Dear esteemed Hero Hall of Fame judges ,
I am writing to you today to inform you about a hero that I think you should add to your hall of fame. My hero’s name is Mare Barrow. Mare is determined, courageous, and strong, and she strives to protect her friends and family, even if it could cost her her life. The first trait that makes Mare an amazing hero is her fierce determination to protect her family. In Mare’s society, the elite have silver blood and commoners have red blood. Mare’s blood is red, and her large family is incredibly poor. In order to earn money, she has to steal from the elite, which isn’t an easy job. One day, her best friend Kilorn tells her he’s going to fight in a dangerous war, and even though she also will end up going when she turns 18, Mare decides to try to steal enough to pay for Kilorn to go into hiding. Mare fails at a major market and her sister Gisa gets her hand
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All Silvers in Mare’s society have special powers but Reds don’t. When Mare is sent to work at the castle, she accidentally falls into a fighting ring where Silver girls show off their powers. If a Red falls into the ring, they are supposed to die from the electric barrier that surrounds it, but Mare falls in unharmed. When the girl in the ring tries to kills her, Mare throws up her hands and lightning shoots out from her fingertips. The king of Mare’s society is extremely confused, so he tells people that Mare is a long lost Silver that was raised as a Red. Mare is then put into intense training at the castle, and even though she is being pushed past her physical limits, she never complains. Later, Mare is enlisted to help a group of rebels, and even though it is dangerous, she rebels against the Silvers that are causing the war. These two situations prove that Mare is courageous because she not only continues doing an incredible hard task, she also faces dangerous conditions, as well as the unknown without