THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES
"The Floor is Lava"
INTRODUCTION
After a thrilling and exhilarating games the year prior, Head Gamemaker Lorenzo Chastain returned for another year on the job. Perhaps inspired by the fact that his first child had just been born, Lorenzo based the arena for the nineteenth Hunger Games off of a classic children's game. The arena took the game "The Floor is Lava" to a whole new level. A seemingly endless pool of bubbling lava stretched out as far as the eye could see. Levitating above the lava was a whole network of islands. Some were grassy and dotted with trees. Some were sandy. Some were freezing and covered with crunchy snow. Some were decorated with fountains that would provide the tributes with a stable source of water. Some were as small as thirty square feet, while some others were hundreds of square meters. They were all connected with a system of rope bridges, which were made of very strong polymer ropes that would be extremely difficult—but not impossible—for the tributes to break. The huge floating archipelago was centered on the arena's main island. This island was almost half a square kilometer, and it housed the cornucopia. The cornucopia was made of ivory and towered high above the tributes, bursting at the seams with all of the supplies that the tributes would need to survive in the games. The flora and fauna of the arena were bountiful. On the grassy islands there were deer and rabbits, while on the sandy islands there were crabs. Some of the lakes had fish inside of them. Although some islands had more plentiful wildlife than others, all housed life in some form or another. With the utter lack of any sort of barrier on the edges of the islands, a tribute could easily roll off of the edge. Many of the tributes would get around this by digging small ditches near the perimeter of their islands that they would fall into and stop rolling if they got too close to the edge.
The career pack of the nineteenth Hunger Games was six strong, as it most often was. The District 2 male was, quite noticeably, the dominant member of the alliance. With ten to one odds of winning and a handsome ten as his training score, he was rather tall and bulky. It was not only his strength that contributed to the audience's liking of him, but also his dangerous intelligence and mysterious personality. His district partner, the District 2 female, was the only other tribute to score a ten. She earned her ten with her brute strength, most skilled with the baton, axe, and the other weapons that tap into physical strength. District 1 produced a slightly less stellar showing. Their female was tall and strong and rather masculine, using a bow and arrow to shoot her way to a nine in training, and to a slot in the career pack. The District 1 male was most skilled with the sword, perhaps inspired by the character in Greek mythology after which he was named. District 4's tributes both earned nines, both with the trident and harpoon.
Outside of the careers, there was a plethora of fives and sixes scored. Four sixes and four fives were earned in the outer districts. A pattern that had begun to emerge in recent years was that the tributes from District 7, District 9, District 10, and District 11 usually earned relatively high scores, while Districts 3, 6, and 8 usually scored the lowest. The highest score outside of the careers was earned by the District 7 girl, who used her axe to slam and strike and dive and bludgeon her way to a nine. Her district partner earned an eight, slightly less stellar but still noticeable enough to get the attention of the sponsors. Apart from the careers, there was a single volunteer. It was the orphan boy with Tourette's syndrome from District 9, who had been bullied and abused for all of his life and volunteered in the place of a complete stranger knowing that his life had little worth left. In general, two tens, five nines, one eight, one seven, four sixes, four fives, three fours, three threes, and one two were scored. Here are the tributes:
District 1: Perseus Ramsey, 16, (9) 12-1 and Esmeralda Smedley, 17, (9) 11-1
District 2: Odius Ruttler, 17, (10) 10-1 and Alyssum Murray, 18, (10) 10-1
District 3: Upsilon Kelling, 18, (5) 19-1 and Kizzie Gann, 15, (3) 34-1
District 4: Dylan Maier, 17, (9) 12-1 and Celinda Williford, 17, (9) 13-1
District 5: Rusher Warwick, 14, (3) 36-1 and Adelia Waugh, 18, (5) 18-1
District 6: Sirius Polluxton, 18, (4) 20-1 and Cassiopeia Triton, 12, (2) 61-1
District 7: Damion Fernandes, 16, (8) 13-1 and Ginny Guillen, 17, (9) 11-1
District 8: Logan Aaron, 18, (3) 29-1 and Charity Gruber, 16, (4) 28-1
District 9: Corry Abbott, 17, (6) 16-1 and Katina Hastings, 17, (6) 17-1
District 10: December Shale, 18, (5) 16-1 and Selina Mcneil, 15, (5) 20-1
District 11: Elzone Kolben, 17, (7) 14-1 and Klara Ayers, 16, (6) 17-1
District 12: Collin Flannery, 18, (6) 16-1 and Xiomara Brennan, 17, (4) 30-1
THE GAMES
The sky was a deep, bloodshot red when the tributes rose into the arena atop their pedestals. The grass covering the island that housed the cornucopia was dry and brown, crumbly and void of all moisture. The cornucopia stood towering over everything else, the dominant feature of the landscape. The clearing in front of it was filled with the weapons, while the cornucopia itself was what housed the tools and survival materials. Since the main reason tributes headed for the bloodbath was to get supplies, this would make for an extra thrilling start to the games.
The gong rang, and all of the tributes burst forward, surging towards the cornucopia. At least, almost all of them. There was a single straggler; Corry from District 9 chose to run away from the mayhem at the very beginning with only his bare hands to survive the difficult weeks to come.
Back at the cornucopia, the dead grass crunched under the tribute's feet as they ran across it towards the shimmering ivory cornucopia. Sprinting at the head of the onrush was Perseus; as despite lacking in some other areas he was a very fast runner. He picked up a sword that lay waiting for him in a cluster of dead flowers twenty yards from his pedestal. Perseus spotted his target: a very strong and capable boy with a high training score. Perseus slashed his sword into the boy's side, sending him slumping like a stone as his vital organs and arteries were damaged severely from the grievous wound Perseus had dealt him. To finish the job, Perseus lifted his sword into the air and brought it down upon his prey, spearing his heart.
Elzone Kolben, District 11 Male: 24th, Killed by Perseus, Bloodbath
Odius, another fast sprinter, grinned when he spotted a sledgehammer on the ground thirty yards from his pedestal. Odius picked up the weapon and searched for his prey, eventually deciding to go in for the kill upon the nearest girl. He lifted the sledgehammer into the air and brought it down upon her head, denting her brain after completely shattering her skull. She went unconscious the instant the weapon made contact with her head, but it took her twelve second after that to actually die.
Adelia Waugh, District 5 Female: 23rd, Killed by Odius, Bloodbath
Esmeralda was quick on her feet when she saw a pair of twin curved swords lying on a countertop right in front of the cornucopia. She ran over to pick them up, holding one in each hand and pouncing upon the nearest girl. Esmeralda's two swords easily cleaved apart her tiny frame, and she was cut to ribbons within a few seconds.
Kizzie Gann, District 3 Female: 22nd, Killed by Esmeralda, Bloodbath
Dylan surged with thrill when he caught a glimpse of a three-pronged trident leaning against the side of the cornucopia. He ran over to pick it up, closing his fist around the weapon so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Dylan turned sharply on his heel and planted the trident into a nearby tribute, sending him slumping like a stone amidst an explosion of scarlet. Dylan ripped the weapon out of his body and walked away, reassuring himself that he would die within a few minutes and that it would be a waste of time to keep striking him. Dylan left the boy clinging onto his life by a tiny thread, but his hopes of survival were decimated when Esmeralda stumbled upon him and slashed one of her swords across his chest, finishing the job that Dylan had started. The boy was just moments away from death from blood loss and barely felt it.
Sirius Polluxton, District 6 Male: 21st, Killed by Dylan and Esmeralda, Bloodbath
Celinda had gone with the strategy of waiting outside of the cornucopia so that she would be within range of the entire clearing and could get anywhere she needed to quickly and easily. When she spotted a girl trying to worm her way past her, Celinda was on her like a hound. However, that was her downfall. Celinda was so distracted from trying to close in on her prey that she didn't even notice Ginny sneaking up behind her and bringing down her axe upon her back. If Celinda had been more observant and less distracted by the notion of making her first kill, perhaps she could have survived.
Celinda Williford, District 4 Female: 20th, Killed by Ginny, Bloodbath
Meanwhile, Odius had made his next kill, slamming his sledgehammer into the chest of a nearby girl. The force of the sledgehammer instantaneously shattered the girl's ribcage, damaging her lungs and rendering her unable to breathe as Odius struck her in the head, putting the icing on Odius' cake and finishing the job off.
Katina Hastings, District 9 Female: 19th, Killed by Odius, Bloodbath
Within ten seconds of killing Katina, Odius made another kill. When Odius caught a glimpse of a short and petite boy darting past him, he was on him like a hound. Odius hurled his sledgehammer through the air, letting it fly twelve yards before smashing into the back of the boy' head. The force of the impact knocked out two of his teeth and knocked him unconscious, killing him after a few minutes.
Upsilon Kelling, District 3 Male: 18th, Killed by Odius, Bloodbath
The sweeping edge of Perseus' sword did not fail him when he slammed it into the side of a boy with a relatively high training score. The blade sliced about half a foot into the boy's side, exposing his organs and sending them tumbling out of his body onto the ground. His efforts to staunch the flow of blood from the wound were futile, and he bled out less than ten seconds later.
Damion Fernandes, District 7 Male: 17th, Killed by Perseus, Bloodbath
Then, the careers suffered their next loss. While running, Alyssum tripped on a rock sticking out of the ground and face-planted into the crumbling grass. She was thrown off-guard and needed some time to get situated and to stand back up. December, an outer district tribute, took advantage of Alyssum's moment of vulnerability and smashed Alyssum in the head with his fist from behind. Over the course of the next few minutes, December beat the career to death.
Alyssum Murray, District 2 Female: 16th, Killed by December, Bloodbath
Ginny's axe found a home in the torso of Xiomara; Ginny lifted the axe into the air and planted it into the District 12 girl's chest before she had time to scream. The axe instantly knocked out two of her essential body parts; her lungs and heart. Xiomara's death was quick after that, and Ginny wiped off her bloodstained axe in the grass.
Xiomara Brennan, District 12 Female: 15th, Killed by Ginny, Bloodbath
The next to make a move was Dylan. The split-second that he spotted a flash of movement from the corner of his eye, Dylan whipped his head around and spotted a girl running past him, keeping low to the ground to keep from being spotted. But, the girl's trickery could not fool clever Dylan, and he planted his trident squarely into her back. She moaned and gurgled for a bit before collapsing to the ground, dead.
Cassiopeia Triton, District 6 Female: 14th, Killed by Dylan, Bloodbath
December picked up a sword that lay in the crumbling grass inside of the cornucopia. Even though he was an outer district tribute and did not by any means enjoy killing, he knew that the more he killed the more his chances of survival would increase. December aimed for his target, a reasonably capable boy with a good training score. December's sword cut into his back as he slumped like a stone with a loud thump, dead.
Collin Flannery, District 12 Male: 13th, Killed by December, Bloodbath
December was about to aim for his second kill when Odius barreled out of nowhere and threw himself on top of him. All one-hundred and thirty-five pounds of career were hurled against December, pinning him to the ground. December thrashed and screamed and tried with all of his might to escape, but his strength simply could not compare to that of the trained career. December had nowhere to run as Odius lifted his sledgehammer into the air and brought it down upon his head, cracking December's skull and severely denting his brain. He was sent unconscious instantly, and was killed a few seconds later.
December Shale, District 10 Male: 12th, Killed by Odius, Bloodbath
At that, all of the outer district tributes had scampered away and left only the four careers at the cornucopia amidst a field of thirteen corpses, a hollow and rather eerie silence having swallowed the world. Thirteen bloodbath deaths was certainly higher than average, and it made the Capitol surge with thrill. However, the gamemakers knew that they would have to carefully monitor what happened in the arena in order to avoid the games ending too quickly. They did not want a spectacle like the seventeenth games, in which the victor was crowned after only four days and the excitement of the games was cut short.
Back at the cornucopia, the careers got to the long and painful work of rounding up the thirteen corpses and piling them up into the corner of the island. At first, Esmeralda suggested that they should just throw the corpses over the edge into the endless lava ocean below. However, the others cautioned her against that. After all, in recent years the gamemakers had liked to take the bodies of deceased tributes and do experiments on them, like testing the effects of new medicines on the body. That would be impossible if all of the corpses were dissolving at the bottom of a pool of hot lava. Once all of the dead bodies were lined up in a far-away corner of the central island, the careers got to work setting up a camp for the night. Each tribute was allotted a lamp and sleeping bag, as well as an extra blanket in case there were some cold nights ahead. That night, they all took one hour-long shifts guarding the others, after which time they would rouse the person whose turn it was next. In this way, they managed to go through the entire night without being robbed.
The other tributes took varied approaches to the night. Rusher, the only remaining District 5 tribute, decided to be constantly moving around that night in order to avoid being trapped on an island with nowhere to escape. He would switch to a different island every half-hour. Charity and Klara both decided to stay in one place, and they both went to the far-off corners of the arena and hid in the thickest trees they could find, hoping that the layers of leaves would shield them from the watchful eyes of the others. Ginny went with the strategy of hiding right next to the cornucopia, hoping to get up bright and early and bowl into the clearing to take out the careers. Ginny did, by no means, enjoy killing. But, it didn't faze her as much as one would expect. Perhaps she reasoned that the games were an 'every man for himself' competition, and that killing as much as possible was the right way to play. Anyways, she hid in a safe spot inside of a hollow tree and remained safe for the entire night.
Logan went with the rather unique strategy of digging a hole in the ground and piling dirt on top of him to conceal himself from the sight of the others. But, he was not stupid enough to fall into the same trap that some others before him had. He left his face completely exposed so that he could breathe, and he packed dirt around him to keep him from moving around in the night and choking to death on the dry earth. Corry intrigued many of those in the Capitol audience. He was the only tribute who had ran away from the bloodbath with only his bare hands, and he had put those bare hands to good use. He had gone to one of the far-off islands of the arena, one with a huge tree that cascaded into the sky. Corry climbed it and used a bit of rope he had managed to make out of plant fiber to bind the weak and flimsy branches of the tree into a little cocoon for him to slide inside of after making sure it could support his weight. Even though it wasn't exactly a five-star hotel, Corry actually looked relatively cozy in the little den he had made for the night.
All of the other tributes seemed to have made concrete plans as to how they would survive the long night ahead. The one exception to this rule was Selina, who just couldn't seem to decide what to do. At first, she hid inside of a tree. But, after thirty minutes she got out and hid in its bough. After an hour she left and moved to a different island, then to another ten minutes later and yet another one hour later. She was very indecisive about where to stay, so much so that she was kicking up quite a racket.
Around nine o'clock that night, the careers back at the cornucopia heard the sound of Selina rustling around. The first to hear the sound was Perseus, who was out gathering dry grass to use to set up a fire back the cornucopia. When he heard the rustle of Selina moving around in the tree above him, he craned his neck and looked up at the girl, seeing her. Dropping everything he was holding, Perseus pranced across the picturesque landscape to notify his allies at the cornucopia. Annoyingly, he was unable to convince the others that Selina was worth investigating.
'I'll get her myself' scowled Perseus just as he stepped onto the island where the girl was camping in the tree. Perseus treaded silently toward its back and climbed it. He was less than a yard from the girl, and Selina didn't even have time to scream before Perseus speared his sword through her heart, sending her eyes glazing back into her head as she tumbled out of the tree onto the ground.
Selina Mcneil, District 10 Female: 11th, Killed by Perseus, Day 1
The boiling scarlet sun set below the horizon that night, and the careers all went to sleep early with hopes of getting extra shut-eye, which they would need for the busy day tomorrow. The careers woke up bright and early the morning of Day 2 to a temperature of almost one-hundred degrees. The gamemakers reasoned that those who did not have water would now have to travel to the islands with water on them, less they face dehydration. This would force the tributes together and hopefully result in some deaths.
However, the careers seemed to be a greater threat to the others than dehydration ever would be. The careers made two kills that day! Their first kill was made by Esmeralda, who stumbled upon a snoring Klara snoozing away on the rough grass floor of one the islands. Klara was surrounded by tools, and so Esmeralda concluded that Klara must have been doing something and been so tired that she just dropped from tiredness. Esmeralda lifted one of her curved swords into the air and slashed it across Klara's chest, ensuring that she would never wake up.
Klara Ayers, District 11 Female: 10th, Killed by Esmeralda, Day 2
The second kill of the day was much, much later. Around eight o'clock that night, Logan decided to bathe in one of the arena's ponds in order to purge himself of the filth that covered every square inch of his body. Logan dipped his head under the cool liquid, running his fingers through his hair and scrubbing the mud off of his entire body. He was rather distracted and so didn't even notice Odius sneak onto the island that he was on. When Logan spotted Odius right above him, he screamed and tried to run. However, the water slowed down his movements so much that he couldn't escape, instead facing the wrath of Odius' sledgehammer as it smashed into his head, shattering his skull as he passed away.
Logan Aaron, District 8 Male: 9th, Killed by Odius, Day 2
That left the final eight: Perseus Ramsey and Esmeralda Smedley from District 1, Odius Ruttler from District 2, Dylan Maier from District 4, Rusher Warwick from District 5, Ginny Guillen from District 7, Charity Gruber from District 8, and Cory Abbot from District 9.
Now, the final eight had been determined: Perseus and Esmeralda from 1, Odius from 2, Dylan from 4, Rusher from 5, Ginny from 7, Charity from 8, and Corry from 9. Back in the Capitol, bets were being made like crazy as to who of the octet would emerge victorious.
Days 3 thru 5 passed deathless. After seeing the power and might of the career pack, Ginny had second thoughts about going in for the kill on them. This entire three day-long period passed in complete peace, with no interaction between the eight tributes whatsoever.
Then, finally, on Day 6, the gamemakers decided to throw a wrench into the works and twist things up a little. They unleased a horde of powerful muttations into the arena. The strange creatures looked like a cross between a hound, a fox, and a demon. They were large, about the size of an adult human. They had hunched backs and long arms, tipped with six inch-long ivory claws. They stood on two legs and had skeletal structures similar to that of a dog. Their skin was covered with tough iron scales, lava red and glowing in the light of the sun overhead. And, their mouths opened to reveal strong fangs almost a foot long.
The gamemakers unleashed them into the arena, sending them to pick off Charity, the weakest tribute in the arena. The mutts chased Charity all around the arena, and she dropped everything she was carrying in favor of running faster. She had no way to kill the creatures; all she could do was run and run and run. Her muscles burned like fire and every ounce of her willpower begged her to take a break. But she couldn't. She screamed from the pain as she raced away from the foul creatures for almost five hours. Finally, she had to stop to rest. She stopped for less than one second. But, even in that tiny window of time, the mutts caught up to her. The creatures pounced upon Charity, mauling apart her body and subjugating her flesh, sucking out her blood and throwing her aside like an empty juice box. The gamemakers recalled the mutts. They were content, at least for now.
Charity Gruber, District 8 Female: 8th, Lava Hound Muttations, Day 6
Day 7 passed, deathless. However, on Day 8, Corry was minding his own business when he spotted a glimpse of another tribute about one-hundred yards from where he was. Corry instantly jumped behind the nearest tree, shaking in fear. He knew at once that it must be a career, given how many weapons it was carrying. It was a rather tall tribute. Corry took a short peak around the corner, and saw that It was male. He ran through the list of the male careers in his head, and realized that it must be Dylan, given how closely the tribute resembled him.
Thoughts raced through Corry's head. Did he hide? Did he run? Did he go in for the kill? Eventually, he decided to go in for the kill. After all, there were only seven tributes left and killing would do wonders for his chances of survival. Kill this boy, and his odds of winning would go from fifteen percent to sixteen percent. Not much on paper, but good progress. After the next death, his odds would be twenty percent. Then, twenty-five percent. The opportunity was too sweet to resist. Corry peeked around the corner, wielding the knife he had retrieved from a sponsor a few days prior. In one leap of faith that would either make or break his chances of survival, Corry hurled the knife through the air. At the sound of the blade, Dylan whipped his head around just as the blade entered his chest. It dug its way into his heart, and Dylan tumbled to the ground in death as his eyes glazed back into his head. Corry Abbot had just killed a career.
Dylan Maier, District 4 Male: 7th, Killed by Corry, Day 8
On Day 9, the first and only natural death of the games occurred. At exactly three o'clock in the evening that day, Rusher fell prey from dehydration when his water supply ran out.
Rusher Warwick, District 5 Male: 6th, Dehydration, Day 9
Days 10 and 11 passed without any deaths. Perseus, Esmeralda, and Odius were beginning to grow impatient with the fact that their efforts at ratting out the final few tributes had been fruitless.
Then came the moment that everyone knew would happen. It had been like a ticking time bomb for a few days, and that time bomb had finally reached zero.
The gamemakers released the Lava Hound muttations into the arena once more, this time sending them after the fractured career pack. They made one kill, one of the muttations pinning Esmeralda against the wall of the cornucopia and then pouncing upon her. The other two fled to the distant corners of the arena.
Esmeralda Smedley, District 1 Female: 5th, Lava Hound Muttations, Day 12
On Day 13, the careers suffered their next loss. While prowling through his assigned portion of the arena, Perseus walked right under the tree that Ginny was hiding in. Ginny leapt out of the tree, planting her axe into Perseus' head and causing his head to be split in half. After his cannon faded away fully, Ginny pillaged the career of a packet of dried fruit and an entire backpack filled with weapons.
Perseus Ramsey, District 1 Male: 4th, Killed by Ginny, Day 13
Only three tributes remained in the arena: Odius from 2, Ginny from 7, and Corry from 9. The gamemakers concluded that it was time to drive the final three tributes inward for a bloody finale. As such, the gamemakers sent the Lava Hound muttations loose into the arena, instructing them to chase after the tributes and force them inwards towards the cornucopia. The gamemakers sent one mutt after Odius, one after Ginny, and one after Corry. The three screamed as they raced away from the mutts, bounding through the arena and barreling towards the cornucopia. All three tributes made it atop the cornucopia unscathed, surrounded on all sides by the muttations with a powerful thirst for their blood.
Odius held the sledgehammer that he had carried with him everywhere since Day 1. Ginny wielded her axe, ready to strike, and Corry held his knife. As such, the final fight of the nineteenth Hunger Games began.
It was a competition between Odius' strength, Ginny's cleverness, and Corry's speed. Odius lunged at Corry, but he quickly darted out of the way and tried to run around Odius in an attempt to stab him in the back with his knife. Odius ran around Corry, and then Corry ran around Odius, and then the pattern repeated for a bit. In all of this, it was easy for Ginny to lift her axe above her head and bring it down upon Corry, the serrated edge of the axe planting itself into his back and cutting into many of his essential organs. Corry let out a scream, cut short when he waved back and forth for a bit before falling to the metal floor with a thump. The number of tributes had been reduced to two.
Corry Abbot, District 9 Male: 3rd, Killed by Ginny, Day 13
The final battle of the nineteenth Hunger Games was between Odius Ruttler of District 2 and Ginny Guillen of District 7. They were two of the most beloved tributes that year. Odius was one of the finest products of District 2's Combat Academy, and his age as well as his strength and confidence made him a great contender for the victor's crown. Ginny had worked in the lumber industry all of her life, and was the child of a lumberjack mother and a wealthy merchant father. She was the true underdog. The Capitol was torn between the two, and only time would tell (and very little time, at that) who would walk home victorious.
A long and brutal fight then began, and the clanging and banging of metal against metal had long filled the air when Odius had forced Ginny into the perfect position. At that moment, two things happened at the very same time. Odius hurled his sledgehammer through the air at the exact same moment that Ginny tossed her throwing axe towards Odius. Odius' sledgehammer smacked into Ginny's skull and knocked her unconscious immediately, and at that very same moment Ginny's axe sank into Odius' waist. The two tributes slumped like stones, their bodies smacking against the ground as they both fell unconscious instantaneously. The hovercraft appeared, ready to summon their team of medics the instant one of the tributes died. The two lay there for almost half of an hour, slowly dying from the grievous wounds they had given each other. At first it seemed like a close call. However, in the end, Odius' wound was nothing compared to that of Ginny. The District 7 girl slowly closed her eyes as her cannon boomed through the arena, closely followed by a symphony of trumpets to congratulate their newest victor.
Ginny Guillen, District 7 Female: 2nd, Killed by Odius, Day 13
"Odius Ruttler of District 2, you are the victor of the nineteenth Hunger Games!" Lorenzo proclaimed as a team of highly trained medics poured out of the hovercraft to put him back together.
Odius Ruttler, District 2 Male: Victor of the Nineteenth Hunger Games, Day 13
AFTERMATH
The nation had a mostly positive outlook towards Odius, and many were happy to see another confident career victor to tack on to the end of their beloved lineup. Odius was worshipped by his home district before settling into the Victor's Village.
Odius' victory tour was fairly average. Nothing of note happened, except for his stop in District 7 in which he received the cold shoulder for most of his stay.
He settled into the Victor's Village of District 2, the sixth victor to do so.
Odius would live to the age of eighty-nine, dying from respiratory failure in the living room of his Victor's Village home around the time of the ninety-first annual Hunger Games. In his lifetime, he would have two marriages. He would have three children with his first wife, and one child with his second wife. Despite the failure of his first marriage, he would remain married to his second spouse until his death a great many years later.
NEWS
Odius moves into the Victor's Village of District 6, the sixth victor to do so.
Blaze Skalnik marries his first and only spouse, a woman named Alexya Quinn.
LIST OF VICTORS
1HG: Cordin Frey (#1, District 3)
2HG: Sapphire Waber (#1, District 1)
3HG: Molly Toliday (#1, District 4)
4HG: Amelia Spangler (#1, District 2)
5HG: Misty Sablone (#1, District 12)
6HG: Olivia Seager (#2, District 2)
7HG: Flux Stafford (#2, District 3)
8HG: Brandi Coyne (#2, District 1)
9HG: Isaac Crandall (#1, District 5)
10HG: Velvet Farrow (#3, District 1)
11HG: Mags Flanagan (#2, District 4)
12HG: Slate Ogston (#3, District 2)
13HG: Woof Dozier (#1, District 8)
14HG: Blaze Skalnik (#4, District 2)
15HG: Dina Wilmarth (#2, District 5)
16HG: Beatrice Toland (#1, District 6)
17HG: Amelia Bankston (#5, District 2)
18HG: Markus Gardd (#2, District 6)
19HG: Odius Ruttler (#6, District 2)
