy-eared rabbits and thought that would be a cute comparison for her.

Chapter 6

I kind of had a hard time thinking up a different kind of arena, but once I reread the part where Katniss was explaining how the arena had different terrains I then thought of an arena that's nearly freezing cold both night and day and contained forests of different kinds. Hence the forest of forests with small steams running through it to mark the boundaries of each forest area.

I of course had to look up different kinds of trees until I figured I didn't even have to name all of them since Azaria's group wasn't even going to move around that much. But what I had listed was birch, junipers, hickory, sequoia, narra, bamboo, oak, cedar, elm.

Chapter 7

Because, as I said earlier, I love wolves so I just had to have an actual wolf in the arena. But since I had already introduced altered animals I wanted to also put in the idea that the arena has a mixture of altered and naturals. Plus I wanted a way to finish off the fourth Career Tribute.

Chapter 8

Not really meaning to do the same thing with Katniss and Rue when she dies I also wanted a little sing-til-dead scene, but instead it's more personal between the two siblings. Though making the lyrics for the instrumental song plus writing the whole chapter, everything just made my cry.

I got the idea of the goodbye video recording that Jaran did for Azaria to see from the Inheritance series. When Brom made a kind of message for Eragon through Saphira's memory if he dies before telling Eragon what he needed to know. Plus I also thought it would add nicely to Jaran's planning behind Azaria's back.

Chapter 9

This whole chapter was kind of hard for me to write because I have not had any experience with mourning whether it be myself or someone I know. So most of the things that Azaria thought, did, and felt was from imagination and ideas from books I've read. But I guess I did okay.

Since I made Gabriel as the main person that helps Azaria through her grief I thought to make his situation to be both a way to make up for his guilt with his own little brother and have the roles switched with Azaria.

The idea of Azaria running away into the forest came from, if also not obvious, Gale. And because I liked the idea of Gabriel following her I had her leave by herself, wanting to be alone.

As for the two families that lived with Azaria in her big house, I didn't put it in the chapter cause I didn't think of it at the time, Azaria and Gabriel would visit them every now and then. And whenever someone, or the people from the Capitol, asks where is Azaria and Gabriel the two families could just say they love spending time in the forest. Lame probably but that's what I just came up with.

General facts:

This is a general question asked from someone but as I wrote the last two chapters it was emotional for me, in a way. I don't usually cry, not because I don't care but just that I don't cry easily, typing out Jaran's death, mostly, made me tear up. As I said earlier part of Azaria's personality overall is kind of how I would think about my own little brother. Though I would be careful not to let him read this story cause... well I don't know how he's really going to react but it would just be embarrasing for me.

I didn't notice this because it was unintentional but it was pointed out to me that not only was the angel necklace token a kind of symbolism of Azaria's life but also the wolves I put in. I just thought that it was kind of cool how it was noticed like that.