Helvius Athanasios

Helvius Athanasios is the Head Gamemaker of the 117th Hunger Games in Blood Moon: The 117th Hunger Games. A celebrity in the Capitol, he rose to fame when he became the youngest Head Gamemaker at the age of eighteen. From the 108th Hunger Games to the 117th, Helvius led his team of Gamemakers with an iron fist. His is remembered as one of the most skilled Gamemakers, with his Arena designs becoming particularly famous.
During his reign, Helvius was also known to favor certain tributes. Four of the ten Victors produced under him were Career Tributes (Gaia Randolph, Spencer "Fangs" Blackwell, North Pacheco, and Camilla Russo), and two more were strong enough to be considered "psuedo-Careers" (Oak Hopkins and Erdrick Hansen). This manifested in the Games themselves, as Helvius used subtle Arena tricks to give advantages to his favorites.
In Blood Moon, Luna Brimstone first meets Helvius during her Individual Assessment. Immediately, she realizes that Helvius doesn't like her, presumably because the Career Tributes hate her by association of her brother, Damien Brimstone. Helvius cuts her Assessment short and gives her a low score, awarding high scores to th
e Careers. He favors them even more blatantly during the Games themselves: at the Feast, it is announced that each surviving pair of siblings left in the Arena will gain an extra gift, but only the two pairs of Career tributes are left at that point.
Later in the 117th Hunger Games, Helvius' heavy hand reveals itself once again when a firestorm pushes Luna Brimstone and Russell Thorsby through the Arena. The flames force the pair in one direction, leading them directly towards Career tributes Midas Diamanti, Amanda Russo, and Calista Russo.
Ultimately, Luna is able to outmaneuver Helvius, keeping herself hidden from the Career tributes until they turn on each other. At the end of the Games, Helvius unleashed flesh-eating birds onto the final three tributes, assuming that Amanda Russo would be able to protect herself better than Luna Brimstone or Russell Thorsby. However, his plan unraveled when Luna managed to kill Amanda and become the Victor.
As Luna wasn't Helvius' "planned" Victor, he was furious at her Victory. Unwilling to take responsibility for the disappointing end to the 117th Games, Helvius stepped down as Head Gamemaker in protest. It is unknown what happened to Helvius after this point.
During his time as Head Gamemaker, Helvius oversaw the victories of ten Victors: Gaia Randolph from District 2, Harley McDaniels from District 10, Spencer "Fangs" Blackwell from District 2, North Pacheco from District 1, Oak Hopkins from District 7, Erdrick Hansen from District 7, Hal Chapman from District 5, Wolfgang Robertson from District 11, Camilla Russo from District 2, and Luna Brimstone from District 5.
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