Rose

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## Rose

### Allegiances

Maisy
Kala
Jordan
Greta (formerly)
Orion (temporarily)

### Appears in

Bleeding Hearts

**Rose** is a District 8 tribute in the 125th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts. She is known for her fierce loyalty to her allies and for her unlikely temperarily alliance with Orion, a Career tribute. She narrates Chapter 34 of Bleeding Hearts, along with sections of Chapters 16 and 45.

### Pre-Games

By the first time Rose is seen, she has already joined an alliance with Greta and Maisy from District 9 and Kala and Jordan from District 7. Soren observes the group as Jordan teaches Rose how to throw an ax. This indicates that both Kala and Jordan are skilled with axes, and they hope to improve the skills of their allies as well.

When the Training Scores are released, Rose scores a 8, which is a higher score than all of her allies. Rose's score puts her on-par with Lacie, Soren, Rowan, Rex, and Dalia.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

Rose is seen in the Bloodbath as she reunites with Jordan. It is revealed that only Rose, Jordan, and Greta attended the Bloodbath; Kala and Maisy hid nearby. Jordan and Rose attempt to look for Greta, but Jordan rams into Rose, knocking her to the ground and out of the way of a spear thrown by Ada. Ada spots Jordan and Rose, but decides to spare them. After reuniting with Greta, the tributes escape into the Arena.

#### In the Arena

Rose is not seen again until Day 3, when the first official Arena Event occurs as Hydra Vines fill a quarter of the Arena. Rose and her allies are trapped in the quarter of the Arena and are chased closely by the vines. Rose manages to escape the vines, but Jordan trips and is swallowed by the mass of vines following the tributes.

After escaping from the Hydra Vines, Rose camps on the Cornucopia island with Greta, Kala, and Maisy. Greta notes that the group slept through the whole night due to their exhaustion following the Hydra Vine incident. The group hopes to find supplies at the Cornucopia, as they lost some of their supplies to the vines, but there is nothing left on the island for them to salvage. Greta spots Kala's District partner Rowan in the trees, but he doesn't attack the group; this may have been because of Kala's presence on the island.

On Day 5, Rose and her allies are forced to flee the Cornucopia island after they are attacked by Ada. While Ada almost kills Maisy, the girls all manage to escape unharmed.

On Day 6, the girls camp in a new part of the Arena. However, they smell smoke and are forced to run when they are caught in Glutton Flames. Due to the speed of the flames, the girls are only able to flee with one backpack. In the end, the girls all escape with minimal burns, but they have almost no food.

The girls are forced to attack Orion and Murray for their supplies. Maisy and Kala help tackle Murray to the ground while Greta stabs him to death; however, when Rose knocks Orion to the ground, she spares him, telling him to run but forcing him to leave most of his supplies. To Rose's frustration, Murray's bag has only a small amount of food in it.

Greta's lack of food and other supplies begins to affect her, and she begins to lose her sanity. As Maisy's alliance attempts to divide Murray's supplies evenly, Greta argues at every turn, causing Kala to erupt at her and berate her for her behavior. During this fight, Rose attempts to act as a mediator, intervening between the girls and saying that she will keep all of the supplies in Murray's bag. That night, Greta finally enters a state of insanity, grabbing Murray's knife and stabbing Kala to death in her sleep. After being awoken by Kala's screams, Maisy and **Rose** both flee with all of their alliance's remaining supplies.

Rose is not seen again until the Feast. Prior to the Feast, the remaining tributes' odds are shown, and Rose's odds of winning the Games are 1:11. Out of the fourteen tributes remaining, Rose is ranked tenth-best, only higher than Lena, Greta, Maisy, and Persephone. However, is the highest-ranked out of her original allies.

#### The Feast

At the Feast, Rose is one of the last tributes to arrive. She arrives with Maisy, and the two girls quickly grab supplies. After they're done, Dalia watches as the two girls pour gasoline over the pile of supplies and lighting it on fire. While Maisy participates, it appears to be Rose's idea. Because of the girls' scheme, Jomilee, Tanner, and Greta are unable to salvage any supplies from the Feast.

#### Post-Feast

While it is not shown, it is assumed that Rose separated from Maisy soon after the Feast. Maisy dies soon after after being struck by a tidal wave.

Prior to the end of the Games, Rose feels resentment that she's probably been forgotten by the Capitol audience. She knows that if she doesn't beat out the other tributes, she'll be lost to history forever.

#### End of the Games

At the end of the Games, the tributes are forced to the center of the Arena for a final battle. Rose is one of the first tributes to arrive along with Orion; Greta is already camped on the Cornucopia island. Reigniting their truce, Rose works with Orion to avenge Kala's death and throw Greta into a pool of Ultimate Solvent, killing her.

Finally the other tributes arrive, and the fighting begins. Rose is forced to duel against Robin, who quickly outmatches her. Robin stabs Rose in the stomach, and she dies instantly. Rose places 6th out of the 36 tributes, and is the highest-placing tribute from District 8.

### Post-Death

At Soren Murdock's Victory Tour, he sees Rose's family, which only consists of her mother. Rose is not seen outside of this context.