┆ VICTORIOUS : A CHRONICLE OF HUNGER GAMES VICTORS PAST AND PRESENT
WOOF HARTLY ⫶ Victor of the 19th Hunger Games
Woof originated from Dyehouse Drag, the infamous sector of the textile district where it is said one “dyes to die.” Braving a dangerous industry and a toxic environment for his whole life, he wasn’t planning on passing up the opportunity to escape. Thanks to his upbringing, he was familiar navigating a rusting maze such as the dilapidated former prison selected as the arena for the 19th Games. He won his Games through evading his competitors entirely for the first days until a muttation known as The Warden forced the remaining tributes into a final battle in the yard. Woof managed to successfully come out on top by bludgeoning three tributes with a rusted metal pipe.
By all accounts, he has lived a rather solitary life since the 19th Games, never marrying and socializing little. Being the first and only Victor from his district for 23 years, he was the only mentor for District 8 tributes until the 42nd Games thereafter, and has been known to have a rather gruff personality.
INDIGO SINGER ⫶ Victor of the 42nd Hunger Games
Indigo is most notable for winning his Games with only one hand, having lost his left hand to a factory machine malfunction at age 11. The arena of the 42nd Games consisted of a labyrinth of sewer-like tunnels underneath the ground, and Indigo used this to advantage by constantly staying on the move. After locating the Career pack, he followed behind them at a safe enough distance so that they would never come across him. At night, he would occasionally pick off their supplies to keep himself fed. In one of the final days, when there were as few as three Careers left, he slit their throats as they slept. He survived off of their remaining supplies for two more days until the final two tributes, the pair from Seven, were killed by a pack of rat-like muttations after accidentally wandering into their den.
Indigo cannot be described as a social butterfly, and is known to be rather quiet and withdrawn. As opposed to his predecessor’s isolation thanks to his rough exterior, Indigo has been described as rather introspective. 8 years after he was crowned victor, Indigo married his husband, Archie Taylor, a former loom worker and volunteer medic.
CECELIA DARNING ⫶ Victor of the 61st Hunger Games
Cecelia was born to the foreman of a factory in Luxborough that manufactures lace to pretty delicate garments all over Panem. Relatively speaking, she had a rather comfortable life in District Eight. In the 61st Hunger Games, known as “the Great Canyon”, Cecelia joined forces with the tributes from Districts Nine and Ten in the hopes of helping to protect her young district partner. The group survived by camping in hidden caves along the base of the canyon, venturing out only to hunt or collect water from the ravine river. Most notably, she inadvertently revealed their location to the pair of tributes from Two by leaving a trail of wet footprints after collecting water from the river. She was out of the cave when they arrived, and though she had the opportunity to lead the Careers away from their hiding spot, she chose to escape herself, leading to the slaughter of her comrades. She survived the rest of the games by locating similar caves along the ravine, slowly making her way up the walls of the canyon. On the final day, she and the remaining tributes came face to face with a group of muttations modeled after vultures. They were chased and torn at all the way up to the edge of the ravine and over the treacherous cliffs. Cecelia managed to survive the attack by clinging to a bush at the edge of the canyon.
Despite her reputation earned during her Games for leading to the death of her makeshift “family,” she has since been known as a rather family-oriented woman. She married her husband, Dart Temple, 4 years after the 61st Games, and now has three young children: Claudia, Elmer, and Poplin. She naturally took to the fibre arts in her time between raising her children, particularly the craft of bobbin weaving to create delicate lace just like that produced in her father’s factory.
ALICE BADGLEY ⫶ Victor of the 69th Hunger Games
A victor we have all come to know and love, Alice began with humble beginnings on Weaver’s Way, the sector of Eight dedicated to the creation of textiles. It is said that because of the constant whir and clack of the industrial looms producing such constant noise, hearing loss is a common plight of those who live amongst Weaver’s Way. Alice offered her neighbors a reprieve from such grating noise with the melodies of her sweet voice and the baby grand piano she fondly recalls her father lugging all the way from Luxborough and to their tenement just for her.
She credits the arena of the 69th Games, an abandoned urban wasteland, much resembling parts of her own home, for her success. After the death of her district partner, she most notably teamed up with the male tribute from Four. She gained his trust and loyalty by sweetly singing to the young girl from his district in her final moments after the facade of a building collapsed upon her in an earthquake that shook the arena. The pair made it to the finale together, but when facing a brutal battle with the two remaining Careers he abandoned, he lost his life protecting Alice. In the end, she managed to bludgeon the injured boy from One to death with a brick, a savage moment of victory for the songbird.
After the 69th Games, she was signed to Capitol FM, kickstarting the music career we all know her best for. Her debut album Looking Glass shot her to fame and seated her amongst the favorite Victors of all time. She has not married, however relationship rumors have swirled surrounding her and fellow artists as well as fellow victors. Read more about Alice in Chapter 6, Darlings: Victors Who Have Won Our Hearts.
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