Forest Tribe

"There was never such tribe ever in the history of the four tribes that fought for their own accords, nor ever will."

Alexandria in Legacy's Birth

History
The Forest Tribe is the fiercest, most bloodthirsty of the four tribes since the only females they have in their city are relatives and friends. They instantly kill intruders or people that they see as a threat, and don't stop until the job's done. Lots of people in the Sky and Ground Tribe thought that Sparta and Artimus were from the Ground Tribe--Artimus for her knowledge of the forest and her hunting skills, while Sparta for her lust for blood and savagery when it came to fighting. The Forest Tribe's territory are the surrounding forests, and the things that seperate it from the others are two streams--one in front of the Sky Tribe, and the other in front of the Ground Tribe.

Culture
They rarely talk or associat with the other tribes, but when it comes to a conflict they always show their true, horrifying nature. Artimus stated in the third book in The Return series that one day she went out hunting when she was younger and witnessed a girl with red hair and olive skin hanging from a tree by her feet, crying out for help. But before Artimus could help her another girl, with black hair and pale skin, stepped out of a bush, cut the girl down from the tree, and gave her a knife. As the girl with the red hair staggered up and thanked the girl with the black hair the girl stabbed the girl with the red hair clean through her stomach with a spear, and as the dead girl fell down the girl with the black hair wiped the blood off with her jacket and said, "The Forest Tribe hates loudmouths."

Even though the Forest Tribe is dangerous to be around, all of them make good friends because they keep their promises and are always loyal to the ones they care about, hinting the reason why after Sparta killed Acanta that Beth-Ann put a shrine of her in the city of Pandora, and even made sacrifice to her in her honor for taking care of her when she was younger. They were the tribe that thought of the Tournament and persuaded the others to follow suit, and for the first three Tournaments they were the only tribe that won because of their strength. A girl from the Ground Tribe won the fifth Tournament because of her wit, which was Calypso, the girl that Sparta killed in Sparta's first Tournament by cutting off her head and putting it on a stake. Calypso was ten when she won her first Tournament, but was thirteen when Sparta killed her. On the fifth Tournament the Counsil of the Sky Tribe decided to have the the Tournament every ten months, giving all of its contestants to have time to train.

The only known ruler of the Forest Tribe was Acanta, a thirty-year-old woman that spoke in a Russian accent even though she never left the three tribes her entire life, but she died by Sparta's ax in Legacy's Birth when Beth-Ann tells Artimus and friends.

Looks
Most of the people in the Forest Tribe have unique skin and hair than the other people in the tribes. Most of them have pale skin and red hair with blue eyes, like Acanta, while others vary between jet black hair and tan skin with pale green eyes to blonde hair and olive skin with dark brown eyes. All of them have the same characteristics, but Beth-Ann was the only known one who was nice and caring and didn't kill anyone without a good explanation.