Gordianus Snow
Gordianus Snow was known to be the youngest president to preside over Panem. He would also be the last one to rule over the family dynasty.
Reign: March 21, 109 AF – December 15, 110 AF
Birth/Death: March 7, 98 AF – December 15, 110 AF
Personality
Not much was known about Gordianus due to his young age. At the very least, it is unknown as to how much his public persona was his own, and how much was crafted by his mother Sullustia. All that was know that he was a quiet and modest, albeit good-natured, individual who liked to mingle amongst the populace.
At the very least, he did not share his father's vain and mercurial disposition.
Reign
After his father's death, Gordianus, being the oldest person in line (and with the assistance of his mother's machinations), came to power. In the end though, he was simply a figurehead and puppet ruler, with Sullustia truly being responsible for policy.
Right after he became president, work immediately commenced to roll back the damage done by his predecessor's insanity, excess, and ineptitude. The laws requiring people to worship the Cult of Panem were abolished, though the cult did still remain. People were also allowed to worship other forms of religion, though they were required to be from a list of approved forms as a way to prevent "destabilizing faiths" from being allowed to flourish, and overt proselytizing was still prohibited.
Also important was to roll back the economic damage. Reparations began to be paid to the districts as a way of back-paying them for all the resources obtained without compensation. The disproportionate flow of resources being siphoned to the Capitol was also gradually cut off, with no amount of chagrin from Capitol citizens.
The gladiatorial games however still remained, probably as a way to keep the Capitol pacified and the districts distracted. Though the participants went back to just being rapists and murderers.
Foreign relations remained more-or-less the same.
The Coup
Unfortunately, despite their attempts, the work done by the mother-son team came too little too late. Anger still seethed from Gallienus' messes, and it seemed to the districts that the Capitol was dragging its feet to fix the issue created. So a plan was enacted to wrest control of the Capitol for the districts.
On December 20, 110 AF, and during Solstice celebrations, the decision was finally made to act upon those plans. Cells located throughout the Capitol went live, while militants disembarked freight trains, to secure the city.
At the same time members of the conspiracy stormed the Presidential Mansion. They were aided by members of the Praetorian Guard that were sympathetic to their cause, especially since at this time, the Guard still recruited from the districts. The president and his family were caught unaware in the main office.
Gordianus was stabbed thirteen times, with each stab representing a vengeful district, before being cast off the front balcony of the Mansion; he was observed to still be conscious as he fell. His body was cordoned-off and remained there for a week.
Sullustia herself was allegedly tortured by the rebels before being strangled to death, but not before she was made to witness the deaths of her three children. Besides Gordianus, 5-year-old Antonius had his throat slit, and 1-year-old Calpurnia had her head stomped-on. With this, the legitimate family line was extinguished.
Sullustia's body joined Gordianus' in the Square so that people were able to pass by them and pay various forms of disrespect. After that week, they were decapitated so that their heads could be prepared and remain on display, with a sign reading "VICTORY OVER TYRANNY" over the display. Their bodies, along with those of Gordianus' siblings, were then unceremoniously dumped into the lake.
Thus had the Dynastic Era come to a close, and, with onset of the period of time known as the Snowless Winter, the Dark Days began.