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Tribute Profile
Brian T. 'Beetee' Matthews
Age: 55
District: 3
First Hunger Games: 38th, aged 18
Mentored By: Alva Baird (75th Games)
Kills in the Arena: 2
Mentoring Record: 36 Games/2 Victors - Wiress Duncan (53rd Games), Alva Baird (72nd Games)
Training Score: 6
Preferred Weapons: Technology
Stylist: Maria North
As with his district partner and fellow victor Wiress, Beetee won his Games in a rather unorthodox way, that I have never seen repeated in over seventy enthralling years of competition in the arena. It's a rare thing to see a tribute escape the arena due to anything other than brute force or dumb luck, but somehow Beetee managed, using an electrical trap of his own creation to wipe out the surviving opposition in a water-based arena.
I've heard it argued by many a man that Beetee is the smartest of all the victors. He's certainly considered to be just that, and his time since the arena has done nothing to diminish that viewpoint. Like Wiress, Beetee has turned his hand to inventing, although thankfully he now tinkers with things less dangerous than traps. For example, as you watch the drama of the arena unfold over the next few weeks, you should know that we are all watching the Games due to Beetee's handiwork. He's completely redesigned the Capitol communications network during the last decade, which is just one of numerous things in our life that we can credit one of District 3's finest victors for.
Since winning the Games nearly four decades ago, Beetee has returned to the Capitol every year to mentor the male tributes of District 3, albeit with little success. Maybe we would expect a better record as a mentor from a man of so many mental talents, but maybe whatever cunning strategies he's asked his tributes to follow have either been scuppered by the conditions in the arena, weak tributes or his tributes inablilty to understand his intellect. Quite frankly, many of us struggle, never mind fifteen-year-olds preparing for the Hunger Games. He always seems to speak one step ahead of what the rest of us are capable of understanding.
He's never been one for stunning physical power, but Beetee has something that doesn't leave with age - intelligence. He may be getting on in years, but his brain's as sharp as ever. Anyone can outsmart their opponents, no matter what their age, as long as they have a good plan. It stands to reason that Beetee, a man famed for thinking outside of the box, might be able to think his way out of the arena, too.
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