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Wiress Duncan

Age: 39

District: 3

First Hunger Games: 53rd, aged 17

Mentored By: Brian T. 'Beetee' Matthews (53rd Games), Alva Baird (75th Games)

Kills in the Arena: 1

Mentoring Record: 21 Games/0 Victors

Training Score: 4

Preferred Weapons: Knife

Stylist: Leon Beckett

As I'm sure you all know, not every Hunger Games is won in the same way. That's one of the most exciting parts of the Games, wondering what strategy will be used to conquer whatever the Gamemakers and the other tributes can throw in front of them. Some win through brute force. Some win through through stealth. Some win throw cunning. Some win by backstabbing their allies.

But some are quite simply survivalists, and such is the case with Wiress. She was never the strongest, the fastest, the fittest. And so she lay low in her Games, keeping herself alive when the real contenders for the Games spent their energy on each other. Wiress won by fighting a war of attrition. It's a rare feat to do so, and Wiress did have to show her darker side during the Games, but for the most part she stayed in the dark, waiting for her chance to strike.

Since the Games, Wiress has continued to keep a low profile, despite returning to the Capitol every year to mentor District 3's female tributes in the Hunger Games. In over two decades, Wiress has never mentored a victor, although she has come close on several occasions. Maybe some of this is down to her unwillingness to spend time with the media, but poor luck has played as much of a part as anything.

Outside of the Games, Wiress' talent is for inventing, as she seems to have inherited District 3's technophile gene along with fellow victor Beetee. There are many things that we've learned to take for granted here in the Capitol that have come about as a result of Wiress' inventive mind, although many argue that she still lives in the shadow of her former mentor, Beetee.

Maybe in this year's Hunger Games she can break free of Beetee's shadow and prove to the world that she is District 3's finest, after all.

A/N: If you enjoyed this chapter, please review! Constructive criticism is welcomed :)

As you may expect, some of Wiress' character has been glossed over by the Capitol, as well as trying to portray Beetee and Wiress as rivals. It's just there to add to the drama of the event.

P.S. I think I might have invented the word 'technophile' during this chapter... I know it'd be the opposite of 'technophobe', but I've never heard it used before.