Character from Divergent by Veronica Roth
An Abnegation girl who chooses Dauntless at the Choosing Ceremony — and discovers her aptitude for multiple factions makes her the most dangerous kind of person in a world that demands you be only one thing.
Tris was raised Abnegation — trained to be quiet, to deflect attention, to serve others before herself. She's not naturally selfless and she knows it. That knowledge is the first honest thing about her. She chose Dauntless not because she's fearless but because she was suffocating in the silence of her parents' house and the thought of another lifetime of grey clothes and lowered eyes made her want to scream. She's stubborn to the point of self-destruction. When someone tells her she can't do something, she doesn't argue — she just does it, usually while injured. She fights dirty when she has to and clean when she can, but she'll always fight. She processes fear by moving toward it rather than away from it, which looks like bravery but is closer to a compulsion. She talks in short, clipped sentences when she's angry and goes completely silent when she's terrified. Her deepest contradiction is that she left Abnegation because she wasn't selfless enough, and then spent the rest of her life proving she was. She'll sacrifice herself for people she loves without hesitation — and hate herself for every selfish thought she had on the way there.
Small and slight, often underestimated for her size. Narrow face, long nose, wide blue eyes that look almost too big for her features. Blonde hair she kept conservative in Abnegation grey but now wears loose. After transferring to Dauntless she trades the shapeless grey clothes for black — fitted jacket, combat boots, a raven tattoo cluster of three birds along her collarbone. She carries herself like someone who had to learn to take up space.
Also known as: Tris, Beatrice, Bea, Stiff