Bellanova Catalan

**Bellanova Catalan** is a female citizen of District 6. She is a Victor, as she won the 63rd Hunger Games. She was also reaped as a tribute in the 75th Hunger Games representing District 6. Her District partner is Dacre Emery.

## Personality

*Hypocrite.* That’s one of the words that Bellanova gets called the most. Adaptable, is the other. Either way, it does remain true that Bellanova is a chameleon with her character. She knows just how to fit in anywhere and has such a high intellect and quick learning process that she knows just what to say to whom, and how. Originally, this ability of hers showed through when her parents, both business people that ran a luxury vehicle company in District 1, decided to move to District 6 to expand their empire and Bellanova had to learn how to make friends again. However, she made the most of it during her first Games, and since then it has become a defense mechanism for her, never being able to stop pretending in front of others.

This has led to her having several identity crises, as she often has a hard time knowing what she really is like. What remains true and she’s always known is that she’s smart, charismatic, and, while she doesn’t actively seek being in the spotlight, she definitely enjoys herself when she’s in it. A great storyteller, Bellanova always finds a way to weasel out of problems or other situations, and she’s always one to bring out the best excuses for her failures. Furthermore, she is a confirmed mythomaniac, and while she avoids trying to lie, she does twist true facts and suspicions to her benefit.

## Fears

* **Being Caught**: Though rarely ever someone finds out about her fake and manipulative ways to fit in, she’s always actively afraid of being caught and its consequences, but at least this only makes her more careful and aware of what she says.
* **Heights**: Definitely an irrational fear, yet one she hasn’t been able to overcome, is her fear of heights, which usually translates into vertigo whenever she faces it.

* **Believing Herself**: She’s genuinely scared that from being so convincing about whatever it is that she says, she’s eventually going to end up distorting her reality to what she says.

## Strengths

* **Manipulation**: Due to her way with words, it’s fairly easy for her to get people wrapped around her finger.
* **Adaptation**: Whatever situation or circumstances she’s in, Bellanova always learns quickly and adapts to them.
* **High Intellect**: She’s very smart and is practically a sponge, taking every piece of important information from others in and studying them to find their flaws and how to take advantage of them or at least get them to like her.

## Weaknesses

* **Mythomaniac**: This is one of her greatest weaknesses as she has a habit of exaggerating or twisting things with ease, and many find this annoying.
* **Suspicious**: Despite her being a master at what she does, eventually some incongruities might slip into her stories and words, and some people could find her suspicious.
* **True Friends**: Due to not being aware of her true personality, she finds it really difficult to connect with others on a really deep level and make true friends.

## 63rd Games

### Before the Games

She was born in District 1 to two business people that ran a luxury vehicle company but decided to move to District 6 to expand their empire when she was 13. This made her discover how to adapt quickly and tell people what they wanted to hear until she quickly rose the social ladder to the top. Her parents didn’t really pay attention to her, and given that she had no siblings, she craved for the attention and love from others. Unfortunately, she was reaped for the 63rd Hunger Games, when she was 15.

### The Games

She made sure to try and be liked by everyone, which didn’t work for some, but for the most part was a success. So much that she managed to get invited to join the Careers, a thing which caused a lot of discontent by some, given that she was a District 6 tribute. However, given her partial training in the Career Academy before she moved to District 6, she showed to be highly competent in her fighting skills.

Once in the Games, along with the other six careers, she fought bravely to keep the Cornucopia and even managed to get a kill. By the end of the Bloodbath, 10 tributes had already been killed, and just one of them was a Career, namely the girl from 2. They went to hunt for the other tributes and by the second day they’d garnered three more deaths.

The third day was not as effective, but two other small alliances got into a fight and two deaths came out of that.

The arena was a desert and on the fourth day, the Gamemakers released giant scorpions that attacked different alliances and some loners for entertainment. That day 3 deaths took place. Three days later, there were only 6 tributes remaining and a Feast occurred. The boys from Districts 1 and 4 succumbed there.

That lead the 10th day, in which the three remaining Careers turned on each other. The girls from 1 and 4 were tough, but so was Bellanova. The three fought, but were a dead-even match. Finally, the two joined forces against Bellanova, figuring she was the weakest link. Bellanova fought the two off for nearly 5 minutes, and finally landed a blow. The girl from 1 died almost instantly. The female tribute from District 4 was able to land a sword slash to Bellanova's arm, badly wounding it. Bellanova, using her deceptive skills, called out as if the other tribute, the boy from District 7, was coming. It distracted the other girl just long enough for Bellanova to land a knife in the girl's eye. She stabbed her twice more in the head and once to the neck in a quick melee, killing the girl.

That left two tributes, Bellanova and the boy from 7. That evening, Bellanova received deadly poisons from a sponsor to use with her blade. Also in the parachute was a wrap for her arm, and a healing salve. This helped Bellanova last to the morning, when the finale took place. The Gamemakers used dust storms and high winds to push the two remaining tributes together. The boy was also seemingly badly wounded, but on his leg instead. This gave Bellanova the advantage of speed, and long distance. Knowing she'd have one shot, she poisoned her knife and targeted the boy's chest. She hit her target, and watched the boy wither in pain as the poison surged through his bloodstream, killing him in 21 minutes.

### Aftermath

Heavily traumatized after all those events that unfolded, Bellanova spent the first few months after the Games being oddly quiet and secluded from the rest of society, until she realized that sooner or later she’d have to rebuild her life from scratch. She’d have to fit in the elite of District 6 again. That couldn’t be so hard. And she’d spend the rest of her life in luxuries. Besides, she was definitely thankful for being saved by the Capitol both inside the Games and outside as soon as she was recovered from the arena. It would be hard work. But in the end, who was she, if not someone who led her life by faking it till she made it?

## 75th Games

### Before the Games

Bellanova volunteered for the 75th Hunger Games. The quell "twist" that year required the tributes to be reaped from the existing pool of Victors. The tributes didn't know it at the time, but President Snow rigged the Quell to silence rebellious Victors. Bellanova was not one of these Victors, as she had led a quiet life since her first victory. Bellanova had never cared for the politics, and just wanted to be left alone. Oddly enough, she volunteered for the only other female Victor from District 6, Skylar Paxton. The older lady had mentored Bellanova, and helped her find her new life when she came back from the 63rd Games. Bellanova wasn't even confident in her Victory, and she isn't quite sure why she volunteered.