Emil Durian

**Emil Durian** is a male citizen of District 12. He is a Victor, as he won the 50th Hunger Games. He was also reaped as a tribute in the 75th Hunger Games representing District 12. His District partner is Meghan Taylor.

## Personality

Emil only speaks when he is spoken to. He no longer possesses the cynical views of his youth, as his victory and eventual fatherhood helped change his life drastically. He is a man that is somewhat shrouded in mystery, as he refuses to disclose what happened to him whilst he went missing -- besides becoming a father to three children.

## Fears

* His children becoming exactly like his younger self.
* His children being harmed or dying.

## Strengths

Stealing (however, he refuses to steal unless the situation is dire), basic hand-to-hand combat, poison knowledge

## Weaknesses

Experienced hand-to-hand combat, swimming, anything in relation to his children being in danger

## 50th Hunger Games

### Before the Games

The district partner of Haymitch Abernathy and Maysilee Donner, Emil would go on to win the second Quarter Quell. Growing up in a crowded household in The Seam and being the middle child of ten children, Emil was neglected. He got himself into trouble with the Peacekeepers regularly.

As he reached his teenage years, he transitioned to more serious crimes – in the hopes of getting money. One of these crimes was theft.

He usually got away with stealing – selling whatever he could get his hands on to illegal traders that he met. However, when he tried to sell coal from the mines, the Peacekeepers caught him red-handed.

As punishment, his name was entered an unspecified amount of times into the reaping bowl. He already had names in the reaping bowl due to him signing up for tesserae, so the likelihood of him getting reaped increased. He was eventually reaped.

### The Games

Emil didn’t ally with anyone. Feeling overshadowed by the witty Haymitch, Emil didn’t bother much with trying to get the Capitol viewers to like him.

During the Games, Emil survived the 18-death bloodbath. He adopted the under-the-radar tactic, deciding that even if he was cynical, he could at least strive to win for the money, which would help him get out of poverty and his lifestyle of stealing and selling.

When he was in mainstream attention, it was during the moments when he stole supplies from other tributes – even though he wanted to stop stealing, he stole from others in the Games because of the arena being a poison paradise – and because it was an advantage that he possessed.

This method helped Emil get through the Games – and to the finale.

Because Haymitch died, the forcefield was never discovered. Instead, the fight between Emil and the District 1 female was long and drawn out.

Emil wasn’t an excellent fighter, but he knew the basics of fighting from his time on the streets. Using a trick he was taught – when the timing was right, he overpowered the District 1 female and stabbed her in the eye and throat. He wasn’t without injuries, as he had taken damage from the District 1 female’s axe.

The District 1 female bled out and Emil was declared the victor.

### After the Games

Victory Tour Struggles

* During the Victory Tour for the 50th Games, Emil didn't want to celebrate his Victory or visit Districts of the deceased.
	+ His family was threatened, and Emil initially complied. He broke down during a District 11 stop on the tour and his father was tortured and murdered.
	+ After this, Emil was terrified for his family and attempted to bargain for their lives.
	+ Snow promised their safety if the rest of the tour wemt well.
* During a stop in District 7, Emil spoke about Chloris's bravery in the 50th Games, but remembered the horrific scene of Messiah's death. He had a breakdown and criesd that he was sorry so many died.
	+ His mother and two sisters were raped and killed. His family was forced out of the Victor's Village and back into the Seam.
	+ His oldest brother was tasked to take care of himself and Emil's 6 other brothers. He never spoke to them again.

Post-Victory Tour Disappearance

* Overcome with guilt and haunted by memories from the 50th Games, Emil went missing shortly after his Victory Tour.
* Emil became a recluse, filled with horrific memories, and struggling with his past.

Infiltration by Rebel Agents:

* Rebel agents within the Capitol government seduced Emil, bringing him into their circle of trust.
* He joined a group of trusted individuals, including Capitol officials and District 13 representatives, sympathetic to the rebel cause.

25 Years in District 13:

* Emil was whisked away to District 13, where his absence is explained to Capitol officials as imprisonment for treason.
* Emil spent 25 years in District 13, rising in the ranks and becoming a trusted member of President Coin's government.

Family and Love:

* Emil fell in love with President Alma Coin, and they have three children together: two girls and a boy.
* Their children grew up knowing their father's past and their mother's role in the rebellion.

Manipulation by District 13:

* District 13 conspired with Capitol officials to use Emil and his family as pawns in their rebellion strategy.
* Coin insisted Emil lead the rebel cause from within the arena and among other Victors in the 75th Games.
* To mask Emil's disappearance, they created a fictional narrative about him living in District 12 as a recluse with a deceased wife.
* His older brother, Embry, visited Emil in the Victor's Village on the eve of the reapings. He asked his brother where he's been, telling him that their two youngest brothers, Elijah and Emek, died shortly after Emil disappeared. They caught a sickness, and being starved and already weak, died quickly.
* Emil, fighting tears, apologized and said that he's sacrificed a lot for what he's about to do. Then he warned his brother to stay away, and to tell his other brothers to do so as well.

## 75th Hunger Games

Emil was reaped into 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.

Rigged Reaping for the 75th Games:

* Emil is rigged to be "reaped" for the 75th Games, ensuring his entry into the arena as part of the rebel plan.
* Coin manipulates the situation, using Emil and his children as catalysts for the rebel cause in the arena.