Lucas Li

Lucas Li is a District 6 tribute in the 98th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Sapphire Tears: The 98th Hunger Games. His spoiler-free description, as featured on this wiki, is as follows:
Note that the rest of this page will contain spoilers.
===Pre-Games===
In Training, Lucas is known as one of the weaker tributes. He initially clings to his District partner, Dina Phillips, who initially acts as an older sister to him.
Midway through Training, Lucas is approached by Violet Chappelle, who asks him to join her alliance along with Declan Davidson and Evelyn Tan. It is later revealed that Violet approached Lucas because she viewed him as a weak and blindly loyal person who she could use to protect herself in the Arena. Dina attempts to guilt Lucas into refusing the offer, but he gives in and joins the alliance, knowing that aligning with Violet is his best chance to survive in the Games.
Lucas's training score is a four, placing him on the lower end of the tributes in terms of survival ability.
===The Games===
====The Bloodbath====
Lucas keeps to himself in the Bloodbath, gathering supplies for his alliance. At the end of the Bloodbath, he sees Evelyn and Twila Pollard fight over a backpack, resulting in Twila's death. Evelyn begs Lucas to keep the details of the event from Declan, giving Lucas the power of blackmail over her.
After the Bloodbath, Evelyn and Lucas realize that Violet killed Safira Holland and had entered a barbarbic trance-like state, scaring Declan deeply. Declan and Evelyn express their concerns about staying with Violet, but Lucas overhears and interrupts, telling them to be grateful for Violet, as she is their best chance of surviving in the Arena. This sets the tone of his alliance, with Lucas being the most loyal to Violet, although she tends to prefer Evelyn over him regardless.
====In The Arena====
After the Bloodbath, Violet enters a depression, expressing that she regretted killing Eliza Pattison in the Bloodbath. Violet's childhood trauma surrounding her brother's death resurfaces, and she says that she doesn't want to kill anymore. However, Evelyn begins to rile Violet up, using paranoia against her and telling her that the other tributes would band together and kill her if she didn't kill them first. Lucas joins in, attempting to convince Violet to kill the other tributes so he wouldn't have to.
Violet spots a fire in the distance and agrees that the group should go kill the girl; however, she backs out at the last minute after finding Karla Hayes at the fire. Lucas attempts to use blackmail to force Evelyn to kill the girl, but Evelyn turns this back on him, lying to Declan and turning the group against Lucas. Violet forces Lucas to kill Karla, aiming his arrow before he releases it.
Lucas begins to crumble mentally after being forced to kill Karla, especially because his social standing in the group had fallen because of Evelyn. Evelyn begins to use manipulative fear tactics to get into Lucas' head, and she regains her status as Violet's second-in-command in the group.
On Day 5 of the Games, Violet expresses interest in reconnecting with Verity MacIntyre, a plan secretly laid out in Training. Declan and Lucas hesitate at the idea, as it is a dangerous one, but Evelyn uses paranoia to convince Violet to go through with the plan. After using a signal to call Verity to their camp, the group plans to attack the opposing alliance, consisting of Ansel Voltaire, Ashlyn Ramsey, and Eddie James, and steal the sapphire bracelet from their camp.
When the group arrives at the opposing camp, things quickly go awry. Unbeknownst to the group, Wyatt Aldridge had joined the opposing alliance, something Verity failed to mention, and Ashlyn Ramsey refused to give up the sapphire bracelet. As his allies began to fight the other alliance, Lucas attempted to steal the bracelet from Ashlyn. Ashlyn finally gave in, but she makes Lucas promise to stand up to Violet, telling him that they will all die if someone doesn't stop her, and he's the only person who can do it.
The attack is a disaster for Lucas' alliance; Declan is killed in the fight, and Evelyn is badly injured. When wolf muttations attack the Arena, Lucas finally gets his revenge on Evelyn as he flees with Violet, leaving Evelyn to be eaten alive.
After the deaths of his two allies, Lucas finally realizes that Violet has no intention of protecting him; in fact, she is only using him as a shield to last longer. That night, he finally takes the opportunity to steal the sapphire bracelet and flee with it, stripping Violet of the power she wanted most.
After stealing the sapphire bracelet, Lucas went on the run for several days. A volcano in the Arena erupted, with ash filling the sky; Lucas was only kept alive by the gifts of food provided by the sapphire bracelet.
====The Feast====
After days of starving in the freezing Arena, the tributes were finally offered food at the Feast. Lucas took this opportunity and was one of the first tributes to arrive. He arrives at the same time as Ansel Voltaire and Wyatt Aldridge, who are immediately suspicious of him and believe him to be working for Violet. Lucas shows the boys the sapphire bracelet and explains his betrayal, and they decide to trust him.
Distracted by the food, Lucas fails to see Violet approaching the table. She throws a knife at his head, nearly killing him; he only survives because of Wyatt, who pushes him to the ground at the last moment. Violet is tackled from behind by Vinny Fuentes, and the three boys take the opportunity to escape. However, Lucas is distracted by the events behind him, stopping to watch as Vinny stabs Violet in the shoulder. Easton Rodgers arrived, pushing Vinny off of Violet and engaging in his own fight with Vinny, allowing Violet to escape with only a shoulder wound.
====Post-Feast====
Violet spots Lucas watching her, and quickly persues him in a chase. Lucas is faster than his attacker, but the Gamemakers use tree roots to purposefully trip him, and she catches up. Violet puts her knife to Lucas' throat. Knowing that his life is over, Lucas rambles to Violet, telling her that she doesn't want to kill him, she only wants the power he stole from her. In one last act of defiance, Lucas takes the sapphire bracelet and throws it into the river behind him.
For a moment, it seems that Violet has changed her mind, taking in Lucas' rant. However, her hatred for Lucas takes over, and she is unable to hold back from slitting his throat. Lucas ultimately places 8th out of the 24 tributes, making it much farther than anticipated.
===Post-Death===
Lucas' words prior to his death have a profound effect on Violet Chappelle, leading her to regret the way she treated her allies and led them to their deaths. Lucas is not mourned by the other tributes, as none of them had a notable connection with him.
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