Eleanor Cotton

Eleanor Cotton was the female District Eight Tribute for the Twenty-Eighth Hunger Games.
== Pre-Games Life ==
Eleanor had a pleasant childhood in District Eight. She was a naturally strong girl with a muscular build and enjoyed the heavy labor of piling bales of cotton onto trucks.
== Games Description ==
Arena: Tropical archipelago
In the Capitol Eleanor met Aimee Anderson of District Six. The two girls bonded immediately, becoming fast friends by the time the Games began. On the night before the Games Eleanor and Aimee decided that Eleanor would run into the Bloodbath for supplies because she was faster.
Eleanor successfully harvested two backpacks full of supplies during the Bloodbath. Pray Jager of District Two advanced on her to attack but Eleanor hit her a lucky blow with a canteen and Pray chose another target, though she vengefully threw a throwing knife that lodged in one of Eleanor's backpacks. Eleanor swam to the nearest island and waited for Aimee to turn up. When she saw Aimee's face in the sky that night she was devastated to the point of screaming. The next day she drank a toast to Aimee with a sponsored bottle of milk.
The next incident in Eleanor's Games came when she was attacked by an anaconda mutt. It followed her when she attempted to escape up a tree and took its leg into her mouth to swallow her whole. Eleanor took out a knife and stabbed it repeatedly in the head. She then shoved a branch down its throat and used the leverage to free her leg. She resumed stabbing the anaconda behind its head and when she had a deep enough furrow she grabbed the snake's head and leaned back, snapping the snake's neck and killing it. The next day she was sponsored food and a mace.
Eleanor wasn't as lucky in her next fight. She again crossed paths with Pray, who heard her supplies rustling. When Eleanor saw she was too close to run she attacked Pray in self-defense. She used her superior strength and size to pin Pray underneath her and smashed her rib with her mace. Pray hooked her fingers into Eleanor's eyes and used the moment of pain to stab her fatally in the throat.
== Placing ==
6th
== Personality ==
Not even the Games could dull Eleanor's spirit. She was optimistic and goodhearted until the end. Before the Games she had been a friendly and pleasant girl who had many friends and enjoyed her life.
== Relationships ==
==== Aimee Anderson ====
Eleanor was very close to her ally and considered her a true friend. They were inseparable in the Capitol, spending their non-training time enjoying the luxuries of the Games Building.
== Trivia ==
* Eleanor was courted by the Careers for her strength but declined to join.
Category:District 8 Tributes