Alexander Skyvale

Alexander Skyvale is a character featured in the fanfiction Zodiac Pandemonium: The 500th Hunger Games, in which he is one of The Capitol's two male tributes. He is the twin brother of Alexandria Skyvale.

Appearance
Alexander has messy blonde hair and sea blue eyes. Like Alexandria, he stands at 5'6".

His reaping attire is a white shirt and pants, adorned with golden chains, and formal shoes. Finishing this outfit is his token/birthday present, a golden chain with a pearl charm attached. The pearl is embedded in the middle of two golden wings.

Personality
Alexander possesses opposite characteristics to Alexandria. He is laidback and calm in most situations, showing little stress. Compared to Alexandria, he doesn't believe in the traditional social norms of the upper class; choosing to behave in his own way.

He can get intoxicated easily, but he is incapable of handling it. This was shown through the side effects he experienced from consuming the medicine given to him by Moiselle.

While this demeanour may be understood by those of a lesser social class, he could be deemed as immature and irresponsible by those who do believe in the traditions and social norms of the upper class. He would not fare well in serious situations.

Abilities and skills
TBA

Backstory
All that's known of Alexander's backstory is that he was born to a wealthy socialite in The Capitol, being born minutes after Alexandria.

Pre-Reaping
The day of the reaping was also the day of Alexandria and Alexander's eighteenth birthday. But due to it being the reaping on their actual birthday, their Mother hosted a celebration for them a day prior. These celebrations lasted deep into the night, and there was alcohol present. Alexandria never reached a level of intoxication and was left with a minor headache, but Alexander got drunk.

Moiselle talks to Alexandria about Alexander's state after the events of the previous night. He had to be dragged out of bed and woken up with water. Alexandria pictures Alexander's annoyed reaction, which amuses her.

Alexandria does ask if Alexander is at least okay. Moiselle tells her that he's no longer intoxicated, but he is disorientated due to consuming some medicine that she had given him. The medicine is safe, but there are people who can suffer from side effects from this medicine, disorientation being one of those side effects.

Because of this, Moiselle asks Alexandria to keep an eye on him. Alexandria promises to do so, as long as she's given some of the medicine for her headache. Moiselle agrees to this.

The revelation of Alexander's disorientation makes Alexandria curious as to what other side effects the medicine can induce. Moiselle tells her that the list of side effects is extensive, but one such example of another side effect is slight fatigue. She bases her knowledge of the medicine on how familiar she is with it; also revealing that the effects experienced depend on the person and levels of alcohol consumption is one of the ways in which this can be determined. Therefore, because Alexander was intoxicated, he is going to have bigger side effects than Alexandria.

Once the conversation between Alexandria and Moiselle is over, Alexander appears. Moiselle smiles at him, knowing that he was going to be frustrated with her. Alexandria notices that her outfit is supposed to be the female version of Alexander's, as he was wearing a white shirt and pants adorned with golden chains.

Alexander was in fact annoyed, responding to Moiselle's greetings by sarcastically accusing her of deliberately submerging him in water and giving him pills that are making him feel strange. He tries to maintain a normal composure, in an attempt to hide his reaction to the medicine.

Moiselle tells Alexander that he has Alexandria to watch over him during the reaping, so that nothing bad can happen to him. Alexandria plays along with this, causing Alexander to become angry. Refuting his claim that she's enjoying his misfortune, Alexandria tells him that she's happy that she can handle alcohol better than him.

Alexandria worries about Alexander, suspecting that the medicine's impact could cause him to do something stupid or faint. If this was to be done at the reaping, it could prove disastrous as they only need to get through this reaping, then they wouldn't have anything to do with the Games ever again.

Moiselle tells the twins that their Mother wants them to go downstairs when they're finished, because she wants to speak to them and give them something. Alexander follows Alexandria down the stairs.

When Mother greeted the pair, Alexander complained that she was being too loud. Moiselle voices her concern to Mother about Alexander's reaction to the medicine, but Mother dismisses this. She says that Alexander will be fine and that all they need to do in order to not have anything to do with the Games anymore is get through this final reaping.

The twins promise to fulfill their Mother's request; which is for the duo to stick together and focus on survival. Afterwards, they receive their birthday presents. Alexander's present is a golden chain with a pearl charm attached; the pearl embedded in the middle of a pair of golden wings.

Once they had said their goodbyes, the twins were sent off to the reaping by car. Before he initiated a conversation, Alexander was looking out of the window.

He asks Alexandria about a Games that was hosted for Capitol children only. Alexandria confirms that a Games for Capitol children did take place, but prior to it finally taking place, it was an idea that was stuck in limbo.

Alexander burst into laughter because he found the word "fruition" funny, the word being used in Alexandria's explanation. This laughter made Alexandria realise that mood swings is likely another side effect, since he was moodier back home, and that Moiselle's hypothesis of the medicine causing individuals to have different experiences can be confirmed as she was clearly fine, compared to Alexander. If this is the case, then the chances of Alexander doing something drastic was likely. This realisation causes her to worry.

On the other hand, Alexander appeared to be in a laidback mood. He tells Alexandria to loosen up a little and act like a normal eighteen year old. She retorts, saying that she was socialised to speak formally because she is the child of a wealthy socialite. Alexander refutes this, saying in return that their Mother doesn't care for how they speak or act; she hosted a party for them that included alcohol and she potentially acts inappropriately when intoxicated. Therefore, the only person who encouraged her to speak formally is herself when she should embrace her youth and be his twin sister, not his teacher. These words make Alexandria go pale.

Reaping
The twins arrived at the reaping's location, a stadium. Alexandria vowed to not let Moiselle down by staying with Alexander, but they were forced to get into separate lines. Whilst Alexandria contemplated the third change in her brother's behaviour, as he was acting calmly. There are plausible reasons for this, such as being part of the mood swings and being aware of the threat that the Peacekeepers posed. Regardless, this doesn't stop Alexandria from theorising the possibility that these factors were using emotions such as fear to temporarily stop the side effects.

Yet, Moiselle never told Alexandria when the effects of the medicine wear off. But it can be presumed that what Moiselle said about the varying experiences correlates to the recovery times of different individuals, so Alexandria's recovery would come soon whereas Alexander's recovery was more uncertain.

In regards to her earlier suspicions, Alexander appeared to be disproving them by staying calm.

Alexander is standing behind a guy in a green cloak. The strange attire of the person before him causes Alexander to examine him. In a rather comical fashion, the person turns around to face Alexander. He proceeds to wink and smile at him, but the smile was, in Alexandria's perspective, "serpentine". When the line proceeded to move along, the green-cloaked person turned back around. He was eventually scanned and escorted to his section.

Eventually, the twins were scanned and forced to be separated. Alexandria was internally reluctant to do so, due to the promise she made to Moiselle about keeping an eye on Alexander and to her Mother about sticking together. However, this was to be done if she wanted to avoid invoking the wrath of the Peacekeepers; doing so meaning that she would break both promises she made - plus if it was a temporary separation, then the promises would actually still be intact.

To make Alexandria feel better, Alexander gave her a look of reassurance.

It is unknown what Alexander was doing in the time between the beginning of the reaping procedures and his next mention by Alexandria, who is hoping that Alexander doesn't get reaped. It seems that at first the twins were going to be lucky, as the first male to reaped was the green-cloaked guy previously stood in line, Nathair Belli.

Unfortunately, the luck that was seemingly in their favour turns out to be false, as Alexandria is suddenly reaped. She doesn't appear to be fazed by this, as she was taking in the words that Mother gave; but she still worries about Alexander and the increasing possibility of him doing something stupid now that she was reaped. While she stands on stage, Nathair winks at her and gives her a sneaky look - just like what he had done to Alexander.

One of The Capitol mentors, Artemisia, engages Alexandria in a conversation. Because she is inevitably forced to talk about it being her's and Alexander's birthday, Alexander is focused on. He uses his opportunity in the spotlight to volunteer, making Alexandria's suspicions come true. After volunteering, he collapses.

Unconscious and therefore unable to resist, Alexander is brought to the stage by Peacekeepers. Alexandria does her best to object to this, trying to explain that he was under the effect of powerful medicine. However, the Peacekeepers have logical reasoning against her protests - Alexander volunteered before Emmett, the other Capitol mentor, could even pick out a name and the medicine, regardless of the severity, will eventually wear off.

Alexandria has no choice but resign herself to her fate. She realises that the Peacekeepers couldn't harm her because she now considered a tribute, unless she did something extreme. But she doubts this idea because her suspicions surrounding Alexander had come true. She declares that if she were to do anything extreme, it would be for Alexander's sake as she promised to obey Mother.

Etymology
Alexander means "defender of man".

Trivia

 * Alexander's reaping code is 18ARM22.
 * He is the younger twin.
 * Alexander and Alexandria are the first pair of siblings to appear in Zodiac Pandemonium.