Hunter Greene

**Hunter Greene** is the deuteragonist in *Catching Fire* and a main character in *A Girl at War* as well as the protagonist of *Greene - A Hunger Games Story*, a book which is only canonical to the films. He was a strong and capable warrior and was the youngest tribute to ever win the Hunger Games, winning at age 15 when he volunteered for his cousin. He was the second victor to emerge from district 12 after Haymitch Abernathy. He was also the Technical Victor of the 75th Hunger Games as his tracker was the only one that remained active when the games finished, therefore, he was announced the victor seconds before the arena was destroyed.

He was later captured by the Capitol but was broken out by District 13, he became a soldier and personal bodyguard to Katniss Everdeen during the second rebellion and even gave his life to save her when President Snow's Son tried to assassinate her.

## Biography

Hunter came from a large family of workers well known throughout District 12 for working their way up from the Seam and into the wealthier section of the District. They were popular for their charitable attitudes and respect for everyone else living in the District. However, Hunter's parents were also known for their paranoid son who would hunt in the woods outside the District, training for many years, ready incase he was picked for the games. Hunter was close with his twin cousins, neither of which would train with him which frustrated him.

### **73rd Hunger Games**

#### **The Reaping**

When the 73rd Hunger Games came around, Hunter was 15 years old and attending the reaping like he did every year. Like always he applied for Tessera which would be donated to the families of those picked for the games, however, to his shock, his cousin; Freya, was reaped for the games which Hunter noted devastated his entire family. Next when the boys were picked, Hunter considered volunteering to protect Freya in the games, but, his other cousin; Sean, was also reaped. Not wanting twin siblings to go in together, and not wanting his aunt to lose two children, Hunter volunteered in Sean's place, becoming District 12's first ever volunteer.

After being reaped, Hunter awaited his family in the Justice Building. His mother, father and siblings first came and wept with him, he promised his mother he'd win for her but inside he knew he wasn't coming home. When they left, his aunt and Sean visited him, she thanked him and told him that she would never be able to repay him for what he had done for her, he told her that in ten weeks time, she would come home from work with her son and daughter there waiting which caused her to break down even more. Sean handed him a locket with their families picture inside it before leaving and thanking him one last time. Hunter did not know that this would be the last time he'd see any of them apart from his mother. After leaving, Hunter was taken to the train by Effie who introduced him to Haymitch, who would serve as both his and Freya's mentor.

On the way to the capitol Haymitch offers no help to either while Hunter explains to Freya he won't let anything happen to her in the arena, and, that she will win. She thanks him but feels upset knowing he'll be giving his life up for her, he tells her it doesn't matter. When arriving in the capitol, Portia and Malik, the stylists for District 12 explain they will be covering them in Coal gowns as opposed to miners which was the usual theme. During the parade the audience seemed interested in the gowns but quickly lost interest.

During training, Hunter really began to shine. He caught the attention of both the tributes and game makers. His skills with a bow and arrow as well as throwing knives and hand to hand combat were previously unseen from District 12. Many tributes began to request him as an ally, even the District 1 tributes. However, he turned them down. The game makers were so impressed that his status was changed to career tribute. During his private training, Haymitch never showed up but during his private game maker session he scored a 12 which resulted in his odds to win being changed from 16-1 to 5-1 before the games began.

#### **Interviews**

During the Interviews, Hunter refused to talk until the end of the interview where he cursed President Snow and the Capitol for their vicious games, he then flips off the crowd and walks away which resulted in him losing a lot of popularity with the public, however, he gained some support as he was seen as the year's bad boy. This also put even more distance between himself and Haymitch, who was angered by the way he was acting.

#### **Into the Arena**

The Morning of the Games, Hunter comforts Freya and reassures her she'll win. He then departs from her for the arena. Portia dresses him for the games and gives him token which is a locket with a picture of his family, however, the Peacekeepers storm in and remove it from him before he enters the Arena. Portia then warns Hunter not to go for the Cornucopia and to find Freya quickly and get away. She recommends he rely on natural resources for food instead of the Cornucopia as it is safer.

#### **Cornucopia Bloodbath**

When Hunter arrives in the arena, via his tube, he takes in the surroundings immediately, noting that it was split into quarters; a scorching hot desert; a deep, green and dark forest; a rocky area which looked like the ruins of a city; and a marshy area covered by rainfall. He then notices that all tributes have been evenly placed in a circle around the Cornucopia, which results in Hunter not being able to see Freya as she is on the other side of the horn. He spots the Bow and Arrows near the horn and decides against obeying Portia's advice, deciding he would be playing till the very end. During the countdown, Hunter noticed that he has been placed in between the District 4 and 2 Male's, two people he had a severe rivalry with during the training. When the countdown ends, Hunter and the District 4 Male leap off their podiums and are far faster than everyone else.

When Hunter realises he may make it to the Cornucopia at the same time as his enemy, he changes direction and kicks the boys knee in, using it as a launchpad to leap further, this gives him the time he needs to grab a knife and turn round to plunge it into the boys chest, securing the first kill of the game. He grabs two backpacks before retrieving the bow and arrows. Using a brief, few seconds, Hunter scopes Freya in the distance, backing away from a District 3 girl, he fires an arrow at the girl while running towards them and it pierces her neck. As he approaches Freya, he notices a small wound on her stomach but assures her that she will be fine, he gives her a backpack before helping her into the trees, however, he hears footsteps approaching and shoves her down into a bush before turning and noticing the District 1 and 2 boys in front of him.

He raises his bow but Mike (District 1) asks Hunter to ally with them which shocks him. Liam (District 2) nods in agreement but does not look shocked when Hunter shakes his head, they quickly begin to fight. Hunter fires an arrow at Liam, who spins, allowing it to miss him and only scrape his arm, Hunter then uses a rock to launch off the ground and smack Liam in the head with his bow, which temporarily disables the boy. Meanwhile, Mike manages to pin Hunter down and almost kills him, but, Hunter grabs a rock and smacks it off of Mike's head which stuns him long enough to allow Hunter to throw a knife into his heart. This scares off Liam which gives Hunter the opportunity to retreat into the trees with Freya.

#### **Losing Freya**

Hunter realises that Freya will need a few days of treatment and rest, so, he decides to find a safe space far enough away from the Cornucopia for her to feel safer in. After establishing a perimeter, he ties her up high on a tree branch before leaving to hunt for food. Several hours pass before Hunter hears Freya scream his name. Upon arriving back at the camp site, Hunter notices the District 7 tributes attacking her by throwing things at her.

After one hard shot knocks Freya down to the ground, the Male attempts to kill her but Hunter leaps onto his back and plunges his knife into his chest before lifting his head and being thrown down by the girl who stomps on his face, this breaks Hunter's nose. He stumbles back which gives the girl enough time to slash Freya, who is attempting to stand her ground to help her cousin, with a knife. The girl prepares to finish Freya off when she turns round to an enraged Hunter, who snaps her neck.

Hunter kneels beside Freya who is struggling, he sits by her side for hours, not wanting to move just incase she slips away while he is gone. He holds her hand and begs her not to go, eventually, a cannon fires and she lets go of his hand. Realising he has failed, Hunter weeps for hours in a nearby bush, watching her body. As he drifts off, he is awoken by the Capitols Anthem booming through the arena, followed by the dead tributes faces in the sky. Hunter counts them up and realises 14 are already dead; 5 of them killed by him. As he drifts off to sleep, he locks eyes with Freya looking down at him from the sky.

For several days, Hunter stalks around the arena, avoiding all tributes. After 4 days of nothing happening, he receives a gift from District 12, a loaf of bread from the Mellark bakery. A note is attached from his aunt who encourages him to win the games so that his mother may come home to her only son in a few weeks time. A tear rolls down Hunter's face before he accepts what he has to do.

#### **A New Mindset**

That night, Hunter enjoys a feast of bread and venison. He falls asleep before being awoken by running and panting, as well as snarls. The boy from District 9 runs past with an axe in hand. He hears a girls scream before seeing Wolves dart after the boy. Hunter stays dead still before he hears the boys scream and a cannon; the wolves leave before Hunter realises, the girl is alive.

Hunter attempts to ignore the girls whimpers and cries, she begins to cry for her mom which pushes Hunter to turn around and take a look at her. He realises that in front of him, is a 12 year old girl who is absolutely mangled by the wolves; Hunter steps down from the treetop and approaches her. She sees him and begs him not to hurt her, he stares at her before telling her he won't. She tells him that she wants her mommy and daddy which jerks on Hunter. He doesn't show emotion as not to scare the girl, Hunter asks the girl what they are like and she begins to talk before crying in pain. Hunter tells the girl to get some sleep so that he can look at her injuries in the morning, she looks scared of him but agrees to before trying to hold his hand, he springs back but ends up sitting down and letting her rest her head on his leg.

As morning rolls in, Hunter looks at her injuries while she sleeps. He sees her leg is infected and that her other wounds cannot be helped. He pats her head in a comforting motion, before stabbing her in the temple to end her life as quickly as possible. He lays her down on the ground and places a bunch of flowers in her hand, he kisses her head before wishing her a peaceful rest and walking away.

That night, Hunter decides he is going to play to win and with 6 kills under his belt, he must be high on the Capitol scoreboards, and therefore, a valuable tribute to sponsor. He reflects on who is alive and dead, with only 8 tributes left on the fifth day, these games could be a flop for the Capitol. He decides to set off and explore the arena, and with no deaths for the next 3 days, he realises what must be coming from the Capitol.

#### **The Feast**

The next morning, Hunter is awoken by a booming voice through the arena, a feast is announced for the Cornucopia and all tributes are advised to attend. Hunter laughs to himself as he has plenty of food and therefore doesn't need anything but then counts his arrows and realises he has enough arrows to pick everyone off if they were to come to the feast, he could end the games today.

Arriving at the Cornucopia, Hunter plants himself in the treeline and scopes out his surroundings; he has a perfect sniping spot, and he is going to win. That moment, the District 11 tributes; Rico and Poppy, emerge from the Silver Horn and grab their packs, running away extremely fast. Hunter raises his bow but realises they are out of range, he accepts that they were too fast and anyway, and that hitting one, does not guarantee that he could hit the other in time. Next, all four remaining careers arrive, Lainey, Liam and Ell as well as Minnie. They retrieve their packs before standing around for a minute, Hunter realises he must decide if he is going to press his attack, he decides to hold. The four careers sink away into the Cornucopia.

Hunter realises his opportunity, if Mala arrives and manages to take out even one of them, he can try to take out another one; maybe even two, if he is lucky. Then the last one will be so confused between Mala and himself that he could easily take them out. He waits an hour; as do the careers, then, Mala appears at treeline. She runs for the Cornucopia, Hunter lines up his bow at the edge of the horn but suddenly, Mala pulls something from her pocket, a smokebomb! Hunter's vision of the field is clouded by the haze, he attempts to make out shapes before seeing Mala emerge from it, behind her is Minnie. The two strong girls begin to fight before Lainey joins Minnie in the attack on Mala, Hunter takes aim at her and fires, before missing his first shot when Lainey hits the floor, she is fully aware of the sniper, although, she doesn't know where he is. As the smoke clears, Hunter is shocked to see Liam holding Ell who is dying, with an arrow stick through her neck.

Lainey is also stunned, Hunter grabs the opportunity to fire another arrow and it hits her in the shoulder, but, doesn't kill her. He climbs down from his tree and moves round the treeline, determined to retrieve his pack in the chaos, and maybe, get the jump on a career. Minnie and Mala's fight concludes with Mala surprisingly gaining the upper hand, before, stomping on Minnie's head enough to burst it. Lainey props herself up against the Cornucopia and investigates her wounds, she seethes in pain but the arrival of Hunter shocks her, before she can do anything, an arrow enters her eye. With his presence still unknown to the others, Hunter manages to swipe his pack from the table, he notices Mala scrambling to her feet in an effort to defend herself against an enrage Liam. Hunter decides to flee the scene as he couldn't beat them both, fleeing into the trees, Hunter hears another cannon.

#### **The Endgame**

Hunter decides to finish off the food he has left as he is going to hunt down the survivor of the Feast tomorrow, and by the time he has killed them, the Endgame will be upon them and he'll be forced to fight the District 11 tributes. In the middle of his feast, he decides to check out his pack from the actually Feast and finds that he has been gifted Nightlock poison to taint his weapons with. After tainting them, an earthquake begins and Hunter drops to the ground, leaving his pack and only taking the weapons. He reaches a clearing before hearing rustling in the trees, he dodge the incoming knife before turning around to see Liam. The two scrap and the fight appears even until Hunter slashes Liam across the chest with a knife, this causes Liam to coil in pain before Hunter throws a knife into his eye, killing him.

Hunter makes his way to the Cornucopia before arriving and spotting both Rico and Poppy who are discussing battle plans. They've clearly heard the canon and know that either Hunter or Liam is dead, he watches as they kiss before he launches an arrow at Poppy, the poison kills her instantly, Rico has barely pulled back from the kiss before he sees Hunter loading another arrow, he charges at Hunter who fires his last arrow at Rico, and misses when Rico swats it away with his axe. Hunter unsheathes two combat knives and swings at Rico who knocks them out of his hand, Rico manages to pin Hunter down.

Eventually, Hunter manages to swing Rico off of him and the two continue to wrestle, Rico raises his axe but Hunter bites Rico's nose off which causes him to drop it. He manages to pin Hunter down once more and begins to squeeze his eyes, Hunter screams in pain before grabbing hold of Rico's axe, he swings it up recklessly and Rico's head falls onto Hunter's chest. Hunter lies there for a few seconds before his vision begins to return, somewhat blurry, and very bloody. He winces in pain before Claudeaus Templesmith announces over the speaker, "Ladies and Gentlemen, may i present to you the winner of the 73rd annual Hunger Games, Hunter Greene from District 12!" Hunter's heart stops and he drifts away to sleep.

#### **Victory**

Hunter wakes up and panics, Haymitch calms him down. Hunter looks shocked but Haymitch assures him, its fine. Haymitch then explains that he is so proud of Hunter and that he's sorry he was so irresponsible pre-games but Hunter is angry that Haymitch didn't help Freya at all. Haymitch reminds Hunter that she was attacked and died from wounds she couldn't have defends herself from. Hunter looks uncertain.

Hunter then gets his Victors feast and attends his interview, however, he remains rude to the Capitol. At the Victor's ceremony, President Snow congratulates him and crowns him victor but also hands him something. Hunter looks at it and realises it is his pendant with the picture. He then notices a small blood stain over all their faces apart from his mothers, fathers and youngest sisters. He realises what this means. He keeps looking into the crowd but a tear falls down his face.

### **74th Annual Hunger Games**

Hunter is present at the reaping but Haymitch is chosen to be mentor once again as Hunter refuses. Hunter doesn't join the tributes in the Capitol. He does however, leave a note for Katniss saying he knows she can win. Hunter isn't seen again for the rest of the movie.

Hunter joins them on their victory tour, he sarcastically makes fun of them after the district 11 incident but then gives them advice on how to behave.

At the victors ball he and Haymith get too drunk and effie takes them home much to Katniss and Peeta's amusement.

Hunter witnesses the whipping of Gale and intervenes, it is him who saves Gale. Which makes Katniss like him more.

### **The Third Quarter-Quell**

Katniss and Peeta do end up making friends with Haymitch and Hunter as they live in the Victors Village together. Upon the announcement of the Quell, they are all together. Hunter is the only person unphased by the news as he is more than confident he won't go back in.

That day Katniss vists him, he tells her he knows why she is there and no. She begs him to volunteer for Peeta. She also explains that he can win. She knows she won't survive this time but he can and she'll give her life for it but he tells her to eat shit and she leaves.

The next day at the reaping, Katniss is reaped and then Haymitch is, Peeta steps forward but Hunter drags him back and Volunteers as tribute, everyone is shocked. Effie then declares them the 75th Tributes from District 12.

During the parade he and Katniss, do not look at any of the crowd and stare forward allowing their gowns to ignite. That night Peeta and him argue over who should be in the arena with Katniss. During training Hunter reveals he just took his clothes off in front of the game makers and went to sleep which makes Katniss laugh. However, both he and Katniss gain 12s.

During the Interviews, Hunter thanks president Snow for selling his body for prostitution for the past two years despite still being a minor which gets a few gasps. After that he drops a bomb that he will protect Katniss whatever it takes, since the games are working this way so President Snow can kill her and it'll be funny to see how else he would try after the games, and more importantly that her baby needs to survive so that Petta and Katniss who 'got married in secret' need to be together. This causes outrage, half the Capitol call for the games to be cancelled, Haymitch winks at Hunter proudly. All the tributes then hold hands in unity.

The games are postponed for a few days to stop the riots but they resume again after that.

#### **The Games**

In the Bloodbath Hunter makes it to the Cornucopia first getting him and Katniss weapons. He then saves Katniss and Finnik from the District 5 male by shooting him in the chest. While Katniss and Finnik find Mags, Hunter fights Gloss and Cashmere killing them both. They then escape into the woods.

That night, Hunter 'stumbles' into the force field and registers as dead, leaving Katniss distraught.

Hunter is however, revealed to be alive when he shoots the District 9 male through the throat as he is about to kill Katniss during the battle of the clock. His tracker reactivates. And the island spins to confirm that the plan is working.

That night Hunter destroys Finnik and Beetee's trackers making it look like they are dead to the gamemakers, Plutarch Heavensbee ensures that Hunter looks as if he has killed Finnik and Beetee. Johanna cuts out Katniss' tracker making it look as if she is dead. As Hunter meets up with Chaff while the chaos is ensuing, Brutus kills him. Hunter in a fit of rage kills Brutus and then 'kills' Johanna and Enobaria. Hunter is declared Victor but then the arena is destroyed and he is captured by the Capitol.

## Victims

* Olly
* Derv
* Mike
* District 7 Male
* District 7 Female
* Lucie Stone (Out of Mercy)
* Ell
* Laine
* Liam
* Poppy
* Rico
* District 5 Male
* Gloss
* Cashmere
* District 9 Male
* Brutus
* Finnick Odair (Out of Mercy)
* Albertos Snow