Salton

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**SALTON**

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* Serrated sword
* Sickle (x2)
 Fate

General Knowledge regarding Salton

> "The boy from District 4 is large and formidable. Killing him will be no easy task."
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> - Kyberia on Salton

**Salton** is a minor antagonist and one of the 3 narrators in *The 70th Hunger Games.* He was the male tribute from District 4 and a member of the Career pack.

## Biography

### Early life

Salton was born in District 4 and trained most of his life for the Hunger Games. Because of his District's industry (fishing), he was extremely proficient in underwater combat and pole-arms (spears, javelins) since they are similar to the District's native weapon (trident). During the 70th Hunger Games, he was the only tribute from District 4 in the Career Pack, as Lola, the female from District 4, died surprisingly early in the Games. His odds of winning were 6-1, behind Nero and Venus (5-1) and Flourish (3-1).

### Interview

Not much is known in regards to Salton's interview. Because of his competitive nature, it can be assumed he won crowds over by being determined and possibly vicious in his means of speech.

### Cornucopia bloodbath

> "I can smell blood and taste gore and I know the Careers have begun their yearly affair."
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> - Imogen's thoughts during the bloodbath, Part One: The Arena. Chapter 1. Pg 1

Salton earned the first kill in the Games during the bloodbath when he slammed the boy from District 12 into the crater wall, breaking his neck in the process. Next, Salton retrieved a gladius from the outskirts of the Cornucopia mouth and used it to impale the girl from District 7. Based on his conversation with Venus later on, it appears he wanted to kill Imogen during the bloodbath, but for whatever reason, he didn't. This failure to kill Imogen seems to really bother Salton, but he pushes past it to retrieve the bountiful supplies from the Cornucopia.

#### Alliance

> "I fight the bile rising in my throat as the Careers materialize from the trees, expressions ranging from indifference to perverse amusement."
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> - Kyberia witnessing the Careers' attack

Within the Career alliance (6 tributes, save for Lola), Salton is among the physically strongest tributes. Despite his skill and raw physical power, he's seen being very diplomatic, settling disputes between his allies time and time again. Because of this, he remains neutral within the alliance, not loved but not barely tolerated either. Tourmaline appears most receptive to his thoughtfulness, as they're seen talking with one another during many points in the Games.

#### Lola's Death

> "Lola was many things. Rival. Classmate. Fishing partner. But friend? I don't know why i'm so torn over her death."
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> - Salton's inner thoughts

During the aftermath of the bloodbath, it is discovered that Lola, the female from District 4, is dead. Nero reveals that Agatha, the female from District 10, killed her early on in the bloodbath (presumably out of self defense). Though he doesn't outwardly show it, Salton is very troubled due to Lola dying. He believes it is because of someone so powerful dying so early questions how long the others (the remaining Careers) will live. Because of this sentiment, we can assume Lola wasn't weak by any means, and that her death just reinforced why the Careers should be weary of Agatha.

#### The Forest Trap

*"Don't bother, Venus. Let her leak."*

*- **Salton** on **Imogen.***

Two days into the Games, after first killing the District Six boy in the early hours of the morning, the Careers decide to split up. **Salton**, Venus, and Tourmaline construct a trap which eventually seizes Imogen. She manages to cut herself free. After a short chase, Salton cuts Imogen across the arm, which sees her losing a lot of blood very fast. Salton displays arrogance by allowing her to crawl away as he walked behind her. Salton and Imogen both pick up on the rush of a rearby river. It's at this point that Salton figures out Imogen's plan and yells at Venus to kill her. Startled, Venus fails to kill Imogen and the 3 Careers watch her fall into the river. Dispite his strength underwater, Salton convinces Venus and Tourmaline that the river's fast current will kill Imogen, as someone with her injuries would be too weak to battle the waters. To the 3's surprise, Imogen is not seen on that night's death toll, and they promise to never bring it up around Nero and Flourish, fearing death for their failure. When questioned about the blood on the leaves the next day (by Nero), Salton is visibly nervous until Venus cuts in and shuts down the conversation.

#### The Feast

> "At this point in time, I believe-- no, really believe-- that I'm dying."
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> - Salton's thoughts during the feast

During the feast, the Careers return to the Cornucopia to retrieve the feast's gifts. Unbeknownst to them, Kyberia and Faraday, the tributes from District 3, have booby trapped the entrance of the Cornucopia. As they predict, the Careers walk right into the trap and are all blown back with various states of bodily harm. The sparks from the blast ignite dead grass and turn the Cornucopia crater into a fire-pit. Salton's jacket is on fire and he removes it and beats it until the fire dies. He then tries to revive Venus, who had passed out with a large gash on her head. During his attempts to help Venus, he watches Tourmaline kill the tributes from District 3, though he isn't sure if the fire's heat caused him to imagine it. Once Venus is awoken (by this time, Agatha has been killed), She and Salton retrieve their feast bags, which were revealed to be medicine for Venus's wounds (she and the Careers had fought Agatha days before but Agatha escaped), a pair of heavy-duty gloves that could punch through tree bark for Salton.

#### After the Alliance

> "Maybe I would've been better off with Lola. Dead at the bloodbath and forgotten about."
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> - Salton's thoughts while touring the arena.

After being let go by Tourmaline, Salton wanders the arena for a few nights before the eventual finale. He spends a great deal of time reflecting on his time with his allies as well as life back at home. Little more is done by him throughout this time period.

#### Death

*"Several demons surround me. They arrived with the rising sun, and something tells me I'll be dead by nightfall."*
*- Salton's thoughts upon first seeing the muttations*
During the last afternoon of the Games, ram-like muttations appear and attack all the remaining tributes. At first, Salton manages to kill many ram-mutts with his sickles, as he notices his weapons dulling from repetitively hitting and breaking bones. He does this over the course of several hours, retreating as he attacks to get into an area the mutts cannot reach him. Unfortunately, because of the long and unrelenting fight, the mutts eventually disable him and he's too exhausted to defend himself. The muttations brutally maul him while dragging him through the arena, almost as a diabolical replica of his battle-strategy when killiing them. after some time, a large mutt grabs Salton's head in its jaw and bites down until he dies.

Salton placed Fourth out of 24 tributes.

## Physical appearance

> "The large boy from 4 prods the tip of his sword with his finger."
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> - Kyberia observing Salton

Salton, like most Career boys, is muscular and fit. While not as enormous as Nero, Salton still displays a firm chest and powerful, visibly well defined arms. He has medium-length light brown hair and dark brown eyes. He is the third tallest Career tribute (6'1"), after Nero (6'2") and Flourish (6'3")

## Personality and traits

Salton is sadistic, bloodthirsty, and callous when faced with adversaries. This is most notable in his encounter with Imogen, when Salton allows her to bleed out or "leak" rather than kill her immediately. However, Salton is also arrogant and overconfident in his skills, as he fails to finish a kill various times throughout the novel due to believing his enemies are dead.

Despite this, Salton is still a caring and rather empathic individual when he's friends with a person. This is noted with his relationships with both Venus and Tourmaline (platonic and romantic respectively). He's violent, but also diplomatic and able to see the bigger picture (This is noted when he breaks up the argument between Tourmaline and Venus as well as when he interrogates the District Eight female in regards to Agatha's whereabouts).

## Possessions

> "He's a well-stocked, well-oiled machine made for murder."
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> - Imogen on Salton

During the Games, Salton (being a Career tribute) had access to all the supplies in the Cornucopia, even if this was only weapons and water. When "hunting" with the Careers, he carried his serrated sword, two sickles, and a few knives on his body, as well as a flashlight (sponsored), first aid kid (sponsored) and many bottles of water in his backpack. However, like the other Careers, his only food came from the arena and sponsor items.

## Victims

"*This time, I tell myself, I'll be sure to finish the job."*
- Salton's thoughts when chasing the tributes from Eight
#### Tributes

Salton makes 2 confirmed kills. The boy from Twelve (Bloodbath) and the girl from Seven (Bloodbath).

#### Methods

Salton, while experienced in swordsmanship and knife-fighting, kills both his victims by way of brute force. He kills the boy from District 12 by breaking his neck, and kills the other (The girl from District 7) by briefly battling her and then impaling her with his sword.

Salton uses his sword throughout most of the Games, but uses his sickles during the feast as well as during the finale against the ram mutts.

## Trivia

* Salton survived 20 days in the arena.
* Salton's full name is Salton Lukanda.
* Salton weights 175lbs and is the third strongest tribute in the arena, behind Agatha and Nero respectively.
* In the Tribute Guide, it is revealed that Salton is a volunteer tribute.
* Being from District 4, Salton probably specialized with longer weapons (spears, lances, javelins, etc). Why he chose to battle with swords and sickles is unknown.
* Salton killed the most ram-mutts of any tribute (14).
* Salton loved his mother and father more than anything in the world.
* Salton didn't nessesarily agree with the Hunger Games, but chose to participate to amass great wealth.
* Salton died 2 days before his birthday.