List of The Hunger Games characters
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This is a list of characters in the Hunger Games trilogy, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins.
Main characters
Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of the series. She is sixteen years old at the beginning of the first book, and is normally quiet, independent and fierce. She lives with her mother and her younger sister, Primrose, in District 12, one of the poorest districts of Panem, which is charged with mining coal for the Capitol. Food is scarce in District 12 and Katniss struggles to hunt for and feed her own family. Her looks are typical for someone from the Seam (the slums of District 12): long black hair (which she wears in a single braid down her back), olive skin, and grey eyes.[1] Five years before Katniss became a tribute in The Hunger Games, her father was killed in a mining explosion, and her mother fell into a deep depression. She does not start trusting her mother again until the events of Catching Fire. In order to provide essentials for her and her family, Katniss began to hunt and pick plants in the woods, just as her father had taught her. In the process, she becomes hunting partners and best friends with Gale Hawthorne, who is also from the Seam and whose father was killed in the same mining accident as Katniss's. He later confesses his love for her. She has an excellent talent in hunting with a bow and arrow.
When it comes time to reap the tributes for the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss' sister Prim's name is pulled by Effie Trinket, but Katniss volunteers to take her younger sister's place in the Games. When she is introduced to the Capitol along with the other tributes, her dress is "set on fire" by her stylist, Cinna. This gives her the nickname "The Girl on Fire", which is used recurrently during the trilogy. During the interviews which precede the Games, Peeta, Katniss's fellow tribute from District 12, expresses his love for her on live television. Katniss assumes it is a ploy to gain attention from wealthy sponsors. Later, as they grow closer to each other, it appears that his love is true, though she is uncertain about her own feelings. During the Games, she faces many challenges. She forms a genuine friendship with Rue(District 11 tribute), because she reminded Katniss of her sister (Prim). Halfway through the Games, a new rule is instituted allowing both tributes from a district to become victors, causing Peeta and Katniss to form an alliance. However, when only Peeta and Katniss are left, the rule is revoked, in an attempt to force one of them to kill the other, which will ensure a more dramatic ending. Katniss decides that they should eat poisonous berries called nightlock, killing themselves and ensuring the 74th Annual Hunger Games will have no winner. This is seen by the audience as an act of undying love, but is seen by the Capitol as the start of a rebellion. As a result, Seneca Crane hastily ends the Games, and both Katniss and Peeta are declared winners, humiliating the Capitol. This choice makes Katniss a symbol of rebellion for all of the Districts.
In the second book, Catching Fire, Katniss becomes aware of her conflicting feelings for both Gale and Peeta. It is revealed that her and Peeta's act of "undying love" that helped them win the previous games was seen as an act of rebellion by the Panem's leader, President Snow. Peeta and Katniss compete with each other in the Third Quarter Quell (the 75th Hunger Games) in which Katniss and several other tributes escape from the arena, while Peeta is among those captured by the Capitol. Katniss is taken by the rebels to District 13.
In Mockingjay, Katniss helps the rebels to end the war, but her sister is killed by a bomb that Gale invented. Katniss is left burned in a bombing near the President's mansion, believed to be set off by the Capitol, right before the end of the war. After speaking with President Snow, she realizes that it was President Alma Coin of District 13 (the new president of Panem), who ordered the bombing. Instead of executing President Snow, as had been decided, she kills Coin to avenge Prim's death and prevent someone as brutal as Coin from taking Snow's place. After being exonerated for Coin's death, Katniss is sent back to District 12. In the epilogue, set fifteen years after the end of the story, it is implied that she has married Peeta, and they have two children, one girl and one boy.
Collins has said that Katniss "is a futuristic Theseus."[2] Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in the movie, released March 23, 2012.
Peeta Mellark
Peeta Mellark is the male tribute from District 12, in both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. He is a baker's son. He's quite charismatic, which helps him in preparation for games. He states in an interview after the Reaping that he has been in love with Katniss since the first day he saw her. His relationship with Katniss grows throughout the novels.
During The Hunger Games, Peeta is certain that Katniss will win because of her experience in hunting. Peeta defends Katniss, and even declares his love for her on public television. Though Peeta is sincere, Katniss does not truly return Peeta's affections; she initially believes he is simply trying to curry favor with the public and with the sponsors, and she still has very strong feelings for Gale. At the end of the Games, they are the last two tributes remaining. The revision to the rules, which allowed two tributes to become victors if they originated from the same district, was revoked in an attempt for a more dramatic, and therefore audience-pleasing, ending. But rather than fight to the death, Peeta and Katniss attempt suicide with nightlock, forcing the Gamemakers to declare both of them victors. After the Games, it was revealed that Peeta had contracted blood poisoning from a wound he sustained in the Arena. Though Katniss had saved him in the Arena, he still underwent surgery following the Games. The damage resulted in the loss of his left leg, forcing Peeta to use a prosthetic leg. Peeta is nicknamed "Lover Boy" by the Careers because of his deep love for Katniss.
Catching Fire opens with Peeta being "icy" and "unreachable", believing that the affection Katniss showed during the previous year's Games were a ploy. When President Snow announces the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta makes a deal with Haymitch to keep Katniss alive and safe - he volunteered himself, in Haymitch's place, in order to protect Katniss. It is his intention to save Katniss's life by sacrificing himself. He lies to the Capitol in an effort to try to save Katniss from returning to the Games by saying that they are married and that she is pregnant. During the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta and Katniss are part of the group that destroys the Arena. While rebels from District 13 rescue Katniss, Peeta is captured by Capitol forces. Katniss finds herself willing to kill him to save him from the tortures he endures.
In Mockingjay, he is tortured physically and mentally in an attempt to reveal information regarding Katniss and her whereabouts. Although he and others are eventually rescued, the Capitol had tampered with his memories by using tracker jacker venom - a process called "hijacking" - which leaves him frightened and unstable. Believing that Katniss is a muttation, and remembering only a twisted version of their experiences in the Games, Peeta attempts to kill Katniss, but fails. With help from District 13 doctors, Prim, and other friends, he slowly begins to regain parts of his real memories, although the process is overwhelming and tedious for him. President Coin sends him on the final mission into the Capitol with the squad of soldiers that includes Katniss, Gale, and Finnick, where he struggles with his memories and mental trauma. It is believed President Coin's intention was for Peeta to become insane and kill Katniss, making her into a martyr. However, Peeta manages to prevent this from happening, even insisting that he be handcuffed constantly in case he loses control and hurts someone. Realizing the danger in which he puts the group and the difficulty he causes them, he asks to be killed when it seems that he will lose control and try to kill Katniss. Katniss fiercely refuses and kisses him, which seems to make him stable. Peeta later votes not to have another Hunger Games (featuring children of the Capitol as tributes) to avenge the children that participated in previous years. When the war ends, Peeta survives and eventually returns to District 12 with Katniss. Later he and Katniss marry, and have two children - a girl, and later a boy - who are able to live in a world without the Hunger Games.
Peeta is 16 years old in The Hunger Games and 17 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. He has strong artistic ability and reveals that his favorite color is orange.
He is played by actor Josh Hutcherson in the 2012 movie.
Gale Hawthorne
Gale Hawthorne is an 18-year-old boy who lives in the Seam of District 12. He is Katniss' best friend and her hunting partner. They meet while Katniss is attempting to hunt to feed her family (about 6 months after her father was killed in a mining accident). While she examines the craftiness of a snare made by Gale, he accuses her of stealing from his trap. The two talk and eventually bond, realizing that both their fathers had been killed in the same accident leaving both, as eldest siblings, to assume responsibility for their families. Gale is described by Katniss as muscular and very handsome, and catches the attention of girls in District 12. Both Gale and Katniss bear the stereotypical resemblance of those from the Seam; dark, olive skin, and grey eyes. He has three small, younger siblings and is expertly skilled with snares and hunting with bow and arrow.
In the second book, Catching Fire, Katniss returns to District 12, but their relationship cannot continue as it was, since Katniss and Peeta must play the part of lovers due to threats from the Capitol. Gale confesses his love for Katniss after she asks him to run away with her. Soon after, he is brutally whipped in public for hunting on Capitol land. He and Katniss prepare to fight as it becomes clear that a rebellion is about to begin; however, Katniss (along with Peeta) are selected for the Third Quarter Quell and must leave District 12 to return to the Games. Once again, Gale is forced to say goodbye to Katniss as she fights to the death.
In Mockingjay, Gale fights in the rebellion in an epic war. District 12, is destroyed, and Gale leads approximately 10% of the population to safety. The survivors are forced to move to an underground city, which is what is left of District 13. Once the people of District 13 are aware of Gale's heroism, they reward him with a higher ranking and a communicuff (which is later taken from him as punishment of helping Katniss in the war). Toward the end of the book, his relationship with Katniss deteriorates because he feels responsible for the death of Prim, Katniss' sister (caused by a bomb he had constructed). He mentions that he would always remind Katniss of Prim's death, which Katniss silently agrees with. Afterwards, Gale decides to remain in District 2.
Gale is portrayed by Liam Hemsworth in the 2012 film.
Haymitch Abernathy
Haymitch Abernathy | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Woody Harrelson |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Family | Unnamed mother (deceased) Unnamed younger brother (deceased) |
Haymitch Abernathy is a "paunchy, middle-aged man" who was the victor of the 50th Hunger Games (the Second Quarter Quell), which occurred 24 years prior to the first book.[3] When he was 16, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, where four tributes from each district were forced into the arena. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, who was the original owner of Katniss' symbolic mockingjay pin, but was later forced to watch her die. Katniss finds this similar to what happened between her and Rue. During the Games, he discovered a wall of shrubbery at the edge of the Arena, concealing a force field with that ricocheted anything thrown in its direction. When the Games came down to himself (who had been eviscerated) and a female tribute, he positioned himself by the edge, knowing that when his opponent flung her weapon at him, he could duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. His plan was successful, leaving Haymitch the victor. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Haymitch became an example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.
After his victory, he became an alcoholic and has spent almost all of the next 24 years intoxicated to the point of embarrassment. Being the only surviving victor from District 12 (one of only two in the history of the Games), Haymitch was forced to mentor all of its tributes, which consumed him with guilt by being forced to participate in the Games that he hated. He dealt with these feelings with alcohol and openly flouting the dignity of the games. He treats Peeta and Katniss with contempt and is sarcastic, expending no effort to help them. However, when Katniss confronts him, he is stirred from his stupor and emerges as the pair's greatest advocate. Haymitch shows himself to be highly canny as he guides his protégés in a cleverly designed, highly unorthodox strategy aimed at ensuring the survival of both tributes.
At first, Katniss greatly disliked Haymitch to his alcoholism and harshness. But she later realizes that he is tired of seeing children placed in his care, only to be murdered. She can also see he cares greatly for Peeta and her. After being in the Arena, Katniss realizes that drinking was his form of escape from the nightmares caused by his experiences as a tribute and as a mentor. In the book Catching Fire, it is said that the liquor supply in District 12 ran out. As a result, Haymitch had gone insane, shaking violently and having visions that only he can see (i.e. having delirium tremens). It is left to Katniss and Peeta to coax him back to health (and get him more liquor). After this incident, Katniss begins to develop a true affection and respect for him. Katniss also realizes that she and Haymitch both think alike, since she was able to understand when he was trying to communicate to her via the parachutes gifted to her in the Arena. When Katniss discovers that Haymitch and his allies from District 13 and the Capitol failed to save Peeta from the arena as they did for her, she claws him in the face. In Mockingjay, Haymitch is forced to go through detox in District 13, as they do not permit the consumption of alcohol. Despite this, he continues to serve as a mentor to Katniss and Peeta.
In the 2012 film, Haymitch is played by Woody Harrelson.[4]
Primrose Everdeen
Primrose Everdeen | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (Killed in double blast after going into help Capitol children casualties) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Willow Shields |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Prim (by everyone) Little Duck (by Katniss) |
Gender | Female |
Family | Mrs. Everdeen (Mother) Mr. Everdeen (Father; deceased) Katniss Everdeen (Sister) Peeta Mellark (Brother-In-Law) Unnamed niece and nephew |
Primrose Everdeen, nicknamed "Prim", is Katniss's younger sister. She was 12 years old in The Hunger Games and 13 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Like her mother, she has blonde hair and blue eyes.
At the Reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, her name is pulled by Effie Trinket to be the female tribute for District 12. Her older sister, Katniss, volunteers to take her place in the Games. As she leaves for the Capitol, Prim makes Katniss promise to try hard to win the Games. This promise guides many of Katniss' actions in the game.
In The Hunger Games, Prim is thoughtful, sweet, and described as being quite delicate. She is a skilled healer, having been taught by her mother. In Mockingjay, Prim is singled out by District 13 to be trained as a doctor. During Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Katniss sees a change in her personality, as she has become more solemn and mature. Katniss stated in the books that Prim is "the only person I'm certain I love."
In Mockingjay, Prim is sent by President Alma Coin into the rebellion battle against the Capitol to serve as a casualty aide. During this battle, Prim is killed in a bombing, causing Katniss to fall into a deep depression. President Snow later reveals to Katniss that the bombing was planned by the rebels to galvanize public opinion against the Capitol to make people think that the Capitol caused the accident, and then had timed a second explosion to detonate when the medical corps arrived to assist survivors. Katniss had been told by Gale that this was a strategy being contemplated by the rebels. Knowledge of such information leads Katniss to execute President Coin, instead of President Snow.
She is portrayed in the The Hunger Games film by actress Willow Shields.
Rue
Rue | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Amandla Stenberg |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Family | Unnamed parents Five unnamed younger siblings |
Home | District 11 |
Rue is the female tribute District 11 in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, and is known for her alliance with Katniss in the Games. She is 12 years old, with dark brown hair and skin, and "bright, dark" eyes. She is quite similar is size and demeanor to Katniss' sister, Prim, which is a deciding factor in the alliance between her and Katniss. She is the oldest of six children and worked in the orchards for her district, which specializes in agriculture. She excels at climbing trees and is capable of leaping from tree to tree with ease, a skill which earns her a seven from the Gamemakers in training. Her love of music inspires her to teach Katniss a simple four note melody that she used to signal quitting time in the orchards in District 11. Katniss and Rue use this melody as a signal to each other, to alert each other of their safety. Rue also brings attention to Katniss's mockingjay pin— the pin is what led Rue to trust Katniss, because of the mockingjay's symbolic significance as a protest against the Capitol. Katniss attempts to give Rue the pin, but Rue convinces her to keep it. While Rue is serving as a decoy to distract the Careers in order for Katniss to destroy their food supply, Rue runs into trouble with a tribute from District 1, Marvel. He spears Rue through her abdomen while she is caught in his trap, provoking Katniss to kill him with an arrow to the neck (while in the film Rue calls out for help and Katniss gets there in time to free her). Rue requests that Katniss sings her a lullaby as she dies due to the injury inflicted by Marvel's spear. After her death, Katniss covers Rue in flowers, an unconscious act of rebellion, before letting the hovercraft retrieve her body. Katniss actions are rewarded by a gift of bread from District 11 in thanks. This scene is cut from the film, which instead shows District 11 in a riot. Rue's particularly poignant death contributes to the protests that District 11 holds during the Victory Tour. At the 75th Annual Hunger Games, Peeta draws a picture of Rue's body decorated with flowers to send a message to the Gamemakers who are evaluating Peeta's skills. Designed to force other competitors to target him, Peeta received a 12 from the Gamemakers' evaluation.
Amandla Stenberg portrays Rue in the film.[5]
Finnick Odair
Finnick Odair | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Spouse | Annie Cresta (wife) |
Children | Unnamed son |
Finnick Odair is the male tribute from District 4 chosen to compete in the Third Quarter Quell. He is 24 years old and described as being very handsome and tall with tan skin, bronze hair, and stunning sea-green eyes. He is very popular among the people of the Capitol, and is known for having many lovers in the Capitol, none of whom he stays with for long. At age 14, he won his first Hunger Games by using a trident and a net against other tributes (a skill unique to District 4's trade of fishing). Katniss remarks that the trident given to him by a sponsor may have been the most expensive gift ever seen in the Games. During the Quarter Quell, Katniss is hesitant to make Finnick her ally, because she does not trust him — to her, he appears to be shallow, arrogant, and superficial. However, Finnick soon proves to be trustworthy by saving Peeta by using CPR to resuscitate him (which Katniss notes as, "one of the things I will never stop owing him for"), and using his skills to provide shelter. When jabberjays that make sounds of the screams of loved ones being tortured appear in the Quell, the one made to target Finnick uses the voice of Annie Cresta, his "poor, mad" lover in District Four, who was also a victor of the Games. In Mockingjay, Finnick enters a deep depression, a result of Annie being held prisoner by the Capitol. He assists with the rebellion by appearing in rebel propaganda. He later reveals that victors of the Games are often prostituted to wealthy citizens of the Capitol by President Snow, which resulted in his reputation of many lovers. He also reveals all of the political secrets he learned from clients, including the fact that President Snow only became the leader of Panem through poisoning his opponents. He is reunited with Annie (when District 13 retrieves her, Johanna, and Peeta from the Capitol), and they get married. Finnick is a member of the "Star Squad" that goes to fight in the Capitol during the final stages of the rebellion. He is decapitated by lizard muttations after Gale told Katniss to leave him during the attempt to infiltrate the Capitol. Some months after his death, Annie has their son. Finnick is characterized as being personable, very good-looking, and down-to earth, with a quirky sense of humor. After an initial period of distrust, he and Katniss become good friends.
President Coriolanus Snow
Coriolanus Snow | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Donald Sutherland |
In-universe information | |
Family | Unnamed child Unnamed granddaughter |
The primary antagonist of the series, President Coriolanus Snow is the autocratic ruler of the Capitol and all of Panem. Though seemingly laid-back, his demeanor hides a sadistic and psychopathic mind.[6] He initially appears in The Hunger Games at the opening of the Games giving the official welcome, but he does not speak to Katniss face-to-face until Catching Fire, when he pays her a visit at home and tells her that he is angry that both she and Peeta were allowed to survive the Hunger Games, as their act of defiance (preferring joint suicide to the prospect of one killing the other) has ignited rebellion in several of the Districts. She is too prominent to kill, but he threatens her family and Gale unless she proves to the Districts that her act of saving Peeta was merely that of a love-crazed teenager and was not related to any desire to defy the Capitol.[7] Later, Snow indicates to her that she failed in this, meaning that some or all of his threats will come true. President Snow is described as having very puffy lips, which are most likely the result of an appearance-altering operation that is very popular in the Capitol. Katniss describes him as exuding a smell of blood and roses.[8] In Mockingjay, it is revealed that the smell of blood is due to mouth sores he got from one of the poisons that he used to kill people in his monomaniacal efforts to control Panem. He drank the poison in order to allay suspicions, then took the antidote, but they could not cure him of the sores. He also smells strongly of genetically enhanced roses, as he always wears a white rose in his lapel to cover the scent of blood. The strong smell invariably makes Katniss gag. He is said to have prostituted winning tributes, like Finnick Odair, forcing them to have sex with wealthy Capitol denizens, under threat of killing their loved ones if they refused. Snow claims he only kills for a purpose, and he promises Katniss he will always tell her the truth. Whether these assertions are true or not is left up to interpretation by Katniss. He dies at the end of Mockingjay, after Katniss shot President Coin instead of him, though the rebels are unable to determine whether it was by choking to death on his own blood from his untreated mouth sores or because he was trampled by the crowd in the panic following the assassination of President Coin.
According to Johanna Mason he has a granddaughter, between the age of 12 and 18.
He is portrayed in The Hunger Games film by actor Donald Sutherland.
President Alma Coin
Alma Coin is the President of District 13 and the leader of the rebellion. Described as having eyes "the color of slush you wish would melt away", "gray hair that falls in an unbroken sheet to her shoulders" that is "uniform...without a flaw, a wisp, even a split end." She runs 13 similarly, with no flaws or imperfections. Though she and Katniss are ostensibly on the same side, Katniss greatly dislikes her because of her ruthlessness and her hunger for power. Despite her affiliation with the rebellion, she is even more ruthless than Snow since she, unlike him, is willing to break her word. Her desire for power is such that she orders the killings of a crowd of Capitol children and her own medic—with Primrose Everdeen amongst them—under the guise of a Capitol bombing to undermine President Snow. After the war is over and the Capitol now under Coin's reign, she calls a clandestine meeting of the seven remaining tributes, ordering them to vote on holding one last Hunger Games, using the children of the Capitol as tributes, most likely with those related to the families that held the most power which would include President Snow's granddaughter. The matter is quickly approved with Haymitch being the deciding vote in favor. However after Snow had revealed the truth to Katniss, with Snow having reminded Katniss that they had agreed not to lie to each other, Katniss realizes that Coin is just as brutal as Snow. When Katniss is given the opportunity to execute President Snow, she considers everything and, making her decision, instead kills Coin, presumably to avenge Prim's death. Later Katniss is told that Commander Paylor of District 8 has been elected the new President.
Major Tributes
This is a list of the major tributes that affected the plot or characters from either the 74th Hunger Games and the 75th Hunger Games, also known as the third Quarter Quell.
74th Hunger Games
*The tributes with a red highlight are Career Tribute kills, but the tributes with the blue highlight are regular Tributes' kills, if green it means that tribute was killed by animals with help from humans (ex. Glimmer by tracker jackers by Katniss).*
Marvel
Marvel | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Catching Fire (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Jack Quaid |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Boy from District 1 (by Katniss until Catching Fire) |
Gender | Male |
Marvel is the male tribute from District 1. His name is unknown to Katniss until the Victory Tour in the second book; throughout The Hunger Games he is simply known as "the boy from District 1". When only eight tributes remain, he kills Rue by spearing her in the abdomen, and Katniss shoots an arrow through his abdomen in retaliation, while in the book Katniss is shown to have launched an arrow through his throat, causing him to drown in his own blood. He is a Career and Katniss's third kill. In the film, Marvel is portrayed by Jack Quaid.[9]
Glimmer
Glimmer | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Catching Fire (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Leven Rambin |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Girl from District 1 (by Katniss, briefly) |
Gender | Female |
Glimmer is a career tribute from the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games. For her entrance in the chariot parade she was spray painted silver but in the film she wore a hot pink headwear and a long pink dress alongside Marvel. In her interview she wore a see through golden dress but in the film it was a short pink dress. Katniss described her as sexy. Glimmer told Caesar Flickerman in the interview that she was prepared. The next morning Katniss cut a tracker jacker wasp nest on the careers while they slept and Glimmer fell behind and hysterically twitched and tumbled on the ground until she died, her body swollen and her face was blue with pus coming from her cheeks. Glimmer once again appeared in the book as a muttation, which was created by use of her DNA by the Capitol.
Cato
Cato | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Alexander Ludwig |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Boy from District 2 (by Katniss, only at the start) |
Gender | Male |
Home | District 2 |
Cato is the male tribute from District 2 and the main antagonist of The Hunger Games. Katniss considers Cato to be her and Peeta's most fearsome opponent because of his size and strength, skill with many weapons, and savage pleasure in killing. Like most Careers, Cato has complete confidence in his abilities and expects that he will be the victor. Katniss believes he is not completely sane after seeing his reaction to the destroyed food supply,where he snaps the boy from District 3's neck. He is the last tribute to die. During the finale of the Games, he is pushed off the Cornucopia to the wolf muttations—fearsome creatures created in the Capitol—who prolong his death to the point that, when Katniss finally shoots him to put him out of his misery, he is nothing more than a gnawed and bloody hunk of meat. In the film, he holds Peeta in a death grip and pleads with Katniss to shoot him, having become disillusioned with the games and the Capitol, and finally realizing that their deaths were meant to be nothing more than entertainment. Alexander Ludwig portrays Cato in the film.
Clove
Clove | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Isabelle Fuhrman |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Girl from District 2 (by Katniss until Peeta tells her) |
Gender | Female |
Clove is described as arrogant, strong, and can use many weapons, especially throwing knives, and she is known to never miss her target. She makes one of the firsts kills of the 74th Hunger Games by knifing the boy from District 9 in the back while he is attempting to throw an axe at Katniss. Clove's next target is Katniss but her knife is blocked by Katniss's newly acquired orange backpack when she raises it over her upper back. She has a special hatred of Katniss because of her high training score, number 11. Katniss attempts to kill her with the tracker jacker nest. Like Cato, and the rest of the careers she enjoys killing, as evidenced when she pins Katniss to the ground at the Feast and plans to give her the most torturous death possible, by cutting her up, bit by bit. Before she can continue to cut Katniss, Thresh catches her and accuses her of Rue's death. He then dents her skull by bashing it in with a large rock which kills her.
In the film she is portrayed by Isabelle Fuhrman, and is shown to possess similar skills. Moments before she is able to kill Katniss, she meets her demise at the hands of Thresh, who this time around, takes her by the neck and repeatedly slams her against the Cornucopia, crushing her windpipe.
Foxface
Foxface | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | The Hunger Games |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Jacqueline Emerson |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Foxface is the female tribute from District 5, described as "a girl that looks like a fox." Her real name is never revealed (in the movie it was seen in her interview calling her 'Finch') Clever and evasive, she uses ingenious strategies, such as hiding in the Cornucopia at the Feast, in order to survive. She avoids contact with other tributes, but relies on them for food; she steals just enough food to survive, but not enough to arouse suspicion that any food is missing. She dies after surreptitiously stealing some fruit of what Peeta thinks is "safe to eat", which turns out to be a poisonous berry Katniss calls Nightlock. Katniss believes her to have been the smartest of all the tributes, and later remarks that, "If, in fact, we had been setting a trap for her, she'd have sensed it and avoided the berries." She makes it to the top four with Cato, Katniss, and Peeta until she accidentally ate the Nightlock berries, which were picked by Peeta thinking they were safe to eat. She is portrayed by Jacqueline Emerson in the film. In the film, Katniss accidentally runs right into her while escaping the initial bloodbath at the Cornucopia, and the two stare at each other, before each runs off. This small scene is not shown in the novel.
Thresh
Thresh | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games |
Last appearance | Catching Fire (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Dayo Okeniyi |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Family | Unnamed grandmother Unamed sister |
Thresh is the male tribute from District 11. He has the same dark brown skin and golden brown eyes as Rue, but is not otherwise similar in appearance. Katniss refers to him as a "physical wonder" as he stands easily over six feet tall and is very well-built, possessing "muscles like an ox" which give him immense strength. Thresh is quiet and solitary, answering with single words during his interview with Caesar Flickerman. During training, the Careers, recognizing his strength, invite him to join their alliance during the Games but he turns them down. He receives a ten in training, tying him with Cato and Clove and giving him the joint second highest score after Katniss. It is unlikely that Thresh participated in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia; later it is disclosed that he found a wheat field in which he stayed for the majority of the games. No one wanted to go into the tall grass after him so he was left alone. At the Feast, he overhears Clove taunting Katniss that she and Marvel killed his District partner, Rue. Enraged, he grabs Clove just as she is about to torture Katniss and kills her by smashing her skull with a rock. He lets Katniss live after she explains that she was allied with Rue and sang to her as she died and decorated her corpse with flowers. There is no such explanation from her in the film, however, and Thresh simply leaves after killing Clove when he overhears what she did to Rue, but not before telling Katniss that he saved her just one time in gratitude for helping for Rue. Thresh then leaves, taking his pack and the District 2 pack to ensure Cato will chase after him and not Katniss. In the book, Thresh, in fifth place, is either killed by dogs or by Cato, it is uncertain. In the movie, it is implied that he was killed fourth last by muttations. Dayo Okeniyi portrays Thresh in the film.[5]
75th Hunger Games
•The tributes with a red highlight are Career kills, the tributes with a blue highlight are regular tribute kills, and the tributes with a green highlight means these tributes were killed by animals (like muttations), or berries like Foxface was killed with. Tributes with gray highlights means that the tribute escaped the arena alive.
Gloss and Cashmere
Gloss | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Catching Fire |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Family | Cashmere (sister) |
Cashmere | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Family | Gloss (brother) |
Gloss and Cashmere are a brother and sister duo from District 1 and the male and female tributes. They are mentioned to have fairly recent and consecutive recent Hunger Games, since Katniss remembers watching them when she was younger. They are in their mid-twenties. They are part of the Career pack, along with Brutus and Enobaria. Their only known kill is Wiress, the female tribute from District 3. On Day 2 of the Third Quarter Quell, both are killed by Johanna and Katniss. Katniss shoots an arrow into Gloss' right temple, while Johanna Mason throws an axe into Cashmere's chest. In Mockingjay, it was implied by Haymitch that Cashmere was a prostitute for the Capitol. They receive 11th (Gloss) and 10th (Cashmere) place. They will be portrayed by Alan Ritchson and Stephanie Leigh Schlund in the 2013 film.[10]
Brutus
Brutus | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only by Peeta) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Brutus is the male tribute from District 2. He is mentioned by Katniss to "can't wait to get back into the arena". He is in his early forties, meaning he won his Hunger Games shortly after Haymitch Abernathy. He is the last tribute to die in the Third Quarter Quell and also the last tribute to die in an official Hunger Games. His death is similar to Cato's since both died last in a Hunger Games. He is mentioned to have been killed by Peeta in Mockingjay. He receives 7th Place. He will be portrayed by Bruno Gunn in the 2013 film.[10]
Enobaria
Enobaria | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Enobaria is the female tribute from District 2. She was the victor of the 62nd Hunger Games when she was Katniss' age in Catching Fire, which is 17. She is known to have ripped a male tribute's throat out with her teeth. After she won her Games, she had her teeth altered to be sharp and pointy. She is part of the Career pack, along with Gloss, Cashmere, and Brutus. She is one of the six tributes who survived the 75th Hunger Game. She is captured by the Capitol, but is rescued by District Thirteen in Mockingjay. After the rescue, Boggs tells Katniss and Haymitch that they doubted Enobaria was being held by the Capitol, since she was from District 2. Enobaria later takes part in the vote on whether or not to hold a final Hunger Games. She will be portrayed by Meta Golding in the films.[10]
Beetee
Beetee | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Beetee is the male tribute from District 3. He is described as an older man with dark hair, ashen skin and glasses. He is an incredibly smart inventor and can effectively use wire as a weapon, usually in combination with electricity. He is crucial to the plans of the Rebels to rescue the Tributes in the Quarter Quell, having devised a method of short circuiting the force field surrounding the Arena. He is nicknamed "Volts" by Johanna Mason. In Mockingjay he is one of the scientists who works in District 13. He creates Katniss's bow and arrows for her "Mockingjay" costume and helps Gale develop bombs, one of which is likely the bomb used in the bombing that killed many Capitol children and rebel casualty aides (including Prim). He is part of the committee that gathers at the end of the book to vote whether or not to hold a final Hunger Games (he votes against the idea). He will be portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in the films.[10]
Wiress
Wiress | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Catching Fire |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Wiress is the female tribute from District 3. She is the same age as Katniss' mother (so is most likely between her late thirties and mid-forties) and has dark hair and ashen skin. She often does not finish her sentences; Beetee sometimes finishes them for her. Although she is an inventor like Beetee, her genius manifests itself in different ways. She is very intuitive and figures out the arena works like a clock before anyone else does. She is nicknamed "Nuts" by Johanna Mason. She is killed when Gloss, the tribute from District 1, slits her throat. She receives 12th Place. She will be played by Amanda Plummer in the 2013 film.[10]
Mags
Mags | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only by Katniss) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Mags is the female tribute from District 4. She is 80 years old and volunteers to take the place of Finnick's lover, Annie Cresta, to spare her. Along with Wiress and Beetee, Mags is one of the first people Katniss wants for an ally, because her selflessness reminds her of when she volunteered for Prim. She speaks in garbled words that Katniss can't understand. Katniss observes that she can make a fishing hook out of anything. When the group is trying to escape poisonous fog, Mags kisses Finnick, then kills herself without hesitation because Finnick becomes distraught because he cannot rescue both Mags and Peeta. Her death causes Finnick to cry. Katniss is confused by this act and Finnick's distress, until she later learns from Johanna that Mags was Finnick's mentor and was like family to him. She receives 15th Place. She will be portrayed by Lynn Cohen in the 2013 film.[11]
District 5 Male
Male tribute from District 5. Katniss says he is a drunk and throws up on the sword fighting floor during training. He is killed by Finnick during Day 1 of the third Quarter Quell during the initial blood bath.
Female Morphling
Female Morphling | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Catching Fire |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Female Morphling is the female tribute from District 6. Katniss refers to her, along with her male partner, as "The Morphlings" because of their addiction to the painkiller. Her favorite thing to paint is flowers, which she paints all over herself in the Training Center. She sacrifices her life to save Peeta from the monkey muttations. It is later revealed that she was part of the alliance protecting Katniss and Peeta. In her last minutes, she uses her own blood to paint a flower on Peeta's face. Katniss and Peeta are by her side as she bleeds to death. Peeta, as she dies, talks to her about his love of painting, to comfort her. She receives 14th Place.
Johanna Mason
Johanna Mason | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | The Hunger Games (mentioned by Katniss only) |
Last appearance | Mockingjay |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
Portrayed by | Jena Malone |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Johanna Mason is the female tribute from District 7. Sarcastic and mean-spirited, Johanna's first meeting with Katniss involves her stripping naked out of her tree costume in order to make Katniss uncomfortable because of last year when she passed Peeta a backpack so she did not have to see him naked (she felt uncomfortable near naked people). She reveals that she has no friends or family in District 7 during the 75th Hunger Games, stating "there is no one left I love." She won her original Hunger Games by pretending she was a weakling and a coward, so no one regarded her as a threat, but when only a few tributes remained, she revealed herself as a vicious killer. Johanna teams up with Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick in the Quarter Quell, bringing Beetee and Wiress with her. Katniss describes her presence as being akin to having an older sister who hates you. Johanna takes part in the committee to keep Katniss and Peeta alive, and helps by protecting Katniss throughout the Games. Near the end of Catching Fire she removes the tracker in Katniss' arm by cutting it out with a knife. Johanna is captured by the Capitol at the end of Catching Fire. In the third book, she is rescued along with Peeta and Annie and brought to District 13, where she fights with rebel forces and improves her friendship with Katniss. She is to fight in the Capitol with Katniss (although not as a sharpshooter — being from an area where lumber is the main export, her main weapon is the axe) but during training in District 13 she panics when the training arena is deliberately flooded. Katniss later learns Johanna has a fear of water, which developed as a result of her Capitol torture: being soaked in water and given electric shocks. Because she and Katniss refuse to be held in the District 13 hospital to treat their supposed mental illnesses, they convince the officials of District 13 to let them room together. Johanna is part of the committee that votes whether or not to hold one last Hunger Games using the Capitol's children: she votes yes. Johanna Mason will be played by Jena Malone in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[12]
Cecelia and Woof
Cecelia and Woof are the female and male tributes from District 8. Katniss notes how when Cecelia was selected for the Quarter Quell she had three young children clinging to her, begging her not to go. Woof is described as a really old guy who is hard of hearing and does not seem to know what is going on around him. They are both killed on Day 1 of the Quarter Quell.
Chaff
Chaff | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Mockingjay (mentioned only by Peeta) |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Chaff is the male tribute from District 11. He won the 45th Hunger Games, but lost his hand in the process. He is implied to have been recommended a prosthetic arm, but refused. He is one of Haymitch's friends, as both drink. He is in his forties. He is killed on the third and final day of the Third Quarter Quell by Brutus, who in turn is killed by Peeta. He will be portrayed by E. Roger Mitchell in the 2013 film.[10]
Seeder
Seeder | |
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'The Hunger Games trilogy character | |
First appearance | Catching Fire |
Last appearance | Catching Fire |
Created by | Suzanne Collins |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Seeder is the female tribute from District 11 in the 75th Hunger Games. Seeder won a previous Hunger Games. Seeder, after she won, did not turn to drink or morphling but instead remained healthy. She was reaped again for the 75th Hunger Games, a Quarter Quell.
Seeder embraced Katniss after the chariot rides through the Capitol, assuring her that both Thresh's and Rue's families were safe, as the uprising had started in District 11 during the tour that followed the 74th Hunger Games. During the time between training and the opening to the Quarter Quell, Katniss decided she wanted Seeder as her ally in the arena, but overall decided against having allies as she was getting too close to the other competitors, resulting in her thinking she wouldn't be able to kill them. Katniss mentions that she wanted Seeder as an alliance member but she wasn't sure that she wanted Chaff. During Seeder's interview with Caesar Flickerman, she quietly ruminates about how the people of District 11 all think President Snow is all-powerful and asks, if he is so powerful why doesn't he just change the Quell? Seeder, along with every other victor, hold hands after the interviews as a sign of rebellion.
In the arena, Seeder was one of the tributes who died at the Cornucopia on Day 1, causing Katniss much grief. She was also one of the tributes in the victors' alliance that was trying to keep Katniss alive. However, she died before she could help Katniss.She will be portrayed by Maria Howell in the 2013 film.[10]
Other characters
- Madge Undersee — The mayor's daughter and Katniss's friend. She and Katniss were always thrown together at school, both being solitary in nature. Madge is the one who gives Katniss her mockingjay pin,[13] which becomes a symbol of rebellion and is featured on every book cover. Katniss later learns that the pin had belonged to Madge's aunt, Maysilee Donner, a Tribute in the 50th Hunger Games and twin to Madge's mother, who became allies with Haymitch for some time. Katniss and Madge spend more time together during the months after the Games. Katniss is at Madge's house when she first hears of the uprisings in District 8 on the mayor's television in his room. She and her family perish in the District 12 bombings. Madge is not included in the film adaptation.
- Mrs. Everdeen — She is Katniss's mother. She was raised in town as the daughter of an apothecary, and consequently had a fairly comfortable life. She gave it all up to marry Katniss's father and move to the Seam, where she lived in impoverished and starvation-level conditions. She goes into a deep depression when Katniss's father dies in a mining accident. She does not talk for quite a while, causing Katniss to step up and be Prim's caretaker. She eventually recovers enough to set up an apothecary in District 12—it is not until after her first Hunger Games that Katniss finally forgives her mother for not offering any support to her and Prim during her depression. In Mockingjay she is seen working in the hospital in District 13, and following Prim's death at the end of the book, she does not return to District 12 with Katniss. Instead, she stays in District 4, working in a hospital and coping with her grief. She and Katniss maintain contact through telephone calls. She is portrayed by Paula Malcomson in the film.
- Mr. Everdeen - He was Katniss's father, before his horrific death in the mines of District 12 when Katniss was 11 and Prim was 7. Memories of him run through Katniss's mind throughout the series, with Katniss mentioning such features of him as his singing voice, his handsomeness, and the things he taught her. Peeta's father says that although he was in love with Katniss's mother, she chose to marry Katniss's father because of his lovely singing voice. Katniss recalls that when he sang, "all the birds stopped to listen". She misses him terribly, and the pain of losing him almost destroyed Mrs. Everdeen.
- Delly Cartwright — A girl from District 12 whom Katniss describes as being "the friendliest person on the planet." She is Peeta's friend, and they have both shared many childhood memories together, including making "dough girls and boys" with the dough from Peeta's father's bakery and drawing animals with sidewalk chalk. She is one of the refugees in District 13, after escaping the District 12 fire bombing that kills both of her parents. Peeta lies in the first book and says that the Avox serving them in the Capitol is a "dead ringer for Delly" in order to explain Katniss' reaction in recognizing the Avox as someone she ran into previously while on a hunting trip. Also, in Mockingjay, after Peeta is rescued from the Capitol, Delly is used as a psychological "balm" to stir his childhood memories and help begin his recovery from the mind-control tortures inflicted upon him in the Capitol.
- Greasy Sae — Greasy Sae is a bony old woman who sells bowls of hot soup from a large kettle at The Hob in District 12. Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne traded with her often, and made a conscious effort to keep on good terms with her as she could consistently be counted on to buy wild dog as most of their other customers could afford to be less picky. She also has a granddaughter that Katniss describes as "not quite right" who wanders the Hob, and is generally treated as sort of a pet by people in the Hob, who give her scraps of food from their stands. At the end of the book, Greasy Sae is one of the few hundred people to return to District 12 following the war. When Katniss returns to District 12 after the war, Greasy Sae comes over in the morning and evening to cook and do light housekeeping. Whether this was because she was being neighborly or because she's been paid to do it, Katniss is not sure. It is not known how long she keeps up this arrangement once Peeta returns to District 12. Greasy Sae is not directly mentioned in the Hunger Games movie, but a character who is presumably her is seen dealing with Katniss. She gives the mockingjay pin to Katniss in the movie, although in the book, it was given to her by Madge.
- Darius — A Peacekeeper in District 12. He cheerfully looks the other way at the black-market trading in District 12, even being a frequent customer himself. He is turned into an Avox after he interferes with Gale's whipping, and is assigned to Katniss as an Avox before the Quarter Quell in a Capitol attempt to unhinge her. He is tortured to death in front of Peeta.
- Hazelle Hawthorne — Gale's mother. A very self-reliant woman, after her husband is killed in the same mining accident that killed Katniss's father, she takes up work doing people's laundry. After Gale is caught poaching and is publicly whipped, people stop using her services for fear of being punished for associating with her. She gets a new job cleaning Haymitch's house sometime after that. She was a good friend of Katniss's.
- Rory, Vick, and Posy Hawthorne — Gale's younger siblings. The book states that Rory is 12, Vick is ten and Posy is five. Posy was born just after the mining accident in which Gale's father died.
- Mr. Mellark - He is Peeta's father. Kind and soft spoken, resembling Peeta, he does not appear except when he trades with Katniss and Gale and when he visits Katniss before the 74th Hunger Games to give her cookies. It is later revealed that he grew up with Katniss's mother, Mrs. Everdeen, and even loved her. He and his wife die in the bombings of District 12. he was not included in the film adaptation.
- Mrs. Mellark - She is Peeta's mother. Very stern and strict, she only appears in the series once, when she beats Peeta, making her presumably abusive also. Peeta mentions that he likes his father more than his mother once. Katniss calls her a "witch" on several occasions, and hints that Mr. Mellark only married her because he could not have the woman that became Mrs. Everdeen. Mrs. Mellark dies in the bombings of District 12.
- Cray - Head Peacekeeper of District 12. As Head Peacekeeper of District 12 Cray does not enforce many of the laws of the capitol. He is often found in the Hob, the black market of District 12, where he buys illegal alcohol and game from Gale and Katniss. Whilst lenient with the law, he is also known to abuse his position to lure starving young women into his bed in exchange for a small amount of money. Katniss claims that if she had not learned to hunt, she would have been one of those women. He gets replaced in Catching Fire by someone stricter, though it is unknown what happens to him. At this time Haymitch says to Mrs Everdeen "Who'd have ever thought we'd be sorry to see old Cray go?" recognizing that whilst Cray was a repulsive character, his leniency was beneficial to the people of District 12. The Head Peacekeeper who replaces him is Romulus Thread.
- Maysilee Donner - She is Madge's aunt, she was reaped along with Haymitch and two others for the 50th Hunger Games, and temporarily became his ally. She was friends with Katniss's mother. After breaking the alliance with Haymitch, she is killed by a large number of bright, "candy-pink birds," who use their razor sharp beaks to fatally wound her in the neck. Haymitch stayed with her until she died, as Katniss stayed with Rue until she died. It is said that the mockingjay pin Madge gave Katniss belonged to her.
- Romulus Thread - He is Cray's replacement as Head Peacekeeper of District 12. His only appearance is in the second book Catching Fire at Gale Hawthorne's whipping for poaching off the Capitol's land. He makes major changes to district 12 by adding new gallows, stocks, and a whipping post. He also has the Hob (District 12's black market) burned down.
- Mayor Undersee - Mayor Undersee is the father to Madge Undersee as well as the mayor of District 12. He enjoys the strawberries that Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne pick illegally from the woods. Known in The Hunger Games to be present at the reaping. Also known for throwing the Harvest Festival party in District 12 in Catching Fire. Dies in bombing of District 12.
- Goat Man - He is an old man who raises goats as a living. In The Hunger Games, Katniss recalls him as the man who sells Katniss and Gale a goat. Later the goat is given to Primrose and named Lady. His fate is unknown, although he is said to have died during the initial bombing of District 12.
- Lady- A goat owned by Prim, who usually milks it before going to school every day. Unlike Buttercup, Lady was not brought to District 13 during the evacuation, due to its size and weight. It is unknown if Lady was killed during the bombings, but Katniss didn't see her anywhere when she visited District 12. She appears only in The Hunger Games.
- Buttercup- Buttercup is Prim's cat. Though Katniss usually describes him as "ugly", Prim disregards this and takes good of him. He is said to be Prim's companion, and is loyal only to her. He escapes with Prim and Mrs. Everdeen during the evacuation of District 12. He is said to dislike District 13, due to its underground location and lack of fresh air. After Prim's death and the end of the war, he makes his way back to District 12 on foot, and is found in by Katniss. The two mourn over Prim's death in Mockingjay.
- Rooba - Rooba is the District 12 meat butcher. She helps Katniss by refusing the Goat Man's offer thus letting Katniss have the goat for a lower price. She is also known to buy meat (such as squirrels and deer) from Katniss and Gale. Dies in bombing of District 12.
- Cinna — He is Katniss's stylist, responsible for her public appearance. After designing the spectacular outfits of the opening ceremony, which include igniting Katniss and Peeta's costumes with synthetic fire, he nicknames Katniss, "The Girl On Fire." Cinna is in his first year as a stylist for the Games, and specifically requested to be assigned to District 12. His amazing designs immediately win over the audience in favor of the District 12 tributes. Despite (or perhaps because of) his professional interest in image, Cinna proves to be better than most at seeing through the superficial spectacle of the Games to their barbaric core, "using [her] outfits as a vehicle to express potentially dangerous ideas."[14] He and Katniss establish an easy, comfortable relationship and he demonstrates a genuine concern for her well-being. In Catching Fire, Cinna dresses her for her interview in her wedding dress, as insisted by President Snow, but alters it so that when Katniss raises her arms and twirls at her interview, the white dress burns away to be replaced with a black dress of feathers that resembles a mockingjay, which has become the symbol of the resistance in Panem. Because of this, Cinna is savagely beaten "to a pulp" in front of Katniss, right before she enters the arena for the Quarter Quell, which also has the effect of unnerving Katniss before the great ordeal. We hear that he might have been tortured to death after the arena explodes. Cinna is very different from the other inhabitants of the Capitol; he does not use surgery to alter his features, wears simple black clothes, has just a thin streak of gold eyeliner (unlike other Capitol citizens), and leaves his hair its natural dark brown color, close cropped. His only concession to the Capitol's fashion style is a slight touch of gold eyeliner that brings out the gold flecks in his eyes. Cinna is portrayed by Lenny Kravitz in the film version of The Hunger Games.
- Effie Trinket — A Capitol-born chaperone who was assigned to oversee District 12's tributes in the Hunger Games, specifically Katniss and Peeta in the 74th and 75th games. She must carry out such tasks as drawing the tributes' names at the reaping and escorting them to the Capitol. At first, she detests her association with District 12 and hopes to be promoted to a better, richer district after she pays her dues for a few years. Later, Effie becomes attached to her District 12 charges, though it's unclear if this is because of their particular charms, or because of their fame and success, which reflect well upon herself, too. She does not have any moral qualms about the Hunger Games or the Capitol. Effie has bright pink hair that appears to be a wig. She seems totally oblivious to the misfortunes of District 12. She is very strict about manners and is always punctual. She does not appear to be very intelligent, and gets basic facts wrong, such as confusing how diamonds and pearls are made. In Mockingjay, it is said that she was imprisoned after Katniss' escape, but, unlike many others Katniss knew in the Capitol, she is not executed. She meets up again with Katniss before Snow's execution and Katniss notes that she has a "vacant look" in her eyes. Effie Trinket is portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the film version of The Hunger Games.[15]
- Octavia, Venia, and Flavius — Katniss's prep team. They are residents of the Capitol and sport the usual radically altered appearances of Capitol residents, including orange corkscrew hair and purple lipstick (Flavius), pea green skin (Octavia), and aqua colored hair and a face etched with gold tattoos (Venia). To Katniss they are like very bright and fun pets. Katniss assumes that they are very dull-witted and care only for their appearance. They prove themselves less shallow when they begin to cry because it is unlikely that Katniss will survive the Quarter Quell, but at the request of herself and Cinna, they leave the room if they feel the need to be emotional. Katniss also learns valuable information from them by listening to them gossip about shortages of supplies, giving Katniss clues about which districts have rebelled. (For example, when they complain about how difficult it has been to get seafood recently due to the "bad weather" in District 4, Katniss immediately guesses that District 4 must be rebelling.) In Mockingjay, they are kidnapped and taken to District 13 to help with Katniss's style, and they very quickly run afoul of District 13's draconian rules and end up cruelly punished for stealing bread. Katniss orders them set free and healed. Venia is said to have always been the strongest: for example, in Catching Fire, Venia is the only one to contain her emotions while working on Katniss's appearance. Octavia and Flavius both needed to leave on account of being too emotional.
- Lavinia — An Avox (a servant girl whose tongue has been cut out for being a traitor). She has red hair, porcelain skin, and striking features. Because of her inability to speak, Katniss initially does not know her name or anything about her. Katniss recognizes her from when she and Gale witnessed the girl's capture and the death of her friend, and Katniss later speculates that she is a runaway from the Capitol. In Mockingjay, Katniss learns that her name was Lavinia and that it was planned that she be tortured to death to traumatize Peeta. Katniss learns from Peeta that her torturers used too much electricity during the process and her heart stopped, accidentally granting her a quick and less painful death.
- Portia - Peeta's stylist in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. She is only mentioned a couple times in the series. She praises Katniss on a job well done in the first book when Katniss receives an 11 in training. Portia was publicly executed by the Capitol.
- Plutarch Heavensbee — In the 74th Hunger Games, he is the judge that falls into the punch bowl when Katniss shoots an arrow at the apple in the suckling pig's mouth. In Catching Fire, he is the new Head Gamemaker following the execution of Seneca Crane. He is later shown to be the leader of the rebellion movement in the Districts, and is the mastermind behind the plan to break the tributes out of the arena in Catching Fire. He tries to give Katniss hints about the nature of the Arena for the Quarter Quell, but Katniss doesn't pick up on it until much later. In Mockingjay he has become a "rebel filmmaker"[16] and helps create propaganda featuring Katniss as the Mockingjay for Panem. Katniss notices that he takes no credit for small victories, commenting that he will make his final bow when the rebellion is over. He is elected Secretary of Communications after the war ends. He will be portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the films.[10]
- Seneca Crane — The Head Gamemaker during the 74th Hunger Games. He is executed because he lets both Katniss and Peeta live. The book gives no details; in the movie Crane, escorted by Peacekeepers, is locked in an opulent room containing only an elegant bowl of fresh Nightlock berries for him to consume. In the second book, Katniss effectively both impresses and shocks (causing some to faint) the Gamemakers by using the paint from Peeta's portrait of Rue, a practice dummy strung from the rafters of the gymnasium with a hangman's noose, and the name "Seneca Crane" as a warning and epitaph. This earns her a ranking of 12, designed to force other competitors to target her (even though a ranking of 12 is considered unattainably high). Crane is played by Wes Bentley in the movie version of The Hunger Games.
- Tigris — A former Hunger Games stylist who currently works in a small shop specializing in fur-styled underwear in the Capitol. Her face has been "altered into a semi-feline mask" from many surgical operations. It is implied these alterations, evidently too strange for even people in The Capitol, caused her to be shunned and banned as a stylist for the Games; this resulted in Tigris becoming embittered towards The Capitol. She aids Katniss's squad on their final mission by hiding them in her shop and disguising them. When Katniss offers Tigris food, she says "I eat next to nothing, and then, only raw meat." After that, Katniss says that Tigris is too into her character.
- Claudius Templesmith — announcer and commentator of the Hunger Games with Caesar Flickerman. He is portrayed by Toby Jones in the movie version of The Hunger Games.
- Caesar Flickerman — announcer and commentator of the Hunger Games with Claudius Templesmith, along with his own talk show in which he interviews each tribute. He is portrayed by Stanley Tucci in the movie version of The Hunger Games.
- Atala — Training Center coach before the Games.
- Boggs — First introduced as President Coin's right hand man. At first, Katniss writes him off as someone she will dislike due to his close association with Coin. However, he is shown to be honest, witty, and friendly, and Katniss learns to trust him. He serves as Katniss's bodyguard for part of Mockingjay, and is assigned to Squad 451 along with Katniss, Gale, and Finnick. He accidentally steps on a land mine on a Capitol street that the Holo did not detect. When his legs are blown off, the squad drags him into an apartment, where he gives Katniss his Holo and tells her to complete her "mission," to not trust "them" (who this is referring to is unclear), and to kill Peeta. He dies soon after.
- Leeg 1, Leeg 2, Mitchell, Jackson, and Homes — Part of Katniss's sharpshooting team, the Star Squad, they are all killed in the war. Leeg 1 and 2 are identical twins and so are given the same name. Leeg 2 dies from poisonous darts that shoot out of a wrongly labeled pod. Mitchell is accidentally kicked into a net of barbed wire by a raging Peeta and subsequently killed by a black tar-like substance. Jackson and Leeg 1 stay behind to hold back the muttations, presumably killing them. Homes is decapitated by the lizard muttations along with Finnick and Castor.
- Cressida — Resident director from the Capitol, she and her camera crew join the rebellion, moving to District 13 after fleeing the Capitol. She films the rebels' propos, following the training and the final mission of Katniss and her troop. After they're attacked, she leads the remaining members of the Star Squad to safety in Tigris' shop. Post-war it is shown she manages to survive and now films war damage throughout the districts.
- Castor and Pollux (brothers) — Cressida's camera crew from the Capitol. They often wear "insect shells", that is, a wearable carapace holding the camera and equipment. Pollux is a former Avox, having escaped from servitude in the Capitol, and Castor interprets for him. As photojournalists, they are courageous and have an incredible sense for "capturing the right moment" on film. After Katniss sings "The Hanging Tree," Pollux comes to truly accept and admire her. Castor is killed by the lizard muttations with Finnick and Homes. Their names come, appropriately, from the constellation, Gemini, the twins of Greek mythology. In the myth, as in Mockingjay, Castor was killed, while Pollux lived on alone.
- Dr. Aurelius — He is a doctor from District 13. He took care of Katniss during her time in District 13 and headed the study on Peeta's hijacking. He is also Katniss's doctor/therapist after Prim's death (however, he generally sleeps during their sessions unless she feels like talking, which suits them both). He witnesses in Katniss's defense during her trial for the killing of Coin, stating she is mentally unstable.
Other districts
- Commander Paylor — First appears in Mockingjay. Paylor is a leader of the rebel troops in District 8. Katniss meets her while in District 8 to film a propo. Later in Mockingjay, while wandering around President's Snow now rebel-inhabited mansion, Paylor allows Katniss to see President Snow, who is now imprisoned and awaiting execution. Two days after Katniss kills Coin, Paylor becomes President of Panem. It is implied that living conditions in all the districts improved considerably under her presidency.
- Bonnie and Twill — Katniss meets Bonnie and Twill in the woods during Catching Fire. Both are from District 8 and are rebels. Twill proves this by holding out a cracker with the image of a mockingjay; it is the first time Katniss sees that the mockingjay has become a symbol of rebellion. Bonnie and Twill are on their way to District 13 and they are the first to tell Katniss that District 13 may exist. Katniss also begins to ponder the reality of District 13, when she realizes that they show the same footage of the burned-down justice building again and again, each time implying it is current footage. However, in Mockingjay, it is mentioned that the pair never made it to 13, and they are presumed dead.
- Annie Cresta — From District 4, she competed in and won the 70th Hunger Games. In it, she became mentally unstable after seeing the male tribute from her district decapitated. When an earthquake broke a dam, the arena was flooded. She won because, being from the fishing district, she was the best swimmer there. Annie seems never to have fully recovered. She has sea green eyes and dark hair. She is chosen at the reaping for the Quarter Quell, but Mags volunteers to take her place. Her scream is used by the jabberjays, birds that are able to replicate sounds, in the Quarter Quell to torment Finnick, who loves her. In Mockingjay, she and Finnick Odair marry, and she later gives birth to his son after his death. Annie votes against another Hunger Games for Capitol children, noting that, if Finnick were alive, he would do the same.
- Lyme — From District 2, A victor from District 2 who won over a generation ago according to Katniss. She is tall and muscular and leads the rebels in their fight in District 2 to capture "the Nut" which is a mountain that contains the missiles for the Capitol. It is assumed that she dies in combat because at the end of the trilogy when Coin gathers the remaining victors only 7 are left: Peeta, Annie, Katniss, Beetee, Enobaria, Haymitch, and Johanna. Nothing is directly said that happens to Lyme but it is clear she somehow dies.
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