Luna Brimstone

Luna Brimstone is the narrator and protagonist of Blood Moon: The 117th Hunger Games, the fifth installment in the Bleeding Hearts series. She is one of the most important characters in the series, and is featured in multiple stories.
Luna first made an unnamed cameo in the first edition of Bleeding Hearts as a friend of Cressa Vernetti; however, this cameo was removed in the final published version. In Ultimate Crown, she returned in a much larger capacity as she is Reaped into the 150th Hunger Games. In Blood Moon, Luna is featured as the narrator, and the story tells her journey to victory in the 117th Hunger Games.
==Blood Moon==
Chronologically, Luna's first appearance is in Blood Moon: The 117th Hunger Games, when she is only sixteen years old.
===Pre-Games===
Prior to the Games, Luna explains her unique family situation. After the death of her mother, her father broke down and refused to work, forcing her brother, Damien Brimstone, to take tesserae, and forcing Luna to drop out of school to work. At the start of the story, Luna works with her best friend Ciara Poverly as janitors in a power plant in District 5.
Soon after the start of the story, Luna learns that her brother, who had left her family and gone no-contact, had become a father. Due to a twist in the Games, it is revealed that tributes Reaped into the 117th Hunger Games would be pairs of siblings. In the Reaping, Damien's girlfriend, Christina Atkins, is Reaped along with her sister Sloane. Damien volunteers, bringing Luna into the Arena with him.
Luna and Damien's relationship is rocky, but they eventually agree to work together in the Arena. Damien quickly becomes friends with District 7 tribute Clay Manilowe, and he forces Luna to join his alliance, along with Clay's sister Sienna. The two girls grow close, with Luna developing romantic feelings for the other girl.
Damien's hot temper gets Luna in trouble several times. First, he starts an argument with Career tribute Midas Diamanti in Training; he continues this feud by making jabs at Midas in his interview. Additionally, Damien wasted the Gamemakers' time in his Individual Assessments, making an enemy out of Head Gamemaker Helvius Athanasios. Helvius takes this out on Luna, humiliating her in her assessment.
Luna's alliance begins to crumble as Sienna begins to rebel, attempting to form a secret alliance with District 9 tribute Colby Radborn and his brother Casper. Luna attempts to separate the two, but Casper reveals this to the pair, making Sienna distrust Luna. However, Sienna still maintains appearances, staying with her brother and Luna in an official alliance.
===The Bloodbath===
In the Bloodbath, Luna and Sienna plan to meet Clay and Damien outside of the Bloodbath after the boys collect supplies for them. However, when Damien is nearly killed by Midas, Luna runs into the fray to help him despite having no weapons. Damien is able to escape, dragging Luna away, and he berates her for putting her life in danger when she didn't need to.
===In the Arena===
After the Bloodbath, Luna's alliance continues to deteriorate. Damien regrets having Luna in his alliance, believing her to be useless, and Sienna continues her attempts to abandon the group. 
On the third day of the Games, the group comes across one of the District 12 Male tributes. Damien and Clay kill the boy, but the event sends Clay into a tailspin, blaming Damien for forcing him to kill. Damien doubles down that killing the boy was the best strategic move.
Clay and Damien begin to fight loudly, and the group narrowly avoids being overheard by the Career pack. After seeing the Careers, Clay finally decides to get revenge. On the fifth day of the Games, Clay lets Luna and Damien sleep first, taking Sienna with him and finding the Careers in the dark forest. Clay alerts the Careers to Damien's location, and Midas is finally able to get his revenge by killing him. Luna opens her eyes and is able to see the boys arrive, but the silent nature of the Arena makes her unable to warn her brother, and she watches him die. Luna narrowly avoids being killed by Trent by diving into a nearby river and swimming away.
After her brother's death, Luna enters a depression and nearly starves to death. Believing that Sienna is still on her side, she decides to look for her, but with no luck.
===The Feast===
Luna attends the Feast, hoping to find Sienna. When she does, she quickly realizes that Sienna is no longer on her side. It is revealed that she was secretly aligned with Colby Radborn the whole time; the other boy arrives and puts a knife to Luna's neck. However, before Colby is able to kill Luna, the tributes are ambushed by Midas and Trent. Sienna is hit by an arrow and killed, and Colby escapes. Luna is struck by an arrow and is left for dead.
===Post-Feast===
Soon after the Feast, Luna is discovered by Russell Thorsby, who drags her from the Feast and uses his medicinal knowledge to heal her. Luna is devastated, as she hoped to die after Sienna's betrayal, feeling she had nothing left to live for. Russell gives Luna a pep-talk, telling her she's his only chance of surviving the Arena. Luna decides to try her best in the Games for Russell's sake, as he has no other person to rely on other than her.
Luna and Russell eventually grow close as they share stories of home, and Luna realizes that her allies never cared about her. Russell is the only person in the Games who treats her like she matters. This realization makes her even more firm in her position to protect Russell.
At the end of the Games, Luna and Russell are nearly trapped in a fire set by the Gamemakers in an attempt to lead them to the Careers. However, the Careers are unable to spot the pair. Luna devises a strategy to outsmart Helvius Athanasios, who clearly wants her dead. She decides to follow closely behind the Careers with Russell, making them unable to find her. As she does this, she heals Russell's leg from a burn wound acquired in the fire. Eventually, the Career tributes turn on one another, resulting in the deaths of Calista Russo and Midas Diamanti. Amanda Russo, the only Career tribute left, flees, leaving Luna and Russell in the final three tributes.
===End of the Games===
At the end of the Games, the Gamemakers release killer birds into the Arena with razor-sharp beaks. This is an attempt to weaken Russell and Luna, who are less equipped to protect themselves. However, Luna thwarts this plan by attempting to shield Russell with her body, allowing him to make it to the end uninjured. This plan fails with Russell trips on a tree root, ripping his burn wound back open and making him unable to walk. In a split-second decision, Russell removes his shirt, exposing his skin to distract the birds, and urges Luna to escape.
Luna escapes as Russell is killed; because of his sacrifice, the killer birds leave her to run, while they attack Amanda Russo. By the time the girls arrive at the center of the Arena, Amanda is barely able to move from her injuries and cannot string an arrow into her bow. Luna slits her throat and becomes the victor of the Games.
===Post-Games===
After the conclusion of the 117th Hunger Games, Luna is not paid much attention, as she was remembered for crying most of the Games and for making a fool out of herself because of her feelings for Sienna. Luna experiences survivor's guilt, especially because of Russell's death, and this leads to substance abuse after she is given drugs by District 9 Victor Rye Albertson.
The epilogue of Blood Moon takes place during the events of Ultimate Crown. In the chapter, Luna meets with her niece, Amala, and tells her that she plans to volunteer herself into the 150th Hunger Games to save Penny Wilcox from the Games.
==Ultimate Crown==
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